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In the pitch-black and boundless wilderness, there was not a trace of light nor a trace of sound. In this originally incomparably tranquil place, there was suddenly a burst of hurried running footsteps. It was messy and disorderly, mixed with the jolting of heavy breathing.
Judging from the voice, it should be a girl, delicate and weak, but her footsteps were very heavy, as if they were filled with lead. It was difficult to lift them up, and powerless to put them down.
The girl seemed to have the ability to distinguish between gutters, withered trees, and obstacles in the dark. Even when she was running, she would often try her best to jump or change directions to avoid an abandoned wall.
The person she was carrying on her back was still dripping blood, but it was much less than before. However, he was still lying there motionless, his body cold as if he was dead.
After a while, the pitch-black wilderness became quiet again. The girl's heavy footsteps gradually disappeared into the darkness.
…
He didn't know how far he had run, but in the darkness came two intermittent voices that seemed to be struggling with all their strength and extremely weak.
"Old, Old Youling, ask, her, to let me, down, I, I can't, run away like this!"
"It's useless even if you go back. Those are masters above Yuan Tian stage four."
"Xiao, Hai, them, I can't, run away, alone, quickly, put me down."
"You're already like this. Even if I let you go, you won't be able to kill your way back."
"I, can't, Old Youling, I can't, let, let, Xiaohai, fight for me, but I, I, abandoned, abandoned them, ran away, ran away … I, Chu, Chu Yunsheng, have never, done this kind of thing … Even if, even if, I, I, I, want, to die, with them, together, with them!"
"If you don't go back, they might still be able to live. If you go back, they definitely won't be able to survive."
"You, you don't understand. That, Gray, Shadow Man, won't, won't leave anyone alive, he, he will, he will, definitely, exterminate them."
"Then all the more you can't go back. If you go back, their sacrifice will be in vain!"
"Old, Old Youling, even if, I, I escape, where, where, can I escape to? Fourth, Yuan Tian, master, I, I can't win. Sooner or later, I will die. Old Youling, I've escaped enough, I've escaped enough in this life. I might as well fight with Xiaohai and the others until I die in the battle! "
"Did you forget what Yu Xiaohai said to us? He asked why he would believe a bunch of strangers instead of him, his master and brother? He said that he believes that you can give them a future. If you really want to live up to them, then you have to live and kill those bastards. Avenge them and give them a future. "
"No, no, future, I already, already, don't, know, where, the future is, already? Old Youling, please, have pity on me, I don't want, I don't want, to lose, them … This, this world is too cruel, too cold, I struggled, I tried my best to find a reason to survive, but still, there is no way to survive, Old Youling, I want, want to die, I really want to die, and, and, and, and those who are willing to die with me, go die, I, I am content, I am content … "Old Youling's voice was filled with tears and tears, and it seemed that Old Youling didn't know what to do with it. Instead,
"I won't let you die. You have to live, you have to live!"
…
"Old, Old Youling, put me down."
…
"Old Youling, you, you, bastard, put, put me down!"
…
In the end, the voice almost trembled, crying and begging, "Old, Old Youling, that person, is too, too strong, I know very well, I can't, beat him at all, please, have pity on me … I don't want, to, die alone, alone, alone, alone, alone, I am so scared, afraid of being alone, alone, with no one to talk to, you know? Sometimes, I am talking to myself, pretending to be another person, giggling at myself, do you know, the feeling of loneliness, to the point of going crazy? Old Youling, put me down, this is, my, only, chance, not, to die, alone, I, am afraid, I, will not, have such, a, chance … "
Cold tears flowed down his cheeks and fell on the girl's soft neck. In the cold wind, she shivered and accidentally tripped. With a wisp of smoke, the two of them fell into a sticky, stinky "ditch".
Exhaustion, serious injuries, long-distance running, violent hitting the ground … They almost fainted at the same time. The sad voice finally said:
"I, don't want … to be like a, a dead, dog …"
…
…
After a long time, a tear fell from the corner of Chu Yunsheng's eyes, and he quietly opened his eyes. Just like this, he quietly looked at the sky, and for a long time, he did not move.
After a long time, he wanted to move, so he used his remaining stump arm to claw at the sticky ground and crawled out of the "ditch". He propped himself up with his sword and sat cross-legged. Then, he stabbed the sword into the side of his stump arm and continued to sit quietly, motionless.
The cold winter wind blew through the ground, whining, like a knife scraping his cheeks, solidifying the blood on his cheeks, and drying the tears in the corners of his eyes.
He still did not move.
After a long time, a rustling sound came from behind him, and a wisp of smoke floated out.
"You are awake?"
Chu Yunsheng did not look back, still quietly looking at the place where the sword and the sky met.
"I will wake Aphro up and carry you out of here as soon as possible."
Old Youling did not know what to say, so it said this.
"Let her sleep for a while." Chu Yunsheng still did not look back, still quietly looking at the place where the sword and the sky met.
"Boss …" Old Youling realized that Chu Yunsheng had woken up, and it did not know what to say, "My condolences, Yu … They should all be dead by now …"
Chu Yunsheng did not say anything. He was silent for a long time, only hearing the whining sound of the cold winter wind blowing through the sharp sword, making a clear sword sound.
The sky and the earth were so quiet, revealing a touch of sadness.
"Old Youling …" Chu Yunsheng suddenly said in a gust of wind, "Thank you, you saved my life."
"Boss, I …" Old Youling still did not know what to say. It could feel that in addition to the silence around Chu Yunsheng, there was also a faint murderous aura, like the clear sword sound.
"Every time I shed a tear, my heart will die a little bit for this world." Chu Yunsheng said quietly, "If one day, I shed my last tear for this world, I think I will become a ruthless person, just like this cold sword."
"Boss?" Old Youling raised its head and said with a complicated expression.
"So —" Chu Yunsheng interrupted it, quietly looking at the sharp sword that divided the earth and the sky into two, "While I haven't become a completely ruthless person, while I can still speak, I am still willing to tell you my story … Are you willing to listen?"
"I …"
…
…
Chu Yunsheng said quietly, without sadness or excitement, as if he was talking about someone who had nothing to do with him. He calmly described how he got the ancient book, how he practiced swordsmanship, how he killed the red-shelled insects, how … until he saw the sixth sequence, one by one. Finally, he quietly said,
"A few days ago, Xiao Hai told me not to keep everything in my heart all the time. If I do that, I will go crazy sooner or later. He wanted to help me, so he wanted to listen to me, but I didn't say it. When he was alive, I didn't say it. When he was alive again, he gave me another chance to say it, but I still didn't say it. Now, I no longer have a chance.
I don't blame God. It is fair and even partial. It gave me two chances, but I didn't cherish them, so …
Old Youling, today, I want to say that I want to cherish it, because in the next life, no matter how regretful I am, we will not see each other again. "
Chu Yunsheng said calmly. Old Youling had a very sad feeling, but it didn't know what to say.
The two were silent, looking at the sword, and also looking at the sky, waiting for the blue-haired girl to wake up.
…
"Where are we going?" Chu Yunsheng knew that since Old Youling wanted to take the blue-haired girl with it, it must have a plan.
"Go to Egypt." Old Youling said calmly, "Find the Great Pyramid, and then leave here."
"Where to?" Chu Yunsheng still said quietly.
"Her planet." Old Youling pointed to the blue-haired girl and said, "I have read all the historical and archaeological archives, and according to Aphro's description and drawings, the Great Pyramid in Egypt is the only well-preserved descending channel that we can find so far."
For some reason, after Chu Yunsheng said those words, Old Youling no longer called itself a villain, and Chu Yunsheng didn't ask any more questions.
"Okay, it is safest for you two to go there." Chu Yunsheng looked at the sword, listened to the clear sword sound, and said calmly.
"What about you?" Old Youling heard Chu Yunsheng's implication.
"I will stay here." Chu Yunsheng's hair fluttered in the cold wind, and he said quietly, "This world, whether it is the node or the Pseudo-Monolith, it is all because of me. I will give them a future."
"Do you want to choose that path?" Old Youling was silent for a moment and sighed. He was referring to the path that the sixth sequence said.
"This path is not chosen by me, it is chosen by others. I just want to change the path." Chu Yunsheng said against the cold wind.
"That gray shadow is very strong, it has the power above the Cardinal Source Gate." Old Youling thought about it and said seriously.
"So, I will go to Egypt with you first, and then I will find a way to kill it." Chu Yunsheng said while looking at the place where the sword and the sky met.
"Since you have already made up your mind, I won't try to persuade you anymore. In fact, my ideas are always bad." Old Youling laughed at itself and said, "But there is one thing I haven't had time to tell you yet."
"Then tell me now." Chu Yunsheng said lightly.
"No matter what you do, I hope you can live, because when I was looking through history and archaeology, I found a secret. Although it still needs to be verified, but —" Old Youling paused and continued:
"Human beings are a very tragic race. You may actually be enslaved, including your ancestors, generation after generation. A spaceship crashed on Aphro's planet. According to Aphro's description, of course, she didn't know, but I understood that it was a slave ship, and the people inside it were likely to be you humans. In fact, another purpose of going to Egypt this time is to find evidence.
So if you really want to give them a future, not in this false world, but for those who are alive and those who are going to be born — the descendants of Xiaohai and their descendants and your descendants — a future that will no longer be enslaved … "
*****
The next night, I had something to do, so I stayed up late again.
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