Just as Li Yao stepped on the gas pedal, he saw through the rearview mirror that the black fog rushing out of the Fortune Plaza had condensed into a gigantic ghost claw, which fiercely clawed at the multi-purpose off-road vehicle. When the black fog enveloped the top of the off-road vehicle, "Squeak Squeak Squeak Squeak" sounds actually came from the roof of the vehicle, as if it was being rubbed by a real claw.
Fortunately, at this time, the off-road vehicle had already started. The roar of the engine covered the screeching of the claws. Li Yao fiercely stepped on the accelerator, splashing the water around the wheels. The off-road vehicle rushed out like an arrow leaving the bow.
Boom! Crack!
Intentionally or unintentionally, dozens of lightning bolts fell from the sky and blasted around the SUV. If they were not careful, the SUV and the people inside would be electrocuted into charcoal.
Li Yao's face was as gloomy as water. Every pore on his body was expanded to the limit, and he keenly sensed every electric current and ripple in the world. The SUV was heavy and clumsy, but he drove it with the agility of a racing motorcycle. Between the lightning bolts, he dashed left and right, and finally reached the maximum speed, leaving the lightning and the black fog far behind. Daniel Zhang, on the other hand, did not have the time to fasten his seat belt. He was swinging around in the car like the last match in a matchbox, and he was about to vomit.
The storm ahead was like a waterfall, and the world was dark. The entire city was drowned in the boundless rain, and the visibility was extremely low. Li Yao drove the SUV onto the overpass half by memory and half by luck. The ground was now full of water, and the engine would be turned off at any moment after passing through the low-lying roads and culverts. Only the overpass was slightly safer, but only slightly.
"Hu —"
After confirming that there were no pursuers behind him, Li Yao breathed a long sigh of relief. It was only then that he glanced at Daniel Zhang. "Are you alright, Mr. Niu?"
"I'm … I'm fine. Ugh!"
Daniel Zhang leaned against the window and retched a few times. Then he looked at the raging storm and thousands of lightning bolts, and his face became more and more unsightly. He said in a trembling voice, "This … this damn weather doesn't look like a normal typhoon and rainstorm at all. Could it be that the hunter was telling the truth and the world has really begun to 'collapse'? Hey, Li Yao, where are we going now? "
"I don't know either."
Li Yao's brows were tightly knitted. Although he had awakened monster-like power and mottled memory fragments, these alone were still not enough to help an ordinary college student like him find a way out in front of the two major organizations, the Ark and Apocalypse, and even the entire world that was full of malice. "Mr. Niu," he said. "Mr. Niu, do you believe what the hunter said that we live in an infinitely repeating world of reincarnation and that we are all prisoners in the prison of time?"
"I don't know either!"
Daniel Zhang wiped his face and said pitifully, "Last night, I was still worrying about the rent for the next quarter and feeling sorry for you for eating two to three hundred types of casserole bones. In the end, in just twenty-four hours, I have to face something like the collapse of the world and the infinite cycle … I really don't know what to say about such a high-end problem.
"However, if you think about it carefully, there should be a lot of truth in the hunter's words. Because what he said is partially consistent with what the Dream Traveler said, they can both explain the problem of Earth's BUG. Besides, we have seen the existence of superpowers with our own eyes. If these superpowered people did not awaken the memories of their previous lives, then what is going on?"
"I think so too. The hunter's words can't be all lies. Of course, it's even more impossible that they are all true."
Li Yao said, "Mr. Niu, regardless of whether you were feigning civility with the hunter just now, I will ask you again seriously. What are you thinking deep in your heart? If you have to choose between 'Apocalypse' and 'Ark', which one will you choose? If you have to choose 'Apocalypse', there is no need for me to think too highly of myself and risk my life to save you from the clutches of 'Apocalypse', right? "
"Well …"
Daniel Zhang thought very seriously for a long time and said, "I don't know either. I still want to see the situation of the 'Ark Foundation' first."
"Oh?"
Li Yao was slightly startled and said, "I thought you would choose 'Apocalypse' without hesitation. After all, what the hunter said is very reasonable and very tempting. If there is really a 'Will of Earth', and their organization is the emissary, spokesperson, and subordinate of the 'Will of Earth', it seems that they have a better future than the 'Ark Foundation'."
"You're wrong about that."
Li Yao's words made a sly smile appear on Daniel Zhang's face. He said, "If the 'Apocalypse' is really as powerful as the hunter said, with the entire 'Will of Earth' behind it, how can it still be a secretive underground organization today? How can it even be wanted by the police of many countries after the T3 Game Expo shooting? It doesn't make sense at all! If the 'Will of Earth' really exists and can control everything in human society, then the 'Apocalypse' should replace the position of the United Nations and the governments of the major powers and launch a comprehensive arrest warrant for the 'Ark Foundation'. Is it necessary to make it like this, where everyone dares not to show their faces? "
Li Yao raised his eyebrows in surprise.
It turned out that Daniel Zhang had the same thoughts as him, but he did not dare to say it because of the hunter's abuse of power just now.
Although this guy was despicable, he was not stupid.
"Besides, didn't you notice that the hunter's words were self-contradictory?"
Daniel Zhang said smugly, "He compared Earth to a 'reincarnation prison,' and the members of the 'Apocalypse' are both 'model prisoners' and 'jailers.' Is there such a saying?"
Li Yao nodded. "That's right. That's what he said."
"That's ridiculous."
Daniel Zhang said, "I don't know how much you know about prisons. Although I don't know the specific organizational structure and management model of prisons, there's one thing I can guarantee — no prison in the world can be 100% managed by prisoners, right? No matter how well-behaved, excellent, and 'model' prisoners you are, and the prison manager occasionally needs you to maintain the underground order of the prison to save the manager's manpower and material resources, but in any case, prisoners are prisoners. It's impossible for them to be promoted to real jailers and managers, right? "
Li Yao thought quickly and immediately understood the very simple truth. He nodded and said, "Yes. Perhaps in the eyes of the Apocalypse, they are 'model prisoners' and 'jailers' who absolutely obey the 'Will of Earth', but prisoners are prisoners. If there is a personified 'Will of Earth', it will never trust any earthling, no matter whether you are the Apocalypse or the Ark!"
"That's right. Only in a very extreme situation can a prisoner become a jailer."
Daniel Zhang said, "That is, the prison manager is extremely weak, and the order inside and outside the prison has been completely out of control. If that's the case, the 'Will of Earth' or whatever is not as powerful and invincible as it sounds, right?"
Li Yao looked at Daniel Zhang solemnly. "That makes sense."
"Of course it does."
Daniel Zhang said excitedly, "When I was talking to the 'hunter' just now, I thought about it a long time ago. A real man knows when to yield and when to stand. If he can take the humiliation of kneeling, what's the big deal about kneeling, surrendering, and hugging someone else's thigh? The problem is that even if you want to hug someone else's thigh, you have to choose a thick, long, and real thigh. Who knows whether or not the self-proclaimed 'jailers' such as the Apocalypse are the pawns in the hands of the forces of a higher level? They claim that 'we are born sinful', and they look like fanatics. It will be a shame if we are not taken advantage of. Smart people like you and me don't need to be tied to them so quickly!
"The 'Ark Foundation', on the other hand, according to the 'hunter', is obviously a bunch of jailbreakers, but they are so arrogant. Is there anything wrong with them, or do they have the capital to be arrogant? If it's the latter, there's nothing wrong with us going to the 'Ark Foundation' together. After all, I've already spent twenty thousand yuan on the resistance fund. The 'Ark Foundation' is such a large resistance organization. It's not too much to ask for two million yuan, right?
"Of course, it's best that we don't take the initiative to go to the 'Ark' and just let the 'Ark' discover and take us away. This way, if the 'Apocalypse' takes the upper hand again and completely destroys the 'Ark', we can still say that we were forced by the people of the 'Ark' into prostitution. Maybe we will have a chance to abandon the darkness for the light and join the embrace of the 'Apocalypse' and the 'Will of Earth' again. Mr. Li Yao, think about it. That makes sense, doesn't it?"
Li Yao stared at Daniel Zhang for a long, long time.
"Mr. Niu, I've noticed that you've changed."
Li Yao could not help but say, "From last night until now, your temperament, way of thinking, and computational ability seem to have been reborn. You have become completely different from the past."
"Now that you mention it, it does seem to be the case."
Daniel Zhang turned down the visor on the window and found a small mirror on the back. He carefully observed his appearance. "It's really strange. Ever since I met you, my brain seems to be bubbling all the time. The bubbles contain new and weird ideas one after another. Many super complicated problems seem to be solved at once. What's going on?"
"Well —"
Li Yao was about to answer when the hair all over his body suddenly stood on end. His heart seemed to have been squeezed hard. He turned the steering wheel hard out of reflex, and the SUV almost turned 180 degrees on the highway.
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