"She is … a pregnant woman?"
Song Ying covered her mouth in surprise, and Song Haoran frowned.
Most of the time, people's attitude towards pregnant women was subtle.
This woman might be evil, and this woman might be hated by everyone, but when this woman had a little life in her body, her situation would be a little different.
She might not be forgiven, but the little life in her body was innocent.
A pure and spotless life would always be loved by others.
Our respect for pregnant women was because of her greatness in giving birth to life.
"This is too cruel!" Song Ying's face was pale — there was only seven or eight years old Paul on the stage, and the little life in Red Dress Qiao An's belly. Only one of them was allowed to live.
For a moment, when Song Ying looked at Arraia again, this blue-haired, blue-eyed girl no longer made her feel delicate and cute, but inexplicably scared.
Because all this was done under her will — she was the one who set up such a cruel struggle for survival, and she was the one who created this cruel situation with her own hands.
Red Dress Qiao An, who was on the steel platform, stood there blankly as if she was struck by lightning.
She lowered her head and stroked her abdomen. Her hair covered her face, and her sadness, joy, and disgust couldn't be seen. Only her slightly trembling shoulders were so clear.
"It can't be like this! It can't be like this!! "
Song Ying suddenly looked agitated, quickly walked to Luoqiu and grabbed his arm, "This is unreasonable, this is unreasonable! Think of a way! Think of a way! "
"I have already said that I won't interfere with Arraia's work." Luoqiu shook his head, "Since I have said so, we can only wait for the result."
"But this is too strange … It's too strange!"
Song Ying grabbed Luoqiu's arm with both hands, "It's too unreasonable! Why must there be such a choice! Paul is just a child! What's wrong with him surviving? There are so many people in the world, so many billions of people, can't … can't even accommodate such a small life? "
Luoqiu was silent for a moment.
Song Ying was so anxious that she was a little scared. She said in a trembling voice, "Quick, think of something … Time, there's no time!"
Arraia had already said that there were only 60 seconds left, and at this moment, time was quickly passing by. Perhaps there was less than half of the time left, or perhaps even less.
"Conservation," Luoqiu finally said.
"What?" Song Ying was stunned. Song Haoran, who was behind her, was also stunned.
"It's probably similar to the conservation of mass," Luoqiu sighed and said, "Physically, everything on Earth conforms to the conservation of energy. Liquids, solids, and gases were interchangeable. Humans should be in this cycle. Souls … If souls had weight, they should also be included in the cycle of conservation. Since they were all conservationists, even if there was only a slight increase in any one of them, everything would become chaotic, and the current balance would no longer be maintained. Even at this stage … "
Speaking of this, Luoqiu suddenly stopped and glanced at Arraia.
The girl was just paying attention to the changes on the steel platform. At the same time, she slowly stretched out her arm … Luoqiu knew that time was approaching the limit.
The steel plates on the spread steel platform began to crack and fall off, falling into the abyss below — which meant that the space left for Joan and Paul was rapidly shrinking.
The huge steel plates fell from mid-air and sank into the abyss in an instant without any sound — but it was this silence that made people feel scared.
Time seemed to stop at this moment. When the space left for Joan and Paul to move was very small, the peeling steel plates were approaching Joan's feet.
She glanced down, and then suddenly walked towards Paul.
Behind her, the steel plates were still peeling off piece by piece — finally, when she came in front of Paul, there were only nine steel plates left, showing a nine-square grid.
She and Paul stood in the middle of the steel plate at the same time.
"Paul … are you?" Joan suddenly asked, and reached out to touch Paul's cheek.
"Mommy?" Paul looked at Qiao An timidly.
She suddenly asked in a low voice, "Do you know who changed your name?"
Paul shook his head blankly.
"I don't know." Joan squatted down slowly and looked at Paul's face from bottom to top. Her voice became gentle. "I … I have a child in my belly. I'm about to give birth to a child. Although Paul doesn't know who gave you your name, the baby in my body doesn't have a name yet. Paul, do you know? "
Joan's hand slowly fell down, grasping Paul's wrist.
"Mom …" Paul was frightened, "I'm scared …"
Because at this moment, the remaining nine steel plates had once again peeled off four of the four corners. The remaining five plates were in the shape of a cross.
"Paul, good boy, don't be scared." Joan's voice became softer, "By the way, Paul, have you seen your father?"
When Paul heard the word "father", he covered his ears — he seemed to be very afraid of hearing this name.
Joan slightly opened her mouth, but soon she stood up and hugged Paul tightly, "Don't be scared, don't be scared. Come on, listen, can the baby in my belly hear anything? "
At this moment, the steel plates peeled off again.
…
Four of the remaining five steel plates peeled off at this moment, leaving Joan and Paul standing on one of the steel plates.
Arraia reached out her other hand, which meant that the time she gave was up, but the result was not out yet. She would carry out the backup plan, which was to erase these "unstable" factors, and then create a new one, putting it into the original time and space track.
[Target locked.]
[Erase program started.]
At the center of Arraia's palms, faint light began to gather — they soon turned into blue and white light balls.
Within the two balls of light, Song Haoran felt despair – he could feel that the two balls of light contained an enormous amount of power!
"Can you wait a moment?" At this moment, Luoqiu suddenly put his hand on Arraia's wrist and looked at Arraia.
Arraia tilted her head and looked at Luoqiu confusedly, [Request? Order?]
"If it's a request, will you refuse?" Luoqiu stared into Arraia's eyes.
The blue light in her eyes started to spread out and then gathered quickly. Arraia directly said, [Yes: The time limit has reached, and the erase must be carried out.]
Luoqiu pondered for a moment — during this moment, Arraia ignored him. The two light balls were about to shoot out.
Luoqiu then said, "Order."
The light balls in Arraia's palms suddenly froze. [Accept: Child Administrator Arraia, Serial 003, temporarily suspended the erase program … the program has been suspended.]
After saying that, Arraia slowly put down his hands and looked at Luoqiu, [Report: The time limit has reached, the 'unstable' factor will affect this space-time. Currently calculating … calculating …]
"Actually, there is still time left, right?" Luoqiu looked at Arraia, "Since two people have been eliminated in a row, it means that the original burden has been reduced by a lot. In this case, it can delay the time. "
Arraia's eyes kept flashing. He even closed his eyes directly. After a few seconds, he said, [Starting to adjust the time limit, adjusting … adjusting …]
Arraia fell into silence. Seeing this, Song Ying could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. When she looked at Luoqiu, she showed a relieved smile, "I was right about you!"
"No." Luoqiu shook his head, "I just wanted to test if the so-called root authority can really order Arraia … When the time limit is up, if there is still no result, the original ending will just be delayed a little."
"Anyway …" Song Ying gritted her teeth, "You still helped, didn't you? At least that proves that you are not the same as her … Do you know that the feeling you gave me just now is the same as the feeling Arraia gave me! "
Luoqiu did not say anything. He just turned and looked at Joan and Paul on the last steel plate silently.
He suddenly asked, "Do you think her gentleness now is real or fake?"
Song Ying opened her mouth and looked at him subconsciously.
At this moment, Joan's face was full of gentleness. Her lips were rippling with a kind of motherly instinct … She was like a mother who was breastfeeding her child.
Real or fake, no one could tell.
She said that she was an actress herself.
…
"What did you hear?"
There was only one steel plate left but there was no fear on Joan's face. Her gaze was so gentle that it seemed to be contagious. Paul's emotions gradually calmed down.
Paul raised his head and looked at Joan in confusion, "Mom, I can't hear anything."
"You really can't hear me?"
Paul shook his head slowly.
Qiao An gently caressed her abdomen and lowered her eyes. "But I can hear the child in my belly calling me Mommy, Mommy. Do you know that the child often talks to me? "
Paul opened his eyes as if he found it hard to believe.
Qiao An patted Paul's head. "Do you want to know what this child said to me?"
Paul nodded.
Qiao An's voice became clearer. "He told me, 'Mom, Mom, I want to come out as soon as possible. I want to see Mom.' That's what he told me. So … "
Qiao An smiled as she held Paul's armpit and lifted him up. "So, if mom wants this kid to come out and meet you, but you need Paul's help, will Paul help mom?"
"Yes!" Paul nodded heavily.
Qiao An said softly, "You're such a good child. Mommy will always love you. Always, always."
She lifted Paul and reached out her hands to the only steel plate, "Always, always, always, always, always …"
Red Dress Qiao An was about to let go of her hand. Once she did, Paul would fall into the abyss below, into the crevice of the dimension.
"No!"
Finally, Song Ying screamed in horror from below.
Her voice was penetrating. In this empty and quiet mirror world, her voice was clearly transmitted to Joan and Paul's ears.
But Joan didn't care. She just looked at Paul with a smile, "Paul, do you know? Mother really wants to be your mother. I really, really want to give birth to you personally. But if Paul is here, mom can't give birth to him. "
"Mom, don't you want Paul?" Paul asked with fear.
"I will." Red Clothed Johann suddenly said, "I will take Paul. The child I gave birth to will be called … Paul. "
Qiao An loosened his hands in an instant.
Paul directly fell into the abyss from the only steel platform.
At this moment, Qiao An's eyes were cold. She looked at the falling Paul without any expression on her face. She said indifferently, "I'm not your mother. But there's one thing you should be thankful for, that is, you've seen your father — even though it's only in this space and time. "
"Mom …"
The voice and the small figure quickly disappeared into the dark abyss … Only Red Clothed Qiao An was left on the steel plate.
Song Ying's hands, which were tightly grasping Luoqiu's arms, dropped down powerlessly at this moment.
She looked at Joan standing on the steel platform, her eyes gradually turned cold, as if she was looking at a dead body, a lifeless object.
"Why … is it like this …" Song Ying felt a little cold, subconsciously hugging her own body.
She looked at Luoqiu blankly, only to find that Luoqiu didn't move at all, not even blinking his eyes. She looked at Song Haoran, only to find that his face, which was always smiling, was now a little gloomy.
"I've already won!" Qiao An suddenly yelled, "Alaya! I've really won this time! "
[Time limit corrected … Time limit reached …] Arraia, who paused, finally opened her eyes. Her blue eyes glowed again, and she looked at Luoqiu, [Question: Do you want to continue pausing the purging process? Question: Do you want to continue pausing the purging process?]
Luoqiu looked at Joan silently. After Arraia asked for the third time, he finally said, "Even though there are countless dazzling pearls in the sea, there are times when they can't break out of their shells. Sometimes, they can't even take shape … Do as you like, Arraia, I don't care anymore. "
[Understood.] Arraia nodded, [Permission has been obtained. Continue the purging process. Use the backup plan to start, Joan will create again.]
Arraia opened her hands. A ball of light was born from her hands and slowly floated out.
In the air, the ball of light slowly elongated, changed shape, and finally turned into a human figure. When the light faded away from the human figure, what appeared in front of everyone was … another Joan.
However, this Joan was gray-white, as if she was made of clay.
Based on Arraia's words, this Joan wasn't from this time and space — she was a Joan who was created again.
[Memory, create again.] Arraia nodded at the forehead of the new Joan. [Fusion started. Implantation of virtual soul … Implantation successful … Fusion in progress … Estimated fusion time: 400 seconds … Waiting.]
Seeing that the skin color of the recreated Qiao An was slowly returning to normal, just like a person who was really asleep, Qiao An screamed in horror!
"What are you doing?! What are you doing?! "Joan screamed crazily," I've won! I've won! I'm the one who's left! I'm qualified to replace the Joan of this time and space! I'm the winner!! Arraia!! Arraia!! Are you going to break your promise?!! Let me go!! Let me go!! "
[Rejected: The victory condition hasn't been met. The 'unstable' factor still exists. Clear the program and start again.]
At this moment, Alaya slowly raised her palm. The ball of light with terrifying power once again emerged from her palm.
"What do you mean the victory condition hasn't been met?! I'm the only one left!!! "Joan looked at Arraia in panic," Are you blind?! Even Paul was thrown down by me! How can there still be 'unstable' factor here?! "
But Arraia didn't say anything this time.
This made Joan even more hysterical, "Liar!! You're all liars!! You're just using me for fun!! You're all liars!!! You didn't plan to let any of us go! You wanted us all to die! You took everything from me!!! Liars!! Demons!!! "
"Idiot!" Suddenly, Song Haoran's voice was heard.
This made Joan even more agitated. Song Haoran sneered, "You're quite smart. Why can't you understand such a simple thing? You're the only one left on the stage. Where's the other one? Did you really win? "
"There's another one … there's another one?" Joan opened her eyes wide and turned around.
However, this piece of steel plate was only one square meter in size. Who would be able to hide in it? Qiao An kept turning his body, but all he could see was air. "You lied to me! There's no one here!! "
"Who said there's no one?" Song Haoran squinted his eyes and sneered, "He's in your body. He's the child you're carrying."
Joan looked like she was struck by lightning.
"Don't you understand?"
Song Haoran glanced at Arraia and said, "She said the winner could replace the original Joan An in our time and space. But she didn't mention the child … I'm afraid the child in your belly was conceived in another time and space, right? So for this time and space, the child itself is the biggest 'unstable' factor! As long as you carry the child, you can't win! You're just wasting your time. "
"Impossible … No … It can't be true! I don't believe it, I don't believe it … I don't believe it!! "Joan An pressed her head with both hands," You're lying to me! You're all lying to me!! "
Song Haoran was a member of Jianghu and had his own set of principles. At this moment, he looked at Qiao An and sneered, "Heaven's sins can be forgiven, but self-inflicted sins … cannot be forgiven."
"I don't want —!"
Joan suddenly screamed. At this moment, she suddenly raised her hand — in her hand, there was a fork used for Western food!
The fork should have been Sweater Qiao An's. Since when did Red Coat Qiao An have it? Doubt flashed through Song Haoran's mind … Did Qiao An accidentally fall when she pushed Qiao An off the platform?
But Song Haoran didn't have time to think about it.
Because at this moment, Qiao An had suddenly stabbed the fork into his own abdomen...
[Start.]
The light ball in Arraia's hand flew to Joan An at a high speed.
The ball of light suddenly shone brightly, as dazzling as the sun.
In the white light, Joan An let out a shrill cry — when the light ball approached her, she raised her trembling hands, as if she was holding something in her hands … a bloody life.
"I won …"
In the end, the blazing white light swallowed everything. All sight, all feeling.
…
When the light gradually dissipated, the steel plate could no longer be seen in the air. Naturally, Red Clothed Johann could no longer be seen either.
But it didn't mean the end — because the recreated Joan An didn't open her eyes.
"Are people … really that scary?" Song Ying looked at Song Haoran blankly. "In the end, did she … give …"
Song Haoran didn't say anything.
"At least, he has been here. Although he didn't open his eyes and didn't see the mother who gave birth to him … he has indeed been here. "
It was Luoqiu's voice.
When Song Ying looked back, Luo Qiu walked forward, and then jumped into the dark abyss without warning.
"Wait for me here."
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