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"Wait, this isn't right..." Ying Yungui's throat was agonizingly dry. He understood every word Shi Youchen said, but couldn't truly grasp the meaning. "What if he didn't regain consciousness as Noah? What if he made the opposite choice?"
So how will things develop?
Lin Zhouze's calm voice pierced his eardrums: "There is no if, he will only do this."
For the first time, Ying Yungui wondered if he couldn't keep up with their thinking because he'd lost a year. He really couldn't figure it out.
Shi Youchen sighed calmly, then reached out and took off the mask. The two identical faces stared at each other. He said, "Totem power is ultimately not human. It doesn't truly possess human emotions. It certainly doesn't understand how someone whose humanity has been suppressed to the extreme might behave in what it considers irrational ways when their emotions erupt."
He looked at Red. Red's expression was not very shocked, as if he already knew what kind of face was under the mask.
"As long as superpowers exist in this world, the power of the snake totem will be passed down from generation to generation. That's why it doesn't understand that human life has an end."
"But Noah understood. From the moment he entered the holy land and the tower, he knew that the new parasite had awakened, and he would soon face the end of energy depletion."
Reid murmured, "A man like him, with extraordinary self-esteem and pride, would not allow his final appearance to be seen by so many people." Especially by Ying Yungui, the junior he had always tried to defeat.
He couldn't change his fate, so he chose to flee. Perhaps he was now waiting for death in some deserted corner.
No, Ying Yungui felt something was wrong. He tried hard to grasp that thought, but was interrupted by Lin Zhouze: "The night is long and dreams are many. Since the opportunity is rare, some things should be done now." His gaze shifted and fell on Reid.
Ying Yungui hurriedly said, "Wait! It's not appropriate now. Mai Er is not here. If we have to fight, who will take the blame..." With every word he spoke, he became more panicked. However, the more panicked he became, the more anger and mockery he could see in Lin Zhouze's eyes.
"I told you I won't let anyone change the plan I made without permission." Lin Zhouze said helplessly, "It was you who asked Luo Zhao to hold Mai Er back and not let her come back."
"Boom!" A bolt of thunder suddenly fell from the sky, striking the Holy Land. Following Shi Youchen's cry of "Sorry, but you shouldn't have done that," one of the unconscious people near the birdcage slowly rose, brushed the dust off his clothes, and walked over to the others.
It was a petite girl, the one Red had accidentally knocked over earlier. Her appearance changed in an instant, returning to her original blonde and blue-eyed appearance, and she even looked a bit like Mai.
"..." Ying Yungui stared at her face and took a step back, "Maya?"
Maya nodded at him, proud and polite, just like she was when she was a child, but not like she is now. Because she had been severely traumatized by the Lu Ming incident, she was diagnosed with the intellectual level of a ten-year-old.
"Sister Mai Er has been taken home by Sister Shen. She can't come here." She looked at Ying Yungui and said clearly, "Isn't this what you want?"
"you"
"So, I will complete this mission for her. I will become the bearer of the snake totem."
Ying Yungui looked at her in shock, then turned stiffly to look at Lin Zhouze, who looked as if he had expected it.
But he didn't dare to look at Shi Youchen's face. He was afraid of seeing an expression similar to Lin Zhouze's on that face that looked exactly like his own.
"Don't mess around, Maya. I don't care how you became like this, but this is not something a child like you should get involved in." Ying Yungui closed his eyes and said seriously, "No matter where you heard this from, go back to District 8 immediately."
Maya looked at his forced composure and suddenly gave a playful smile. "Brother Yungui, you're the one messing around now. First, I'm an adult and have long been responsible for my own actions. Even if I weren't, you wouldn't be my guardian. Second, although we all know you detained Sister Mai'er in Area 8 out of kindness, you didn't solve the problem. Not only did you fail to find a suitable carrier, but you also caused trouble for everyone. This is irresponsible."
"Third, some of this may not sound pleasant, but I must say it." She smiled a slightly mocking smile. "You clearly already know our family's situation. You know that Sister Maier volunteered, and I volunteered too. If you treat today as a farce and send me back, how are you going to face them? Are you going to tell Sister Shen the truth? Do you dare?"
Ying Yungui felt a sharp pain at the back of his head. He squinted at Maya and found that she had completely lost her childishness without realizing it. Her eyes revealed a calculation that was not concealed.
Maya changed the subject: "You never let anyone mention the basement in front of me, and I am very grateful to you. But Brother Yungui, since the first time Lu Ming violated me in that place, I have remembered the memory of being a legitimate descendant of the Ryan family. I don't think that is a coincidence." She raised her hand to lift the hem of her clothes, revealing her waist and abdomen. There was a clear snake-shaped tattoo on the surface of that skin.
"This is proof that I was chosen by it to be its parasite." She released her hand. "If that's the case, why let another innocent person die? Don't you agree?"
Even Shi Youchen and Lin Zhouze had not anticipated this unexpected change. They only foresaw that someone would appear here to replace Maile to complete the load. While observing the team, Lin Zhouze also discovered and confirmed that the person was Maya, but he did not expect such a coincidence.
Ying Yungui has been so shocked by the series of events today that he can no longer think efficiently, and now he can't even think normally.
At this moment, Red spoke up, giving him the final blow: "I agree. Now act now before it completely controls my consciousness."
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On a reef outside the holy land, Noah's lower body was immersed in the sea water, and he was lying there waiting in agony with his breath almost gone. An eagle screamed by, and someone landed in front of him.
Labriel lowered his eyes, disdainfully lifted his face with the tip of his shoe, and flipped him over. The thunder and lightning continued to roar, but Labriel's voice was crystal clear: "Noah, did you ever imagine that this day would come?" Seeing the man's now miserable state, he felt no pleasure in revenge, but only greater rage.
"Back then, you knew that forcibly summoning the totem would result in my tragic death, yet you still didn't take my life seriously. Together with Lynch Filler, you forced me to do it in front of everyone. So, do you regret it?" He crushed Noah's heart hard, but controlled the force so that it wouldn't kill him. "Now that you're in my hands, do you think I'll let you die comfortably?"
Noah's face was covered in mud, and he couldn't open his eyes due to the pain. He looked like he was on the verge of death. He didn't beg for mercy, but instead curled his lips and said, "I, Noah Ryan, never regret anything I have done." He forced his eyes open against the falling raindrops and saw a sky that was howling miserably.
......
Maya replaced Mail as the bearer of the snake totem.
This was a reality Ying Yungui had no choice but to accept. He stared at the giant birdcage, gradually crystallizing and disintegrating from top to bottom, and at Red, a frail but still alive figure beside him. He covered his face in frustration and sat on the ground. He never dared to look at Shi Youchen.
Maya walked over to him and handed him a pack of tissues. "Go ahead and cry if you want. It's not like I've never seen this before. I won't make a fuss." Then she sat down next to Ying Yungui, hugged her knees, and said, "Do you know why I can tell the difference between you and him?"
Ying Yungui clutched the paper bundle and turned his head, his eyes seeking knowledge. Maya pointed to her own eyes and said, "The pain in his eyes was so intense, I couldn't pretend not to see it. But it wasn't as obvious in you. You looked like a well-protected young master."
Ying Yungui was stunned. "Your body language tells me that you clearly believe in him, but you're afraid to look at him. What are you afraid of?" Maya reached out toward the distant hills and grabbed handfuls of air. "He was just staring at you." She opened her palms and blew on them, as if blowing away the wind she had just caught.
Lin Zhouze had just cleared out everyone nearby and was about to come back to comfort Shi Youchen when he saw Ying Yungui stand up and rush to Shi Youchen with big strides, stretching out his hand and hugging him.
To be honest, the scene of two identical guys hugging each other is still a bit creepy, no matter how good their looks are.
Lin Zhouze smiled and tactfully changed his route to walk towards Maya.
Ying Yungui refused to let go, so Shi Youchen pinched the back of his neck and said, "Why didn't you look at me just now? What's wrong now? Are you angry now?" He exerted some strength on his hands, and Ying Yungui finally let go, but instead kept staring at his eyes.
"Alright, alright, are you done yet?" Shi Youchen felt uneasy when he was looked at by him. He raised his hands to cover those eyes and pushed them away, saying, "I didn't know Maya would come today." In the past, he would never explain such trivial matters. It sounded like he was making excuses for himself.
But this time he didn't want Ying Yungui to have any grudges in his heart.
Ying Yungui hummed softly, "You're not that kind of person. If I hadn't taken the initiative, she wouldn't have come here for Mai Er." He took a deep breath and said, "To be honest, I was really scared today. Aside from empathy, I wasn't prepared for what happened next. Youchen, am I less useful than before? Even Lin Zhouze is better than me now."
Shi Youchen's eyes flickered for a moment.
Ying Yungui looked at the sky filled with dark clouds, lightning and thunder and asked, "Now that the snake totem has been sealed, there's only one step left in the plan. When do we... start?"
The last step of the maintenance plan is to use the totemic power in the carriers' bodies to absorb and gather all the supernatural energy in the world, and then activate the deep-sea program to freeze everything in the world except the seven carriers and put them into an empty space.
And that space would require all the power possessed by the two of them in their thousands of world lines.
In the end, as long as they stay with the carriers, that space will grow into a new world where there is no trace of supernatural energy.
Shi Youchen touched his forehead and said, "Don't worry. Standing against the whole world requires a legitimate reason. I think someone will be unable to hold back soon. Yun Gui, you have a fever."
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