The bullet shot at Zhinian shattered the glass, and his voice was mixed in, making it difficult to hear clearly. The deputy looked at him hesitantly, as if he was worried that Yu Quezhou would cause trouble under his nose.
Before he could come to his senses, he heard a crisp explosion and countless debris flew towards them. The deputy felt some debris piercing his arm. He trembled slightly for a moment and immediately felt someone pointing a gun at him.
He moved and blocked Yu Quezhou in front of him. In this way, if they wanted to penetrate him from their angle, they would have to kill him first! The deputy knew that as long as they had hostages, they would not dare to act rashly. This was his experience after infiltrating Dahua for so many years. He had been humiliated by this more than once when he was on a mission, and thought with some disdain: What kind of courtesy, righteousness, integrity and shame, he only knew that anyone who blocked him should die!
He didn't dare to loosen his grip on the gun for a moment, but because of the pain in his arm, he couldn't help but curse inwardly: "Ashburn, you are a duke, can't you install it better? What kind of inferior material is used? A bullet can break it?!"
Ashburn sneered and said nothing.
But the strange thing is that the entire manor did not explode as Xiang Zhinian had imagined. Even without the protection of the glass, the brain imprisoned inside was still suspended in the air, breathing slowly, indicating that it still existed.
Instead, the other six people began to struggle violently inside, and finally the six glass jars exploded, and the whole room was flooded with blood, and the blurred flesh splashed out and splashed on Xiang Zhinian's face.
Xiang Zhinian was stunned.
She seemed to be able to feel it sticking to her body and constantly wriggling, and she couldn't help feeling a chill.
The smell of blood rushed into their noses, accompanied by a strong stench. Everyone's faces changed drastically. They heard Ashborn seem to think that they were not up to the task, so he sighed and shook his head: "My dear daughter, I have said it before, only I can control the system center."
The words "good daughter" flowed out from his lips, tender and intimate, but he pressed the button with his hand, his brows were filled with resentment of not getting what he wanted, and ambition and madness flashed in Ashibern's dark blue eyes. Everyone only heard him say: "It seems that you, the Great Hua Kingdom, don't have much mercy either, so go to hell with me!"
Ashburn thought he had a sure win, but after pressing the button, he didn't hear the buzzing sound of the explosion and was stunned for a moment.
The deputy cursed and asked in a hoarse voice: "Ashburn, you are so stingy? Even the bombs are of inferior quality?"
"Can this explode?!"
Ashburn: ...
Before they could react, Yu Quezhou suddenly spoke up and shouted at them, "What are you still standing there for? Come on now!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he elbowed the deputy in the abdomen, and the other party dodged to the side when he felt the pain. The others rushed forward in an instant, and the special police pointed their guns at the limbs of Ashburn and the deputy. Only a few gunshots were heard, followed by the screams of pain from the two men.
The deputy's hands were removed, and he randomly fired several shots at people when the gun in his hand was taken away. He didn't listen carefully to see if anyone was shot, but instead shouted in panic: "Ashburn! Where's your backup?!"
Didn't they say they would just blow them up? Didn't they say their system would be powerful?
He didn't come here to die today! The so-called back-up plan·The bomb was withdrawn by the enemy·Ashburn:...
"Stop yelling." Ashburne's mouth corners turned down, and his eyes swept over Xiang Zhinian fiercely. He seemed to understand something, and suddenly curled his lips: "I underestimated you. If I had known you were so useful, why would I send you to Dahua? You have become so weak and vulnerable. How can you be a member of the Olcott family?"
The SWAT officers immediately stepped forward to control him and searched him thoroughly. They breathed a sigh of relief when they found no other dangerous items. Finally, they handcuffed his still restless hands and shouted angrily, "Shut up!"
Xiang Zhinian didn't understand what was going on, but he vaguely realized that this matter was related to Yu Quezhou. If there was no problem with Yashborn's remote control, then the problem could only be with the system center!
She looked up and saw that the bright brain that was originally floating in the air suddenly turned black, then turned into powder and dissipated in the air.
Xiang Zhinian couldn't believe it. Perhaps it was because of the twists and turns in the process, or because she was prepared for a desperate fight and had made plans for the worst, but the ending came so easily that she felt as if she was in a dream.
The system's core... has been destroyed?
Is it that easy? When she was about to say something, she turned around and saw Yu Quezhou holding his abdomen, where he was shot. The hot blood flowed out of his wound and fell on the ground, forming a small pool of blood.
"Hurry up!" He heard the system's approaching countdown and constant warnings, and said, holding back the sweat on his forehead, "We can't stay here for long!"
The others immediately became alert. Seeing that Ashburn was caught, the bones of his hands and feet were broken, and he could not walk a few steps even if he was let go, but he still had an inexplicable smile on his face, they felt a chill in their hearts, and a sticky feeling as if they were being watched by a poisonous snake.
They quickly retreated to the secret passage and escorted them out.
Xiang Zhinian fell behind last. She reached out to support Yu Quezhou. Seeing his wound bleeding, she was a little flustered. As they retreated together, she kept comforting him: "It's okay, the paramedics will be here soon. We just need to get out...we just need to get out, and you'll be fine!"
As she spoke, she felt inexplicably flustered and walked into the secret passage first. She nervously stretched out her hand to Yu Quezhou: "Come, I'll help you, come down quickly."
【Countdown two minutes! 】
When the system's sharp and piercing prompt sounded, Yu Quezhou loosened his hands that were covering his abdomen, and slowly closed the door of the secret passage in front of Xiang Zhinian's sight.
The door stopped Xiang Zhinian from turning around.
"I can't leave. There will be an explosion here in a minute." He deliberately shortened his words by one minute. His chest rose and fell with his voice. He gasped in pain. Yu Quezhou said to the special police behind Xiang Zhinian, "Please take her away."
Xiang Zhinian seemed to have not expected him to say such a thing.
Before she could withdraw her hand, she heard the SWAT respond, and then she was carried away by the SWAT behind her. She opened her mouth, and after she realized what was happening, she struggled and yelled inside: "Wait, wait, Yu Quezhou! No, then what are you doing here? Come with us! Yu Quezhou! Do you hear me?!"
"Yu Quezhou, Yu Quezhou!"
Xiang Zhinian's eyes were blurry, and she felt the light disappear the moment he closed the door. She felt herself getting farther and farther away from him. She almost yelled at him, "How do you want me to go back and explain to Wan Ning? Yu Quezhou——!"
Her calls went unanswered.
Yu Quezhou lay exhausted on the ground, among the remains of countless corpses, the stench of blood, and broken glass. Every step he took stung his skin. The room was covered in blood. He looked around for a long time and said to the system with disgust.
"This is not a good place to bury bones." Yu Quezhou sighed: "It's disgusting."
The system's voice was somewhat dull, as if it still couldn't accept this outcome. It thought for a long time before finally asking:
[You...you don't regret it? ]
"What are you regretting?"
The system thought for a moment: [Actually, all of this has little to do with you. If you didn’t know Xiang Wanning, you could have stayed out of this.]
Yu Quezhou suddenly laughed.
His laughter echoed in the room. During the final countdown of the system, he deliberately ignored its last question and slowly said, "No regrets."
…
When Xiang Zhinian, who had reached the end, stepped out of the secret passage, she didn't even have time to take a few breaths of fresh air. When she turned back with tears on her face, she saw the whole building suddenly collapsed. Amid the violent explosion and thick black smoke, there was a blazing flame in her eyes.
A huge impact came towards her. Xiang Zhinian didn't have time to feel sad. She only felt herself being thrown up by the wind and then falling heavily.
A second before he lost consciousness, Xiang Zhinian cried out in pain: "If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have let him come. What about Wan Ning..."
* "According to reports, the Olcott family of Country Z has been conducting illegal and immoral genetic research. There is a lot of evidence that they sent people to infiltrate Dahua Country as undercover agents, which not only caused inestimable losses to Dahua Country, but also colluded with many forces in other countries, bringing a heavy blow to the entire world. In this international court, other countries have expressed..."
Xiang Zhinian didn't open her eyes. She lay on the bed and opened her mouth: "Turn it off."
The next second, the TV turned off abruptly, and someone else sighed in the room, as if they didn't know how to start. The person hesitated for a while before saying, "The test report will be issued today. If there is no problem, you can go home."
Xiang Zhinian sneered and said nothing.
内心深处的失望如藤蔓往上攀登，紧紧缠绕在心间，她一直以来为了证明自己而憋着的那口气，终于在看见爆炸得知于阙舟尸骨无存后徒然散开，随即而来的就是后悔和愤恨。
什么叫“如果没有问题，你就可以回家了？”，她本来就没有问题！从始至终她都没能得到丝毫信任！是她用自己作为证据，让他们警惕起来；是她在暗道中卑微乞求，才换来一个机会。
凭什么要这样对她？！ 难道成为实验体，成为亚希伯恩阴谋中的一环是她能够选择的吗？！ 难道拥有超出常人的智慧，令所有人感到不安，所以就必须时刻在众人的视线中，不得解脱不得自由吗？！
她从始至终都拿出了自己最大的诚意，甚至包括她的家人，即使知道此去凶险也跟随着他们一起出任务，上直升机，最后却落得特警叛变，将他们打晕，昏迷一天后才彻底清醒的下场。
结果一觉醒来，他们见不到自己，也见不到于阙舟。
向知念不敢想象他们心中是何等不安，她抚摸着缠绕在头上的纱布，心里沉闷不平。
即使她知道，一直都知道他们是大华国的代言人，不能只站在她的角度看问题，要考虑得更全面，所以宁可错杀，不能放过，对她的禁锢何尝不是一种保护？但向知念仍然期盼着哪怕一瞬能站在她这边，替她考虑一下。
可是没有，于是理智瓦解，掩藏在心底的委屈和恼怒破土而出，终于迫使她睁开了双眼，冷漠的瞥向在病床前踌躇不决的人。
“我现在就要回去。”向知念说：“你们可以不在乎我的家人，我不能不在乎，在我身边安插多少人随便你，但我现在就要回去！”
那人似乎愣了一会，随后才无奈的道：“我是在等你的身体检测报告，你受到了爆炸的余波造成的冲击，脑补CT还没出来，现在暂时不清楚有没有后遗症。”
向知念没有说话，她只是从病床上坐起，拔掉了吊针，挣扎着想要下去。
她的动作被人打断，有人拦住她，好像是明白她此刻的心情，于是对她说：“身体更重要，只是等一下报告，不用这么着急……你是自由的。”
向知念忽然怔住，她怀着不可置信的神情抬眸，担心是自己一时听错，脑海中思绪万千，所有的情绪都被这一声“自由”压了下来。
她问：“你说什么？”
下一秒，她的手心被放入了一枚徽章，那枚徽章分量沉沉，在房间内白炽灯的照射下泛着红色的光芒，落入向知念的手中好似一把钥匙，终于解开了她这么多年的枷锁。
“感谢你做出的贡献，从今天开始，你自由了。”
——
向晚柠醒来时，鼻尖传来消毒水的气息，她有些茫然的盯着天花板，盯着顶上的吊灯，任由刺眼的光芒照进自己眼中，激得她不断落下眼泪。
几乎是在她睁开眼的一瞬间，旁边看护的人就立马起身，他们语气激动，纷纷围了过来，关切问道： “晚柠，你醒啦！”
“晚柠，你现在感觉怎么样？”
“告诉爸爸妈妈，还有没有哪里不舒服？”
“……”
在这其中，向晚柠听见了爸爸妈妈的声音，听见了哥哥的声音，甚至听见了多年未见的、向知念的声音，唯独没有于阙舟的声音。
她甚至来不及欣喜见到了他们，就在床上摸索着，最终在枕头底下找到了自己无意识塞进去的信，并把它拿了出来。
向晚柠将她塞到了向知念的手上，她的手微微发颤，但却没有收回，她问：“姐姐，这封信是谁的恶作剧吗？于阙舟在哪？”
向知念握住了她的手，她的指尖微凉，怎么握也热不起来。在向晚柠昏迷的时候，他们已经听完管家的叙述，也看过了这封信，本想瞒着她、或是婉转的告诉她，但当她和向晚柠恳求的目光对上时，向知念一时竟失了声。
她不知道该怎么开口，该怎么告诉对方，这次的行动除了于阙舟，没有任何人死亡。
这本该是一场大获全胜，毕竟他们以最少的代价完成了任务，这是属于大华国的战功，在国际上仍被津津乐道，也为大华国换取了不少资源。
即使隔着屏幕，向知念也能感受到众人的喜悦，医院内时不时也能听到几声议论，他们在祝贺，在道喜，于阙舟三个字便随着盖下的“烈士”两字，被他们提及后惋惜了一瞬，随后掩埋在过往的余烬中，而后便是更加灿烂的欢呼声。
向知念张了张嘴，最终无力的伸手捂住脸，一时哽咽，不敢去看她的脸。
向晚柠先是疑惑的看着她，最后看向其他人，目光从他们的脸上一一扫过，可在发现没有人敢对上自己的视线时，她好像明白了什么。
“我知道了。”她平静的说道，并没有大家预料之中的悲伤，甚至朝他们弯了弯嘴角：“我知道了，他是英雄，这种事情你们为什么不敢告诉我？”
“作为朋友，虽然会因为他的离世而感到难过，但我也明白他的选择，尊重他的选择。”
向晚柠太冷静，冷静到向知念恍惚间觉得她对于阙舟没有感情，表现得不像是朋友，更像是一个陌生人。
她甚至都不敢问出那句——晚柠，你喜欢于阙舟吗？ 向知念犹豫的想，难道真的是自己猜错了，其实晚柠并不喜欢对方？或者她对于阙舟的喜欢，只是因长期的陪伴产生的错觉、又或者是对向池淞一样的来自亲情的依赖？ 这么想似乎有些道理，但总觉得有哪里不对。
向知念正想说点什么时，就看见她朝自己伸出了手：“抱一下，姐姐，我已经好久没见过你了。”
向晚柠扭头，看了一旁的沉宴漓一眼，随后在拥抱时凑近她的耳朵说道：“你们要幸福哦。”
她的话太认真，太郑重，向知念略推开了她，盯着对方的眼睛，竟看不出一丝情绪，她顿了顿，仿佛感应到什么一般开了口：“晚柠，不要做傻事。”
向晚柠笑了笑：“怎么会呢。”
接下来的时间，大家都格外照顾晚柠，在从医院接她回家后，每天夜里总会有人时不时的去到她的房间看她有没有睡好。
大家怕她把情绪憋在心里，独自悲恸难过，更怕她想不开做出不可挽回的事，他们已经无法再承受失去她的痛苦了。于是他们每日过得胆战心惊，直到他们发现每天夜里晚柠都睡得很熟，每天也按部就班的生活，甚至还会朝他们抱怨撒娇道：“早知道姐姐回来，我就不报金融了。”
向晚柠表现得太正常了，太平静了，即使去参加于阙舟的葬礼，看见墓碑上刻着的名字时，也没有掉一滴眼泪。反而见到大家泪流满面的样子，还贴心的为他们递上纸巾，耐心安慰着……就好像于阙舟这个人从未出现过。
回来之后，她没有做任何伤害自己的行为，没有再提以前的经历，没有缠着他们要一个解释，更没有质问大家为什么瞒着她去做了这么危险的事。
她偶尔还会去拍戏，会陪墨音逛街，会陪从国外接回来的向老爷子下棋，会撒娇让向池淞和向庭烨送她礼物，会给沉宴漓苦思冥想不出约会的地点时给他出主意。
就当向知念都差点信以为真，以为向晚柠对于阙舟的感情不过如此时。一天夜里，她突然从梦中惊醒过来，心中空荡荡一片，仿佛漏了个洞，不断有风携来酸涩的气息，让她突兀的产生了“要马上找到向晚柠”的念头。于是她瞬间起身，朝向晚柠的房间跑去。
她刚一打开门，就看见向晚柠坐在窗台边，她穿着一袭长裙，赤脚悬在半空，手中握着一个金色苹果。
在听见推门声后，向晚柠抬起头，笑盈盈的朝她说：“姐姐睡不着吗？”
向知念瞳孔放大，被她吓得失声，握住门框的手不断收紧，最后颤声说：“晚柠……晚柠你下来，别待在那里。”
窗外有月光倾斜，给她那头原本乌黑龙密的头发渡上了一层银丝，向晚柠似乎没有听见对方的声音，失神的看着手中的金苹果，问着向知念：“姐姐，我一直不明白他为什么会送苹果给我，到现在也没明白。”
向晚柠轻咬了一口，没有咬动，反而舔舐到属于金属的酸涩感，于是她苦笑一声，神情有些疲惫：“它是酸的啊，姐姐，苹果不能吃。”
She stared at Xiang Wanning closely, always on guard, her palms wet with sweat, for she was afraid that she would lean forward and she would not be able to catch her in time.
As if she had sensed Xiang Zhinian's nervousness, Xiang Wanning curled her lips helplessly and said to her, "Sister, this is the second floor, don't worry about me... I won't die even if I fall down."
"But you will get hurt! It will hurt!" Xiang Zhinian said, "If you have anything to say, tell me, okay? Don't sit there...I'm a little scared."
Xiang Wanning held the apple in her hand. Because she had maintained this position for too long, even the metal was stained with a trace of temperature. She closed her eyes in some pain: "But how can I tell you? Sister, I don't have the system anymore. I can never go back to the past. There is no way to start over again... Sister, this is the best ending among my 4.01 million attempts."
When she closed her eyes, Xiang Zhinian took the opportunity to pull her down, and the two of them fell into the bright moonlight together and hugged each other on the ground.
Xiang Wanning first whimpered softly, and then finally burst into tears. She reached out and grabbed Xiang Zhinian's collar. Her tears soaked the fabric on his chest and hurt Xiang Zhinian's heart through her skin.
"I don't have a system anymore! Why? Why! Why wasn't I the one who died?"
"So many times, so many times, why am I still so useless?"
Xiang Zhinian finally discovered something that she had always felt was wrong but she had not noticed... Since they came back, they could no longer hear Xiang Wanning's voice.
So they knew that she was sad, but they never expected it to be so painful.
Her life had failed after millions of restarts, and now, for the last time, it still did not have the perfect ending she had hoped for.
"What should I do, Wan Ning, what should I do..." At this moment, Xiang Zhinian met her gaze in despair. After observing closely, he found that her hair was not dyed silver by the moonlight, but was actually white, mixed with the black, which looked particularly eye-catching.
When he turned around, he found the medicine bottle overturned at the end of the bed. There were still a few drops of medicine left in it, which made a hissing sound in Xiang Zhinian's eyes.
Xiang Zhinian understood that there was no need to say any more words of comfort... because no one could keep her.
But she still begged desperately, "Wan Ning, Wan Ning... We can't lose you, please, please!"
"Someone come to save her, someone come to save her..."
Xiang Wanning listened to her words and rubbed against her arms, as if he wanted to give her a soothing smile, but he spat out blood the moment he raised the corners of his mouth.
"Sister, I'm fine. I'm just a little tired." Xiang Wanning heard her rapid heartbeat in her chest and felt her eyelids heavy. The pain in her body after swallowing the poison was not as great as the pain in her heart. She said slowly, "I'm sorry."
Her voice became lower and lower, and her apologies, along with the blood-stained golden apple that fell to the ground, turned into a sour, dull, yet unexpressed love that was trapped in her heart and made her unable to let it go for a long time.
She always seemed to be one step short, always one step short.
"Wan Ning, Wan Ning..." Xiang Zhinian held her in his arms, no longer having the strength to stand up. She shouted desperately outside the house, "Help, help! Wuuuu, help——!"
But it was no use. No matter how she screamed and how loudly her family members rushed to call the emergency number, Xiang Zhinian could still feel her body gradually getting colder in her arms, and she never received a response.
Xiang Zhinian's eyes were red as she remained in this position motionless. She was the most useless person. Two people died in front of her one after another, but she was powerless to do anything.
She couldn't save Yu Quezhou, couldn't save Xiang Wanning, and wouldn't be able to save herself in the future.
——
[As the saying goes, "Heaven and earth were born with me, and all things are one with me." In the vast universe, anything that happens seems normal.]
"Is this why we are here?"
[No, it’s because we completely destroyed the system inherited by the Orcott family, and I swallowed up Xiang Wanning’s system, so this led to a problem... This world can no longer be rewound, and Xiang Wanning’s life that has been repeated four million times will also merge with the current world, which will cause many bugs]
"What does this have to do with us?"
[Well, because I found myself to be the only and most powerful inorganic intelligent being in the world, and I have figured out the laws of this world, do you understand? ]
"……don't know."
[To put it simply, we have to clean up the mess left by Xiang Wanning. If we don’t, the world will gradually collapse, and our sacrifice will be in vain.]
Hearing this, Yu Quezhou opened his eyes. Before he could recover from the violent explosion, he heard the system's declaration in his ears.
When he heard "clean up the mess left by Xiang Wanning", he frowned slightly and said with some displeasure: "What do you mean by a mess?"
[Uh...] The system thought for a while and said solemnly: [We are about to face the test that Comrade Xiang Wanning has left for us in each world! Are you ready? !]
Yu Quezhou: ...
This system seems to be broken. Did the explosion also cause problems for it? Yu Quezhou heard the system's uncontrollable excitement. Even though he tried to pretend to be mature and hide it, the joy of surviving the disaster also overflowed in his voice. He originally thought that he would be reduced to pieces and his body would be gone, but he could still open his eyes and seemed to feel his heart beating. Yu Quezhou's current mood was the same as the system's.
[Wake up, how can you feel your heart beating? Your body has been destroyed along with the explosion. You are now just like me, a string of data.] The system can hear his inner voice, and there is no need for Yu Quezhou to speak out loud. The bond between them is even deeper: [I thought I was going to die, but the moment the program was blown up, I felt that some power was calling me...]
Yu Quezhou: ...
[Okay, you despise me] The system said: [Actually, I felt that this world was heading towards destruction, so I tried to establish a connection with the laws of this world, and succeeded, so I also brought you here. This is your consciousness space]
Yu Quezhou looked at the empty space, somewhat dissatisfied, and asked: "You are so impressive, can you conjure up a sofa?"
system:……
[No!!!] The system was afraid that if Yu Quezhou stayed here for a while longer, he would ask him to decorate the house according to the Xiang family's villa, so it immediately said: [Let's start now, and go back to the previous world line first...]
"Wait." Yu Quezhou stopped it and said, "Since you can master the laws of this world, can you take me back and let me see what that world will become after I leave?"
The system was a little hesitant and a little hesitant. Perhaps it also wanted to see if everything had a happy ending after they left, so after hesitating for a while, it said: [Let's go and take a sneak peek! ]
"Do we have bodies when we show up?"
[No, you are just a string of data. We may turn into wind or other objects, but we cannot turn into people.]
"...Remember to let me show up at the Xiang family villa. I don't want to become something inexplicable. If I become an object, will you let me go back?"
[Sorry, dear, my energy is not strong enough, so I don’t have this option...]
Yu Quezhou: ...
What does it mean to open a blind box? Whatever you open is what you get.
Before Que Zhou could respond, he saw a flash of light before his eyes. The next second, he opened his eyes and found himself in Xiang Wanning's room.
Yu Quezhou: ...? No, this is not good, right?
He suddenly became panic-stricken and had no time to check what he had become. He just hoped not to run into Xiang Wanning, otherwise he would not be able to explain it to her.
But he forgot that he was no longer in human form and would not be able to recognize them even if he met them.
Just as he was about to question the system in his mind, he suddenly heard the sound of a door being pushed open, and a pair of feet appeared in front of him.
When Yu Quezhou found that his vision was very low and he couldn't raise his head normally, he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. He questioned the system in his mind: [What have I become? ]
The system was silent for a moment, and then replied: [It seems... to be an apple? Hey, isn't this the gift you gave to Wan Ning before? ]
Yu Quezhou: ...
He thought of the golden apple he had given to Xiang Wanning, and was speechless: [I can't run away even if I want to. Fortunately, I landed in Xiang Wanning's room. Otherwise, when would I find them? ]
A pair of hands lifted him up, interrupting Yu Quezhou's next words. He met Xiang Zhinian's lifeless eyes and saw her current attire: a white long dress with a jasmine flower pinned in her hair.
He also saw his current appearance from Xiang Zhinian's eyes: there was a tooth mark on the edge of the golden apple, and there was a lot of blood on it, as if someone had rolled it in a pile of blood.
Yu Quezhou had a feeling that something was wrong. His heart was in his throat. He even wanted to ask Xiang Zhinian what happened and why she was dressed like this, as if...
It's like going to someone's funeral.
But Yu Quezhou soon found out the reason.
Because he was held in the palm of Xiang Zhinian's hand, he heard her murmur: "How could she forget you? She likes you so much, will she be unable to sleep without you?"
He guessed something and his heart sank to the bottom.
He saw that the people in the car were all wearing white clothes, saw their sad expressions, and saw their red and swollen eyes...
When the car started, everyone fell into silence. No one spoke. Xiang Zhinian leaned his head against the car window, as if thinking about something.
He followed everyone to the cemetery. As he walked towards Zhinian, he took a closer look at the environment of the cemetery. He felt that this place was not good, and that place was not good either. There was no mountain or river, no flowers in bloom. It was so remote and desolate, and it did not suit her at all.
Why did she die? How could she die? Yu Quezhou couldn't figure it out.
Everything was going in a good direction, and he was the one who died in the explosion...
He felt Xiang Zhinian stop and pull back his thoughts. Because his line of sight was low, he could only see the grass and flowers growing beside the tombstone, but could not clearly see the name engraved on the tombstone.
Xiang Zhinian placed him in front of the tombstone and said softly, "I was afraid you would be lonely, so I found your favorite apple to accompany you, but it was stained with blood that day and can never be wiped clean."
She reached out her hand and gently wiped the dust off the tombstone. Yu Quezhou heard Mo Yin's murmur from behind him: "The poison is so painful, Wan Ning, what were you thinking when you drank it?"
A glowing badge was placed next to him by Xiang Zhinian.
"Don't be afraid, sister is with you too."
…
The system was stunned by this incident and didn't dare to speak for a while. After a long time, seeing that Yu Quezhou remained silent, the system couldn't sit still anymore.
It racked its brains to think of words to comfort Yu Quezhou: [Mr. Yu, are you okay? ]
[It’s time for us to go]
[Don't be sad, maybe you can still see her in other timelines, right? ]
Yu Quezhou was reminded by its last sentence and suddenly came back to his senses. He asked in his heart: [Wait, you said before that the world she had experienced before would merge with the current world. Does that mean...?]
[I'm not sure, can you change her fate when you were dealing with the bug in the previous timeline? Maybe you can?] The system seemed to know what he was going to say and interrupted him: [But I know one thing...]
[Yu Quezhou, when all timelines converge and the entire world merges, the rules will not allow for 4 million different Xiang Wanning to appear. She is a bug in each world.]
[To eliminate the bug, we must eliminate her]
[Although I support you to give it a try, even so, you can only choose one... In those 4 million worlds, who will you kill, who will you choose, and who will you protect? ]
[After all——They are all Xiang Wanning]
Yu Quezhou possessed the golden apple and did not answer the system's overly cruel question. He watched Xiang's family burning paper for her in front of the tombstone. They seemed to be worried that she was not having a good life in the underworld, so they burned for a whole day.
In the bright firelight, Yu Quezhou saw several people sitting on the ground, without any image. Their faces did not become rosy due to the reflection of the firelight, but were still as pale as before. Without Xiang Wanning, it was as if a piece of flesh had been cut out of these people.
What’s even more terrifying is that they have to keep living because this is the outcome Xiang Wanning fought so hard for.
"If I had known that you liked Yu Quezhou, I wouldn't have stopped you." Xiang Chisong's voice came: "I should have tied him up and made an engagement with you first, so that we wouldn't end up without one."
Chen Yanli burned a few more money trees for her, and after a long silence, he told her to take good care of herself and not be reluctant to spend money.
Mo Yin stared blankly at the photo on the tombstone and murmured, "But my Wan Ning, my Wan Ning didn't have a good life at all. She couldn't even take care of herself. How could I be at ease leaving her alone..."
Xiang Tingye, who hardly smoked, had already smoked a whole pack of cigarettes today, with cigarette butts scattered all around. He said in the smoke he exhaled, "Ashburn has only been temporarily imprisoned in the international prison. The verdict has not yet been announced. I have to watch them die. I have to watch them die!"
After a long time, Yu Quezhou finally said in his heart: [Let’s go, system]
[Have you figured it out?] System question: [I feel you are in a lot of pain right now. I can feel your heartbeat going too fast and I can also feel the pain in your heart. Yu Quezhou, how can I comfort you? Have you thought about which Xiang Wanning to keep?]
Yu Quezhou suddenly sneered in his heart.
I figured it out, he said, because I don’t believe in the law.
[But the law really exists, it is far above me] The system didn't know how to explain to him: [If I hadn't touched it, and it had accepted me, perhaps we wouldn't be alive. Is this also the so-called fate? ]
Yu Quezhou thought, he actually didn't believe in fate, nor did he believe in the so-called laws. The only purpose of their existence was to allow people to break them! No one could limit his freedom, and no one could decide the life and death of those 4 million Xiang Wannings.
But what if it really exists?
Does it really exist? Yu Quezhou thought that if he couldn't compete with it for the time being, he might avoid it and accumulate strength.
——Waiting for the day when he can see clearly what is above the rules! Ten thousand words! Success! Check in! (Exhausted)
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