Chapter 68 He Doesn't Believe in Fate
"It's okay, you don't have to blame yourself." Yu Quezhou murmured softly: "You have done very well."
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 in his ears, 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 put Yu Quezhou in front of him. This way, according to their angle, if they wanted to penetrate him, they would have to kill the other person first!
The deputy knew that as long as they had hostages in their hands, they would not dare to act rashly. This was the experience he had gained from infiltrating the Great Hua Kingdom for so many years. He got pissed off because of this more than once when he was on a mission, and thought with some disdain: What's the point of talking about righteousness, morality, and honor? He only knows that anyone who stands in his way deserves to 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 we agree that we would just blow them to death? Didn’t you say that your system can be powerful?
He is not 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 covering his abdomen, where he was shot. The hot blood flowed out of the 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 with 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 couldn't help but feel 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 police respond, and then she was carried away by the SWAT police behind her. She opened her mouth, and after realizing what was happening, she struggled and yelled inside: "Wait, wait, Yu Quezhou! No, then what are you doing here? Come with us! Yu Quezhou! Can 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 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 black smoke, there was a blazing flame in her eyes.
A huge impact hit her. Xiang Zhinian didn't have time to feel sad. She only felt herself being thrown into the air 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. Not only did they cause immeasurable losses to Dahua Country, they 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.
The disappointment deep in her heart climbed up like a vine, tightly entwining her heart. The breath she had been holding in order to prove herself finally dissipated in vain after she saw the explosion and learned that Yu Quezhou's body was gone, and what followed was regret and resentment.
What do you mean by “If there is no problem, you can go home?” She had no problem in the first place! From beginning to end, she didn't get any trust at all! It was she who used herself as evidence to alert them; it was her humbly begging in the secret passage that bought them an opportunity.
Why do you treat her like this? !
Is it her choice to become a test subject and a part of Ashburn's conspiracy? !
Does possessing extraordinary wisdom make everyone feel uneasy, so one must always be in the public eye, without liberation or freedom? !
She showed her utmost sincerity from beginning to end, even her family, who followed them on the mission and boarded the helicopter even though they knew it was dangerous. However, in the end, the SWAT police betrayed them, knocked them unconscious, and they were unconscious for a day before they finally woke up.
As a result, when they woke up, they could not see themselves or Yu Quezhou.
Xiang Zhinian couldn't imagine how uneasy they felt. She stroked the gauze wrapped around her head, feeling depressed and aggrieved.
Even if she knew, and had always known that they were the spokespersons of the Great Hua Country, she couldn't just look at the problem from her perspective, but had to consider it more comprehensively, so she would rather kill the innocent than let them go. Isn't her imprisonment a kind of protection? But Xiang Zhinian still hoped that he could stand by her side and consider her for even a moment.
But it didn't happen, so her rationality collapsed, and the grievance and anger hidden in her heart broke out, finally forcing her to open her eyes and glance coldly at the person who was hesitating in front of the bed.
"I'm going back now." Xiang Zhinian said, "You can ignore my family, but I can. You can place as many people around me as you want, but I'm going back now!"
The man seemed stunned for a moment, then said helplessly: "I am waiting for your physical examination report. You were hit by the aftermath of the explosion. The brain CT scan has not come out yet. It is not clear whether there are any sequelae for the time being."
Xiang Zhinian didn't say anything. She just sat up from the bed, pulled out the IV drip, and struggled to get off.
Her movements were interrupted, and someone stopped her. It seemed that they understood her mood at the moment, so they said to her: "Your health is more important. Just wait for the report later. There is no need to be so anxious... You are free."
Xiang Zhinian was suddenly stunned. She looked up with an expression of disbelief, worried that she had heard it wrong. Her mind was filled with thousands of thoughts, and all her emotions were suppressed by the word "freedom".
She asked, "What did you say?"
The next second, a badge was placed in her palm. The badge was heavy and glowed red under the incandescent light in the room. It fell into Xiang Zhinian's hand like a key, finally unlocking the shackles that had bound her for so many years.
"Thank you for your contribution. From today on, you are free."
——
When Xiang Wanning woke up, she smelled the scent of disinfectant. She stared blankly at the ceiling and the chandelier above, letting the dazzling light shine into her eyes, causing her tears to shed continuously.
Almost the moment she opened her eyes, the people who were watching over her immediately stood up. They gathered around her in excited tones and asked with concern:
"Wan Ning, you're awake!"
"Wan Ning, how do you feel now?"
"Tell mom and dad, are you still feeling uncomfortable?"
“…”
Among them, Xiang Wanning heard the voices of her parents, her brother, and even the voice of Xiang Zhinian, whom she had not seen for many years, but the only voice missing was Yu Quezhou's.
She didn't even have time to be happy to see them. She groped around on the bed and finally found the letter she had unconsciously stuffed under the pillow and took it out.
Xiang Wanning stuffed the letter into Xiang Zhinian's hand. Her hand trembled slightly, but she did not take it back. She asked, "Sister, who wrote this letter as a prank? Where is Yu Quezhou?"
Xiang Zhinian held her hand. Her fingertips were slightly cold and could not be warmed up no matter how hard he held them. When Xiang Wanning was unconscious, they had already listened to the housekeeper's narration and read the letter. They wanted to hide it from her or tell her in a tactful way, but when she met Xiang Wanning's pleading eyes, Xiang Zhinian was speechless for a moment.
She didn't know how to start the conversation or how to tell the other party that no one died in this operation except Yu Quezhou.
This should have been a great victory. After all, they completed the mission at the lowest cost. This was a military achievement for the Great Hua Kingdom, which is still talked about internationally and also exchanged a lot of resources for the Great Hua Kingdom.
Even through the screen, Xiang Zhinian could feel the joy of the crowd. From time to time, he could hear a few discussions in the hospital. They were congratulating and celebrating. The three words "Yu Quezhou" were covered by the word "martyr". After they mentioned them, they expressed regret for a moment, and then buried them in the ashes of the past. Then there were even brighter cheers.
Xiang Zhinian opened her mouth, but eventually she weakly put her hands to cover her face, choking for a moment, not daring to look at her face.
Xiang Wanning looked at her in confusion at first, then at the others, her eyes scanning their faces one by one. But when she found that no one dared to meet her gaze, she seemed to understand something.
"I know." She said calmly, without the sadness that everyone expected. She even curled her lips towards them and said, "I know. He is a hero. Why didn't you dare tell me this?"
"As a friend, although I am sad about his passing, I also understand his choice and respect it."
Xiang Wanning was too calm, so calm that Xiang Zhinian vaguely felt that she had no feelings for Que Zhou. She behaved more like a stranger than a friend.
She didn't even dare to ask - Wan Ning, do you like Yu Quezhou?
Xiang Zhinian hesitated and thought, could it be that he had guessed wrong, and Wan Ning didn't actually like the other person? Or maybe her love for Que Zhou was just an illusion caused by long-term companionship, or was it a dependence on family affection like Chi Song?
This seems to make some sense, but I always feel like something is wrong.
Just when Xiang Zhinian was about to say something, he saw her reaching out her hand to him: "Give me a hug, sister. I haven't seen you for a long time."
Xiang Wan Ning turned her head and glanced at Chen Yanli beside her, then leaned close to her ear and said while hugging her: "You two should be happy."
Her words were too serious, too solemn. Xiang Zhinian pushed her away slightly and stared into her eyes, unable to see any emotion. She paused, as if sensing something, and spoke: "Wan Ning, don't do anything stupid."
Xiang Wanning smiled and said, "How could that be?"
In the following time, everyone took extra care of Wan Ning. After taking her home from the hospital, someone would go to her room from time to time every night to see if she slept well.
Everyone was afraid that she would keep her emotions to herself and grieve alone. They were even more afraid that she would do something irreparable. They could no longer bear the pain of losing her. So they lived in fear every day, until they found that Wan Ning slept soundly every night and lived a routine life every day. She even complained to them and said coquettishly, "If I had known that my sister would come back, I would not have applied for finance."
Xiang Wanning behaved too normally and too calmly. Even when she attended Yu Quezhou's funeral and saw the name engraved on the tombstone, she did not shed a single tear. Instead, when he saw everyone in tears, he thoughtfully handed them tissues and patiently comforted them... It was as if Yu Quezhou had never appeared.
After coming back, she didn't do anything to hurt herself, didn't mention her past experiences, didn't pester them for an explanation, and didn't question why they had done such a dangerous thing without telling her.
She would occasionally go to film, go shopping with Mo Yin, play chess with Grandpa Xiang who was brought back from abroad, act coquettishly and ask Xiang Chisong and Xiang Tingye to give her gifts, and give ideas to Chen Yanli when he was racking his brains for a date location.
Just when Xiang Zhinian almost believed it and thought that Xiang Wanning's feelings for Que Zhou were just like this. One night, she suddenly woke up from her dream, her heart felt empty, as if there was a hole in it. The wind kept bringing a sour smell, which made her suddenly want to "find Xiang Wanning immediately." So she stood up instantly and ran towards Wan Ning's room.
As soon as she opened the door, she saw Xiang Wanning sitting on the windowsill. She was wearing a long dress, her bare feet hanging in the air, and she was holding a golden apple in her hand.
After hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, Xiang Wanning raised her head and said to her with a smile, "Sister, can't you sleep?"
Xiang Zhinian's pupils dilated, and he was so frightened that he lost his voice. His hands holding the door frame kept tightening, and finally he said in a trembling voice: "Wan Ning... Wan Ning, come down, don't stay there."
The moonlight shone through the window, casting a layer of silver on her originally dark hair. Xiang Wanning seemed not to hear the other person's voice. She stared at the golden apple in her hand absentmindedly and asked Xiang Zhinian, "Sister, I never understood why he gave me the apple. I still don't understand it now."
Xiang Wanning took a bite, but it didn't move. Instead, she felt the sourness of the metal. So she smiled bitterly, looking a little tired: "It's sour, sister, you can't eat apples."
Xiang Zhinian was slowly approaching her step by step. In order not to arouse Xiang Wanning's suspicion, he patiently echoed her whispers: "Wanning, this is a golden apple, of course you can't eat it."
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 himself in 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 be integrated with the current world, which will cause many bugs]
"What does this have to do with us?"
[Well, because I found myself as if I had become 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 tests 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 cause some problems with 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 overflowed from his voice. I originally thought that I would turn into pieces and no body would be left, but I could still open my eyes and seemed to feel my heart beating. Yu Quezhou's current mood was the same as the system.
[Wake up, where can you feel your heart beating? Your body has been destroyed along with the explosion. You are now just a string of data like me.] The system could hear his inner voice, and there was no need for Yu Quezhou to speak out loud. The bond between them was even deeper: [I thought I was going to die, but the moment the program was blown up, I felt that some force 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:……
【cannot! ! ! 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 wavering, 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 a body 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 appear 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: ...
Does that mean opening a blind box? Drive wherever you want.
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, that's 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 field of 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, and 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 understand.
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. Due to his low line of sight, 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 sudden change and didn't dare to speak for a while. After a long time, seeing that Yu Quezhou remained silent, the system became restless.
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 see her in other timelines, right? 】
Yu Quezhou was reminded by its last sentence and suddenly came 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, could you change her fate when you were dealing with the bug in the previous timeline? Maybe you could? 】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, as if they were worried that she was not having a good life in the underworld. They burned for a whole day.
In the bright firelight, Yu Quezhou saw several people sitting on the ground, looking shapeless. Their faces did not become any rosier due to the reflection of the firelight, but remained as pale as ever. Losing Xiang Wanning was like cutting a piece of flesh off their bodies.
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 be left 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 great pain now. I can feel your heartbeat is 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 hadn’t accepted me, perhaps we wouldn’t be alive. This is also the so-called fate, right? 】
Yu Quezhou thought that 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 can limit his freedom, and no one can 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 could not compete with it for the time being, he might avoid it and accumulate strength.
——Wait for the day when he will see clearly what is above the rules!
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