Chapter 360: I must be very cheerful if I keep laughing
Zhong Mu immediately nodded in agreement, "You're right!"
The woman smiled and said, "You're not from the Forgotten City, are you? You don't even know this. I'm afraid you're from another city. Aren't other cities in a state of chaos right now?"
Zhong Mu frowned and thought seriously. He really didn't know what the situation was like in other cities.
"It's okay, it's okay. You don't have to tell me." The woman saw his distress and comforted him with a few words. She glanced out of the corner of her eye and noticed a dark figure standing at the other end of the street outside the door. Although he didn't come over, his eyes were fixed on this side, staring straight at him without any concealment.
At first glance, I saw a strange man staring at this side with a weird smile, which was a bit creepy.
"Is that... your friend?" the woman asked.
When Zhong Mu turned around, he saw Li Mo standing there motionless. Because he looked so scary, people on the street consciously avoided him, making him even more noticeable.
"Um... I'm sorry, that is indeed my friend, although he looks scary! But he is really not bad at all! Really!" Zhong Mu could only try his best to comfort the woman, fearing that she would be scared by the mindless monster.
"Oh... so you're my friend." The woman patted her chest. "I thought someone was standing there staring at me. If it's your friend, then everything's fine."
"I'm sorry, he just looks weird and scary, but he's really a good person, not a bad guy! I was afraid that he would scare you, so I asked him to stand there and wait." Zhong Mu tried hard to explain, but felt that his explanation was powerless, because Li Mo standing there staring at him was even scarier than entering the house.
"Of course not." The woman raised her hand and waved towards Li Mo on the other end. "He doesn't look like a bad guy at first glance."
"He looked like he really wanted to come over, but he just stood there and didn't come over. You can tell he respects you and listens to your instructions. He's a very sensible person. He looks... not bad either. What a young, handsome guy, and he's always smiling. He must be very cheerful."
"Ah?" Zhong Mu scratched his head three times but couldn't imagine that such praise was given to Li Mo.
Does this young mother have a filter for everyone?
"Then can I let him come over? He has been standing there, which is quite scary for passers-by." Zhong Mu was also afraid that if he stood there for too long, he would attract the attention of those people from yesterday.
"You should have come in earlier. There's no point in letting guests stand outside. The Forgotten City is in such chaos right now. If you help me bring my little brat back, you won't be a bad person." The woman struggled to stand up, holding onto the table. "I'll make you some tea. Please sit down for a while."
The child next to him immediately went to help his mother.
Only after his mother entered the inner room did Li Mo stride over to the door.
"Boss Li Mo, that young mother just praised you. Do you know what she praised you for?" Zhong Mu couldn't help but share this shocking thing with me.
Li Mo smiled and nodded, "I heard it."
He even smiled with a little pride.
Zhong Mu was speechless. He decided to complain about this to Boss Ye when he got back, otherwise he would feel unhappy.
After a while, the woman came out of the house shakily, carrying a small teapot. She placed the teapot on the table and sat down again. It seemed that getting up to make tea had taken all her energy, and now she leaned back in the chair, feeling exhausted.
The child obediently handed the tea to Zhong Mu and Li Mo, and thoughtfully moved two chairs for them to sit on.
The atmosphere in the room was harmonious and peaceful, completely different from the noise outside.
The woman stared at Li Mo with a smile on her face. She didn't have the panic and fear that other people had when they saw him. Instead, she smiled and said, "You don't seem to be an ordinary person. When I see you, I feel like I'm seeing a god. I can't help but feel awe in my heart. This feeling is not what humans should have."
Zhong Mu quickly tried to smooth things over, "He's just an ordinary person, he just acted a little scary. That's what awe means, right?"
She turned a deaf ear to Zhong Mu's explanation, tilted her head and chuckled softly. When she looked at Li Mo, a little vitality appeared on her sick face. "Actually, you are a god, right?"
Zhong Mu was stunned. Are all the people in this city so quick-witted? How did they guess this so quickly?
"Um...he..." Zhong Mu wanted to explain, but he didn't know how to explain for a moment. If he took the initiative to say that this person was a god, no one would believe it. How could anyone directly guess this way?
Li Mo lowered his eyes and began to think seriously, "I don't know either. Judging from the situation here, I'm not a god."
The people here are loved by many believers and have their own area. They have nothing to do with the definition of God.
"Really? But when I see you, I feel like I've seen God." The woman patted her thin chest. "When I was a priest, I had the same feeling when I saw God. It's exactly the same. Don't lie to me."
Zhong Mu was stunned again, "Priest?"
"Yes, High Priest," the woman said with a smile, "I used to be a High Priest, too. The reason some people in this Forgotten City still maintain their rationality is because I'm still here. Otherwise, the situation would only be worse than it is now."
Zhong Mu's brain was spinning for a long time due to the lack of information. Li Mo beside him responded very skillfully: "So you are the high priest of the Forgotten City. Now this city relies entirely on the remaining divine power in you to maintain it?"
The woman nodded and smiled. "You know it very well, but unfortunately, I'm just an ordinary person with the power of a god. I don't know how much longer I can live. After the gods disappear, my power will soon be gone. As for the future of the remaining people in the Forgotten City, it depends on themselves."
Zhong Mu was still confused, and Li Mo slowly said, "So the curse of the Forgotten City can be broken by the determination of human heart?"
"Of course you can. Rule number four of the Forgotten City states: The greater the resentment in the Forgotten Land, the stronger the curse. Residents of the Forgotten Land, please maintain a positive attitude at all times. You yourselves are the best antidote."
"As long as you try your best to hold on to the person you don't want to forget, even if the curse takes effect, it won't be able to completely erase your memory of that person, unless you yourself want to forget them."
The woman sighed and looked out the door. "The people here used to rely on the gods. After the gods disappeared, they also lost control of themselves. The Forgotten City not only forgets the memories of others, but also forgets their own, such as their own morals and kindness."
Zhong Mu, whose brain was still working, suddenly caught up with the topic, "I understand now. People who have always wanted to kill people will restrain themselves because of their moral constraints. But after the gods disappeared, they also took the opportunity to forget their memory of self-restraint and began to lose control."
"And those who want to forget others will simply lose their memory of that person!"
But it is also very painful for people to have a gap in their memory and not be able to remember anything. After losing their memory, they will keep searching, start to blame themselves, feel annoyed and regretful, but they just can't remember anything.
That’s why there are so many out-of-control people on the streets. Some of them suffer because they forget about others, while others suffer because they lose themselves.
This is why the chaotic crowd in the Forgotten City reacted differently.
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