Chapter 99
A long time ago, Pei Zhao once asked himself a question.
What are people pursuing in this world?
Just living? Just to live a better life?
He used to think that he lived for his mother, but after his mother passed away, he began to feel tired of living.
Later on, he didn't know what he was living for.
He mechanically completed the task in the so-called last wish of his mother, picked up his studies, was admitted to Huazhong University, and hoped to become what his mother wanted him to be - a normal person.
His whole life should have been spent in such boring time.
Until an accident happened, which brought Zhou Yuli to him.
With different life trajectories but similar mental states, it is natural for them to fall in love with each other.
Also forced to take on the responsibility of protecting the world.
“Will you be tired?”
Pei Zhao cried for a long time and felt sleepy. Zhou Yuli laid him flat on the bed and wiped his face and eyes.
"Take a rest if you are tired, we will do it well."
Zhou Yuli's gentle voice rang in his ears, but Pei Zhao felt like a coward.
"I can't hide behind you like a naive child every time something happens." Pei Zhao supported himself on the bed and sat up. His swollen eyelids were still producing sour tears, covering his face.
"You didn't hide behind us." Zhou Yuli immediately hugged him, "You have always been the one standing in front of us, but in your eyes, you only saw the most vulnerable moment."
Zombie invasion, Hall City, amusement park... every time Pei Zhao was at the forefront, calmly arranging and occupying the place.
But in Pei Zhao's eyes, there is only the pure white hell, and now...
Every time he was needed to step up, he failed to do so.
"I..." Pei Zhao started.
"Don't be so hard on yourself, Pei Zhao. It's very tiring. I feel tired watching it too." Zhou Yuli interrupted him, "Let's make a deal. You have to trust me before I will trust you."
Zhou Yuli hooked Pei Zhao's little finger, "Pin it, hang yourself, we have a deal."
This certainly has no legal basis, but in Pei Zhao's heart, it seemed that all the pressure really took a step back.
He lay back down.
"...I'll just sleep for a while." Pei Zhao held Zhou Yuli's hand, "If anything happens, wake me up, okay."
"Okay." Zhou Yuli said softly and wiped Pei Zhao's face with the wet towel again.
…
More than ten minutes later, Bai Zhou and others who were waiting outside the door finally saw Zhou Yuli coming out.
"How is Zhao Zhao?"
"...He's in a bad mood." Zhou Yuli rubbed his temples, "Very bad. Although he didn't say it, he still hopes that the world can be perfect."
Bai Zhou sighed: "We just asked Sudi, and he said that this matter is indeed beyond our capabilities."
"Where are the Sudi people?"
"He has gone back temporarily. He said he is not comfortable staying with the puppet and will come back to tell us the situation in the evening," said Bai Zhou.
"Today is the seventh day. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, we have to create panic." Zhou Yuli sat down, feeling a little headache.
"What do you think?" Bai Zhou asked.
"...It would be best if we could keep the world intact to the greatest extent possible." The three of them had all lost their homes, so they all understood after Zhou Yuli said this.
"Lan and I have the same idea. Although Sudi said it's impossible, we still want to try it." Bai Zhou and Lan Ji looked at each other and nodded, and Bai Zhou said.
"Sudi said he would bring us enough energy lozenges. What we need to consider now is how to create a global panic with the power of the three of us."
"Globally..." Zhou Yuli felt a headache when he heard this word. "Unless it is an economic problem, how can it directly affect the world... Wait, economy..."
Zhou Yuli paused, still a little uncertain, "... Natural disasters are of course a terrifying existence, but... real terrorist attacks are also a signal that is... enough to cause panic."
Bai Zhou narrowed his eyes: "You mean... attacking the bank?"
"It's not just the banks," Lan Ji, who had been silent the whole time, also thought of this. He said quickly, "Maybe we can tamper with all the large public facilities and directly paralyze the city."
"For example, the government, banks, radio and television stations, use wooden vines to seal off all those places. Zhou Yuli, you should be able to do it, right?" Bai Zhou raised his eyebrows.
"Of course." Zhou Yuli nodded. "Railways, ships, aviation, and urban transportation, if these three places are frozen, the entire process will be paralyzed."
"This is much easier than making snowfall all over the world." Lan Ji replied quickly, "It only takes one night. Bai, I need to borrow your Fire Phoenix."
"Take them." Bai Zhou snapped his fingers, and two firebirds as big as sparrows floated in the air. "How about these portable figurines like the one Miu Yixue made? One for each of you. They're big enough to fly over the city."
"By the way, speaking of Miu Yi," Zhou Yuli frowned, "His ability is still immature, but I've seen him manipulate bats a few times before. Perhaps, animals attacking outdoors is also a method."
Lan Ji nodded: "I'll wake him up later and ask him to arrange this matter."
Bai Zhou crossed his arms and leaned back, "As for me, what do you think?"
Zhou Yuli thought about it and said uncertainly: "I once read in extracurricular reading materials in high school that ancient people regarded heavenly fire as an ominous sign. Perhaps..."
"That's easy. I just need to make some suspended fireballs and let them float in the air!" Bai Zhou clapped his hands happily. "It's effortless and I can recycle them after use. It's so easy!"
The three of them saw hope in each other's eyes. "Okay, let's do it. We'll act tonight. Remember to be careful not to be discovered by the police, and don't cause any casualties." Lan Ji arranged habitually, "We'll act at 8 o'clock tonight, and gather here at 2 o'clock in the morning."
"What about Zhao Zhao?" Bai Zhou was a little worried. "If he knew, he would definitely want to help."
"……"silence.
After a long pause, Zhou Yuli said, "Out of selfishness, I don't want him to take risks. Isn't that unfair to you?"
"How could that be!" Bai Zhou and Lan Ji said in unison, "We also hope that he won't take risks!"
After saying this, they realized that their voices were a bit loud, so they quickly said "hush".
"Or else, let's discuss it with Sudi and have him trap Zhao Zhao here while we get busy."
Zhou Yuli knew what had happened between Pei Zhao and Su Di in the room before, and knew that Su Di would not really hurt Pei Zhao.
"Okay, I'll go talk to Sudi?" Zhou Yuli thought for a moment and asked.
"... Let's go together." Bai Zhou and Lan Ji both had a headache. Bai Zhou said, "If you're alone, he'll be angry with you again. If three of us go together, the risk will be evenly shared."
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Sitting on the sofa in the hotel suite, Sudi opened a bottle of red wine and started drinking.
There was a row of puppets in front of me. But Sudi only had a five-pointed star in his hand that looked like a plastic toy.
The TV was on silently, playing some unknown movie that looked old and boring.
"Knock, knock, knock", the door rang.
Sudi's eyes moved towards the door.
After three rings, there was silence for half a minute, and then three more rings.
"Boom boom boom."
Sudi stood up, walked to the door leisurely and opened it.
"What can I do for you?"
The aggression in his eyes was so strong that it frightened the three puppets standing at the door.
"...We would like to ask you to help with something." Zhou Yuli lowered his eyes and said, "..."
Omitting the part about the specific implementation plan, Zhou Yuli relayed the part that Sudi needed to be responsible for.
Sudi didn't seem to have any intention of letting the three people in. He leaned against the door slightly and raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Is this your plan?"
Sudi pointed at Zhou Yuli and said, "You, you and your master, aren't lovers? Are you so confident in leaving him to me?"
"We... have some things to do." Zhou Yuli was still a little afraid of Sudi. This man was like a shadow. "I hope you can take care of him."
"Time." Sudi snorted coldly, retracted his gaze, and said two words coldly.
Before Zhou Yuli could react, Bai Zhou spoke first, "Tonight from 7:30 to 3:00 in the morning! Sorry to bother you during this time!"
Sudi lowered his brows and said with a look of disgust, "Well, the time is not short, but considering your audacity, I will go there tonight according to the schedule."
"Thank you."
"If there's nothing else, I'm going to rest." Sudi waved his hand impatiently.
The three of them said goodbye quickly and mechanically left Sudi's door one after another.
…
Hiding in the elevator and pressing the down button, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
"It's so scary. Every time he says something, I feel like a subordinate of low status. God, am I not a prince?" Bai Zhou fanned himself. His legs always went weak when facing Sudi.
"It may be because we are different species." Zhou Yuli leaned on the handrail installed in the elevator. "He is the puppeteer and we are puppets. I'm afraid it's normal."
"But I won't be so scared when facing Zhao Zhao. I always feel that there is a dangerous smell about Sudi." Bai Zhou frowned.
"Hmm..." Zhou Yuli responded vaguely. In fact, he was afraid of Pei Zhao at the beginning, but Pei Zhao was a good person and pulled him to an equal position.
He was afraid of Sudi, mainly because this man always told him to recognize his own identity, and it gave him a tormenting fear.
"Anyway, now everything is arranged... eh? A call from Sudi?"
As soon as he came out of the elevator, Bai Zhou's cell phone rang, with the words "Sudi" written on it.
"He won't come back, will he?" Bai Zhou widened his eyes.
"It shouldn't be that serious." Zhou Yuli said, "Pick it up and see what's going on."
Bai Zhou had no choice but to answer the phone. He hung up after a while and said to Zhou Yuli with a complicated expression.
"...He invited you to go upstairs and drink with him. Also, he said he could bring you some energy supplements."
"Why do you look like that?"
"Because his voice is really... so strange."
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