340 The Twelfth Store
◎ Death, the Abyss, and Fate. ◎
Lu Yao stayed in the county town for three days. He took Haiyue to wander around, eat and drink during the day, and stayed in a hotel at night.
Tonghua Town and the county town, like the villages and cities that Lu Yao was familiar with, were nothing special.
People gathered together to work, live, and then slowly grow old and die.
What Lu Yao felt more deeply was that even if it was just a small county town, the population was much denser than Tonghua Town. Illness and death were not so conspicuous in the complicated life scenes, unless you went to some specific places, such as hospitals, nursing homes, and funeral homes.
But even if you know a lot, you can't do anything.
Birth, aging, illness, and death are not just common human nature, but all things in the world follow this rule.
On the afternoon of the third day, Lu Yao and Hai Yue took the last bus back to Tonghua Town and arrived home before the last rays of sunset in the sky.
Xing Tang ran out to greet them and happily told Lu Yao that the wife of the Tian family had renewed the lease of Keluli for two hours a day, requiring her to prepare three meals at a time, and the lease period was one month.
The first lease ended, and it was rented out at the regular price afterwards.
Two hours a day, that is 40 yuan, 1,200 yuan a month.
In the eyes of the residents of Tonghua Town, it is already a considerable expense.
Lu Yao was not surprised, as the wife of the Tian family had made up her mind the last time she came. Keluli is so capable, and the wife of the Tian family is under so much pressure. If she gets a chance to take a break, she will definitely renew the lease.
The old man lying in bed was not conscious anymore and could not hold on for much longer.
Once the old man left, there was no need for the Tian family's wife to stay in the town any longer, and there would be no need to rent robots.
After dinner, Lu Yao was still in good spirits and did not go out for a walk. He went into the study, picked out a book from a pile of drafts, and started his second job.
At midnight, a familiar and strange groan was heard outside the rental shop. There were not just three or two sounds, but more people.
Lu Yao did not go out, but stood by the window, turned on the flashlight to observe the situation outside the door.
The dark shadows twisted into various painful forms. There were old people in the town, patients Lu Yao had met in the county, and old people she had visited in the nursing home.
During the three days she lived in the county town, Lu Yao went to several places she rarely visited, and the nursing home was one of them.
Lu Yao met a bedridden old man with Alzheimer's disease in the nursing home. It was said that he was a pilot when he was young and had a glorious life. As a result, he not only suffered from Alzheimer's disease when he was old, but also couldn't get up and couldn't take care of himself.
The caregiver hated him the most, even though his family paid a lot of money. The
old man's family didn't come to see him often. He was like a huge mold attached to the bed sheet, unconsciously going through one sunrise and sunset after another.
At this time, the old man was also outside the door, staring at Lu Yao by the window with numb and cloudy eyes, and begging vaguely: "Please... let me... free... ..."
Lu Yao was silent.
For human beings, mental deprivation is even more of a torture than physical weakness.
It is like a person comes into the world with nothing, and must leave with nothing in the end.
Dream Fulfillment System: "It is not a solution to keep running away. You must do something, anything is fine, but you must take action."
The light of the flashlight went out, and Lu Yao stood in the shadow, with moonlight shining from the window to her feet.
The edge of Lu Yao's shadow was a little blurry, showing some fine saw-toothed shapes, and the shadow was restless.
The dying old man and the tortured patient were all seeking death.
What could she do for them?
What could the shadow do?
Lu Yao was confused.
For that unknown wish, would she really go to such an extent?
The long and anxious night finally passed. Lu Yao worked at his desk and did not sleep all night.
The old man's body could not stand the torture. When the sky was slightly bright, Lu Yao stood up, only to feel limp and weak, and his mind was empty.
Haiyue helped her to sit under the eaves and made her a cup of hot wolfberry and red date water.
The sweet and sour pork was busy in the kitchen. The owner had not slept all night, so he must rest in the morning. He must eat something warm and easy to digest before going to bed.
The twisted shadow that squeezed on the embankment last night has dissipated. Lu Yao held the teacup in his hand, and his fingertips were warmed by the wall of the cup.
Breakfast was ready, and Xingtang set up a small low table beside Lu Yao.
The breakfast included warm and sweet pumpkin porridge, red bean paste buns, tea leaf eggs, and two small plates of pickled vegetables, which was quite rich.
The tired spirit was moistened by the food. When Lu Yao was about to take another bean paste bun, four cars passed by the road in front of the door. It looked very lively.
It was not convenient to lie down on the bed immediately after eating. Lu Yao forced himself to go out for a walk.
Walking along the main road towards the elderly activity area, he saw a row of cars parked on the side of the road. There was a house not far away with a lot of people. Lu
Yao didn't have the energy to greet people. He stood on the side of the road without moving, instructing the dream-fulfilling system to get information.
The social network is not well developed, and the dream-fulfilling system is not as free as in other worlds. However, it still has passive skills, so it is still easy to collect basic information.
After a few minutes, the dream-fulfilling system came back: "The old lady of the Tang family seems to be dying. The descendants received the news and hurried back to see her off."
It was an old lady again...
Lu Yao was unwilling to continue walking forward, so he turned around and walked back home slowly.
It was easy to feel sleepy after a full meal, and Lu Yao took a walk to consume his energy. When he got home, he was very sleepy and lay down on the bed, almost losing consciousness instantly.
The dream-fulfilling system was startled and called Lu Yao's name loudly.
There was no response.
The Lu family villa in Qishe.
Lu Mingxiao had just gotten up and sat down to prepare for breakfast, but his movements suddenly stopped.
The evil breath disappeared.
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Lu Yao suddenly felt that he had turned into a small stone, thrown into the sea, and kept sinking, sinking to the dark depths where no light could be seen.
Dong-dong-dong-
The crisp and rhythmic sound caught her attention. The pebble suddenly turned over, grew a tail and fins, and swam nimbly and quickly towards the source of the sound.
The sound was clearly right next to her ear, but Lu Yao swam for a long, long time until the surroundings were silent, and only the sound guided her to swim deeper into the darkness.
Like a light, it showed Lu Yao the way.
In the depths of the darkness, there was a table.
There were three shadows beside the table, and the color of the shadows was darker than the surrounding darkness.
Between two of the shadows, there was a half-glowing skeleton.
In the endless depths of darkness, the skeleton made up of pieces of equal-length white bones, like the center of the universe, emitted a soft, white light that was not dazzling.
Lu Yao wanted to see the three shadows and the half-skeleton clearly, so he swam harder.
She swam closer and closer, her eyes narrowed slightly.
Among the three shadows, two looked vaguely familiar.
As she swam closer, Lu Yao became more and more confused.
She was not mistaken, the two familiar shadows were the Ruler of Warning.
To be precise, they were the two heads on the Ruler of Warning.
A goddess covered with a gauze and an ugly devil.
Opposite the devil sat a beautiful and indifferent stranger. Her beautiful skin was embedded with a pair of world-weary eyes that saw through the world, and her hair was full of intertwined small snakes.
She was wearing a gorgeous robe like a spring scene, but if you look closely, you can see that the robe is crawling with ants and lice. Lu Yao
stopped two feet away from the stone table, stretched out her limbs from the fish body, and slowly turned back into a human.
The Abyss Goddess raised her eyes, her tone hinting at complaints: "I thought you would come down earlier, come and sit down."
The Abyss Goddess is the head of the goddess covered with a veil on the Ruler of Admonition.
The evil ghost sitting on her left is called Tianying, whose job is unknown, and she is the companion of the Abyss Goddess.
Lu Yao didn't know what was going on, but when she saw the faces of the two people, relevant information had already emerged in her mind, as if she had known them for a long time.
Lu Yao slowly moved to the table and prepared to sit down.
The beautiful lady with a head full of little snakes on the left side of the seat raised her eyelids and glanced at Lu Yao. Her voice was also cold and indifferent, with an indescribable weariness: "She... is not qualified to sit here."
The goddess of the abyss lowered her head slightly, the black gauze on her face fluttering, and her voice contained a teasing smile: "Lu Yao, come and meet the senior who is in charge of the Godless Land. Whether your wish can be realized depends on whether he is willing to help."
The senior who is in charge of the Godless Land?
The Godless Land, doesn't it mean "a land without gods"?
Lu Yao didn't say anything, but walked to the table silently, pulled out a stool, and sat down at the last seat of the four-sided table.
The senior didn't say anything this time.
The goddess of the abyss had seen through Lu Yao's thoughts and explained: "Before the Godslayer was born, the Godless Land was the place of exile for the God of Sin. The God of Sin shed his divine appearance, shaved his divine bones, lost his divinity, and gradually lost his divine power on this land. He became like an ordinary person, aging and dying."
Lu Yao was thoughtful.
For a god who once possessed supreme divine power, this way of demise is probably more humiliating than being killed by the Godslayer.
Without waiting for her to ask, the goddess of the abyss continued: "There are three gods in the world who are not bound by the Godless Land, death, the abyss, and fate."
Lu Yao raised his eyes and moved his gaze from the goddess of the abyss to the goddess of misanthropy beside her.
Or, the goddess of fate.
"..." Lu Yao was silent.
She might really not be qualified to sit at this table.
The goddess of fate suddenly lowered her eyes and glanced at Lu Yao.
The goddess of the abyss chuckled: "She is interesting, right? And not just interesting."
The evil ghost was always silent. Seeing Lu Yao's confused look, he rarely spoke: "This is an absolute realm where the divine realm overlaps with the divine realm. You don't need to express your thoughts and ideas with words."
Lu Yao: "..."
In other words, just thinking will be captured by the big hands sitting there.
The goddess of fate did not respond, looking uninterested.
The goddess of the abyss continued: "You seem to be deeply lost. It just so happens that the goddess of world-weariness has to work, and learning from the senior may help you find the way."
The way?
People have their own way, and gods have their own way.
As a mortal, Lu Yao wanted to get involved in Shintoism. It should have been a ridiculous delusion, but she waded through countless traps and arrived at the edge of destiny.
With this one-in-a-million luck, the goddess of destiny did not refute Shenyuan.
Lu Yao was still absent-minded, Shenyuan tapped the table and reminded her: "Look at the table."
Lu Yao lowered her eyes, slightly surprised, and then a little embarrassed.
Just now, she swam over from a distance and saw three figures surrounding a square table. There seemed to be several square tiles scattered on the table. She thought they were missing one. Lu
Yao lowered her head and saw that the square tiles on the table were not mahjong, but wooden tiles engraved with various names, some of which were people's names, some were place names, and some were objects.
The outermost wooden sign was engraved with the three characters "Tonghua Town". The rest of the wooden signs looked messy. Among the many wooden signs, there was only one wooden sign with red characters, and the character "Tang" was engraved on it. Two red lines extended from the bottom of the wooden sign, and two black dice were hung at the end of the lines.
One dice had characters on all four sides, and one dice had characters on only three sides, with one side blank.
The goddess of fate would occasionally reach out and fiddle with the dice, and the two dice would throw out two answers at the same time.
After repeating this several times, the goddess of fate suddenly lost her temper and waved her hand: "Forget it."
There were seven possible results on the two dice, and the remaining blank side would randomly show a hint.
Lu Yao could see clearly that the goddess of fate fiddled with the dice three times, and the result was the same all the time.
——The first dice had two characters "suicide" on it, and the second had a character "medicine".
The goddess of the abyss comforted her half-heartedly: "She can't escape death either way. She is already ninety-six years old, which is considered a long life for humans. Why do you have to be so picky?"
The goddess of fate slammed the table angrily: "I just feel that it's a pity."
...
Lu Yao didn't quite understand the work of the goddess of fate, but she seemed to have grasped the reason for her anger.
The goddess of fate seemed... unable to change fate.
As soon as this sentence appeared in her mind, Lu Yao froze, and a strong tingling sensation came from all sides. Before she lost consciousness, she seemed to meet a pair of beautiful eyes full of anger, and then she saw the familiar bedside in the rental shop. Lu Yao
had a strange premonition and moved her eyes to the side.
Lu Mingxiao was standing beside the bed, tilting his head to look at her.
Lu Yao looked at him and said, "Why are you here?"
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