Chapter 606: Hypocritical Mask
"What wish? If it's not too difficult, I can give it a try." Zhou Wen said.
"It's not a difficult question. I just want you to help me guess a riddle. Come on." Wei Ge turned around and led the way.
"Do we need to go to a special place to guess riddles?" Zhou Wen followed behind and asked as he walked.
"I've lived this long, and this is the only puzzle I've come up with. I should show some respect for it. Let's find a place with a more atmospheric atmosphere and a sense of ceremony." Wei Ge said with a smile.
The two of them arrived at the old campus of the college one after the other, because today was the farewell day. Although Sunset College did not have a welcome party at the beginning of the school year, it did have a farewell ceremony. Most of the students were attending the farewell party, and the old campus was empty.
When they reached an open space, Wei Ge stopped, turned around, looked at Zhou Wen and said, "Okay, let's do it here."
"What's your puzzle?" Zhou Wen asked Wei Ge, staring at him. He naturally understood that Wei Ge's so-called puzzle was definitely not a brain teaser.
"My puzzle is actually very simple. Guess which one is true? Which one is false?" Wei Ge said, raising his right hand with a coin pinched between his middle finger and index finger. He swung the coin hard, and the coin flew towards Zhou Wen.
It was not surprising that the coin was as fast as a meteor. However, in Zhou Wen's opinion, this speed was still too slow.
But when the coin flew halfway, it split into two, becoming two coins, flying to the left and right sides of Zhou Wen.
The two coins look exactly the same, and it is impossible to tell which one is real and which one is fake. Even the waves caused by the air being torn are exactly the same.
Zhou Wen stood there without moving, letting the two coins fly past him from both sides, because he couldn't tell which coin was real, so there was no point in making a move.
After the two coins flew over, they landed on the ground not far away. The coin on the left disappeared, leaving only the coin on the right.
"Senior, have you condensed your soul and advanced to the epic level?" Zhou Wen looked at Wei Ge in surprise.
Wei Ge nodded and said, "My soul is called the Mask of Falsehood. You have just seen its power. So, please help me distinguish which one is the real me. Can you help me tear off that mask?"
As he spoke, Wei Ge's figure suddenly moved. He was obviously alone, but the moment he moved, he split into two, one on the left and one on the right, attacking Zhou Wen from both sides.
The speed and power of the two figures, even the sound of the wind they created, felt very real, and it was impossible to tell which one was Vigo's real body and which one was the illusion.
Zhou Wen moved his feet, dodging Wei Ge's attacks like a ghost, because he couldn't tell which one was the real Wei Ge.
But this time, the two Weigos did not disappear. Instead, they split into four. The two Weigos became four Weigos, attacking Zhou Wen from different directions.
Zhou Wen dodged again, but when the next attack came, Wei Ge's figure had split into eight parts, attacking Zhou Wen from all directions, blocking all of Zhou Wen's escape routes.
If it were someone else, they would have been forced to make a choice by now, but Zhou Wen's body movements were so strong that he actually managed to pass through the eight Wei Ge figures.
"Zhou Wen is Zhou Wen, take my last blow." Wei Ge's eyes were burning. The eight figures spoke at the same time, and sound waves were emitted, making it impossible to tell where the real Wei Ge was.
The next moment, the eight figures split again, turning into sixteen figures, and attacked Zhou Wen again. They blocked all the spaces and gaps in the sky and on the ground, leaving Zhou Wen no possibility of dodging.
This time, Zhou Wen stood still without moving, because there was no way out. Even with his physical skills, it was impossible for him to break out of this blockade. It was time to make a decision.
Instead of looking at the sixteen Wei Ges, Zhou Wen closed his eyes and just stood there.
The fist of the first figure hit Zhou Wen, but Zhou Wen did not move. The figure disappeared, becoming just an illusion. The second, third, and fourth figures, one after another, hit Zhou Wen in different postures, and finally disappeared one by one.
All fifteen figures disappeared. When the last figure rushed towards Zhou Wen, Zhou Wen finally opened his eyes and moved. However, he did not look at the figure rushing towards him. Instead, he turned around.
The last figure also bumped into Zhou Wen's back and then disappeared.
But opposite Zhou Wen, another figure named Wei Ge appeared.
"How did you find me?" Wei Ge looked at Zhou Wen and asked.
"I didn't notice you. Your illusion was too real and I couldn't tell the difference between the real and the fake." Zhou Wen said.
"Then how do you know that those sixteen phantoms are not me?" Wei Ge frowned slightly. If Zhou Wen couldn't tell the real from the fake, how would he know that those sixteen phantoms were not his real body.
Zhou Wen smiled and said, "Because I believe in you, Senior."
"What does this mean?" Wei Ge was slightly stunned and asked Zhou Wen.
"Because you are a person who likes playing chess. How can a person who likes playing chess regard himself as a chess piece?" Zhou Wen said seriously.
Wei Ge stared at Zhou Wen blankly for a while before he started to laugh. He laughed so hard that he almost cried.
"So that's how it is. Life is like chess. How could I, Wei Ge, actually want to be above the game? I forgot that if I can't participate in the game, how can I influence it?" Wei Ge restrained his smile and looked at Zhou Wen solemnly. "I'm leaving. I'm going to Kyoto and starting from the smallest chess piece. If one day I can stir up the game, I hope I can have the opportunity to ask you to guess my riddle again."
"Are you really not staying?" Zhou Wen asked.
Wei Ge didn't answer, but turned and left, saying as he walked, "Playing chess with people is endless fun, playing chess with nature is a never-ending struggle. If I can even win by a little while, my life will be fulfilled."
Watching Wei Ge leave, Zhou Wen stood there for a long time without moving.
"As a chess piece in the game, I can't even control my own destiny. Can I really break out of it?" Zhou Wen didn't know the answer, and he couldn't help but feel extremely irritated.
Jiang Yan, Zhong Ziya, Hui Haifeng, Wang Lu, Zhang Yuzhi, Wei Ge, each of them is a brilliant talent of our time, but they still have to be influenced by fate and go to a future they themselves don’t know.
The farewell party of Sunset College is more like a farewell party for soldiers before going to the battlefield than a party. After leaving the school, those students will face the battlefield of life and death. No one can protect them anymore, and life and death all depend on their own thoughts.
(End of this chapter)
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