Su Mingan sat in the political building of Doomsday City, looking at the resource statistics report in his hand.
After the news of the resource distribution came out, people acted as if nothing had happened. Those comments such as "Hand over Asa Ak-To quickly!" and "How can Doomsday City protect Asa Ak-To!" seemed to have never existed.
People ate the food in their hands timidly and didn't even dare to look at him. Even some of his subordinates had vague eyes when looking at him, and it was obvious that they had done something wrong to him.
He reached out and placed a photo of the two of them on the desk.
In the photo, he and the ruddy-faced Tretia are smiling at the camera, while she is wearing a fashionable T-shirt and making a "yeah" gesture to the camera. This is a photo from a long time ago.
Due to Tretia's last words, he was unable to clear Tretia's name. He could only try his best to erase all traces of her existence and reduce the criticism she would receive from others.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered the information he had collected from the Measurement City Forum on the eighth day of the dungeon opening:
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[There are very few historical records about Tretia. The author has consulted the information in the four major libraries of the city-state, but it is still difficult to restore her life.]
[The author only knows that she is a woman with a legendary experience and a companion of the city lord of Akto. During the war, public opinion was mixed about her. She seemed to have done a big mistake, which led to her parting ways with the city lord.]
[It is speculated that Tretia and the city lord must have had a special relationship. The cause of her death seems to be her disappearance. Some people also speculate that she died of old age...]
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I see.
The cause of Tretia's death was unknown, and this turned out to be the reason.
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He suddenly heard a noise outside the window.
He opened the window and saw hundreds of figures on the towering bell tower not far away, like a dense forest.
The clock tower is located in the center of Doomsday City. It rings when the wind blows every day. Its surface is covered with gold foil, and it shines with golden light when the sun shines. It is known as one of the landmark buildings of Doomsday City.
...Why are there so many people standing on the bell tower?
The next moment, Su Mingan saw a figure on the bell tower take a step forward, and then fall like an autumn leaf.
“Bang!”
Only then did Su Mingan realize that under the bell tower, people’s bodies were piled up like sacks, forming a small hill.
These people on the bell tower... jumped off the building one by one with their eyes closed, staging a suicide show.
Many residents watched this scene in the central square with shocked expressions on their faces.
Su Mingan suddenly understood why those people on the bell tower jumped off the building. Those people... were all bewitched by the gods for a long time, unable to be rescued, and had bloodshot eyes.
At the end of the Dawn War in the 49th year of the Cataclysm, the soldiers of the Gods' camp committed mass self-immolation after being defeated. Now in the 65th year of the Cataclysm, these believers have also chosen to commit suicide by jumping off a building - they do not want to live in a world without Gods.
Faith... is such a scary thing.
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
The noise continued, and people jumped down from the bell tower one after another.
An old woman wrapped in a cloth robe, carrying a cloth bag in her hand, walked up to the bell tower panting. There was no red light in her eyes, and suicide seemed to be just her free will.
There are many people like her. Most of them have lost the desire to live. All their loved ones have died and they are unwilling to live in this world.
She whispered the two words several times, holding the bag, and leaned forward.
As she fell, the cloth bag in her hand involuntarily loosened, revealing the flying grass inside - withered yellow, yellowish, snow-white, burnt black, with a layer of green, dull, muddy, and in various shapes.
They accompanied her and others' leaps, and because of their light weight they were blown up by the wind, like dandelion seeds, as if they were about to fly to the earth in all directions, or to the wandering light and shadow on the stage.
Her head tilted downward, the rags and linen clothes on her body rustled like the wings of heaven, and the corners of her mouth were curled in a smile, as if she could embrace the light with this smile.
Just like the water pouring over the lotus leaves, no trace is left.
“Bang!”
There was a loud bang.
Then it fell silent.
After her, there was another series of loud noises, and corpses piled up into a mountain.
Su Mingan watched this scene quietly.
Five minutes later, on the bell tower, the suicide show was over and the soldiers began to clean up the bodies.
“Ding-ding-ding—”
The sound of the old bells was deep and distant, ringing the farewell sound for the souls of the dead. The passing of human life is normal, whether it is death in battle, freezing to death or starving to death, life is as light as a feather.
Only this scene - hundreds of people lined up, clasped their hands together and fell to their death in the same way - can make the onlookers feel a sense of heaviness that strikes directly into their hearts. The weight of life seems to be heavy only at this moment.
“…”
The barrage of comments was so shocking that it even froze for a few seconds. Su Mingan looked at the empty clock tower for a few seconds and closed the window.
...Take a break.
He wiped the blood from his chin and lay on the bed, feeling exhausted.
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He smelled the fragrance of green grass.
The four-corner pavilion built of stone pillars is covered with reeds and green grass. The river under the feet is like a white ribbon, carrying the fallen ginkgo trees downstream. The sun shines on the waterside pavilions, and the environment is vast and peaceful.
This is a dream.
Suddenly, he saw a figure swaying not far away. The man was wearing a white robe, with cold eyebrows and pale eyes. He walked with a murderous aura, which made people stay away from him.
Su Mingan was confused... Why did he dream about Lin Guang? He mostly dreamed about his father and Yueyue, and never dreamed about NPCs.
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