Chapter 168 Farewell
Amid the echoing cries, Coleman vaguely remembered some things. He thought of his surviving companions, and his mind gradually became clear.
What's important is not what the real laws of the world are, nor what the distant future will be like. What's important is that there are friends in this world that she cares about, and they need her.
Her efforts were definitely not in vain.
Existence is reasonable. No matter what kind of world this is, they are just a group of people trying to keep themselves existing.
As for those friends who have left for them, it is absolutely impossible for them to be so resentful at the last moment of their lives.
They must have placed their hopes on her with great expectation.
The fears she once had about them were nothing more than her imagination.
Facing those faces from the past that she dared not recall, the excessive stimulation caused her mental desensitization, and she gradually came to terms with it.
Coleman broke free from the shackles of those ferocious fake figures and escaped from the ocean of fear.
The shadows stretched their limbs and tried to pull her back to stay, but Coleman no longer cared about them. She followed the direction of the crying and struggled to float upwards.
The higher you go, the brighter the view.
Coleman opened her eyes suddenly and looked directly at the lights on the top of the swimming pool. The intense feeling of suffocation finally came over her, and she began to cough violently.
The team member who was performing CPR on her jumped away in shock, and all the team members looked at her vigilantly.
After making sure that she was alive and not an abnormal corpse, he wiped her mouth and nose with a tissue and brought a large blanket to wrap her up to keep her warm.
Wei Xiaoyan threw herself into her arms and cried loudly: "I thought, I thought I was going to lose you too..."
"It's good that he was rescued."
After the field team members said a few words to express their goodwill, they hurriedly moved to provide first aid to other drowning people.
The other people who had fallen into the water had all been fished out, and most of the water had been drained. Many teachers and students had vaguely known what was going on and had gathered around to watch, but they were blocked outside the swimming pool by the cordon and could only watch and discuss.
The Electromagnetic King and the newborn imp have been secretly put on the cart, but because it is not certain whether there will be any new abnormalities in the swimming pool, outsiders cannot be allowed in to participate in the rescue.
The swimming pool was busy and very short-staffed.
As the last part of the Electromagnetic King was captured, a light gate slowly opened for them.
The light ignored the obstructions of terrain and objects and shone directly into their eyes. People could only judge that the distance was still a bit far by the size of the door, but they didn't know where it was exactly.
Lu Jiamu left the swimming pool, found a high place to look around, and soon came back: "Over there at the dam."
It seems reasonable that the door opens at the place where the monster was originally born.
Several elementary school students had already been successfully resuscitated on the field. A team member said as he passed by them, "Thank you for your hard work. The ambulance is outside. You can follow it and get a physical check-up."
Coleman asked: "Can you give us a ride to the temporary base?"
"The medical facilities there aren't very good." The team member felt a little strange. "Are you looking for the leader?"
"almost."
He didn't ask any more questions: "Then you can follow Anomaly. The bus will leave in a few minutes."
Although a lot of people had gathered nearby to watch the situation, a rescue passage was still reserved.
Under his guidance, the four people successfully left the swimming pool and found the vehicle that was escorting the abnormality.
Taking advantage of the last break before departure, Lu Jiamu went to look for the little boy, while Yu Leng, at Kou Man's instruction, went to the classroom office to simply organize the courseware.
After finishing off this last bit of matter, it was time for them to leave completely.
A few minutes later, the vehicle left the school and headed towards the mountains.
Perhaps they assumed that they were trustworthy friends, so the field team not only placed them together with the goods, but also did not even conceal it.
The Electromagnetic King's frenzied face was right in front of them. He kept struggling in the special transparent container, rubbing against the glass wall, constantly devouring the newborn kid and then expelling it, which was somewhat disgusting.
But no matter what, all the loose ends have been tied up and this journey is finally coming to an end.
Yu Leng touched the little boy's head and hugged him.
The silly little boy didn't know that he was about to be abandoned, and was very happy when someone suddenly approached him.
Wei Xiaoyan was physically weak and mentally stimulated, and had fallen asleep next to Kou Man.
Coleman was wrapped in a blanket, his eyes were a little dazed, he seemed to be looking at the Electromagnetic King in the jar, and also seemed to be looking at the open space.
"I..." She hesitated for a while before suddenly saying, "I, actually don't really want to go on."
Yu Leng didn't react for a moment: "What?"
Kou Man's tone was much more serious this time: "I'm sorry, I just thought about it carefully, and I don't want to go on."
The car has entered the mountains and arrived at the destination.
Not wanting to continue sharing the same room with that ghost, Yu Leng immediately ran down from the car impatiently: "Sister Man, come down if you have anything to say."
They could already see the light gate opening on the river bank not far away, but Coleman was still staying in the car with no intention of getting out.
Lu Jiamu asked thoughtfully, "Are you thinking about how to say goodbye to your important friends?"
"……Um."
This near-death experience did make Coleman see things more clearly and no longer dwell on the deaths of his past companions, but at the same time it also added some new anxieties and fears.
In her original world, she was a teacher who lived in a pure ivory tower, and she always believed in teaching and educating people, and promoting all that is bright and beautiful. She wanted to stick to this meaning of life.
So she really doesn't want to end up becoming a monster like the Electro-Lord.
Yu Leng was a little bit unbelievable: "We have come here together?"
Coleman corrected him: "In fact, we just got there..."
Fearing that she would be silenced, she spoke in a lower and lower voice.
They had just arrived at World No. 8, but almost everyone had already died once.
In order to return to the original world, one must survive four worlds where the situation is completely unknown.
There will be dangerous situations and the probability of continued casualties is very high.
Coleman looked at the environment around the mountain: "This place looks too normal. It is the most normal place I have ever seen. During the time I was here, it seemed that everything was back on track. Those things that shouldn't have happened never happened.
We have never thought about staying in a certain world before, so we don’t know if it is feasible. But I want to try it this time.”
"I know it may not be nice to say this." Coleman looked at the little boy again, "But I hope you can stay. Maybe we can bring new opportunities to this world."
Yu Leng asked: "Sister Man, is there no one you care about over there?"
Coleman was silent for a moment: "Yes. But I don't want to die even more."
I don't want to witness the death of my companions again.
Yu Leng had been in an unconscious state in the previous world. He didn't know what kind of world that was, nor did he know what had happened to him.
If he remembered everything, he might have been shaken for a moment in such a sunny world.
But he doesn't remember anything about the dark world, which may be a good thing for his spirit.
Coleman hesitated whether he should tell him that story to try to persuade him not to move forward.
"If Sister Man wants to stay, I don't want to go on either." Wei Xiaoyan whispered, "I know I'm useless and can't even survive on my own. So thank you for taking care of me along the way. You are all very good people."
Seeing that the team seemed to be disbanding, Yu Leng began to feel scared.
He knew that he was not qualified to reason with them and deny their ideas, so he could only persuade Wei Xiaoyan: "Your physical condition is so bad now, are you willing to continue like this?"
Of course she was unwilling to do so. However, although leaving this world would allow her to return to her original state, the corresponding price was the loss of this rare and comfortable environment.
Comparing the two, she still hopes to choose the one with the lowest cost.
"I have my own difficulties." Wei Xiaoyan said with lingering fear, "The scene when I woke up this time was too horrible. I'm not sure if something like that will happen again in the future."
The painful feeling of facing the entire chaotic and destroyed world alone, the feeling that all hope of the whole world has been annihilated, made her restless day and night, and she could not forget it at all.
"I was lucky this time, and Brother Lu came to see me. But next time, I don't know if I will be so lucky. I actually... don't have the courage to go on."
After thinking for a while, Kou Man decided not to bring up the events of the previous world again and explain them in detail to put pressure on Yu Leng, so he just said: "This is my own choice."
She borrowed paper and pen from the field staff, thought for a while and began to write: "If you decide to continue, please take my letter with you. If you can finally reach the end successfully, please tell my family for me that everything is fine here."
Yu Leng still didn't want to accept that things would suddenly turn out like this, and said with a little pleading: "Sister Man, we can't live without you."
He was still trying to think of words to persuade them in his mind, but Lu Jiamu reached out to stop him.
Yu Leng looked at him in disbelief: "Even you...?"
Lu Jiamu didn't want to stay here, but he was afraid that Yu Leng would try to persuade them again, and he would be persuaded instead.
If that's the case, it would be quite difficult to walk alone.
"I just think that Sister Man and Wei Xiaoyan have made their own decisions, and maybe we should choose to respect them," Lu Jiamu said. "After all, even though we have been together for a long time, we are still not qualified to make decisions for other people's lives."
Yu Leng took back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
Coleman paused with his pen. "Although our meeting was only due to an unfortunate incident, I am still very happy to meet you. I always feel that you are like my family. I actually care about you very much."
"If we separate this time, we may never have the chance to meet again in this life. I also have no idea what you will experience in the future." Coleman looked up at them, "If possible, I hope you can stay here. Maybe that place allows us to stay unless we encounter an emergency."
Lu Jiamu patted Yu Leng's shoulder and said, "Then I hope you will get the life you want. I must keep going."
"Um."
Wei Xiaoyan also wrote a letter, leaving her address and handing it to Lu Jiamu, bowing slightly to them: "You are all very good people. I am very grateful to you for letting me know that there are people in the world who are so kind to me. If you reach the end, please bring some words back to my family, thank you."
Lu Jiamu carefully folded the two letters they wrote and put them away: "Okay. You write another copy, one for each of us, so that no matter who ends up leaving, they can take your letter back with them."
After listening to it, they wrote two more copies and gave them to Yu Leng, asking him to keep them carefully.
Under Lu Jiamu's persuasion, Yu Leng has decided to respect their choice and remain silent and no longer force them.
Indeed, he had no right to interfere with other people's decisions concerning life and death. If the situation in the next few worlds was very bad and it would make it difficult for them to move forward, they would definitely resent his obstruction today.
There was no point in saying more. Seeing that Lu Jiamu had turned around and left, Yu Leng followed him silently.
Kou Man and Wei Xiaoyan sat side by side at the edge of the car, watching the two of them walk away little by little and gradually approach the light gate.
“I sincerely wish you all the best in your future.”
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