Li Xiu pondered in silence. The time tunnel was strange and unpredictable. He had already prepared for this. No matter what the voice said, he just wouldn't say anything.
"Won't you let me sit here?" the voice said again.
Li Xiu heard the voice and it seemed to be that of a relatively young child. The voice was somewhat neutral, like that of a girl, but also like that of a boy whose voice was relatively thin and had not yet changed.
Li Xiu still didn't say anything, but just kept sensing, but still couldn't find out its location.
Since Li Xiu absorbed the Soul-Suppressing Stone, his sensing ability has become stronger and stronger. If he is outside, he can tell the direction of a sound even if it is thousands of miles away, and he can even identify its shape just by the sound.
However, even though the voice was right in front of him, he could not sense the presence of anyone at all.
"If you don't say anything, I will take it that you agree." The voice sounded again, but this time, the voice appeared opposite Li Xiu, as if someone was sitting down face to face with him.
Li Xiu made up his mind: No matter what you say or do, I will ignore you.
"You really don't want to talk to me? Maybe you will regret it." The voice continued.
After waiting for a while, Li Xiu still didn't speak. The voice sighed softly and said in a mature manner: "Are you so boring? Why would I marry such a boring person?"
Li Xiu was slightly startled, thinking to himself: "What does this guy mean? What does she mean by marrying such a boring person? Did she recognize the wrong person? She thought the person sitting here is her husband, so she can't see me?"
At this time, Li Xiu was a little curious. The voice sounded like that of a girl who was not too old. How could she have a husband?
Or maybe she just sounds like a child, but is actually not young, or maybe she is not human, but a demon like Bellona?
Li Xiu was just thinking but still didn't say a word, but suddenly heard the voice continue: "What are you doing standing there like a fool? You are not so stupid as to think that I would even mistake my own husband... Li Xiu..."
Li Xiu was stunned for a moment, realizing that his previous guesses were all wrong. The owner of the voice could not only see him, but also knew who he was.
"What on earth is this thing? Is it the evil spirit in the time tunnel? Or is it something created by the time tunnel using imaginary things? But I don't have a wife at all, and it's impossible for me to imagine such a thing. If the evil spirit wanted to deceive me, it shouldn't claim to be my wife..." Li Xiu frowned and thought.
"You are really cautious. Well, I have no choice but to show you the evidence." The voice became a little cunning: "There are three moles on your left buttock, distributed in a triangle."
Li Xiu was not moved at all. It was not surprising that a mysterious creature that could appear in such a place knew the characteristics of his hidden parts.
As if knowing that Li Xiu would not be moved by this little evidence, the voice continued: "You shake your head three times after you urinate, no more, no less; when you watch romantic action movies, you like long legs with white skin; when you masturbate, you usually use your left hand; under your bed sheet, there is..."
"Who are you?" Li Xiu's face was gloomy.
"Why, you finally want to talk?" The voice laughed happily: "Didn't I tell you that I'm your wife? Are you so stupid? Can't you even hear that?"
"I don't have a wife." Li Xiu snorted coldly.
"Of course you don't have it now, but you will have it later." The voice laughed even more happily.
"What do you mean? You don't mean to tell me that you are my future wife and you have never come to see me before?" Li Xiu curled his lips and said. Since he had already spoken, he didn't mind saying more.
"Finally you're smart for once." The voice sighed softly, "Why would I marry someone as boring as you? You're not interesting at all."
"What's your name?" Li Xiu didn't believe that the owner of this voice was really his future wife. How could a woman not know why she wanted to marry a man?
"It's meaningless to tell you, I think I should keep a little surprise for you." The voice said with a smile: "But I can give you a hint, I am the most beautiful woman around you."
"You didn't come here just to tell me this, did you?" Li Xiu said indifferently.
"Oh, what a boring person." The voice was about to say something, but heard a whistle coming from the front of the car.
"The Happiness Train is about to depart. The next stop is the Theater of Life. Friends who haven't boarded the train yet, please get on immediately..."
After the strange sound was repeated several times, the train gradually started to move.
"I thought you were a very interesting person, but I'm really disappointed." After the train started, the voice continued, "Now that there's nothing to look forward to, let's talk business."
"Do you have anything else to do?" Li Xiu asked.
"Of course I have business. Do you think I have nothing better to do than to come here and make fun of you? I am here to give you a chance. In the near future, you will face a difficult decision that will affect your future destiny. I am here so that you will know what choice to make when you face the crossroads of destiny." The voice seemed to be serious, but it was too tender, like a child deliberately imitating the tone of an adult.
"Crossroads of Destiny, isn't this the name of the previous stop?" Li Xiu thought to himself, feeling that his previous guess was correct. This guy must have been the one causing trouble at the Crossroads of Destiny, just like his happy hometown that he had visited before.
"Your self-righteous expression is really annoying." The voice said angrily: "Don't think you know everything. You are just an ignorant little fool. You will pay the price for your arrogance and conceit in the future."
Li Xiu ignored what she said and suddenly asked, "How far into the future did you come from?"
"Ten years later, what happened?" The voice sounded a little confused. Why did Li Xiu suddenly ask such a question?
Li Xiu laughed when he heard her answer. "If you really came from ten years later and are my future wife, then that means I should have gotten through the difficulties in the near future. My choice should not be wrong, right? If I was wrong, how could I have lived to ten years later and have a wife?"
The voice was startled, and after a moment, it snorted coldly: "You are right, you are indeed not dead, and you still have a wife, but you are not naive to think that surviving is the right choice, right?"
"Then tell me, what did I choose?" Li Xiu asked with interest.
"It seems that you still don't believe me." The voice said very unhappily: "In the near future, you will have a chance, a chance to kill a person and save the world."
"You mean, I didn't choose to kill that person and save the world, but chose to live in disgrace?" Li Xiu said.
"No, you chose to kill that man."
"So I failed to save the world?"
"You saved the world, too."
The answer was somewhat beyond Li Xiu's expectations, which made Li Xiu curious. He was a little confused by the routine.
If the owner of this voice really came to deceive him and wanted to get something from him, according to the routine, shouldn't he tell him that in the future, the world would be destroyed because of his wrong choice?
"Since I have saved the world and am still alive and well and have a wife, isn't this a good choice?" Li Xiu said with a smile.
Although he didn't believe what the voice said, it was quite interesting to hear such an interesting story during such a boring journey.
"Yes, for you, your choice is indeed correct. You have achieved success and fame, and have obtained all the glory and a happy life that can be obtained." The voice paused and said indifferently: "But for others, your choice may not be correct."
"Who is this someone else you are referring to?" Li Xiu asked calmly.
"Li Qingyi, Li Ming'er, Xiao Bu'er, Guan Jinghao..." The voice said out names that Li Xiu was familiar with one by one.
Li Xiu did not speak immediately this time. No matter what the owner of this voice wanted from him, the problem she mentioned did exist.
Li Boyang is their father after all. If he kills Li Boyang, Guan Jinghao may not be sad, and Li Ming'er and Xiao Bu'er may not be sad either. Li Qingyi will probably be very sad.
Of course, Xiao Bu'er might also be very sad. After all, when she knew that the mysterious man who killed her again and again was her father, she chose to end her life and did not think about revenge on Li Boyang. This shows how deep her feelings for Li Boyang are.
"You came from the future just to tell me this?" Li Xiu said coldly.
"You are still so conceited." The voice said with some contempt: "It is because you think this choice is easy that you will regret your choice for the rest of your life."
"Why should I regret it?" Li Xiu asked calmly.
"We have arrived at the Life Theater Station. Friends who are getting off, please prepare in advance. This train will stop at the Life Theater Station for ten minutes..." The strange voice came from the train.
After three consecutive broadcasts, the train gradually stopped and stopped at a platform.
"Do you want to know why you regret it? Then follow me." After the voice fell, Li Xiu heard footsteps.
The car door opened and the footsteps got out of the car without hesitation.
Li Xiu looked at the car door and frowned slightly. He was going to the terminal and had not originally planned to get off halfway, but now, he wanted to get off.
He had been to Xingfu Hometown Station before, where he saw scenes from the past.
It now seems that Xingfu Hometown Station should be the past. Now the train is moving in the opposite direction of Xingfu Hometown Station, so Destiny Crossroads Station and Life Theater Station may be the future.
Although the past and future of the time tunnel are fantasy and do not really exist, they seem to have some influence on the real world, just like the City of Love, Xiaobuer and Buer. Although they are fantasy, they have a real impact on the real world.
Since he had made up his mind, Li Xiu didn't hesitate and got up and walked out of the car.
"I don't have much time, so please hurry up wherever you want to take me," Li Xiu said.
"Don't worry, there's enough time." The voice said, and walked to the side along the platform.
Li Xiu followed the footsteps and walked forward. The moment he left the platform, the scenery in front of him changed rapidly.
After the scenery in front of him returned to normal, Li Xiu found himself in the center of a city, standing on the rooftop of a towering building.
This city made Li Xiu feel somewhat familiar, yet very strange.
The high-rise buildings are full of a sense of technology, the sky is full of vehicles that look like flying cars, and there are magic costume masters flying in the sky. This is simply a futuristic city in a science fiction movie.
"In the future, there will be so many magic costume masters?" Li Xiu took a rough look and found that the city was full of magic costume masters, and S-level magic costume masters could be seen everywhere.
High-tech aircraft of various shapes seem to have become so popular that everyone can own them.
"It looks good, right?" the voice said coldly beside Li Xiu.
"This future does look pretty good," said Li Xiu.
"Don't be anxious, let's take a look." The voice led Li Xiu down from the rooftop and headed towards the edge of the city.
Li Xiu originally thought that she was going to take him to the slums, but when he walked all the way to the edge of the city, he didn't see any slums. Even in the suburbs, all the buildings were equally advanced and full of futuristic technology.
When Li Zheng was wondering what she wanted him to see, he saw a group of people walking towards him from the street.
"Take a closer look at those people," said the voice.
Li Xiu discovered that there were about a thousand people walking along the main road, leaving the city. Strangely, those people were all elderly people, most of them looked to be around 50 or 60 years old, with not much difference in age.
The old men looked sad as they lined up and walked out of the city.
Behind this group of elderly people, there is another group, which is made up of young people, and the number is almost the same as that of the elderly group.
Soon, the group of old men reached the end of the city, where it was guarded by an army of magic armor masters.
The elderly people came to the checkpoint and stopped one by one. Some of them wanted to turn back, but the leading elderly shouted at them: "Don't turn back."
Many elderly people shuddered and stopped the urge to look back. They looked miserable and their bodies trembled uncontrollably.
"Don't look back, let's go." The old man in the lead gritted his teeth, and his voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth. After he finished speaking, he strode towards the checkpoint without looking back and was the first to pass the checkpoint.
"Dad!" A shrill howl came from the group of young people at the back. A young man in his twenties, with tears streaming down his face, desperately crossed the group of young people and rushed towards the checkpoint.
"Stop, don't come over here." The old man stood there, without even turning his head, and shouted resolutely.
"Dad... don't go... I don't want anything... please stay... I don't want anything... as long as you are alive..." The young man stopped, fell to his knees on the ground, and shouted heartbreakingly.
"Dad... Mom..." The young man's voice infected the young people in the group behind him. Those young people who were originally holding back their tears now rushed towards the checkpoint crying heart-wrenchingly.
The magic armor guards immediately rushed out and stood between the group of old people and the group of young people, blocking the young people who were desperately rushing towards the old people.
“Dad...Mom...please come back...We don’t want anything anymore...Please...please come back..." Men and women shouted desperately, trying to break through the human wall formed by the magic costume masters and rush towards the old people.
"Son...daughter..." The old people, who had been enduring the pain, finally couldn't hold back their tears anymore.
“Don’t look back… follow me… this is our life… and their life…” the leading old man roared, but his tears could not stop falling.
The old man's last words seemed to have awakened the other old men. They were in tears, but they gritted their teeth, clenched their hands into fists, their nails dug into the flesh, and blood seeped out from the gaps between their fingers, dripping drop by drop.
They did not look back, their eyes were filled with misery, despair, unwillingness, fear and pity, but no one looked back, and their bodies kept shaking.
"Why...why...can't God give us a way to live..." An old woman wailed miserably, and then rushed out of the checkpoint desperately.
"Mom... don't go... please... don't go..." A young girl tried desperately to break through the magic costume master's defense, and ran to her mother even if she was torn to pieces.
The magic armor guard seemed unable to bear such tragic family affection and forced the girl to rush forward.
As soon as the door was opened, the young men and women went crazy, with red eyes and tears, and rushed towards the old people crawling.
“Xiao Ru… don’t come over here… if you come one step closer… I will give you my life now…” The old woman standing in front of the checkpoint shouted sternly, one foot about to step out of the red line of the checkpoint.
"Mom!" The girl fell to the ground, sobbing. With eyes blurred by tears, she looked at the old woman pleadingly: "Mom... don't go..."
“Xiao Gu…live well…live well…if God doesn’t give us life…then we will exchange our lives for it…our lives…we have to earn them ourselves…to survive…we must survive…” the old woman said, and resolutely stepped over the red line, rushing out of the city regardless of everything.
"Our lives...we will exchange them ourselves..." The old people were in tears but their faces were full of determination. They followed the old woman and rushed out of the checkpoint.
"Dad... Mom..." The young people rushed over like crazy, but it was too late. The gate net of the checkpoint had already fallen down. They grabbed the wire mesh desperately, as if they wanted to tear it apart and push it down. However, until their hands were covered in blood, they could do nothing. They could only watch the old people rush out of the city and gradually disappear into the wilderness.
"What are they doing?" Li Xiu stared at the old men who were running desperately in the wilderness, wondering what they were doing.
Those old men ran desperately, ran desperately, got up again when they fell, and continued running. It seemed that they just wanted to run farther.
"They are... exchanging lives..." The voice sounded emotionless beside Li Xiu: "The sky and the earth are broken... the cycle of reincarnation is shattered... there will be no new life in the world... one person dies in exchange for another's life... only when the old die... can a new baby be born..."
Li Xiu's pupils contracted. He saw the old man who rushed out of the city first. As he ran wildly, frost gradually appeared on his body. When he stopped, his body was covered with frost. In a moment, he looked like a snowman.
The old men rushed forward desperately, and the frost on their bodies accumulated more and more, eventually turning into an ice sculpture.
For a moment, the road outside the city seemed to have turned into an icy hell, with ice sculptures standing still in the wilderness in various strange postures.
Now Li Xiu finally understood why they ran so fast. They wanted to run as far as possible so that their children would not see them frozen to death.
Li Xiu looked into the distance and saw that the vast wilderness was covered with ice sculptures of old people, tens of thousands of them being countless. Countless old people had exchanged their lives for new lives. This place was like hell on earth, a living burial place.