He was holding a stack of newspaper clippings and looking at them carefully.
Each newspaper clipping is in Japanese, and the titles are -
"The imperial army captured Nanjing, the capital of China! China has been conquered by Japan!"
"The European War breaks out! Germany attacks Poland!"
"The British and French forces retreated! Marshal Pétain surrendered to France!"
"The Imperial Navy attacks Pearl Harbor! The U.S. Pacific Fleet is destroyed!"
"The Battle of Midway was defeated!"
"Iwo Jima was lost! General Tadamichi Kuribayashi's jade was shattered!"
"The U.S. military is approaching the mainland! To defend Japan, we will not hesitate to sacrifice 100 million people!"
"The U.S. military dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima! The city was razed to the ground, with hundreds of thousands of casualties!"
The strange thing is that the corners of the clipping are brand new, obviously they were cut recently, and as a newspaper from 1945, it is so new, as if... it was just printed, and you can even smell the ink.
Qin Yexunyi silently stared at the newspaper clipping in front of him.
What does war mean to ordinary people?
People often only see war from movies, where the protagonist can always remain unscathed in the hail of bullets and easily defeat the enemy. However, in real war, there is no so-called hero at all.
The only reason why people sing about war is because they have not experienced war. No matter whether it is the so-called "good triumphs over evil" war.
In 1999, the Second World War broke out, leaving Britain no longer able to control its Southeast Asian colonies. Japan, which was dragged on the Chinese battlefield, expanded its southward ambitions. In January 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the United States joined World War II, and its German allies
Italy was defeated. In 1945, Berlin was captured, and the German Third Reich became history. In the Pacific, Japan finally retreated steadily, and everyone knew the outcome. And on the end of the war, the emperor read the surrender decree.
At that time, my great-grandfather planned to commit suicide by committing seppuku along with the whole country. The knife he used to commit seppuku is still displayed in the most conspicuous place in his home.
However... although from a historical point of view, Japan was destroyed and the Allies won. However, for the countless victims who died in the war, the victory of the war did not mean much. For the defeated country Japan, it was even more meaningless.
That’s it. The anti-Japanese camp won World War II, but the victory of the war only benefited the politicians, but too many people died on the battlefield. Moreover, the victory of World War II does not mean that the war will end. Put
Nuclear weapons in Japan may also land on other lands in the future.
He collected the clippings.
These newspaper clippings...hid the secrets related to this exam. And he had already obtained very important clues from Dong Xie.
He recalled that when he first saw the exam paper, he thought it was just a ridiculous hypothesis.
"What does it mean?"
Qin Yexun looked at the test paper in front of him. He didn't understand why such a question appeared at the end of a history test paper.
Do you want eternal life? If you want eternal life, how much are you willing to pay?
History has always been his best subject, but at this time...he is quite puzzled. Why...the history class exam will test such content?
Especially... there is an extremely weird black skeleton on the title. The skeleton looks lifelike, and it seems to be real no matter how you look at it.
He looked at the score of this question, which was a full 0 points.
This question is obviously just a hypothesis. How could anyone in this world be immortal? Obviously, this is unrealistic. How could he think carefully as if this hypothesis could come true? How fragile is human life?
, in war, a bullet no bigger than a peanut can destroy it.
Looking at the skeleton in front of him, that thought drove him to pick up the pen.
"If I could have eternal life..."
Qin Yexunyi held the pen in his hand, and then started to answer.
When he wrote down his answers, the skeleton on the examination paper suddenly seemed to come alive and pounced on him!
Then... Qin Yexunyi became a candidate.
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A new day has arrived.
Qin Yexunyi was leaning against the wall, checking the examination paper in front of him.
The prisoners risked their lives and left Cell Block C again, finally finding some food.
One day has passed, and one-third of the exam has passed. As for Gao Ying and Dong Xie, their lives and deaths are unknown.
Qin Yexunyi's test paper also had too many blank spaces at this time.
"Gomi...the Nick family..."
He murmured the name in his mouth, and then slowly closed his eyes.
He wanted to relax his brain a little.
This time, he might not get a reward. However, he still got more information than expected.
Behind the devil's exam, there is a truth beyond imagination.
When he opened his eyes again, he found Curt Lee appearing in front of him.
"How are you thinking about it? Qin Yexunyi?"
Qin Yexunyi and Curt Li are both specially recruited candidates. For them, the purpose of coming here is naturally to obtain the reward of resurrection after death.
"I don't have that plan yet."
"You really...don't want to go to Ward A?"
"Yes. I plan to explore other areas first and try to complete the exam."
"Gao Ying and the others..." Qin Yexun was quite concerned about Gao Ying, who saved him at the critical moment. "They don't know whether they are alive or dead now."
Qin Yexun took this very lightly. In fact, since he came here, he has known that he is likely to die here one day. As an island country prone to disasters, the Japanese have endured disasters
Their psychological endurance is much stronger than that of ordinary people, and therefore they have a special concept of death, which is why they are so keen on committing seppuku. Seriya's family is a military family, and this concept has been completely instilled in Seriya Xunichi.
"It would not be surprising if you die at any time after taking this exam."
Qin Yexunyi's image of being so calm about death also made Curt Lee a little confused: "Aren't you... afraid of death?"
"Everyone has to die. The key lies in when and in what form."
Curt Lee somewhat admired Qin Yexunyi's attitude of looking down on life and death. But then, he felt something was wrong.
"That's not right..." He suddenly realized a contradictory question, "If you don't mind life and death, why would you choose to pursue eternal life?"
Qin Yexun folded the examination paper in his hand, and then replied in a cold tone: "I don't mind dying, but that doesn't stop me from wanting eternal life. It's that simple."
eternal life……
When Qin Yexunyi saw this word on the test paper, his first reaction was absurd. How could human beings obtain eternal life?
The anti-Japanese camp won World War II, but he did not feel that "winning" meant anything to him. The only people who benefited from the victory of the war were politicians, but too many people died on the battlefield. And
The victory of World War II does not mean that the war will end. The Americans are the real winners of World War II. The nuclear weapons dropped on Japan may also land on other lands in the future.
Japan is a country with a high suicide rate. Suicide once became a serious social problem in Japan. People know that a major disaster may come at any time in the island country where they live. Earthquakes, tsunamis, when faced with these disasters
The Japanese always face death very quietly, as if it is a matter of course. Therefore, they face death calmly. Death is a very familiar neighbor to them.
Qin Yexunyi could no longer recall why he wrote "He does not reject eternal life" on the test paper. He obviously couldn't feel that he had any desire to live forever. This is really...
It's so boring.
In fact, he couldn't answer Curt Lee's question.
As a self-defense force officer, his father participated in earthquake relief during the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in the 1990s. At that time, the young Seriya understood that this country must be troubled by disasters. Born in such an island country
, each of them must be prepared to die tomorrow. He has been... used to this kind of life.