Chapter 53: Prelude to the Night of Returning to the Soul
The dark and damp prison corridor was as silent as ever.
Gao Ying sat leaning against a wall, examining the examination paper in front of him. The light above his head was really dim, and he had to rub his eyes from time to time.
His lips were very dry and his stomach made a "gurgling" sound from time to time.
"I always feel like it's a miracle that I'm still alive now."
At this time, Qin Yexun sat beside Gao Ying and said these words.
Gao Ying was very surprised that this Japanese boy would actually take the initiative to talk to him.
Qin Yexun turned his head slightly, looked at Gao Ying, and said, "Is this what you think now?"
Gao Ying's hand holding the exam paper began to tremble.
"I... my consideration of the meaning of life and death is different now than before." Gao Ying didn't know why, but he answered with such a sentence that did not answer the question.
Qin Ye nodded.
"People often use words of praise such as death but still life, heroic sacrifice, and immortality to describe the dead. But only I understand...the dead are still dead."
Gao Ying looked at the prison corridor not far away, where Herbert was looking out. Once a ghost appeared, he would be the most likely to die first.
"You should be able to see clearly here, right? Gao Ying? Human life is being swept away and harvested like garbage. Meaningful death and meaningless death are just turned into a pile of proteins decomposed by microorganisms."
When Gao Ying heard the word "protein", he felt nauseous and uncomfortable.
"But I didn't think much about this before, because everyone is bound to die. But... when I saw those ridiculous words on the exam paper, I was moved."
He took a deep breath.
Gao Ying didn't quite understand why Qin Yexunyi said this to him during his break. He seemed to be really thinking about something, but Gao Ying found it quite puzzling. He... wasn't like such a person.
However, he also thought that people in the world do not have only one side, but often have two sides with different rationality and sensibility. What he saw before was not all of his appearance.
"Why did you say to me..."
"I think... you should be able to survive. However, your eyes still have childishness and innocence, and you have not seen the cruelty of this world."
Gao Ying was silent, and then nodded: "Maybe so."
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"Xunyi, this is your great-grandfather's sword. He used this sword to commit seppuku and committed suicide. He was a heroic spirit who protected this country!"
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"The longer you live, the more you will realize the true cruelty of this world, Gao Ying."
Qin Yexun folded the exam paper in his hand and looked at another corridor. There, Jie Luo was watching the wind to see if any ghosts were coming.
Just when he turned his head back, Gao Ying's eyes were still locked on Jero.
The dangerous premonition originating from the Gerzwaren family, at this time... came out again!
However, he couldn't see anything wrong. The scene in front of him was everything as usual. However, this kind of premonition never went wrong.
Under normal circumstances, people will instinctively retreat when faced with danger. But as a candidate, a crisis is also an opportunity to complete the test questions. Therefore, for Gao Ying now, he cannot retreat easily. Escape? There is no way to escape from this prison.
A safe zone!
"Qin Yexunyi..."
I don't know why, but Qin Ye's words just now made Gao Ying feel a little closer to him. In the face of life and death, human nature shows its helplessness, and they have no choice but to move forward.
He's right.
Gao Ying has not seen the cruelest and darkest side of this world.
"Listen to me... Believe it or not, there will be danger here soon."
Qin Yexun had no reaction to this and murmured: "What you said is really funny, Gao Ying. In this place, safety is an incredible thing, right?"
silence.
In the air, oppressive silence dominated everything.
Curt Lee walked over.
"Is it time to move on? Have we stayed in the same place for too long?"
"No..." Qin Yexunyi said: "This place... is more suitable for staying for a long time."
Gao Ying realized what Qin Yexunyi meant.
"Is it because there are many side roads here and there are many options for escape routes, so if you encounter danger here, you have a greater chance of winning by completing the test questions?"
"That's right. You have indeed seen through this, Gao Ying. Even if you are worried about your precious reward, you should calm down for a while. If you act at this time, the 'danger' will escalate."
This Japanese candidate...
Gao Ying found that he really couldn't see through him. He was full of confidence, but at the same time he had a hesitant side. Facing death, he seemed detached, but in fact he still longed for eternal life in his heart. These opposite qualities appeared contradictory but unified in the same
On an individual basis.
At this time, his premonition of danger became stronger and stronger.
When and from what direction will the danger come?
(Grandma... is your ghost lingering here? Can you give me some inspiration?)
Suddenly, he felt something wet on his back, which startled him immediately. When he looked back, he discovered... blood was gurgling from the gaps in the wall!
"Blood? This is..."
A large amount of blood was spilled on a whole row of walls! And then, there was a scream!
Gao Ying looked over and saw that the person who screamed was none other than Jero, who was in charge of the lookout!
From the blood, pale and rotten hands stretched out one after another! After Jero was grabbed by the hands pouring out of the blood that overflowed from the wall, his body was pulled into the wall!
When they saw blood and hands, everyone immediately thought of a multiple-choice question on the exam paper!
"There can be at most () hands that stretch out from the blood?"
The four options were all two-digit numbers, and Gao Ying could roughly count the number of hands after a quick glance.
"Go quickly...go quickly!"
As long as those hands are not close to the wall, those hands can basically not touch the candidates. This is not surprising. After all, there are many questions, and it is impossible for every question to have a high mortality rate. Otherwise, it will not match the ratio of points and risk levels.
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After a group of people escaped from here, Gao Ying discovered that every time the wall stretched out a new hand, some hands retracted into the wall. This also means that there is indeed an upper limit for the number of hands stretched out at the same time.
The expansion and contraction is very fast, and most people are dazzled by it. If you stop and look carefully, you may pay the price with your life.
I don’t know how long I ran, but no more blood seeped out of the wall. When everyone stopped, Herbert and Tom, who were still alive, looked at Gao Ying, Curt Lee and Qin Yexunyi with pale faces. The latter quickly asked
: "Have you... seen clearly? How many hands are there? I, I can't even count..."
"Shut up!" Herbert stepped on Tom and glared at him, "What do you mean by asking such a stupid question?"
Now that the skeleton has not closed its eyes, can they ask such a question?
Gao Ying, on the other hand, had remembered it clearly and wrote down the answer on the examination paper.
But at this moment, Gao Ying suddenly turned his head and looked deep into the prison corridor.
He slowly opened his eyes...and then murmured: "There..."