Lin Sanjiu was half-leaning on something hot and could no longer move.
Her body was on the verge of death, but her life had a turning point. For her, life and death had never been so close to each other as they were at this moment. In the dark rain curtain, she closed her eyes hard and squeezed out
The rain between her eyelashes opened again, and she saw the two figures rushing towards her getting bigger and clearer.
"Sister, sister!"
Someone put a hand behind her neck, held her head that could not be lifted, and gently helped her up. Ji Shanqing's voice was distorted by anxiety and fear, but she was so articulate.
A child who seems to be unable to say anything except "Sister" now.
"Don't panic," another voice said from the side, with a tone so sharp it could cut metal - "Left shoulder, stop the bleeding!"
Compared with the soft and gentle voice before, Lin Sanjiu couldn't believe that it was Sibaan's voice.
"Only two of them came, and our armored vehicles are still there," a voice shouted from the dock behind, breaking through the noisy rain curtain, "Reinforcements have been requested, and we will assemble the formation again immediately!"
This should obviously be an order in the internal communication system, but it rang out from all the loudspeakers nearby. Great... Han Suiping is still safe.
Lin Sanjiu opened her eyes slightly. The wind and rain were raging under the dark sky, and a bolt of lightning exploded in the rolling dark clouds. The raindrops hit her face without interruption, and soon her vision was blurred. She tried hard for a few seconds.
This time, I finally heard Libao asking in a panic: "Sister, what did you say?"
"...Don't do anything yet." She tried to support herself with her arm that was still intact, and Siba'an quickly helped her into his arms so that she could sit up a little straighter. As soon as the words came out, both of them paused.
There was a pause; the heavy rain kept pouring down, and for a time it drowned out the sound of the tracks on the dock grinding against the ground.
"Why?" Sebastian asked in a gentle voice.
No matter what the gift bag was doing, his first aid measures were taking effect quickly. The flow of life force was getting slower and slower, and she began to feel that she had the strength to speak again. "This... is not the doomsday world," she looked at the two people in front of her.
The man who was soaked all over said in a low voice: "If you take action now... the world will end, and so many lives... will die in the doomsday."
She could hear her own voice, amplified countless times, echoing from the rain in all directions. This time, no news helicopter could demand "cut off the air."
"...I understand. Sister, what do you plan to do with this world?" Libao asked softly. This sentence also swept across the earth and resounded throughout the world.
Lin Sanjiu was stunned for a moment. She had never thought about what she planned to do to this world.
At this moment before she could speak, Siba'an suddenly leaned her against the object that was no longer warm - this time she could see clearly that it turned out to be a thumping object that had been beaten by the rain.
Cannonball shells. Sibaan stood tall and whispered: "They are going to take action, I will block them... Don't worry, I am just blocking them."
When artillery fire, gunfire, storms and attacks by the evolved abilities once again hit the world, Lin Sanjiu could feel the earth beneath him shaking slightly.
But where she was lying, all that fell from the sky was rain. Sibaan was just one person, standing on such a vast battlefield, but he was able to keep all the flames of war away from his hands;
What was in front of him and what was behind him became two worlds.
Ji Shanqing bent down and covered Lin Sanjiu's ears with his cold hands.
Her hearing gradually recovered and her thinking gradually became clearer; she finally dared to let the black fog dissipate and become a kidney again, instead of dying on the spot after losing the body of the evolved person. She felt her lips being separated,
Some cool liquid was poured in, and the gift bag was coaxing her tremblingly: "It will be better soon, the pain will be gone soon..."
After Siba'an only stood out for a minute or two, the gunfire on the opposite side stopped again. This ceasefire was different; they seemed to be soaked in shock, and silence fell drop by drop from the fear, converging into
There was dead silence.
One cannot be killed no matter how hard he fights, and the other has completely lost the meaning of fighting.
"Unlawful violence ahead..." The loudspeaker had just finished half of a sentence, but was suddenly interrupted; after a few seconds, it was replaced by a person's voice, shouting to them in the sound of rain: "I am responsible for this."
Major General of this operation, I request negotiations."
"Help me..." Lin Sanjiu reached out and grabbed Ji Shanqing's arm and said, "I want to go."
"Go to negotiate?" Ji Shanqing's face was washed white by the rain, and his black hair was wet on his face. He didn't look at anything, only looking at her unblinkingly. "Sister, you don't actually have to
’s... As long as you leave here, whether it’s tens of millions or hundreds of millions, it’s just a number. You can get on the ship now... From now on, leave it all to us.”
The kid seemed really angry.
Lin Sanjiu smiled at him, hugged his shoulders, leaned her weight on him, and whispered: "You know, I think the luckiest thing in my life is having you."
Ji Shanqing suddenly closed his mouth.
She was supported by the gift bag and limped towards Sibaan's back in front. He noticed the movement and turned his head; in the heavy rain, his original blond hair and green eyes became thick and dark along with the skylight.
"I thought you might have something to say," he gently stretched out his hand towards Lin Sanjiu, his soaked clothes clearly outlining the lines of his arm. "So I asked them to come over."
Several armored vehicles approached, and the bright light of the searchlights tore through the rain curtain, illuminating a bright open space between the two worlds separated by Sbaan. Several shadows in military uniforms climbed down from the armored vehicles.
, surrounded by a man in front, slowly walked over and stopped at a distance.
"You have destroyed the stability and balance of our world," the major general frowned tightly, stared at Lin Sanjiu for a while, and asked a similar question: "What do you want now?"
Lin Sanjiu's gaze went beyond the major general, past the people behind him, and fell further into the world.
She had an idea.
*
He Huan sighed lowly.
Even after Lin Sanjiu successfully sent the message, for him, leaving this world was still a distant and slightly funny idea. The universe is so big that it cannot even be understood by the human mind; it would take a long time for her to send out a message.
How long does it take for it to reach the recipient's hands, and how long does it take for the recipient to rush over? If you think about it with common sense, it seems to take at least a few years.
...However, common sense fails this time.
"I will take you across the border and around to the other side of the pier." He suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his mind and turned to the girl next to him, "Do you see that direction? We rush over there.
We can get to them."
Wu Lun was soaked all over, standing in the cold rain, shaking and nodding. She did not dare to look at He Huan, her tone was mixed with fear and gratitude: "Thank you, thank you, for saving me... You are with me too
Are you coming over, Miss Kishi?"
He Huan nodded, stepped over a dead body, and motioned for her to follow. "As you can see, I am also an evolver," he heard a painful voice coming from his own throat: "I also want to be with you.
They walked together."
Wu Lun stiffly walked around the dead body on the ground that was guarding her not long ago, and hurriedly followed. "She will take you away," the young girl whispered, "I have known her not long ago, but I just know...
"
He Huan has never doubted this.
He didn't say a word while bypassing the battlefield and entering the dock. He should obviously take advantage of Wu Lun's gratitude to make his safe ticket more solid; but he didn't know what happened.
, He Huan was just too lazy to speak.
There were many thoughts and emotions rushing through his mind, but not a single word came out of his mouth. He felt that even if he could leave this world today, a part of him seemed to stay here forever.
Staying in this wind and rain, you can't see the sky clearly.
He has lived for so long that he has forgotten whether he has ever stood up for something like Lin Sanjiu and Guan Hailian.
The man who came to receive Lin Sanjiu's help was definitely capable of dragging this world into doomsday, but that man just stood high on the ruins, blocking all the artillery fire. After protecting Wu Lun around most of the battlefield,
No more bullets could penetrate that man's barrier and land next to them; when they were about to enter the range where Lin Sanjiu and his party were, He Huan suddenly stopped.
"What, what's wrong?" Wu Lun was already frightened.
"There is no danger ahead. Just keep going forward from here," He Huan pointed and said, "You can reach Lin Sanjiu. They will definitely find you right away, but I think you have nothing to worry about.
of."
Wu Lun was stunned for a moment and understood. "You...won't you come with me to find her?" She asked, somewhat at a loss, "Don't you also want to leave this world?"
He Huan was silent for a while. Lin Sanjiu would not refuse to help a strange evolved person... He was a completely different person at this moment.
"I..." He opened his lips, and his low voice was broken up by the heavy rain. He no longer cared whether Wu Lun could hear or not. "I remembered that I actually did this a long time ago.
The decision is made... the decision to stay."
Wu Lun looked at him and asked, "What did you say?"
"Whatever decision you make, there will naturally be corresponding consequences... I have nothing to complain about." He muttered to himself, then raised his voice and said, "You go over, I'm leaving."
Before Wu Lun could respond, he turned around and walked towards the direction he came from.
He wanted to find a bottle of whiskey and pour the wine into a glass.
*
Except for Tongdi Pier, the entire city held its breath. In the pouring rain, every street was abandoned, and there was not even a person who was responsible for patrolling during martial law.
When Deng Yilan jumped off the wall, she fell on the floor tiles. Her knees, calves, and arms were all covered with blood. When she walked in the rain, the rain kept hitting her wounds, as if she was being tortured endlessly.
Rationally, she knew that the hospital was far away from Tongdi Pier, and even by car it would take more than half an hour; but she was still running forward in stride, even though she had slipped two or three times.
What can we do if we run over? Why should we go? Uncle Zhang can't get out anymore.
She is not an evolver, and she will not leave this world. The dock where Han Jun died unknowingly, the hospital where Uncle Zhang slowly went crazy, and even this absurd world gave her the urge to escape - but
She never thought about cutting up the past and throwing the future into the wind.
What drove Deng Yilan to stumble forward was probably the urge to speak that she couldn't suppress.
Everything that happens on this land will eventually be buried in silence. She, like thousands of other people, has no voice, no face, and no image; she is part of a vague, ambiguous, and huge community.
, she only existed as one of four billion, and never existed as one.
For the first time, she realized so clearly what she wanted to do at this moment: she wanted to stand on the Tongdi Pier and let them see her and listen to her. She wanted that power to carry her voice from every corner.
When it rings, she will never be pushed away, taken away, or ignored again.
From a certain perspective, on this rainy morning, Deng Yilan became Deng Yilan for the first time.
However, the pier is too far.
The sound on the pier was heard throughout the city. She knew very well what was happening on the other side of the city at the moment, and she knew very well that no matter how hard she ran, she would never be able to catch up. The voice of the major general requesting negotiations was buzzing from an electrical appliance store ahead.
The ground echoed - "You have destroyed the stability and balance of our world, what do you want now?"
Deng Yilan slowed down and stopped in front of the electrical appliance store. She glanced in the direction of Tongdi Pier, and there were only tall and short buildings in her field of vision.
The female evolver named Lin Sanjiu - the woman's voice she had heard on the phone once - after a few seconds of silence, she said in a low voice: "You told other countries that my leaving would destroy the balance.
Bringing about the end of the world...is this true?"
"Of course it's the truth!" the major general said immediately. His voice was trembling slightly, as if he was angry when faced with fear but couldn't think of it.
Lin Sanjiu laughed angrily, and she could hear it clearly in the storm. "Is it the truth? Please think carefully before answering me. I have seen a lot of lies in this country..."
"This is slander. We are doing a good job - please turn off this radio thing first."
Deng Yilan's heart tightened until she heard Lin Sanjiu's voice once again rang through the glass of the store from countless speakers, TVs, mobile phones and players, and then she breathed a sigh of relief. "I'll ask you again. Are you really
Do you think that if someone comes to pick me up, it might cause the end of the world?"
This time, the man's voice paused for a long time.
"We...can't rule out the possibility."
Lin Sanjiu snorted a laugh from her nose, which gave Deng Yilan goosebumps. But the words that followed made her feel as if she had been electrocuted, and her whole body could not stop being excited. Started shaking.
"Since there is a possibility of the end of the world, then I will destroy it to the end." She said softly, "Smash the old things into pieces, and only after experiencing chaos and pain...can new things be born. Live here. People on a piece of land should have the right to decide the future of that land."
Deng Yilan suddenly beat the glass of the shop and kept screaming. She didn't know that she could shout so loudly, desperate and almost crazy; but even though her throat hurt like tearing from her shouting, she could still hear the major general. The answer easily drowned out her screams.
"We can represent the people of this land," he seemed unable to believe this good luck, and still wanted to remain serious in his eagerness: "Let me tell you, we all unanimously demand-"
"No, no, don't listen to them," Deng Yilan kept hitting the glass, louder and louder, as if every word was stained with blood: "Wait for me to go to the pier, wait for me to go to the pier! Can you hear me? I have something to say!"
She also didn't expect that after she uttered the last half of her sentence, all the sound-producing equipment in the store suddenly started playing together; huge sound waves jumped out from behind the glass, echoed on the streets, echoed in the city, and formed Countless voices neighed from far and near: "I have something to say!"
Deng Yilan was shocked. She didn't know what was happening for a while, and stood frozen for a long time in the pouring rain. All she could see was a dark curtain of water, the sky was gloomy, and she could only see clearly the trees on the roadside that were being shaken by the wind. and empty sidewalks.
She lowered her head and wiped her eyes.
When Deng Yilan raised her head again, there was another person in front of her.
"Are you going to the dock?" The man stretched out a hand towards her, his eyes were dark green, and his teeth were white when he smiled. The rainwater slid down his face, as if he was touching it with his own body. Touching every inch of his body, he couldn't bear to fall.