Doomsday Wonderland

Chapter 2403 Is there anything that would make Lin Sanjiu give up on his friends?

Lin Sanjiu sat on the ground in a daze, while Bohemia beside her became silent.

The world fell silent, as if everything had turned into a stage set: the medical bay, Exodus, the night sky and the grass... If she got up and examined carefully, she would probably find that they were all just a thin circle of cardboard with scenes painted on them.

Beyond the cardboard and the stage, there is endless soft darkness. Life and existence are just an illusion that can disappear at any time.

"…It is you."

The superficial shock and surprise were almost just physiological reactions; Lin Sanjiu felt in a daze that she had actually been waiting for Nuwa, and she was not surprised at all.

Since Nuwa had already come close once tonight, how could she turn around, give up what she wanted to do, and find another way just because she was blocked or attacked?

Her eyes had fallen on this night, and there was no power in the world that could shake her from walking towards Lin Sanjiu. At this moment, Nuwa's arrival was sudden, but not abrupt.

Exodus was temporarily enveloped by Nuwa's "moment", so she should be able to conclude that the danger everyone is trapped in has also been pressed on the pause button, right?

"What...why did you come to me?" Lin Sanjiu asked in a low voice. "Did you already know that all this would happen? You're not here to help me, are you?"

She didn't even get up from the ground.

The blow brought by Fu Xiluo was too great; whether she was standing or sitting at the moment, what difference did it make? She is so insignificant, no matter what she does, how can she change the universe at all?

"I said, I can't foresee the future." Nuwa put down her hands, and the dark blue coat had a faint, almost ink-colored luster, as if she had worn the night sky of the universe on her body. "I knew that I would appear here seven hours ago, so I came. After I came, I understood...it turns out that fate is going to go like this."

Lin Sanjiu lowered her shoulders and let out a long breath. "I don't understand," she said honestly. "What I want to know most right now is, are you willing to lend a helping hand?"

She pointed at the great witch and asked: "You must know how to restore the alienated consciousness, right?"

Nuwa looked at her and smiled slightly, like the white mist-like wind blowing away from the cold and frozen land, unmoved by the world.

"What if I say I don't know?" she asked calmly.

Lin Sanjiu was stunned.

"How could you not know?"

"I am not an omniscient or omnipotent god." Nuwa smiled almost naturally and replied: "No one is."

Even though Lin Sanjiu understood it intellectually, she couldn't accept it - for a moment, she was almost annoyed and had countless counter-questions and questions, as if Nuwa was lying, and she had to find all kinds of flaws to expose the other party's lies. A lie; but she opened her mouth, but nothing came out.

Because it makes no sense.

"The great witch will not be saved" - that's all Nuwa wanted to say.

However, if they are destined not to be saved, why does Nuwa come again?

What does "it will appear here, so it comes"?

Lin Sanjiu's mind was buzzing, and for some reason, this sentence brought back his memory. The last time I met Nuwa at a new game launch conference, she seemed to have said something similar... What did she say?

"...It's not because of anything I did that I appear here at this point in time; it's because I will appear here at this point in time, so this series of changes happened before and after."

Lin Sanjiu suddenly raised his head.

It turned out that Nuwa, who had been there so long ago, had explained tonight to her over time.

"You...it's because of you," Lin Sanjiu tried to stand up on the ground, but her hands and feet became weak and slipped. "What happened tonight... happened because of you?"

"I said that because of my existence, the course of history will be affected and its direction will be affected. So your statement is not wrong." Nuwa looked at her, her tone could almost be mistaken for gentleness.

Lin Sanjiu closed her eyes hard and recalled the scene not long ago - the answer was floating under the water, and you could fish it out with just a few fingertips. The floating and rotating fragments gradually formed a complete pattern.

"I see."

She finally murmured: "Because you are here...that's why Fusiro attacked you. Because he did it to you, he discovered the underground farm and Batou De. With Batou De, He realized that all the conditions could be met tonight...so he didn't want to wait another year, and tonight he would use our lives to open up the world above the world. All this is because you came, in Standing nearby for a while. Didn’t you?”

Nuwa's expression remained motionless, as if this was just a trivial matter not worth mentioning.

When Lin Sanjiu heard the Batoude broadcast from the underground farm, she only realized that the Batoude broadcast had a brainwashing effect that covered reality and was repeatedly convincing ordinary people in the farm - but the same broadcast, listening to In Fu Xiluo's ears, it means that he has a way to meet the second condition: tonight he can make Lin Sanjiu and his party believe in the world above the world.

"However, it probably doesn't make any difference if he starts early or later."

Lin Sanjiu gave a soft smile and said, "Even if he stays with us for one more year, he won't be reluctant to attack us because of the friendship developed during that time. Rather, the closer we are, the more destined we will be." Death, because that is his obsession to survive. It's like... nothing in the world can make me give up my friends."

She raised her head, looked at Nuwa, and asked: "Is Fu Xilao's obsession an illusion? Is the 'world above the world' real?"

Lin Sanjiu always felt that Nuwa held all the answers in the world; but she never thought that one day she would see Nuwa looking slightly startled.

She had never seen Nuwa look so close to a "human" look, as if a person who had been wandering away from home for many years suddenly murmured something in her sleep, with a hint of her native accent.

Nuwa's look at that moment - how to describe it?

It's like when a person is sitting in a room, concentrating on a problem day and night, and suddenly someone taps his shoulder and says, "Look, the sky is behind you."

Even though she always knew where the sky was, Nuwa was still startled and turned her head.

"What's wrong?" Lin Sanjiu asked tentatively, "You...don't you know?"

The expressions that were close to human beings fell from Nuwa's body like withered fragments, revealing again the face that seemed to stand far away in the depths of the universe forever.

"Yes," Nuwa said calmly, "I don't know either. Fu Xiluo may have indeed discovered the world above the world... It is just as likely as him having hallucinations. It is quite interesting to think about it, Yes or no?"

…yes. If there really was a world above this world, she really wanted to see it.

Lin Sanjiu was lost in thought for a few seconds, sneered, lowered her head, and wiped her face randomly. She seems to be unable to get rid of the influence of Badou De's ability. Her life and death are at stake, but she is still thinking about the world above the world.

"You didn't come to see us die for no reason, right?" she asked in a low voice. "You...what do you want to do before you are willing to help us? I...I don't have the power to resist him."

She crushed the bones before saying the last sentence.

"If you mean that I will fight Fu Xilao on your behalf, that will not happen." Nuwa's voice was like fingertips gently inserted into her hair, cold against her skin. "At our level, we will almost never do anything to each other. No matter how small the friction between us, it may tear the world apart."

She paused and asked, "Do you know what kind of people are more likely to grow into strong men in a doomsday world?"

Lin Sanjiu didn't know why she suddenly changed the subject - but Nuwa was the only hope of survival for all of them at this time; even if it was just to stop time for a little longer, she had to cooperate, so she shook her head.

"Talent and luck are just a threshold. After crossing the threshold, the more paranoid, crazier, and more determined the person is, the farther they go, and the easier it is for their power to change qualitatively."

Nuwa said, laughing at herself, and nodded to herself. "Do you think I was ever a normal person?"

Lin Sanjiu was stunned and shook her head again.

"We are all the same. All our strength is used to pursue an ideal, an obsession, a person, or a state. So generally speaking, we never block each other's way. The world is still big enough, There’s room for a few of us.”

Could it be that Nuwa is here to increase her despair?

She is far inferior to Fu Siro. Is it because her persistence has lost to Fu Siro's obsession?

Lin Sanjiu sat on the ground and looked up at the three silent people beside him - the great witch, Pina, and Bohemia; looking out from the eyes blurred by tears, it seemed that only a little illusion was needed to make them Speak lively again, smile, and reach out to yourself.

If crying like a child could turn the world into a defeated adult and give in to her wishes, that would be great, right?

She seemed to have a fever, her mind was dizzy and confused, and her throat was so dry that she couldn't cry.

I don't know when, Nuwa stood up and walked to her.

"What's more, why should I save you?" She whispered, "You are a smart person. If you think about what I have been chasing to prove my whole life, you should know that I have no reason to fight Fusiro or take action. Save you."

Nuwa slowly knelt down in front of Lin Sanjiu.

It was as if the space was distorted by this simple movement. Nuwa, as the center of gravity and gravity of everything, bent the world. Places that were originally far away were thrown into the depths of the universe; the most prominent and closest thing was Nuwa's face that had no human warmth.

"I won't fight him. But I can offer you a way to survive."

Lin Sanjiu suddenly raised his eyes.

"I know a flaw that can confuse his understanding with Oasis. They are of the same origin, so it can be done. The condition Fusiro originally hoped to meet, that is, your death, can be replaced by The 'power of faith' that Oasis gained with the vaccine. But I can't change my cognition, I can only replace it. After the replacement, Fusiro will use the same paranoia to realize Oasis' plan."

Nuwa looked at her motionless. She had never been so calm and terrifying like this moment.

"This time, I give you a real multiple-choice question. Do you choose ordinary people in the underground farm? Or do you choose the relatives and friends on the ship?"

This chapter was really polished and considered over and over again. It took me a long time to write it... Just the question mark in the chapter title, I deleted it, added it, added it and deleted it again, going back and forth several times... I am so exhausted. . Death multiple-choice question, no matter which one you choose, Lin Sanjiu’s character will collapse, life will not last, and the ending will be a big collapse (bushi)