The Easter Egg Game

The wind on the roof of the building blew bitterly, half of the world as far as the eye could see had been swallowed by the slowly advancing magma, Lin Jue held Song Hanzhang's dagger, stood in the wind and looked at the botanical garden in the distance, silent.

Lu Yan was sitting on the railing of the roof with a long knife in his arms. The decayed iron railing looked like it would break at any moment, but he didn't seem to be aware of this fatal danger, or in other words, he had great confidence in dealing with this level of danger. With a lot of confidence, he yawned leisurely.

For Lu Yan, waiting is always boring in every possible way—except when waiting anxiously for the announcement of the high math test results.

Driven by boredom, he asked Lin Jue to tease Lin Jue: "Hey, why don't you say thank you to the savior who brought you back to life?"

Lin Jue didn't turn his head, the moonlight fell on his intact face, which was completely cold and solemn.

Silent ignorance exacerbated Lu Yan's unhappiness. He jumped off the railing, played with the long knife in his hand, and walked around the sculptural Lin Jue twice: "Impolite bad boy, but he will be punished." oh."

Lin Jue glanced at him coldly, with emotionless eyes, no disgust, no provocation, and no fear, as if Lu Yan, who was turning around around him, was a piece of dried bacon.

Ah, so boring.Lu Ren looked at the expressionless Lin Jue in frustration, and scratched his hair in distress.He enjoys the feeling of fighting and the fear of his opponents, but he only hates this kind of unresponsive guy—just like Song Hanzhang, no matter how he threatens and provokes, it is like doing useless work on a piece of wood.Even killing them feels like doing coolie chopping wood.

That would be so boring, it would be unappetizing.

Lu Ren curled his lips: "I didn't resurrect you from the phylactery to see you with a widow's face. Hey, didn't you get excited when you saw Song Hanzhang just now?"

Song Hanzhang's name made Lin Jue react a little, and he stroked the dagger that belonged to Song Hanzhang in his hand.

Ten years ago, he took it out of the wishing pool and gave it to Song Hanzhang with great joy.

An hour ago, he pulled it out from Song Hanzhang's chest and watched him close his eyes with tears streaming down his face.

Only now did he understand how Song Hanzhang died in that team battle ten years ago.The fast and accurate knife that pierced the heart did not come from someone else, but from Song Hanzhang himself.

Lu Ren was like an informer full of secrets who couldn't help but want to shake his arms: "Don't you have anything to ask me? For example, what is the 'message' I brought to Song Hanzhang?"

Lin Jue asked hoarsely, "What is it?"

Lu Yan was in a good mood when he got the response: "It's nothing."

"..."

Lu Ren repeated sincerely: "I didn't bring any message to him at all."

"..."

"He guessed everything the moment he saw me, and the first thing he asked me after you left was 'How much time do I have?'" Lu Ren clicked his tongue, "Is he scary? "

A person who has been "dead" until now, has planned everything in the dark and let everyone follow his script.

This may not be the most perfect script, but it avoids the loss of both of them on different timelines to the greatest extent, and prevents the entire space-time cycle from breaking and collapsing.

Failure is not terrible, as long as you can have the last laugh, this is Song Hanzhang's creed.

They failed once ten years ago, but this time, they should be the last laughers.

Lu Ren tilted his head and sat back on the railing again.The long knife lay across his knees, he was dissatisfied with this knife, and always missed another Tang knife that was more convenient, but unfortunately...

A few hours ago, he was pursued by himself ten years ago, leaving the Corpse Ball and appearing in Clock Square.

Lu Ren looked at the time, it was almost time to wait for Song Hanzhang——Song Hanzhang ten years ago.

So he walked unhurriedly to the place where he met Song Hanzhang in the game ten years ago.Ten years ago, he didn't understand why Song Hanzhang would stand there waiting for him, as if he was sure that he would pass by here, but now he understands.Because at that time, ten years later, he had just finished his conversation with Song Hanzhang there.

What an interesting cycle. In just a few minutes, Song Hanzhang saw two Lu Rens, the 2022 Lu Ren and the 2012 Lu Ren. They were perfectly staggered, maintaining this crucial cycle.

Lu Yan took off the cloak on his body, threw it behind the bushes, and then slowly wrapped the long knife with a strip of cloth.Although this kind of disguise couldn't deceive Song Hanzhang's eyes, it was more than enough to deceive Lin Jue. He was looking forward to seeing Lin Jue's confused face.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Song Hanzhang and Lin Jue to pass by here.

Lu Yan waved to them with a smile and said, "Long time no see."

It's really been a long time. In the endless chaos and darkness, he almost forgot the time, and when he saw the light again, it was already ten years later.

What happened next was even more interesting. Song Hanzhang saw his background at a glance. Even though his appearance and clothes remained the same as ten years ago, the long knife wrapped in cloth behind him was intriguing when talking to him. His tone of voice still let Song Hanzhang spy out his origin—no, perhaps earlier, at the Corpse Dance, Song Hanzhang had already had such a guess.

Lin Jue left sullenly. Lu Ren knew that he would not go far, because ten years ago he saw Lin Jue waiting for Song Hanzhang not far away. At that time, he had Lin Jue's phylactery in his pocket, and was caught Ask Song Hanzhang where he went.At that time, he was still unhappy about being seen through by Song Hanzhang, and he was still deeply puzzled—how did Song Hanzhang know what his second round reward was?Why let him keep Lin Jue's phylactery?Why do you still persuade him to glue the second round of rewards with Lin Jue's phylactery?

I don't understand at all. At that time, Lu Yan was deeply confused, and didn't even want to follow Song Hanzhang's suggestion.But in the end, Song Hanzhang's promise convinced him.

"If you do what I say, I guarantee you an interesting future."

"Oh? How fun?"

"The lower limit is more interesting than it is now. There is no upper limit, because I don't know where the upper limit is. I can also guarantee that you will fight one-on-one with that cloaked man."

Lu Ren's eyes lit up ten years ago: "Deal."

Song Hanzhang bet his life and bet the most critical link on Lin Jue. At that time, Lu Ren asked him why he entrusted Lin Jue's phylactery to him, but gave his own phylactery to him. Lin Jue—does he trust Lin Jue with his life?

How did Song Hanzhang answer?

Oh, he said: "Let him carry my life on his back, and he will work harder to become stronger and live harder."

He can accept any process, as long as he can get the ending he wants.

At that time, Song Hanzhang had already made all the psychological preparations. Even if he himself could not be resurrected successfully, he had to ensure that Lin Jue could win the final victory—when he saw Lu Ren in 2022, he knew that he would succeed. , at least to bring Lin Jue back to life, he will succeed.

Because the 2022 Lu Ren who holds Lin Jue's phylactery has appeared in front of him, all he has to do is to let the 2012 Lu Ren also get Lin Jue's phylactery, so that the two world lines form a perfect cycle .

As for whether he can be resurrected himself, who knows?At least for now, there is no reality that can give him an answer.

On the top of the building, the night wind blew bitterly, and the coolness of the wind had faded at this time. The scorching temperature of the lava made the night wind hot and humid, and it was warm on the face, making people sleepy.

Lu Ren in 2022 yawned again.It's so boring, it's all too boring for a man who is fully aware of the outcome.

There is only one thing left for him, at the right time, to kill himself ten years ago, and let his soul glued to Lin Jue's phylactery fly to the lottery pool.Ten years later, the dead him will be drawn from the lottery table, together with Lin Jue's phylactery.

The story starts here and ends here.

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"Is it better?" Zhang Sijia asked after casting the healing technique again immediately after the skill cooldown was over. After three consecutive times, Zhang Sijia asked.

Zuo Linyuan nodded.

During the scuffle on the rooftop, Zuo Linyuan took an arrow from Gu Fengyi in order to pull back Zhang Sijia who was about to fall from the building.The injury was on his right shoulder, which caused Zuo Linyuan a little trouble. He had to adjust the tension of the compound bow from [-] pounds to less than [-] pounds, otherwise the injury would worsen immediately once he opened the bow.

"You rest for a while." Zuo Linyuan looked at the tired Zhang Sijia, and wanted to touch his face, but when he raised his hand, he saw the traces of dirt in his hand, so he gave up.

"I'm fine." Zhang Sijia said absently, unaware of his mood.

Zhang Jia's death touched him too much. When the long-held secret and vicious expectations were really fulfilled, instead of feeling free, he was immersed in empty confusion, and even felt that his 20-year life was a joke. .

Mu Chunning, Mu Qiuning, Su Tian... his teammates died one by one. Zhang Sijia, who believed that she had a chance to win, felt the uncontrollable power.The surprise when he had drawn the man from the lottery table in Clock Square was gone, leaving behind uncontrollable terror.

"Huh? Who are you?" Six or seven hours ago, when Zhang Sijia stood in front of the lottery table, the scattered light spots gathered into a human shape, and a young and handsome man appeared in front of him, looking at him leisurely, and asked .

How could there be a living person in the prize?Zhang Sijia looked at the person in front of her in shock, and suddenly felt that he was very familiar.

who is it?This face... Zhang Sijia recalled the list of missing students in the past 20 years, and finally matched one of them with the person in front of her.

"Are you Lu Yan? The Lu Yan who disappeared in 2012?" Zhang Sijia asked.

The person opposite raised his eyebrows and smiled happily: "So, it's 2022 now?"

"...how do you know?" Zhang Sijia was surprised.

Lu Ren walked down from the lottery table with his pockets in his pocket, and said with a half-smile, "Guess?"

After that, Mu Chunning took out a palm-sized seed from the lottery table, the seed hatched automatically, and Su Tian fell out of it.With Su Tian's example, Zhang Sijia quickly judged that Lu Ren should have died in the 2012 team.At that time, he didn't pay much attention until they entered a dungeon together, and Lu Yan grabbed Mu Chunning's long knife casually, and showed them what is called a real knife technique.

That amazing skill shocked Zhang Sijia, and he began to think about a question: how did such a Lu Yan die?

He thought that Lu Yan would not answer his question, but unexpectedly, Lu Yan answered him: "Suicide."

suicide?

Lu Yan added with a smile: "The skills are inferior to others, and I was killed ten years later. Is this also a different type of suicide?"

Lu Ren in 2012 was killed by Lu Ren in 2022?Could it be that……

Zhang Sijia looked at Lu Yan in shock, and the latter gave him a cheerful and happy smile: "Yes, you will soon meet the teams from ten years ago and 20 years ago. But don't worry, they all died in the end .”

"Both 2002 and 2012 were wiped out, and we were the ones who won in the end." Lu Yan smiled and spoke of a future that made the 2022 team ecstatic.

Lu Ren looked at the ecstatic people, and smiled inexplicably.

However, this victory is ours, not yours.