Ten Days End

"I..." Zhang Chenze was startled by Chu Tianqiu's appearance, but he said calmly, "I will try my best."

Chu Tianqiu left the window and seemed to have let down his guard. He sat in front of Zhang Chenze again and said softly: "Lawyer Zhang, you know... if we want to survive here, how can we ensure that we don't go crazy?"

"Crazy..."

"Yes." Chu Tianqiu nodded, "We are reborn in this ghost place one after another... day after day, year after year, what can we do to not imagine the "Seven Black Swords"? How strong do we have to be to get rid of "Yu Nian'an"? What can we do to not eat people, and what can we do to make sure that we are still human now? "

Zhang Chenze felt that treating this matter as a "lawsuit" was indeed a bit taken for granted.

Chu Tianqiu's words seemed to carry some philosophy, but also full of madness. The questions he raised one after another made him completely unable to find the direction of the answer.

"Then what do you think should be done?" Zhang Chenze asked back.

"The answer is 'lock'." Chu Tianqiu stretched out a finger and tapped his forehead. "This damn place will put a 'lock' on everyone, let us forget those painful memories, and expect us to start from scratch."

"That's true." Zhang Chenze nodded, "Forget the memory of the previous reincarnation... This can also be regarded as a protection mechanism."

"'Protection mechanism'...?" Chu Tianqiu grinned and laughed very strangely, "What a ridiculous 'protection mechanism'? It can only protect the weak, but will make the strong more and more crazy... Now, how many people who are famous in the "End of the World" are sober?"

"What you said makes sense." Zhang Chenze nodded, "The more people who can get 'echoes'... the longer their memories will be preserved, and the more it is a torture."

"So I took the initiative to put a 'lock' on myself." Chu Tianqiu smiled, "There is a person's 'echo' on this land that can lock memories... Let me start from scratch. ”

Zhang Chenze was slightly stunned after hearing this: "That person is Qiao Yun...?"

"Unfortunately, no." Chu Tianqiu shook his head, "Qiao Yun is not the "lock", but a "key". ”

"Key...?" Zhang Chenze felt that he was about to lose track of Chu Tianqiu's thoughts. This person was not only extremely smart, but also had obvious signs of madness. It was difficult for normal people to communicate with him.

"I took the initiative to put countless "locks" in my mind. These "locks" can only be unlocked by Qiao Yun. Do you understand what I mean?" Chu Tianqiu said.

Zhang Chenze finally understood the general idea at this time: "You mean... Qiao Yun's "echo" is to restore people's memories?"

"You can understand it this way. " Chu Tianqiu nodded, "But her ability is also limited. She can't let everyone regain their memories... Only those who have been touched can..."

Zhang Chenze slowly frowned, still not quite understanding the point Chu Tianqiu wanted to express.

"I thought Qiao Yun had lost this ability..." Chu Tianqiu slowly put a bitter smile on his face, "But before I met Qi Xia... I was suddenly affected by a sudden "echo", which allowed me to recover a lot of memories... And this "echo" came from Qiao Yun. "

This short sentence almost made Zhang Chenze feel blocked several times. She still knew too little about this place.

"It was also on that day that I finally remembered who Qiao Yun was..." Chu Tianqiu smiled and shed tears, "A lot of memory fragments floated in my mind. I immediately wrote all those fragmented memories on the blackboard... and I also remembered the man named Qi Xia. "

Zhang Chenze swallowed slightly after hearing this, and then asked tentatively: "Recovering memories... Isn't this a good thing? "

"Good thing...?" Chu Tianqiu's smile gradually turned cold, and he bent down and approached Zhang Chenze, "If it's a "good thing"... why would I take the initiative to "lock" myself? Do you know how much despair there is in my memory?"

"I..."

"Every day..." Chu Tianqiu's body slowly trembled, as if he was recalling something extremely terrible, "My memories are floating in from all directions every day... The despair I recall is increasing day by day... You tell me this is a "good thing"? Every time I think of a reincarnation experience, I am convinced that "we can't get out"... You tell me this is a good thing?"

"But for people like us... our only weapon against them is "memory"..." Zhang Chenze also slowly showed his sadness.A look of hurt, "Only if we know enough and remember enough... we will escape from this hellhole one day..."

"No." Chu Tianqiu shook his head, "That's "for you", not for me. For me, the more I recall, the more I am sure we can't get out."

Chu Tianqiu's words made Zhang Chenze fall silent again, and soon he spoke calmly:

"I have a better way to escape from here."

"What do you... have?" Zhang Chenze asked.

"I want to become a god." Chu Tianqiu said, "I want to become the real master here, and everyone can be liberated at that moment."

"Ah...?" Zhang Chenze was slightly stunned. He was not sure whether Chu Tianqiu in front of him was really crazy or had other plans.

An ordinary person...becomes a "god"?

"Why do you have such an idea...?" Zhang Chenze asked in confusion, "If you retain a lot of memories, you can obviously become the strongest combat force among the "participants"..."

"It is because I retain a lot of memories that I know that it will not work at all." Chu Tianqiu reached out and plucked a few strands of hair scattered on his forehead, and said with a look of melancholy, "All the strong people in my memory have failed... Qiao Yun is just one of them."

"But now we have Qi..."

"Qi Xia also failed." Chu Tianqiu said calmly, "Qi Xia and Qiao Yun are too similar, and the paths they take are exactly the same. This is not a bad thing. Just think of them as trying and failing for me, but now I have to take a path that belongs to me. "

Hearing Chu Tianqiu's words, Zhang Chenze wanted to speak several times but was stuck in his mouth.

He wanted to ask Chu Tianqiu for a way to awaken the natives, but now it seems difficult to speak.

"So... I really want to know..." Zhang Chenze brought the topic back again, "What is your relationship with Qiao Yun...? The child Qiao Yun gave birth to..."

"Thirty years ago, Qiao Yun was my lover." Chu Tianqiu said calmly, "And that child is also mine."