Ten Days End

Fortunately, Aries's playground is not far from where I was born, and it takes about 40 minutes to walk there.

I went to meet Aries every day. At the beginning, I felt very complicated and didn't even know what to think of him.

Is he a partner? A teammate? A teacher?

He is like a very special existence. I can learn a lot from him, but he is definitely not my friend.

After thinking about it carefully, maybe I am more like a "subordinate".

I am a subordinate who follows orders and reports to my boss every day.

I actually thought about it... Can I be a "friend" with Aries?

Aries has changed a lot. Since I have seen him many times in the "interview room", I can clearly feel this change now.

He has become cold, paranoid... and a little cruel.

It's a pity that no one can agree with my point of view. I have never seen Zhang Qiang, Sheep and Shar Pei again. They seem to have disappeared from the world.

Every time I come to his playground, Aries is in a daze without exception.

Every time he looked up at me, he seemed to spend a few seconds thinking about who I was.

"Brother Yang...are you really okay?" I shouted, "You look really different from five years ago..."

"Let's make three rules." Aries said coldly, "From now on, you are forbidden to mention what happened five years ago to anyone, including me. You just need to remember that I will become a "Zodiac" from now on."

"What...?" I was a little confused, "Can you tell me the reason...?"

"No." Aries replied, "I don't think I need to explain everything I do to you. "

I stood in front of Aries and soon ran out of words.

I missed Jiang Ruoxue a little.

If she were here... maybe I would get to know Aries right away?

Although my personality is more cheerful than five years ago, I really don't know how to deal with people like Aries.

He talks less than me and is randomly aggressive.

But I know I can't let things go. I need something from Aries. I need him to help me become stronger. Maybe sometimes I need to learn from Jiang Ruoxue...

"What are you thinking about?" I walked over and sat next to Aries and asked.

"What...?" Aries probably didn't expect me to be so proactive, and his eyes were obviously stunned for a moment.

"I see you are in a daze all day... What is your brain thinking about all the time?"

After hearing this, Aries slowly lowered his head, and his eyes looked like a bitter smile.

"Yeah... What am I thinking about?" Aries asked me back.

"I don't know." I shook my head, "Would you like to share with me what you are thinking about? ”

“Yan Zhichun…what is the motivation for everyone wandering here to escape?” Bai Yang asked again.

“Motivation?” I thought about it for a while and felt that this question was interesting. “I don’t quite understand this question. Each of us was caught here from the real world. To escape from a place like hell…does it need any clear motivation? It is impossible for anyone to be willing to stay in this place, right?”

“I think this statement is too absolute.” Bai Yang sighed, “There must be people who don’t want to go out…but those who don’t want to go out are not important. I just want to know…if someone has to go out, what is the motivation for sticking to it?”

I thought about it for a while and said, ““Seek benefits and avoid harm”. “Memorial to General Liang Shang” said that as for seeking benefits and avoiding harm, fearing death and enjoying life, they are all the same. Everyone wants to escape from a dangerous place, and there is no need for any clear motivation. "

"That makes sense..." Aries nodded, but soon shook his head again, "But seeking profit and avoiding harm is only the initial motivation... What if they find that they can't escape from this place for a long time?"

I seem to understand Aries' question a little bit. He is not asking about the motivation of ordinary people, but the motivation of the strong.

"Brother Yang, for everyone, as long as they collect 3,600 "Tao", they can escape." I said, "Because they don't know the "truth", even if they really collect them all, their memories will be erased and they will start over. The rulers here keep giving them the same motivation. This motivation has stuck people and this place."

Aries nodded after listening: "I almost forgot that you are a smart person. Talking with you really gained something."

"Is this a compliment to me?"

"Yes." Aries agreed, "Yan Zhichun, let's explore another hypothesis. If there is a person who keeps his memory for a long time, he knows this place.If he knows everything about the place and always finds that he can't escape, will he still follow the instinct of "seeking benefits and avoiding harm"? "

"That may not be the case." I said, "The reason why people are strong is first because they can "seek benefits and avoid harm", and secondly because they have strong enough "adaptability". When this place is destined to be inescapable, they will find a way to live here safely, just like the coldest and hottest places in the world are now inhabited by people. "

"So he needs a "motivation". "Aries said, "What kind of "motivation" can make him resist all external pressures and want to get out wholeheartedly?"

"Even if he knows that he can't escape from here... he still wants to get out?"

"That's right..." Aries said.

"But you are much smarter than me." I looked at Aries puzzled, "You should be able to think of a better way, right?"

"It's because I can't think of it... that I need to find someone who has a different life trajectory from me to discuss it." Aries said, "Sometimes the solution comes not only from wisdom, but also from experience. ”

I nodded after hearing this, but I really don’t have any good ideas.

The reason I keep moving forward here is just to “become stronger”, so whether I can get out is not the first priority for me.

Even if I get out, I have to make sure that my days in the “Land of the End” are not wasted, and every day I will be stronger than yesterday.

So for me… “the motivation to get out” is really a bit abstract, maybe I need some time to think about this answer.

"I may have to think about it... maybe I'll tell you the answer after a while."

"Okay, the "Memorial to General Liang Shang" you just mentioned reminded me of something." Aries said to me, "Yan Zhichun, I remember you are a very knowledgeable person."

"I dare not say that I am knowledgeable." I shook my head, "It's just that my innate wisdom is not strong, and I can only rely on the supplement of acquired knowledge to barely keep up with the thinking of some monsters."

"It's interesting." Aries said, "Bring me a book every day in the future."

"Book?"

"Yes, I know there is a bookstore nearby, located on the way you come to find me, and there should be undamaged books in it. You can stop by to pick up books for me every day, just one book a day." Aries said.

"But why not take more books at a time?" I asked again, "Wouldn't that be more convenient?"

"I need to pay for what I read and finish one book every day." Aries replied, "If I have two books at the same time, I will subconsciously think "I still have two days", which will lead to laziness. "