Ten Days End

"Go all the way..." I hesitated.

"I will first find a "mask" and hide it in a secret place in "Daocheng", and then return to "Yucheng" to fight to the death." After saying this, Gu Yu looked at me, "Sister Zhichun, you are right. I should try my best to help if I can protect myself. If I can help, I will help. If I can't help, I will do my best. "

"But have you thought about it?" Jiang Ruoxue asked again, "The "Zodiac" may not be able to escape, I can only let you survive."

"Survival is enough." Gu Yu said, "If I don't act quickly... I'm afraid I will stay in the "Interview Room" forever."

His eyes were extremely sad. I knew that these two paths were difficult for him to choose, but he had to choose.

If he decided to stay in "Yucheng", there would be no chance.

"Sister Zhichun, some people in "Yucheng" can't escape even if they want to. I am lucky. "Gu Yu smiled bitterly, "Just like you said... we will be destroyed one day, I hope that by then... our rulers can send "hope" to "Daocheng". "

"Send "hope" to "Daocheng"...?" I frowned and looked at Gu Yu, "What do you mean?"

"Someone has to carry the last hope of the whole city forward." Gu Yu said, "All of us have struggled here... Even those who have been brainwashed cannot deny that they have struggled here. So I am unwilling to let everyone disappear here... I want to ask the higher-ups for an explanation."

"But my suggestion is that you don't go back." I said, "I can't understand this choice. You know there are risks, but you insist on getting involved. Gu Yu, you look like a smart person. Think about it carefully. Is there such an unreasonable choice in the world?"

"No... Sister Zhichun..." Gu Yu sighed, "This is no longer a problem that can be solved by "common sense"... There are people in that city who have given me hope, I can't just choose to give up on them..."

"So you want to change that city? "I asked.

"Yes." Gu Yu said, "Sister Zhichun, you just said that "unity" will go to extinction, so the first moment I go back, I will try to create some chaos. If I can directly overthrow the leader, it will be better... Such a divided situation may have a glimmer of hope. "

"But that will be difficult."

"Yes... Even if there is only a one in ten million chance, I will go back and try." Gu Yu replied, "Otherwise, I will become a "zodiac" and stand there in the future. I will blame myself forever. I will always think "If I go back then, will everything be different?" "

"Well..." I nodded sadly, and I finally understood.

Many times, from a rational perspective, it is difficult for me to understand that people in this world will make various unreasonable choices.

But now I understand it all.

Even if all the "rational" paths are in front of us, humans may be dominated by "emotions".

For example, I have always said that I only love myself in this world, but if Jiang Ruoxue is trapped in that city, I am afraid that even I will choose to fight.

I smiled bitterly: "Gu Yu, you are a good person, I hope to see you again one day."

"I hope so too." Gu Yu nodded, looked at me and then at Jiang Ruoxue, "Sister Xue, Sister Zhichun... Thank you for meeting you this time, and thank you Brother Lao Sun for chatting with me, and Sister Weekend for beating me up these days... This may be my best memory after coming to the "Land of the End". "

"Don't jump to conclusions." I shook my head, "Your days in the "Land of the End" are far from over."

"I know." Gu Yu smiled, "but it will never be better than this. "

He walked slowly to our side and took the plastic rose from beside me.

My heart sank at the old, faded fake flower.

It's just a magician... How high should people expect from it?

It has done many things beyond its duties, it has worked hard enough...

"I'm leaving."

Gu Yu tightened the rose bud with his hands and stuffed it back into the black stick.

I never thought that such a beautiful flower would be squeezed in a small black stick for a long time.

It can't see the light of day, it can't bloom.

It struggles painfully within the iron wall.

When will it bloom again?

"Choose "Monkey". " I said.

"Monkey"...?" Gu Yu paused slightly with the hand holding the black stick.

"All "zodiac signs" have characteristics." I also stood up and looked into Gu Yu's eyes and said, "The characteristic of "Monkey" is "cheating". You are a magician, choose "Monkey" to survive.The probability of . "

"Okay..." Gu Yu nodded, "Thank you Sister Zhichun..."

"Return to a desperate city, and finally become a "Zodiac". "I looked at him helplessly, "It is "no destruction, no establishment". "

"What...?"

"Remember "no destruction, no establishment". "I said to him, "Whether it is returning to "Jade City" or becoming a "Zodiac", neither road can be slack, looking forward to meeting you again. "

"Okay." Gu Yu seemed to have made up his mind after hearing what I said, "I will remember, Sister Zhichun, Sister Xue... If you see a strange monkey greeting you on the road in the future, I hope you can say a few words to him. "

"I will. "

Although I said "yes", I couldn't feel happy.

Once Gu Yu really became a "monkey" and stood here, it meant that "Jade City" had completely fallen, and all those important to him had disappeared.

He could only stand alone in "Daocheng".

Watching him turn and leave, Jiang Ruoxue and I looked at each other with sad faces.

"Hey!" Jiang Ruoxue was stunned for a moment, and soon found something wrong, and shouted in the direction where Gu Yu left, "Gu Yu, that's not the direction to leave the city, you're going the wrong way."

"I know." Gu Yu turned around and said to Jiang Ruoxue, "I'm not going to "Wocheng" to find the "Zodiac" mask, I'm going to gamble a monkey to death in "Daocheng." "

"What...?" I was slightly stunned, "There is obviously a safer way, why don't you go?"

"Well, it's not suitable for me if it's too safe. "Gu Yu said, "The other party can cheat, and I can cheat too. I want to test how much I have. If I can gamble a "Zodiac" to death, it means that my strength has at least reached the "human level", which is more than enough to deal with ordinary "participants". "

"But you already know that "Zodiac" was also a "participant" before, can you still kill him? "I asked again.

"This is the "survival of the fittest." "Gu Yu said, "If I am stronger than him, then I will become a "monkey" for him. If he wins me in a bet, it only means that my ability is here, and I have no regrets even if I die."

"You..." Jiang Ruoxue asked, "Do you need us to go with you?"

"No." Gu Yu shook his head, "Sister Xue, I'm not sure if I can win, so you don't have to watch me die miserably, just stay in the expectation of a possible reunion."

Gu Yu left that day.

I didn't think he was that pitiful, after all, he was just one of the pitiful people that could be seen everywhere in this "end of the world".