The reunion of Lin Rui and the first generation, each other's past and future life, is completely separated here. It can be regarded as a gift left by the first generation for Jiang Yimi and Lin Rui.
It is also a gift left for Bai Wu.
Qian Yixin once said that he would let the white fog see old friends on the road ahead.
This old friend is not just the first generation.
When Lin Rui mentioned Bai Wu, the First Generation said:
"Not long ago, the concentration of distortion dropped significantly around the world, and a large number of fallen transformed back into humans. I guess this has something to do with the white fog."
"I think the way to defeat the Lord of Distortion is to use the method of the Lord of the Tower and seal him. But Bai Wu may be trying another method."
"I don't know how Bai Wu is doing now, but I believe that he will be fine. He is Lao Bai's son. He will definitely be able to do something to change the situation."
After finishing speaking, the First Generation patted Lin Rui on the shoulder:
"You can go to Baichuan City and take a look."
Lin Rui knew that a great battle was imminent, so he prepared to refuse, thinking that he should seize the time to practice the sealing formation.
But the first generation saw his thoughts:
"We may die, so don't let the regrets you had before your last death continue into your next death."
"And... the Lord of Distortion should gather all his bodies before facing us. The world's will to help me break free from the closed loop... the bald guy said that he took some measures."
"He will plant some clues in the causal phone booth. These clues cannot be hidden from the Lord of Distortion, so it is actually just a strategy. The purpose is to let the other party find the clues and then make the other party believe... an invisible catastrophe is coming."
"I just broke free from the tower. According to the bald man's speculation, the war will not begin until the Lord of Distortion has collected all the remains. The battlefield..."
"It's in Denglin City."
Lin Rui paused: "In this city? Why?"
The first generation began to tell the news that he had learned from the farm and the revelations from the bald Qian Yixin:
"Because the 'heart' of the Lord of Distortion is hidden in this city. Unlike humans, people from a higher-dimensional civilization can live without a heart, but without a heart, it is easy to separate their soul from their body."
"Back then, the Lord of the Tower fought against the Lord of Distortion for many years, but because the Lord of Distortion had an immortal body, he could never win."
"Immortality is too powerful. Even the rule seal cannot erase the characteristics of immortality."
"That's why the Lord of the Tower thought of skipping Immortality and defeating the Lord of Distortion. Then he could separate his soul from his body."
"He doesn't need to defeat Immortality. He just needs to take away the heart of the Lord of Distortion in a short period of time."
"The structure of the previous high-dimensional civilization is completely different from ours. Once the heart is separated from the body, although the soul and body will not be separated immediately, the heart is indeed the key to suturing the body and soul."
"And to retrieve the heart, you must first have a complete body. So although the heart is extremely important, it is the last one to be retrieved."
"So the location of the heart is the final battlefield. The Lord of Distortion does not want to repeat the same mistake, so he naturally has to make sure he is in the strongest state."
At this point, the first generation paused for a moment and then said:
"There is still some time to say goodbye and let go of your past. Not only the girl from Baichuan City, but also the person who killed you."
Lin Rui actually already felt it.
Above the powerful aura of the first generation, there is also an extremely terrifying existence.
Well four.
Recalling Jing Si, the feeling of oppression that was so powerful that it made him despair still makes Lin Rui feel a little chilly.
Fortunately, judging from the words of the first generation, it seems that Jing Si has... become a comrade-in-arms.
Lin Rui stood up and nodded towards the first generation.
No one knows the outcome of the upcoming life-and-death battle.
Alpha also couldn't see through cause and effect, so he could only collect bodies in the most stable way and appear in the most powerful posture.
This also buys time for the rest of the group.
The last calm before the storm.
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Baichuan City.
Not long ago, Baichuan City was purified because of the Doomsday Jigsaw Fragment Collection Team.
And with the death of Nanashi, things around Baichuan City became more normal.
This long-abandoned city is now in a state of disrepair. When the people from the high tower came here, they also participated in the reconstruction work, and the progress was accelerated a lot.
Although it is not as intact as Sanchez City, it is a place where humans can truly survive.
But as human beings, we can never avoid the saying of "taking advantage of others".
In this era, the identities of the rich and the poor in the tower have been reset because of the changes in the tower and because of leaving the tower.
Everyone has a starting point.
But there are exceptions.
There are many people who benefit from Bai Wu, Xie Yingjie and Yan Zizai.
Sometimes people complain that they are born ordinary, which may be true for equality, but in the future, due to various choices and positions, they can reach a different situation in life.
For example... Liu Chengzi.
Liu Chengzi, a girl from the lower class, now has her own clothing store in a prime location in Baichuan City, where every inch of land is becoming increasingly valuable.
The days ahead...will probably be good.
Ever since Chen Shuyue and Qu Li went to look for Jing Er, on the way back to the farm, Qu Li considered herself to have completed her mission. She said goodbye to Chen Shuyue and returned to Baichuan City.
After returning to Baichuan City, Li Zi told Liu Chengzi that Xiao Yueliang's original intention had never changed.
Although the three sisters could not be together, their hearts were reunited.
This is naturally a good thing.
The people of Baichuan City felt that there seemed to be an event that was big enough to affect the whole world. Although everyone was busy and peaceful, they all had a premonition that something big was going to happen when they saw those powerful Baichuan City defenders being transferred away.
In this context, all good things become precious.
Just like today, the girl who is always depressed, always keeps herself busy, and never dares to approach others, fearing that she will infect others with bad luck...
I met someone I will never see again.
Liu Chengzi swore that she had flirted with so many men that her acting skills had reached perfection.
It can be said that as long as those eyes look at a man with affection, that man will be moved unless he is white mist.
But the look Jiang Yimi gave Lin Rui still moved Liu Chengzi deeply.
That's the look you get when you truly give your heart to someone...
Jiang Yimi hugged Lin Rui and expressed her true thoughts.
"It turns out that the girl who was only accompanied by a black cat could also have such a gentle and touching moment..."
Liu Chengzi didn’t know about the past between Lin Rui and Jiang Yimi, or the masked man and Jiang Yimi.
But she could guess that Jiang Yimi must have met someone...whom she might never meet again, which is why she had such strong emotions.
Liu Chengzi looked at the two people hugging each other on campus. Everyone knew that... the world had completely changed. Maybe the word "future" was just a luxury...
But I still think this moment is so beautiful.
At that moment, Liu Chengzi heard the boy with a missing ear say something very touching:
"Parting in life and death are actually normal, especially for people like me... But death is the beginning of the next journey, and no matter which journey it is, Jiang Yimi, I will try my best to see you."
During the seven hundred years, there have been separations of life and death, first encounters that seem familiar, and long-awaited reunions that bring sudden enlightenment.
Liu Chengzi, who caught a glimpse of this scene from a distance, left with a smile.
Seeing those beautiful moments always makes her happy.
But I feel inexplicably lonely.
So Liu Chengzi decided to find Yan Jiu to spread some of his anxiety.
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It sounds very unkind to ask Yan Jiu to spread anxiety.
But Yan Jiu's recent changes are actually very big. As an important medium for the breakthrough of the relationship between Yan Zizai and Bai Wu in the past, Yan Jiu's status has always been very high.
Everyone was worried that this little girl would not be able to survive in a world full of negative emotions because she could not feel joy.
But they also overlooked one thing: the more they cannot feel joy, the more they crave joy.
The more easily you are overwhelmed by negative emotions, the more you want to stay calm.
Even if my family members don’t like me, I will still like the people at home.
If you are sent to a mental hospital, then make friends with the people in the hospital.
If you are kidnapped by a madman, then become friends with him.
She looked so fragile, like a flower that could only be locked up behind the thick walls of the mental hospital on the third floor of the tower...
But in fact, Yanjiu has been trying hard to adapt to the environment.
In the eyes of outsiders, she seemed to compromise with life, but in fact, she never gave up on life.
People like this actually have a better mentality than most people.
It is people like this who would do something so shocking as to “break off an engagement”.
After the defense of Baichuan City, Yan Jiu and the Clown became friends.
The clown who lets out a fake laugh and makes people around him laugh has an extremely terrifying ability.
This is definitely a dangerous person, no one dares to approach the clown.
But Yan Jiu dared.
She could feel that deep down in Mr. Clown's heart, he wanted others to smile.
As a girl who can't laugh, although her fake smiles are becoming more and more natural, as if she can be truly happy... she still has a natural incompatibility with clowns.
But it is this Yan Jiu who becomes the only person who can understand the Joker.
In order to reassure the clown, Yan Jiu kept practicing smiling in front of the mirror.
She has never felt any joy, and is trying hard to make herself look more like a normal person.
She is constantly changing herself, wanting to greet someone when they come back in the best and most normal way.
So much so that in the eyes of many people, Yan Jiu has become cheerful and lively.
When a person has been acting for a long time and even he himself believes in his acting, people around him will certainly not doubt him.
In the past, it was Liu Chengzi who comforted Yan Jiu, but now it has become that when Liu Chengzi encounters something unhappy, Yan Jiu comforts Liu Chengzi.
So Liu Chengzi, feeling lonely, found Yan Jiu.
The two were in the strange apartment building that had been explored by the white fog.
Many people now live in this place, and those horrific ghost stories have long disappeared.
Yan Jiu likes this place very much. He always feels that it has the same lively atmosphere as when he was in the mental hospital.
She often huddled at the stairs, squatting, and listened to men and women chatting about life, about the daily necessities of life.
When Liu Chengzi found Yan Jiu, Yan Jiu was doing this.
Liu Chengzi thought he had encountered something interesting, but in the end he just heard a man and a woman arguing.
The woman wants a child.
The man disagreed, saying how could he raise a child in such a world
The woman thinks that this is how life is. Although everyone is in a distorted environment, everyone is also adapting to the distortion.
Finally, the man said that he was afraid of not being able to take good care of the child, afraid of changes in Baichuan City in the future, and afraid of this world that could be polluted by strange rules at any time... This would make the woman become frightened after having a child.
The two people who were originally arguing ended up hugging each other and comforting each other.
The sun shines into the corridor, and the couple's conversation is full of fireworks...
This made Yan Jiu smile.
She felt that the present should be a good time and she should be very happy.
Liu Chengzi was also thinking, maybe the little girl has become normal
She originally felt a little lonely because of seeing Lin Rui and Jiang Yimi, but at this time, Liu Chengzi felt a little warm in her heart.
She likes this kind of banquet.
She felt that Yan Jiu was now extremely charming. The girl who couldn't laugh, once she learned how to laugh, would become a stunning beauty in the world.
"Come on, give it to your sister."
Liu Chengzi held Yan Jiu's arm, and Yan Jiu said:
"What's wrong, Sister Orange?"
"Nothing... I just feel like something big is going to happen. Maybe our lives will get better, but maybe they will get worse than ever before."
Liu Chengzi was a little disappointed after all.
Although she did not participate in the fight against distortion, she still knew something about surviving in this world.
Nie Chongshang, Gu Hailin, Yan Zizai, Xie Xingzhi, these masters left one by one, all indicating that something big was about to happen.
There are many heartwarming scenes in this shelter, and everything is slowly getting better.
"I'm just afraid... everything that everyone has worked so hard to obtain will be gone in an instant."
"I finally found my best sister. Even Jiang Yimi, who always avoided people, met someone she could hug..."
"Also, look at the people living here. Although they are afraid of distortion, they have also begun to consider continuing their lives in the tower."
"Everything was getting better, and I was so scared... Suddenly the world changed again."
Yan Jiu could hear Sister Chengzi's panic. She leaned her head against Chengzi's and made the same gesture that little girls make when they comfort each other:
Her hand gently patted Orange's shoulder like a younger sister comforting her older sister:
"Sister Orange, it'll be okay. I believe everything will get better and better for everyone."
She still had a smile on her face, a bright and beautiful smile.
Orange said:
"Aren't you afraid? You know, seven hundred years ago, when humans were driven into the tower, they experienced terrible things."
Yan Jiu shook his head:
"I like the sunlight now, which is neither too hot nor too cold, and not too glaring. But if one day it becomes scorching and glaring, that's fine too."
"I also like my current life. Everything is in order, everyone is busy and fulfilled, and there is no need to worry about disasters. But even if a disaster strikes, it doesn't matter."
"I like everyone to smile at me and like my world... but even if they don't like me anymore, that's okay."
"I like an orderly life, but if distortion comes, it doesn't matter."
Really optimistic...
Liu Chengzi originally thought that Yan Jiu, who said this, would smile as brightly as before...
But when she heard a slight sobbing sound, she turned her head and suddenly saw Yan Jiu's face wet with tears.
At this moment, the cheerful Yan Jiu seemed to have disappeared, and the long-lost sadness suddenly surrounded Yan Jiu.
Liu Chengzi then realized... the person who really needed comfort was never herself... but the little girl in front of her.
"As long as Bai Wu is here, I don't care what happens to my life, but where is he..."
After pretending to be optimistic and cheerful for so long, Chengzi almost forgot that Yanjiu was actually a very miserable girl.
She liked this apartment, not just because she could hear a lot of worldly yet sweet dialogues here.
More importantly, it’s because white fog has been here before.
Jiang Yimi has been waiting for Lin Rui, but how long will the banquet last...
Everyone has a negative attitude towards Bai Wu's survival.
Even in such an environment, Yan Jiu is still pretending to live optimistically.
Thinking of what Lin Rui said to Jiang Yimi, Liu Chengzi gently wiped away Yan Jiu's tears:
"Xiao Jiu, he will come back! No matter what kind of journey he is going through, he will definitely appear in front of you again!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~End of this chapter~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(I originally planned to write about Bai Wu in this chapter and start another main line, but I always felt that although this chapter is a bit watery, it can’t be without it, so I will switch back to Bai Wu in the next chapter.)