Du Yixin looked at the key in his hand. The bronze key was heavy and slightly cold.
"I want to ask you a question."
"What question?" Al shook his tentacles, "You can ask after fusion."
Although it was not obvious, Du Yixin faintly felt that Al was a little anxious.
What are you in a hurry for? Now that he is the only one left, will there be any other worries
Du Yixin pressed his doubts to the bottom of his heart and asked, "I met two sixth-level players in this selection. What they have in common is that a black shadow appeared on their bodies after death."
He guessed at first it was the soul. But Ivan is a male, how could a female soul appear.
What's more, apart from these two, players of other levels did not have this phenomenon.
Arwen tilted his head: "The shadow? I don't know."
Du Yixin looked at him quietly without speaking.
"Why do you look at me like that! Even I, Mr. Al, have things I don't understand." The little boy blushed and was a little annoyed.
"You brought the key, and you held the final selection. You said you didn't know." Du Yixin shook his head.
"The power of the key is very powerful, and we haven't fully grasped it yet." Al pouted, "If you're really curious, you might as well fuse the key quickly. Level 7 players are almost omniscient, and they might be able to know the answer."
Du Yixin turned his attention to the key again.
What is he hesitating about.
Isn't it for this purpose that I have struggled for so long.
Ending this game may save parents, elder brother, and all the people who died because of this game.
This ruthless and long fight, it's time to draw the end.
"This is the reward you deserve." Al's voice fluctuated from far to near, "Everyone is watching you, they are waiting."
Du Yixin suddenly felt that everything was unreal. But he did hold the last key and survived to the end in the final selection.
"Let's do it."
Hearing this, he suppressed the strange feeling in his heart, and said slowly: "Fusion."
Suddenly, dazzling white light enveloped the youth. The strong wind blows from below, making clothes rattle and hair fluttering.
The little boy stood outside the white light, showing a satisfied smile, witnessing the birth of a seventh-level god.
Just a little bit more, he can achieve his goal!
The white light gradually expanded and merged into Al's body. Close your eyes, open your hands, and enjoy the baptism of this power.
"boom!"
Suddenly, a black hole appeared on the back of Al's head. The thumb-sized sphere smashed into the hole and kept spinning.
Al opened his eyes, and his delicate face twisted slightly. The eyeballs popped out, and the expression became more ferocious.
The black ball grew bigger and bigger, coupled with the rapid rotation, it almost punched a hole in his head. Finally, there was a bang—the black ball successfully drilled out, flew into the white light at top speed, and attacked the next prey.
Then, it was caught by one hand.
The wound on Du Yixin's leg healed itself. He glanced at the black ball in his hand, then at the little boy with a mutilated head in front of him, and finally at the man who appeared inexplicably.
The appearance is handsome, and the facial features are as three-dimensional as sculptures.
He was wearing a dark green military uniform, black boots, and a goggle on his forehead. He was holding a gun with a weird shape in his hand, the muzzle was exactly the size of a black ball in his hand.
The man had silver-gray eyes, and he couldn't help frowning when he saw the bullet was blocked. Another bullet was loaded and aimed at Du Yixin.
But this time, the bullet was still caught.
Du Yixin held two black balls the size of ping-pong balls in his palm and threw them out in the posture of a pitcher.
The black ball flew out suddenly, drawing a black line in the air. One up and one down, one hit the man's chest and the other hit the abdomen.
The man cried out in pain and took a step back. But no obvious trauma occurred.
"A mere human, how could it be possible..."
The syllables in his mouth were a little weird, but Du Yixin understood what he meant, and asked with a frown, "Who are you? Not human?"
Hearing Du Yixin's reply, the man's expression became even more astonished. He raised his head: "Have you completed the fusion?" Then he clicked his tongue again, "That's right, it's impossible for ordinary humans to block this gun."
The man muttered to himself, without any intention of answering. Du Yixin looked at Al who was lying on the ground, and his figure was gradually fading away.
Frowning: "Are you an alien like Al?"
"Alien? Did it tell you that?" The gray-eyed man seemed a little ridiculous, "To you humans, I may indeed be considered an alien, but it is not."
The oddly shaped pistol/gun is pointed at the little boy.
"What's the meaning?"
The man snorted coldly, with an arrogant attitude: "I have no obligation to explain to you, now I have to trouble you to come with me."
Du Yixin squinted his eyes, his clothes bulged, and his hair moved without wind. With a kick of the back foot, it rushed out like an arrow off the string.
"You still dare to resist!?" The man fired several shots one after another. But it's either bounced off or flashed past. In an instant, the other party had approached him and knocked him to the ground.
The gray-eyed man's head was full of stars, he felt the world spinning, and fell to the ground in a headlong posture. But because he was wearing a special high-grade thin armor, it didn't hurt very much.
But he felt extremely insulted in his heart. How dare a low-level human being treat him like this.
"Who do you think I am? I'm one of the representatives of the Star Alliance..." Before he could finish his self-report, the gun in his hand was snatched away and stuck on his forehead.
"Star Alliance?" Du Yixin pressed him, the gun still pointing at the man.
If I remember correctly, Al also said that he is a representative of the Star Alliance. Why did another person appear at this moment and kill Al.
"Yes." The man gritted his teeth, "If you dare to kill me, not only you, but everyone on this backward planet will suffer!"
"That's unlikely."
At this time, a strange female voice came from behind. Du Yixin didn't realize when the other party was approaching, so he turned around abruptly, and pointed the gun in the direction of the incoming person.
The woman wears a skirt similar to that worn by the man, with a curvy figure and a coquettish face. The long hair trembled slightly, like a Medusa in a fairy tale.
She didn't get too close, as if to show that she was not hostile, she raised her hands.
"Hello, I'm from Nebula numbered Z231, and I belong to the third division of the Star Alliance army. That is my stupid subordinate, can you let him go?"
Du Yixin didn't move.
"This pose will make both of us very tired." The woman smiled, "I will tell you the explanation you want. If you are dissatisfied, you can kill us right away. There is no risk to you, is there? .”
"Captain! Why are you so respectful to a mere human being? With the two of us around, you still can't deal with him!" the gray-eyed man said unwillingly.
"Shut up." The woman lost her smile when facing her subordinates, "Apologize immediately if you don't want to die."
"Oh!" The man realized the seriousness of the matter from the stern eyes of his boss, and couldn't let go of his contempt for the low-level planetary people, so he hastily said sorry.
Du Yixin had no interest in this man's life. Since the other party agreed to tell the truth, it has achieved its goal. So let go and stand up.
"Thank you." The woman seemed to be relieved, put one hand under the collarbone, and saluted him.
"Then, let's start with Al's identity." The woman didn't delay, and said straight to the point, "Although I don't know what he lied to you, the first thing to be frank is that it is different from you and me, not a living thing."
After the Interstellar Alliance discovered this planet, in order to eradicate human beings, they immediately dispatched representatives to Earth with heavy and high-risk weapons. But on the way, the representative was killed and the weapon was unfortunately lost...
"Wait." Du Yixin interrupted, "In order to eliminate human beings?"
The woman nodded: "We judge that 'humans' are a high-risk species for this young planet."
And the so-called "heavy and high-risk weapons" are "keys." It can not only open up the virtual space, and pull humans into it for cleaning; it can also allow the planet to recover by itself without destroying the external environment.
The woman looked at Du Yixin's face: "I don't know how Al explained it to you. But in order to make you listen to him, the bad content will definitely be hidden."
She paused and said, "Al, it's the 'key' itself."
In other words, it is part of the "key".
"'Heavy and high-risk weapons' originally had their own personalities, but after the key was broken, those personalities also fell apart. They will not be awakened until they have accumulated enough power."
In other words, these personalities can only be awakened after reaching the sixth level.
Du Yixin suddenly understood what was the ghost that appeared on the corpse of a level 6 player when he died.
Those black shadows, like "Al", are one of the personalities of "Key", possessing the sixth-level key. It's just that the possessor fails, and they disappear with it.
The last remaining personality is Al.
"After we lost contact with the representatives going to Earth, we immediately sent people to investigate. It's a pity that we were one step too late, and the key has already integrated into the bodies of different humans."
"So, in order to collect the keys as soon as possible, you have been watching from the sidelines, allowing us to kill each other." Du Yixin's tone showed no emotion.
"The 'heavy high-risk weapon' is broken like that, and we can no longer activate it." The gray-eyed man had already returned to the officer, and said sarcastically, "If you humans didn't abuse it, this kind of thing wouldn't happen."
"No." The female officer shook her head, denying the subordinate's statement, "Our reconnaissance made a mistake. According to the "Star Alliance Covenant", even high-risk species must be guided by a guide when their intelligence has developed to a certain stage. Education is the main thing. We shouldn't have brought that over in the first place."
"Captain!" The man was getting slapped in the face one after another, a little annoyed, "Why are you telling him this?"
The lady officer glanced at her subordinates lightly: "Abel, your performance in this mission is really poor. I will report the truth when I go back. You should go back to the logistics team and continue to practice for a few years."
Hearing this, the man turned pale and dared not speak.
The lady officer continued to explain.
Originally, their purpose was to kill all personalities before the seventh-level key appeared.
The key without personality and not fully fused will be better controlled and can be safely brought back to Nebula.
Having said that, she paused.
Du Yixin understood what she meant: "So you originally planned to kill all the players. But it was a step too late. Before that, I had already completed the fusion."
The lady officer smiled wryly and nodded: "I considered this possibility before—if the seventh-level key shows up, how should I deal with it?"
"If it is forced to suppress, I'm afraid it will be a tragic battle for both parties, so the method we came up with is to bring the seventh-level players back to the Nebula where we live."
After laying the groundwork for so long, they finally talked about the purpose of their appearance.
"Think about it." The lady officer stretched out her hand towards him, "Go back with us, you will be treated with absolute courtesy, and you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life. Besides, although it is a boast, we Xingyun have excellent genes, and we are basically handsome men and beautiful women."
She grabbed the face of the man next to her, "Including this idiot, although it's useless, but the face is pretty good-looking. If you expect, you can have multiple partners."
Du Yixin frowned: "No need."
"What can you dislike!" The gray-eyed man felt extremely insulted. Although he has no interest, but the opponent is just a human being, and dare to look down on him.
The lady officer patted her subordinate's face lightly, signaling to shut up: "So, what is your wish? As long as we can do it."
"It's not 'my' wish."
Du Yixin bowed his head and clenched his fists: "In addition to the dead, there are also those who are left behind. If you didn't come, these things would never have happened."
The lady officer let out a sigh of relief and put her hand on her chest: "I would like to express... my deep apologies. But it is useless to say more. Regarding this accident, we will report the truth when we go back and give mankind compensation."
For these high-level stars, this chaotic massacre was nothing more than an accident.
Du Yixin twitched the corner of his mouth.
The body is filled with inexhaustible energy, which clamors to destroy and destroy.
Although he didn't fully believe Al's words, he was lucky that he might be able to resurrect the dead.
But now he can deeply perceive that the energy in his body has not been "resurrected".
He was silent for a long time, and slowly said: "I want to stay here."
"Why?" The lady officer was very disappointed and asked, "Because this is your hometown? If you need, we can perfectly reproduce a virtual space, where you can do whatever you want. Whether it's family or friends, you can generate as you wish, It's no different from real people."
Du Yixin looked up at her: "In this respect, you are very similar to Al."
The lady officer was slightly stunned: "What?"
"For you, human life is no different from ants."
"..."
The lady officer couldn't deny it. Although she just taught her subordinates who spoke badly, her elite education since she was a child made her look down on other species.
"If you must arrest me." Du Yixin's body was filled with black pressure visible to the naked eye, "I'm afraid there will only be one fight."
The gray-eyed man took a step back under the pressure of this terrifying momentum. The lady officer barely stabilized on the spot, but there was some sweat on his forehead: "I understand. Considering this possibility, it's not like we don't have no countermeasures."
She reached into her pocket, almost feeling that her palm was about to be burned, and the burning sensation didn't stop until she took the thing out completely.
Seeing that he didn't draw out his weapon, Du Yixin withdrew his air pressure: "Line?"
It was a group of delicate silver threads, exuding a faint light.
"This is the latest power suppressor, which is specially designed for 'heavy and high-risk weapons'. Using it to contain it can reduce the power to one ten-thousandth of the original. In this way, your 'dangerousness' is greatly reduced, and you can You can stay on this planet."
She paused, and added: "It's just that this thing is time-sensitive. As time goes by, the effectiveness of the seal will gradually weaken. Therefore, it needs to be replaced every year."
"Abel." She reached out to the person next to her.
The gray-eyed man reluctantly took out a palm-sized black card and handed it to the woman.
The lady officer handed the silver thread and the black card to Du Yixin: "The black card is a mobile terminal, you can contact us at any time. We can also send you a new power suppressor through it."
Du Yixin looked at the two gadgets.
"The power of 'heavy and high-risk weapons' cannot be underestimated. Even if it is reduced to one ten-thousandth, improper use will still seriously injure others. But we believe in your ability to control yourself."
The lady officer finally said: "We will deal with the remaining issues, including erasing the memory of the 'final selection' of irrelevant people. After returning to Nebula, we will send new representatives according to the original plan to establish a connection with this planet."
"You may need your help at that time." She put her hands on her chest and bent slightly, "Then, there will be a period later."
After leaving the farewell lines, the lady officer and her subordinates disappeared, leaving this pure white space.
Du Yixin put away the silk thread and black plate, and walked forward. With every step forward, the space cracks, and finally breaks into countless fragments and collapses down.
He returned to Jingshui Lake Park again.
It was quiet all around, and the fragments were still falling, but before they touched the ground, they turned into crystal subdivisions and scattered with the wind.
The surface of the lake was sparkling, and the two lines of large characters and the huge cube hanging in the sky had disappeared. 9.7.9.9.
Standing alone under this vast world, Du Yixin suddenly felt unreal.
He had achieved his goal and ended the cannibalistic game. But for some reason, it was not as joyful as I imagined.
What has he lost and what has he gained
"..."
However, it's all over.
Du Yixin lowered his eyes, turned around and walked towards the gate of the park.
A familiar figure stood in front of the door, he paused, and hesitantly called out his name: "Ying Sheng?"
The man froze and turned around, as if he couldn't believe it. take the first step.
When he realized that the invisible wall that originally blocked the gate had disappeared, he took a second step, at a faster and faster speed.
Du Yixin also ran towards him. The two finally stopped at a distance of three steps.
They looked at each other with unclear emotions in their eyes.
The breeze blew by, lifting the hem of their clothes and their hair.
In the end, Ying Sheng took the lead to look away and clenched his fists: "Just now, the remaining number became 1, and suddenly it became 0. I thought..."
This happened because the final selection was originally a conspiracy by Al and others. When the creator dies, the statistics are meaningless.
Ying Sheng frowned as if wanting to reconfirm, "You're still alive, right?"
After a moment of silence, Du Yixin called out the other party's name again.
"What?"
Du Yixin's expression softened a little, and he stretched out his hand: "I'm back."
Ying Cheng was startled when he heard this, and looked at the palm stretched out towards him. The fingers are slender and well-defined, but due to recent over-training, they have become rougher.
He slowly raised his hand and took the other's fingers.
There were some hard calluses on the fingertips, and when the warm body temperature passed from the fingertips, Ying Sheng finally sorted out the situation.
This is not hallucination, not dreaming.
He didn't participate in the final selection, and the live broadcast was cut off again. He didn't know what happened inside.
But now, as long as this person is still alive, it doesn't matter.
Du Yixin's wrist was suddenly grabbed, and he heard the other party say: "You fucking stretch out a hand, do you want to shake hands with me?"
After the words fell, before Du Yixin could react, Ying Sheng stepped over. Grabbing his outstretched arm with one hand, the other hugged him tightly.
His forehead was buried in the crest of his neck, and his hair touched the tips of his ears, which made Du Yixin feel a little itchy.
"Welcome back, idiot."
The voice seemed to whisper in the ear.
At this time, the sky turned white. The rising sun poked its head out from the east, illuminating the dark sky.
People will forget everything that happened in the past few days, and life will return to peace again.
But at least they remember.
The darkness is gradually fading away, and the warm and soft light shines on the earth.
During this journey, the joy, compassion, helplessness, despair, or rebirth after the catastrophe have all become thick and colorful memories, deeply engraved in my mind.
made them what they are now.
The night is gone, the dawn is coming.
The author has something to say: Will the finale be tomorrow