Time has no meaning here.
In the depressing room, there was only the sound of quiet breathing and the occasional sound of dripping water.
An Tai leaned against the wall. He could feel his vitality slipping away bit by bit.
No one knew exactly how much time had passed, but without any way of knowing for sure, everyone was eating as little as possible.
Everyone lay limply in the room, lifeless.
After an unknown amount of time, An Tai felt that the food in his hands was getting less and less.
A boy suddenly stood up and ran quickly towards where the knives were placed.
!
Antai wanted to stand up to stop him, but someone got there first. Pasteur, who had deliberately rested not far from the knife, stood up and pushed the intruder down.
"You, what do you want to do?!"
The boy who was pushed down screamed in panic while trying to climb towards where the knife was.
But Pasteur leaned over and pinned the boy down.
Pasteur seemed to want to look into the boy's eyes, but he looked away first.
"You're out of food, aren't you?"
Pasteur pointed to the boy's empty hand.
The boy looked at him in horror.
"What do you want to do?"
Pasteur shook his head, then nodded, then he reached out and broke half of his dry food.
"Give."
Without waiting for the boy to react, Pasteur stuffed the food into the boy's hands.
"If it's not enough, come to me again."
Pasteur glanced at the boy, then stood up and left again.
But this time, Pasteur squatted directly where the knives were placed.
The boy was stunned. He held the food in his hand, glanced quickly at Pasteur, then immediately stood up and ran away.
Similarly, the other people in the room were shocked by Pasteur's behavior.
Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Pasteur smiled embarrassedly and turned his head towards the door.
"I think I should be able to abstain. It's no big deal if I just abstain."
"Stop looking at me."
There was complete silence, but the breathing throughout the room became heavier.
Then silence fell upon the room once again.
An Tai stood up unsteadily.
He still had a small handful of dry food left in his hand, which had been wetted with water.
Others may have already lost the strength to stand up.
Compared to others, An Tai can endure more.
After Pasteur's action, there were no more conflicts.
Originally, if you want to stand out in a silent crowd, you need courage.
What's more, Antai didn't want to know how many people could be influenced by Pasteur's actions, but Pasteur told others honestly that they couldn't beat him.
In other words, even if they tried to rob, Pasteur and Antaeus would stop them.
If Pasteur and Antaeus were really defeated, then the first one to step forward would actually suffer more losses than gains.
So everyone fell silent.
During this period, some people couldn't hold on any longer and directly proposed to give up, asking him to try to get out through the doorway, but he was stopped by Yio.
"I'm not sure if the number of people in the room would be a criterion for the assessment."
Having said this, Io gave the man some of his and Lena's food.
Antaeus looked around the room and saw clearly that no one except himself had any food left.
The time is now.
An Tai thought silently in his heart that if it was really as they inferred, then the screening would be over soon.
He looked at the indicator light on the wall. It was still so low and dim. Would it really light up
If their judgment was wrong, there is nothing that can be changed now.
Antai turned to Pasteur, who was sleeping or unconscious.
Although Pasteur was the first to propose the concept of abstention, he still refused to leave.
Antai walked over and patted Pasteur carefully.
No response.
Pasteur was clearly reaching his limit.
So Antaï prepared to pour the food directly into Pasteur's mouth.
He looked at the food and swallowed.
No, Ante, no.
You can quit, you can quit, you won’t necessarily die, but if you don’t, you’ll probably fail.
He lowered himself, ready to—
The indicator light is on.
An Tai almost cried.
I'm very sorry, this trial is indeed mediocre.
So let’s end it first.
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There is one more
In fact, if they were released together, the viewing experience might be better.
But unfortunately, the only thing I can't surpass is to code faster.
(End of this chapter)