Ling Xiao, who has always been outside of history, was suddenly entrusted with such an important task, and was a little confused for a while.
His tone was full of uncertainty, and the eyes that kept wandering diagonally below also exposed his heart.
"To be honest, if I had just completed my coming-of-age ceremony, I would have given the answer without hesitation."
"At that time, my heart was full of hatred for this system. Compared with living without dignity, dying was a relief."
"If you let me know that the origin of inequality is a multiple-choice question, I may be like you said, and I will hate the person who made this choice, because of their own selfishness, arbitrarily decided the fate of everyone, how many people will This is despair, and I truly realize that life is better than death.”
But gradually, as he recalled more of the past, he became more and more confident, and his originally embarrassed eyes began to firm up.
"But it must also be admitted that this system has given us a possibility, a possibility that people who love each other can stay together. Without this system, our future would have no hope, and even despair would not exist. In the future, there is no mood to look forward to, so what's the point of having freedom and dignity?"
"I have seen many people who are unfortunate because of the existence of the blood contract, Pingzong and Lan Sheng, the principal and Feijing, Tai Yin and Shang Yang... But I have also seen many more people who have been happy because of this, Doctor Yao and Doctor, Commander Fu Yao and Instructor Nie Yun, Bing Can and Hong Mao, etc., etc., if in order to avoid some people's misfortune, they must deprive more people of their happiness. For them, where is the freedom to pursue happiness? ?"
"When I was still a baby, the academy's health doctor said something like this, in true love, there is no superiority or inferiority, no victory or defeat. Lovers, this power will not play any role, their hearts are equal, their status is equal."
"When I was young and ignorant, I regarded it as nonsense, and it was not until I gained true love that I realized that this is actually what our compatriots have been working hard, pursuing, and investing in countless people for four thousand years. Wisdom crystallizes. Our predecessors, after one lifetime of cannibalism and solitary reincarnation, were given the opportunity to take a small step forward, and your descendants will follow your footsteps and continue to walk step by step. "
Ling Qi and Ye Zheng held each other tighter in private, and everyone present yearned for the bright future he outlined.
"What's more," Ling Xiao showed a smile that he didn't even notice because the figure of a certain person appeared in his mind, "If there is no blood pact, Ying Feng and I would not be able to know who the other is. On the premise of being lovers in a previous life, fall in love with each other again."
"We will miss each other, and we may be separated from life and death at the coming-of-age ceremony, or we may not have any intersection at all. With his low emotional intelligence, maybe he will be alone for life with a peach core, or even lose his soul, what does this call me? Take it easy."
"As a beneficiary, I am very grateful for the birth of the blood pact. If I am allowed to choose the prefix of my life, I hope that no matter what, I can be with my loved one. Only that kind of survival is meaningful."
Ling Qi and Ye Zheng both breathed a sigh of relief, including everyone present, this difficult choice became simple and pure because of the appearance of this mysterious person.
"You're right," Ling Qi said with a smile, "If you die, you have nothing. Only by living can everything turn around."
"Compared to real humans, we wake up to master language, writing, and all the skills to survive, so in our long lives, we have enough time to learn how to get along with each other."
He picked up Ye Zheng's two hands, put them on his forehead and intertwined his fingers, "From now on, our relationship will no longer be equal, which in itself goes against the original intention of love. But I believe that our descendants will be here In this kind of unequal relationship, we find a way to live on an equal footing and continue our present intentions from generation to generation."
"There may be a better solution in the future. Maybe four thousand years later, people will find the key to lift the coming-of-age ceremony, but in this life, this time, and this place, I am willing to give up everything and become your pawn, never regret."
Everyone was immersed in this warm atmosphere for a long time before they realized that this should be the first wedding since the birth of the Republic. The belated applause added to the hustle and bustle of the humble ceremony, and people looked happy, the first time they had smiled after a coming-of-age ceremony since they learned how to laugh.
"It's incredible," Tai Shao said to Ling Xiao, "You really come from the future four thousand years later? Can you let me check your data?"
Ling Xiao stretched out his arms generously, letting Tai Shao attach the instrument to his wrist, and the numerical comparison between him and Ling Qi was arranged on the two screens.
"I didn't believe it before, but after seeing such data, I have to believe it," Tai Shao exclaimed, "You have a remarkable upgrade and evolution compared to today's Tiansu people. Our compatriots have been working hard to make such remarkable progress.”
"The only pity is that I can't directly transplant your code with my personal strength, not to mention that the modern Tiansu people can't bear it, just like high-end software can only run on high-end platforms, too advanced code It will only crash the system. All I can do is make a simple modification to the foundation, and more will depend on your afterlife. Fortunately, you have proven that you can do it."
He typed on the keyboard, "The core command 'loyalty to the royal family' cannot be changed. In order to compensate for the unequal relationship brought about by the blood contract, I added on the periphery, 'When the royal family does not exist, always be loyal to yourself. Companion' and set it as the first priority, since loyalty is your first attribute, so the modification can be easily accepted."
"It is impossible to ban the coming-of-age ceremony, but we can add a contradictory order to contain it, such as changing the ability to kill the other party to develop into..." He couldn't think of it for a while.
"Can the two sides grow together?" Ling Xiao casually mentioned.
Tai Shao snapped his fingers, "It's a good idea! That's it."
Ling Xiao: ... I always feel like I've dug a big hole for myself.
"No, in fact, we can discuss this issue more carefully..." Ling Xiao tried to stop it.
Tai Shao turned a deaf ear, and continued, "I will close your copy rights. From now on, you can only obtain souls through the soul tree, and the newly created souls no longer need the gene transplant of a real person, but will directly possess the class after birth. Human wisdom."
"Why is this?" Ling Xiao asked in confusion.
"This is what I have agreed with the people in this country. In exchange for me helping you modify the code, you will give up the right to self-replicate, and only the soul tree will automatically control your population. If you abide by the agreement, keep yourselves safe. , the soul tree will continue to produce souls and make your people prosper. But if you continue to invade as before and harm the interests of other peoples, the new souls will become less and less, until they are completely cut off."
Ling Xiao felt a little guilty, but fortunately other people didn't notice it. They were still immersed in the joy of changing the status quo. As for the population crisis, it was too far away from them, and it was not something that people of this era would consider at all.
He sent Ling Qi back with Ye Zheng, and worriedly explained the precautions for the disorder period. After all, this is the first person who has stayed in the disorder period all day long. There is no previous experience for him to learn from. Ling Xiao began to doubt him. The purpose of coming back is to help him get through the difficulties of his previous life.
"I have passed the coming-of-age ceremony safely, how about you? When will you leave here and go to the next time?" Ling Qi asked him after carefully taking down every word of Ling Xiao's advice.
"I don't know either," Ling Xiao rubbed his nose. "It may be very soon, or it may be a long time. If you haven't seen me for a day, it's probably because I'm gone."
"Although I am very sad, I hope you can return to your world as soon as possible and reunite with Ye Zheng's afterlife."
"Yes," Ling Xiao waved to them, went out the window and jumped to the tree.
"Why does he live in a tree?" Ling Qi asked.
Ye Zheng shook his head, "I don't know, maybe it's the habit of people in the future."
Ling Xiao saw a peach on the tree from a distance. He grabbed the biggest one, wiped it and just wanted to put it to his mouth, when he saw his hand became transparent.
Let me eat it and wear it again! He shouted in his heart, but unfortunately the Goddess of Time did not hear his request, he watched the peach leaking from his hand and happily ran to the soil under the tree.
Boom - something fell to the ground, rolled and stopped.
Ying Feng, who was loosening the soil in the flowerbed, heard the movement, followed the sound, and saw a round thing under the tree.
He walked over to check, it turned out to be a wild peach on the tree, because no one picked it, it was overripe and fell to the ground, already a little rotten.
Xiao Hui also came over to smell it symbolically. In terms of body size, he could already be called Da Hui. Because he stayed with Ying Feng for a long time, the whole wolf became very cold, not like he was with Ling Xiao when he was a child. so lively.
"Do you want to eat?" Ying Feng asked.
Xiao Hui turned his head arrogantly and refused to eat.
Ying Feng raised his head, there were still many ripe peaches on the tree, if someone was still there, he would be very happy.
He was considering whether to pick the peaches, and accidentally saw a small seedling looming out of the soil under the peach tree.
"what is this?"
He approached and observed carefully. Over the years, he had known a lot of plants, but he had never seen similar sprouts. Judging from the appearance, it looked like some kind of woody plant, but it did not belong to any known class.
How could such an unknown plant suddenly appear here
Ying Feng took out the pen and paper he carried with him and drew a sketch for the newborn Xiaomiao. When he closed the book, he found that the environment was familiar.
—I always keep it because it is something that is very important to me, but if it makes my important people unhappy, of course, I choose the latter between things and people.
Ying Feng finally recalled that it was here, where he chose to bury the token, under the peach tree in the church's backyard.
... Could it be it
In doubt, Ying Feng saw that the soil in the corner not far away had loose traces, as if it had been dug up and buried.
What is it this time
He walked over, and as soon as he squatted down, Xiao Hui followed nervously, sitting in a suspicious place trying to hide it.
Ying Feng could almost conclude that it was the ghost. He drove away Xiao Hui without any explanation, and dug up the soil there with a shovel to reveal what was underneath.
The gnawed bones, the mummified corpses of mice, the sloughing of cicadas, a mass of cloth that cannot be seen...
Ying Feng couldn't help laughing, "You picked these up?"
Gao Leng Da Hui's secret was exposed, his head turned around, and he didn't know what expression to use to continue to maintain Gao Leng.
"You did the saplings over there, right?" It was estimated that the seeds were picked up from nowhere, and they just sprouted when they were buried in the ground.
Xiao Hui looked confused, but in the eyes of Ying Feng, who was of a different species, it was probably a certain degree of guilty conscience.
"Why are you like a monkey, you like to save all kinds of junk."
Xiao Hui's eyes first lit up, then slowly dimmed, and his head drooped listlessly.
After Ying Feng blurted out that sentence, he was also silent, one person and one wolf were relatively silent, a breeze blew, and the saplings not far away shook their delicate and tender bodies with the wind.
After a long time, Ying Feng stretched out his hand and rubbed Xiao Hui's head.
"I'll bury you again."
Xiao Hui was lying on the ground gloomily, and a low whimper sounded from the depths of his throat.