Survivorship Bias

Chapter 120: Third round

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He remembers them all.

An Wujiu was a little surprised. During the last retracement, Shen Ti still maintained the same behavior as the others. Just one retracement, he was completely synchronized with himself, and even had the previous memory.

In fact, Shen Ti, like himself, can be regarded as a person who went back.

Therefore, Shen Ti clearly remembered the process of killing himself, as if he still retains the pain of bullet penetration.

An Wujiu rested his chin on Shen Ti's shoulder, and stroked his back with his hand.

"I'm sorry, if I hadn't been desperate, I wouldn't have let you do it."

Shen Ti chuckled, "You should be thankful that I saved the last bullet, otherwise it would be really desperate."

An Wujiu froze for a moment, he didn't know that it was Shen Ti's last bullet.

Even Shen Ti couldn't imagine that the purpose of this bullet would be to kill the person he loves.

Shen Ti didn't expect that when he left for a short time, he did tell An Wujiu "call him in my heart, and he will come back", but the ability to hear his voice was used by An Wujiu to order himself to kill him.

For the sake of others, An Wujiu can do whatever it takes.

"Hello."

Wu You, who was sitting in the co-pilot, had nothing to say on his face, turned his head and stared at the two of them dejectedly, as if saying something like "Why are you hugging and hugging endlessly as soon as you get in the car, are you trying to piss me off?" .

When Shen Ti saw him, he laughed outright, stretched out a hand and pinched his face.

"what!"

Shen Ti said in a relaxed tone, "I'm not used to seeing your little face."

Wu You rubbed his face, but didn't understand, "What do you mean?"

Shen Ti didn't respond, and turned to An Wujiu and said, "Isn't it? The little monster looks so cute after a long time, and there are little tentacles..."

An Wujiu didn't wait for him to finish, and covered his mouth with his hand.

"I think you are dreaming." Wu You complained with a cold face, turned his head to look out of the window, and was almost startled by a pollutant that hit his face.

Like the previous reincarnations, Nanshan who was driving asked where they were going now.

Hearing Nanshan's voice, An Wujiu felt like a lifetime away.

Seeing that An Wujiu didn't respond, Nan Shan deliberately looked into the rearview mirror, "Wujiu?"

"Well, I was thinking." An Wujiu responded softly.

This time he must not let them sacrifice.

He didn't know how many times this would be the first chance, but no matter what, at any cost, he couldn't accept that everyone died because of him, it was too painful.

Thinking of this, An Wujiu recalled the previous decision and the development of the situation. In the last round, in order to save Wu You whose throat was cut by a masked man, he changed his route, which eventually led to the death of Yang Erci, which started the death of all the staff. The worst timeline for the destruction of the fate of all mankind.

Now he understands that no matter what decision he makes, it may lead to disaster, but he can't give up any chance anyway.

Countless timelines, countless parallel time and space, there must be a relatively perfect possibility.

His purpose is to find this possibility.

"I have something to tell you."

He told the two of them what he was able to go back. As he thought, both Nanshan and Wu You couldn't believe it.

Shen Ti took his hand, "Wait, let me try."

An Wujiu was a little confused, but Shen Ti stretched out a hand towards Wu You, grabbing his shoulder.

In an instant, Wu You felt a force pouring from his shoulder, directly pouring into his brain.

There are so many memory fragments, all the things that happened in the second cycle, from Yang Erci's death, to his being polluted, and meeting another [Yang Erci], all of them are in front of my eyes.

It's just that what he can see is not what he has experienced, but what Shen Ti sees.

During this memory reflux, he finally knew that Shen Ti had lied to him.

They didn't separate at all, and they didn't agree to see each other the next day.

Nanshan was dead at that time.

Excessive memories flooded his brain, and Wu You felt like a machine that couldn't carry big data, and it crashed briefly for a few seconds.

During those few seconds, there was only a silent image left in his still mind, the dead Nanshan lying on his body, resisting the attack of all pollutants.

That was something he didn't know.

Shen Ti let go of his hand, and originally wanted to ask him if he had received these memories, but when he leaned over, he saw a gleaming teardrop slipping down Wu You's cheek quickly.

He understood immediately and didn't ask any questions.

It seems that it is really possible, Shen Ti looked down at his hands.

At this moment, the hands under the gloves suddenly became hot, and the marks on the skin were like many worms trying to get out.

Shen Ti clenched his fist tightly, then loosened it, saw the straight road through the windshield, and said to Wu You, "Help look at the car."

Wu You was stunned for a second, then turned around and saw Shen Ti holding his hand on Nan Shan's shoulder.

Like him, those memories belonging to Shen Ti flowed into Nan Shan's body. In this way, they all retrieved the memories of the last reincarnation, which is equivalent to going back with them.

"So I died so soon." Nanshan recovered from the overloaded memory, smiled wryly, "I couldn't help everyone."

"No." Shen Ti shrugged his shoulders, "Just pretending that you are still alive can stabilize a certain little monster, and you will help a lot."

Wu You just wanted to hit Shen Ti's face with a fist, preferably disfigured, so as not to fascinate An Wujiu.

"Shut up liars." He finally held back, after all, he is a mature person.

Shen Ti folded his hands and put them on his chest, with a holy father expression, "This is a lie of love."

"Since the situation was so tragic last time," Nanshan said to An Wujiu while driving to avoid the roadblock, "we must be careful this time."

"En." An Wujiu nodded, and then made a proposal that all three of them objected to.

"This time I want to go it alone."

"What?"

Wu You was the first to shake his head, "It's too dangerous."

"That's right." Nanshan also objected to acting alone, "We don't have a tool to keep in touch yet, once we separate, it may be difficult to meet."

Shen Ti didn't speak, but just by looking at his expression, An Wujiu knew that he didn't want to, after all, it was less than fifteen minutes since he died last time.

"I made this decision for a reason."

An Wujiu checked the time, speeded up, and seized the time to convince them, "I must rescue Erci and Yirou this time, they must be on their way to Yirou's house now, according to the information from the last round, they He was attacked by masked men on the way in the same car.

Now they have no previous memories, so the decision this time must be the same as last time, and the masked man knows that they will not change, and he can predict that based on my thoughts, he will definitely save them this time. "

Wu You half-understood, "I don't quite understand, since he must be able to predict your behavior, you are already known in his eyes, why do you go alone, isn't this sending you to death?"

"No." An Wujiu told him, "The masked man can predict me, but he can't predict Shen Ti. As long as Shen Ti is there, what I know in his eyes becomes unknown, because light Only Shen Ti and I can combine four possibilities: 1. We will save them together; 2. Neither Shen Ti nor I will go; 3. I will save them alone; 4. Shen Ti will save them alone."

Shen Ti knew what he meant.

Nanshan also understood, "So the masked man can only think and predict in these four possibilities."

"That's right!" An Wujiu continued, "The masked man is conceited and smart. In the last round of confrontation, he will definitely find out that I found that he can't predict Shen Ti's actions in advance, so this time he will definitely take this point into account. Included in his tactical considerations, that's the weakness."

Shen Ti nodded, "So you have to act on your own, because you are betting, the masked man knows that you have discovered this, and will use this to let me, who was not predicted by him, save Erci and Yirou alone, because this It is the plan that maximizes the benefits among the four possibilities.”

"Yes, so I'm going to do the opposite, this time I'm going by myself." An Wujiu said firmly, "I'll just bet once, that he can't predict my prediction."

Wu You suddenly understood, "I understand, as long as the masked man believes that this time Shen Ti went to the place where Er Ci died last time, everything will be clear in his vision. For us, killing an unknown Shen Ti and getting rid of Er Ci is the best choice, we didn't know how he would choose, but looking at it now, he will definitely choose to maintain the original plan, right?"

Shen Ti patted him on the shoulder in relief, "The little brain is finally enlightened."

An Wugui is transparent to the masked man, but with Shen Ti added, the situation becomes complicated.

The masked man is unknown to An Wujiu. None of them can predict that this guy will appear at that critical moment. He seems to be reincarnated and has memories. When An Wujiu changes his strategy, the masked man will also Change, this is the trickiest bit.

But as long as Shen Ti throws this smoke bomb, once the bet is right, the masked man's choice will become predictable.

"If you really figured it out, he really did the same thing as last time." Nan Shan was a little worried, "You will have to fight him head-on."

"It's not the first time." After An Wujiu finished speaking, he saw an off-road vehicle that was attacked in front of him. The owner of the vehicle had already become a pollutant, and he was still sitting in the driver's seat.

He knew this was an opportunity.

"Stop the car, Nanshan, I'm going to get in that car!"

Although Nan Shan was still worried, he knew that he couldn't stop An Wujiu.

"be careful."

After getting out of the car, An Wujiu took the gun from Shen Ti, stood in the chaotic street and looked at them, with firmness and hope in his eyes.

"We'll meet soon."

He shifted his gaze to look at Shen Ti and smiled.

Shen Ti also hooked the corner of his mouth.

He knows who he loves.

Pursuing justice, kindness, and strength, he is a guardian who grows from suffering and saves all his companions at all costs.

"Go, I will protect them."

Hearing this sentence, An Wujiu felt at ease.

He opened the car door, heard Nanshan recite the mantra of rebirth to the polluted car owner, and closed his eyes.

At a certain moment, he seemed to see the appearance of this gentleman before he was alive, and heard his voice, the human voice mixed with the strange screams of pollutants.

He said he didn't want to be a man-eating monster and begged him to give himself a break.

An Wujiu didn't know why he who entered this reincarnation seemed to be able to hear the sound of pollutants, as if they were of the same kind.

He originally didn't want to kill the car owner in front of him, but he kept begging. He felt the pain, so he could only raise the hand holding the knife, and ended his controlled life. He got into the car by himself, and the automatic driving was out of control. He started the car himself.

Nan Shan also restarted the car, they glanced at each other through the broken glass window, and finally drove in different directions.

An Wujiu asked Shen Ti to stay in the car, and together with Nanshan Wuyou, they were also second-hand.

Even if he failed to calculate successfully, made a wrong bet, and the masked man changed the strategy of the previous round, at least they have Shen Ti by their side, so they are relatively safe.

Seeing that Shen Ti could directly transfer the memory just now, An Wujiu became more determined that he must carry out such a plan, because his power has already awakened a lot.

As long as there is Shen Ti, the fate of Nanshan and Wu You can definitely be changed.

An Wujiu calculated the time. According to the situation last time, when the four of them arrived at Zhong Yirou's house, she had already returned home with Yang Erci's body and gave first aid, so if he wanted to find her before Yang Erci died, it would take time At least forty minutes early.

This time, he backtracked and restarted the time when they first got into the car. It has been about 20 minutes now. According to what happened in the previous cycle, the four of them in a car were trapped by many pollutants for a long time. Now he came out alone. , It is too late to change the itinerary directly.

The current Yang Erci and Zhong Yirou should still be on the way. An Wujiu is not familiar with the road conditions of this city. Fortunately, this car has a previously saved road map of the city. An Wujiu found Yang Erci's home and Zhong Yirou's home. According to the information they gave before, they were blocked The road to kill should be a road connecting these two places.

The query function is destroyed, An Wujiu can only watch while driving, and has hitchhiked many times, An Wujiu knows Yang Erci's driving habits, she will take the initiative to exclude some high-traffic roads that are prone to congestion, and take some roads with relatively few people Xiaolu, the current situation is chaotic, many places have been destroyed, and the whole city is busy fleeing. She will definitely find the nearest and least crowded road.

After thinking about it, An Wujiu chose one of these routes, but he didn't intend to drive directly on that route, but turned around and drove to another place.

He wanted to take a shortcut and block their way before the masked man left.

It will take eighteen minutes at the fastest to drive this section of the road. As long as there is no accident, there must be time to stop them.

During the driving, he encountered countless pollutants, large and small, on the street. He had never understood the language of pollutants before, and only felt that they were screaming. But this time, he could hear every pollutant. voice of the heart.

An Wujiu originally thought that they would be full of killing intent, and what they growled would be words that wanted to kill him.

But this is not the case.

[I'm so hungry, I'm so hungry...]

[Why did I become like this? I also have a daughter, where is my daughter? ]

[Mom... Mom save me, I can't find my home...]

[Kill me quickly! Kill me, I don't want to be like this! ]

[Supreme God, give me the right to eternal life! I will serve you forever! ]

They are just like normal humans, expressing hunger, anger, fear, and crazy piety. These extreme fears of being swallowed by evil gods have also become the only emotions that dominate them. From the moment they are polluted, they will be forever and ever get rid of.

An Wujiu never thought it would be like this.

How terrible it would be if a person was left with nothing but fear for the rest of his life.

At the moment he understood them, all the pollutants changed from monsters who pounced on them to poor people who asked him for help. They were trapped in the monster's skin, constantly repeating extreme emotions, like death to Sisyphus Si's punishment will never be relieved.

But he can't communicate yet. All he said about the pollutants, they didn't seem to hear.

If it is Shen Ti, maybe he can cut off the chains of these pollutants and liberate them from extreme emotions, just like Wu You and [Zhong Yirou].

But also because of this unilateral input, he could hear the voices of all the pollutants around him, and the complex voices kept coming in without any cause, his brain was completely occupied, and he could hardly think.

At that moment, he suddenly found a subtle electromagnetic wave interference sound coming from the seat, which was particularly special among the disturbing sounds of pollutants, which caught his attention.

An Wujiu didn't stop driving, he freed one hand to follow the sound to rummage, and finally found a communicator, a semi-enclosed silver surrounding metal strip, after wearing it, the two ends were attached to the ears, and it was buzzing inside. electromagnetic sound.

He reached out and touched it, and the sound inside immediately transformed into a symphony.

With the impact of the symphony, the sound of pollutants becomes less obvious.

He drove towards the intersection of the target street, and when he arrived at the previous intersection, he suddenly saw a giant pollutant attacking two young students, an injured boy blocked another girl, and used a Iron rods fight this giant pollutant.

It is impossible to survive. The height of this pollutant is at the same level as the 20-story building next to it, and the only tool they can use is a long and heavy iron rod.

The pollutant roared, unlike other people who were just afraid, An Wujiu could understand its voice.

It was looking for his daughter.

For this reason, it continued to go berserk, its huge tentacles swayed, smashed the surrounding railings, and slapped away all the fire hoses that were originally used to fight the fire.

What an irony that a pollutant caught in the despair of finding his daughter is hurting two poor children.

The in-car system beeps.

[The speed of the vehicle is reduced, and the ETA is increased by 1 minute. ]

An Wujiu glanced at the time, it was estimated that the journey would take 18 minutes, but he would arrive in half a minute.

If he stopped to save them, he might lose this chance to save his classmate.

According to his prediction, the masked man will still proceed according to the original plan, and when he finishes dealing with the matter here, he may only see Yang Erci's cold body again.

But if it doesn't help...

An Wujiu kept approaching, and during the interval of the symphony, he heard the cry of a girl.

Another dilemma.

[The speed of the vehicle continues to decrease, adding 1 minute and 12 seconds to the estimated time of arrival. ]

The tentacles of pollutants slapped the water pipe violently, and the water pipe was thrown in front of An Wugui's windshield.

[You have deviated, turn right and are about to reach your destination! ]

[You have veered—]

An Wujiu, who turned the steering wheel, lowered the car window at the same time, stretched out his hand to grab the water pipe that was about to fall, and shouted at the two students, "Run!"

The moving car strained the choked water pipe, entangled in one of the tentacles of the gigantic pollutant.

The sudden dragging force diverted the attention of the pollutants, and they all focused on An Wujiu in the car. The tentacles were all retracted, and the two children finally had a chance to escape.

Before he had time to respond to their thanks, An Wujiu let go of his hand outside the window and accelerated with all his strength, the huge shadow chased the car and soon completely enveloped him.

On the verge of life and death, An Wujiu finally saw the fork in the road.

He turned around sharply, turned the car sideways, quickly opened the door, threw himself sideways, and rolled to the ground!

His shoulder hit the ground hard, and the huge impact made him dizzy.

But just as he expected, the pollutants chasing him at such a high speed were too large to avoid the sudden obstacles, and this off-road vehicle was enough to trip him.

An Wujiu got up quickly, raised his gun and aimed at the pollutant's head.

The pollutants who were shot were even more unable to control their huge bodies, and fell heavily to the ground.

The surrounding buildings shook accordingly, An Wujiu ran over with a gun, aiming at the pollutant until it was confirmed that it could no longer get up.

The body of pollutants blocked the whole road, and this is what An Wujiu wanted.

This is the road he expected Yang Erci to take. Once it gets blocked, the car in front of her will definitely get stuck, and she will definitely turn around. If it is exactly the same as last time, she should not be far away from here at this point in time.

An Wujiu confirmed that there was enough time, and quickly ran back to the car with a shoulder injury. The car was also hit hard by the pollutants, but it was barely usable. After An Wujiu turned around, he drove to another road, aiming at the only three-way intersection that Yang Erci was likely to turn to.

Maybe the masked man will appear next second.

An Wujiu stared at the broken windshield, repeating in his heart.

It must be in time this time.