community.
The safe house where Qi Lin's body is located.
The balcony was already piled with snow.
Qi Lin stood there silently, playing with a red signal baton with his arms covered with snowflakes.
This is the only item that can summon a merchant.
Qi Lin originally felt that as long as he continued to develop the undead army steadily, everything would be fine.
But now the bloodthirsty and violent energy in his body was growing crazily, making him a little wary.
Qi Lin, who was playing with the signal baton, wanted to summon the merchant immediately.
He had so many questions that he needed answers from the businessmen.
But when thinking about a relationship that is neither close nor old, the businessman only cares about money.
Qi Lin endured it.
The signal rod was put back into the space ring.
"Wait a little longer. Wait until the demon species on the planned action route are eliminated in five days, and then save more currency before summoning."
Qi Lin is very angry now.
So heavy that he wanted to tear up the hand-drawn map.
Go straight to the safety zone of Beicheng, the nearest military location.
Then kill everyone there
But the consequences of doing so are obvious.
He is strong now.
Even regular demons that pose a fatal threat to other chosen ones will die in his hands out of hatred.
But this kind of strength is still not enough to set the table with the military face to face.
It's still not enough to stand up to those superior murderers.
The remaining reason told him to wait patiently.
It's not too late to go after the undead army takes shape.
Everything will be fine, don't rush it.
However, the whisper of the devil in his heart kept tempting him again and again: Go ahead, abandon that useless humanity, destroy, conquer, and destroy all lives!
"The damn violence must be dealt with!"
Qi Lin felt that his headache was getting worse at this moment, his eyes were red and bloodthirsty, and his hands could not help but tremble.
He thought it was caused by special mental exercise, so he drank a psychotropic potion and prepared to temporarily stop mental exercise for the day.
If this problem is not solved, Qi Lin feels that there are only two paths waiting for him in the future.
Either lose your mind, lose your cool, and die on the reckless road.
Or lose self-awareness and transform into a demon who slaughters the world.
These two roads.
Qi Lin didn't even want to leave.
"Get out!"
"I just do myself."
"I just do myself!"
Qi Lin gave a rare roar.
The ghost boss who was turning the pages of the book on the balcony instantly gathered his Yin Qi and asked cautiously: "Master?"
"I didn't say anything about you."
Qi Lin suppressed the anger in his heart, waved his hands irritably and walked into the house.
He had already arranged Wanda's hunting target and was waiting for Qin Youyi's arrival.
He had no intention of thinking about planning, and all kinds of memories from his childhood flashed through his mind.
The parents met on a blind date without any emotional basis.
A few days after the two quickly got married, their father left to make a living.
When he was born, his father was working as an air force logistics officer somewhere, a kind of non-staff temporary worker, and he learned to repair ground vehicles from an on-staff master.
Taking time off work was difficult, so one father missed the birth of his son.
Qi Lin lived with her mother until she was eight years old, when her parents divorced because of her father's affair.
Qi Lin's family was very poor at that time, and his grandfather proposed to give his mother the only two bungalows in the family, and to take good care of Qi Lin even if she divorced. They would treat Qi Lin as if they had never had a son and would not let him enter the house.
But my mother's sister said: Why should my sister be left a widow?
So, her mother left resolutely, leaving behind Qi Lin, who was only eight years old and still in third grade.
The turning point of Qi Lin's fate happened from that moment.
After running around all his life and doing all the dirty work, my grandfather, who was suffering from old illnesses, gave up his job of selling poker cards on a three-wheeler in the streets.
He also gave up on the innocent Qi Lin who happily sat behind a tricycle and smiled.
He resolutely picked up the traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions handed down from his ancestors, which were used to treat a series of miscellaneous diseases such as body aches, rheumatism, and stomach medicine.
When life was getting better and better, Qi Lin, who was studying abroad alone, was often exposed to wind and rain.
When school was over, other children were picked up, but he was not.
At first, he watched other children clinging to their parents' arms in the wind and rain, running desperately in the wind and rain with tears in their eyes.
Later, he took a walk in the heavy rain.
At night, he lay in bed and looked at the quiet and terrifying night around him. He did not dare to fall asleep, so he could only turn on the lights all night long and use incandescent lamps to drive away the devouring ghosts in the darkness.
Later, he got used to the deadly silence of the night.
A year later, my grandfather’s efforts paid off.
Qi Lin left her lonely life and was transferred to a good boarding school, where she had two days off every two weeks and went home once.
He lacks love, so he wants to be accepted and liked by the people around him.
The living allowance given by his grandfather, which was twice that of other children, was spent on what he thought was love.
For this reason, he lives in embarrassment.
The most embarrassing time was when Fu Yu's living expenses were completely exhausted, and it was still a week before returning home.
He began to wonder how he would survive the week.
At that time, Qi Lin, who was only nine years old, summed up an experience.
The reason why people feel hungry is because gastric acid is constantly secreted and burns the stomach wall.
If you can keep eating, you may be able to temporarily stop the secretion of gastric acid and relieve hunger.
He ran out pretending to be a day student and spent his remaining living expenses to buy a sack of melon seeds.
During that week, I ate melon seeds when I was hungry, and secretly drank cold tap water when I was thirsty.
The school's hot water costs ten cents a pot, but he can't afford it.
This method of suspending hunger has limitations.
Need to keep eating melon seeds.
The teachers in the class all said to him angrily: Look how comfortable Qi Lin is in his little life, and he even eats melon seeds in class.
He survived for a week, and from then on, he never ate melon seeds again in his life.
He has never eaten a birthday cake since he was eight years old, and has never complained about his parents. He has always kept in mind that his parents gave him a life, and this is the best birthday gift that he can use for a lifetime.
Later, in the second semester of fourth grade, he felt that he met a girl who cared about him from the heart, not because of material things.
he.
Boom.
dong dong
A knock on the door interrupted Qi Lin's memories.
The security door creaked open.
Qin Youyi came to the living room angrily.
He stood in front of the TV, pointed at the black wind coming slowly from the door, and said angrily to Qi Lin who was rubbing his eyebrows on the sofa: "Cousin! You don't know what he did! He killed people! He killed many people Man! He disregards the king’s law”
Before Qin Youyi finished speaking, Qi Lin raised his hand and pressed it to indicate that it was okay.
But soon, Qi Lin's trembling hands were put in his pocket.
"It has nothing to do with my cousin." Qi Lin stood up and walked to the balcony, saying calmly: "I asked him to kill him."
Qin Youyi's eyes widened, as if he couldn't accept this result.
He shouted: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
On the balcony, Qi Lin wiped away the snow with his trembling hands. He felt that the touch on his hands was decreasing and he could not feel the coolness of the ice and snow.
Is it due to declining physical fitness?
The devil in my heart whispered again: How dare he question you! kill him! In this world, human life is like a piece of grass! Kill him quickly! Even if you kill him, no one will know! No one can do anything to you even if you kill him!
Qi Lin yelled angrily in his heart, "Shut up!"
Then he said without looking back: "For the last time, this matter has nothing to do with him."
"I asked him to kill him."
Qi Lin suddenly turned around and looked at Qin Youyi, who was wide-eyed: "Since I dare to do this, then I dare to do it!"
"I'll take care of things. What do you want to say?"
Qin Youyi saw Qi Lin's seriousness, and lowered his head slowly, his voice slightly lowered: "Cousin, you are a good person, how could you do this? No matter what bad things those people did, there will always be an army in this city, and there will always be trouble in the world. When things get better one day, the military will give us justice. We cannot do whatever we want or even act as law enforcers just because we have the power. That is wrong, that will only lead to chaos, and that will only make this world worse..."
Qi Lin frowned. He originally thought that this kid was a quick-thinking person.
Even if he has a kind heart, he just thinks that the end has just arrived and he has not yet had time to understand the world.
When he first discovered that something was wrong with Qin Youyi, Qi Lin was suppressing his anger and thinking about many things, such as the man in the raincoat, the purpose of the silver needle, etc.
Qi Lin, whose thoughts were racing, didn't realize how big of a deal this was.
But at this moment, Qi Lin seemed to feel that things were beyond his expectations.
Everything is changing.
Qin Youyi's words: 'No matter what bad things we do, the army will give us justice'
These words made him, who was trying hard to suppress his anger, become even more violent. He didn't want to explain, and he was not in the mood to explain. He just wanted to solve the problem of the devil whispering, and how to make Qin Youyi, who had won his favor, see the world clearly. Just survive, that's all.
He felt that Qin Youyi's past actions had been appreciated by him and should be worthy of his words.
Qi Lin stretched out his arm and pointed to the heavy snow in Hancheng outside: "Did you see the fog outside?"
Qin Youyi nodded, looking frustrated and saying nothing.
"That's how war zones are divided." Qi Lin turned around and looked outside, and said softly: "Do you know what a war zone is?"
"Do you think we are still living in the same peaceful and prosperous age?"
"Do you know what it means to be a peace dog rather than a person in troubled times?"
Qi Lin slowly turned around: "In this world, we don't have a choice. I hope you realize one thing as soon as possible. In this world, the weak eat the strong."
"When good and evil collide, good is always the first to be hurt. So, I never said I was a good person, right?"
Qin Youyi remained silent, his thoughts were confused and he suddenly thought of it.
Qi Lin indeed never said that he was a good person.
And he repeatedly emphasized that he was not a good person.
What Qin Youyi didn't know was that at the beginning of his last life, Qi Lin was not as rational as he is now.
At that time, Qi Lin would rescue survivors who were asking for help if he could.
Qi Lin felt at that time that one more person would always bring more strength.
Humans, after all, are social creatures, and only by division of labor and cooperation can we do better.
But one day, when he rescued a survivor from the ruins, he was ready to hug together for warmth while struggling to survive in this world where demons eat people.
The other party snatched the only weapon from his waist.
At that time, Qi Lin's mind suddenly shut down.
He didn't understand why the survivor he had just rescued was acting like this.
why so
Qi Lin forgot how to use his only F-level combat skill at that time.
But that survivor.
He did not forget that he had the weapon he had just snatched.
After paying the price of being stabbed, Qi Lin used his skills to kill the survivor.
That was his first murder.
The feeling of warm blood splashing all over your face
It seems like just yesterday.
Qi Lin didn't understand why the survivor treated him like this.
But since then, Qi Lin understood one thing.
When good and evil intertwine, kindness is always the first to be hurt.
In this world, no one has a choice.
Human nature cannot withstand scrutiny and testing.
Live and release everything.
Qin Youyi slowly raised his head, with a hint of determination in his expression.
He said with hopeful eyes: "I still think my cousin is a principled person, a principled good person!"
"Otherwise, why would my cousin allow those survivors to follow the skeletons as a refuge?"
"Why not get rid of them?"
"If it weren't for my cousin's purge, I don't know how many more survivors in Shushan District would have died!"
"There is no survivor I have met these days who doesn't praise my cousin."
Qi Lin, who felt that his anger was rising, interrupted impatiently: "I have my principles, but I never said that I was a good person! Times have changed, the world has become like this, why haven't you changed yet?"
Qi Lin, who was constantly fighting against the devil's whispers in his heart, became increasingly impatient. He felt that his reason and patience were gradually eroding.
Qin Youyi rarely interrupted Qi Lin, looked directly at Qi Lin, and said firmly: "Are we going to let the sorrow of the times also become our sorrow?!"
Qi Lin turned around in surprise and looked at Qin Youyi with a serious look on his face.
He felt that his perception of Qin Youyi as smooth, kind-hearted, and even a little optimistic and simple as a middle schooler was wrong.
He didn't understand why he was so kind.
Do broken bones have to be used as a lesson?
Qin Youyi slowly lowered his head and said in a low voice: "My father told me not to stand up for the collective interests. The eyes of the masses are blind."
But soon he firmly raised his head and looked directly into Qi Lin's inquiring eyes and said, "But I think what he said is wrong!"
"I'm not blind, what should I do?"
"Even if I don't have the ability"
"But at least, I have to do something!"
"My mother once told me: When you were young, I wanted to educate you into an upright, kind-hearted person who would not cause trouble to others. However, the world when you grow up is not suitable for such a person to survive. What your father taught you is appropriate.”
"But, I still feel that a lot of what my father said is wrong, and people should do something."
"Cousin, I think what you did is wrong. Power should not be used to do whatever you want. Power should make human beings live a better life in this difficult world."
Qi Lin's hands in his pocket kept shaking and he interrupted directly: "Are you criticizing me?"
Qin Youyi shook his head slowly: "Whenever you want to criticize anyone, just remember that not everyone in this world has had the superior conditions you have."
"I didn't know the height of the sky before. I was against the sky and the earth and the air. I couldn't stand this behavior and couldn't stand that behavior. This is what my cousin Youde said to me at that time."
"Originally I thought I understood, but now it seems..." Qin Youyi said with a bitter smile, "I still don't understand."
Qin Youyi looked at Qi Lin with an even firmer look: "I don't want to criticize you."
"I just don't want you to be criticized and insulted by thousands of people for these actions in the future!"
"I just don't want the sorrow of the times to become your sorrow!"
Qin Youyi's words were sincere, but they made Qi Lin more and more irritable.
The whispers of the devil in my heart kept getting louder and louder.
Qi Lin restrained his murderous intent, shook his head and said, "I don't understand the principles of the children of your big family."
"I'm just a common man."
"I don't have your bourgeois father, your official mother, your avant-garde education, or your senior interpersonal relationships."
"My life in dire straits has left me too busy to take care of myself. I have to support myself!"
"I only know that if you have kindness, you have to repay it, and if you have hatred, you have to avenge it!"
Qi Lin showed a smile: "As for what others say?"
"No matter what the people in this world say about me."
“I just want to do what I believe in!”
Qin Youyi, who had been listening silently, wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Qi Lin loudly: "I will never regret it!"
"No matter now or in the future, it will be the same!"
"I will always be myself until I die!" Qi Lin shook his head vigorously, the devil whispering in his heart was constantly tempting him to kill Qin Youyi on the spot.
"If you don't like it, you can die before me."
Hearing this, Qin Youyi smiled sadly: "Cousin, can't we have a good temper?"
Qi Lin noticed that his eyes were bloodshot and hot. He didn't want Qin Youyi to see him, so he turned around and replied, "I can have a good temper, but why should I spoil you?"
"But cousin, violence can't solve the problem." Qin Youyi spoke up again in an attempt to undo what he thought was Qi Lin's wrong choice.
Qi Lin replied softly: "Violence cannot solve the problem, but it can relieve anger."
Qi Lin recalled his first encounter with Qin Youyi in Shushan.
At that time, Qin Youyi once said that even if the world changes, we cannot follow the trend and become bad people.
At that time, Qi Lin was not as fond of him as he is now, so he interrupted him with the excuse of not being speculative and gave him a gift.
Qi Lin still remembered what Qin Youyi was preparing to refute at that time.
Qi Lin didn't want to hear his unreasonable words and asked him to go down the mountain with the supplies on the spot.
It was also that time when he killed the disguised corpse beast. Qin Youyi's first reaction was to protect the survivor.
Qi Lin couldn't help but recall things related to Qin Youyi. He was trying to strengthen Qin Youyi's favorability, so as to resist the whispers of the devil who kept tempting him to kill Qin Youyi.
"I still hope that my cousin can weigh the pros and cons. Even if the world changes, people will always be the same."
Before Qin Youyi could finish his final insistence.
Qi Lin no longer wanted to hear it anymore, saying, "Only a defeated dog weighs the pros and cons. I only want to be a victorious general."
He turned around and stared at Qin Youyi with his red eyes and said, "Even if I get a bloody head in the future."
"I'm proud of myself!!!"
The atmosphere fell into an eerie silence.
The ghost boss gathered his Yin Qi, wondering what he was thinking.
The black warrior Black Wind in the room also lowered his head, as if he was a standing statue and did not dare to move.
Only the heavy snowflakes outside were still falling, adding a touch of coldness to the city in the mist.
"I can't convince my cousin." Qin Youyi looked downcast and said with a sad smile, "My cousin can't convince me either."
After saying that, Qin Youyi took out from his arms the newly heated defensive jade pendant that Qi Lin asked Heifeng to give him.
The jade pendant placed on the table by Qin Youyi made a crisp sound.
Immediately afterwards, Qin Youyi took off his enchanted boots and his magic ring.
He then took out his small purse, where Qin Youyi's remaining savings were stored: eighty-two silver coins.
"Thank you cousin for taking care of me during this time."
Qin Youyi's voice was low, and he turned around slowly to go out: "I wish my cousin a smooth road ahead and good fortune in martial arts."
Just as Qin Youyi was preparing to leave.
In Qi Lin's heart, the devil whispered again: Kill him!
Isn't this where he comes and leaves at the drop of a hat? ?
Kill him quickly!
He has the Small Meteor Technique, and you have seen its power. If you let him go, your body will be in danger!
How to nip this danger in the bud?
kill him! Do not hesitate!
Kill him immediately!
Qi Lin clenched his fists and whispered: "Wait!"
Qin You turned around slowly, remembering what Qi Lin had said to him, with a plain smile on his face: "What, is my cousin going to kill me too?"
Qi Lin tried hard to suppress the whisper of the devil in his heart who wanted to kill Qin Youyi, and walked to the table without saying a word with an expressionless face.
As the space ring flashed, a scroll of S-level skill Forgetting appeared on the table.
"I'll tell you the truth." Qi Lin slowly turned around, turned his back to Qin Youyi and said, "I don't feel safe. Your S-level meteorite technique makes me very worried."
"Forget about it, you take your boots and your ring and leave."
"From now on, we will pretend we have never met."
"Or, I will take you to see the people who died in the ogre's kitchen. After reading it, if you take back what you said tonight and I will make an exception for you, I will pretend that I have never heard of it."
On the other side, the ghost boss saw Qin Youyi slowly approaching Qi Lin, who was turning his back, and hurriedly floated to Qin Youyi's head.
The black warrior Heifeng on the other side also silently came behind Qin Youyi. His thick five fingers silently rested on the hilt of the sword, and the magic patterns on it flowed rapidly.
"Stand back, I don't want to imprison you in the space of the dead and never see the light of day." Qi Lin said to the undead through the soul link: "No matter what happens next, just pretend you didn't see it."
Although the two hesitated, they had no choice but to take a small step back unwillingly when they thought that Qi Lin had defensive items on him.
But the ghost boss's earth binding is ready, and Black Wind's magic pattern shines more intensely.
They will never allow anyone to harm Qi Lin, even if there are defensive items
Never allow it!
Qi Lin, who turned around, listened quietly to the slow footsteps coming from behind, slowly closed his eyes, and quietly waited for Qin Youyi's decision.
Meteorite, a powerful S-level attack skill.
Regardless of whether it was in the past life or this life, if this skill was placed among the chosen ones, it would be enough to kill an entire family to snatch it away.
What's more, it makes people actively forget this skill.
Maybe Qin Youyi couldn't bear to part with this skill.
Maybe, there is a turning point.
Qi Lin listened as the footsteps behind him got closer and closer.
He is waiting.
Waiting for Qin Youyi's fate decision.
Or, quickly adapt to this world, Qi Lin will not be narrow-minded to a person who is suitable to be a teammate.
Qi Lin thinks that Qin Youyi only needs to go with him to see the kitchen.
Maybe you can understand the changes in the world, and maybe everything will be fine.
Or, choose to give it a try, try to attack him, and then kill him without caring about the cost of consuming a defensive item.
Or, choose the Forgotten Scroll...
Qin Youyi looked at Qi Lin, who had his back turned to him, and slowly bent down to pick up the scroll.
"Maybe my cousin is right, but my cousin has my cousin's persistence, and I have my own persistence."
Tear it open with a sneer.
Countless fluorescent lights revolve around the fireball and meteorite techniques.
Qin Youyi chose the meteorite technique without any hesitation.
At the moment when the stream of light wrapped around the meteorite technique, Qin Youyi felt as if he had been hit hard in the chest by a sledgehammer.
With a pale face, he let out a miserable groan, and his feet, which were only wearing socks, collapsed to the ground.
But Qin Youyi quickly touched the cold sweat on his forehead and insisted on standing up from the ground.
He put on his boots and put on his ring.
He strode towards the door.
There was only one voice left: "My cousin and I are strangers and have never met."
Qin Youyi insisted on justice in his heart. Although he was only eighteen years old this year, his knowledge was far beyond that of most of his peers. He knew Qi Lin's concerns well, so he took the initiative to say these words and left immediately.
Qi Lin looked at his back and tried hard to restrain the temptation of the devil in his heart who kept whispering 'kill him'.
Two 18-year-old young people are influenced by various factors such as childhood experience and education.
Neither of them can convince the other, and neither can weigh the pros and cons, bow their heads, hide their clumsiness, and choose the option that is most beneficial to their future like people in their thirties, forties, and fifties.
Amid each other's stubbornness, they each chose a fork in the road with completely different destinies.
