For the always smart Kong Ling, the girl understood the meaning of Chen Xiaoyao's words instantly.
There is no doubt that the plan of the arrogant young man is reasonable. As mentioned above, the executor does not know whether he will be attacked if he contacts the sheep. If he is attacked, the person who comes into contact will have a slim chance of survival. Once Kong Ling dies, The consequences will be devastating. Since Chen Xiaoyao's physical fitness and energy are at their lowest point, after Kong Ling's death, even if the sheep do not attack Chen Xiaoyao who has never touched them, Chen Xiaoyao, who is almost incapacitated, will still die. Ichijo, after all, judging from his current state, he no longer has the energy to think too much, nor does he have the physical strength to continue moving forward. In this case, the best way to deal with it is to change positions. It is best for him, a half-dead man, to be the test subject. It is a good and reasonable choice, which is both reasonable and highly cost-effective.
Yes, let him, Chen Xiaoyao, be the experimental subject to drive away the sheep. If the sheep are successfully driven away, and Kong Ling is there, the other party can help him continue to follow the mummy to the exit. There is still hope of survival by then, to say the least. , even if the experiment fails, even if he is killed by a sheep, it doesn't matter. Kong Ling, who has far more physical strength and energy than himself, can at least think of another way and still have hope of survival. This is the most reasonable way that Chen Xiaoyao came up with through careful calculation. Therefore, he wants to replace Kong Ling and drive the sheep instead of the girl!
"Chen Ruffian, you..."
Her state of mind changed drastically at this moment, and her thoughts were filled with emotion at this moment. After figuring out the meaning of the young man's words, Kong Ling's gaze towards Chen Xiaoyao gradually changed unknowingly. The girl's cute face was not only obviously surprised, but also Most of them were surprised, shocked, and even incredible. She couldn't understand it for a moment. It was difficult to understand why the other party would do this? Or is there really such a person in the world? Listening to the meaning of what Chen Xiaoyao just said, although the other party is not sacrificing himself for others, in fact it is still an extremely unfavorable decision for the young man. This arrangement is reasonable and cost-effective, but the question is... isn't he afraid of death? ? Are there really people among humans who take the initiative to take risks on themselves? Isn’t human nature dark and nasty? Ordinary people would rather die together than sacrifice themselves for the majority. This is true human nature. Unexpectedly, this guy named Chen Xiaoyao in front of him...
Perhaps he vaguely guessed something from the shocked look in the girl in front of him. He gritted his teeth and straightened up with difficulty. After taking a deep breath, Taoist Chen smiled and said, "What's wrong? Don't look at me with that look, okay?" ? To be honest, if it weren’t for the fact that you, a little girl, are so valuable to our team, I would not take the initiative to take on this dangerous mission of life and death anyway. Hehe, it seems that you told me on the train. The prophecy is about to come true. Forget it, let’s not talk about this. Let’s just talk about your value. Through observation, your value is basically not lower than mine based on your eyes. You can use my half-dead skills. Trading my life for your continued survival is generally not a loss, not to mention that I may not die."
"call."
At this point, he took a long breath and paused. The young man's face became slightly condensed and his expression changed: "Of course, nothing is absolute. If, I mean if, if the experiment fails later and I am killed by a sheep, then you have to remember Come on, don't collect the corpse for me, turn around and leave immediately. I don't believe that there is only one mummy worm in the maze, and you have to find other mummies as soon as possible while you still have the strength to get out of the maze. Do you understand? Okay, I have said what I need to say. If that is the case, then..."
"Aha!"
It was too late to speak, but it was so fast. Just when Chen Xiaoyao had just finished speaking, and before the girl could react, like lightning, like a violent storm, Chen Xiaoyao moved in the next moment, just like that. He suddenly let out a loud shout and rushed forward decisively, using up his last strength to run straight towards the flock of sheep in front of him! ! !
………
Chen Xiaoyao ran away as fast as he wanted, without giving others any time to react or think. As a result...
"Wait, wait a minute!"
Kong Ling was too late, too late to stop, the opponent's movements were too fast, and before she had time to react, the opponent had already rushed towards the sheep. She could not do anything. She never expected that this person could not even stand. The stable young man could actually have such speed after the explosion, especially the initial lightning rush was completely unexpected. Before he could speak or reach out, the young man was out of the blocking range in an instant. What does this mean? It meant it was too late, and now she could do nothing but scream anxiously from behind.
As for Chen Xiaoyao, he has made up his mind. Having already made up his mind, he will naturally not stop obediently according to Kong Ling's request. No, it is not stop. For now, he can't stop even if he wants to. After all, the distance of a few meters is very close. , coupled with the charge he made with all his strength, he was now less than two meters away from the sheep as he ran wildly, which meant that even if he wanted to stop his feet at this moment, it was too late, and he himself could only continue to move forward and charge due to the inertia of the movement!
Confirming that the result would not change, realizing that the fact was basically doomed, he stared ahead, looking at the flock of sheep that would pounce in at least two seconds. At this moment, the young man was relieved, his mind was relieved, his body was relieved, and not only was there no fear on his face, , on the contrary, it is more of determination and a trace of leisurely relief that is not easily noticed by others.
(Hey, is this little girl’s prediction true? I’m going to die in this supernatural mission in the end. Master, I’m sorry. He Fei, brother, I’ll take the first step...)
"Lambs! If you don't want to be made into mutton kebabs, get out of here!"
The distance was approaching instantly, and at the last moment when he was about to pounce on the sheep blocking the road, Chen Xiaoyao let out a final roar. During the roar, he jumped up with both legs, as if trying to hit the sheep with his body!
Unfortunately, he failed.
It's not that he couldn't hit the sheep, or that he lacked the strength to make the collision ineffective, but that he didn't hit the sheep at all, and didn't even make contact.
because……
At the critical moment, at the last moment when Chen Xiaoyao was about to jump up and even hit the sheep with his body, something unexpected happened.
boom!
Suddenly, a deafening gunshot suddenly rang out. While the loud noise reverberated, a metal bullet broke through the sound barrier and shot directly at the same second. Then it hit Chen Xiaoyao accurately and hit the young man who was about to jump. Lift your right leg.
"Ugh!"
Blood spurted out and screams shook the sky.
Because the impact of the bullet was too great, as soon as it hit his right leg, the young man screamed in pain and wailed on the spot. His whole body flew back like a broken sack and fell straight on his back!
Yes, he failed. His originally touching heroic story of sacrificing himself for others was interrupted by this sudden bullet. His handsome leaping figure was also interrupted by the bullet. The combination was already weak and suffered such a heavy blow. The moment he fell to the ground, Chen Xiaoyao was unconscious on the spot. Just like that, when the next second came, he rolled his eyes and passed out completely. His whole body was completely motionless. His appearance was miserable, and the ending was tragic, but there was only one thing that was undeniable, that that is……
Because of the bullet, Chen Xiaoyao did not come into contact with the sheep in the end. .
Plop.
There was a dull sound of landing, and the arrogant young man stopped moving. He only had time to scream and then lay on his back unconscious. In addition, because the gunshots came too suddenly, it was not until Chen Xiaoyao was unconscious for several seconds that the girl behind him Kankan managed to break free from the initial shock and forcefully regained consciousness. .
When he regained consciousness, his gaze instinctively shifted to the end of the alleyway, past the stagnant mummy, past the unconscious Chen Xiaoyao, past the flock of sheep blocking the road, and stared ahead like lightning.
Yes, as soon as she regained consciousness, Kong Ling instinctively raised her head and looked in the direction of the gunshot, and then, she saw a person.
As far as the eye can see, there is a man behind the sheep, a gentle-looking man, a man with glasses wearing a white-collar shirt, trousers and leather shoes. At this moment, the man is outside the alleyway, holding a handle. The jet-black pistol stared at the corridor with an expressionless expression.
Like Chen Xiaoyao, the man Kong Ling also knew, and in his impression it was the senior person named Zhao Ping!
………
The development of the situation is often unexpected. At the last moment when Chen Xiaoyao was about to play the role of a hero who sacrifices himself for others, his extraordinary feat that was about to be remembered in the annals of history was interrupted by Zhao Ping. Of course, the above is not the point. The point is who could have thought of this. Will the man with glasses who should be somewhere else in the maze suddenly appear here?
With some surprise, he looked around. Kong Ling spotted the man first. No, no, the man with glasses was not the only one who appeared inexplicably. There was another person beside him. At this moment, that man was being held by the man with glasses. , he seemed to have fainted. Although he had his head lowered and could not see his face, judging from his clothes, who else could it be if he wasn't He Fei?
At the same time, leaving aside how the girl was stunned and confused, the opposite person glanced at the scene and inside the corridor, and saw that Chen Xiaoyao was completely unconscious and lying on the ground unresponsive. Zhao Ping made a move and put his gun into his arms first. Then he threw the unconscious He Fei to the ground. Then, the man with glasses turned around and left without saying a word. He walked to the right aisle that was beyond the reach of his ethereal vision. There was a sound of footsteps and it didn't last long. , about ten seconds later, the footsteps moved from far to near, and the man with glasses dragged a fat man with twitching body to the intersection.
Kong Ling still knew that person. Not only did he know him, but he also had a deep impression on him. It was none other than the newcomer Qiao Kedi who boarded the train with her not long ago, the fat newcomer whom she had tricked twice in a row with small steel balls.
The only thing I don't understand is why Qiao Kedi is like this now?
However……
Before the girl could figure out what was going on, on the other side, after dragging the fat man to the intersection, an astonishing scene happened in the next moment:
Hooray.
The bespectacled man stretched out his arms to pull the opponent up, and then suddenly exerted force, pushing Qiao Kedi straight forward, to the opposite side, and to the flock of sheep blocking the intersection two meters away! ! !
I don't know if it was an illusion, but during the pushing process, the girl noticed that the corner of the man's mouth also showed a cruel smile inadvertently!
Plop!
The result was almost as expected. After being pushed with such force, Qiao Kedi's already fat body fell into the flock of sheep accurately, knocking over several sheep on the spot. However, the matter was not over, far from over. , it was too late to say, but it was so fast, just when the obese young man fell into the sheep, next, something happened that made Kong Ling stunned and even horrified...
"Baa, baa baa!"
The color changed from white to black, and the transformation was as fast as lightning. As soon as the fat man's body touched the sheep, there was a roar, and the next second, the eight sheep began to mutate. All the sheep changed color collectively, and the pure white hair that originally covered the body was heard. Not only that, after the eight sheep turned black, these small animals, which were originally harmless to humans and animals, also changed their temperament. They turned around and swarmed Qiao Kedi like a pack of hungry wolves. They surrounded the center and opened their mouths to bite. They bit each part of the fat man's body with their teeth, and then started to drag and move. The eight black sheep dragged Qiao Kedi away from the intersection like a group of ants, biting and dragging them away from the intersection. Turning to the left, within a moment, Qiao Kedi and the group of black figures were drifting away from each other amid the movement of the sheep, until they disappeared into the distant corridor.
The sheep actually dragged Qiao Kedi away! ?
And similarly, because the sheep took the initiative to leave, the seemingly unsolvable road blockade situation earlier was lifted! .
No one knew where the sheep planned to drag Qiao Kedi, but Kong Ling quickly drew two surprising conclusions from the scene just now:
First, it is true that sheep will not take the initiative to touch or attack the executor, but once the executor takes the initiative to touch the sheep... then it is equivalent to triggering the death wedge and triggering serious consequences. What are the consequences? The consequence is that anyone who touches the sheep will cause the sheep to turn black and then be attacked by the flock, and finally be dragged away by the black sheep.
Second, the man with glasses was helping her. Although she personally didn't know how the man with glasses learned about this, it was obvious that judging from his actions just now, he was really helping her and was rescuing her and Chen Xiaoyao, but... …
However, the rescue method used by ordinary people is too inhumane in the eyes of ordinary people. The other party actually uses living people as tools and the lives of teammates as disposable consumables to disperse the sheep!
………
The camera turned around and the perspective shifted. Just as Kong Lingtong, whose complexion changed slightly, and the man with glasses looked at each other with cold eyes, a scene was being played out in another part of the maze, which was also the path that the man with glasses must pass when he came. A picture that is almost the same as what Kong Ling just saw.
In a quiet alleyway in a huge maze, a black sheep was dragging a person slowly, dragging a corpse with multiple blood-red bullet holes in its chest to move in a certain direction.
Obviously, from the bullet hole in the chest of the corpse and the blood stains left on the ground due to dragging, it can be seen at a glance that this person is dead. He cannot be dead anymore, and the way of death is that he was hit by a bullet fired from a gunpowder weapon. If you look closely and stare intently, you will find that the corpse looks familiar. He has a brown shirt, a medium build, and is not too tall. Everything proves that he is an executor.
The deceased was none other than Wu Junyou, who had followed the guiding sheep away not long ago!
But, the strange thing is...
Now Wu Junyou is dead and has turned into a lifeless body of dead flesh.
No one knows who killed him, and it is also unclear why the sheep that originally led him turned black after his death and then dragged the body and continued to move. However, even if he did not get the answer to the first question, he at least got the answer. Second question about sheep.
The answer was soon revealed, and with the black sheep's repeated dragging, the result was getting closer and closer. Crossing the alleys, turning frequently, until an endless thin blood-red line was left. After the black sheep dragged Wu Junyou's body through several alleys, finally, a very eye-catching red door appeared directly in front of the alley. .
Dragging the body, the black sheep gradually approached the door. As the distance approached, the originally closed red door suddenly sensed something and opened automatically.
squeak.
Soon, the black sheep dragged Wu Junyou's body straight into the door and disappeared into the dark space inside the door.
bump!
Immediately after, when the bodies of Sheep and Wu Junyou both entered, the door was closing. Then, there was a sound and a noise coming from inside the door. If you listen closely, you will vaguely hear a series of inaudible teeth chewing sounds. .
The matter did not end here, that is because, in addition to the sound, another detail change at the scene quietly appeared at this moment, and that was...
After a while, when the sound of chewing gradually disappeared, the originally obvious circular black hole above the doorknob suddenly disappeared in the blink of an eye.
………
Value, a philosophical concept vocabulary, belongs to the category of mutual relations. From an epistemological point of view, it refers to the benefit relationship between the object and the needs of the subject. It represents a high-low interest relationship between the attributes and functions of the object and the needs of the subject. This kind of relationship is within the scope of philosophy. Universal and generalizable.
Regarding the level of value, there is no accurate measurement in the philosophical community. The specific level often depends on the personal perspective of the evaluator. .
Everyone has their own value, and the difference is nothing more than high or low, or how much they have. Even if someone is lazy and wasteful by nature, he still has value.
Through observation, you can evaluate a person's worth, draw conclusions, and finally exploit him or her until you use artificial methods to make him or her valuable in a given situation.
It seems that the explanation is complicated, but in fact it is just a calculation, a rational calculation method without any human nature, and a reasonable use method with an absolutely fair exchange ratio.
Those with higher cost-effectiveness are often retained as much as possible, while those with lower cost-effectiveness can be allowed to release their last remaining light at critical moments, thereby blooming themselves and illuminating the way forward for others. In this way, why not?
………
Sure enough, as the sheep blocking the road left one after another, the mummy hawks that had stopped moving because the road was blocked moved again!
Just like at the beginning, the mummy ignored everything else and continued to move forward along the corridor in a suspended manner, traveling through the maze of alleys at a speed that was neither fast nor slow.
Seeing this, Zhao Ping adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose. He stepped sideways to pass the mummy, then bent down and stretched out his hand to lift He Fei up. Similarly, after looking at each other and confirming the scene, Kong Ling followed closely behind. Afterwards, she hurriedly ran to Chen Xiaoyao, who was unconscious and lying on the ground. With all her efforts, the girl carried the young man on her back. The result was one can imagine. Although Chen Xiaoyao was of average build and not too heavy, he was a famous man with more than 100 possessions after all. An adult weighing 5 pounds was placed on his back. In an instant, the whole weight of the other person was pressed against the girl's weak body. The whole body was very heavy. However, the girl still gritted her teeth and then lifted her feet to leave without hesitation. She was still as tight as before. Following closely, following the mummy, she moved forward step by step. It was obvious that the girl knew that the opportunity was not to be missed. Since there was a hope of finding an exit by following the mummy, she could not let go of the only opportunity no matter what.
As for Zhao Ping...
He had been silent all the time, from the initial appearance to the evacuation of the sheep to the recovery of the larvae, the whole process was silent. Like the girl, they both maintained dead silence. At this moment, he was helping He Fei to stand at the intersection. Under the lens, a pair of His cold eyes were locked on the girl behind him, watching her movements, watching the other party lift Chen Xiaoyao off the ground, watching the other party carrying the young man out of the alleyway.
As mentioned above, under the cold gaze of the bespectacled man, the ethereal man walked in front of him. As he walked, the girl followed the creature without speaking, and did not even look at the creature that was close at hand. With one glance, the man just followed the slowly floating mummy and walked towards the alleyway ahead with Chen Xiaoyao on his back. .
The above pictures are all true, but in fact there is still one detail that Zhao Ping has not seen, and that is...
When the girl passes by the man's side, when her body passes over the other person, when the other person's field of vision is completely unable to see her face, the corners of the ethereal mouth are slightly raised, showing a smile, and the cute face instantly puts on an obvious and incomparable proud smile, as if through a certain He looked as triumphant as a test.
Speculation is an art, and it is also a necessary means for smart people to deal with things. After the encounter just now, Kong Ling instantly saw everything and understood everything instantly. Even though it seemed like nothing happened on the surface, she still knew clearly that she had just walked along the Qiguan Gate. Once upon a time, life or death was all in her own hands. As a result, she passed the test, passed the assessment, and won someone's temporary recognition by her actions alone without saying a word during the whole process.
Ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-ta.
The footsteps gradually went further and further away, and the figure gradually disappeared until it disappeared around the corner in the distance.
At the intersection, Zhao Ping remained frozen. After glancing at the two men, Kong Ling disappeared around the corner. Next, the man with glasses made an astonishing move that was beyond anyone's expectations.
According to common sense, since it is known that following the mummies has a high chance of finding the exit of the maze, the most important thing for the man with glasses to do is to follow the mummies with Kong Ling. However, the strange thing is that after watching the mummies disappear into the distance, Seeing Kong Ling getting further and further away, the man did not choose to follow him. Instead of following the mummy, he helped He Fei to change direction and moved straight towards another left lane, and the left lane was where the Black Sheep was not long ago. Drag Qiao Kedi away in the direction of departure...
