First Player

The sea was too rough and the lifeboat had begun to sink and float, so the weight could only be reduced. If he cuts the shadow, at least his mental state will be better.

The girl was lying in the narrow lifeboat, her wet hair like a stranded fish.

 “Cut my hair,” said Alice.

Su Mingan cut her black hair to shoulder length. It is true that the weight of water absorbed by the hair is not low, but it is far from helpful.

 “Cut again,” said Alice.

 “It’s useless, my hair doesn’t take up much of it.” Su Mingan said.

"Cut it off...the hair is too long and it's not convenient to escape." Alice insisted. Su Mingan continued to cut her hair until her hair was even to her ears. Her hair, which she had grown for more than ten years, was just floating in the sea.

Even so, the lifeboat is still sinking.

 With a "pop" sound, Su Mingan could only jump into the sea water. For a moment, the cold sea water made his whole body tremble.

"You lie down, and I'll float behind you." Su Mingan held on to the lifeboat weakly. He is equipped with defensive blessings all over his body, at least he will not be knocked away by the waves.

 Alice asked each other to take over the water. She is now far away from the priests, her senses are gradually recovering, and she can hold on for a while.

The time at sea seemed very long, and it was almost two o'clock in the afternoon. They all knew one thing - every four hours, the orderer would be forced to sleep for one hour, which meant that the person floating on the sea would drown.

At this time, Alice was floating on the sea. Her arms were oozing with traces of blood due to her long-term posture. There was nothing but the sound of water waves. It was so quiet that it made people feel dizzy.

"Alice, let me go down." Su Mingan was very calm.

 “…” Alice lowered her head.

 She knew that she could only let Su Mingan drown, as Su Mingan still had a clone. This is the most sensible choice.

Her fingers loosened and gradually lost strength. The blood floated on the sea, and there were a few ominous wisps of red floating in the silent blue.

His throat was also extremely hoarse, so he just took her hand and pulled her up.

The moment he jumped into the sea, Su Mingan was in a very calm mood. Death by drowning is longer than other ways of death, but coma will not be too painful.

 At two o'clock, Su Mingan slowly closed his eyes.

 …

　　When Su Mingan opened his eyes again, he was lying on the wet beach. He didn't know what longitude and latitude this was. It was clearly three o'clock in the afternoon, and the moon was already high in the sky. The black cat squatted next to him and licked his face.

 The lifeboat seemed to have run aground, and he was washed unconscious on the beach.

His whole body ached, but he found Alice lying next to him, the waves surging and receding on their bodies, her arms and thighs were riddled with holes, and the **** flesh was pulled.

"I won't let you die." Alice tilted her head, her eyelashes still dripping with water.

The moonlight shone on them, and her pupils were bloodshot.

  She said that when a big wave came over, they all lay down here. Su Mingan couldn't believe this kind of luck. But he asked A Du, and A Du said that Alice did not lie, and indeed they all miraculously washed ashore. He could only keep his doubts in his heart.

"I've been thinking about it for a long time, and I still want to become a goddess. Because an ordinary girl can't live at all." Alice said while lying down.

Su Mingan raised his hand and saw the broadcast on his watch. The battle in Baoting City was burning, blood and flesh were flying everywhere, and the scene was tragic. He closed his eyes and didn't think about anything for a while, just lying quietly.

 …Goddess.

 …Alice.

The watch beeped, and Noel told him that he could go to the Holy See. Noel has already laid a backhand in the Holy See.

 ‘Are we leaving the sea?’ said Alice.

 “Well, let’s leave.” Su Mingan sat up.

 Her expression was very sad. Perhaps this fate was indeed not worth cherishing for her. But her eyes contained longing—as if she was looking toward, far away, another era.

Like a person deep in thorns, yearning for a light in the depths of darkness.

 —That is the distant future, a future where all the protagonists are happy and have a happy ending.

 —And that future still needs them to walk through it.

Their eyes met for a moment, and Alice's pupils were still beautiful purple. Then her tears turned into laughter, and her laughter penetrated into the waves. For a moment, there was only the sound of rustling in Su Mingan's ears. Her laughter was no longer there, and the sound of the sea was no longer there. Her eyebrows were crooked, like the sound of the wind kissing him in nature.

 “Then...will we meet at the end?”

Her voice was also like the sound of wind.

 —I will burn everything I have to light the way for you in the future.

 —Even if the most important person to you is not me, the one you care about most is not me either.

—But I still pray, I hope with all my heart, I hope you can live a long life, I hope you can live long...life after life, eternal life.

 “Let’s go.” Su Mingan said.

Amid the low sound of the wind, the high sound of the ocean tide, and the varying sounds, two figures on the beach slowly stood up.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ification

Like the snowy night when they first met, the detective held the little girl's hand and walked step by step through the snowy streets.

 “Dong dong, dong dong.”

 The rain slid down and brushed against their boots until it dissolved into the sand.

“After you become a goddess, no one will stand by your side or keep you company.” Su Mingan said.

"Um."

“You can’t speak, you can’t confide, you can’t trust. Because anyone can harm you.”

"Um."

“Once you set foot on this road, you can never look back. Even if you look back, you will be crushed to death by the weight of the world and your own guilt.”

"I know."

 The raindrops fell slantingly on their shoulders, like light white snow.

 And he kept firmly holding her hand that was hanging down from her shoulder.

 When Su Mingan arrived at the Holy See, thousands of knights and priests stood in the square. The moment Su Mingan walked in, everyone looked at him.

 The gods walked down from the high platform, bathed in white light. Mizushima Kawa Sora and Aotori followed on the left and right. On the eaves of the Holy See, several figures stood scattered, including Noel and others.

Everyone seems to have gathered here, waiting for a certain bell of fate. Su Mingan raised his head high—

On the high platform is a dark prophetic stone wall.

 —That’s what he’s going to break on this trip.

 He once again confirmed the [Immortal Talisman Seal Expansion] in his backpack, took Alice's hand, and walked into this pure white holy land.

Su Mingan’s eyes met the spirit. They spoke at the same time, and they could hardly distinguish each other’s voices:

　　　—That’s it.”

"-it's not finished yet."

 …

Su Mingan began to try to backtrack.

In the first week, he rushed directly towards the prophecy stone wall, trying to violently break the prophecy stone wall with his white tentacles and the rule that "gods cannot directly touch", but all the believers desperately stood in front of him. The moment he successfully broke the prophecy stone wall, his blood volume dropped to zero.

 In the second week, he negotiated with the gods and asked to break the prophecy stone wall. The **** said he agreed, but took the opportunity to trap him. Fortunately, the bomb he had buried in his body exploded and he successfully returned.

 In the third week, he asked Mizushima Kawakawa who was present for an alliance. She did not activate the instant death rule to kill him, but she also did not agree to an alliance. So he chose to take Alice away from here. On the way, Alice became weak and died. With a high fever and her soul leaving her body, she couldn't last long.

She held his hand tightly until she died, telling him repeatedly not to be sad, it was not his fault.

 In the fourth episode, Su Mingan did not go to the Holy Church, but turned directly back to find Mingyue. However, the church in Daoyacheng was already empty, and even Xiao Jingsan and Chaoyan could not be contacted. He stood in the silent city, carrying Alice, who was suffering from a high fever, on his back. The sky was foggy above his head, and he had the urge to fall headlong.

　　　…”

He took Alice to a medical clinic, but the doctors shunned him for fear of being implicated by this "god-forsaken goddess". Only Lu Shu, who stayed in Daoya City, could help take care of Alice.

"What are you doing now? I feel like you are in pain." Lu Shu asked confused.

“…” Su Mingan looked out the window at the foggy sky: “Destiny simulator.”

 …What is the difference between his current behavior of repeatedly rewinding and playing "Destiny Simulator"? They are all trying to achieve a good ending between different weeks.

 Alice eventually died.

It should be that the gods wanted to force Su Mingan to use Xiaosu to retreat, and the gods remotely crushed Alice's soul mark. Her passing was extremely sudden. One second Su Mingan was still covering herself with quilt, and the next second her breath disappeared.

The feeling of the world spinning came, Su Mingan looked at Alice's body, he stood silently, and then looked at himself in the mirror.

 He ​​touched his fingers on the mirror and touched his face Xuxu. He could not see his face clearly, whether he had white hair or black hair, and where the barrage in the live broadcast room went.

 In the fifth week, Su Mingan and Alice were lying side by side on the beach. This time, he didn't hold her hand and leave. Because they have nowhere to go.

 The waves continued to cover their bodies, as if caressing two clammy corpses. Su Mingan closed his eyes and wanted to sleep, but suddenly felt a shadow appear on his head.

 “…how many times?” the shadow’s owner asked.

Su Ming'an opened his eyes instantly - he was sure that it was his own retreat that had been triggered, because the gods did not ambush him in advance, and it did not seem to trigger Xiao Su's retreat. So, this person asked...

 “...the first time.” Su Mingan replied.

 In everyone’s eyes—this was only his first week, and it did not trigger Xiao Su’s retreat. No one knows how many times he really died.

Su Mingan saw clearly who it was—it was Su Wensheng.

Su Wensheng stood next to him, casting a shadow. In the five weeks, this was the first time Su Mingan saw Su Wensheng at the beach. Maybe Su Wensheng had been following him before.

"Really? The first time?" Su Wensheng pinched his chin: "I will indeed keep the memory of your return, but these memories will not be very clear. They will only let me vaguely know that you have returned. Now I really feel that you I haven’t turned back, but... you look very tired. But you said, is this the first time?"

“…Well, it’s the first time.” Su Mingan said.

"But I feel that your condition can't be sustained any longer." Su Wensheng said, "I'll show you a way. If you can't get through to the Holy Church, ask for help from the Black Magpie of Huo Mu Li'er."

　　—Black magpie.

Su Mingan has heard this name before. He is a king who holds one of the three elements of becoming a god, the "Sword of Destiny".

 “Why help me?” Su Mingan said.

It was clear that Su Wensheng's previous position was to want Su Ming'an to surrender to the gods.

"Because the world is merging with each other, 'I' is also changing. I gradually came up with the idea of ​​​​helping you." Su Wensheng squatted down, his expression was so soft for the first time.

 “I don’t understand a little bit,” Su Mingan said.

Su Wensheng whispered in his ear: "[The opening of the tower will gradually converge and merge the world, and similar primitives will gradually affect each other. Therefore, the kind-hearted 'Su Wensheng primitive' in other worlds will affect the evil one like me") 'Su Wensheng's original' temperament. You can understand it this way.】"

Su Mingan’s pupils dilated for a moment.

 …That’s it.

 …It turns out that’s the case.

 …He thought about dozens of possibilities, but he never thought about the possibility of "world closing".

"This is the deepest secret. I have an agreement with the gods. If I tell you this, I will die because of the leak. So, please save me next time." Su Wensheng continued to whisper, blood was already flowing from his mouth.

"Even if I trigger Xiao Su's retreat, the gods will know that you told me this, and you will still die..." Su Ming'an said.

Su Wensheng’s index finger shook.

His black earrings reflected the light and looked particularly dazzling.

 “It’s not Xiaosu’s return.”

 …If it’s not Xiaosu’s return, what is that?

Su Ming'an looked into the other person's eyes. In those almost identical black pupils, he saw himself reflected in Su Wensheng's eyes. They are very similar people, including their thinking patterns.

 People who have very similar thinking patterns—

Maybe you can understand Su Ming'an's situation.

Su Ming'an instantly understood what Su Wensheng meant - if it wasn't Xiao Su's return, then whose return could it be?

　　Without any words, he suppressed the shock in his heart and immediately pierced his temple with his finger.

At the end of death, he heard Su Wensheng’s clear laughter, as pure as the sky.

"go Go."

 “You will be the kindest ‘you’…”

 “You will become the most evil ‘you’…”