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Chapter 349 Chapter 340 · "I'm Sorry"

The next moment, the scene in front of Su Mingan changed.

He saw a deserted alley.

Su Rin was standing in the alley, and in front of her was a girl covered in a black robe.

"...Is everything ready?" the girl asked.

"Ready, the preliminary inspection is completed, and there is no bad weather today." Su Lin said with a smile: "It seems that it will be a smooth sailing."

The girl was silent for a moment.

She stretched out her hand and lifted the hood over her head, revealing a beautiful fair face.

Su Mingan realized in an instant that this girl looked exactly like the princess he had just met in the royal family.

The difference is that this girl looks younger.

"That's not what I asked." The girl said, "I just want to ask, Su Rin, do you understand the mission of your voyage?"

"...I understand." Su Rin said.

"This 'Yunshanghao' plan is to save half of the people and sacrifice the other half." The girl paused for a moment: "—but which half is really preserved and which half is sacrificed, you know in your heart ?"

"I know." Su Lin said.

The girl was silent for a moment.

She raised her head slightly, looking at the dark sky.

"The storm is not the biggest problem in Playa right now..." She said slowly: "The royal family has observed that although the storm is big this time, it is not enough to destroy the entire Playa, but... now We have insufficient survival resources, we must reduce the number of residents, otherwise there will be starvation everywhere, which is unacceptable—can you understand the difficulties of the royal family?"

"I understand, Your Highness the Princess." Su Rin continued to answer.

The girl sighed:

"I know that the 'Yunshang' is your brainchild, and you want it to return safely. It's unfair to give you such a task, but, but there's nothing we can do - I'm a member of the royal family, and in this case, We must seek the best ending where the vast majority of people are safe, and we cannot hold everyone to death... Can you understand this?"

"Understood." Su Lin replied.

The girl stood there silent for a moment.

Su Rin's response was still so straightforward, as if she didn't care about getting on this "ship of death" at all.

But she knew it in her heart.

...his voyage may not return, and even the end may not be reached.The biggest purpose of the airship he spent so much effort was to reduce the number of people.

And the royal family deceived everyone, making the residents think that it would be absolutely safe to arrive at the legendary Yunshang City.But in fact... the cities in the sky, it is still unknown whether there are gods who take pity on them.

If it really comes to the last moment of despair, as the first executor of the plan and the only insider of the risk, Su Lin will definitely face the wrath of all the dying people on board.

Thinking of this, the girl raised her head.

In front of her, the corners of Su Rin's mouth were still raised, as if he was not afraid of it.

The girl was silent for a moment.

After a while, she continued, her voice was as light as a feather:

"...For ordinary people, this voyage is completely half of the people drawn by lottery. Death is fair to them."

Standing at the entrance of the alley filled with sunset, she slowly clenched the hand wearing the gemstone ring:

"In order to ensure the peace of Praia in the future, important figures such as the leader of the soul hunt, the royal nobles, the head of the Royal Knights, the captain of the Praia guard, including your brother and father... they cannot follow you on board, you Have you said goodbye to them yet?"

"I said goodbye." Su Rin said.

"In the name of what?"

"Travel."

"..." the princess exhaled.

Her hands trembled slightly, and her eyes were slightly red: "You are still full of hope."

"If I haven't reached the end of the journey, I won't think that death is my end." Su Rin smiled.

He smiled heartily, completely free from the neurotic gloom of later days:

"Although Yunshang City has never responded to us at all, and we can't be sure whether there are any gods who take pity on us, but since half of the people believed my lies, I will treat my tourists with the greatest enthusiasm.

"I love this land where I was born and raised, but the current form of this land does not allow me to be willful.

"If what greets me is really a hopeless ending, I deserve to face their wrath.

"No one should arbitrarily decide the life and death of others, and there has never been a saying that small righteousness is subordinate to great righteousness.

"—But death and disaster will not spare everyone because of any "benevolence" disputes.

"In the face of reason and facts, if there is a way out, we can't hold everyone to die together, right?

"Then if there is really one person who will be blamed, there must be one person who will be nailed to the pillar of shame for today's decision and repent for that half of his life.

"...Then it should be me.

"Just make everyone hate me.

"That's why I set foot on this airship."

"..."

The princess's eyes trembled.

After a while, she said:
"...even if my decision will be wrong?"

Su Rin took her hand through the black robe:

"Even if our decision will be wrong."

The princess shuddered violently.

Her whole body trembled slightly, and tears flowed out uncontrollably.

Behind her, there are people walking on Qingshi Street, there are young men waving to their families, mothers smiling at their children, young men and women hugging, and old men with gray hair on their temples.

They are saying goodbye.

A life and death that seems to be a long journey.

Her body trembled slightly, and a small choked sound slipped out of her throat uncontrollably.

She suddenly crouched down.

"Sorry……"

There were broken and inarticulate sentences in her voice, her head was deeply buried between her knees, and the bulging red covered her entire face.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for you..."

The sea breeze blew a burst of noisy human voices, and the shrill whistle almost pierced the sky.

For a moment, her cries were overshadowed.

"Sorry……"

Seagulls streaked across the blood-red sky, casting small black shadows, covering the setting sun on her hair.

After a brief choke, she looked up
Su Lin had already turned around and disappeared into the golden alley.

……

Scene transformation.

Leaving.

The girl by the street sprinkled the brightest and most beautiful flowers to the people who were leaving.

Su Lin walked at the forefront of the team, separated from the residents who huddled together and boarded the boat.Behind him are well-dressed soul hunters, well-trained soldiers, and various junior engineers.

This is a heroic team of 'Yunshanghao'.

They are about to board the ship.

The screams of girls echoed along the streets, and they either sang loudly or threw flowers to express their admiration for those they admired.

The lights on both sides of the river are brilliant, and the towering towers are shining with golden light.

One cruise ship after another sails with flowers, and the scenery on both sides of the strait becomes a flowing painting.

"Haha, Su Rin, this is a scene I haven't seen before." The bald deputy Ge Li laughed loudly and slapped Su Rin on the shoulder: "When we come back, don't these girls want to rush one by one?" Come up? Hey, I really should call the second child up, and he said he would give me the chance."

"A fox pretends to be a tiger." The female engineer next to her snorted: "The little girl likes Su Lin, so it's none of your business."

Su Lin smiled reluctantly.

The flowers thrown by the girls landed on his head, and he swept the petals away, hesitating for a moment.

"Gerry, why don't you just...not..."

...don't get on board.

He didn't say the rest of the sentence.

"What?" Gray howled loudly.

"It's nothing." Su Rin started sideways, ignoring Ge Li's inquiry.

The setting sun fell into his eyes, and he narrowed his eyes slightly.

——Then from the side of his head, he met the eyes of a girl on the street.

It was an extremely beautiful girl he had never seen before.

She was wearing an ordinary long dress, her lips were redder than flames, and she wore a long black braid that was heavy and blacker than dark clouds.

Her body has a lively, vivid, elf-like temperament, and her eyes are extremely bright, like wildfire in a lush forest.

Su Rin paused for a moment.

Su Mingan could clearly feel that Su Rin's meal was very abrupt.

He may be in love with her.

Before leaving.

Before leading half the people to their deaths.

"Hey, let me say, don't say half a sentence and leave half a sentence. I'm very anxious... Engineer Su? Engineer Su? Tell me, what do I want this time, nothing...?"

The noisy voice is still ringing in the ear.

Seeing Su Lin looking over, the girl on the street showed a shy smile and threw the things in her hand to him.

Amidst the screams of the girls, Su Rin took her things.

Through the light of the evening sun, he saw that it was a bottle of sealed old rice wine.There was a beautiful circle of cornflowers on the bottle.

Inside the cup, there is a line of small words pasted on it.

【like you. 】

[When you come back, can you give me a chance? 】

He looked over.

The girl shyly hid in the crowd, as if trying to escape him.

Around her, her sisters cried sourly:

"Hey! Don't run away, Garde, how dare you run away after delivering the things..."

The girl's figure completely disappeared.

Su Lin glanced at the rice wine in his hand again.

Amidst the booing of Gerry and other colleagues, his hand suddenly raised——

"Pfft."

The bottle fell into the lake and gradually sank to the bottom.

At this moment, he felt extremely calm, and his emotions were unprecedentedly smooth.

He didn't glance at the river bank again, as if he had shaken off all his burdens.

"Su Rin, why did you throw away the gift..." the colleague screamed.

Su Lin turned his head.

Looking at the majestic airship in front of him like a giant building, he slowly shook his head.

"Why delay her."

He said.

……

The picture gradually dimmed.

The broadcast of the picture saved by this memory stone is over.

Looking at the darkness in front of him, Su Mingan has fully understood the truth about the airship more than 60 years ago.

…Or, rather than “truth,” it’s more of a “lie.”

This is a big lie.

The royal family was not sure that the residents who boarded the ship could reach Yunshang City safely, and they just tricked them into boarding the ship for the purpose of reducing the population.

But judging from the current situation, this plan has finally succeeded.

——Su Lin really led the group of people on board to Yunshang City safely.

Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why Su Lin is still alive, and why residents of Yunshang City still send letters.

This story has a rare happy ending.

The only regret may be that, except for Su Rin, no other people from Yunshang City can successfully return to Praia.

More than 60 years have passed, and most of the people who waited for them have passed away.

Most of them couldn't wait for the person who said he would come back.

Su Mingan waited to return to his original position, but found that it was still pitch black in front of him.

He suddenly heard a voice.

It was Su Rin's voice, echoing in the darkness, as if talking to himself.

……

[I agreed to Princess Sophia's request, became the executor of lies, and rushed to heaven with the hope of tens of thousands of people. 】

【"I succeeded."】

[But I'm not Van Dylan singing in front of the church, I don't have his courage. 】

【I am the burning dove in his hand.Even though the fire was entangled, he still struggled hard. 】

[...and then turned into ashes. 】

[Even those who fight for the majority should not deserve the approval of the minority. 】

……

[Humans cannot be purely rational animals after all. 】

……

Su Rin's voice stopped here.

White light flashed.

When he opened his eyes again, Su Mingan had returned to the original room.

In his hand, the memory stone was completely shattered, and blood shattered, and Su Rin's monologue had disappeared.

In the upper right corner, the barrage rushes past. People are discussing the behavior of the character Su Rin.

——After all, when the catastrophe of extinction was really imminent, he chose to deceive everyone, sending half of them to die in order to save the other half.

(End of this chapter)