End of ten days

"That's a fresh statement." Qinglong said, "You were a group of people who wanted to escape, but you gave up later?"

"That's what I mean." Dilong said, "I've spent more time in the "Land of the End" than in the real world... You know, my nightmare is not only about you killing me, but also about me really returning to reality."

"Is "returning to reality" also a nightmare for you?"

"Of course it is." Dilong looked down at his scaly hands, "Now if I were to return to the real world and find a job, it would sound really tempting to make some money by typing on the computer every day. But I even forgot the layout of the keyboard. I forgot how to unlock my phone, and I forgot what my relatives looked like and their phone numbers... I even I am not sure whether the traffic light on the road is red or yellow. How can we go back to the "real world" to live like this...? "

"In that case..." Qinglong nodded, "It is indeed more troublesome for "mortals". "

"In my era, people who have been in prison for three years will be seriously out of touch with society after they are released. After all, there are new things in front of us every day." Dilong continued with a smile, "Popular trends, hot online memes, explosive melons, AI development... Some things will fall behind even if you don't go online for three weeks, not to mention three years of not touching them, but I have been here for decades. What do you think is the meaning of us going out?"

"So you compare this place... to a prison?"

"It is like, but But not completely. "Even prisoners in prison can read newspapers and books and learn about the "outside" regularly, but we can never do that. Every day I think about which building I can find waste wood to make a fire, where I can find some leftover cans, whose "echo" has what effect, whose game can earn more "Tao", and I even think about what kind of injury I can get to commit suicide immediately. "After saying this, Dilong looked down at his suit again: "My current lifestyle is different from before. Before, when my clothes were stained, I would not wash them immediately, but would calculate how many days would pass before I would experience "annihilation" and then refresh my clothes. Now when I return to my room every day, there is a Food and clean clothes fell from the sky, my daily job is to "manage the zodiac", and the job of the "zodiac" is to kill people. All of this is completely out of touch with normal life... Qinglong, how do you think I should go back? "

"Then I am even more curious." Qinglong asked, holding his cheek, "If each of you has this idea, then "Taoyuan" should be more suitable for you. After all, you will be immortal here, and you are more familiar with life here. Why do you want to help Qi Xia to complete his "plan"? "

"Maybe we see the "divinity" in him." Dilong said, "This may be the only reason."

""Divinity"...?" Qinglong had never heard of this word before, and just frowned slightly.

"In my memory, Qi Xia never considered himself in anything he did." Dilong smiled and shook his head, saying, "He is like the "Saint Mother" that everyone on the Internet cursed in our era, but he really did it... In order to break the "Utopia" you created and let everyone return to the real world, he forced himself step by step to become what he is now. Now he is about to reach the "end". We may have some emotions and some complaints because of the long time, but no one can betray him. This is our bottom line." "It doesn't matter even if you die?" Qinglong asked again, "You are about to reach the "end". Are you willing to die before the "end"? " "Have you forgotten?" Dilong laughed, "We have died of old age! Now we are all patients who are struggling to survive. It doesn't matter who dies before the "end". It's like I know that many years later people will travel to the stars and reach countless new worlds, but my life span will not support that time, so I won't feel sorry." Qinglong finally understood why Qi Xia's teammates were willing to become "Zodiac" and have consistently maintained his ethereal and ridiculous "plan" for so many years. Because these people can't get out.

Their lives are made up of two parts, a small part from the real world, and a large part from "Taoyuan".

If they were allowed to leave "Taoyuan" and return to the real world at this time... they would be more miserable than now.

So they took the initiative to "end" their lives at an age when they were almost old and dead, and devoted themselves to Qi Xia's "divinity".

They lost their names, appearances, and all other information about "people" and became "zodiac signs", which was no different from being dead.

"It's just like the "sheep effect"..." Qinglong said, "Just because Qi Xia has "divinity", you follow him to maintain this "divinity"..."

"A few decades are enough for us to understand a person." Dilong said, "We understand Qi Xia, and we also understand you and Tianlong. If everyone in the entire "End of the Land" chooses, Qi Xia must get the most votes. If he can become a "god", then we will be ruled by him together. If he becomes a "demon", then we are willing to be ghosts under his command. So it doesn't matter what is on the other side of the red door... He is willing to take us there, which means that after his consideration, that hell-like place is more suitable for survival than here."

After hearing this, Qinglong was silent for a while, and asked softly: "Is this what you "mortals" call "brainwashing"? Qi Xia recruited a group of subordinates who were determined to follow him through his sharp tongue."

"Wrong." Dilong said, "First of all, we are not "subordinates", and secondly, Qixia has never asked us for anything. Even on the path of "Zodiac", he has given us countless opportunities to rebel. All of us We all chose this path voluntarily, and no one forced or threatened us during this period. This is the biggest difference between him and you. "

"Interesting." Qinglong said in a deep voice, "I never thought that the most touching words I have ever heard in my life would actually come from a "zodiac sign" around me."

"Thank you." Dilong said with a smile, "If you like a butterfly, you will find a way to catch it and hold it in your hands until the butterfly cannot move. But Qixia also likes butterflies. He chose to lower his head and plant flowers until it blooms and fills the sky. Butterflies come to Yao."

After hearing this, Qinglong lowered his head again, looked at the crowd below who began to move around, and said softly: "Earth Dragon, I will bet with you alone."

"bet?"

"Who do you think the final winner of this game will be?" Qinglong asked again.

"I think..." Dilong also lowered her head and looked down. She first looked at Chu Tianqiu, then at Qi Xia, and said with a smile, "I think the final winner will be all the "participants"."