End of ten days

"What do you mean...?" Sister Sisi and I were stunned for a moment.

"Hero, thinking..." Brother Gu Yu sighed deeply, "You should also be able to imagine that since one team is about to collect enough "jade", the other teams are not far away."

After hearing this, the two of us understood what he meant, and both lowered their heads in silence.

"Although I drank them back this time, what about next time? What about next time? If every time someone wants to collect all the "jades", they will be stolen, no matter what "house rules" we come up with , this home can no longer be saved.”

"Then... then Brother Gu Yu, you..." I asked with some anxiety.

"I'm ready to leave in the next reincarnation." He said, "This time... I won't come back."

Although I guessed that this might be the answer, when Brother Gu Yu said it himself, my heart still jumped suddenly.

"Leave...?" Sister Sisi was also stunned, "Gu Yu, where are you going? Have you found a way to escape?"

"No." Brother Gu Yu shook his head, "But after so many years... I think you should also see that there is no hope for this city."

"Do you want to change a city? But no matter which city you go to... you will still come back in ten days..."

"Yes, that's usually the case, but there is a way to avoid this happening." Brother Gu Yu got up and walked to the corner of the room, rummaged for a while, and took out a box.

Sister Sisi and I looked at him in confusion, not knowing what his plan was.

He brought the box to me, reached out and touched my head, and then said softly: "Brother Hero, I have treated you as a hero for so many years. Today I want to treat you as an ordinary child."

I blinked and said nothing, but I felt like crying.

"How about we play a game?" Brother Gu Yu put the box in front of me with a sad smell, then took out a small handful of "jades" and threw them in.

"Wha...what game?"

"There are thirty "jades" in here... We both take turns to take it out, we can take as many as we want." He smiled bitterly, "Whoever gets the last one wins, how about it?"

I have never played this game, but I played it twice with Brother Gu Yu, and I lost both times.

"Gu Yu..." Sister Si Si shouted, "What exactly do you want to do?"

"This is the "game" I designed." Brother Gu Yu looked at the box in his hand and said sadly, "I want to be the "zodiac sign"."

Hearing this sentence, Sister Sisi and I stood up with a "pop". We were stunned.

"Becoming a "zodiac sign"?!" Sister Si Si was stunned, "What do you mean?! Gu Yu, what are you going to do?"

"I have never told you once that as long as you put on the mask of the "Zodiac", you can become the "Zodiac". After all, this road is too dangerous." Brother Gu Yu shook his head and smiled bitterly throughout the whole sentence, "So I’m going to become a “zodiac” and follow the “zodiac” path.”

"That's ridiculous!" Sister Sisi said, "Aren't the so-called "zodiac signs" the enemy of the "participants"? Do you want to join the enemy?"

"Don't be stupid, Si Si." Brother Gu Yu shook his head, "All the "zodiacs" in this place were participants before, but they woke up earlier than us, and they have gone further on this road than us."

"So you..." Sister Sisi seemed a little anxious, her voice changed, she pointed to the box in Brother Gu Yu's hand and said, "Just use this childish game... take turns to take the "jade" from the box. , and then climb up? Aren't you afraid that someone will "bet your life"?

"I have a trump card." Brother Gu Yu smiled bitterly, "Have you forgotten? I used to be a magician."

"What about the magician?"

I saw brother Gu Yu put his hand into the box and touched a "jade", but I clearly saw that there were two pieces missing from the box.

He turned his hand over and showed us that there was another one hidden in the center of his palm.

"This is called "hiding in the palm of your hand." It is the most commonly used method in close-up magic. I can "cheat"..." His hands were shaking slightly, and he paused and said, "Each "zodiac sign" has its own characteristics... ...just like the dog can "provoke", the rabbit can "destroy", the snake can "play favoritism", the sheep can "lie", the monkey... can "cheat".

Although he was patiently explaining the principles of magic and "zodiac signs" to us, the smell on his body was really sad.

I think... Brother Gu Yu must have no choice but to choose this path, right?

"You actually have a deep understanding of the "zodiac"..." Sister Si Si was stunned for a moment, "Have you wanted to do this for a long time?"

"That's right." Brother Gu Yu nodded, "Thinking, to be honest, before I came back in Western years ago, I had some ideological struggles. At that time, there were two roads in front of me. One was to return to "Jade City" "To change this place, the second is to become a "Zodiac". I even bet a man-monkey to death in advance and hid his mask, just to become a "Zodiac" one day. But I know that if I don't return to "Jade City" If I try to change this once, I might regret it many years later.”

Listening to his words, Sister Sisi and I fell silent.

"You have also seen...the situation in "Jade City" has been deteriorating in the Western Years. Even if the three of us put in all our efforts, this "beast" has already begun to bite people." He shook his head and stood still. He stood up and faced Sister Si Si, "Si Si... I have tried my best to the best of my ability. I also know that I am like a soldier who fled the battle, but I have to think about myself. I have no choice but to know the outcome. After that, I still choose to wait here to die.”

"I...I understand..." Sister Si Si said, "Your choice is right...I support you."

I clearly smelled a hint of sadness in Sister Si Si, but she still kept smiling.

She sniffed and smiled: "But if you become a "zodiac sign" here, no one may participate in the game... so..."

"I will not choose "Jade City"." Brother Gu Yu said, "Although the people in "Jade City" are keen to participate in "human-level" games, they have never participated in "prefecture-level" games except for "criminal officials". Once I If you are promoted to "Earth", you will be imprisoned, and the same cannot be said for "Whirlpool City". The danger there is too high, and I may have to face dozens of "participants" who are betting their lives against me in a day. So..."

"Then you want to become a human monkey in "Daocheng"...?" Sister Sisi nodded, "But aren't there a lot of smart people there... This game of yours..."

"I can only take a gamble. I will also perfect this game in the next time. I may use two boxes or more chips. In short, I have decided." Gu Yu said, "Now I just There is no other way for me to go to these three cities. If I really want to say it, becoming a zodiac sign in "Dao City" may be safer than staying here. "

Seeing Sister Si Si's silence, Brother Gu Yu asked again: "Si Si, don't you want to be a rabbit that can "escape"?"