End of ten days

"Walked through it all...?" I hesitated.

"I will first find a "mask" and hide it in a secret place in "Daocheng", and then return to "Jade City" to fight to the death." After Gu Yu finished speaking, he looked at me and said, "Sister Zhichun, you are right. , I should try my best to lend a helping hand when I can protect myself. If I can help, I will do my best. "

"But have you thought about it?" Jiang Ruoxue asked again, "Zodiac may not be able to escape, it can only allow you to survive."

"It's enough to survive." Gu Yu said, "If I don't act quickly... I'm afraid I will stay in the "interview room" forever."

His eyes were extremely sad. I knew that it was difficult for him to choose these two paths, but he had to choose.

If he decides to stay in "Jade City", there will be no chance at all.

"Sister Zhichun, some people in "Jade City" can't escape even if they want to. I'm lucky." Gu Yu smiled bitterly, "Just like what you said... we will be destroyed one day. I hope we will be destroyed." At that time...our rulers can send "hope" to "Daocheng"."

"Send "Hope" to "Daocheng"...?" I frowned and looked at Gu Yu, "What do you mean?"

"There must be someone who carries the last hope of the entire city forward." Gu Yu said, "All of us have struggled here... Even those who have been brainwashed cannot deny that they have struggled here. So I am not willing to let everyone disappear here... I want to ask for an explanation from above."

"But my suggestion is that you don't go back." I said, "I can't understand this kind of choice. You know that there are risks, but you insist on falling in. Gu Yu, you seem to be a smart person. If you think about it carefully, in this world Is there such an unreasonable choice?”

"No...Sister Zhichun..." Gu Yu sighed, "This is no longer a problem that can be solved by "common sense"... There are people in that city who have given me hope, and I cannot choose to give up on them first..."

"So you want to change that city?" I asked.

"Yes." Gu Yu said, "Sister Zhichun, you just said that "unity" will be destroyed, so the first moment I go back, I will try to create some chaos. It would be better if I can overthrow the leader first... There may be a glimmer of hope in such a divided situation.”

"But that would be difficult."

"Yes...even if there is only one chance in ten million, I will go back and give it a try." Gu Yu replied, "Otherwise, I will become a "zodiac sign" and stand there forever and blame myself forever. I will always think "If I had gone back then, would everything have been different?"

"Forget it..." I nodded sadly, and I finally understood.

Many times, from a rational perspective, it is difficult for me to understand that people in this world make all kinds of unreasonable choices.

But now I understand it all.

Even if all "rational" paths are in front of us, human beings may still be dominated by "emotion".

For example, I say throughout the whole song that I only love myself in this world, but if Jiang Ruoxue is trapped in that city, I am afraid that even I will choose to give it a try.

I smiled bitterly: "Gu Yu, you are a good person. I hope to see you again one day."

"I hope so too." Gu Yu nodded, looked at me and then at Jiang Ruoxue, "Sister Xue, Sister Zhichun... thank you for meeting you this time, and also thank you Brother Sun for chatting with me, and Sister Zhou Zhou The punches and kicks I received these days...this may be the best memory I have since coming to "The End"."

"Don't draw conclusions too early." I shook my head, "Your days in the End are far from over."

"I know." Gu Yu smiled, "But it will never be better than this."

He walked slowly to us and picked up the plastic rose from beside me.

This old and faded fake flower made my heart sink.

It's just a magic trick...how high can one expect it to be?

It has done many things beyond the scope of its responsibilities, and it has worked hard enough...

"I gotta go."

Gu Yu tightened the buds of the rose with his hands, and then stuffed them into the black stick again.

I never thought that a flower that looks so beautiful would be squeezed into a small black stick in a small space for a long time.

It cannot see the light of day, it cannot bloom in color.

It struggled painfully within the iron wall.

When will it bloom again?

"Choose 'Monkey'." I said.

"Monkey...?" Gu Yu's hand holding the black stick paused slightly.

"All "zodiac animals" have characteristics." I also stood up, looked into Gu Yu's eyes and said, "The characteristic of "monkey" is "cheating". You are a magician. Choose "monkey" to get the chance of survival. It will be bigger.”

"Okay..." Gu Yu nodded, "Thank you, Sister Zhichun..."

"Returning to a city of despair, Nirvana finally became the "zodiac sign"." I looked at him helplessly, "It is exactly "no destruction, no establishment."

"What……?"

"Remember that 'nothing can be broken without establishing'." I said to him, "Whether it is returning to "Jade City" or becoming a "zodiac sign", you can't slack off on any path. I look forward to meeting you again."

"Okay." Gu Yu seemed to have made up his mind after listening to my words, "I will remember it, Sister Zhichun, Sister Xue... If in the future, you see a strange monkey saying hello to you while walking on the road, I hope you can Say a few words to him."

"I will."

Although I said "I will", I was not happy.

Once Gu Yu really becomes a "monkey" and stands here, it means that "Jade City" has completely fallen, and all those important to him have disappeared.

He could only stand alone in "Daocheng".

Watching him turn and leave, Jiang Ruoxue and I looked at each other sadly.

"Hey!" Jiang Ruoxue was stunned for a moment and soon realized something was wrong. She shouted in the direction Gu Yu was leaving, "Gu Yu, this is not the direction to leave the city. You are going in the wrong direction."

"I know." Gu Yu turned around and said to Jiang Ruoxue, "I'm not going to go to "Wortex City" to find the "Zodiac" mask. I'm going to bet a monkey to death in "Dao City"."

"What...?" I was slightly startled, "There is obviously a safer way, but you don't take it?"

"Well, it's too safe and not suitable for me." Gu Yu said, "The other party will cheat, and I will cheat too. I want to try how much weight I have. If I can bet a "zodiac sign" to death, it will mean that I am The strength has at least reached the "human level", which is more than enough to deal with ordinary "participants".

"But you already know that "Zodiac" was also a "participant" in the past, can you still kill him?" I asked again.

"This is "survival of the fittest."" Gu Yu said, "If I am stronger than him, then I will become a "monkey" for him. If he beats me in the bet of life, it only means that my ability is inferior. Here we are, even if we die, we will have no regrets.”

"You..." Jiang Ruoxue asked, "Do you need us to come with you?"

"No." Gu Yu shook his head, "Sister Xue, I'm not sure if I can win, so you don't have to watch me die tragically. Just stay in the expectation of a possible reunion."

Gu Yu left that day.

I don't think he is that pitiful, after all, he is just one of the poor people who can be seen everywhere in this "end of life".