Let me live [Quick Transmigration]

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A dull roar from the ground shook the silent air of midnight.

The ground collapsed, and the broken cement blocks fell to the space below, as if the vibration and bang of the rolling boulders in the mountains were transmitted far away.The people who had already fallen asleep nearby were awakened from their dreams at the same time, dazed and flustered, with the thunderous lingering sound echoing in their ears.Clouds gathered quickly in the sky, and the air became humid, making them feel short of breath, like a summer night shower about to come - or a sea storm brewing, summoned to come, oppressively enveloped over the city.

The monsters hiding among humans have a more vivid understanding of this.From that point, the violent burst of power swayed around, forming a vortex that only they can perceive in an instant, the fragile individual wailed, and those with the instinct to avoid harm fled towards the hiding place in panic, but they also felt like the self-proclaimed strong Being provoked, they fought each other and let out their breath.

When Hui Hui rushed to that place, what he saw was a dusty ruin.The destruction was not a remote street, unlike the last time when chasing the shapeshifter in the University City did not cause chaos, this time the situation quickly showed signs of getting out of control.Unknown people were attracted by the chaos and immediately got involved in it. When Huihui arrived, she heard a scream, and the smell of blood made her frown.

——But when she saw the monster crawling out from under the ruins, her doubts and dissatisfaction turned into shock.

The turbulent force screamed.The monster unscrupulously showed a nightmare-like figure in front of the eyes of the world. Several black tentacles lifted the bricks and stones and lifted them to the cloudy sky. There are no organs that can make sounds on this part of the limbs, and they cause damage by waving. The constant bang and the explosive sound of the air being torn apart further contrasted the monster's own silence—a silence that was on the verge of madness and would collapse in the next moment.It crawled up the ground from the subway station that had been destroyed beyond recognition, and several of its tentacles curled up in front of it, as if injured, only then did Huihui see that it was protecting something in its arms.

She thought she could already guess what it was.

The petite girl trudged through the ruins, carefully approaching the center of the turmoil.There were extremely deep cracks on the ground, and the water jetting out from the disconnected underground pipes carried a strong fishy smell of aquatic creatures, as if dyed black by the extremely chaotic power within.Huihui stopped without daring to get any closer. The messiness of Qi Zhengyun's breath shocked her—the monsters that he hunted and devoured before all left indigestible fragments in his original power. Such as leaves and sand falling into the water.His power has indeed increased significantly compared to when he first saw it, but at the cost of losing stability.

If the turbulent power gets out of control and ushers in a conflict, I don't know how much damage it will cause to the surrounding...

The sea monster's tentacles were crawling along the surface of the ruins, and from time to time, they would wrap up and lift up the large objects they touched, and tighten them suddenly, crushing them into pieces.This kind of behavior seems to have no clear purpose, just venting emotions in frantic pain.There was a fresh smell of blood coming down the wind, Huihui looked towards the edge of the ruins, and saw someone lying there motionless, unable to tell whether it was dead or alive for a moment—the tentacles avoided this place when they fell, and did not take this bad luck The passers-by who were involved were directly grabbed and shredded as if they were dirt and rocks.

Still caring about innocent lives, this made Hui Hui feel a little relieved: when she came here and heard that scream, the worst guess that flashed in her mind was that Qi Zhengyun started killing people to vent his anger——

Although according to her guess about the status quo, the next restart and timeline adjustment may happen soon, no matter how many things are destroyed and how many people die at this moment, they will be restored to their original state; but she still sincerely hopes that Qi Zhengyun Don't get too out of control, after all, it's his "old" self that's going to have to face him then.

Huihui climbed up a relatively complete piece of cement, barely maintaining his balance amidst the shaking.At this time, there is no need to think about deceiving people. She was just about to shout something casually to attract Qi Zhengyun's attention to confirm how much sanity he still has left. It is best to confirm Lu You's state again, when she saw the tentacles waving The movement of destruction slowed down, as if finally starting to feel tired.There was a slight "woo-woo" sound in the wind, like air flow passing through a narrow gap, Huihui preconceived Qi Zhengyun's original form as a mute, and it took a while to realize that the weeping voice was his. cry.

Those curled up tentacles slowly opened, lowered to the ground, and carefully lowered the body of the young man wrapped in them.There were no obvious wounds on Lu You's body, but a lot of blood was stained on his body. His vital signs had completely disappeared before that.The tentacles gathered and dispersed, revealing the figure of a man in black, and the short-lived sound also stopped, causing the surroundings to fall into complete silence.

Qi Zhengyun lowered his head and stood silently beside the corpse without saying a word.There was a numb expression on his face, but he didn't seem to be mourning in grief, but was thinking about something.

The moisture contained in the air has reached a critical point.Raindrops fell, salty, lukewarm sea water.Boom boom boom, the sound of water reverberates below the ground, the channel that used to be inhabited by creatures with soft wings has become a rushing dark river after being filled with sea water.Strangely, at this moment, the grief disappeared, and the anger also disappeared, only the blood stained on the ear was cold, reminding him of what he had finally gained just now, and then lost immediately.

——His heart seemed to be cut in the middle, and the pain was so painful that he didn't know what to do.As dull as he was, he didn't realize until he tasted the pain that it turned out that this was the real feeling of being powerless to "lose".After the world is restarted, the people who once fell in love with him will disappear completely.Even if you can cross the barrier of the world, you can never find it again, and there is no possibility of continuing.

Not a pause in the middle, but "it's over."

God who was born to be immortal... This is the eternal farewell that mortals have to face.The demise of the body and the loneliness of the soul, this is the horror that mortals feel when facing them.Now he finally knows.That night, the place where his shoulders were soaked by Lu You's tears felt a freezing chill at this moment, making him tremble uncontrollably.

Panic gnawed at his guts.The cold sensation spreads into the stomach, it feels sick.

In order to fill this terrible gap as soon as possible, in order not to admit that it is futile to recover the impossible, perhaps it is indeed a subconscious move made by the monster who has lost his mind.

Huihui is wiping the rainwater off her face.When she opened her eyes again, she saw the shadow attached to the ground fluctuate.

Those tightly curled up tentacles seem to be melting, returning to the shadow that does not exist... Under Lu You's closed eyes and lifeless body, the darkness is expanding like a black pool of blood. Zhong opened his mouth.

Realizing what he was trying to do, the monster girl's expression changed. "Qi Zhengyun!" she screamed, "You are crazy——!"

"Are you going to eat the restarted 'beacon'?!"

The monster turned a deaf ear to the noise coming from its ears.The darkness condenses into sharp teeth that can easily tear apart flesh and blood, as if it has tasted the blood that has been diluted by the rain and turned cold.The threat of "losing" that is about to come true is so imminent, so there is only one stop idea left in its mind, without considering the cost at all: if this soul is devoured here and becomes a part of itself, with this Although this method may indeed preserve some things, what is left is only wreckage, so what is completely ruined is the hope of the future; what is more serious is that if the world regards it as the death of the individual "Lu You", it still regards it as the death of the individual "Lu You" The conditions for the restart have been met, what will happen after that——

After he returned to the restore point, Lu You who was still alive at that time would be erased, and then restarted again.His time will be trapped in this gap, and unless he is willing to completely abandon this cyclical task and the future sleeping in the pure white coffin waiting to be awakened, he will never be able to move forward or escape, and will be frozen in this point forever superior.

But the dead man's cold lips still seemed to stick to his ear.The bloodstains are engraved with the proof of love, as if praying not to be left behind, which makes this ending take on a completely different meaning from the past.So he just stared intently at the present, trying his best to prevent the disappearance.

The jaws of darkness closed—

Like a blade cutting through the air, the feeling you get is nothing but cutting into the void.All the surrounding voices suddenly fell silent, and the slanting raindrops froze in mid-air.A white light emerged from nowhere to illuminate the night.Qi Zhengyun could still see Lu You lying in front of him, and he could clearly see the blood stains on his eyelashes and lips as if he was asleep, it was clearly so close at hand——!

This time, the efficiency of restarting the world seems to be extraordinarily high.There was at least a few minutes before everything came to a standstill and the sense of touch blurred, but this time it passed in the blink of an eye.The action that almost caused irreparable consequences was forcibly terminated, as if some kind of power in the dark cast a sympathetic glance at this tragedy.However, the monster didn't appreciate this pity, and still stubbornly tried to hold the emptiness, and after several failed attempts, and finally even the last virtual image that could be captured by the sight began to be swallowed by white light, an almost Hateful rage.

The world turns around and returns from the ending, constantly approaching the predetermined origin.The night turned back to day, the damaged roads were restored, and traffic and pedestrians reappeared.A whole new round is about to begin.He should learn a lesson and use previous experience to make this rerun go more smoothly; he should immediately find Lu You this time, protect those who are not yet in danger, and use the prophet's advantage to avoid making mistakes again... Isn't this exactly Had he carefully planned what he had intended to do?

Those fragments that have not yet been assimilated are still mixed in his power, and the parts that have been transformed into self-improvement have not been deprived and dropped.He could sense that the aura of a monster that happened to be nearby disappeared out of thin air, which verified his guess that restarting could not only accumulate experience, but also directly destroy the enemy.The time adjustment rules were exactly as he thought—because he had to keep the fragments stored in his body, he erased the body that couldn't exist at the same time.

This should have been good news.The ultimate goal has never changed, everything will be back on track from this point on.But it was an expected failure, and the plan was still on track.

...Then why did he suddenly feel so unbearable standing in this place?

Looking at the familiar street scene around him, Qi Zhengyun suddenly realized that this was actually the intersection where the original car accident happened.At this moment, Lu You is not far away, walking towards him, towards his inevitable death without knowing it.It's time for him to act.At least you must hide your figure first, and you can't directly appear in front of Lu You like this...

Why?A small voice asked in his head.

Shadows rise from the ground.Like a terrifying thing crawling from hell to the human world, the pitch-black tentacles took shape one by one and stretched out in all directions.At this moment, the restart has not been completely completed. On the contrary, he has become an untouchable nothingness. Pedestrians and traffic turn a blind eye to the monster in the middle of the street, passing through his body like passing through the morning mist—until the first car Hit his tentacles while driving.

He felt pain.Some of the scales on the surface of the tentacles lifted up, and transparent blood flowed out.Amid the loud noise of the impact, the car leaned to one side, and the airbag in the car popped up. The driver probably lost consciousness at the moment of the accident, and fortunately, he didn't have time to feel more panic.For the fully stretched tentacles, the thin iron body is like a small toy. He grabbed it and threw it aside. The fire exploded amidst the bangs of more cars colliding with each other in order to avoid it. The screams of human beings who finally reacted to the disaster.

——In their eyes, this huge monster that is easily reminiscent of the evil god in the sea appeared on the street out of thin air.Its dozens of tentacles can easily cross the street, and when it slams down, it carries a terrible wind pressure, which easily crushes the vehicle like a cardboard box, and there are large cracks on the ground; there are no suction cups on the tentacles, Instead, it is covered with pitch-black scales that feel like metal, like the tail of a giant snake protruding upside down, exuding a cold and evil feeling that is almost like a mechanical creation.

The monster's tentacles stretched out toward the intersection—obstacles encountered along the way were either roughly swept away, or caught and thrown into the distance, and the surroundings became a mess in an instant.It's a busy intersection with lots of people coming and going, and a lot of traffic, which at this moment means a greater degree of chaos.

After going through the initial ignorance and the stiffness caused by fear, the crowd has already started to retreat hastily, crowding and shoving each other in order to escape for their lives. Some people fell down and were trampled on by others But... the monster appeared in just a dozen seconds, and the surrounding area was filled with screams, howls and moans of pain, blood dripped, and fire and black smoke rose from the wreckage of the vehicle.

Even in such chaos, Qi Zhengyun still easily found his target.

Lu You stood not far from the intersection.He seemed to have not recovered, or was so frightened that he stopped motionless in place, and he didn't turn around and run away.The handsome young man carried a clean aura, and the people who passed by him all avoided for some reason, and there was a strange blank circle.He raised his head in this blank space, with a look of surprise on his face rather than panic, his light-colored irises looked like golden amber in the sunlight—then, the monster's tentacles approached from above, covering the sunlight, A cold shadow covered him.

Qi Zhengyun looked at him.

The hideous appearance of the monster was reflected in Lu You's pupils.As if some kind of slow-motion camera, fear gradually appeared on his face.The footsteps of the person who was being targeted as prey finally moved, and he stepped back unsteadily, trying to escape from the monster and escape from this terrifying and unfamiliar danger.

There was a sound of something breaking in Qi Zhengyun's mind.

Why?He wanted to ask, but he didn't know what kind of response he wanted, and he didn't even know what he wanted to ask.Not long ago—a long time later—from the future that has completely disappeared, the kiss he was given, with a light touch, turned him into a stone statue covered with snow all the year round.Now, inside him, something was overwhelmed and split open, but at this moment, he didn't feel anything.

In the weird tranquility where all emotions have become numb, the tentacles that had been stagnant for a moment surged again, reaching out to the object that should be cherished and protected—in the eyes of people who know nothing about the real purpose , this is completely hunting.Perhaps at this point, though, such thinking is no longer entirely misunderstood.

Lu You took a few steps back and almost tripped over something dropped by someone who was running away before, but he reacted because of this and thought of turning around first.But the tentacles that saw through the intention had already surrounded him from the side to the front, blocking his way of escape.If he still had a feeling of unreal dazedness in his heart just a moment ago, at the moment when he almost hit the tentacle directly, it all turned into panic——

The surface of the scales is stained with wet traces, dripping down along the cracks transparently and viscously.The fishy smell belonging to aquatic creatures was blowing towards his face wrapped in the wind, and Lu You felt an extremely depressing and terrifying smell that made his blood cold.His mind was blank, and without thinking, he turned his head and fled in the opposite direction.

Qi Zhengyun wanted to catch him.In a completely subconscious reaction, the monster's tentacles were lifted from the ground, like a hand raised by a person trying to hold it back.This was a wrong decision, because precisely in this brief gap, a silver car that looked familiar smashed through the obstacles in front, rushed out from among the smoking scrapped cars that were abandoned on the road, and slanted towards the road. Hit here.

Drivers who are drunk and speeding on the downtown streets during the day do not have traffic laws in their dazed minds, nor are they aware of the chaos ahead.He just drove over unconsciously and without hesitation, relying on some seemingly malicious coincidence, he caught the intended victim on the distorted and changed route.

Qi Zhengyun seemed to have finally come to his senses at the last moment.He forcibly reversed the direction of the tentacle's movement, and smashed the rampaging car away from the side, causing it to roll and fly out with great force—however, rescue came too late.

Qi Zhengyun heard a faint whine, which was almost covered by the roar of the collision...

He lowered his head and saw the dazzling bright red falling on the ground.

Suddenly, he seemed to have returned to the time when he first arrived in this world: the chaotic and empty streets, the pool of blood spreading under his feet... Even the car that hit the lamppost and stopped completely, all of them had the same ending as before. exactly the same.

It seems that everything before this is just a short dream when distracted.Nothing is actually done and naturally nothing is lost.

This time...it doesn't seem to hurt anymore.he thinks.

The edge of the hole in my heart squirmed and expanded, gradually devouring all the feelings.Naturally, numbness is better than maddening, out-of-control pain.He stood in the middle of the world that was becoming silent again, thinking about the reason for his indifference this time.Very simply, he thought of the stark difference.

Ah...that's how it is.

They didn't feel pain when they lost, because they never loved each other this time.

He finally found out.It seemed that all along, he had gotten things in the wrong order of importance.In this endless cycle of time, "being in love" is irrelevant, the most important thing is to keep Lu You "alive".He didn't need to think about improving the relationship at all, especially now that he has found a way to continuously eliminate monsters and reduce danger, and it is no longer necessary to get Lu You's cooperation to improve the possibility of a single rescue—if he can't "live", he will become a monster before the end. It doesn't matter how close you get, it just adds to the pain.

On the contrary, as long as he can complete this task and get out of the cycle... no matter what he did on the way, he believes that as long as Lu You, who has the memory of loving each other, wakes up, no matter what he will forgive him.

That's how it should be—except for the last successful world, the worlds that have been repeated countless times before are just preliminary preparations and have no real meaning.Lu You, who exists in those worlds, is also meaningless, just an indifferent consumable on the way to the final goal.

- consumables.The word jumped into his mind, and then took root.He thought of the amusement park where death became normal, and of the smile on the Ferris wheel bathed in the evening light.Those dolls that do not have a soul and can be recreated after being damaged play music and dance happily in the mist that permeates everywhere. They will not feel pain when they are hurt, and they will not make those who hurt them feel guilty. .

Before...he really lost his mind, right?For the little reluctance I felt on the way, I actually wanted to give up the final reunion.This can simply be called a kind of betrayal-after that, such a mistake cannot be repeated.

In the hospital corridor, the sentence that Huihui used to question him was indeed correct.If you don't give your feelings wholeheartedly, you are not qualified to ask the person being chased to fall in love with him.Last time, he chose to try his best to realize that premise; but there is another solution, which is to completely abandon the pursuit of rewards.

Consumable love is also meaningless.

In the end, it will all return to nothingness.

If you don't love and don't ask for love, you don't need to look around.He's free to do more and will surely achieve his goals faster...

He thought, this should be the wisest choice, right?

But before it really started, there was one more thing...he needed to repeat it again as a proof.

The reboot started.The street is returning to its original state, and this time the monster took the initiative to put away those hideous tentacles.Just before the timeline stabilized and his existence became virtual to the world, he switched back to his full human form and became an inconspicuous member of the crowd—then, he stood quietly by the side of the road, doing nothing. Did not do, began to wait.

He watched Lu You approach the intersection.Watching the drunken silver sports car coming from the distance of the road.Everything went smoothly.He watched the end come true as planned, without interruption, without distinction.

——When he stared at the bloodstain this time, he was not completely indifferent in his heart, but still passed a faint pain.But such a weak pain, naturally passed away in an instant, far less than the heart-piercing pain.If I repeat it a few more times and get used to it, even the slightest bit of pain will disappear, right?

He got the expected proof result.

From the next restart... there is no need to hesitate.

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Yuan Xiaoxiao waited for nearly an hour at the milk tea shop next to the school's stadium with the information about the clubs that he was going to discuss. The time he had agreed to meet with Lu You had long since passed, but the person who was always very punctual did not come.After playing with her mobile phone for a while, she began to gradually lose patience, and was also a little worried that something had happened to Lu You, so she finally couldn't hold back and called him.

No one answered the first two calls, but the third call finally got through.While waiting for the "beep" sound to stop and become silent, the words Yuan Xiaoxiao was about to say got stuck in his throat for some reason.The cold wind from the air conditioner obviously didn't blow to her, but she shivered inexplicably.

She hesitated for a moment, then whispered to the other end of the phone: "...Lu You?"

The person who answered the phone never said hello, not even breathing.After a few seconds, there was no response, and the call was hung up abruptly.