The Trial Game of Life

Zhang San wanted to go to the island to have a look, and he intuitively felt that the lighthouse was the residence of the warden Xiao Tong.But there is only such an isolated island in the sea, and it is too eye-catching for him to go there alone.

What's more, those vicious criminals may be locked up under this sea. If he passes directly through the sea, it may trigger something.

The unknown danger deterred Zhang San. He hesitated again and again but could not think of any good solution. He couldn't help sighing that it would be great if Yu Yiyi was here.Get an invisibility talisman and stick it on your body, it's perfect.

But just as he was about to turn around and leave, the originally calm sea suddenly began to surge, and the whimpering wind also began to howl, blowing past Zhang San's ears, as sharp as a knife.

"What's going on?" Zhang San hurriedly hid most of his body behind the door, and when he poked his head out to look again, he saw the lighthouse suddenly burst into light.

The light was very unstable, and there seemed to be a huge overflow of energy, disturbing the entire sea.Strong winds and huge waves filled Zhang San's field of vision, just like the end of the world. There seemed to be shadows of iron chains in the waves that were raised, connecting the cages on the bottom of the sea.

Stern cries, unwilling roars, and the sound of slamming the cage were constantly being poured from the bottom of the sea to the surface of the water, so the whole sea became more and more turbulent, and the waves kept beating against the isolated island in the center of the sea.

It is like a boat in a storm, always in danger of capsizing.

Zhang San was so startled that he didn't dare to step out of the door.Reason told him that he should leave immediately, but there was a voice in his heart telling him—it might be important to stay and find out what happened here.

He swallowed hard, sighed, took out a pair of glasses and put them on.It is very similar to the 3D glasses in the movie theaters. The red and blue lenses can help Zhang San penetrate all the restrictions, see the distant pictures, and restore the reality.

In the next second, looking through the wind and waves, and through the window of the lighthouse, Zhang San finally saw clearly what was going on inside the lighthouse—the warden Xiao Tong!

he is!

The layout of the room looks like a surveillance room, with virtual light screens hanging all over the room, big and small everywhere.Xiao Tong was facing them, sitting with his back to Zhang San, with his hands resting on the armrests of the chair, as if petrified.

Even though it was just a back view, Zhang San still felt that he was in pain.A shadow enveloped him, and the shadow at his feet was distorted and struggling, with its mouth wide open, howling silently.

It was a very weird scene, like a ghost came out of the ground and grabbed Xiao Tong's ankle.He sat motionless, but the veins on the back of his hands bulged, and the surging energy overflowed from him, causing the lighthouse to run wild and the black sea to lose control.

At this moment, Zhang San didn't care whether he would be discovered, so he hurriedly checked the situation in the house.From this point of view, one can see the clues - the surveillance images presented on those virtual light screens are all the same.

On the big and small screens, there is only the same desperate face hidden in the shadows.Zhang San squinted his eyes, looked carefully, and then finally realized——that was Lin Yandong!

Zhang San blurted out "Damn!", quickly covered his mouth, and stared wide-eyed to see the details of the monitoring screen.But that picture showed a close-up of Lin Yandong's face, except for the suffocating despair in his eyes, nothing could be seen.

But Zhang San didn't wait long, and Xiao Tong moved.He raised the hand that seemed to be stiff, and made a call-back movement, and the surveillance images all started to play back.

The screen freezes, and some other people appear.

They were climbing the mountain, and they were carrying only a small backpack, but they were panting and sweating profusely, and they couldn't even straighten their waists, so they could only support their knees and walk forward with hunched backs.

Lin Yandong walked in the front, his backpack was the most bulging, blood was overflowing from the corners of his mouth, ears, and even between his nails, as if the weight on his back had already ruptured the blood vessels in his body, and the blood rushed to the front. Flow out.

But his gaze was the most resolute among all of them, and his steps were resolute, one step at a time, bloody footprints, although slow, but did not stop.

The end point is just ahead, where there is a big, big stone standing on the top of the mountain.Everyone looked at the stone with hope, but the sky failed, and they fell one after another.

Even if it is only one step away from the end.

Someone broke down and cried, but the whole person was pressed to the ground, unable to move, and even cried in embarrassment.Someone barely raised his hand, frantically opened the backpack and threw something out from the inside.

Some people threw out money, others threw out a red beating heart, and some threw out glowing balls of light, as well as many photos, small objects with unknown meanings, and so on.

Zhang San was confused, but he could vaguely guess that these things might be very important to them, otherwise the backpack wouldn't be so heavy.He also saw that this was a dungeon, a dungeon that Lin Yandong had participated in.

At this time, Lin Yandong who was walking in the front stopped.He was really only one step away from the finish line, but he still chose to turn back, turned his head, gritted his teeth, and slowly and firmly put those discarded things into his backpack.For example, the heart, those glowing light clusters.

He didn't speak, and when the whole picture was transmitted to Zhang San, it was silent.He saw the bulging veins on Lin Yandong's arms and the constantly collapsing blood vessels, even just looking at them, he felt pain.

But Lin Yandong remained silent until he finally checked everyone's backpacks, pulled them up one by one, and said, "Let's go."

Zhang San didn't hear the voice, but he understood the mouth shape.

Lin Yandong said "Let's go", and the others nodded, supporting each other and following him.This was a very moving scene, but within a few steps, Lin Yandong's body suddenly shook and he fell to the ground.

He tripped over a stone on the ground, the backpack fell to the ground, and the contents inside were scattered all over the floor.

Zhang San couldn't count how many things were there, and even the entire monitoring screen couldn't fit inside.Zhang San watched Lin Yandong struggling to get up and pick up those things one by one. The rest of the people seemed to want to help, but they had no energy left.

At this moment, Lin Yandong's expression changed suddenly.

He quickly rummaged through the pile of items, over and over again, as if looking for something, but couldn't find it.He began to ask the people around him, looking anxious.

Because of the fast speaking speed and the angle, Zhang San couldn't see what he said clearly, he could only see him suddenly grabbing a young man by the collar and questioning him loudly.

The man was also very broken and was talking to him.He was gasping for breath, as if he could hardly breathe, his chest heaved too much, his eyes were red and hysterical.

Just looking at it, Zhang San could imagine how sharp his voice was at that time.

"Don't you *want to help*!"

"Why didn't you help me till the end?!"

"It's just a ****, just throw it away! Why did you pick up a **** but not mine!"

"You put the heaviest things in your bag, but you refuse to pick mine up!"

"You just want to hurt me!"

Zhang San finally read a few more words, if he read correctly.

Seeing this, he seemed to be the same as the person in the picture, his chest was squeezed and he couldn't breathe.Lin Yandong turned his back to him, Zhang San couldn't see his face clearly, he could only see him punching the man's face, but because of the serious injury on his body, he spit out a mouthful of blood.

Blood sprayed the man's face, the man was slightly startled, but then he laughed and shouted, "I threw it away!"

"Throw it all away!"

"Go pick it up!"

"Go pick it up!"

Zhang San understood these few words thoroughly, and then fell silent.

The next scene made him lose his voice completely.Lin Yandong began to look for the discarded thing everywhere. He asked those present to help him find it, but no one would move it.

Maybe they have no strength, Zhang San can only think so.

The things in the backpack were scattered all over the place, including red hearts and light balls of light.Some landed in the distance, and some landed only one meter away from the finish line.

There were dozens of people in the whole mountain climbing team, and someone suddenly showed joy, looked at the thing closest to the finish line, rushed to pick it up, and the whole person crossed the finish line like a rolling gourd.

He was laughing wildly, and his laughter was filled with the joy of the rest of his life.

Some people fell on the ground and couldn't move at all, only their fingers were still moving, and their mouths were murmuring, as if they were calling "help me".

Someone also hugged Lin Yandong's calf, and looked at him beggingly, "Please, don't look for it, why don't you send us through customs first? Aren't you a good person?"

"Please……"

"Please……"

"Aren't you a nice guy?"

"Isn't it just a photo?"

"Why are you so selfish?"

"hypocritical!"

"You are a hypocrite!"

"You are the same as everyone else in Evernight City!"

The ferocious face gradually turned into the appearance of an evil ghost.With red eyes, they loudly accused, resentful, and mean. Zhang San didn't know what happened to this group of people. Even if they were forced into a desperate situation, could they become crazy like this?

He looked terrified and felt cold.

But Lin Yandong didn't seem to have heard of it, he dragged his steps more and more heavily, looking for his lost things everywhere.Finally, he finally found the stuck photo on a tree branch by the cliff on the top of the mountain, joy burst into his eyes, and he rushed over desperately to retrieve it.

But at this moment, the young man who shouted "Go pick it up" just now got up from the ground and pushed him hard behind his back.

Lin Yandong grabbed the photo, but fell off the cliff because of it.

The picture finally freezes in his astonished gaze.There was a puzzlement in it, just a puzzlement, as if he was questioning Xiao Tong in front of the surveillance, and also questioning Zhang San who was far away from the Black Sea——

why?

Zhang San almost didn't want to continue watching, but Xiao Tong seemed to be masturbating himself, and started calling back again.

The screen jumps, the sun is shining brightly.Lin Yandong rescued the man who almost fell off the cliff halfway up the mountain. He pulled him up with his backpack and handed him a potion.The man raised his head, but it was the young man who pushed Lin Yandong off the cliff.

He took the medicine and said thank you, in exchange for Lin Yandong's relief.

The next picture began to be chaotic.

Sometimes Lin Yandong was talking to people, sometimes he was drawing a road map with his head down, and sometimes he was asking people about something.Zhang San read a name from his mouth - Xiao Tong.

Xiao Tong is also in this dungeon, but for some reason he is not with Lin Yandong, so Lin Yandong is looking for him.

But where did he go?

After a long time, Zhang San finally saw him.

Xiao Tong was alone, with a thin backpack on his body, so he walked much easier than the others.He came to the finish line alone, turned his head to look around, and then walked towards the only player on the scene.

The player was lying on the ground, he had already taken in too much air and released less air, it was hopeless.

Xiao Tong knelt down to ask, he should be looking for Lin Yandong, Zhang San read the name from his mouth.He also recognized the woman lying on the ground, this person appeared in the first scene just now, watching Lin Yandong fall off the cliff with his own eyes.

But she opened her mouth and said, "He passed the level."

Passing customs, not falling off a cliff.

Zhang San would not mistake this mouth shape.

Xiao Tong showed annoyance on his face, it seemed that he was very angry, he strode across the finish line without stopping.The woman looked at his back and laughed softly, then a mouthful of blood stuck her throat, her eyes widened and she died.

The screen jumps again and finally returns to the ending.

Lin Yandong didn't die, he was climbing up with the photo in his hand.Also, the player of Eternal Night City, and a character like Lin Yandong, how could he die so easily.But that is a high mountain, the time has turned from day to night, maybe other players have left the instance, even Xiao Tong has left, only Lin Yandong is still struggling.

Climb up little by little covered in blood.

Xiao Tong no longer looked at it.

He took off his hat, buried his face in it, and bent over in pain.No matter how long Lin Yandong climbed, he remained in that state for as long as possible, until the dark picture revealed some bright light again.

He raised his head stiffly, and saw himself arguing with Lin Yandong in the picture.

Xiao Tong could hear the voice on the surveillance screen, and the past images were vividly presented in front of him, every detail was clearly visible.

That was the scene when the two met when they first entered the instance.

"If you can save one person, can you still save everyone? I ask you again and again whether you want to go, and you stay for them again and again. After decades, you still think that Eternal Night City really has the possibility of getting better. Is it? The twelve movements are just a legend, when and where it will appear, it is impossible to say, do you want to stay here forever?!"

Xiao Tong's eyebrows are like knives, full of anger.But the more annoyed he was, the calmer and gentler Lin Yandong was.

"It will always get better." Lin Yandong smiled helplessly, "If you don't do it, and I don't do it, then there is really no hope."

"It's not you, someone else will do it, and if you take all the responsibility on your shoulders, you won't be afraid of crushing yourself. Lin Yandong, I, Xiao Tong, don't care to be a savior!" Xiao Tong was furious, and finally walked away.

Not so.

Today's Xiao Tong looked at the scene back then, his eyes were tearing apart.He was just worried about Lin Yandong, that's all, otherwise he wouldn't have stayed in Eternal Night City after arguing with him again and again.

They are familiar with each other's past, and they are the only confidants in this cold eternal night city.Their relationship has long surpassed the so-called family relationship, friendship, and even love. There will be conflicts and quarrels, but they are still the most familiar people.

He was just worried.

Worrying that the only person who has anything to do with his past will be buried in the darkness of Eternal Night City.It would be better to go to reincarnation together, Xiao Tong would rather believe that they will have a brand new future, and take a look at the world where they once gave their lives.

Even after leaving the dungeon, the two broke up completely, Xiao Tong never thought of leaving alone.He just made a gentleman's agreement with Lin Yandong and never saw each other again.

Ten years have passed since then.

Xiao Tong tightly clutched the hat in his hand, ten years had passed, and now he began to doubt—was the break at the beginning real?

Only now did he realize that the Lin Yandong at that time was no longer the Lin Yandong from before.But Xiao Tong didn't notice it, he just focused on venting his anger on him, decades of experience in Eternal Night City had already filled him with hostility.

Thinking of this, Xiao Tong couldn't help recalling the scene of the day of the breakup.

He didn't find Lin Yandong in the dungeon, thinking that Lin Yandong left him and passed the level first.He thought it was because the two of them had different ideas and the estrangement was getting deeper, so he didn't go to see him for several days, and wanted to calm down.

When we met again, Lin Yandong still had that gentle and calm look, as if he was no different from before.Xiao Tong wanted to sit down and have a good talk with him, but when Lin Yandong opened his mouth, he let Xiao Tong go.

"Differences do not conspire with each other, Xiao Tong, let's go."

"Do you know what you're talking about?"

"Of course I know. Xiao Tong, I know from the beginning to the end that we are not the same people. What do you think you know? From the beginning to the end, you are the second young master who is high above you, don't you? To you, I am nothing more than I'm an actor, you can show your sympathy, my ambitions, my ideals, are all jokes to you, how have you ever really thought highly of me?"

"Lin, Yan, Dong!"

Xiao Tong trembled with anger.

Lin Yandong said that Xiao Tong regards him as a joke, but Xiao Tong feels that he is now a joke. The past decades of standing together through thick and thin have all become a joke.

Lin Yandong should understand him, shouldn't he?

Besides Lin Yandong, who else in this world knows Xiaotong better?

In this shitty Eternal Night City, besides Lin Yandong, who else knows him better!

"I'll give you one last chance to take back your words." Xiao Tong gritted his teeth and said this sentence until his palms were bleeding.

But Lin Yandong smiled and shook his head, looking at him gently and calmly as before.

At that moment, Xiao Tong only felt ridicule.

See you again in ten years.He said harshly and ruthlessly to his face that he was an actor, thinking that he didn't care anymore, but in fact he didn't let go of anything.

"What kind of nonsense gentleman's agreement, what kind of gentleman are you, Lin Yandong, but you are just an opera singer on stage. You have been in Eternal Night City for so many years, and you almost forgot how to sing? In this way, if you sing a few more words for me, I will agree." you."

"Don't be sentimental."

"Shouldn't you try to forget about the past?"

The words were still in his ears, but Xiao Tong couldn't remember Lin Yandong's expression when he heard it.That is a person who is good at disguising, he must be smiling on the surface, but what about the expression on the inside?

Is it like what he sees now.

Xiao Tong raised his head and looked at the surveillance screen again.

The picture was permanently frozen, at the scene where Lin Yandong finally climbed to the top of the mountain.He was covered in blood, and there was almost no good spot on his body. If it wasn't for the familiar eyes, even Xiao Tong would almost not recognize him.

The entire mountain top was empty, only Lin Yandong was alone.And when he retrieved his backpack, there was only a mutilated light cluster left in the backpack.

The light cluster flickered on and off, as if it was about to disappear in the next moment.

In this final scene, Lin Yandong suddenly smiled while clutching the picked up photo.

Zhang San also finally saw clearly the content of that photo. In that photo, it was Xiao Tong.And Xiaotong understands better that such a photo means everything about Xiaotong in Lin Yandong's heart in the copy called "Duansheli".

His feelings for him, all the memories about him.

The human soul is only 21 grams, even if it is lost, it may not be noticed.

But this photo may be very heavy, so the young man who pushed Lin Yandong down the mountain wanted to secretly throw away this photo and replace it with his own things while Lin Yandong was not paying attention.

Will question him: "You put such a heavy thing in your bag, but you refuse to pick mine up!"

Xiao Tong closed his eyes in pain.

In the end, it wasn't that Lin Yandong didn't understand him, but that he didn't trust Lin Yandong from the bottom of his heart.He is the same as those people who ridiculed Lin Yandong as an actor and ridiculed him wantonly.