a ghost pretending to be human

There is a big difference between watching others die and sending others to die.

There is a big difference between others having to die and others not being able to die.

Li Zigui has always adhered to the principle of "thinking before acting".Since he chose to help Yan Ming and the others maintain the plot, he has already realized that he is very likely to face such a choice.

In the face of an innocent person, should you kill him in order to protect the whole world without his knowledge?

To make matters worse, the person doesn't necessarily have to die.After all, a deviation of [-] is not a small error tolerance rate, and it is not impossible to save one or two "must-death characters" who are not very important in the plot.

However, the fault tolerance rate is used to accommodate unknown and unavoidable errors, not the reason for making errors.This risk is not worth taking.

This type of choice is no different from the essence of the "trolley problem".It can be said that both choices are immoral, and it can also be said that both choices are moral.

Li Zigui has already thought carefully and decided to give priority to maintaining the plot.

However, when he really wanted to take action against Xue Yan, he still hesitated.

This hesitation is naturally not because of the question of whether the subsequent logic can be self-consistent.It doesn't matter whether Xue Yanxing answered correctly, anyway, others don't know, and he can even directly distort the concept of "visitor from another world" and force Xue Yanxing to give the wrong answer.

He is only hesitant because he wants to kill "people".Even if he has eliminated many ghosts, even if he has killed Xie Nian, even if he has made up his mind after much thought.

But Li Zigui just hesitated.Do what needs to be done.His actions are still dominated by reason.

At the moment when Li Zigui was hesitating, Lu Yiyi smiled reassuringly at him: "Don't worry. We can do this kind of thing."

Li Zigui immediately noticed Ye Dao's movements.He understood Lu Yiyi's meaning in a flash, and reacted very quickly to cover Ye Dao with an illusion.

Ye Dao, who was just about to draw his gun, naturally noticed Li Zigui's behavior.He raised his eyes in a little surprise, and then took out his gun disguised as a mobile phone.He raised his arm and fired without loading the gun or releasing the safety.The shooting is very stable, without a trace of trembling.

So, it seemed to everyone that it was Xie Chunjiang who stabbed Xue Yanxing with a dozen leaves, but in fact it was Ye Dao who shot Xue Yanxing in the heart.

"Wrong answer. This is punishment." Xie Chunjiang threw down these few words lightly, and disappeared without a trace.

Xue Yunyin embraced the fallen Xue Yanxing with a pale face, her lips trembling and unable to utter a sound.

Before Xue Yanxing could react, he just touched his chest in confusion and felt blood on his hand.He looked around in confusion, and found that almost everyone was looking down at him, with difficult expressions on their faces, only Ran Jingtian looked away.

He turned to look at Xue Yunyin, grabbed Xue Yunyin's sleeve as if he had woken up, and said very fast: "It's okay, it's okay, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Yunyin. I'm fine, I just didn't prepare for the sneak attack just now A little hurt. Don't be afraid, just let me rest for a while."

Xue Yunyin stared at him blankly.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Xue Yunyin's snow-white sleeves stained with blood from his own hands. He paused for a moment, and then felt severe pain all over his body, and the blood mist filled his eyes.

Xue Yanxing held Xue Yunyin's sleeve tightly, and his tone changed immediately: "Don't be afraid. I will protect you. I will protect you even if I become a ghost. Don't be afraid, I will definitely protect you. I..."

He raised his head abruptly, as if he wanted to say something, but his eyes were distracted.

Wang Suren on the side gritted his teeth, silently drew the bow, and the arrow on the string pointed directly at Xue Yan.

Ran Bingtian rested his hand lightly on the hilt of his sword, staring at Xue Yanxing without blinking.

But Xue Yanxing just died quietly.He fell softly into Xue Yunyin's arms, his arms hanging down weakly, only his eyes were unwillingly watching Xue Yunyin, but he didn't breathe anymore.

Li Zigui quickly restrained Xue Yan's soul, wiped out his consciousness, created a blank illusion, and threw him into it.

The scene froze for a while.

Wang Suren put away the bow and arrow silently, but Ran Bingtian remained vigilant.

Ran Jingtian glanced at Yan Ming again, but still did not get a response.

Li Zigui glanced at the numbers on the display. 0.0000001197.The speed of digital growth has been much faster.

"It's well controlled." Lu Yiyi's anxiety seemed to calm down a little, "Keep it up."

"Xie Lang," Ran Bingtian turned to the expressionless Xie Lang, "do you still have nothing to say?"

Xie Lang, who had been keeping silent all this time, was not even interested in looking at Ran Bingtian, but just caressed the long wooden box in his hand carefully.The flute, which should have been the most important, was abandoned by him, lying lonely on the dusty ground.

"Xie Lang!" Ran Bingtian shouted sharply.

Still ignored.

Ran Bingtian and Xie Lang were in a stalemate here, while Xue Yunyin slowly let go of Xue Yanxing.Without blinking her eyes, she knelt down and gently let Xue Yanxing lie flat on the ground, closed his eyes, then moved back, called out her zither, and played "Requiem" mechanically ".

Countless times of playing made her movements instinctive. Even though her brain was almost dead and her eyes were only on Xue Yanxing without looking at the strings, her movements were still smooth and accurate without any flaws.

Ran Bingtian also fell silent, and didn't press Xie Lang any more, but just watched Xue Yunyin play quietly.

The sound of the piano stopped suddenly.

Xue Yunyin froze, and looked down at her kite.

A treble string broke.

She lightly touched the saddle that had lost its strings, then looked up at Xue Yanxing like a dream or a star.She stared at Xue Yanxing's gradually stiff body in disbelief, moved her lips, and shouted: Brother——

The cry was silent, but everyone felt that they heard the shrill and desperate voice.

She put away the piano with a wave of her hand, walked to Xue Yanxing's side on her knees, stroked his face, and sobbed softly: "Brother, brother..."

She leaned over and burst into tears.

Lu Yiyi in the monitoring room rubbed her brows, then looked at her watch again.

Xue Yunyin's crying stopped slowly.

Lu Yiyi waited for a while, then said, "It's time to go."

Her voice reached Ye Dao and Yan Ming who were wearing hidden communication devices.

"Ran Bingtian." Yan Ming said, "Take Xue Yan and go."

Everyone looked at him.

"If my guess is correct, the ghost that appeared in front of us just now should be the 'king' that Xie Lang called before." Yan Ming calmly said, "No matter what his purpose is, we have no choice but to Trying to move forward in hopes of getting more information on his intentions. There's no gain in staying here."

Ran Bingtian nodded and walked towards Xue Yunyin.

"...No, I can..." Xue Yunyin said hoarsely.

"This is a ghost cave, your "Requiem" is very important." Ran Bingtian said.

Xue Yunyin paused.She finally straightened up and let Ran Bingtian hug Xue Yanxing.

"...Sorry. Thank you." She said slowly, barely suppressing the sourness in her eyes, "If it troubles you, please put the living first."

What she meant was to acquiesce that Ran Bingtian could abandon Xue Yanxing at any time.

"I see." Ran Bingtian said in a steady tone, "I will try my best to keep him."

Although morale was low, several people left one after another.Wang Suren also consciously supported Ran Jingtian.Only Xie Lang was immersed in his own world.

At this time, the soft violin sounded faintly in front of him.

Xie Lang raised his head abruptly.

Li Zigui took a deep breath and entered the illusion where he trapped Wen Shisi.

Wen Shisi floated above the water, staring ahead expressionlessly, completely unmoved by the surrounding scenery.She noticed Li Zigui, and just turned her head to look at him.

Li Zigui smiled and said softly, "I'm sorry I lied to you earlier."