Altar of Infinity

Jiang Jichu's departure brought the discussion to an early end. The night was getting dark and everyone needed to rest. The remaining few people lived in groups and agreed that if they heard any sounds tonight, they would come out to help each other.

Xie Ji lay alone on the double bed in the room. This was the third level he broke through, but it was the first time he slept separately from Jiang Jichu.

Jiang Jichu has been very wrong these two days.

He can think of many reasons, such as being afraid of 'killing', fearing that it will make trouble, such as the current predicament, such as hatred for the boss.

But these are not the reasons to make Jiang Jichu angry.

Correct.

anger.

From Jiang Jichu's reaction, he felt a trace of desolate and hopeless anger.

It was the deepest and heaviest thing under the surface of the water, and it was never revealed on weekdays, only when he encountered waves of wind and waves at this level, he could occasionally glimpse a little bit of it from under the waves.

He knew that they must have some connection that he hadn't discovered yet, but Jiang Jichu kept it secret and kept it secret, but today when they were arguing at the door, he blurted out Xie Quan's name.

He only told Jiang Jichu that he had a younger brother, but never said that his name was Xie Quan.

Jiang Jichu is not like a person who likes to listen to other people's gossip. Most of the time, someone took the initiative to talk about it. This person must have a close relationship with Jiang Jichu.

First of all, Jiang Jichu knew too much, if he finished it all at once, Jiang Jichu might not remember it, and there was no need to remember a stranger's information.

Secondly, if it wasn't for the close relationship, how dare you chew the root of his tongue with sound deafness and taste loss behind his back.

Jiang Jichu's older brother...

Xie Ji took a deep breath and shook off the thought of Jiang Jichu's life experience.

Now the focus is on how to leave the checkpoint.

·

Three in the morning.

"Squeak-"

The lock on the seventh floor had long been thrown away, and the wooden door was easily pushed open from the outside.

Thunder flashed across the sky, briefly pulling out a slender shadow, mixed with the sound of steady footsteps, the visitor was getting closer and closer to the low table where the statue was placed.

"Come out."

Wu Ying's figure flashed, his back was pressed against the cabinet, and he looked up with his big and round eyes.

The wind and rain were blowing outside the window, and they stared at each other silently in the darkness where the tower was dark all year round.

After about 2 minutes, Wu Ying still couldn't bear to speak first: "Are you here to kill me?"

Jiang Jichu squatted down, putting himself at a height where he could communicate with Wu Ying normally: "Why do you say that?"

Wu Ying murmured, "I've heard what you guys discussed..."

After another minute of pause, Jiang Jichu said slowly, "I've come to apologize to you."

Wu Ying was at a loss: "Apologize to me?"

Jiang Jichu: "I was too emotional at night and said something bad. I apologize to you."

He calmed down shortly after returning to the room.

It was he who lost his temper.

He was worried that 'kill' would come after him and continue to do evil, and this tower would awaken too many bad memories in him.

Especially Wu Ying.

At the moment when he realized that he couldn't leave, he really wanted to kill Wu Ying.

Through Wu Ying, he saw the weakness born from the long loneliness and coldness, and saw the shadow quietly emerging behind that weakness, which is something that should never and must not be on the altar.

He cannot be weak, he cannot back down.

It was doomed from the moment his hands were covered in his brother's blood.

But he shouldn't be manipulated by his emotions, he had an argument with Xie Ji in anxiety, and said some inappropriate things.

Anger, perhaps, is weakness itself.

After realizing this, he began to regret, sitting on pins and needles alone in the house.

How angry should Xie Ji be?

Wu Ying: "So, you don't want to kill me?"

Jiang Jichu shook his head.

Wu Ying is pure by nature, and he entered the tower early without contacting too many people. He still maintains a childlike heart, and he doesn't doubt the truth of Jiang Jichu's words at all. Dang even laughed: "It's okay, and I know why you are so Excited, can't blame you."

Jiang Jichu was puzzled: "You know?"

Wu Ying nodded vigorously: "I am a soul boy, and I know many things. For example, altars, checkpoints, and bosses, I also know you."

When Jiang Ji first heard Wu Ying's words, he should have had murderous intentions, but he was surprisingly calm, he didn't care about it, and he didn't answer Wu Ying's topic: "I have a question."

Wu Ying: "What?"

Despite the darkness around him, Jiang Jichu still followed Xie Ji's example, trying not to look so indifferent: "Do you have other wishes?"

Jiang Ji was very quiet at the beginning. After meeting Xie Ji, he always communicated with Xie Ji. They would discuss the content of the level. Most of the time, he was like an altar encyclopedia and a competent thug.

When I found Wu Ying the night before, it was Xie Ji who was having fun with Wu Ying, but now it was only him and Wu Ying, and the silence was longer than talking.

Fortunately, he has always been patient, and he is best at forbearance and waiting.

After an unknown amount of time, Wu Ying finally said, "Do you think I'm too much?"

Jiang Jichu raised his hand and rubbed Wu Ying's head stiffly: "You were forced to guard the tower voluntarily, and you're a child again. It's not too much to have extra thoughts."

Wu Ying: "But, but..."

Jiang Jichu: "Believe in Xie Ji, no matter what your wish is, he can help you fulfill it."

Wu Ying raised his face: "What about you, brother, do you have any wish?"

Jiang Ji thought of something at the beginning, and smiled very briefly, it was an instinctive reaction of the body, and he didn't even realize it: "Yes."

Wu Ying: "Brother Xie Ji, can you finish it for you?"

Jiang Jichu affirmed: "He can."

Jiang Ji stood up at the beginning, he had already got the answer he wanted, so there was no need to stay here for a long time.

Before leaving the door, he suddenly turned around: "Don't call him brother casually, you can continue to call him uncle."

·

Xie Ji woke up on time at six o'clock in the morning, and the other side of the bed was empty, which made him a little strange.

He changed his clothes and planned to wash his face first.

Once a person's biological clock is formed, it will take a while to forcefully change it. It stands to reason that his and Jiang Jichu's biological clocks have been synchronized, but the water room on the third floor is empty, only himself.

Xie Ji went to the stairs alone and looked down. The lobby on the first floor was still the same. No one was killed last night.

He was about to rejoice when he saw something in a pile of ashes.

He hurried downstairs, and the statue of the eagle was cut in half, lying quietly in the middle of the ashes.

"Brother Xie, why are you in a daze?" Ran Yuanfei also went downstairs. He wanted to grab Xie Ji's shoulder, but he didn't dare, so he just followed Xie Ji's gaze, "Damn it! Who chopped off the Wu Ying statue! This is Wu Ying's body!"

The eight of them quickly gathered on the first floor, with more or less surprise on their faces, and they quietly looked at Jiang Jichu.

Ran Yuanfei probed: "This handsome guy...is...is it you?"

Jiang Jichu looked worried, and quickly denied: "No."

The statue was obviously split open by a sharp weapon. Jiang Jichu was still holding his own long knife in his hand. Yesterday he slept in a room alone. More importantly, he intended to rush out to deal with Wu Ying. The murder method, time, and motives were all sufficient.

Someone whispered.

"Who else could it be if it wasn't you."

"I didn't expect to kill Wu Ying by myself in the middle of the night..."

"Can we get out?"

Jiang Jichu repeated: "It's not me."

Xie Ji looked at Jiang Jichu, who was also looking at him.

Jiang Jichu's skin was already fairer than ordinary people, and with the unhealed knife wound on his back, his face was always a little morbidly pale. Against this color, the light blue circle around his eyes was particularly obvious.

Jiang Ji didn't sleep the first night, Xie Ji thought.

He said, "He said it, it wasn't him."

Zhou Bao answered: "Brother Xie, if he said it wasn't him, he wasn't him. I heard that this is your third time to pass the level. How long have you two known each other?"

Xie Ji walked to Jiang Jichu's side: "I believe what he says."

Jiang Jichu's stiff back instantly relaxed, and he felt a chill on his back, and the sudden cold sweat slid across the wound, which should have been painful, but he didn't realize it, and his body was still a little light.

Ran Yuanfei: "This statue was broken last night, right? Wu Ying's body is gone, and we are still in the checkpoint... Is it not more than two hours or is there some other reason?"

No one admitted that it was the statue of Wu Ying that he had destroyed, so there was no way to find out the time.

Xie Ji picked up the statue, and asked Zheng Yue for some tissues to wipe off the ashes carefully.

He didn't send the statue back to the seventh floor, but put it in Jiang Jichu's coat pocket: "Let's all go and eat something first. After eating, let's think about what to do next."

The heavy weight in his pocket didn't drag Jiang Jichu back to the world, Xie Ji's gesture of intimacy and trust made him unable to react, and he was pulled back to the room where he lived before on the third floor like a puppet.

Seeing the familiar furnishings and traces of residence, as well as the strawberry sandwich biscuits handed to him, he slowly regained consciousness.

Xie Ji waved the biscuit in front of Jiang Jichu: "The last bag of strawberry sandwich."

The last box... a parting gift?

Jiang Jichu didn't go to get the bag of biscuits, but stood stiffly, and a few dry syllables came out of his throat: "Besides death, there are other ways to unbind the book of life and death."

Rao Xie Ji was well-informed, so he didn't understand this nonsense sentence at once: "What unbinds the book of life and death?"

Jiang Jichu: "The one who manages the book of life and death is 'Delusion'. If you can find it, maybe you can let it go."

How to unbind the Book of Life and Death?Why didn't I hear Jiang Jichu mention it before?

Xie Ji wanted to ask about the specific situation, but felt that Jiang Jichu's mood was not right: "It's very good, why do you mention this?"

Jiang Jichu: "Are you still going to form a team with me?"

Xie Ji: "Do you want to cancel?"

Jiang Jichu: "You don't want to?"

At this moment, Xie Ji finally understood from Jiang Jichu's tightly pursed lips.

Both of Jiang Jichu's parents died, and he only had one elder brother. As a result, he even dreamed and talked in his sleep to prevent his elder brother from killing him. It must have been a lot of hardships growing up.

Such a growing environment can easily cause a person to lack feelings, unable to make friends, unable to accept other people's kindness, distrusting the relationship, feeling that if there is a problem, it will be broken, and some people will even encounter small things. He reflexively chose to protect himself and actively broke up the relationship.

It is more honorable to actively abandon than to be abandoned.