[Comprehensive] Retirement of the brave

"Hoo, hoo" sounded from the darkness while panting, followed by the sound of heartbeats, one after another, superimposed into the sound of beating drums.

A fire suddenly ignited in the darkness, and burned enthusiastically on the high altar.Bai looked up, the bright flames stung his eyes, and tears rolled down his cheeks unconsciously.

In the illuminated darkness, countless people in traditional costumes were revealed. They surrounded the altar, each of them folded their hands devoutly and lowered their heads.

"Boom!" The huge roar sounded as if it was close to the ear, and the darkness disintegrated into a world full of death.The sky was dark, and there was no grass growing anywhere.

Suddenly, someone in the crowd raised his arms and recited: "Here, let us call the name of the man who saved the world, the name of the man who opened the war of gods! The great man who did not exist in the world, the son who descended from heaven— — White! May the curse be with you."

Everyone chanted with him, everyone looked up at the burning flames high above, and Bai saw that everyone had no face.Countless voices, countless curses of various styles whispered to him, even though they had no face, Bai could still feel the huge malice, let him die!Let him never recover!

"Bai? Bai, wake up, wake up."

Bai Teng sat up, surrounded by a vast expanse of whiteness, and he was still in the intermediate level.

Seeing that he suddenly sat up and froze again, Xiao Hei shook his tail in front of his eyes: "Are you okay? Bai, are you tired? I told you earlier to take back the soul you left in that world." , not only have to bear the pressure of the reincarnation of life and death on his side, but also bear the burden of the reversal of the universe, even you will not be able to bear it."

After a long time, Xiao Hei, who hadn't waited for any movement, poked him, "Are you really stimulated? Witness the end of the universe syndrome?"

"I can do it." Bai suddenly said dumbly, his eyes were empty, his eyes were dull, and his consciousness seemed to not know where he was wandering.

"What?" Xiao Hei didn't understand.

"I have to do it," he said unconsciously.

"There is nothing you have to do, do you understand!" This sentence hit Xiao Hei somewhere, and it exploded immediately.The previous cover-ups and indiscretions seemed to have been thrown into outer space.

"I said that you can't leave traces in any world, but you have to do some superfluous things! Make friends, save others, talk to those who cross the border, who do you think you are?"

Xiao Hei laughed mockingly: "A brave man? A savior? Or a god? Oh, maybe it's not necessarily the omnipotent God of Creation. After all, Master Bai regards everything as a responsibility, wishing to protect the entire universe in the palm of his hand." inside."

"But what are you protecting? Every friend you make, Ju Chengyu has already entered the grave before I remember to clean his memory. Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan are on their honeymoon, and they have never thought of you at all. .The people you send away will also have their memories washed away, and no one will remember you."

Xiao Hei's eyes were bloodshot, "It's like the world you just came back to. You know the world will be destroyed, but you can't do anything. The whole world is howling in your ears and you can only choose to be indifferent. Because of balance, because Damn balance!"

Having said so much in one breath, it is really a test of lung capacity.Xiao Hei took a few breaths to calm down, then poked Bai who was still there and asked lightly, "Does this feel good?"

"I..." Bai's eyes were full of bewilderment, and there was a terrible silence for a moment.He was no longer a living person, he had no heartbeat, no breathing, and Xiao Hei didn't need these, so when they all stopped moving, the entire intermediate level stopped making any sound.

"I do not know."

"I don't have time for you to think about it," Xiao Hei's voice was filled with ice, "You still have tasks to do, and the crisis will not stop because of your thinking. Now, you'd better put on your clothes Equipment, I hope that such a thing as not carrying a gun on the battlefield will not happen to you."

Although Bai was still in a daze, his movements were slow as if the slow button had been pressed, but he quickly got everything ready.He said goodbye to Xiao Hei in a daze, and was thrown directly to the mission location by Xiao Hei who didn't bother to pay attention to him.

"You're getting more and more irritable." A communication screen appeared behind Xiao Hei, and Xiao Hei's platinum eyes blinked and blinked, full of seriousness. "What’s wrong with you?"

Xiao Hei snorted coldly, fully expressing his attitude of not wanting to communicate with Xiao Bai.He threw himself straight into the still warm reclining chair while sleeping in vain, wrapped himself in the quilt, and carried out the words "Don't bother me" to the fullest.

"Are you resenting his slowness?"

No one paid him any attention.Xiaobai continued with a good temper: "Are you upset? Are you upset about turning him into a human being, or dragging them out of their extreme?"

There was a muffled snort from under the quilt, and Xiao Bai said gently, "I know you're angry, angry with me or us, but I'm sorry, I can't go over there to comfort you."

"Who needs your comfort!" Xiao Hei slapped the quilt away violently, and felt fooled when he saw the smile in Xiao Bai's eyes, but he was too embarrassed to bury himself back.I had no choice but to look away, "If you have anything to say, hurry up, aren't you afraid of being discovered if you keep in touch so frequently?"

"Xiao Hei, your heart is too soft, I am a little worried about whether you can push the last step."

"Soft-hearted? Are you talking about me?" Xiao Hei grinned, showing his sharp teeth, and his red eyes became even darker. "Are you sure you're not talking about yourself, Lord Sage?"

"You understand what I'm saying." Xiao Hei was annoyed by Xiao Bai's matter-of-fact tone and the plainness that seemed to see through everything, but the deep tiredness that followed couldn't be denied from his heart.

"I take the supernatural level, and you represent the ultimate death. Death is always pure, and real death means waiting unconsciously for the next reincarnation and the opening of the next round of life. But life is not pure."

A golden halo lingered in Xiao Bai's eyes, it was not the color of sunlight, nor was it the mercy of God.It is more like the metallic luster of cold weapons, the flowing gold, the flames of explosions... that is the desire of everything.

"Living is a very complicated thing, a very complicated and complicated thing. Countless desires are intertwined, including the struggle to be born when you are born, including the breath and heartbeat of all life every minute."

Speaking of it, he laughed softly, and the coldness in his eyes melted into a warm light. "I am indeed all the positives, but if there is no negative side, the positive side will not be born, and the negative side is often born for no reason."

"Shut up, old bastard," Xiao Hei gritted his teeth viciously, "Put away all your messy good person cards, isn't it disgusting to say these words?"

After a long silence, Xiaobai suddenly asked: "So you are really upset about Bai's matter, right?"

"It's all said to be quiet!" A book flew up and hit the communication screen, "Do you understand the impatience I am playing games? It's like your pig teammates who don't listen to the arrangement, are addicted to the jungler and don't join the team, and still don't move Do you understand the irritability of dropping the phone and hanging up the phone?"

The communication screen disappeared, and the angry Xiao Hei rolled himself back into the recliner again.It's just very angry. If he doesn't scold him, he is afraid that he can't even see his own situation clearly. Sure enough, he should let him have a good experience.

And who is innocent and kind? Is that old bastard blind because of his age?Xiao Hei He was sullen, and was dragged into sleep by the exhaustion welling up in his heart.

"Your argument is quite good." Hei sat on the seat with his chin propped up and looked at Xiaobai who had turned off the communication. "It would be great if that guy Bai had such a good brain."

"It's not that he's not smart, it's just that he has put too many shackles on himself." Xiao Bai said calmly, "It's really difficult for him to break free from these shackles."

"I think so too." Hei stretched his waist, and leaned lazily on the back of the chair, "It's so annoying to die, this big universe needs someone who can carry the intermediate level and digest those remaining obsessions of life." guy, he's not a good fit."

"Honestly," Hei patted the armrest and sat up, "I can still imagine that he will be as dull-eyed as if he was suffering from Alzheimer's, muttering with his broken knife," Hei coughed twice, and imitated it with a straight face. Bai said: "What I can do, everything is for balance, and nothing can break the balance."

After the imitation, he jokingly said: "That guy has turned himself into a rock, but if the thing doesn't move by itself, it's not like others can't break it."

"It's easy to break, Bai really doesn't understand it at all." Hei finally said with a slightly sad smile. "Sure enough, I'm more suitable."

Xiaobai looked at him quietly, "Then do it, I believe you can do it." Then Hei grabbed him and rubbed him, the whole ball became fluffy and looked like he had gained a lot of weight before he was let go .

Xiaobai calmly watched Hei happily arrange various plans, preparing to turn Bai into a thoroughly mortal as soon as possible, and let him retire to what he thought was the most suitable for Bai, the kind of game where he played chess and circled every day. Or it is the old life of being bored reading in the library.

There was a slight smile in his eyes.People who represent death are purer, and this sentence does not only refer to Xiao Hei.

As soon as Bai fell into this world, he felt that something seemed wrong.The flames were raging on the high altar, and he was in the flames as soon as he opened his eyes.And when he came out of the fire, all the people bowed down to him.

Every face of the black crowd surrounding the altar wore a pure white mask with only eyes exposed, and each pair of eyes was filled with fanaticism.They raised their arms and shouted, and the chaotic voices gradually merged into one: "Son from heaven! Son from heaven! Savior from heaven, please save us!"

"I'm not..." Bai's rebuttal was so weak compared to the voices of the crowd. Several people stepped forward to put on a white robe embroidered with gold thread and a high hat made of gold silk and precious jade for him.

They put the scepter in his left hand, and the sword in his right hand.They cut the palm of his hand with a dagger and sprinkled the blood at his feet, and bowed their head at his feet.

"Save us," they said.

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——The Brilliant Cop

United States, San Diego.The sun, the sea, the beach, the beauties, everything is so perfect. Neal Caffrey wore sunglasses, a flowered shirt and loose beach pants, lying on a beach chair under a parasol, sipping wine, and giving a seductive smile to passing beauties from time to time.

Since leaving New York in suspended animation, he has been traveling around the world.When I saw something I was interested in during the trip, I would return to my old job from time to time, and then I looked forward to whether his case would be placed on Peter's desk.

— Doctor Who

"Say his name with me - The Doctor, and the stars will sing for him tonight. Whether it's his enemies or his friends, whether it's Dalek or the Cybertronians, everyone will sing for him Go away to mourn."

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