Longmen Memoirs

Will you become that person for your ideals?

Are you ready to become that kind of person, for the dignity you call, for the ideal you think, when you walk out from here, everyone you see【#

The old saying is always true, once a general succeeds, all his bones will wither.

Tallulah did not answer immediately at that time.

She just squeezed her hand.

Yes, she was not prepared, at least not prepared to lose Alina. She would say, maybe she would say, that she would try her best to avoid this outcome, but she could not guarantee it.

No one can guarantee.

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What is dignity?

What can be called living a dignified life, being admired by others, or feared by others, respected by others, no one can refute, being superior to one person, or in other words, having a good family background and status, everyone treats you incomparably respect.

Is this called dignity?

Can't this be called dignity?

No, dignity is different. For different people, they have different views on dignity. Just like Chen, she has a good status and family background, but these cannot make her feel dignified. Her life has been... The plan was smooth sailing, but for a person like her, the planned and orderly life could not make her feel that it was a blessing.

A life that is controlled, hands and feet that are bound, living under a certain shadow all your life, this is not dignity.

They are deprived, oppressed, and discriminated against without reason, just because of the harm and risks they may cause, their freedom is restricted, their rights are taken away, and they are treated like pigs and dogs.

This is not called dignity.

"go!"

Chen Mo stretched out his hand to pull Cao Zhi up the stairs. Below, several crossbow arrows whizzed at his original location.

Haven't had time to catch my breath yet.

Just as Cao Zhi was about to say thank you, Chen Mo suddenly pushed him aside.

A violent explosion occurred where they were just now, the entire field of vision shook in the explosion, and the window collapsed.

Chen Mo pushed away the bricks and stones that were pressing on him.

The smoke from the explosion obscured his vision, the firelight flickered, and he heard the shouts of the Syracusans downstairs.

"Go up, catch them!"

"You guys, bring people to surround here. The others come up with me and put the snipers in position."

"Be careful, once you find them, you will be killed or alive."

Amid intermittent shouting, Cao Zhi got up from the ground coughing.

"How?" He heard Chen Mo's voice from behind.

"good."

"They are coming up." Cao Zhi turned his head and saw Chen Mo squatting behind the wall not far from him, facing the direction of the stairs, holding a short sword in his hand.

He lowered his breathing until Cao Zhi leaned over.

"You should be lucky that they didn't prepare artillery." Chen Mo said in a low voice and glanced at the disgraced Cao Zhi, who was squatting behind the wall two meters away from him, holding his own weapon and facing the stairs with him.

"I'll admit it if they can bring it out." Cao Zhi replied.

There was the sound of footsteps moving below the stairs. Chen Mo raised his index finger and Cao Zhi nodded.

He made a few tactical gestures.

Cao Zhi lowered his breath and moved the fingers holding the handle of the knife slightly.

"Be careful……"

"know."

"Corso takes a few people to the third floor. Pay attention to safety. Leave the second floor to us. Boss and the others have installed explosives on the load-bearing columns downstairs. These two people are determined not to escape from here. Don't let Ogman's group Take advantage."

The steps were very light, and the hand holding the crossbow popped out of the sight of the two people. The figure slowly walked past, and cautiously began to search every room upstairs. The light of the flashlight illuminated the darkness in the corridor, and the dust was reflected in the light. Ups and downs.

Chen Mo raised three fingers and slowly put them away.

"Go!"

"He's here!"

Chen Mo rushed out from behind the door and kicked Luper's knee in front of him. After the opponent fell down, he grabbed the crossbow in Luper's hand and pushed the opponent's body to his side, blocking the direction of the stairs. The dagger slashed across the room.

Several crossbow bolts were nailed to Luper's body.

"Quick shot."

"Wait, that's one of our own."

"Catch them."

"Sauron! Damn it, *Syracusan expletive*!!!"

In just one second, Chen Mo pushed the corpse away and fired the crossbow he grabbed one after another. The crossbow strings trembled slightly in the darkness with the sound of breaking through the air. The crossbow arrows passed through a short distance and inserted into the throat of the Luper member behind him.

The body fell, the flashlight rolled down the corridor, and the hot blood mixed with the dust on the ground.

"Withdraw! Quickly withdraw!"

"Corso and the others are still up there."

"We can't control that much anymore. We can't deal with that guy. If he stays, he will die!"

The Loopers hurriedly exited downstairs.

Chen Mo turned around, and Cao Zhizheng pushed away Luper who was covering his throat with both hands. He had not yet lost consciousness, letting out a meaningless dying cry, and his eyes gradually turned gray.

Blood stained half of Cao Zhi's shoulder.

"Go upstairs."

Chen Mo picked up the crossbow arrows on the ground and headed upstairs. Cao Zhi hurriedly followed his footsteps.

The Lupers may have heard the noise downstairs. As soon as Chen Mo went upstairs, several crossbow arrows were directed at him. In the darkness, Luper, who was hiding behind the stairs, slashed at him with a knife.

Chen Mo turned his head to avoid the knife that was about to strike him, and kicked Luper on the waist. The latter fell backwards, and in his sight, a dagger was magnifying in his eyes.

The sharp blade tore through flesh and clothing easily.

Scarlet blood flowed down Chen Mo's hand holding the dagger, and the blood was surprisingly hot.

"Corso!"

"Relax and take a deep breath." Chen Mo supported the body that had not lost its breath.

Corso heard him say something in his ear, and he raised the crossbow in his hand. He suddenly realized something.

"Don't even come here!" He turned around and yelled.

In the visible line of sight, the exposed men were falling.

"Go back!"

"late."

When he heard what the other party said, he pulled out the dagger with a large amount of blood, and his body lost support and rolled downstairs. The moment before he fell, he saw clearly the face of Cao Zhi who was going upstairs.

"……It's you."

He opened his mouth, but he no longer had the strength to open his mouth.

When Cao Zhi went upstairs, Lupo was already lifeless and lying on the ground. Chen Mo leaned against the window and looked down, so as to avoid possible sniper points outside the building.

"It seems that I still underestimated your ability, Brother Chen." Cao Zhi looked away and whispered.

This man was decisive and ruthless, as if he didn't care about the life and death of these people. No, maybe he had already become accustomed to this matter in his eyes.

"Regret?" Chen Mo didn't look back.

He could imagine what Cao Zhi would think after seeing him do it, and whether he would think it was a good thing to cooperate with him.

"That's not the case." Cao Zhi shook his head and said.

Chen Mo looked back at him and inserted the dagger back into his waist.

"I worked as a mercenary in Colombia for a period of time, and these are all left behind from that time." Chen Mo explained: "However, if you had trusted me, you wouldn't have let those two people escape on purpose, Mr. Cao. Brother, have you made plans to stay here?"

"Brother Chen, are you blaming me?"

There was no surprise on Cao Zhi's face. He just looked at the dagger Chen Mo took back from his waist and the long box he was carrying behind his back.

"You want me to die, shouldn't I blame you? If I'm not wrong, you are deliberately bringing these people here." Chen Mo withdrew his gaze and leaned against the window, looking at Cao who was standing at the stairs. Knowing this, he threw the crossbow in his hand to the ground.

"At this point, Brother Cao still doesn't want to tell the truth?"

"What about you, Brother Chen." Cao Zhi asked: "It's been so long, and I'm asking now. You said that the injured Lupo was your wife before. I'm afraid you just made it up casually. I admit, it was indeed me who deliberately mentioned it. They led me here, but if it weren’t for you, Brother Chen, I definitely wouldn’t have been able to accomplish this on my own.”

"Have you been planning this for a long time?"

"It's just the right time." Cao Zhi shook his head and said, "We have been living in this city for the past few years. You are right. Where can we go after we leave here? This land is too big, but this There has never been a place for our infected people to live in this entire land, and I only took them away to die."

"Young people are fine, but many old people, whose conditions have deteriorated, will die if they leave here due to their physical conditions. I can't do that, and they can't go far."

"so……"

"So as long as we clear out the influence of the two families in the city, we can completely establish a foothold in Grava. The families in the mainland look down on this small city. This smuggling route is of little significance to them, but we can take over Their business, if we can take over their business, the situation will be very different from the past." Cao Zhi said: "But the people of the two families don't get along, and it is difficult to send the main force to work together to do the same thing based on their relationship. I don’t want to finally clean up one family, only to have the infected bear the blame and allow another family to grow in power.”

"Then I should be the one who bears this crime, right?" Chen Mo asked: "It couldn't be better. There are four families in the city. I don't know what happened, and there was internal fighting. Two of the small families were powerful. Being completely wiped out, the murderer will only arise between the two families who entered this city and me. Oh, by the way, maybe you can try to add fuel to the flames, because no one seems to know that you are cooperating with me, but then take Now that you're on this route, I'm curious, how can you, an infected person, take over the smuggling business?"

"Infected?" Cao Zhi shook his head: "I never said that I was infected. My people will join one of the families, or any family that may be interested in this place, and eventually become their regional agents. "

"Then what will happen to the infected people under your command?"

"I will live better than before. There is only one voice left in Grava, and this voice is us." Cao Zhi said, he slowly took out something from behind, a W's favorite toy, a magic device sensor.

"I had this idea a year ago, but I found it difficult to do it, so I kept waiting for an opportunity. We spent a year secretly collecting materials to make Originium explosives, and someone died because of it, But it’s all worth it. Explosives have been planted on the nearby passage. As long as I press this device, including this building, it will be difficult to find a living thing within a few hundred meters.”

"Why didn't you press it? Why did you tell me?"

Chen Mo asked, looking at the detonator in Cao Zhi's hand.

"You can quietly press the thing in your hand. I can't always guard you. You can always find an opportunity."

"As expected, Brother Chen, you have been guarding against me."

"Each each other."

"Then I'll be honest, I'm not sure Brother Chen whether you will really die here with me. Of course, maybe I also want to live. After all, no one wants to die." Cao Zhi said: "If I die unfortunately Here, Brother Chen, my group of men, and that Luper, what will you do?"

"No such thing." Chen Mo shook his head and said. "Since you dare to tell me, it means you have avoided this option. Tell me, what are you going to do?"

"I can send you out of the city and provide you with supplies. From now on, you will have nothing to do with us."

"...If I don't agree."

"Then I can only try to see if the explosives below can take us away together."

Cao Zhi pressed the detonator with his thumb.

"Maybe, but we don't have much time, Brother Chen. The people below want you and me to die here."

Chen Mo hesitated for a few seconds and then removed his hand from holding the dagger.

"...I really have you." He looked at Cao Zhi and said.

Cao Zhi removed his thumb.

Chen Mo didn't take action.

Cao Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.

"I know you won't believe me no matter what I say, but Brother Chen, thank you, I owe you."

"Not necessarily." Chen Mo said. "Your goal was the two families in this city from the beginning. I will bear this name for you, and you will help us leave. There is no conflict between us, and you know it very well in your heart. I have no reason to refuse, so we We don’t owe each other anything.”

Chapter 17: Can Texas do it?

Cao Zhi wants to bring his infected people to replace Grava's dominance, but they cannot and cannot directly attack the families in the city, not to mention whether they can win. Even if they win, the rules of Syracuse do not allow it. A group of infected people can still be safe after attacking the family forces.