I, with a long knife in my hand, can only do one move

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Kelong shook his head lightly: "It's okay, I understand you and Rick's choice, but at least...let me secretly continue to like you."

"..."

"Sometimes, I'm really envious. The feeling of being able to love someone without thinking about one's own life. In this world, it shouldn't be considered selfish, right?"

Ke Long threw down the quilt on his body and left just like that, even Cheng Rang had no time to persuade him to stay.

Understand Rick's choice?

The sound of footsteps going away outside the door gradually faded away with the sizzling pyroxene on the wall of the room. Cheng Rang recalled Ke Long's words tonight, and couldn't help but slowly widen his eyes.

Crohn she....

Has it already been discovered that Shubi is not human?

But even so, she has always treated Hubby as a real family...

So the girl who looks careless on the surface but has such a delicate heart should have vaguely expected that she is not an ordinary person.

But she still likes herself and worries about herself.

The enthusiasm like a child is also constantly infecting other people in the settlement, bringing them hope in despair.

To be honest, if this settlement only had Rick, or only Ke Long, it would never be as beautiful as it is now.

Rick takes on the despair and darkness of the world, making the most correct choice with absolute reason, while Crom takes on the side of beauty and hope, using enthusiasm and sensibility to expand the tiny happiness in despair as much as possible open.

And Hubby's appearance...

Is it the existence of prying open Rick's [heart lock] that represents absolute sanity, and making the situation change.

Cheng Rang waited in the room for a while again. After there was no movement around him, Cheng Rang put on his cloak and mask again, put on the pyroxene lamp and set off from the settlement in the darkness.

He has a hunch...

Such a dull and happy day may not last forever.

The outside world at night is more beautiful than during the day, and the bright blue corpses are like thousands of fireflies floating in the sky.

From time to time, billowing thunder could be heard in the distance of the dark purple sky, which was then dyed orange red by a faint bright yellow.

But this beauty is still fatal to most creatures.

Based on the situation in the distance, it can be inferred that even at night, the almost endless [war] will not be suspended.

Black ash fell on Cheng Rang's shoulders, and he raised his hand to gently brush it off.

These are elves who died in war.

whoosh-

Cheng Rang's figure turned into a blurry afterimage and shot out in an instant, heading towards the girl who was waiting for his appointment in the distance at a speed that was absolutely impossible for human beings.

But all these movements were quietly watched by a figure.

In the dark studio, Ke Long slowly straightened up from the lens of the telescope. In just a few seconds, he could no longer capture Cheng Rang's figure in the cloak.

She felt her legs lose strength all of a sudden, and slowly knelt down on the ground, raised her hands and tightly clenched her chest, repeating a sentence with trembling lips.

"Won't there be a result..."

Chapter 41 The Story Before the Legend

Here, death is like a night where snow falls—hard, firey, and smells like metal, and it is not quiet.

But the fast-moving figure in the wilderness didn't care about that.

The cave on the mountain wall in the distance was already clearly visible. Cheng Rang raised his head, stepped hard on his feet, and leaped silently, grabbing the opening of the cave and slipping in.

click-

The small beam of light from the flashlight illuminates the darkness in the cave. Due to the proximity to the water source, the stalactite tip is still dripping with water, and it hits the shallow depression on the ground. The rainbow seems to be refracted on the sky.

The howling wind swept into the cave, making a whimpering sound, Cheng Rang walked along the slanting rock crack, drilled through the narrow pass and jumped down.

But with the experience of last time, before falling into the water, Cheng Rang pulled out his knife, nailed himself to the rock wall with a bang, then turned over and fell lightly, and the original intention nailed to the rock wall flashed back to his waist scabbard.

"Ai Xueer, I'm here." On the shore, Cheng Rang softly called the girl's name.

deep huge

The surface of the large lake rippled slightly, and soon bubbles popped out. A purple light suddenly appeared from the depths of the lake, quickly rose to the surface, and then——

Whoa!

A beautiful mermaid girl with long dark blue hair decorated with coral broke out of the water, holding a shining purple pearl in her hand, smiling like a flower.

"You're finally back, Cheng!"

"Sorry for coming so late."

Ai Xueer shook her head vigorously: "Well~ it's not too late at all! Ai Xueer's place is always bright!"

always bright--

It was only then that Cheng Rang realized that in the dark cave, there was no light other than the ball of light he left for her.

Waiting here alone, the girl who abides by the agreement does not know the changes of day and night, and can only stare at the darkness that cannot be illuminated by light in the curled up shell, waiting for the call of the agreement.

"That's good....."

Cheng Rang pointed out a few fish hanging on the rope and shook them: "Have you finished eating?"

While following the fish in Cheng Rang's hand, the girl said, "Not yet, because...Cheng said to...save some food."

Ai Xueer showed Cheng Rang four complete packages of food, and she said proudly, "Look~ Ai Xueer is very obedient!"

"Did you only eat one pack in three days?" Cheng Rang opened his eyes wide in surprise.

"Well, because I don't know when Cheng will come back...Ai Xueer only eats when she is hungry."

"Can't you go into frozen sleep? In that case, you can also decide when to wake up, so you don't have to work so hard."

"If you go into freezing sleep...you won't be able to call your name!"

Cheng Rang's next words were stuck in his throat, while Ai Xueer laughed cutely.

"Sure enough, if you call my name... it will be conveyed. Cheng must have heard my call, so he came here, right?"

No, I didn't hear it at all...it was just a random coincidence that I came here today.

But the girl is blank in the almost transparent world, and all she can wait for is herself.

"Cheng, come chat with Ai Xueer! We have an appointment."

"........Um."

Cheng Rang sat cross-legged on the shore and asked, "What do you want to talk about?"

Although I have to go back quickly before dawn, but it is still early, and I can stay with her for a while...

"Can Cheng tell stories? Ai Xueer wants to hear stories..."

"Of course, what kind of story do you want to hear?"

In the dim light, the man was sitting cross-legged on the ground, while the beautiful sea-dwelling girl was lying next to him, smiling and looking at his face with eyes that seemed to be talking. The fish's tail gently slapped the water, stirring up white waves.

When Ai Xueer's mother taught her how to speak, she would often tell her stories. But the specific story, Ai Xueer said it had been too long and she couldn't remember it.

"As long as it's a story, you can tell anything."

"Well, then... let me tell you a story about a traveler."

"Good~"

The girl nodded, pretending to be listening, Cheng Rang collected his thoughts, opened his mouth slowly, and brought time back to the past——

"This is the story of a traveler who can travel through various worlds..."

That was when he was not a traveler, the boy was just an ordinary person, living with his mother in an incomplete family.

Although life is not rich, it is better than plain and happy.

He used to be a young man full of passion, eager to experience all kinds of exciting adventures like the protagonist in the adventure story...

And one day, his wish came true.

......

Cheng Rang adjusted his posture to make himself sit more relaxed, and looked at the girl lying on the shore beside her. She was fascinated by the beginning of such a boring story.

Unable to smile, Cheng Rang continued:

"He took the sword and started training to become stronger."

Because as long as he passes the initial experience, he will be able to become a unique hero, embark on a journey to the adventure world, and start the exciting story of his dream.

But for some reason, he has never been able to pass the initial experience.

So just keep practicing....

Time passed day by day, year after year, and I don't know how long it has passed.

The boy still could only swing the sword in his hand over and over again at the beginning.

It is precisely because the story has not been able to start, he can only continue to exercise in such a boring and tedious manner, with no end, no end, and no hope.

The expectations at the beginning were gradually smoothed out by time, and the blood in my heart was also extinguished, cooled, and condensed by the endless road...

The boy regretted it, he didn't want to stay here any longer, because there was nothing else here, only himself.

However, the fate of being suddenly chosen did not let the boy go. He tried every means, but he couldn't return to the peaceful and warm days at the beginning, and he was even a little bored.

He began to miss his mother's nagging voice. He began to miss every time he was pregnant.

When the child is hungry, someone will prepare delicious meals for him and call his name.

In a world of nothingness, he cried bitterly while holding the sword in his hand.

He feels unfair, he feels helpless, he feels alone.

"Why didn't he go on an interesting and heart-warming adventure like the protagonists in other stories?"

"Why was he the only one who was thrown into this empty world, facing the nothingness that was so long that no hope or edge could be seen, and no one responded even if he screamed?"

For a long time afterwards, the teenager struggled in loneliness and pain, and was tortured by loneliness and couldn't stop complaining and tears in his mouth.

He was crazy, desperate, looking forward to... hysterical.

He even wanted to pursue self-destruction, to end everything that made him feel endlessly lonely and lonely.

But unknown forces can't make him do what he wants.

The boy was awakened from the pool of blood countless times, and thrown back into the nothingness, as if someone was watching him in the distant unknown, and told him - you haven't fulfilled your mission, you can't refuse, and you can't refuse. Can't give up.

"..."

Cheng Rang said this, lowered his head and fell silent.

And Ai Xueer frowned slightly, and asked softly: "And then?"

"And then?"

After a long pause, Cheng Rang took a deep breath with a relieved tone.

"Then after a very, very long time, the boy who finally got used to everything, figured out one thing."

"what's up?"

"...That is, he can't go back to the past no matter what. Instead of complaining about himself, he might as well pick up a weapon and move on."

Because anyway, all he can look forward to... is the future.

"There is a choice—only hope."

Chapter 42 Year

After swinging the sword tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or tens of millions of times.