Chapter 430 Changes in the External World
"Now, I think the atmosphere should have eased a lot. But if everyone is still serious, I think I must have failed... That's really a pity, because I have always been good at telling jokes at home. It's very disappointing that I failed to tell a joke for the last time before I die.
If you haven't laughed yet, just smile to give the deceased some face.
After laughing, what I want to say is what I really want to say. First of all, the first thing I want to say is that I don’t regret it at all. Even if I am dead, I will never regret it. If you are still alive, you should be proud of having a son like me...】"
Su Ming kept reading out everyone's suicide notes. Some people did not forget to joke before going to the battlefield, some were serious and expressed their feelings to everyone, and some people recorded their feelings at the time and conveyed them to everyone.
Emotions are diverse, but there is only one thing that remains unchanged, and that is calmness.
Each of these sacrificed blacksmiths was extremely calm before their death.
They did not hesitate and moved forward.
While reading aloud, Su Ming suddenly recalled the scene of the battle. Everyone was attacking the giant slime-like monster with all their might. People were constantly knocked away by the slime tentacles that suddenly popped out. Their limbs hidden behind their armor were broken, and they watched their companions die one after another.
Even Su Ming found it strange. They were all blacksmiths, so why didn't they show any fear or terror when they were injured?
Their decision to join the war was already admirable, but Su Ming was surprised that they could remain fearless when facing death on the battlefield.
They are warriors indeed.
The people below listened to Su Ming reading the suicide note, and the sad atmosphere gradually dissipated. Everyone fell into deep thought, feeling the emotions conveyed by the dying words of these soldiers. After hearing these words, their hearts suddenly became broad.
In an instant, I suddenly became able to feel the weight of other people's lives.
Finally, Su Ming finished reading the last suicide note. He folded it, stuffed it into an envelope, and said to everyone, "Let's eat. This dinner was also won by their concerted efforts. Just like Zhang Ming said just now, the reason they went to the battlefield was that they hoped that those who stayed here could live the same as before.
So... don’t let them down.”
As dinner went on, the mood changed, as did the topics of conversation.
At first, everyone was still reluctant to let go, but when someone asked about the victim's past, the topic suddenly opened up.
The families of the victims began to recall the past, and others gradually got to know the long-dead warriors better through the family members' accounts. Although some people did not know the dead soldiers at all, through the family members' words, they seemed to have met an old friend they had known for a long time.
After taking a few bites of braised pork, Su Ming hid in the corner of the front yard, thinking about what he had encountered today.
When he was fighting, he wanted to activate the annihilation mode, but just when he was about to activate the annihilation mode, the feeling of confronting the Beast Demon resurfaced.
It's very likely that annihilation mode will not be effective against those game referees.
So far, he has killed those referees twice, but he did not gain any characteristics or energy in both times.
This may mean that those judges did not appear before him as individuals, but were derivatives of this evil world. Killing them might be like destroying an insignificant corner of this world, and would have no effect on the weird whole of the devil's land.
In other words, this world could have created a more powerful game referee to wipe them out in one fell swoop, but this world did not do so.
The more I think about it, the more I feel that this is a clash of beliefs.
"Su Ming."
Su Ming raised his head when he heard the voice and saw Zhou Xiaoxiao standing in front of him, looking at him seriously.
"What's wrong?"
"Let me join the battle." Zhou Xiaoxiao said.
Su Ming was shocked when he heard this. This was not in line with the contract Zhou Xiaoxiao made with the god. Why would he suddenly join the battle?
"Why?"
"I don't know. I just think that trying to save others is the right thing to do. I don't deserve to live if I keep hiding behind you. This is not what God wants to see."
"But doesn't God ask you to try to live?"
Zhou Xiaoxiao chuckled. "Yes, but maybe I misunderstood what God Tyr meant. God told me to try to live, not to not die. No matter what, everyone will die in the end. The only choice is how to live... I think... God wants to convey this meaning."
"Are you scared?"
"I'm not afraid. I told you, God has taken away my fear. I won't be afraid of anything anymore."
It’s really amazing that Zhou Xiaoxiao’s idea deviated from the devil’s original intention. Did he do it on his own, or was it part of the devil’s calculation from the beginning?
Su Ming nodded and said, "Then let's fight together next time."
Zhou Xiaoxiao also nodded, said nothing, turned and walked towards the campfire.
Zhou Xiaoxiao's change reminded Su Ming of the characteristics of those monsters again. Those monsters could be injured by ordinary people. That was a kind of alternative fairness.
So, does this kind of fairness also exist when it comes to inducing people to think?
Those who fail to resist temptation will degenerate into inhumans. Will those who stick to their beliefs gain new power?
…
The city of molten iron, outside the devil's territory.
An expressionless worker stands on a large piece of flat land.
There had been various houses on the land, but now they have all disappeared, along with their foundations.
Based on the comparison of the data, these houses are likely to have entered an S-level dangerous, strange and alien space, the devil's territory.
Now, this open space has been completely isolated, and the official investigators of the royal family of Molten Iron City are constantly collecting information and trying to study and analyze this phenomenon.
Compared with the alliance's information, their information is very one-sided and scarce, but because of the positions of both parties, the information cannot be shared.
Therefore, Jiang Yichuan has neither the obligation nor the power to help the other party. All he can do is call Sylvie.
"Minister, I have been here for half a month. If Xiao Ming knew I was here, he would have met me. It is almost certain that Xiao Ming has been dragged into the devil's land."
"The devil's land... that's really tricky."
"Do you think Xiao Ming can come out?"
"If you mean coming out alive, then I think the possibility is very high, but if you mean he came out mentally normal, then I think the possibility is not high. Although I also hope that he can be the exception, but the current data shows that the probability is almost zero.
There was once a specialist who could open his own barrier but unfortunately entered the devil's territory. When he finally came out, he not only lost the ability to open the original barrier, but also had serious mental problems. Various data show that strength does not increase the probability of normal survival. "
"So if he comes out mentally ill, should we deal with him?"
"You probably can't handle it."
Jiang Yichuan lowered his head and fell into deep thought.
After a long time, he asked again: "Is the information that the Demon of Love came here true?"
"It should be correct. Of course, whether you can find it or not is another matter. Even if you find it, don't be impulsive. You and Zhou Yuhao are no match for the Love Demon. But you can negotiate with the royal family of Rongtie City. They should be happy to help you find the Love Demon. After all, the royal family over there would love to have their own investigation bureau."
"When does the deputy director plan to take action?"
"I don't know. She is probably discussing it with the director. It will only take two days. If nothing goes wrong, Xiao Ming will definitely be cleared of suspicion. But I don't know what the consequences of doing so will be."
"If I fail, do I not have to go back?"
"It's up to you whether you want to come back or not, but you don't know what kind of person your new leader will be."
Jiang Yichuan hung up the phone silently, put the phone in his pocket, and looked back at the land where the foundation had disappeared.
What Jiang Yichuan could not notice was that just as he was talking on the phone, there was a beautiful young girl standing on tiptoe with her ear close to the phone, carefully "eavesdropping" on his conversation with Sylvie.
When she heard that Su Ming might not be a normal person when he returned, her head started buzzing.
"This is the devil's land, why would such a thing happen?" Xia Xiaoyu looked at the flat land in front of her, tears welling up in her eyes.
Does God always want to separate two people who love each other? I always feel that after being with Su Ming, bad things happen one after another, and I don’t even have time to be intimate.
I had finally escaped from Dongyang Island and regained my freedom temporarily, but then I encountered this kind of bad thing again!
What if Su Ming died in there?
What if Su Ming turns into the madman described in the information when he comes out?
Xia Xiaoyu didn't dare to think about it. There was no adjective that could describe her current desperate mood. Although the most desperate situation had not yet happened, Xia Xiaoyu felt that she had become a widow.
"Damn it! I... I'm still young! I'm so young... I don't want to be a widow~"
Xia Xiaoyu fell to her knees with a plop, supporting herself on the ground with her hands, her tears dripping into the mud. She looked so pitiful and lovable.
Unfortunately, no one can see this.
Regret, she regretted so much. If Su Ming died now, she would have nothing. She should not have listened to Su Ming. No matter what, she had to create a villain.
There were so many opportunities before, but I gave them up because I respected Su Ming's opinion. It turned out that it was not right to always listen to him. If I had been more independent-minded at that time, at least I would still have a hope now.
But now, she has lost Su Ming, and Alice is also going to be without a father.
After kneeling on the ground and collapsing for a long time, Xia Xiaoyu finally calmed down. She wiped away her tears, stood up, clenched her fists in front of her chest, and looked determined, as if she had made some difficult decision.
She couldn't just give up like this. Even if Su Ming went crazy, she had to find a way!
Who says that people who have gone crazy can’t be restored to normal? Since people can go crazy because of weird things, then there must be weird things in this world that can turn crazy people into normal people!
She wanted to find that weirdness and restore Su Ming to normal.
"Captain! I have a clue!"
In the distance, Zhou Yuhao ran over and stopped in front of Jiang Yichuan: "I found that some people's mental states are a little different."
"Be more specific." Jiang Yichuang said expressionlessly.
"There are three suspects. One is the daughter of a wealthy man who lives in a wealthy area and runs an iron ore business; one is a college student majoring in freight transport; and the other is the campus hunk from the same university as the first suspect.
The rich man's daughter fell in love with the security guard in their company in recent days. The security guard resigned half a month ago and opened his own company, which is running very well. I investigated the companies that cooperated with him, and their bosses all had a very good impression of the security guard.
The second college student was born in a poor family. His father was a very skilled blacksmith, but he was just a blacksmith. He lived in a working-class area. Because he had excellent grades when he was young, his father spent a lot of money to send him to college to study air cargo. He recently had a girlfriend in college, but it was said that the girl had rejected him many times before.
I asked the girl's roommate privately and found out that their relationship was indeed abnormal. Just one day before the girl agreed to confirm the relationship with the boy, she was still complaining about the other party's entanglement in the dormitory. She told her roommate that the suitor was disgusting, annoying, and came from a poor family background.
Then the third one, that school hunk got together with another school hunk, but before that, everyone around him treated him as a normal person with normal sexual orientation. He also talked about many girlfriends, and of course, he had physical relationships with those women, and behaved well. "
Zhou Yuhao reported calmly, and the content of the report was clear, in-depth and easy to understand.
Jiang Yichuan glanced at Zhou Yuhao calmly and asked, "Did you use the identity of the Investigation Bureau?"
"No, I just spent a little money." Zhou Yuhao raised his hand and rubbed his fingers.
"Your own money?"
"Don't look at me like this, my family is still quite rich." Zhou Yuhao replied casually.
"Really? If you're so rich, why did you join the Investigation Bureau to save the world like Su Ming?"
"No, I'm just looking for someone."
"revenge?"
"Yeah." Zhou Yuhao nodded slightly and changed the subject, "It is basically confirmed that the Demon of Love is indeed on this island. When do we take action?"
"Go investigate those people first and confirm whether their interpersonal relationships have changed." Jiang Yichuang said coldly.
Zhou Yuhao frowned and asked, "Why?"
"The power of the Love Demon must be exchanged for love, your own love or the love of others. Power cannot be generated for no reason. By investigating the surroundings of those people, we can find out whether they have made deals with the demon." Jiang Yichuan said, "In addition, tracking must also be carried out at the same time."
Zhou Yuhao was stunned for a moment and raised a very realistic question.
"But there are only two of us, and we don't have enough manpower."
"I'll take care of the manpower. You investigate the interpersonal issues around those people first. I'll go to the Royal City."
After saying that, Jiang Yichuan walked towards the royal city without looking back.
