First Player

Chapter 1321 Chapter 1316·Devil Line·"Have I ever had a true heart? (Part 2)"

The sky is like a canopy.

You walked forward, holding an umbrella as red as blood.

The village fell into a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, and pieces of corpses sank at your feet. As you walk, you dig out the meat from the corpse and slowly stuff it into your mouth.

This year you are seventeen years old. A red sun suddenly came and burned everyone to death.

Each villager was burned to charcoal, and a few broken eyeballs rolled down on the uppers of your shoes. You watched silently - the mother goddess did not care for them until the end.

There was an unpleasant burnt smell, a smell that would make adults vomit after smelling it.

However, when the flame fell on you, it was extinguished out of thin air.

You are unaffected by the coming of the Red Sun, which stuns you.

Piles of black and gray corpses are piled silently on the road and at the door of the house, as if pairs of eyes are staring at you.

You are shocked to realize that you are not sad.

It turns out you are really a heartless person. Even if he was the only survivor, he wouldn't feel any pity.

You hold up a red umbrella, walk under the hot red sun, and stuff the flesh and blood of your loved ones into your mouth. Eating your own kind can help you improve your strength and survive.

——Then you saw the girl again.

In the wheat field, she stood quietly, like an eternal observer.

You said: "Xiaobai, you are here again."

Xiaobai said: "There are only two-digit survivors left in this world, and you are one of them."

You said: "I'm just an ordinary person, and I deserve to die. You must have protected me."

Xiaobai said: "Well. A person named 'Sique Olivers' led the coming of the Red Sun. He wanted to reset the world. Most people have died. In about a few months, the world will will be reset."

You don't care about why this person reset the world, you only care about yourself: "Then will I still exist?"

Xiaobai nodded: "Yes. But after the reset, like most people, you will lose your memory and be reincarnated as a baby."

She turned and left.

"Wait a minute." You caught up and said, "I want to go with you. No matter where you go, please take me with you.

You don’t want to wait here to die, you want to follow her.

…

In the last few months of your life, you and Xiaobai traveled around the world together.

She calls it "observation," although you don't understand what she is observing.

On this day, you came to a small villa. Blue roses and lavender were planted at the door, and a windmill stood next to it.

Walking into the villa, the first thing you see is a piano, followed by a game cabinet, a few comics, an aircraft carrier model, a brown bear doll, a Chuan Chuan Xiang recipe book, a Taihua Mountain travel diary...these are very different elements. Placed together, it makes you think that this is a family where several people live together.

But you only saw one person who owns the villa.

It was a black-haired girl. She was sitting silently on the sofa, playing the game console slowly. She looked very young, but she seemed to be old. Her finger movements could not keep up. The villain on the screen was dead. Die again.

You saw the record on the game console - the highest score was very high, and it was her who scored it, but at this time her condition declined so much that she couldn't even keep up with the end of the score.

...Is she sick?

You see her - playing a boring and monotonous game again and again. It should be a two-player game, but she plays alone from beginning to end, resulting in never being able to clear the level.

Seeing you and Xiaobai, the black-haired girl slowly raised her head, as slow as an old man.

At this moment, her eyes lit up slightly, staring at Xiao Bai, as if expecting something.

"...They haven't come yet. You can't wait any longer." Xiaobai said to her.

The girl was silent for a long time before nodding.

"I understand." She said softly: "Thank you for telling me..."

Xiaobai pulled you away.

You still remember the last look before leaving the villa - after receiving the answer, the light in the girl's eyes dimmed. She took out a plate of chocolate and ate it slowly, not knowing what she was thinking. Then, she stood next to the comics, aircraft carrier models, and brown bear dolls... and stroked them one by one.

"Yamada, Lu, Luna, Lin Yin..." She whispered the names of these friends and said goodbye one by one, as if they were calling out of reach.

Finally, her eyes fell on the piano.

"...Su Ming'an."

She said this farewell very softly, like a soul flying lightly in the air.

Whoosh, whoosh.

It was as if the sound of a river was drowning above her head, and the girl's expression seemed to be drowning in water. She fell into silence completely, and the light in her eyes also fell silent.

She seemed to be gritting her teeth and enduring, not letting herself cry.

The moment you step out of the villa, you hear the sound of a piano.

——"Moonlight" by Debussy.

Like a masterpiece, this is the best piano sound you have ever heard. The girl seems to have been playing the piano for thousands of years, and the music she plays is touching.

She must have practiced alone for a long, long time...

However, the music intentionally leaves some beats out, as if waiting for another person to play these notes.

You touched your face and realized you were crying. It turns out that music can really touch people. The sadness in this song just breaks into your heart.

Is this a farewell song? The girl's appearance is so young, she must not be seeing her off.

"Who can't she wait for?" you ask.

"...Many people." Xiaobai said.

"How long did she wait?" you asked.

"A long time." Xiaobai said.

"Are they all her friends?" you asked.

"Yes." Xiaobai said.

"--Why didn't they come earlier? Why did they make her wait so long?" You felt indignant. If it were you, you would definitely not let your friend wait alone in the house so lonely.

Besides, the girl collected so many friends' things, they must be lifelong friends. Why didn't those friends come?

Xiaobai shook his head silently and said nothing.

"Then why didn't she continue to wait?" You said: "Although the world is about to be reset, you can continue to wait next time."

Xiaobai lowered her eyelids.

At this moment, you realized that she also had emotions, she was sad, even if this emotion was as thin as a thread.

Then, she spoke:

"... But some things will end sooner or later."

The sigh was as light as a gust of wind.

Like some painful blades that were destined to fall. You felt that your eyes became inexplicably sour.

You heard the sound of collapse, as if the villa behind you collapsed.

But you look back, the villa is the same as before, the blue roses and lavender are so bright, but there is no piano music anymore. Through the window, you see the girl sitting on the sofa, holding something in her arms, which seems to be a photo.

"Look, isn't she still waiting?" You point to the figure on the sofa, as if to prove that you are right - the girl is still sitting on the sofa, waiting for her friend to come back.

Xiaobai glanced and shook his head: "It's over..."

The figure no longer has the ups and downs of breathing.

Black hair silently draped over the girl's shoulders, her hair has grown long, almost over her waist, she wears comfortable loose clothes, and a pair of cat ears on her hat. She seems to be determined to wear the clothes she first met as the last.

The chocolate bars fell all over the floor in a mess, and before eating the last one... her hands dropped.

On the sofa, the game console stopped at the [Pause] interface, and the "tick-tick" music was still playing, revolving empty...

There were no flowers around her.

The blue roses swayed silently outside the window, bright and vigorous.

That night,

it snowed.

Frost and snow covered the girl's home.

…

During the last period of time, you always followed Xiaobai.

Xiaobai would not be hungry or thirsty. But you could always get delicious food and stuff it into her mouth. When she was cold, you put clothes on her. When she was tired, you spread a blanket on her.

You didn't know who she was, maybe she was a god.

On the last day, you suddenly felt weak all over, your skin began to dry, your legs and feet were sore, your voice became hoarse, and your hair turned white in an instant...

You knew that the day of the world reset had arrived.

When you open your eyes again, you will turn into a baby who has forgotten everything and will be reborn in the reset world, remembering nothing and leaving nothing behind.

So, this day is equivalent to your death. Even if it is reset, you may no longer be you.

"…Xiaobai." You lay in the golden wheat field and pulled her hand.

She still had a calm expression, as if she was a god overlooking all living things, and her steps would not stop for anyone. But when you grabbed her, she bent down for you.

Those glass-like eyes looked at you all year round.

From the age of ten to eighteen, you grew from a child to a young man, but she remained unchanged, like an immortal witch.

With trembling hands, you took out... the last rice cake candy from your arms and put it in her palm.

"... the last one, I have hidden it for a long time." You said.

Her eyes became complicated.

She once thought that you used candy to bribe her in order to get shelter. But today, you don't seem to have begged her for anything. It has always been you who took care of her on the road.

Even you felt speechless. Perhaps you should ask her to save you... but you just said, "Eat something sweet."

Although you know that even if you ask, she will not save you. She has things to abide by.

She peeled the candy in half, ate half, and put the other half in your mouth.

You can no longer swallow, nor taste anything, your breathing is as heavy as a bellows, but when she asks you "Is it sweet?", you smile and answer with a trembling old voice:

"Sweet."

"...Sweet."

Just like at the beginning, in the wheat field when she was ten years old, she answered you like this.

The sun is so good.

You are the embers of the old world, it's time to disappear.

It seems that there is a hot stream falling, your eyes are sore, and in the misty vision, you realize that she is walking towards you.

Then, give you a jerky and restrained hug.

The touch is cold, there is no human warmth on her body.

"...Thank you, traveler, I have been alone on my journey, and only you came to my side." Her voice became very light: "I don't understand what this feeling is, but I am very sad to see you die...I don't want to experience this feeling of loss for the second time, so, in the future, I should no longer contact others. Human life is too short."

"Xiaobai, do you dare to make a bet with me." You panted with a smile.

"What are you betting on?"

"I'm betting that... after this reset, we'll still be on the same road, and I'll continue my journey with you."

Her pupils shrank slightly, as if she had heard an innocent fairy tale, and she looked at you:

"What if I win? What if I lose?"

"If I win... I'll give you all the rice cakes. If I lose, then... forget me."

"Are you playing tricks again?"

"Yeah, I'm afraid I'll be bullied after my reincarnation, so I quickly hugged a thigh and begged you to take care of me... cough, cough, cough..." You coughed violently, and your vision became increasingly blurred.

She couldn't tell whether you were sincere or joking.

"That's impossible. After the reset, you are a baby who doesn't remember anything. You can't keep up with me." Xiaobai shook his head.

"Then let's make a bet. When I'm five years old... come to see me. If I go with you, you can't leave me. If I don't go with you, you can just pretend that I never existed."

Your breathing became weaker and weaker.

Xiaobai sighed.

Forget it, just let it be your peace of mind.

Although she knew that the journey with you ended here. You who don't remember anything can't get close to a stranger again.

But she still nodded.

The wind was so loud that you slowly closed your eyes.

…

In Maizi Village, a baby cried, and the child of the Hui family was born.

Five years later, that night, a pink-haired girl stood quietly under the eaves with a red umbrella.

The sacrificial banquet in the village was as lively and festive as always. The high priest danced on the altar, and nothing had changed.

After the sacrifice, everything was silent, people returned home, and only colorful flowers and cigarette ashes were left on the street.

From dusk to late at night, the pink-haired girl who had waited all night put down her umbrella and slowly turned around. It was time for her to leave.

It seemed that she had won the bet after all.

She put up her umbrella and walked out.

"——Can I go with you?"

Suddenly, the childish voice of a five-year-old child came from behind.

Xiaobai opened his eyes wide and turned his head.

You held a rice cake candy high.

"I don't know who you are, or where you are going, but I want to give you candy... I want to go with you." You said, "I don't have any impression of you, but I can't seem to watch you leave like this..."

The wind moved, the rain moved.

The girl trembled and stretched out her hand.

Her eyes looked at you in surprise, as if she had seen an incredible miracle.

She slowly, slowly took your rice cake candy and put it in her mouth.

"Sweet."

She talked about the taste and wiped the corner of her eyes strangely:

"It's a little salty and a little bitter..."

...

Under the moonlight, a big and a small figure left hand in hand.

"Sister, why did you agree to let me go with you? Obviously I'm still a child and will drag you down." You said.

"Because..." The girl seemed to pause briefly.

After a moment, she finally found the answer and slowly squeezed out a voice from her throat:

"...Because you have a sincere heart."

Sincerity?

You opened your eyes in surprise. Although you were only five years old, you knew very well what kind of person you were - selfish, extremely hypocritical, and definitely not sincere.

But why did the girl say that?

Does she know you very well? But this is the first time you two have met.

"Sincerity." You murmured blankly:

"Do I have... a true heart?"

At that moment, your breathing was paralyzed.

Those glass-like eyes, when looking at you, had warmth for the first time. She didn't speak, but just nodded.

"Sister, where are we going next?" you said.

"Go... to find the World Tree."

"Huh? Sister, aren't you going to continue the journey?"

"No, this time, he's coming... By the way, do you have a name?"

"My parents died a long time ago and didn't give me a name. My last name is Hui. Sister, please give me a name."

At this moment, Xiaobai seemed to be able to hear the sound of her own heartbeat, violent and moving, as if it was in sync with the world -

Dong, Dong, Dong.

Like a ball of warm fire, burning in her cold consciousness.

"Your name is..." Her lips opened and closed gently, as if the reverse bell of fate fell:

Ding--

Ding--

Ding--

"--Hui Bai. How about it? Take... my name."

...

...

"Ding Dong!"

["Hui Bai" memory lens, viewing completed. ]

...

Su Mingan opened his eyes.

Good night, Miss danced well^^