Point of difference doom

Chapter 141 141: Breaking the situation, the regicide Zhou Baiyu

The next few days are the days when a new world will be established.

In a sense, when Linxiang City and Hechuan City were both implemented "civilized suppression and isolation".

These two cities can be considered to have entered a state of "doomsday is coming".

The world is full of tragedy.

The world seems to have an invisible high wall.

The two cities that were forcibly sealed off seemed like two forbidden areas abandoned by humans.

The two cities were completely blocked, the network was cut off, and the signal was disconnected, as if they were back in the Victorian era.

At this time, the outside world called Linxiang City and Hechuan City - the area inside the wall.

They call themselves the area outside the wall.

Under the isolation of the high wall, people once again thought that they had nothing to worry about. The areas outside the wall began to study various recent situations.

The idea that the end of the world is coming makes people panic.

There are more and more riots of all kinds.

Especially after everyone carried out all kinds of atrocities against the two cities, when the desire cooled down...when the inner kindness temporarily occupied the high ground again, all kinds of "truth, goodness and beauty" began.

But everyone knows——

Human rights and laws have completely collapsed in their actions. At least there is no bragging crime in this world, right?

The law does not punish everyone, but the whole world participated in that righteous bullying. If sanctions are really needed, who should start?

So just forget it selectively.

"No one will mention the incidents in Linxiang City and Hechuan City anymore, just treat them as if they never happened."

This became an unspoken thing.

In the world outside the wall, everyone is still talking about various things, and everyone has returned to the peaceful way they used to be.

But some things just happen when they happen.

When everyone realizes how evil they can be, that evil becomes difficult to suppress.

In the world outside the walls, crime rates soared.

But the world inside the wall...is peaceful.

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Linxiang City.

Supplies in the two cities are rising rapidly, and all humanitarianism is undergoing unimaginable tests.

Zhou Baiyu walked on the street and felt that everyone's faces were filled with fear.

Although they no longer have the ability to identify lies, there are still many "lies" from the outside world, which can make them feel extremely panicked.

But all this was basically solved in only half a day.

Lane, one of the only two people who can lie, established a new order.

He used lies to achieve supremacy.

He also used the power obtained through lies to construct a new... order.

In Times Square, Linxiang City, countless people are worshiping Ryan.

This middle-aged drunkard who was disheveled not long ago now has a neat gentleman's beard, an expensive custom-made suit, a monocle, and a fat belly.

When supreme power comes, even a pig can instantly possess the aristocratic temperament.

Ryan is not a pig, he is a very capable person.

After Linxiang City and Hechuan City were abandoned, and no one cared about these two cities anymore, he quickly managed the two cities in an orderly manner.

All existing media channels in the city were used, even manual ones were used to shout declarations on the streets.

In short, under Lane's influence, various new laws, regulations, and orders soon began to be established.

Ryan asked everyone in each household to return to their homes and wait patiently for new work assignments.

At the same time, people were also arranged to tally the material reserves of the two cities as soon as possible.

Everyone listened to his orders, and everyone began to cooperate in a way that would almost only happen in an ideal world.

No one will suspect others of selfish motives, and no one will refuse others' requests.

At Ryan's request, mankind began to save itself.

Ryan transformed and became the new savior.

An ideal country is about to be born.

When the lies are completely stripped away, when everyone is sincere...

There is no crime, no deception, no exploitation, everything is in order, except for the only person who can lie. It can almost be said that a new world where all living beings are equal has arrived.

The world outside the wall is still cunning, ugly, and full of crime and punishment.

The world inside the walls is completely opposite.

Until the 22nd.

This is the last day Zhou Baiyu can resist lies and release them.

But it was also on this day that two "emperors" who could lie met.

Times Square became Ryan's palace and a place of pilgrimage for all people.

Zhou Baiyu did not expose Ryan's lies.

Because in the consciousness of these people, once a lie exists, they may fall into a brain overload situation.

In the vast Times Square, there were at least tens of thousands of people kneeling.

Zhou Baiyu stood in the center of the square, extremely conspicuous.

He and Ryan were about sixty meters apart. Ryan was holding a loudspeaker and was giving a passionate speech not long ago.

He liked to watch people kneel down and listen to the oracle.

But when he saw Zhou Baiyu, the only person standing, walking towards him, Ryan was not angry. Instead, he said very generously:

"I knew that there was another person in this city who could enjoy divine power just like me."

"Welcome, another king of this world."

Ryan opened his arms.

He speaks Longxia language extremely fluently, even more fluently than Constantine.

The crowd cleared a path for Zhou Baiyu. They knelt and moved around, as if the sea was divided into two by the command of Poseidon.

Zhou Baiyu looked at this scene and was slightly moved.

There are even many pioneers among this group of people.

With the advent of the defensive mode, a large number of people poured into Linxiang City. It can basically be said that this defensive mode will wipe out all the pioneers.

In the case of being contaminated, even if these pioneers left Linxiang City due to recruitment...

Basically, he is going to die.

It’s hard to imagine how terrible it would be to be unable to lie and recognize lies in the advance world.

It has to be said that the second round of defensive mode has pushed the pioneers to a dead end.

Just like a frog in warm water, when you realize that the water temperature is no longer enough to survive, it's already too late.

However, if the pioneers can survive this round, perhaps the defensive model in the future will not be higher than this time.

In a sense, "we" played a dirty trick this time.

Zhou Baiyu abandoned his distracting thoughts and looked at Ryan:

"You're waiting for me."

"Of course, I don't know why you have never been inspired by sincerity. But it's not bad. I am happy to share this world with you. In such a world, we can rely on each other to resist loneliness."

Ryan showed a friendly smile.

At this moment, Zhou Baiyu looked like a villain who was about to assassinate the king. He remained unmoved:

"I have no interest in such a world. Your pollution has no effect on me. Today is the day of your death."

Ryan was unmoved and even took the initiative to walk in front of Zhou Baiyu.

And the moment Ryan left the podium in the square, the crowd began to disperse.

Everyone covered their ears. Although their movements were irregular, they also had strong execution ability.

Zhou Baiyu could not imagine what kind of order Ryan had given.

"Excuse me, why do you want to kill me?" Ryan asked kindly.

Zhou Baiyu’s answer is simple:

"Lies are also an extremely important ability for human beings. You have taken away the ability that they should not take away, which they rely on for survival."

Ryan smiled and said:

"You're angry about my people, aren't you? Because you think I've taken away an ability from them."

"That's great. I like heroes like you."

"But you should have noticed that I gave some instructions. So please don't kill me, otherwise... you may see the most gorgeous and largest funeral in history."

"Even if you kill me, digging out my godhead mark can remove this pollution."

"But believe me, when you do this... there will definitely be a lot of people that you can't save."

Although he guessed that Ryan had some back-up when facing him so calmly, when he heard this scene, Zhou Baiyu still gritted his teeth and stared at him.

He now understood that Ryan must have promulgated a certain lie. Once something went wrong with him...

It is very likely that these people who believe in Ryan as a god will also have problems.

He actually wanted to kill Ryan directly, but obviously, doing so now would be very expensive.

Ryan said:

"I don't know your name, so I'll call you a hero."

"Mr. Hero, do you think I'm hateful?"

Zhou Baiyu didn't answer this question. He just looked at Ryan coldly, unmoved.

Ryan said:

"Of course, I am guilty. These days, I use lies to live a very comfortable life. I was not so comfortable before."

"I also spent a harmonious and beautiful night with a lady who was like a goddess that I had never imagined before."

"I also gained the respect of many people because of my lies. But who doesn't?"

"Things that win everyone's respect by sincerity are what we call fairy tales."

"Business is about integrity, but the business world is full of intrigues. No company that truly values ​​integrity will survive."

"I am a villain, Mr. Hero, maybe you think so."

Ryan even walked up to Zhou Baiyu and helped Zhou Baiyu tidy up his clothes:

"Young and handsome body, penetrating and exploratory eyes. Mr. Hero, you are a person of high moral character."

Of course Zhou Baiyu would not change his position just because of a few words of praise.

"What do you want to say?"

"What I want to say is that these days, as a believer in the God of sincerity and virtue, I have prevented many crises."

Ryan's expression gradually became serious.

"Some lies are fatal. If these lies are allowed to spread, these sincere children will quickly become extinct."

"These lies have basically been stopped by me. My ability can make them unaware of the existence of lies, but it can also make them instinctively ignore some lies."

They are also corrupt, but so far there is no one in Linxiang City who is superior to Zhang Haoyun.

It is also a polluted species, and Ryan's diffusion ability is several times that of other polluted species. Of course, this is also related to the fact that "sincerity" itself is needed by people.

It is also related to the defensive mode. In a sense, Ryan and Zhang Haoyun are the level bosses.

Ryan's lie level is naturally the highest.

"But I didn't filter out all the lies, Mr. Hero. I did this just to let you see clearly——"

"The real villain is not me, but greed that is rooted deep in people's hearts."

"And I am their savior!"

Ryan pointed casually:

“Did you see the lady with the words “exclusive slave” engraved on her face?

"Her beautiful face has the tattoos of a slave."

"Did you see the child next to her with his face scratched? His parents were obviously there, but in his reality...his father became a perpetrator who might be as old as him."

"There are countless people gathered here, and they have all been deceived by those outside. Some have lost their families, some have destroyed themselves, some have lost everything, and some... have become fools!"

"The most evil ones are the people outside! They are the evil people who plundered us and want to return us to the previous civilization!"

"Because they are not sincere."

Ryan looked straight at Zhou Baiyu:

"In the earliest days of this world, no one was superior to others. Lies were the real reason for the birth of classes. All kinds of lies created all kinds of inequalities."

"I'm just eliminating that inequality. When my kids become genuine, do I pose any threat to the world?"

"Did I kill anyone?"

"Did I set a fire?"

"Am I trying to destroy the world?"

Ryan's questioning voice became louder and louder, with anger in his eyes:

"I didn't do this. When sincerity came, the crime rate in Linxiang City dropped to the lowest level in history."

"All deceit and fraud disappear."

"But the reason why Linxiang City is in such a tragic situation is not because of me! Heroes, it's because of those people outside! They are the most evil."

"Join forces with me!"

"I can guess that you are either a Pure Walker or a Forerunner. These days, there are many people like you who are investigating me."

Ryan smiled:

"But it is a pity that in the end they were all sincerely inspired and given new missions by me using the truth."

"Now they are all heroes who want to protect this world!"

"And you, the real hero, will share this world with me."

"I need your extraordinary strength, I need you to break that wall."

When Zhou Baiyu heard this, he didn't feel too upset in his heart. But he admitted that this was indeed a big temptation. He followed the words and said:

"Then what?"

Seeing that the other party was interested, Ryan said even more earnestly:

"All the tragedies you see here are because lies still exist in this world."

"All this is just the pain of the world turning into a utopia. When my ability covers the entire world..."

"When there is no longer a liar in the world, imagine...the whole world will be like Linxiang City now, without crime, deception, oppression, and exploitation!"

Ryan shouted excitedly:

"Hero! Isn't this a bad world?"

Zhou Baiyu suddenly thought, if he compromised here...

Probably the whole story is over, right? But will such a human world really exist?

When all the Forerunners lose the ability to detect lies, can they still live in the Forerunner world?

When there is no Forerunner in the forerunner world, will there be only one "god of sincerity and virtue" in the real world?

I'm afraid not.

Demons, corruption species, and pollution species may come in large numbers in the new 1.01 version.

Zhou Baiyu smiled.

He had to admit that the world built by Ryan might really be a new possibility.

Whether it is Ryan or the replicator Mark who might have become the source of the second defensive model.

Some of the ideas of these two men actually did not originate from God.

Rather, it stems from that real society that is extremely distorted and deformed even if it does not require a new god.

In this world, there are many real evils that even novels dare not write about.

Be it Mark or Ryan, they are all products of this new era.

"The world you describe is wonderful, but unfortunately, that world will never come. I hope that one day, as humans continue to grow, they can truly be honest with each other, and are still willing to tell lies even when there are obvious lies.

Open up to people…”

"But that's not the same as being forcibly deprived of the ability to lie and recognize lies."

Ryan frowned:

"But aren't the results the same?"

"It's different because they have lost the important ability to survive."

"Then let gods like us protect them. Why not?"

Listening to Ryan's words, Zhou Baiyu discovered one thing: human beings' self-inflation and arrogance are more terrifying than greed.

At this moment, Zhou Baiyu made a very important decision.

At some point, a red crystal horn appeared on his hand.

Ryan felt the murderous intention, and he suddenly panicked. In Ryan's opinion, this man should not dare to kill him.

At this moment, countless people took out some sharp weapons and pointed them at their temples.

Ryan said:

"They believe one thing from the bottom of their hearts. Once I die, this world will be destroyed. As long as they are willing to die with me... everyone will go to a beautiful new world!"

"Mr. Hero, you are so upright and upright, you will not do anything stupid, right?"

Ryan seems to have gained some confidence:

"By the way, my words are the truth to them. Although you and I can both lie, the level of lies is completely different."

"I can even block your lies, so don't try to beat lies with lies! This is my home court!"

Ryan's eyes gradually became brighter.

He saw Zhou Baiyu looking at the people around him. He couldn't see Zhou Baiyu's eyes, but presumably, this hero couldn't bear it, right?

He smiled again, but the next second, his smile froze...

The crimson crystal horn was stained with Ryan's blood. Zhou Baiyu turned around and met Ryan's surprised gaze head-on.

"I don't like high-minded gods, especially you who caused all this but try your best to package yourself as the savior. It's so ugly."

"Although you describe the outside world as very bad, so what? As long as someone provides the soil for evil, there will be someone who does evil. Isn't this always the case since ancient times?"

"You try to make me hate the evil of mankind, and I do. You try to make me sympathize with the goodness of sincere people, and I do sympathize with it."

"But the initiator of this conflict between good and evil is you."

The red crystal horn penetrated further into Ryan's throat, causing blood to flow like a stream.

At the same time, the huge Times Square seemed to be performing a performance called death.

Countless people are moving towards the "new world".

Ryan couldn't imagine... Is this person a devil? Does this person not care about the lives of tens of thousands of people at all?

Doesn’t this person hate the thugs outside at all? Doesn’t he look forward to that new world at all?

When he was selected as a fallen believer, he once heard a sentence from a cadre of the Pantheon Society.

"In the game of the gods, they always choose people with heroic temperament. Or little people. They may choose those business elites who are rich and powerful, but they will not choose politicians who have long lost their blood."

"Because those who play games from a country-to-country perspective, to ordinary people, in a sense they are gods."

"Gods do not show mercy to the rise and fall of the human world. Even if they give an order that may lead to the death of hundreds of thousands of people, but allows millions of people to survive... they will abandon those millions of people without hesitation."

"None of them are heroes, but they can easily do things that heroes cannot."

Whether they are pioneers or pure practitioners, they are actually just like what is described in this passage, without those wily and cunning top human beings.

Regardless of whether they are pioneers or pure practitioners, most of them have age restrictions.

This level of selection has filtered out most of the people in high positions.

Even if there is occasionally a talent like no other in the world, his influence on the world is minimal.

So Ryan believes that the person in front of him, whether he is a Pure Walker or a Forerunner...

He shouldn't have such terrifying courage.

He shouldn't be the kind of tyrant who can let tens of thousands of people be buried with him without blinking an eye.

Zhou Baiyu was indeed very calm, at least judging from his facial expression, he seemed neither sad nor happy.

At the moment when the crystal horn penetrated Ryan, when he saw the grand death blooming suddenly like a group of flowers, one next to another, blooming scarlet...

He suddenly wondered, was there really a devil living in his bones?

Since when did you start not hesitating at all when faced with such a choice?

Obviously deep down in my heart, I am very afraid of this scene coming.

Obviously not long ago, I was still working as a suicide crisis interventionist, thinking about saving one person after another.

Memories emerged at this moment, and Zhou Baiyu was in a daze for a moment.

After becoming a pioneer, his worldview suffered a huge impact.

Before entering the advance world for the first time, Zhou Baiyu felt the fear that his life was about to pass away.

After getting the memory of "Jiang Xianwu", he was afraid of that world where humans were like ants.

In the subsequent adventures, Zhou Baiyu experienced many choices. Most of these choices were near misses, but they allowed him to see many cruel truths.

In making choices again and again, he realized the "gods" hidden behind the scenes, only revealing the tip of the iceberg.

He also realized time and time again that a casual update from "us" could kill many people in the world.

During these processes, Zhou Baiyu has actually been growing.

It wasn't until the moment the bell rang that he finally realized one thing -

There are many choices in life, and in the process of having them, you also lose them.

A real hero is someone who abandons the microscopic concerns of life and death and is able to make correct decisions from a macroscopic perspective.

No longer emitting light in the dark night, this choice may not bring any surprises, but at least it can keep the last hope in everyone's hearts, and then slowly die and become a dark species.

If you don't ring the bell in the sky, maybe the people on side B will always be miserable, but at least, there really is a happy and indulgent place in this world.

Many people actually know that some choices are better in the long run, but who wants to carry the stigma ahead?

When Zhou Baiyu came to his senses, he made such a choice again.

This choice is so radical.

Ryan is dead. Ryan's death also caused a lot of deaths.

Times Square at this time is like a purgatory on earth, and also like a huge cult sacrifice site.

He looked around blankly, with a calm face under the huge grief.

Finally, without shaking his hands, he dug out Ryan's divine imprint with extraordinary skill.

At this moment...the world's largest source of pollution disappeared.

Those whose brains were overloaded and became stupid suddenly regained their logic.

Those who were troubled and panicked by the truth suddenly no longer panicked.

But soon, people recalled this experience, the exploitation and fraud of the outside world...

The whole city was filled with great violence.

Of course, some people remember Ryan, the savior, and recalling Ryan's words, they soon discovered that Ryan was the only person in the world behind the wall who could lie.

Maybe everything was caused by Ryan.

Some people scolded Ryan, while others hoped that Ryan could lead them to get back what they had lost.

But Ryan is dead.

Tens of thousands of corpses in Times Square are like withered flower petals. Only Zhou Baiyu is like an outsider standing on the withered flower.

More and more people are flocking to Times Square, wanting to get an explanation from Lane, or to get back what they have lost.

But in the end, these people only saw Zhou Baiyu in the center of the blood.

Zhou Baiyu looked at these people, still calm. It was not that he had become an insensitive thug, he just knew that the matter was not over yet.

In fact, he realized a terrible thing a few days ago.

Even if the source of pollution is purified and eradicated, the birth of this atrocity has completely made it impossible for mankind to return to the way it was before. Linxiang City and Hechuan City were destroyed.

I'm afraid these people will never build trust with outsiders again, right?

The reward in defensive mode is just a prop that is common to all versions.

This is like the ending slogan of a famous game——

Congratulations on completing the game, but was it all worth it?

Zhou Baiyu looked at the dense crowd around him, which seemed to be swallowing him up. The sadness in his heart slowly disappeared. Not only was his face calm, but he also gradually became calm from the inside out.

How to get everything back on track, how to get Linxiang City, Hechuan City, and the whole world back to before trusting violence and fraud and bullying.

Zhou Baiyu has actually found the answer.

This idea came to mind a few days ago.

A few days ago, Zhou Baiyu was worried that the atrocities committed by other cities and countries against Linxiang City... were too much.

Many things cannot go back to where they started.

But the word "origin" made him think of a feasible method.

"Yes! I can still do this! Everything is not over yet! There is still a chance for everything to be reversed!"

This is another reason why he dares to make a choice.

Whether he is a murderer or a criminal who destroys the country of sincerity, Zhou Baiyu looks at the dense crowd surrounding the square, not without a little confusion in his heart, but he is also very determined.

He stood alone in the square and whispered to himself:

"What I see these days are basically ugliness and evil. When the soil for evil is built, the evil side of human nature is exposed."

"I'm actually thinking that this is not a real offensive launched by the New Gods. They are questioning me whether the people I protect are worth protecting."

"I don't have the answer. But I will do my best to continue to bring the world back to its most normal self."

Every person you save contains his good and evil. How should the good and evil be settled?

Killing Ryan at this time, in a sense, is not covering up the sins of the people outside the wall?

This is a question Zhou Baiyu has been thinking about when he was in the Land of Joy, and he still has no answer.

This is also like a mockery from the gods to their forerunners.

But he believes that in the process of preventing the end of the world, he will definitely find the answer.

At least this time, Zhou Baiyu will return the ridicule of the gods.

The next second, Zhou Baiyu's figure disappeared.

(There will be a new dungeon in the next chapter, um, but this time it’s a joyful dungeon where the protagonist appears in front of others. It’s very difficult. This kind of dungeon should be added in the future, and it won’t always be that kind of dungeon.

There are bloody battle dungeons that require fighting for one's life and revealing trump cards, and there will also be some dungeons with supporting role difficulty.)

(End of chapter)