1TWITF[C Chapter 53

Chapter 53

The whole city was still immersed in quiet sleep, not awakened by the sound of the speeding car. Lu Yanli drove further into the city, then turned the steering wheel and headed for another unfamiliar road.

“Where are we going now?” Chu Xiu asked.

Speaking of the game the next day, Chu Xiu was a little silent.

Just like this time, the game should have ended, but they were dragged back to the crossroads again. He indirectly kept Nie Yunzhen and Shi Yan alive through several wishes, but they still died unexpectedly near the end.

He vaguely sensed that everything was being manipulated behind the scenes.

It’s because of that “god”!

Chu Xiu told his own conjecture, watching Lu Yanli’s expression in the rearview mirror, hoping that he could give some clues.

He didn’t know that Lu Yanli had already prayed to that god and exchanged his becoming a believer for the opportunity to live.

Lu Yanli listened quietly to his guess, increasingly feeling that his choice was correct. He was able to deduce to this point in the absence of clues, presumably, after returning to that world, he would collect information for him properly.

The only thing he couldn’t determine was whether the psychological suggestion he made for him would still work after he went back? And, the next time he comes to this world, if he goes to other places, it will be difficult to meet.

“I still can’t draw a conclusion, what exactly is behind everything? It doesn’t seem like a simple vengeful ghost or a weird tale.” Chu Xiu finally concluded, “Shi Yan and Nie Yunzhen, with their abilities, shouldn’t…”

He didn’t continue to say what they shouldn’t be, but he believed that the other party understood his unfinished words.

“Because they died in the first round, they are destined to die, no matter how many times they restart, it will be the same result.” After Chu Xiu finished speaking, Lu Yanli answered his question.

Chu Xiu: “If we two survived because of making a wish, what about Wen Qing? Why did she?”

Lu Yanli was silent for a long time.

Fortunately, his change of face was only for a moment. Lu Yanli returned to his cold and indifferent appearance and continued: “However, God does not truly resurrect people. It just puts us back to the origin and lets us walk a new path.”

This “god” is no exception.

“The origin?” Chu Xiu carefully pondered this sentence.

Lu Yanli gesticulated the flow of a river.

“Like… the long river of time and space, there is a saying that people can never step into the same river twice, and God is no exception. It pulls us out of the death node, the us in that time and space continues to die, and then, it puts us into another node of the river, but that river is no longer the same river as before. There may be another us there, or there may not be, because they are all in the same river, there may be intersections.”

Chu Xiu nodded, indicating that he understood.

“Although God is kind, the majesty of God is inviolable. Therefore, only those who pay the price can get the chance to start over. We paid the price, so we can change our future, but Shi Yan and Nie Yunzhen didn’t, how can they be worthy of enjoying God’s grace?”

In other words, they “resurrected” without paying the price, of course that “god” will find a way to take back its “gift”.

The dead end just now was obviously aimed at them. Although Chu Xiu was also seriously injured, if the “god” really wanted him to die, he would definitely not survive.

Lu Yanli’s tone made Chu Xiu feel very strange. Just listening to the words, it was difficult not to believe that this was a devout believer, but if you saw his indifferent expression, no one would believe that he was really a believer.

However, whether he believed in that god or not had nothing to do with Chu Xiu. He was still thinking about another thing.

“So, is Wen Qing also destined to die?” She obviously also made a wish, why would she also?

Lu Yanli said: “She is different. What I said about her being destined to die means that no matter how many times she restarts, she will send herself to her death again because of her own reasons.” It would be very easy for her to save herself, but she chose a dead end again and again, all because of others dying.

Moreover, the cycle is not eternal. Making a wish requires paying a price. What price can Wen Qing pay for restarting over and over again?

Chu Xiu himself may have made a wish. He imitated Lu Yanli’s pious appearance and tentatively asked: “The gift of God must be obtained by paying a price, otherwise, it will be collected in another form?”

Lu Yanli nodded.

In this way, it makes sense. Shi Yan and Nie Yunzhen, who should have died, were “resurrected” because of Chu Xiu, but they did not pay the price. That “god” would naturally find a way to take back its “grace”.

“I see… no wonder we suddenly returned to the crossroads, but why is there an extra car?”

There should have been only two cars colliding at the intersection, but they were inexplicably deceived by the number three, and firmly believed that it was three cars colliding, causing them to ignore the anomaly.

If the situation at the first intersection was a consequence of the mission game, what was the reason for the third car that appeared after the collision?

Is it a mission, or a “god”? Or both?

“I don’t have a correct answer about this matter, I can only guess. The third car should be a dead end used to screen us, but we survived. If Nie Yunzhen and Shi Yan hadn’t died, there would have been their dead ends next.”

Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain that they were all deceived by the third car.

There was a red light ahead, and Lu Yanli stopped the car to wait, but he didn’t stop talking. He asked a question that made Chu Xiu think about it in horror: “Also, are you really sure that your dead end has passed?”

Lu Yanli didn’t know how he broke free from the dream, presumably it was inseparable from that “god”.

“I…” Chu Xiu was speechless, he really couldn’t guarantee it.

He did rely on making a wish to the “god” to leave the dream.