The Last Men

A piece of scarlet.

This is Shi Zhi's impression of his place after waking up.

He seems to be outside a building, surrounded by red.The ground, left and right, and the sky were all red. If he hadn't seen the concrete ground not far away that was submerged in red, he wouldn't even be able to judge where he was.

The pocket watch failed to indicate the direction this time, and the pointer continued to rotate rapidly.Shi Zhi frowned, stared at it for a while, sighed, closed the lid, and put it back in his arms.

The red on the ground seems to be a kind of algae plant, piece by piece, like a blossoming firework.Everything around grows with this kind of plant, and the whole world will be buried by them, leaving only a few spots, and those spots are also pink.

Shi Zhi took a look at the spot, there was a teaching building not far ahead, the left side was downhill, and there were two other round buildings, and there was a dormitory-like building a little farther on the right, he decided to go to In the building behind.

There was not much cement left, and above the building was a piece of wreckage. The flesh and blood of the body had been eaten away, leaving only the steel bars, which were covered with red and hanging algae.The unexposed algae are less red, dry and dark.

It seems that the modern background, this world, the sun is a bit strange.Shi Zhi walked up the stairs in the building, climbed to the top of the building, and looked around.

He saw the sun, without glare.The scorching light distorted the surrounding area of ​​the huge scarlet circle, but Shi Zhi didn't feel that hot, and even felt a little cool. The function of this light source seemed to make the world scarlet.

Like a dividing line, everything in the distance is scarlet. Relatively speaking, although this side is also red, it is not so red, and the eroded world still has a bit of its original appearance.

In that scarlet world, there is a place that can be regarded as a building complex. It is like a bird's nest supported by red algae. It can't be seen clearly, but it is completely red, even the shadows are red.It is more red than the sun and has a sense of existence.

Go over there and have a look.Shi Zhi thought, among the reds over there, the building with a large area is the most eye-catching, and the red is the purest, and the surrounding buildings also gradually change around it, away from red.

"Ruler! This way!"

Hearing someone calling him, Shi Zhi hurriedly looked around, and saw Bai Yun downstairs who made a trumpet shape with his hand, and hurriedly ran downstairs.

"Bai Yun." Walking on the road, Shi Zhi was a little dissatisfied. Although he knew that the other party was doing it for his own good, he still didn't want him to hide it from him.

"When will you let me know?" So Shi Zhi asked, his memory was probably full of thorns, and he was not so curious anymore.

However, Bai Yun seemed to think that he would keep asking, so he pushed him onto a nearby pillar and then lowered his head and gnawed down. When they kissed him, his eyes were slightly red and his breathing was short of breath, so he pushed him away.

"What, what are you doing?" His legs were a little weak, Shi Zhi's cheeks were slightly red, and he missed Bai Yun's sight.

Bai Yun didn't speak, just kept embracing him and stared into his eyes for a long time, then reached out his hand to touch Shi Yi's eyes.

It was too close, when Bai Yun's fingers came closer, Shi Zhi closed his eyes subconsciously, but the other party didn't continue to move, and stopped there, letting his fingers be brushed gently by Shi Zhi's feathery eyelashes, a little itchy, Very comfortable.

"It's so beautiful." Praising from the bottom of his heart, Bai Yun stared at Shi Zhi's eyes in a daze, and when Shi Zhi opened his eyes again and looked back in a panic, he retracted his gaze and looked at his rosy lips.

"What, what the hell are you doing!" Since he was confused, Shi Zhi's face became more and more red, and he stared back viciously.

He didn't realize the changes in his body, Bai Yun was so happy, so he didn't tell him, let go, took Shi Zhi's hand and left without saying anything.Shi Zhi was confused and didn't quite understand, what did Bai Yun's words mean just now?Obviously he is cute, how is he beautiful?

Is there something strange growing on your face?Speaking of it, his eyes were itchy all the time before, but he didn't pay much attention to it, but it doesn't seem to be itchy now.

"Hee hee hee."

"!" Shi Zhi turned his head, the laughter just now seemed to be his illusion, there was nothing behind him.

When Bai Yun turned around and saw him, he frowned and thought, reached out and rubbed his forehead, thinking that he was struggling with what happened just now: "You will know later."

"...En." Keeping this matter in mind silently, Shi Zhi nodded, responding to Bai Yun's words.

The journey was a bit long, and they had no means of transportation at hand, so they could only walk there, but neither of them would be too tired.As they walked, Bai Yun asked about Shi Zhi's situation at Zhulong's side just now, and Shi Zhi told him everything in detail, and added a little guess of his own.

Some fragments flashed in his mind, probably the memory that Zhulong had dredged for him, some fragments of the levels he had experienced before, only bloody and brutal.

If it is true as Zhulong said, his previous experience was not good, he kept going through the barriers, did not even have a break after passing the barriers, continued to break through the barriers, and even the ordinary daily life was so cruel, then it is no wonder that Bai Yun is unwilling to remind himself.

But, but, I always feel that Bai Yun is still hiding something from him.I can no longer suppress my bad emotions, so I have to find a way to vent them out, but my doubts are becoming more and more obvious... Obviously I didn't think about that aspect anymore.

When Shi Zhi was in a daze, Bai Yun also rested his hand on his chin and was thinking in silence, when he was suddenly hugged, he was a little dazed.

"What's wrong?" He still rubbed his head against his chest, so sticky.

"No...not happy." Shi Zhi replied.

In fact, if it's just that he was injured, it doesn't matter if he remembers all of them. Bai Yun also knows that he won't care about the pain anymore, so what is the memory he doesn't want to remember?

Thinking of the faceless man who died countless times in the maze, Shi Zhi suddenly became nervous, who is that person?

My past, after all...

Bai Yun kissed Shi Zhi's forehead, reassuring him not to think too much, let him remember when Shi Zhi wants to remember after he settles everything.So Shi Zhi stopped thinking about it, and quietly followed Bai Yun, listening to him tell some things about the two of them in the past.

But even though Bai Yun tried his best to comfort him, Shi Zhi still couldn't cheer up. The subconscious discomfort was that he was really suffering all the time, and it couldn't be solved by forcing himself to laugh and laugh.

And the laughter just heard appeared again, this time with some whispers.Even Bai Yun heard it.

Looking at this world, it doesn't look like a supernatural type at the moment, so what's going on with these voices?Bai Yun took the opportunity to divert Shi Zhi's attention, and he was relieved to see him start to pay attention to his side to find clues.

Shi Zhi broke his promise, because he didn't want to make Bai Yun sad, and because Bai Yun didn't want himself to be sad, he just pretended that he wasn't sad.But the emotions are surging, the smiling face is just a mask, the skin of his truth is like this, but the truth that cannot be said is really like a skin?

Those people from forces I don't know belong to the player lineup, right?What exactly do you want to do?He and Bai Yun should have become strong back then, and rescued thousands of players. What kind of enmity did they have for revenge on them?

After walking for a while, seeing that he was about to reach his destination soon, Shi Zhi suddenly walked up behind Bai Yun and grabbed the corner of his clothes.

"What's wrong?" Bai Yun held his hand tightly back worriedly, and hugged him, thinking that it was him who was being stimulated again.

"Bai Yun...I don't want to leave, can you carry me?" I didn't expect it to be sticky and coquettish.

Shi Zhizhen has almost never acted like a baby to Bai Yun, so Bai Yun is naturally very excited (crossed out) with him on his back and walks forward slowly.

In fact, it's not coquettish, it's just that Zhulong didn't know what he did, and now Shi Yi remembered more and more things.

There are various difficulties he has experienced, such as escape from the secret room, survival on an isolated island, breaking out of monster groups, chasing in the rainforest... Most of them are his memories when he was a newcomer. At that time, he was on the death line several times. Now these The painful memories that slowly came up slashed at him like blunt knives. Although the experience of being seriously injured was not good at all, he could still accept it.

Already used to adapting, otherwise he would not have become so powerful after rushing out of many difficulties.

Explosive growth of memory is like a parabola. In the early stage, he was uncomfortable in various infinite reincarnations, but when he mastered the skills, the degree of adaptation would double.

But there are also some existences that are incompatible with the process of clearing the level of insanity, which also increases the difficulty of the level.

Shi Zhi "saw" that in a level with increased difficulty, he and Bai Yun were happily studying a book in a small, deep underground room. They were not together at that time, probably Bar.It's just that the relationship is very good, not a friend, nor a comrade-in-arms, it's another kind of subtle relationship, relying on each other, helping each other and cherishing each other in adversity, more like a confidant, but not a relationship.

The memory disappeared in a flash, but he was leaning on Bai Yun's side, and when he occasionally saw some fragments in the book, he would reach out his hand to grab the book excitedly, but Bai Yun would not give it to him, relying on being taller than himself, he lifted the book up as he wished, No matter how much he can pounce, he can't pounce. It's just a scene of two people having fun together, just an unconscious, simple peace and happiness in a perilous illusion. Why...

...why is he crying?

When Shi Zhi found two tears running down his face, the strong emotions in the memory also disappeared in the vast memory, leaving only a little bit of remnant star.

That should only be pure happiness, he still remembered what he had just recalled, and that picture could only bring pure happiness, joy, and relaxation.

But why is he crying?Such a sour mood seems to be the case, right?Why is there?

The location of the lacrimal gland is very sore and astringent. It is very painful to shed tears now. I have endured for too long and it is difficult to shed, but I still have to shed because it hurts too much, I am afraid, I am uncomfortable, uncomfortable, so painful , unspeakable pain.The heart that was already riddled with holes was divided again, and it could never return to its original shape.

"Ruler?" Sensing something, Bai Yun turned his head and met his tearful face.

And Shi Zhi looked back at him blankly, with two tear marks on his face, and the painful memories that followed.

The author has something to say: I hope you can understand the plot of ·Now·, I think I wrote it very clearly