"Hello."
Tang Ye had just lit the cigarette when Su Sigui suddenly spoke up from beside him.
"What’s wrong?"
"Like this."
Su Sigui held the cigarette, gently pinched the tip with her thumb, and Tang Ye heard a cracking sound.
"What?"
"There’s a burst bead inside, crush it."
Upon hearing this, Tang Ye mimicked her actions and crushed the tiny bead inside the cigarette tip, saying with so interest, "Hey, this is quite novel."
"You’ve never smoked sothing like this before?"
"Nope."
"Guess you picked up smoking after the apocalypse hit."
"You’ve guessed right, but doesn’t doing this make the cigarette smoother to smoke?"
"Am I supposed to say no, and that it makes it more expensive instead?"
"Hahaha."
"Try it."
Tang Ye took a puff, and the smoke that entered his throat changed in flavor. The taste perception of zombies differs from that of ordinary people, so he couldn’t quite tell what the flavor was at first, but it felt familiar. The smoke cleared his throat, and he could even feel his breath moving into his lungs.
It shouldn’t be fruity; after searching through his mory for a while, Tang Ye quickly recalled a similar feeling at that mont.
"Mint flavor?"
"Yeah."
Tang Ye took another puff, and the silence returned between him and Su Sigui. But in this place, they were never ant to just sit idly in a team, and soon Tang Ye broke the silence.
"Can you handle it?"
"There’s nothing I can’t handle. Even I dare not predict the future. All I can do is finish what I can do. And like I said before, the worst outco is death, it’s not like I haven’t died before. Maybe I can start all over again, and if I succeed—and not to deny the greater possibility of failure—"
"It’s not the Zombie King you’re most worried about, is it, but those people... If I were you, I would kill all those Level 8 New Humans and brainwash a new batch."
Tang Ye touched his head as he said this, all the while glancing at Su Sigui. He wasn’t sure if his guess was correct. People should stop being entangled in self-interest and unite against external threats, but few can endure that. To have a common goal, there will always be soone whose interests are hard, and where interests are uneven, there will always be troublemakers.
Su Sigui is now a Level 9 New Human, and resolving this situation could easily be achieved, but Tang Ye couldn’t figure out why she didn’t do it. She didn’t look like so kind of saint who couldn’t bring herself to act.
In front of Tang Ye, Su Sigui suddenly laughed.
"Haha, your idea is exactly the sa as Ning Tianlang’s, but he failed later. I also thought the sa initially, but during my evolution to Level 9, I had a dream."
"What dream?"
"I won’t tell you about this dream. After I woke up, I wondered if people have an inviolable bottom line in their hearts, would there be a different result?"
"I don’t quite understand what you’re saying. Although Ning Tianlang ultimately failed, I think what you’re doing would only be worse than him."
"Your thinking is exactly the sa as Ning Tianlang’s. He indeed did so, but did you consider that the Level 8 New Humans he reestablished were his slaves? Slaves have no dignity, and having no dignity ans having no bottom line. Ning Tianlang beca their core, their spiritual pillar. After Ning Tianlang’s failure, they surrendered without any resistance. Their confidence crumbled the mont Ning Tianlang fell!"
"What you say makes so sense."
"Thank you for the acknowledgnt. In my understanding, Ning Tianlang’s failure was not because he was weak, but because... he was fighting alone from beginning to end. Everything was built by him, and naturally, it collapsed the mont he died. If they continued resisting after his death, there might have been a glimr of hope, but they gave up because they had no dignity, no bottom line, they were like puppets controlled by Ning Tianlang. They lost their master and thus lost the ability to take action."
"I hope that if I fail too, their dignity will still allow them to continue fighting strong enemies, just like the hundred Level 8 New Humans of Hidden Dragon Shelter City. Dignity drives them to sacrifice even their lives for a slim chance."
"... This matter is very difficult; I can only wish for your success."
"Are you leaving?"
"Yes."
"The day after tomorrow."
Tang Ye’s answer didn’t trigger any expression change on Su Sigui’s face. She seed to have expected it, and Tang Ye continued, "In helping you with this matter, I need to think carefully. After all, it’s not sothing I must complete. We are neutral; I may help you, or I may not. But I will let you know the exact answer through my actions that day. Of course, I will also fulfill your request."
"It’s okay, other than that request, I haven’t asked you to do anything."
"Sorry, the reason I say ’try my best’ regarding this request is because I don’t know what my mindset will be in the future."
"Don’t worry about that. If it’s your decision, I hope you can restrain; if it’s not you, I hope you can stop it."
"That shouldn’t be hard..."
"Generally speaking... Alright, that’s all for today. I wish you a safe journey. We will et again in the future."
After saying that, Su Sigui pinched off the cigarette butt in her hand and threw it into the cigarette bin next to her before leaving. Tang Ye kept looking at everything below, unsure what he was thinking.
After a long while, he finally threw the cigarette butt in his hand into the cigarette bin and mumbled to himself, "Cake..."
Then, he left the place as well.
Ti passed quickly without people noticing. Soon, the high-level zombies and Level 8 New Humans who ca from the Royal Court to Cloud Gorge Base had packed their bags and boarded the aircraft from the Royal Court, officially leaving this place called Cloud Gorge Base.
Their departure didn’t cause any commotion, nor did anyone see them off. People feared them instinctively because of their identity, understanding the prey and predator relationship well. No prey would easily approach a hunter who could turn the tables at any mont. People were aware of this, they were afraid, but didn’t care.
All the Level 8 zombies and Level 8 New Humans from the Royal Court boarded the aircraft, preparing to return. However, Xu Haishui had no intention of going back. With so many people staying at Cloud Gorge Base for so long, Yajin spent quite a bit, but the major expenses ca from Xu Haishui alone. No one knew what he was doing, and Tang Ye didn’t bother to ask.
Recently, Xu Haishui had been acting strangely. Tang Ye had visited him; he seed changed, like sothing had been added since his arrival. After thinking for a long ti, Tang Ye realized that the thing Xu Haishui added was called humanity. It seed he found sothing only humans possess.
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