"That’s correct, Big Brother," Duoduo slowly lifted her head.
Those eyes, originally clear as water, always twinkling with innocence and naivety, were now filled with a fervent and manic fla:
"—My dad and mom killed , and in turn, I also killed them... This is fair, I don’t feel there’s anything wrong with it."
"That’s right," Su Ming’an said, "You’re absolutely right; it’s all Boss Rabbit’s fault."
Yu Ruohuo’s gaze beca sowhat peculiar; she detected obvious sarcasm in Su Ming’an’s tone of voice.
eting evil with evil... There never was such a thing as innocence. That was his thought.
"As for the final point," Su Ming’an said, "The unpalatable mushrooms, having been eaten by many, are probably the so-called colorless mushroom virus antidote. And the tasty mushrooms should be the perfect purple vaccine made from your blood..."
"...That’s too cruel," Yu Ruohuo clenched her fists tightly, "Even though, even though it’s one’s own daughter, how could one go to such lengths..."
"Because of the greater good."
She finally saw the look that the young man cast upon her.
"To save, for the world, even if it ans sacrificing one’s own daughter, it doesn’t matter—the headmaster didn’t possess the right to take his daughter’s life, but everyone’s expectations forced him to do so. He took on the deepest and heaviest evil, and even the most perfect antidote could not redeem him," Su Ming’an’s eyes shone intensely for a mont: "Simply put, it’s the sacrifice of the individual for the greater community. But, if we look at it from a moral and ethical perspective—you shed genuine remorse and tears for the victim, you feel this is a sin. But actually, one person’s sacrifice for everyone’s advancent—such things do not really warrant talk of right and wrong."
"But..." Yu Ruohuo always felt sothing was wrong.
"What you see is a scene where both sides have failed. But what if the headmaster had succeeded? The world would not be as it is now; countless people would be alive, everything would be thriving, with no more lives on the verge of vanishing..." Su Ming’an stared at her, "—If standing in front of you now was not pitiable Duoduo, but another, a little girl who escaped the apocalypse and should have been living happily under the sun after losing everything, would you still feel genuine sympathy and kindness for Duoduo?"
Yu Ruohuo was montarily at a loss for words.
When gazed upon by those seemingly all-seeing eyes, her lips seed sealed.
...She could not utter a single word in rebuttal.
"So, to argue about such things is essentially aningless," he said.
Su Ming’an withdrew his gaze: "However, the headmaster also had his selfish motives—he fed Duoduo the precious perfect cure, but he himself didn’t manage to take it in ti and beca a zombie when the apocalypse broke out. He intended to let Duoduo never be troubled by the virus after the experint ended, but it turned out she didn’t make it..."
Everyone is sacrificing.
This affair, perhaps everyone is wrong, but from a holistic perspective,
It seems like none of them are wrong.
...
[Clue Link Ford! Deduction 6: The tasty mushrooms and the unpalatable mushrooms are two vaccines with different effects.]
[Deduction Correct! Final reasoning progress: 100%]
[Reasoning progress 100%, final deduction ford!]
...
["Will picking mushrooms be done by the lovely little girl?" Final reasoning completed!]
...
The bandage-wrapped little girl’s eyes grew even darker.
"So that’s Big Brother’s thinking," Duoduo said with an exceedingly low and slow voice: "I thought the kind Big Brother would at least feel a little pity for ."
"Pity is useless," Su Ming’an said.
Duoduo suddenly lifted her head.
The gloom over the high window had finally cleared away, and the golden sunlight slowly spilled down, casting a beautiful golden edge over her petite figure.
Facing Su Ming’an’s indifferent gaze, she slowly revealed a genuinely warm smile:
"However, the deduction is perfect," she said with a laugh, and the crisp sound of applause echoed through the entire empty room:
"—Congratulations, Big Brother, you’ve perfectly passed through the peaceful route."
At the sa ti, Su Ming’an heard the simultaneous announcent from the system.
[Ding Dong!]
[Perfect Pass Route Progress: 100%—Congratulations on a perfect pass!]
["Will picking mushrooms be done by the lovely little girl?" World Replica, perfect pass!]
[126 hours remaining until the end of the world, you can choose to return to your personal space directly or stay in the world until it ends.]
[Pass evaluation will be included in the final world rating, which will be calculated after the world ends!]
[You have received the prop: Duoduo’s Doll]
[Duoduo’s Doll (Red Level): A one-ti prop, after gifting it to a person on the brink of death, they will beco your "eternal" companion.]
[You have received the honor (Coronation Mont): The Number One Player well-suited to public expectations, blessings be upon you, glory crowned.]
[You have received 40 Honor Points]
[You are the first player in the world to achieve a 100% perfect pass. Would you like to broadcast it? (If broadcast, every existing player will be notified through a system alert.)]
"Broadcast," Su Ming’an’s eyes filled with earnest anticipation.
Upon hearing "perfect pass" that mont, he felt a sense of relief, and then, that weight that had always been lurking behind him seed to no longer be as oppressive.
...
Mizushima Kawa Sora, a powerful presence on the Hall of Fa, ntioned in the sa breath as the likes of Eni Lushu, yet what she prided herself on was not her direct Combat Power, but her Wisdom, which was crazily lauded by the audience.
She had quickly gathered all the clues beforehand and then avoided the world chessboard stage that could have led to her failure, heading straight for the Second Hospital.
After clearing the Second Hospital, she arrived at Duoduo’s room and also made her deductions.
For so reason, the audience seed to be in a rush:
[Hurry up, hurry, make the deduction!]
[That guy is catching up, he’s started making deductions!]
[Go Mizushima Kawa Sora!]
Mizushima Kawa Sora found two different antidotes and tested their effects, but she couldn’t determine Duoduo’s cause of death because she was missing the death photo from the real Duoduo’s file bag.
She stared at Duoduo, smiling at her, and tentatively guessed a few outcos, but each was cheerfully refuted by Duoduo.
...Progress was stalled.
At this deadlock, she saw the bullet comnts grow increasingly urgent, urging her on but constrained by the rules, unable to give her direct hints.
[It’s over, it’s over, that guy has already reached 90%]
[He seems to be recounting his famous Lighthouse philosophy story, but it feels like it’s already too late...]
Mizushima Kawa Sora could guess who the bullet comnts were referring to, as nearly every existing player had seen his stories in the bullet comnts recently.
...Number One Player.
She had no interest in that title and even less interest in being under the constant scrutiny of billions, the subject of each of their actions. She didn’t enjoy existence under the spotlight, nor did she wish to beco the perfect guiding star in others’ eyes.
She focused on the clue in her hand, and then, the most probable guess gradually took shape in her mind...
[Ding Dong!]
Suddenly, she heard the system notification sound.
[Congratulations—Player Su Ming’an, for becoming the first player to achieve a 100% Perfect Pass! Honor bestowed, glory crowned, billions of beings cheer for you!]
Mizushima Kawa Sora let out a small sigh through her lips; the outco was not beyond her expectations.
Amidst the rapidly updating bullet comnts, she steadied her mind and then voiced her deductions until she beca the second player to Perfect Pass.
However, the second place would not be t with a world-shaking broadcast.
...
The world broadcast appeared in everyone’s system bar.
Lv Shu’s advancing steps ca to a slight halt, the scarlet butterfly perched on his fingertips. He gazed towards the direction of the second hospital as if he saw a bright light being ignited there.
"Lighthouse."
He savored the two words, and then a realization dawned on him: "So that’s how it is."
Like a man chasing the light, he suddenly dashed towards the direction, with all the zombies around him being cut down by the erald blades of the Mantis, his eyes shining the instant as if he had found his faith.
...He always loved those who are kind and bright, always standing under the lilight.
To follow, or to beco such a person, he was always keen to lend a helping hand, to vanquish evil, to uphold justice, and to chase after the light.
Even though his understanding of Su Ming’an was sowhat distorted, he still felt that this was the person he was looking for.
He ran excitedly towards the direction of the second hospital, the scarlet butterflies fluttering behind him, shedding beautiful glimrs of bioluminescence along the way.
...
Yu Ruohuo watched as Duoduo before her suddenly fell silent.
In the stillness, Su Ming’an stepped outside.
"—Wait a mont, Big Brother," Duoduo suddenly looked up. "As a reward for figuring everything out, you can take this."
She stretched out her hands, the fluorescent light twinkling, and then, a bottle containing a swaying purple liquid appeared in her hands.
...The perfect antidote.
Su Ming’an silently regarded the bottle in her hands, then picked it up.
"What’s past is past," Duoduo said with a relieved smile to him. "But if you still want to save soone, Big Brother, you can use this..."
"No more," Su Ming’an said. "There are, no more."
As he spoke, he gripped the bottle tighter and then, without looking back, walked out the door.
Yu Ruohuo glanced at Duoduo, then at Su Ming’an, unsure of what to say.
"Miss," Duoduo addressed her. "The ga divided into 50,000 identical City X replicas, but there can only be one Perfect Pass in a City X, so you don’t have a chance anymore, oh."
"Ah, I know, thank you," Yu Ruohuo nodded at her and then hurriedly ran after the boy’s retreating figure.
A sudden burst of fla swept past her from behind.
Yu Ruohuo turned around to see a room suddenly engulfed in flas.
The newly repaired glass door closed in front of her, and from outside, she watched as the girl inside, afla, moved toward a corner of the room.
—Suddenly, two corpses appeared there, a man in a white coat, and a woman of oriental beauty.
In the midst of the flas, Duoduo approached them.
With every step, her movents grew lighter, and the horrific bandages wrapped around her began to peel away, the ghastly wounds slowly vanished, replaced by a red dress and the tender, fair skin of a child.
Wearing that beautiful dress, she closed in on the corner, her black hair billowing in the blaze.
Then, all the hatred, gloom, and darkness in her eyes completely receded. Her lips curled up in a childlike innocence and attachnt, and she nestled affectionately against the two cold bodies.
Yu Ruohuo stood outside, her hand pressed against the glass.
She saw the fiery tongues gradually consu everything, and then the little girl, who closed her eyes as though she had fallen asleep in her parents’ arms, vanished with the flas.
In the field of view, only the fierce, wild fire remained.
...
[First World·Apocalypse Chapter·TE·No Redemption·Successfully Achieved]
[TE·No Redemption: The once most innocent little girl beca the deepest evil. You have unveiled the secret hidden under the pretense of saving the masses, but will she truly find redemption?]
[The ending has been recorded and will be calculated for points at the end of the world]
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