A middle-aged man looked at Zhushi Jiu, his face filled with regret. Humans had ultimately failed to witness a miracle.
On the table, Zhushi Jiu’s phone was placed, displaying the remaining time – six hours and ten minutes. From the start of the test, Zhushi Jiu had only taken five minutes.
The middle-aged man shook his head sorrowfully: “What a pity, you answered incorrectly.” Five minutes had destroyed all his hopes.
However, he didn’t notice that at that moment, Zhushi Jiu’s heart was filled with excitement and joy!
“I… answered incorrectly?” Zhushi Jiu’s voice trembled as he asked.
At this time, the middle-aged man suddenly realized his mistake. He had said that Zhushi Jiu had answered incorrectly, which meant that the phone on the table was indeed real.
“…” The middle-aged man shook his head, but what could he do? He had previously said that he wouldn’t actively reveal information, and his actions had indeed been like that. But if he was forced to divulge useless information by the enemy, it wouldn’t be a big deal.
Zhushi Jiu’s fate was now in his hands, and it seemed that he could play with him as he pleased. The so-called “foresight” had been proven to be a lie, and that was already enough. He had obtained an answer that he didn’t want to get.
This result made him extremely disappointed, and Zhushi Jiu had ultimately failed to create a miracle.
However, had Zhushi Jiu really failed to create a miracle? The answer to this question was only known to him.
In Zhushi Jiu’s own eyes, he had finally done what he couldn’t do in previous cycles – defeat this man.
The man had always focused on “foresight,” but he didn’t know that Zhushi Jiu’s true ability was “death rewind”!
It was this fundamental information gap that had led to the man’s carelessness, just like a wall with a hole. And Zhushi Jiu was struggling to climb over the wall, finally seeing a glimmer of hope through the cracked wall.
This cycle, he had already died without regrets.
With this thought, Zhushi Jiu now looked extremely calm.
The middle-aged man noticed Zhushi Jiu’s state and narrowed his eyes.
“Do you seem satisfied with the current result?” he asked suddenly.
At this moment, Zhushi Jiu’s expression was no longer fake, and his emotions seemed more genuine than before.
“Yes, I’m satisfied, because I’ve gotten the answer I wanted,” Zhushi Jiu said with a smile.
The middle-aged man immediately sensed that something was off.
“What answer did you get?” he asked.
“The phone on the table is real, and I’ve confirmed that. You can do whatever you want, but in ten hours, the world will be destroyed, and humanity will perish under your command,” Zhushi Jiu said with a mixture of emotions. In this cycle, he had done everything he could, but he still couldn’t change his fate.
“Do you mean that I absolutely can’t win?” Zhushi Jiu asked, hearing a suppressed anger in the middle-aged man’s calm voice.
“Yes, you can’t win.” Zhushi Jiu laughed, “You don’t know how strong the enemy is. The energy explosion released is an unrealistic product that only appears in movies, and you’re holding toy guns and executing your tasks with trembling hands… Even catching a college student requires sneaking around… Ha ha ha ha, it’s ridiculous.”
“…” The middle-aged man frowned, but didn’t speak.
“You may have strong soldiers, but I admit that in the face of that desperate energy explosion, whether it’s you or me, we’ll all become the same ants. I’ve given up stopping you, do whatever you want!”
Zhushi Jiu didn’t know what emotions he had at the moment, and all his hidden resentment was vented out. He was no longer suppressing his emotions, and his vicious words were like a torrent.
“All your efforts are in vain! You’re just pretending to be strong! Bah!”
If his hands and feet weren’t bound, he would definitely stand in front of this middle-aged man and punch him in the face.
“You can resist all you want, bring humanity to destruction! Let human civilization disappear in an explosion! If you want to see that future, then ignore what I’m saying now and execute your command at 10 o’clock! You’re not doing anything to stay alive, why bother?!”
Zhushi Jiu continued to curse, and then heard the man approaching him.
Then he cursed out the last profanity: “What are you?! You dare to represent all humanity and seek hope?! You can’t even represent me!”
Bang!
Zhushi Jiu’s right cheek felt a heavy force, and his face was smashed.
This punch was too solid, almost knocking him out. It was as if an iron hammer had smashed into his face, and his cheekbone was cracking, his teeth were being dislodged, and his nerve endings were transmitting intense pain.
He was still furious, wanting to curse out another profanity.
However—
Bang!
His left cheek also suffered a heavy blow.
Zhushi Jiu didn’t need a mirror to know that his entire face was smashed, his teeth were shaky, and his brain was dizzy.
After a pause, he used all his strength to shake off the dizziness, then spat out a mouthful of blood, and asked with a muffled voice, “Are you anxious?”
The middle-aged man didn’t speak, but Zhushi Jiu was indeed anxious.
Damn it, just kill me already. I’m ready to move on to the next cycle.
The middle-aged man, who had punched Zhushi Jiu twice, grabbed his hair and lifted his head up, staring at him with an icy gaze.
“I thought your organization was conservative, but I was wrong. You’re actually survivalists. Compared to us, who are fighting with all our might, you survivalists aren’t even considered human!”
“In the interrogation room, every minute counts, and I won’t waste my breath on you. You’re just trash, and you’ll only hinder humanity’s progress. In my eyes, you’re no different from humanity’s traitors.”
His voice was still cold, without any anger or emotion.
However, Zhushi Jiu knew that this man, who had always maintained extreme rationality, had finally broken down, otherwise, he wouldn’t have hit him, and instead would have let him suffer in electric shock.
At the same time, Zhushi Jiu’s anger was attracted to a single word.
Survivalists.
This new term made his brain go blank for a moment.
After a pause, he gritted his teeth and started thinking again.
Before this, the middle-aged man had asked him if his organization was conservative, and he hadn’t thought much about it, only calculating his next move.
But now, the calculation was over, and from this moment on, all information obtained was beyond his expectations. When he heard the term “survivalists,” he felt that the foggy road ahead was gradually clearing up, along with the term “conservative” he had heard before, many things were becoming clearer.
He finally understood—
He understood why this organization, as an official organization, wasn’t recognized by the officials.
He also understood the people hiding in the shadows, the ones he had contacted last cycle.
And why everyone was saving the world, but fighting each other.
——He finally understood the reason.
Black Troop Organization was the radical faction.
They advocated for launching an attack on the World Enemy, hoping to solve humanity’s problems once and for all, and let humans live in peace under the sky. Unfortunately, they didn’t know that their efforts would ultimately push humanity’s fate into the depths of despair, like the literal meaning of “dead without a burial.”
The organization he had contacted last cycle was the conservative faction.
They also had the idea of protecting the world, but relatively speaking, they chose to retreat in the face of the World Enemy’s threats, temporarily avoiding the danger. Unfortunately, after learning about his information, they chose to block Black Troop Organization, and their efforts ultimately only delayed the apocalypse by two minutes, with no practical significance.
The “survivalists” mentioned by the middle-aged man were just a group of people who only sought to survive for a day.
These people, when faced with the World Enemy’s threats, only sought to survive, fearing to move forward or speak out, and placed humanity’s hope of survival in the World Enemy’s silence, were indeed cowards.
The middle-aged man’s words, like thunderclap, exploded in his ears, making his head spin, and all his emotions paused.
——Am I a survivalist?
Zhushi Jiu questioned himself.
If the apocalypse was delayed by a hundred years, would he still be struggling like he is now?
He was both angry and confused.
At this time, the middle-aged man released Zhushi Jiu’s head.
“I won’t execute you now. I’ll let you live until tomorrow, and you can hear the victorious cry of humanity!” he said, then left the interrogation room.
What bullshit foresight?
The middle-aged man cursed in his heart, firm in his resolve to fight the World Enemy.
——He would personally grasp humanity’s future!
……
2045, November 7th, 10:00 a.m.
Black Troop Organization sounded the trumpet for war against the World Enemy.
One second later.
The world was destroyed.
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