Letting You Live Wasn't So You Could Give Up!

After telling Namiki's story, the Rabbit Girl explained why she wanted Zhou Qing and the others to go to the lower levels to find Namiki and her child.

That was to find out if they were still alright.

"Whenever I encounter people who want to come down to explore, I ask them for help. However, very few people come up, and I often miss those who do. After all, the Third Layer is quite large, and it's impossible for me to create countless Clones to wait for them all along the Waterfall at the edge of the Third Layer."

In this situation, the Rabbit Girl could only try to make deals with Explorer and foreign Soul Master who wanted to go to the lower levels in order to increase her chances of getting information about Namiki and the others.

Why doesn't she go down herself?

Perhaps it was out of fear that she dared not face Namiki.

"You were Explorer, weren't you?"

Zhou Qing asked.

"Yes, what's wrong?" The Rabbit Girl was puzzled as to why he suddenly asked that.

"I don't know the specifics of the adventurous spirit of the residents of Abyss Town, but I believe that courage is something that Explorer must possess, right?" Zhou Qing said. "Perhaps Namiki is hoping that you will go down by yourself, rather than asking someone else to go down."

The Rabbit Girl squatted on the ground, her head bowed, and said, "Right now, all I want to know is how Namiki is doing. If you have the ability, you can even eliminate her... I don't want her to live like that anymore. Just tell me if she's alive or dead. If she's already dead, then I can be free."

Zhou Qing remained silent.

The Rabbit Girl seems to have broken down as well.

For her, living was probably just about wanting to know about Namiki and their child. If Namiki had already been eliminated by the Explorer and foreign Soul Master she had asked in the past, then she could commit suicide in peace and seek spiritual relief.

Snap!

A crisp sound rang out inside the treehouse.

Riko slapped the Rabbit Girl across the face.

Although no red marks were left, it still startled the Rabbit Girl. Before she could react, Riko hugged her again and shouted, "How could you say such a thing? Suicide is so irresponsible! Namiki saved you back then, didn't she? Did she let you live so that you would find someone to help her get rid of her so that you could get rid of yourself?"

"I absolutely don't believe it!"

"It's an Abyss tradition! We help others because we hope everyone can live together! As Abel once said: Exploration is never the goal! Seek happiness in exploration! Finding what you truly want to do is true greatness!"

"Namiki saved you, but she definitely didn't want you to commit suicide! That's cowardly! Your friend may no longer be human! May already be dead! But you absolutely cannot be discouraged by this, or despair of the world because of it, because as long as you live, there is absolutely still hope. Once you choose death, you really have nothing left. Even if you find the other person's reincarnation in the cycle of reincarnation where memories are preserved, it's just forcibly interfering in the other person's new life, letting the tragedy enter the next similar cycle!"

These words made the Rabbit Girl scream, hug Riko, and burst into tears.

This time, the smile on her face vanished, and she began to cry for real.

Tang San exclaimed, "The wisdom of the Abyss People is truly admirable."

Zhou Qing glanced at Tang San without showing any emotion, but inwardly he was already complaining.

After all, Great God King Tang in Douluo V searched for Xiao Wu's reincarnation by committing suicide... Although he eventually found her and the ending seemed quite perfect, according to Riko, it was just forcibly interfering in the other's rebirth, thus causing the cycle of reincarnation to unfold.

Through Riko's words, Zhou Qing became increasingly aware that while Abyss Town may have lost most of its historical records, some myths and legends had been preserved.

For example: reincarnation.

This concept existed in both the East and the West in the past, but the forms of reincarnation in their respective mythologies differed slightly due to cultural differences.

But ultimately, the underlying nature is the same: the soul can be reincarnated.

Let's get back to the present.

Both the Rabbit Girl and Riko are quite straightforward, saying whatever comes to mind, and they seem to instinctively believe more than 70% of what others say.

Zhou Qing even speculated that before outsiders from the Douluo Continent explored Abyss Town, the level of trust among the Abyss People might have reached 99% or higher.

The Abyss People have diverse personalities, ranging from introverted to extroverted, but they all seem to possess a lovely and genuine Innocence that time can never erase.

After a while, the Rabbit Girl regained her original faint smile and said, "Thank you, Riko."

"Don't mention it, we're all Explorer."

Riko chuckled, unaware that the Rabbit Girl knew her name even though she had never mentioned it before.

"You know Riko?" Zhou Qing noticed this point keenly.

"Yeah."

This might be the Rabbit Girl's catchphrase. Every time she nods, she makes this sound, "I saw her when she was still an infant. At that time, Lyra placed her in a square, transparent Soul Tool, which could avoid the effects of the Ascension Curse to the greatest extent. However, it should have been a one-time use item, or its durability was exhausted. In any case, when Lyra came down, she said that the Soul Tool could not hold on and broke."

Zhou Qing asked in surprise, "Didn't you ask Lyra about Namiki's situation?"

"I've already asked."

The Rabbit Girl lamented, "She said that as Explorer of the Abyss, one should seek the answers oneself, and that living requires more courage than dying. But I... have lost the courage to continue downwards."

Then, the Rabbit Girl said to Riko, "You are a true Explorer, just like your mother, at least in spirit."

"Huh?"

Riko tilted her head, somewhat dissatisfied, but she also understood that she still had a long way to go before becoming a true Abyss Explorer.

In the end, Zhou Qing and the others agreed to the Rabbit Girl's request and accepted the fruits she had collected...

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At the edge of the Third Layer, a stream of clear water flows out from beneath the ground, encircling the entire edge of the Third Layer before flowing downwards.

At this point, Zhou Qing and the others also realized what the so-called inner upper-class and outer lower-class meant.

It turns out that the Waterfall has two layers stacked together, with a gap of about one meter in the middle that is not connected. The water in the outer layer flows downward at a constant speed, while the water in the inner layer flows upward at a constant speed, at a speed of about ten meters per second.

The Third Layer and Fourth Layer are two kilometers apart, and the water flow must be covered by special energy to maintain such a speed of descent.

The way to get to the Fourth Layer is very simple: just jump into the outer water flow. During the descent, the person will not be affected by Gravity and will not enter a state of acceleration. The descent speed is the same as the descent speed of the water flow, so the impact of falling into the bottom Sea of Corpses will not have a great impact on the human body, just a little pain.