All the commotion and confrontation disappeared in an instant.
Lu Xin But he still stood there, feeling an extremely strange feeling in his heart.
Was it an illusion or reality just now?
Did he really fight with this old man, or did he only have a mental confrontation?
An extremely torn feeling emerged..
Today, my mental state has stabilized, and I have even mastered the power of fantasy. I can not only express my fantasy, but also see through other illusions. But at this time, I can't tell clearly whether it was true or false just now.
"You..."
While Lu Xin was reminiscing about the confrontation scenes just now, Mom's voice sounded behind him.
She seemed to have some mood swings, couldn't bear it, and had some doubts. "If you don't plan to fight to the end, why do you do this?"
"Why would you rather sacrifice your own eyes for this level of temptation?"
"..."
Lu Xin There is no need to look back, Mom's eyes are slightly unbearable, with an expression of emotion.
Opposite Lu Xin, the blind old man seemed to be able to feel Mom's intolerance. A gentle smile slowly appeared on his old and weak face, and he actually advised, "Don't worry, in fact, my eyes have been blind for a long time..."
"The moment I couldn't see the truth."
"It is a gratifying thing to see a new existence with these useless eyes."
"..."
"..."
Mom didn't speak any more, only letting out a deep sigh.
There was no trace of hostility in the old man, and he didn't even pay attention to the black box anymore.
He slowly stretched out his two hands and touched the backs of the rows of benches, and then slowly sat down. His body was shaking slightly, not sure whether it was because of pain or excitement, but the expression on his face relaxed at this moment.
It can be seen that he has really given up and no longer has the idea of continuing to block it.
"Huh..."
My father suddenly gasped for breath, like a man who finally emerged from the deep sea.
He looked at everything around him with horror and excitement, seeming to be a little overjoyed, or in other words, after a disaster.
Just a moment ago, he was still in deep despair.
Because when the whole town was rolled in, he clearly saw the cage that was about to be closed, but he did not choose to escape.
But he also didn't have enough confidence to meet the worst outcome. He was just hesitating and entangled.
But in this entanglement, he finally survived the illusory glimmer of life.
He didn't abandon his family at the last moment.
Emotionally, this seems like a less than satisfying performance.
Because he was shaken.
But in fact, he has gone against his own nature and made a satisfactory choice.
Lu Xin understands his father, and even thinks that his father is doing well.
In life, you should not force others to give affection, or force others to express feelings that they do not possess.
That is unreasonable and the most likely to disappoint you.
Looking at it now, it is a satisfactory result that my father did not escape just now, but stayed with his family.
Therefore, he turned to look at his father and nodded slightly.
It took my father a few seconds to finally confirm that the great situation in front of him was real.
Then his shadow began to tremble, like a fearful little beast, slowly, tentatively, flowing forward.
In the shadow, a hand stretched out and slowly reached towards the box in the dark room.
He was testing, with a sense of anxiety, but he could withdraw at any time.
But the blind old man just sat quietly on the bench and made no attempt to stop him.
There was even a slight smile on his face, and he whispered, "Take it."
"I took this thing back from you because I couldn't let this world be filled with fear."
"..."
The father became obviously vigilant and focused all his energy on the old man, touching the box little by little.
Mom shook his head slightly, as if he felt that his father's performance was not very good.
She whispered in reply to the old man's words, "But you have never removed fear from the world."
"Yes."
The old man answered calmly, "At first, I thought the truth could make people forget their fears."
"Later I realized that the pursuit of truth is inherently fraught with fear."
"So, I am also confused..."
"..."
There seemed to be endless depression in his voice. After a long time, he managed to smile again:
"You're doing great, Peeping Life."
He said to Mom, "At this moment, you are one step ahead of me and closer to the truth."
Lu Xin noticed that he only said that he was close, but did not say that he had "found" it.
"Wow..."
At the same time, a violent sound suddenly sounded.
It was the father who finally came into contact with the black box. The next moment, he pulled the box over with extremely rough movements.
From the guilty conscience of a thief, it instantly transformed into the urgency of a robber.
Because the action was too violent, a row of benches were smashed into pieces by the boxes, making a sudden and harsh noise.
Mom, Lu Xin, both looked at their father a little dissatisfied.
Even my sister, who was carefully crawling into the church and seemed to be curiously looking for something, suddenly turned her head.
Everyone knows that you are actually too nervous, so you don't behave calmly at all.
But in front of outsiders, isn't this a bit too ungraceful?
"Haha, you don't have to be too nervous."
The old man smiled slightly at this moment and said in a gentle tone:
"I took away your authority back then just because I couldn't put the switch that would destroy this world in your hands."
"You were too powerful back then."
"When it first came, 70% of the people in this world had become madmen, and the remaining people were full of fear."
"If you were allowed to roam this land, it is true that you would have great hope of becoming a true king and dominating the world. However, when the remaining 30% of people lose their minds due to fear, there will be no hope for this world."
"..."
Lu Xin's pupils shrank slightly again.
From the old man's words, he vaguely glimpsed some truths about the past.
They all came to this world when Crimson Moon incident happened?
This old man, or Fire Thief, also realized that the remaining 30% could not continue to be enslaved by fear in that disordered and chaotic world, so he attacked his father and gave this civilization hope to rebuild?
This makes sense...
In the wilderness full of madmen, those who began to gather survivors and build high walls to resist panic were remarkable.
If they were enslaved by fear at that time, there would indeed be no hope in this world...
"Then why are you willing to pay me back now?"
The father looked at the box excitedly, almost greedily wanting to hug it.
After listening to the old man's words, he suddenly showed a ferocious side and looked at him coldly.
"Because what Qi Ming said is right."
The old man said slowly, "Fear in this world has indeed never disappeared. On the contrary, it is because some people lack fear so much that they become radical and crazy. Therefore, I need to return your authority to you..."
"Probably..."
After a slight pause, he sighed in a low voice, "It is true that the incomplete process cannot calculate the real result, right?"
As he said these words, his voice slowly weakened.
He raised his hands gently in front of his chest, looked at the faceless statue of God quietly, and prayed silently.
Looking at his back, his father's eyes flashed with fierce cruelty.
Suddenly, as if he was about to open a five-million-dollar lottery ticket, he opened the box violently.
Woo...
There seemed to be endless innocent souls flying out of the box at this moment, each one roaring and flying in the air.
They flew wildly around the church.
It passed through each of their bodies, giving them a chill that reached their hearts.
Lu Xin It even felt like my brain was frozen at this moment.
Every pore in the whole body was tightly closed, and the coldness soaked into the bone marrow made the body tremble slightly.
He turned to look at his father and saw his father looking at the black box excitedly.
Endless panic rose from the box.
It was as if that box was hell itself, containing everyone's most original painful memories.
At this moment, he felt his heart beating thumpingly.
There was an instinctive reaction to quickly close the box and bury it deepest in the ground so that no one could find it.
But there was a vague expectation, wanting to see what was in the box.
Mom's scissors, Black Queen's mirror, Sword Wielder's Sword of Judgment, and the father's is...
The father raised his eyes from the box and looked at Mom in the distance, and then at Lu Xin. His eyes seemed very complicated.
After hesitating for a few seconds, he became firm again and slowly put his palm into the box.
The next moment, something wrapped in endless black mist was slowly picked up by his father from the box.
The moment he saw this thing, Lu Xin felt his eyes go dark, his eyes seemed to be taken away by this thing, and it seemed that along with this thing, endless murmurs suddenly rang in his ears, occupying all his thoughts, leaving only the cold fear and cold.
"Hehehehe..."
The father looked at that thing with fascination and laughed uncontrollably.
Lu Xin's pupils shrank slightly.
Inside the box was a mask, a black mask with a metallic luster.
It was like settling and filtering the deepest night, and then using the purest part of it to create a mask.
Lu Xin After just one glance, he felt that it could even be understood as the night itself.
In the deep night, the deepest fear is hidden.
For many people, night is inherently scary, and this fear is hidden in their genes.
"Hahahaha..."
My father's laughter suddenly expanded endlessly, as if it shook the whole world.
Then he took a deep breath, greedily, and quickly slammed the thing onto his face.