A Toast to Tomorrow

"I..." Before Cheng Kui could speak, he felt a wave of dizziness.

When he woke up again, although he felt that everything was normal, when he saw Mary next to him with a satisfied look on her face, he knew that something indescribable had happened.

"There are still five days left. I hope we can all exercise restraint..." Su Yuxuan walked over, patted Cheng Kui on the shoulder, and said with some guilt, "Mary is indeed an indispensable asset. Right now, everything should prioritize completing C Plan and the overall situation!"

"So which way are we going now?" Zhong Sangtan from the side. "Can you hurry up? I can't guarantee I'll be back to normal in a little while."

"That depends on him. As the main fulcrum, Cheng Kui can sense the destination we need!" Su Yuxuan revealed the information, drawing everyone's attention to Cheng Kui.

Cheng Kui looked at the six people in front of him, a sense of absurdity flashing through his mind, as if everything around him was fake. But the next moment, a sharp pain shot through his head, and the world became real once again.

"Here you are, come here quickly..."

A voice seemed to be speaking from the depths of his heart, making Cheng Kui sense that something in the distance was calling to him.

"This way, keep walking this way." Cheng Kui covered his head, turned in one direction, and involuntarily walked into the distance. The others exchanged glances and followed.

"Wait, we haven't moved at all!" Cheng Kui suddenly stopped. He realized that no matter how far he walked, he couldn't get closer to the place that was calling him, as if the distance between them was infinite.

"I can clearly sense that the cave is right in front of us, but no matter which way we go, we can't get close..." Cheng Kui covered his head, feeling terrible. At the same time, all sorts of seemingly meaningless noises kept popping into his head, making Cheng Kui feel like he was going crazy, and he couldn't help but kneel down on the ground.

A muffled thud suddenly came from the sky, and a shirtless person fell from the sky, half-squatting on the ground and slowly stood up. A large number of phantoms appeared around him, making him seem unreal.

"Multi-layered spatial structure?" Xu Mingfei's figure flashed in front of everyone, and he reached out to grab Cheng Kui. Su Yuxuan picked up a submachine gun and fired at Xu Mingfei's figure.

Each bullet flashed with a black light after it was fired, as if something in the air was being absorbed by the bullet. This caused Xu Mingfei to stop grabbing Cheng Kui's hand and his figure flashed to another direction.

"Damn the barrier power..." Xu Mingfei frowned and looked at Mary standing in front of Cheng Kui. He was being suppressed terribly here. The space here was filled with barrier power, which was repelling him, while the bullets fired by the other party had the power to pierce through space.

"Those guys are coming too!" A spatial ripple appeared, and a large group of players burst through the air.

"Follow me!" Cheng Kui covered his head. The other party's actions of disturbing space made Cheng Kui sense something through his senses. It was as if some lock in his mind had been opened, and Cheng Kui felt that he could open a door.

Then, the black light emanating from his body flickered for a moment when he saw Mary. With a flash of black light, the six people left, leaving Mary standing there, watching the disappearing crowd.

"..." Mary looked at the disappearing crowd with a gloomy expression, then turned to the gamers and rushed towards them with despair.

It was an ordinary bungalow. The six people woke up in the room. Cheng Kui looked around and did not find Mary. He breathed a sigh of relief. He was not very clear-headed at that time and chose to leave Mary where she was at the last moment.

The next moment Cheng Kui was grabbed by the collar and lifted up by Su Yuxuan. The tall boy said angrily, "Didn't I tell you? Everything should be for the greater good. Mary is an indispensable asset to us. What if C Plan fails without her?"

"Screw the big picture!" Cheng Kui pushed Su Yuxuan's hand away and shouted, "It's not you who's being eaten alive, so why should I be the one to sacrifice? I was just an ordinary person, forced to come with you guys for the so-called 'Save the World C Plan,' and no one has ever asked for my opinion."

"I don't want to be some kind of savior hero, I don't want to suffer the pain of death, I don't want to be eaten. Haven't you considered my ability to endure this?" Cheng Kui shouted frantically, collapsing to the side.

If we analyze it rationally, as the pivot, he will always be hunted down by those doomsday messengers, and he cannot escape the apocalypse. As Su Yuxuan said, if we prioritize the overall situation, then Mary should be left behind.

But if a person could be completely rational, then they wouldn't be human. Su Yuxuan pulled Cheng Kui up, leaned closer, and said earnestly, word by word, "Because you are human, because you have this ability."

"No matter what hardships we suffer, life must go on, and we must look to tomorrow." Su Yuxuan released Cheng Kui's hand and began to look around at her surroundings. She then asked Cheng Kui, "Now tell me, where is this? Can you still sense our destination?"

"No need to ask him anymore, he was just a child, this is my home!" Jiang Yuming pulled up a chair and sat down, taking off his glasses to reveal eyes with unusual patterns. His expression was somewhat complicated, then he pointed to a window and continued, "I shot my son from that building across the street, biu."

"I was a gambling addict. I lost everything, abandoned my wife and children, and ran away. In the end, I was caught by my creditors and sent to a testing facility." Jiang Yuming seemed to be lost in memories as he slowly spoke.

"That organization believes that there is unprecedented power hidden within the human body, and that once it is unleashed, one can become a superman."

"Perhaps because I am the so-called fulcrum, I became the only finished product, possessing a superhuman physique and the ability to hit the target with 100% accuracy."

"But that organization believed this wasn't the end for humanity, so they offered me a job to buy my freedom. I became an assassin under their command, and they provided me with an address and a person."

"From villains at the beginning to the elderly and children later, I shot my targets one after another, gradually turning myself into a killing machine, until a few years later I received my last target, a child, my son."

"By then, I couldn't recognize him anymore, so he became one of my corpses," Jiang Yuming said painfully. "Later, the organization told me the truth: it was just another experiment. They believed I still lacked spiritual growth."

"And today is the day I make my move!" Jiang Yuming pointed to a calendar and clock on the table, and the sound of the door opening came from outside.