jdhmnovel Chapter 318 Sea of Suffering
Chapter 318 Sea of Suffering
"boom--"
The moment of clarity drained all of Ji Zhao's energy. After shouting these deafening words, her body collapsed and she no longer made any sound.
Zhao Ruoming stood there in a daze, seemingly frightened.
Francois was also shocked. It took him a long time to react. He hurried forward to check on Zhao Ruoming: "Hey! Zhao! Are you okay?"
Zhao Ruoming came back to his senses and subconsciously pulled the corner of his mouth: "I'm fine."
Francois was not relieved. He glanced at Ji Zhao on the bed, then at Zhao Ruoming, and said hesitantly: "Zhao, what she just said was..."
"She asked me to kill her." Zhao Ruoming forced a smile, "It's okay. She probably still hasn't woken up yet. She scared me."
Francois carefully observed the expression on Zhao Ruoming's face, but could not see any clues. He really had to leave, but he was worried about leaving Zhao Ruoming here alone.
François opened his mouth, not knowing what to say, so he just patted Zhao Ruoming on the shoulder.
"Zhao." Francois hesitated, "She is our hero."
"Yeah, I know." Zhao Ruoming nodded.
"Zhao," Francois said again, "Didn't the French say that a living dog is better than a dead lion?"
"Napoleon said that," Zhao Ruoming curled his eyes, "Who hasn't read Yilin when they were young?"
The calmer Zhao Ruoming was, the more uneasy François felt. It was a terrifying premonition of a catastrophic disaster, like a storm was about to come.
"Zhao..." Francois hesitated. Since he came to this cruel and evil world, he had not shown weakness to anyone for a long time. But today was an exception. "I need you."
This sentence made Zhao Ruoming silent. The smile on her face finally disappeared.
424 urged, "Old Fu, Feng Liuxue has been mopping the floor for an hour, waiting for you to go back and get angry. If you don't go back, the floor of the manor will be polished by her."
Francois sighed and gave up trying to persuade her. He was just a mortal.
“Okay, Zhao,” Francois shrugged. “By all means, good luck to you.”
Francois took one last look at Ji Zhao on the bed, with mixed feelings in his heart. Then, without saying a word, he left.
As soon as the door closed, Zhao Ruoming collapsed to the ground!
203's system core was so anxious that it was fuming. It understood Zhao Ruoming and knew what Zhao Ruoming was thinking at the moment. That was why it knew how tricky this matter was.
203 said quickly, "Host, I have to remind you that if a tasker kills another tasker, it is a more serious crime than if the tasker harms the locals. Once it happens, the death penalty will be imposed."
Tasker kills tasker. Once this gets out, Zhao Ruoming will be finished. There is no room for maneuver. Not to mention the Great Supervisory Organization, even if the God of Creation himself comes, he can't save Zhao Ruoming!
Zhao Ruoming did not answer 203 and slowly got up from the ground.
203 spoke like a string of cannonballs: "Host, we all heard that the timeline can be reversed - maybe, maybe we can reverse Ji Zhao's timeline. What if?"
Zhao Ruoming stood up and walked towards the medical room downstairs.
203's data was so anxious that it was flying around: "Host, Ji Zhao would not want you to die for her."
Zhao Ruoming went downstairs.
203 connected to 62 and sent a lot of signals: "62, all my energy - as long as you say one word, all my points and energy will be given to you. You tell Zhao Ruoming that Ji Zhao doesn't want to die."
62 After a long while, he hummed: "But it was indeed Ji Zhao who was awake just now."
Who cares whether Ji Zhao is awake or not!
Before 203 could say anything else, 62's second message arrived: "Ji Zhao told me many times before when she was sober that she didn't want to live anymore. She said she wanted to die as a noble and rational person, and didn't want to live like an ignorant beast."
203 said: "If all my points are not enough, how about I lend it to you? I will give you half of my future mission points. This agreement is valid forever."
62 said: "But I couldn't do it. Now Ji Zhao has found someone who can do it. I'm actually happy for her."
The dialogue between the two systems was completely incomprehensible, and 203 gave up on communication.
Zhao Ruoming pushed open the door of the medicine room and started searching inside.
As a last resort, we can only use the last resort. 203 thought grimly. It has control over Zhao Ruoming's body. If it doesn't work, it will knock Zhao Ruoming's consciousness unconscious, and then kill Ji Zhao. I think Ji Zhao shouldn't care who kills him.
There were small knives and tweezers in the medical room for treating wounds, but these were obviously not enough to kill Ji Zhao quickly and painlessly. Zhao Ruoming threw the medical box away and started looking for it somewhere else.
203 calmly examined Zhao Ruoming's actions. Unless it was a matter of life and death or the last step, it was unwilling to forcibly control the other party against Zhao Ruoming's will.
This was a secret point for Theodore's men, mainly used for intelligence communications. After being confiscated, there were no more deadly weapons. Zhao Ruoming searched in vain, so he lowered his head and looked at his hands, and began to wonder if he could send Ji Zhao off with his own strength.
Just then, Zhao Ruoming's cell phone rang.
Zhao Ruoming answered the phone - she was just moving mechanically and numbly, but when she heard the voice coming from the other end of the phone, her pupils still suddenly contracted because of disgust.
Di Wanshu's lazy voice came from the other end of the phone: "Are you okay?"
Zhao Ruoming said: "Not bad."
Di Wanshu smiled lazily: "It sounds like you are making a difficult decision?"
"Can you tell me why you are so well-informed?" Zhao Ruoming seemed a little curious, but unfortunately there was not much curiosity in his voice, like a calm lake.
"Okay, I'm always happy to answer your questions." Di Wanshu's mood seemed to have improved. "Guess who was responsible for the destruction of Ji Zhao's sea of consciousness?"
Zhao Ruoming clenched his fists.
"For a dangerous person like Ji Zhaodi, it is certainly not enough to just destroy her sea of consciousness." Di Wanshu said lightly, "We also need to monitor her at all times. My superiors think what I said makes a lot of sense."
Zhao Ruoming's silence was the best accompaniment. Di Wanshu imagined her expression on the other end of the phone and felt that all the boredom of the night was swept away.
Although Ji Zhao was rescued by Zhao Ruoming, he lost the first move, but what does that matter? Winning or losing depends on the last move, not the first shot.
"So, what is your choice?" Di Wanshu patiently asked, seeming to be really curious about Zhao Ruoming's decision. "Will you watch Ji Zhao continue to struggle in the sea of suffering and spend hundreds or thousands of years to go through the remaining thirty or so worlds; or will you obey her wishes and end this hell?"
This is an open conspiracy, a truly open and aboveboard conspiracy.
Conspiracies can be crushed, but overt plots are inevitable. Even if Zhao Ruoming didn't rescue Ji Zhao today, if she met her again at another time and place, wouldn't Zhao Ruoming make the same choice?
Zhao Ruoming's breathing became rapid and he hung up the phone abruptly!
She no longer hesitated or said anything more, and strode towards the bedroom where Ji Zhao was. In just a hundred steps, she led to the door of destruction.
Zhao Ruoming is on a path of self-destruction.
Zhao Ruoming pushed open the door, walked in front of Ji Zhao and extended his hand.
At the same time, 203 was also ready to take over control of Zhao Ruoming's body.
At this critical moment, Zhao Ruoming suddenly said, "203."
203 thought the other party was going to change his mind, so he hurriedly said, "I'm here."
Zhao Ruoming said, "Go and report me."
203 Never expected the other party to say such a thing, and felt that his entire system was almost frozen: "What do you mean?"
"In this way, you can still protect yourself." Zhao Ruoming lowered his head and measured Ji Zhao's neck. "You don't know, you just can't stop me--"
203 paused, suppressing the strange, cold anger, and said, "I don't need it."
Zhao Ruoming said: "But I need it."
203 was almost laughing out of anger: "What do you need?"
"I need someone in this vast universe to remember me." Zhao Ruoming lowered his head and said, "I don't want you to be formatted, and I don't want you to forget me. So go and report me."
"..."
Silence. A long silence.
Zhao Ruoming said: "203, you can go now."
"I'm not leaving." 203 said.
Zhao Ruoming smiled: "Why don't you leave?"
"Because it's enough."
Yes, that's enough.
Just now, 203 was anxiously preparing to forcibly control Zhao Ruoming and take the blame for him. But after listening to Zhao Ruoming's words, the restless system core strangely calmed down.
This is what it wants, this is what it exists for.
Whether it is survival or destruction, this sentence is enough.
"Go ahead." The system said, "If I can't stop you from being destroyed, then I will destroy you together with you."
Its host was silent for a moment, then asked, "Is it worth it?"
"I should be the one asking this question." 203 said calmly, "Am I qualified to accompany you in destruction?"