I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 1139 Burning Bone Silently
"Have you noticed that you are very lucky?" Eyeball suddenly asked Mo Ling.

Mo Ling thought about it and nodded. It was undeniable that he was indeed very lucky.

"You humans have a term called 'hard fate'. Unique things have this characteristic of hard fate. It's the same with you. If you want to fix a piece of wood to the wall with only one nail, the nail will be very firmly fixed and difficult to pull out."

"Because the loose nail will cause the board to fall, the board, that is, the environment, will give this nail special care and try not to damage it. This is why unique things are so hardy."

"Do you feel that your adventure in the abyss went smoothly? The abyss was very accepting of you, and it didn't even take long for them to synchronize with you?"

Eyeball asked again. After hearing this question, Mo Ling thought about it and nodded again.

Indeed, it is true…

"Because what the abyss needs is variables."

"It has devoured so many worlds, gathering all the changes within itself, but there are commonalities among the worlds, and these similar nails will make its appetite grow more and more."

"It's like a person who eats too much meat wants to try some simple food. After tasting similar flavors for a long time, he will naturally be more interested in some special variations."

"Although the abyss is a collective that acts on instinct, it still exhibits these foraging tendencies and shows a greater acceptance of these unique variables."

"To put it simply, you have been marked by the abyss..."

Listening to Eyeball's explanation, Mo Ling felt a chill in his heart.

This doesn't sound like a good thing...

Being targeted by this indescribable thing and being regarded as a special "food" is definitely not a lucky thing.

"What should I do?" Mo Ling asked for help in a somewhat collapsed manner.

"You have no choice but to accept it. There are costs and rewards, as well as dangers and opportunities. The abyss's prying eyes on you will not cause you any harm. On the contrary, it will give you better protection on top of your already strong life. You should be happy."

Mo Ling couldn't be happy. When the abyss came, he was at the entrance and witnessed the collapse of the city, the collapse of the earth, and wailing everywhere. The scenes at that time still often replay in his mind.

People living in the City of Abyss will never have any good feelings towards this big hole. Many people that Mo Ling knew were killed in that sudden disaster. Many familiar faces in the 921 base also died in the subsequent rescue. The abyss is an absolutely indelible shadow for him.

There are no names on the monument at the entrance to the abyss, because there is no space for them to be written. Under the pale monument are many lonely souls whose bodies have not been found yet.

Deep down in Mo Ling's heart, there was only endless anger at the huge hole that suddenly appeared.

But with the passage of time, this anger was buried under other emotions and remained unexpressed.

At this moment, the anger that had been hidden for a long time came out again, hurting Mo Ling's heart. He clenched his fists, unable to understand why:
"Why does the abyss keep chasing him?"

His lips trembled. All the opportunities and protections were fake. That big dark hole just wanted to eat people!

To the Abyss, he was nothing.

The only thing, the variable...are just reasons for the abyss to taste the saltiness.

Even if he is not unique and does not become a variable, the abyss will still eat him, it's just that he is recognized as a different "type of food".

Eating people is eating people, no matter how you eat them, it’s still eating!

Swallowing it whole is also eating; slicing it into thin slices and savoring it carefully is also eating... To him who regards it as food, there is no difference at all.

Before eating it, protect it first, just to keep the ingredients fresh.

The abyss is still so disgusting. The anger in Mo Ling's heart will not be reduced at all. Instead, he will feel even more disgusted because of this "different treatment".

Just when Mo Ling's anger was about to get out of control, a cold hand grasped his clenched fist.

Mo Ling looked over quickly and found that it was Lu Qi who noticed something was wrong with him and grabbed his hand.

The cold feeling on the back of his hand instantly extinguished his anger...

Lu Luqi said nothing, just looked at Mo Ling and shook his head gently.

Mo Ling understood what he meant and wanted to say something, but in the end he just sighed. He had no place to vent his anger, and being angry with himself now would only add to his troubles.

When he first met Lu Rouqi, he asked Lu Rouqi where he was from, and Lu Rouqi said that he was from a small village near the City of Abyss.

There is a reservoir in the village, and his house is right next to the reservoir, with nothing around it.

Logically speaking, such a remote place should not be affected by the disaster, but when Mo Ling asked about Lu Qi's family, he replied very calmly:

"It's all gone."

Lu Luqi is a few years younger than Mo Ling and looks like a student who just graduated from college, but when he answered, he sounded like a middle-aged man who had taken everything lightly.

After answering Mo Ling's question, Lu Luqi started talking about other things as if nothing had happened, as if his inner pain had not been touched at all.

Of course Mo Ling knew that there was absolutely no way to escape from that kind of pain.

In the years following the abyss, suicide rates rose to terrifying levels, but people tacitly chose not to condemn the phenomenon.

Time will bury anger and pain deeper and deeper, and make them more and more hidden, until people no longer mention them. Even if they do, they will just downplay them.

But as long as the "big hole" in the heart is still there, no one will forget it.

Humanity's anger towards the abyss penetrated the heart, seeped into the bone marrow, and was branded deep in the soul...

But besides being angry, there are many more important things to do:
The collapsed ruins must be cleared away.

The crumbling buildings must be blown up and demolished.

To build a new city on the ruins.

A stone monument should be erected to commemorate the deceased.

Take the bouquet and offer it to the dedication and sacrifice.

Dry your tears, pick up your weapons and aim at the distance...

……

Lu Qi looked at Mo Ling. Mo Ling understood what he meant without saying anything:
"We have more important things to do."

Anger is left at the end.

Mo Ling's fists gradually loosened and he regained his composure. He patted Lu Qi's hand to indicate that he was fine.

They didn't forget the purpose of coming here...

"Eternal Thirst, we want to know how to bypass the Abyss Filter."

"I do have the knowledge you want, but you need to exchange it for other knowledge."

"what do you want?"

"I want……"

Eyeball was talking halfway when he suddenly floated up, leaving behind an intriguing back view.

The strange spherical figure was suspended in the air, reflected in the dim light. The optic nerve connected to the back of the eyeball was slowly moving, like the tentacle of an evil god, casting a swaying shadow on the ancient tabletop...

Just when everyone thought it was going to ask for a huge price, its eyes slowly fell back to the seat opposite, and it calmly stated the terms of the exchange:
"I need the two humans present here to read me some poems."

"You can write it yourself, or borrow from the ancients..."

"Well, let me think... the topic is--"

"revenge."

(End of this chapter)