Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 5159: Life and Death

"What was your reaction when you heard it?" asked the Gray Hand Man.

"I... I was scared... so I asked that voice whether I was dead or alive." said the man.

"Did you doubt at that moment?" the Gray Hand asked. "Did you doubt that you were dead?"

"I guess so." The man said, "But...but I don't think it's that similar."

"Did the other party answer you?" asked the man with gray hands.

"The other party seemed to... say the same thing again, but... but it was not an answer to me." said the man.

"What did you say?" asked the Gray Hand Man.

"He said 'dark night' and 'endless dark night' again," the man said, "and then... and then he said 'would make a sound whether dead or alive' again."

"What about you?" the Gray Hand asked. "What did you do after hearing this?"

"I said it was darkness...endless darkness...I...I didn't know...whether I was dead or alive.'" the man said.

"Do you want the other party to tell you whether you are alive or not?" asked the Gray Hand Man.

"Hope." said the man.

"Did you ask directly?" asked the Gray Hand Man.

"I didn't ask directly." said the man.

"What was the other party's reaction?" asked the Gray Hand Man.

"The other party...seems to have said something." The man said, "I still...can't hear clearly."

"What did you say?" asked the Gray Hand Man.

"It sounds like... 'dying soon'," the man said, "I'm not sure, actually."

"How did you feel when you heard it?" the Gray Hand asked. "I was shocked at first, but then... then I actually... actually thought it was a good thing." the man said.

Gray Hand asked: "Why do you think this is a good thing?"

"If...if I'm really dying, then I...don't have to continue staying in this endless darkness and cold." said the man.

"At that time, you would rather die than...stay there any longer?" asked the man with gray hands.

"Yes." said the man.

"But, as long as we're alive, there's a possibility of getting out." said the man with gray hands.

"At that moment... I didn't think that way." The man said, "All I thought was... I'd rather die."

The Gray Hand asked again: "What did you say?"

"I've told you." The man said, "If I die directly, let... me... die quickly."

"Are you speaking to that voice?" the Gray Hand asked, "not to yourself?"

"That's right." The man said, "I said it to that... voice. I hope that voice can hear me... and do something to me quickly... let me die... so that from now on... I will never feel surrounded by darkness again... and never... will never be attacked by cold again."

The Gray Hand said, "At that moment, deep down in your heart, you actually hated the darkness and the cold?"

The man was stunned for a moment when asked by the Gray Hand Man, and then said, "It seems... it seems so... but... but actually... I shouldn't... I shouldn't do that, right?"

The Gray Hand Man didn't want to discuss whether this was right or wrong, so he just asked, "And then, what was the reaction of the person who made the sound?"

"There was a reaction... I vaguely heard... that person talking again." The person said, "It seemed like he was asking me: 'Are you in pain?'"

"Do you feel like you heard it more clearly this time than last time?" asked the Gray Hand Man.

“It seems… it seems… it’s a little clearer.” said the man.

(End of this chapter)