I got an S-level talent in the apocalypse, and I will lead Blue Star to rise

Chapter 227 Sleep peacefully
who is it?

When the white light gradually faded away, Ning Jun tried to open his eyes.

"Xiao Qichen!"

The person who came out was really him!
Ning Jun couldn't suppress her excitement and hugged him tightly.

"Great, you're okay!"

She was really scared just now, because it was another person who came out.

This was the first time Ning Jun hugged him.

Xiao Qichen did not feel any danger in the illusion. In his previous life, he had experienced countless more dangerous copies.

But this time the copy is different.

Ning Jun's excitement also infected him.

For the first time, Xiao Qichen felt a sense of accomplishment.

This kind of hug was what he had always dreamed of.

But before he could savor it, Ning Jun let him go.

"Ahem, sorry, I was a little too excited. Are you hurt?"

Ning Jun circled around Xiao Qichen and found that there were no obvious wounds on his body.

But, there seemed to be a mark on the back as if it had been hit by something.

"What's wrong with you?" Ning Jun was a little worried.

Xiao Qichen didn't care at all, "It's okay, I just bumped into it accidentally."

On the other side, Rand also woke up.

"Brother Rand!" Huahua wanted to pounce on him, but was stopped by the village chief.

Rand is too weak now. If Huahua pounces on him, Rand might really die.

Now, both people in the illusion are back.

Ning Jun looked at the happy people over there and quietly asked Xiao Qichen.

"I heard that you went to the fantasy world. Did you find the truth about this place?"

She was very curious about what happened between Xiao Qichen and Rand.

Xiao Qichen briefly explained, "Rand was bewitched by the statue and turned all the minotaurs here into the living dead."

"Ah?" Ning Jun didn't expect that the truth would be like this.

Doesn’t that mean Huahua is also dead?

But, I can't tell.

The two were still chatting. Rand woke up and comforted Huahua a few words, then asked her to help him sit up.

"Please come over here, my two guests. I'm sorry, I can't stand up right now."

Rand still had his white hair and looked very weak.

Ning Jun and Xiao Qichen looked at each other and came to the bed.

Rand first thanked Xiao Qichen, "Thank you for completely destroying the statue and saving us all."

Xiao Qichen's face was solemn, "No, there is no salvation."

Although the statue is evil, it is because of its power that this village exists.

Now that it was completely destroyed, he was unsure whether the entire village could continue to exist.

Just like Rand now, although he has escaped the control of the statue, his body has long been destroyed and he will not live long.

For many years, Rand had been fighting against the statue, and only about a hundred years ago did he regain control of his body.

But he had no ability to destroy the statue, so he could only place it at the outermost edge of the village, hoping that an external force would break the village apart.

For the first thirty years, Rand still held out hope.

But forty, fifty, sixty years have passed, and still no outsiders have come here.

Gradually, Rand gave up.

Perhaps, they will live in this village until the world is completely destroyed.

He tried to commit suicide, but every time he died, he would wake up again.

They were deprived of the right to die and could only live forever in this isolated village.

Minotaur has a short lifespan and dies every few decades.

When they wake up again, they will still be the same, but will have lost all their memories, like a blank sheet of paper, starting over. Among them, Huahua and the village chief are exceptions.

Perhaps because they were too close to Rand, after the tenth death, they did not lose their memories, but instead remembered everything that happened before.

This is also because Rand regained control of his body, and the statue's control over the village decreased.

The other villagers in the village, like the village chief, are all minotaurs who do not agree with the sacrifice.

It's just that their numbers are too small to change the leader's decision.

After Rand was controlled by the statue, he was actually resisting this matter subconsciously.

Therefore, only these minotaurs who still had conscience were resurrected.

And so they spent many years together.

It was not until the arrival of Ning Jun and Xiao Qichen that the statue was completely broken.

After listening to Rand's complete story, Ning Jun sighed.

"Then you are..."

They all rely on the power of the statue to survive until now.

The statue is gone, and their fate is sealed.

Rand nodded, but he showed no fear of death.

"Death is a beautiful ending for us. We have waited for it for too long."

Huahua also nodded. Her voice was still childish, but there was relief in her tone.

"Rui Rui, Mu Mu and little brother have been waiting for us.

Because they became sacrifices, they cannot be resurrected, and Huahua has forgotten what they look like."

Thinking of the three children, Rand also felt guilty.

The little brother that Huahua mentioned was the one that impressed Rand the most among the children at that time.

He was a few years older than Huahua and the others, and was the first to be sacrificed.

It was also because of his death that Rand discovered the secret of this village.

But he couldn't prevent Ruirui and Mumu's death.

The reason Huahua survived was because she was a girl.

Most of the people in the entire Minotaur gathering place are men, and they are in urgent need of women to reproduce.

In addition, Huahua is the youngest and can be brainwashed, so the leader kept her.

Otherwise, she would likely be the first victim.

The village chief speaks the least, but he is the one who knows the most about the sacrifices in the gathering place.

At the beginning, he was also wandering alone in the troubled times. He came here to seek refuge after hearing that there was a gathering place of minotaurs here.

Later he learned of the chief's ambitions, but was unable to escape.

The arrival of Rand and the others, especially Huahua, reminded him of his daughter who had died long ago, so he tried to find a way to save Rand.

No one expected that they would fall into a bigger trap because of this.

"I can finally see my daughter."

Seeing that these three people were all seeking death, Ning Jun's heart became heavy.

She found it hard to accept such an ending.

But the person involved felt very satisfied.

It seemed that the time they could stay in the dungeon was about to end.

Ning Jun finally heard the prompt sound indicating that the task was completed.

"Congratulations on completing the mission [Find the Truth]!"

Rand, Huahua and the village chief had quietly closed their eyes without knowing when.

"Are they dead?" Ning Jun felt like his throat was blocked and it was uncomfortable.

Xiao Qichen nodded, then took her hand and squeezed it gently, "Let's go."

Although he had completed the task, Ning Jun couldn't be happy.

Maybe it’s because they are all too real.

She even began to doubt whether this was really an NPC created by the game, rather than a real person?