I sell Coke in the doomsday

The ruins before our eyes are the source of everything, the place where the first pink petals appeared.

I believe that if there is a so-called answer, it must be here.

White petals were flying around like a heavy snowfall, and everything was white. I stepped forward, but found that this place was no longer what I remembered.

I have been here many times and even fought with those guys who called themselves Tan, but the ruins at this moment have become weird and terrifying.

In the vast expanse of white, densely packed zombies knelt in the thick white petals, like a stone, motionless, as if on pilgrimage.

The zombies formed a circle, and the center of the worship was a huge green flower, just like what I saw in my nightmare.

However, compared to the huge flower plant in my dream that was big enough to cover the entire city, the one in front of me was still a little smaller, but compared to the one I saw in the ancient city stronghold before, it was still much larger.

Such a magical and unrealistic scene finally restored some of my sanity. After a brief thought, I continued to move forward.

I don’t know if it was intuition or a warning from my subconscious, but I felt that there was the truth I had always wanted to know ahead.

Those zombies were really like stones, motionless, allowing me to pass by them. Before I noticed, these plants had already eaten away all the zombies in the city.

In other words, I have been living surrounded by them, and my every move may be under their surveillance, which makes me feel creepy and cold.

I walked towards the huge flower plant. The roots that broke through the soil had already turned over the ruins under my feet. As I got closer and closer to the flower plant, a vague and familiar figure appeared in my sight.

The figure was facing the giant flower plant with her back to me, and I could only see her bare feet and white hair.

She is... the other Hitomi who claimed to be a god at the beginning.

I began to feel uneasy, my heart was beating uncontrollably as if it was going to break my chest open, and I suddenly realized that this truth was not what I wanted.

When I was only ten steps away from that familiar figure, I stopped and looked at her, wanting to say something but stopping myself. She was obviously waiting for me, and she spoke softly with her back to me.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

I remained silent and did not answer. What should I say? What could I say?

No, I just remain silent.

Tongtong, with white hair and red eyes, slowly turned around and looked at me with a complicated expression. Her body was illusory and obviously not real, just like before. She forced a smile and said softly.

"Why don't you speak? You must have a lot of questions, right?"

I remained silent, not saying a word. I suddenly didn't want to know the so-called truth. I just wanted to be a fool who was kept in the dark.

However, the damn truth can no longer be concealed.

"Tongtong" reached out to tidy up the white hair by her ears, lowered her eyebrows, and said with a bitter expression.

"I hate this job. Why do I always have to be the annoying one who reveals the truth?"

After saying that, "Tongtong" took a deep breath, slowly raised her little face, and said somewhat at a loss.

"I…I don't know where to begin."

"Then let's start with the most basic things."

"You know, there are actually many restrictions when making a wish to that god."

"This gambling game and this zombie apocalypse are inextricably linked to you."

As she spoke, "Tongtong" gently stepped out with her bare feet, stepped on the white petals, and spoke slowly.

"The first wish is the end of the world. What is the so-called end of the world?"

"It is a catastrophe that will destroy this planet and kill all living things."

"But there is no doubt that this wish conflicts with yours."

"You will live forever in good health, so even if this planet is destroyed, you will be the last living creature to survive, and this won't be the real end of the world."

"The two wishes conflicted with each other, so the two gods decided to continue the wish, and then this gamble came into being."

"They skipped the apocalypse, so they kept many humans alive as necessary pawns for the game to proceed."

"In this bet, there will only be one winner, and there will only be one spot to make a wish."

"So there will be no more conflicts, and everything will come to an end."

"As the source of the conflict over making a wish, you naturally became the pawn chosen by one camp."

"But the other side's chess pieces have become a little strange."

"Is there anything that can resist such a strange existence as immortality?"

"To balance this, God chose to use the body of another wisher..."

"Use this corpse as nourishment to create a monster that shouldn't exist."

"A creature whose existence depends entirely on this gamble."

"Tongtong" paused, a layer of mist appeared on her red pupils, and she spoke in a hoarse voice.

"That is... me."

Hearing this, my ears started ringing, my eyes went dark, and I felt my heart sinking into the cold pond, chilling me to the bone.

I didn't want to listen anymore, but "Tongtong" continued talking, revealing my past doubts one by one and giving me the answers I hated the most.

“After I was born, I didn’t have much self-awareness. For a whole ten years, I just waited quietly in the darkness.”

"Then, one day, I had a physical body, a human-like body."

"I started walking in this city. At that time, I was not aware of my own identity. Like a newborn baby, I instinctively searched for my home."

"But in this city, there are only ruins and zombies. I am lonely and in pain."

"And then, on that day, you picked me up."

"For the first time I was freed from the maddening loneliness, like a drowning man clinging to the grass to live."

This familiar description is exactly how I felt at that time, but I no longer know what expression I should use to face this "Tongtong" in front of me.

It turns out that it wasn't the drop of blood I fed her, but the way I approached her.

"Tongtong" looked at me with a vague look and spoke softly.

"We've always been alike, haven't we?"

"When you are alone, you need to cuddle with others and crave the warmth from them."

As he spoke, "Tongtong" sighed, and his voice became hoarseer.

“You may wonder why there are so many ‘I’s’.”

“The answer may not be what you think.”

As she spoke, "Tongtong" raised her hand gently, and the huge flower plant behind her extended several roots from the ground. She turned her head to look at the roots and spoke in a low voice.

"We are like plants, with a main body, countless roots, branches and leaves."

"I am a young root with limited knowledge. When I first woke up, I was confused by the incomplete information and instinctively defined my own identity."

"As the other branches, leaves and roots awaken, my memory will slowly be completed. I will understand who I am and gain a common memory."

“We are just the roots of the subject, without substance, but at the same time, we know more than the ignorant subject.”

"The memories of the present and the past are all kept by our roots."

"That's why our ignorant subject could make such a stupid promise with you."

"Tongtong" looked sad and asked me helplessly.

"Why didn't you do as I told you?"

"As long as you take the subject away from here and go far away, at least, before the last moment comes, you and I will still have good memories."

"We are willing to postpone our plans for those days and wait patiently."

"One year, five years, ten years, we can all wait."

"Instead of telling the truth in front of you like today."

I stared blankly at "Tongtong" in front of me, speechless for a moment, my lips trembling constantly, and I couldn't calm down. I slapped myself hard, forced myself to calm down, and asked "Tongtong" in a desperate manner.

"Why do you have to fight to the death..."

"We... can have a common wish."

"Tongtong" slowly closed her eyes after hearing this, took a deep breath, and then sighed.

"impossible."

"We... exist in the world relying on this gambling game. We are convenient tools created for the gambling game."

"Once the gambling game is over, our special creations within the game will also disappear."

"Unless we make a wish."

“It’s the only way we can survive.”

"I am selfish. I want to live and I want to stay with you."

"I want...you not to hate me."

"So, I have no other choice."

"Tongtong" stepped lightly, walked towards me step by step, and said softly.

"I...want to win."

"I will make a wish, to keep me alive, so that you will not hate me, and let me continue to stay by your side."

I looked at Tongtong who was walking slowly towards me, my voice became trembling, and I spoke stubbornly with my neck stiffened.

"I can also make such a wish."

"Tongtong" paused, her illusory body swayed slightly, she smiled sadly and spoke in a low voice.

"Trust me, you wouldn't do that."

"God will not allow this to happen, so when the day comes, you will understand."

"Tongtong" had a lonely and sad look in her eyes. She stood three steps away from me and spoke in a soft voice.

"You will abandon me."

As soon as the words fell, the zombies who had been standing still slowly stood up and looked straight at me and "Tongtong".

"Tongtong" with white hair and red eyes looked at me, with complex and incomprehensible emotions in his eyes, including reluctance, helplessness, and a flash of guilt.

"You shouldn't have made that promise."

"We shouldn't give our original body... such unrealistic fantasies."

"The power of the original body is getting stronger and stronger, so strong that we can hardly influence her, and you gave her such a beautiful illusion."

“So, we had to do this.”

"We know that you will rush here immediately after seeing this rain of white petals."

"This is a good opportunity for us to take action. We, the roots, need to let the main body know..."

"The truth of everything, some truths you will never know."

"When that time comes, she will truly wake up."

“Accept all your memories.”

When I heard this, I was suddenly startled and stepped back quickly. Without caring about anything else, I turned around and ran back the way I came.

There is no doubt that the real body she was talking about was Tongtong who had always been by my side. She had no specific memories of the bet, so her clone, or her roots, would forcibly infuse these memories into Tongtong after making sure that I wanted to win the bet.

I... might lose her, the one who belongs only to me.

Chapter 174: Choice

I ran wildly on the white petals, and those strange zombies didn't attack me, but just looked at me with strange expressions. I passed through these zombies and was about to reach the edge of the ruins when I suddenly heard a sigh in my ears.

"Feel sorry."

The voice faded away, and nothing strange happened. I jumped off the pile of rubble, but saw at a glance that the big truck I drove when I came here had been entangled by countless green branches and vines and pulled into the soil.

"Oh shit!"

I cursed angrily under my breath, abandoned the already broken truck, spread my legs, and ran as fast as I could.

White, white, pure white everywhere. The gradually spreading pure white covers and swallows up the world in my eyes, making it strange.