I sell Coke in the doomsday

Hearing this, a ripple also appeared in my heart. I lowered my eyebrows and spoke softly.

"But you forgot."

Qu Yunliu smiled bitterly and nodded slightly. He looked at the water bowl blankly, as if asking himself, and asked slowly.

"Yeah, why would I forget?"

"A dog can have such feelings, but why did I... forget it?"

Qu Yunliu raised his hand slightly, took a sip of the hot water in the bowl, and then spoke softly.

"Dogs have very simple minds. They can wait for ten years in one place until they die for an order from their owner."

“But we humans are too complicated, we want too much, we get lost too easily, and we forget our original intentions.”

“But it was the dog that inspired me.”

"Where there is great evil, there must also be great good."

"Even in this world, there are still good people, not crazy people like me everywhere."

When he said this, Qu Yunliu turned around with some difficulty, looked at me very seriously, and spoke slowly.

"So, no matter how many bad people you meet in the future, I still hope that you won't be like me."

"Go crazy, degenerate, and finally forget your original intention."

I was stunned for a moment, and finally nodded slightly and uttered three words.

"I try my best."

Seeing this, Qu Yunliu smiled with relief. He poured the hot water in the bowl onto the platform and whispered to me.

"Dear Mr. Merchant, can you give me a bottle of Coke?"

I glanced at his palm, which was rough and trembling slightly. I hesitated for a moment, raised my hand gently, and a bottle of Coke appeared in my hand.

I gently unscrewed the bottle cap and handed the bottle of Coke to Qu Yunliu.

Qu Yunliu took the Coke with some difficulty, brought it to his lips, took a sip, then leaned back, narrowed his eyes slightly, and sighed in a low voice.

"It's really delicious... I really want to drink more."

After he finished speaking, Qu Yunliu seemed exhausted and closed his eyes completely.

A light breeze suddenly blew, and the Coke bottle in Qu Yunliu's hand slipped down and fell into the dust.

"..."

I looked at Qu Yunliu who had stopped breathing, feeling mixed emotions, and couldn't help but whisper to myself.

"It's really yours."

"You still managed to escape."

After a moment, I leaned back like God and looked forward.

At this moment, the sun is shining and it is warm like spring.

I slowly closed my eyes and whispered.

"Good night."

Chapter 77 Monster (I)

Mottled light and shadow, black and white contrast.

No one can clearly define the standard of right and wrong. To me, Qu Yunliu was undoubtedly an evil man who deserved to die, but when he died in front of my eyes, I felt empty and at a loss in my heart.

Because, wasn't it me who killed him?

These questions are too complicated and I don’t want to think about them. The sun is shining brightly. Wouldn’t it be a waste to think about questions that may not have answers?

So, I chose to close my eyes, fall asleep peacefully, and put all my worries behind me.

A breeze blew by, bringing a faint smell of blood into the air. My consciousness gradually became blurred, and finally fell into chaos.

I don’t know how long I slept, but I had a good dream after a long time. In the dream, the end of the world did not happen, and everything was still the same as at the beginning.

But sadly, this dream made me feel uncomfortable, and I could no longer adapt to the civilized society in my memory.

Yes, even I am no longer the same person I used to be, but a madman growing up wildly in this apocalyptic wasteland.

The long dream ended in a haze, and when I woke up, night had fallen. The starry sky came into my eyes. The starlight gathered into a river, like a silver river, which was beautiful beyond words.

Qu Yunliu beside me was no longer visible, replaced by Ajie who also looked tired.

Ajie clenched his hands, stared blankly at the starry sky, and said in a low voice.

"The stars are so beautiful today."

I smiled and slowly sat up straight. Two bottles of Coke appeared in my palm. I handed one of the bottles to Ajie. Ajie looked at the Coke that appeared out of thin air. There was no surprise in his eyes. Instead, he took the Coke very naturally.

Autumn evenings are always a little colder. Ajie wrapped himself tightly, picked up the Coke bottle, took a sip, and then continued to stare blankly at the night sky.

I didn't ask how Qu Yunliu's body was disposed of. I believed that Ajie could make the right decision. Besides, after a person dies, the body is just an empty shell. All the meaning is given by the living people.

Nostalgia, sadness, despair. These are the emotions that only the living have. When a dead person closes his eyes, everything in this world has nothing to do with him anymore.

Ajie was holding the Coke bottle, his body slightly bent, his eyes looking at the ground, so I couldn't see his expression clearly.

"I think... we have been through life and death together, so we should be considered friends."

Hearing this, I looked at Ajie strangely and answered as a matter of course.

"Of course. I consider you a friend anyway."

Ajie chuckled when he heard that, then he turned his head slightly, looked at me with deep eyes, and suddenly lowered his voice and asked me.

"Are you... human?"

My breath caught and my eyelids drooped slightly, not knowing how to answer this question.

How should we define human beings? Whether in terms of appearance or emotion, I prefer to be human.

But I cannot admit this frankly. Deep down in my heart, I have long understood that I am no longer a human being, but an immortal monster.

My time has been forever frozen in ten years ago. Even though time passes by in the blink of an eye, I cannot step out of that frozen time.

I am a monster.

I had no way to answer Ajie's question because I knew very well that I was not human, but I didn't have the courage to admit it.

Then, the scene fell into a long silence, and at this moment, silence was actually a kind of answer.

A helpless acquiescence.

Seeing this, Ajie had obviously come up with his own answer. He sighed, rubbed the Coke bottle in his hand, and asked me another question.

"Are you immortal?"

This time, I didn't remain silent, but answered frankly.

"Yes, I am immortal."

Hearing this, Ajie didn't show any surprise, but an expression of "as expected". He couldn't help but shook his head repeatedly and said with some amusement.

"I said, with my marksmanship, I definitely didn't miss the target."

I know what Ajie is talking about. When I first met Ajie, he ambushed me and shot me in the head several times in a row. However, I was still full of energy. I think he must have doubted my health at that time.

Ajie's eyes warmed up, and his fierce face softened a little at this moment. He looked at me and spoke softly.

"Don't tell anyone about this anymore."

"If anyone suspects you again, just admit that you are a human being, a genuine human being."

"Compared to those who doubt you, you are definitely more qualified to call yourself a human being than them."

Hearing this, I burst out laughing, and couldn't help but look up at the starry sky, and said softly.

"What exactly is a human being?"

Ajie picked up the Coke bottle, took a big gulp, and then said with a relaxed look on his face.

"Human beings."

“He can cry and laugh, he is selfish, he likes to doubt everything, he has fatal flaws, but also he has a kindness that even shocks us.”

"Good people are human beings, bad people are human beings too."

“As long as you are complex enough or simple enough, you are a human being.”

Hearing this specious statement, I rolled my eyes, raised my middle finger at Ajie, and said with contempt.

"Your statement is contradictory, complicated, and simple at the same time. What exactly do you want to say?"

Ajie also raised his middle finger to me and looked at me with contempt.

"What I want to say is that one kind of rice feeds a hundred kinds of people."

"There's no need to go around in circles. As long as I think you're a human being, then you're a human being."

"Even if you are immortal."

Ajie's words were rough but true. I exhaled lightly and slowly sat up straight. It was time to ask some serious questions.

"What are you going to do about the Shield Stronghold?"

Hearing this, Ajie frowned, seemed a little worried, and sighed.

"This is indeed a problem. Except for those poor slaves, everyone else in this stronghold has a special feeling for the Shield Stronghold."

“It’s not easy to change the name.”

"..."

The corners of my eyes twitched, my expression became strange, and I couldn't help but complain.

"So you're worried about changing your name. Can't you just not change it?"

"Tsk."

Ajie smacked his lips lightly, looked at me with disdain, and said.

"If you don't change your name, how can you feel a sense of belonging? This is a man's romance, don't you understand?"

Sometimes, I really wonder what's going on in Ajie's mind.

Just when I was about to have a good discussion with Ajie about the name, a wild beast-like roar suddenly sounded in the stronghold.

"Roar!!!!"

The savage growl instantly echoed throughout the entire stronghold. It was full of brutality and wildness, and was definitely not a sound that a human could make.

Ajie and I were stunned and stood up suddenly. Then, people’s screams of fear were heard in the stronghold.

"Ghost! Ghost! Ghost!!!"

Ajie and I didn't bother to think about the meaning of the screams. We just subconsciously thought that there were some remaining violent elements or wild beasts that broke into the stronghold.

Ajie quickly took out a pistol and jumped into the crowd, while I picked up the black sword and followed closely behind him.

"Roar!!!"

The roar like that of wild beasts came from the mountain, and the residents in the stronghold fled in panic, running in the opposite direction.

Ajie stopped a fleeing citizen and asked loudly.

"What's going on? What happened?"

The man was trembling all over, pointing his pale hand towards the house on the mountain and shouting in fear.

"Ghost! There's a ghost there!"

Seeing this, Ajie knew that these people were already scared out of their wits and he couldn't get any useful information from them, so he let go of the man and turned to me and said.

"Come on, let's get there quickly."

Without waiting for my answer, Ajie took the lead and ran towards the direction of the growl with a pistol in hand. I continued to follow behind him.

But at this moment, an uneasy premonition came to my mind, and as if to prove my premonition, I saw a ball of white light in the darkness.

That cerebral palsy god...is here.

I suppressed the discomfort in my heart and strode after Ajie. I had a premonition that the gambling game that the cerebral palsy god talked about would actually unfold before me.