"What happened five years ago was also carefully planned by you?" Xue Ming asked.

Serra replied: "No, five years ago we were ready for the end, but suddenly a man appeared and told us that there was still a chance to live, and we persevered until today." ”

"Who?"

"Merry."

"Merry? ......" Xue Ming had no impression of the name.

"You can think of her as the beginning of everything," Serra said. ”

Xue Ming's consciousness was hazy for a while, but he held on.

"So what...... Why would you believe her words? And why did she make you believe her? ”

The two paragraphs before and after are not the same meaning, and Serra understands it.

"If you told a death row inmate before the execution that you had a chance of surviving in addition to death, what would you choose?"

Xue Ming understood, but felt that it was not enough......

Of course, such a metaphor seems selfish, doesn't it...... At the end of the day, without some pure righteousness, everything we do is dirty and shameful......" Serra laughed, sneering, laughing at herself.

Xue Ming was silent, he was not so righteous and awe-inspiring, and he would not distinguish between right and wrong at such a time.

"I was hesitant at first, after all, even if I didn't admit that I was the same Serra I used to be, I inherited everything from her, and I deserved to be a more perfect person, and...... Even if I want to get rid of her shadow, I won't use other people's lives as a foreshadow...... It was only then that she told me all the details about the 'Homecoming' program...... After listening to this, I decided to sit down with her and have a good talk. Sera cupped Xue Ming's face, his breath was very weak, but his eyes were bright.

"Even if I survived until now...... You're not going to take me along, are you? ”

Xue Ming held Serra's hand, kissed it gently, and replied with a pale and weak smile: "You're not here, and I don't plan to leave." ”

Serra's eyes reddened slightly, but she suppressed it and looked away.

Xue Ming's eyes dimmed a little, he returned to the corner of the carriage and asked softly, "What about later...... What did you talk about? ”

"A deal."

"Deal?"

Serra nodded: "Merry's idea is to use all the puppets in the world to create an unprecedented revolution and replace the existing humans, but during the execution stage, it was discovered that some puppets were still willing to inherit the long-cherished wish of memory even if they were aware of the 'new self', which made her plan die early, and the revolution only started and then died down." ”

Xue Ming heard it clearly, but it was just a different meaning from different angles, and what Serra was talking about should be the rebellion of 110 years.

"So she went to visit in person and found a group of people she thought she could prosper together, but what she didn't expect was that most of them, like me, just wanted to make a deal with her."

The truth began to be revealed, and Xue Ming listened silently without saying a word.

"But at first, we actually fell apart."

Xue Ming noticed Serra's expression, she didn't lie.

"The world she expects is too unbelievable, I think even if it is really as beautiful as she described, it is impossible to do it with us ants, not to mention, it touches my bottom line."

Hearing this, Xue Ming couldn't help but think of a series of deified things related to the central curtain and the central curtain.

"She said that she failed, and she has been looking for a way for the puppet to continue, but more than ten years have passed, and none of the puppets have been born naturally, so she is trying to get into the forbidden land of the gods, trying to reproduce a god-created world with human power, a new world that can bring eternity and tranquility!" Serra said softly, and at the end she actually burst out laughing, and said, "Does it sound particularly unreliable?" This guy actually wants to walk the path that Han Wensheng has walked again, and wants to create a new era, a new world! ”

Xue Ming didn't smile, his brows jumped, because he had already felt it, from seeing the tree, fighting with Gannon, and then to the Angel of Law...... Xue Ming knew that Mei Rui was not crazy...... And she did!

"But she did, didn't she?" Xue Ming finally spoke.

Serra's laughter stopped, and she poured herself a glass of wine and lit a cigarette for Xue Ming.

It's no longer the real tobacco it used to be, and it's still a little jerky when you smoke it in your mouth...... Xue Ming took a sip and suddenly felt a lot more sober, but at the same time, he realized that his body was dying, and he shouldn't be able to last long.

"yes...... After laughing at me, I was slapped in the face with hatred, especially the bouquet of flowers she left behind, and after it bloomed, I lay on the bed and didn't wait for the death I wanted......"

Xue Ming stiffened for a moment, and said in his heart: "It turns out that she said that she was going to leave the arbiter...... Is it because you already know that you are dying......

Thinking of this, Xue Ming couldn't help but feel distressed.

"After I didn't die, I understood that she wasn't dreaming, but that there was really a way to stop it, so I found Merry again and told me my conditions."

Xue Ming coughed, he sat up straighter, and his eyes drifted out of the window.

"On what terms?"

Serra said, "My dearest and dearest ones must live well...... That's my condition. ”

Xue Ming turned his head and looked at Serra in surprise when he heard this......

Is it that simple? With all this, she was able to hide the truth for five years and make such an earth-shattering plan?

Xue Ming began to doubt...... But he couldn't think of any other purpose for Serra?

Human beings live in the world, and their thirst for desires is nothing more than four things.

"Rights", "Money", "Reputation" and "Family".

Right...... According to Serra, she joined Merry's organization after the rebellion and became a member of the Center, and before that she had a high status as the arbiter, but she didn't want to show her head and kept hiding behind the scenes, she was not a woman who coveted power, or rather, she had lost interest in power since the destruction of Cerberus.

Money...... This is even more ridiculous, even if she no longer cares about family affairs, her surname is still Lust Steven, one of the richest families in the world, and besides, with her status, money is not tempting at all, and she has no place to spend it.

Reputation...... Xue Ming directly ignored this article, because he knew that everyone who joined the arbiter could not care about reputation, because what they did was not pure justice, at least when dealing with the enemy, it would not be related to morality and humanity.

So what is left...... According to Serra, there is only "family".

But her family ......

A puppet who has realized his "self" really takes Arya and Lin Xue so seriously?

After a period of brainstorming, Xue Ming's conclusion was...... Serra was lying, or rather, she was proposing such simple conditions that were innocuous to Merry, but her true purpose had long been hidden.

"Don't you believe me again?"

Even in the corner, Sierra could easily feel Xue Ming's emotions.

Xue Ming shook his head lightly: "No, I believe you, it's just that I'm curious, how many of you are ......"

Serra smiled when she heard this: "It's all to this point, and you can ignore your body?" Or do you think that, with our feelings, I will come out of the tray for you? ”

Xue Ming also smiled, he raised his hand and snuffed out the cigarette tremblingly.

"Yes, too...... What if an ant knows what a boot is...... When the boots fall, it is better to cherish the precious time before death......" Xue Ming said and coughed again.

The old housekeeper looked distressed, these two children had been in his car when they were very young, and how good life was at that time......

"Miss, do you want to hurry back to the base?"

Serra hadn't spoken yet.

Xue Ming said first: "No need, Uncle Li, I know my body...... Let's go to Bai Hutong, I want to see the old house I lived in when I was a kid again. ”

The old butler did not do so immediately.

Serra said, "Go to the White Alley." ”

"Okay......

……

By one o'clock in the morning, the heart of Ischenwar was so crowded that it was impossible to even sit down in many places, crowded scenes were everywhere, and all kinds of unexpected events were emerging one after another.

However, this did not discourage everyone's enthusiasm, after all, this was the first large-scale festival performance in 104 years.

Standing on the stage of the Sky Singers, Lin Xue and Dongfang Ruo overlooked the stars in the bright lights, human beings are like stars in the universe at this moment, emitting light as much as possible.

But it seems crowded...... But they are separated by a distance that cannot be crossed......

"Sister Dongfang, I always feel that there is something missing in the performance......" Lin Xue finally expressed her distress for days.

Dongfang Ruo said softly: "What do you mean?" ”

Lin Xue said: "It's not a light...... Nor is it personnel...... Not to mention the various cutting-edge loads of the stage...... I just think...... It's as if every one of my performances since Lin disappeared was perfect, but it was a disappointment......"

The disappearance of Lin is also clear...... The 110 years of rebellion have affected too many people...... Lin is one of them...... His brain had been housed in the depths of a secret base guarded by the Arbiter since Cerberus was taken away, and what he thought was the safest place in the world was killed by a rebellion.

That day...... When Lin disappeared, tens of thousands of live viewers and hundreds of millions of online viewers saw it...... saw Lin's frightened expression, and the words he said to Lin Xue when he slowly disappeared......

"Protect your ......"

……

Now five years have passed, at the same time, in a different place, after Lin disappeared, Lin Xue has not been able to get out of that haze.

"I watched the daytime show, maybe ...... The shortcomings of what you are talking about...... It's the soul. "Dongfang Ruo rarely speaks so deeply.

But this time, her answer made Lin Xue's eyes slowly light up.

That's right......

She wasn't the main character from a long time ago, and after Lin disappeared, she became even paler......

So that's it...... Is it the soul that is missing......