Chapter 856 My Path

How should I describe the five years I have spent?

First, I left the original room and woke up in an empty room. The three "zodiac signs" standing here were "tiger", "rabbit" and "snake".

Their games were as simple as throwing a handkerchief for me. The only difficult "tiger" fighting game, I didn't have an opponent to fight.

So I was a bye and was directly counted as "fighting survival".

Next, I only need to crack a "rabbit" escape password lock, and then answer a few ancient Chinese knowledge questions raised by the "snake", and I can walk out of the room safely.

This kind of game can be passed as long as I pass it once, so the "interview room" can no longer trap me.

I landed in front of a lonely building in the "end of the world". The moment I opened my eyes, a girl with waist-length hair and black clothes walked in front of me.

She glanced at me, and I also looked at her symbolically, but neither of us spoke, and she left in a hurry.

I entered a state of long-term loneliness again. I never saw any of Aries, Yang Yang, or Zhang Qiang again, but this time the loneliness was different from the past.

This time the loneliness had an "end".

I just needed to strengthen myself and keep waiting until the day when Aries appeared, and my loneliness would end.

So YNA is real.

Do you know why these three letters are tattooed on the side of the third knuckle of the index finger?

Because I can touch it with my thumb at any time.

Some words will soon become true as long as you keep telling yourself.

I think about the three problems left by Aries almost every day.

First, make people despair. Second, prevent everyone from collecting "Tao". Third, recruit trustworthy strong people.

Obviously there are three problems, but Aries insisted on saying it as one problem. Is he overestimating me a little?

No matter how you think about it, these three things can only be achieved by dealing with people, but dealing with people happens to be what I am least good at.

Is this a "test"?

Faced with these three problems, I thought about it and could only choose to solve them one by one. However, even if I separated the three problems separately, I would find that each one was difficult to achieve and contradictory.

If people are put into a state of despair, they will have a higher probability of obtaining "echoes". In other words, they will become strong people of varying degrees. They preserve their memories and awaken supernatural abilities. At this time, no matter who they are, they will want to take this opportunity to collect more "Tao" and fight for the tiny chance of escape.

If I stop them from collecting "Tao" at this time, I will not only face ordinary "participants", but I will be the enemy of "echoes".

Although I have "heart-stealing spirit" and can protect myself at critical moments, I can only "steal the heart" and not "steal the soul". If I really fight, I will die at any time.

If "brute force" and "heart-stealing spirit" are both types of "echoes", then theoretically, people in this place can get all-round enhancement of their bodies and brains, and there may be more supernatural enhancements. I am alone and I am no match for them with only "heart-stealing spirit".

In summary, if I blindly make people despair or prevent them from collecting "Tao", I will be in danger in a minute.

It won't be long before I become a notorious existence in the entire "End Land". Being called by everyone is just a small matter. The important thing is that I will not be able to complete the third problem "Summon the Strong".

So how can these three problems be solved?

I walked into the building behind me, found the abandoned paper and pen, and wrote down all three problems.

Although my ability is limited, fortunately I have many "weapons". As long as I choose the right "weapons", I can fight for any difficult problem. What I need to do now is to sort out my thoughts and not be impatient.

This is the "Gidelin's Law" - clearly listing the problems you encounter is half solved.

I think Aries is a similar person to me. I constantly try to figure out his psychological dynamics from his various conversations, which means that he also tried to figure out my personality through my narration in the "Liar" game.

So this problem may be tailor-made for me.

In other words, Aries knows that I don't like dealing with people, but still left me with these three problems. The first possibility is that he wants to train my ability to deal with people, and the second possibility is that he thinks that this matter can still be completed without dealing with people.

The identities of Zhang Qiang and I should be very important to him. He would rather take all kinds of risks to encourage the two of us to take these two paths, which means that if we do not do what we should do, it will definitely affect him.

Although I am not an arrogant person, I also know that Zhang Qiang is not as strong as me, so when Aries spoke, he intentionally or unintentionally led him to the "Zodiac Road", including but not limited to the sentence he said to Zhang Qiang alone, "People who become zodiacs will always gain brute force." This is a complete and continuous set of psychological hints, coupled with my just right indirect attack, it is almost me and him who forced Zhang Qiang onto this road.

Among the two paths given by Aries, "Zodiac" is simpler than "Participant", so I believe Aries did it on purpose.

After guessing my personality and evaluating my ability, he led me to this "Participant" path and tailored the problem for me.

But this is really difficult.

In the past ten days, I participated in many games for the first time, and came into close contact with various "participants". I admit that some people don't look bad, but people's hearts are hidden, and I really can't regard them as people I can trust.

Every time the game ends, the "referee" takes out various "Tao" to distribute to everyone, and I will imagine something I have never done before.

For example... should I use "Mind-stealing" to control everyone, and then snatch the "Tao" to escape?

In this way, they will do the same action as me and run in the opposite direction, which means that this plan is feasible. They can't catch up with me, but I will face huge risks.

I may be safe if I snatch it once or twice, but what about in the long run?

I don't have any effective solution. If I can't achieve the goal, I will change it.

What if I don't snatch it and directly choose "destroy"?

Anyway, I don't need these "Tao" in the first place. I'm just waiting for someone.

Holding the "Tao" in your hand will not only worry about others snatching it, but also may cause a fatal disaster.

Then I had the first clue. If I wanted to obstruct the participants in an absolutely safe situation, first, I had to find a way to destroy these "Tao", and second, I could not show up.