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    Living towards death in Go: taking off your boots backwards

    It finally showed up.

    Qi Ruiqing’s wrist was clenched, and Shen Molin held on and tried to suppress the trembling. The two of them helped each other stand up.

    A mask was pushed onto Qi Ruiqing’s face and put on, and a gun was handed to Qi Ruiqing’s hand.Shen Molin thought for a while and even stuffed the pen on his chest into Qi Ruiqing’s pocket.

    What did Qi Ruiqing want to say.

    But Shen Molin just shook his head and patted the notebook in his arms.

    He took Qi Ruiqing’s hand and walked towards the half-open door.That was obviously the darkest room, but now it was filled with the strangest light.Qi Ruiqing saw the trail of water dragging from bottom to top into the room, and he understood why Shen Molin never wanted to get close to the deep pool.

    I’m going to kill it first.Shen Molin gathered strength, grabbed the gun and rushed out.There’s a light on inside, so it must be sitting there…

    He raised his gun and took aim, but the light was on and there was no one under it.

    Three gunshots rang out one after another, mixed with broken light bulbs and soft grunts of pain.Before Qi Ruiqing could sort out the cause and effect, the confrontation was over.

    What happened?No one under the light?Is it lurking in the darkness?Shen Molin then changed his strategy and shattered the light source, blurring its sight so that the second shot failed?And then use your night vision to find it?

    Yes, it was Shen Molin holding his injured left shoulder.Qi Ruiqing stretched out his hand to touch the penetrating wound, and Shen Molin pressed his exposed head back.

    “It’s not dead.”

    “Hehehe…yeah, I’m not dead.”

    Between the wings, the knocked down chair strangely stood up again.Its eyes were stained even redder by the blood in the hole in its head, so red that they hung like a blood moon.

    “I didn’t expect that a great genius could be so rude and want to use violence to make things right.” It spread its hands and gestured to the empty space in front of it, “It’s even worse than me – I have set up a trap just for you and am waiting for you.”

    The incorporeal body does not have the physical limitations of a physical body, so even if it is fatally injured, it may not die.

    “Speaking of rudeness, I still have to call you the originator.” Shen Molin never let go of his gun hand. “The parasite has been hiding here for so long. Are you afraid that you still want to occupy the magpie’s nest?”

    “Who occupied the magpie’s nest? It was you. I was just ordered to take back this black hole that was illegally plundered.”

    It is very smart, and it is worthy of being a soul that can also act like a lover.Qi Ruiqing patted the sullen Shen Molin and warned him not to be led around.

    “You are what you are, I understand.”

    “Oh, having a male companion like Qi Ruiqing is really enviable to others.” It was clearly envious and jealous, and even clenched its fists, “Qi Ruiqing, you said you know him, on what basis do you understand him?”

    “Feeling.” “What? The feeling I give you is different from that of him?” “It’s different. You are violent, but he is gentle…”

    Don’t be led away by him.Shen Molin squeezed Qi Ruiqing’s hand.

    “Hahaha, we really support each other…” The eyes were covered, and the hypocritical smile on its face finally couldn’t hold on anymore.It buried its face and said in a cold tone: “I really can’t stand it anymore.”

    “Then don’t look at it.” Shen Molin shook the barrel of his gun as a threat, “Go away.”

    It is also Shen Molin, and of course it will not give up like this.

    “This Shen Molin, my mission has not been completed yet, I can’t leave.” It lost control for a moment, and a sneer appeared on its face again.

    The chessboard was spread out, black and white, and it issued a presumptuous invitation to the two of them: “Come and play a game of chess with me.”

    “What if I refuse?” “You can’t refuse because you have already started.”

    No regrets, this game has already begun.From the time Shen Molin planned to enter the black hole, from the time Qi Ruiqing took him out of the restricted area, from the time they met in the ruins of the restricted area…

    Even if Shen Molin doesn’t want to admit it, he is indeed a consciousness born in the restricted area, with no beginning and no idea of where to go.

    “It’s okay, you can definitely win.” Qi Ruiqing stood behind the chair, touching his healed gunshot wound, “Check him, and maybe he will die.”

    “I know…” This is their goal – if the person in front of them is the main personality of the black hole.

    Move 31, temptation.

    “Qi Ruiqing, I admit it, I am.” The red-eyed Shen Molin twirled her words casually, “Stop calling me that, it’s so pointless. How about calling me ‘black hole’?”

    “What, calling you that, so that you can take a real position of power and leave us with no room to fight?” Qi Ruiqing sneered, “We already know that you are no longer a black hole.”

    “But the ‘black hole’ I’m talking about is just a pronoun. It’s just the most suitable word to describe me.” Black Hole raised his head to look at him, and the light from behind couldn’t make his expression clear. “Besides, it’s not a good thing for you to have a relationship with Shen Molin, right?”

    Move 42, stay calm.

    “‘Shen Molin’, what a good name.” Black Hole flicked the chess piece, arrogantly as if he was invincible, “Qi Ruiqing, I know you love him and tolerate him, but I still don’t understand, just because of such a name, you can indulge him without any bottom line?”

    Move 75, provocation.

    “You’ve seen him kill people, right?”

    Shen Molin’s face was sullen and his eyebrows were slightly frowned. He stepped back uneasily to ask Qi Ruiqing’s opinion.

    “I’ve seen it, but so what? People always make mistakes. Besides, I’m not someone who loves the world a lot.”

    “That’s good.” Then Heidong sat back with satisfaction and crossed his legs. “Then we are very similar. I also kill people. We are both immoral and just go to action to achieve our goals. We are from the same place.”

    Move 78, irony.

    “Shut up. You keep chattering and oversharing. Are you an ADHD patient?” Shen Molin scolded him directly.

    Move 79, it doesn’t matter.

    “That’s right.” Black Hole smiled playfully, “You have no father or mother anyway, right?”

    Qi Ruiqing really wanted to go up and beat this bastard.

    But the black hole is there, it is the starting point of nothingness, the source of all distortions, and the root of all mutations.It’s there, strong and unshakable.

    Qi Ruiqing couldn’t understand Go, but the number of black stones on the board seemed to be higher.

    The center of the chessboard was on the upper right side. Black relied on its strong momentum to form a three-sided encirclement against the white dragon with about 12 pieces in the center, leaving only a narrow passage leading to the upper right corner.

    Faced with such a strangled posture, Shen Molin’s expression did not change much.

    “I have been listening to your conversation just now, and I found that you seemed to have missed a little explanation.”

    Selective phagocytosis.

    “Aren’t you curious, why is the photo different from before?” Black Hole pointed at the notebook in Qi Ruiqing’s arms, “Don’t hold it so tightly, individuals do not have the ability to modify their own definition, because the definition of a definition is the concept of objective existence.”

    “Selective engulfment means that the main personality has the ability to choose the objects to annex. It is the background setting of the limit of the virtual body Roche.” Shen Molin stared at the chessboard but rushed to explain in front of the black hole.

    “Yes, this is enough to prove that we are intelligent creatures, predators at the top of the food chain, and the gods who set all this.”

    “You should be proud because you are the only ones who can enter the black hole.”

    In the 127th move, Black’s chess was not completely blocked, but was played on the other side.The virtual shackle seems simple and easy to break, but in fact it echoes the thick wall of the black chess piece in the distance.If White rushes out from the gap, Black can simply retreat and drive White towards the stronger encirclement that he has already laid out.

    Qi Ruiqing didn’t understand what it was so proud of. It was obvious that Shen Molin’s success was due to the stupidity of others, so how could it act like a fool who was scornful of his love rival and ready to make a move?

    “So the previous shooting using mechanical equipment, assuming the soullessness of programming technology, and even trying to enter a black hole in that way would not be misguided mistakes.” Shen Molin held the white piece in his hand and pondered the story outside the chessboard, “So… that’s it.”

    But the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole follows behind, and there are people outside the mountain. Besides, nothing is destined, just like a black hole is not a black hole.

    “So what? The suspicions of the two of you alone cannot overturn the church’s long-standing brainwashing. You two will only be skewered on the fire and roasted into roasted chicken.” Black Hole dismissed it, “Let me ask you, how can you break this step?”

    “Easy.”

    On move 128, White stepped into the gap set without any scruples.

    “Vulgar Hands.” Heidong propped up his knees and leaned forward, “You are seeking death.”

    “Really?” Shen Molin chuckled noncommittally, “There are still a few steps left before you can win.”

    As a result, a tough blockade began, and brutal fighting began. Dark clouds came over the town to kill, and the remaining remains of the white dragon wandered around to treat orphans.

    Suddenly there was no more bickering in the room, and now the smoke was thick but silent.

    “Since you have been listening to our conversation, you should have heard my summary of the nature of the group.”

    Idiot like you, impulsive like you.

    “You made three mistakes. First, it was too full.”

    Deciding oneself to be the “source of all evil” by walking around in such a grand manner is simply a matter of causing trouble.If it were me, I would set myself as something “unthinkable” and directly cut off everyone’s channels to the throne of God.

    “Second, it’s too straight.”

    Absolute desire forces you. You want it so much that everyone can see your vulgar heart.

    You want energy, and not just energy; what you want, I already know.

    “Third, it’s too hasty.”

    The pursuit is too fierce and it floats on the surface. The intermittent energy is like you who broke away from the group and came to me, flashy and unreal.

    “You want this game of chess to test the gap between you and me. You want to know where your chances of winning are. You seem arrogant, but in fact, you must have panicked.”

    Move 142: Reverse the Carbine·Rewind the Bead Curtain.The white stone ignored the retreat that was about to be blocked and resolutely landed in a corner far away from the battlefield.This was not a killer move, but Heidong’s face suddenly turned three points white.

    “Let me tell you: in order to defeat this calamity I set, you must find something you can use; but the large army besieging you in the middle is tight and broken, which is really embarrassing; and what is even more tragic is that your impatience has become my calamity material.”

    Shen Molin unceremoniously took the sunspot directly from its hand and demonstrated its disastrous defeat: “If you make up for the chess piece, the middle will be in great danger; if you forcefully eliminate the calamity, I will kill all the enemies used in the encirclement and suppression.”

    “You’ve already lost.”

    “Have I lost?”

    With a meaningful sigh, Black Hole lay back and fell into the back of the chair.

    “I can’t lose.”

    Now that it was still laughing out loud, Qi Ruiqing was sure it must be crazy.

    “I won’t lose.”

    Qi Ruiqing’s heart became more and more uneasy. What could make it still laugh?It’s already lost, isn’t it?Does it have any other capital?

    Shen Molin didn’t speak. He crossed his fingers, propped his elbows on his knees, and his eyes jumped back and forth between the chess game and the crazy black hole, ruling out the possibilities that he might have missed.

    “Unless…”

    Think outside the rules.

    The dagger was pulled out from the black chess box and grazed the shell of the ear, but Shen Molin tilted his head and barely avoided it.The black hole’s expression was ferocious, and its screams, unlike those of humans, reverberated bone-chillingly.

    “You can’t hide!”

    The pain of acupuncture penetrated from his left shoulder, and Shen Molin’s body twitched.He kicked over the table, overturned the chair and hid behind the bunker while holding Qi Ruiqing.

    His entire left arm was shaking. Qi Ruiqing pulled open his collar and saw black mud pouring out of the wound and extending along the meridians.

    “Shen Molin, you know everything, but you tricked Qi Ruiqing into doing those useless things. You already knew you couldn’t win.”

    Cycle

    In the reincarnation of cause and effect, everything has a cause; Shen Molin cannot kill the black hole, and will inevitably merge into the black hole due to failure in the fight.

    Because the culprit that caused the explosion, caused the disaster, and created the virtual black hole was itself.

    This is the past and future that Shen Molin saw with his own eyes in the black hole.

    “Why did you do this?” Qi Ruiqing stood in front of its gun for Shen Molin and asked unwillingly, “Why must everything else be exchanged for the existence of the black hole?”

    “Because I must prove that the experiment is successful! Because I must, must…”

    The gun body pressed against Qi Ruiqing’s chest swayed slightly, and the red eyes that interpreted the aesthetics of violence were confused for a moment.

    “Shen Molin!” So Qi Ruiqing shouted this name to him!

    “Shut your mouth!! You smooth-talking bastard, I’m going to kill you!!”

    The angry bullet had just come out of the chamber, but Qi Ruiqing disappeared out of thin air.He could only helplessly break the beanbag, and the plastic foam flew down like snow.

    “You can’t kill him now.”

    Shen Molin stood up staggeringly while holding on to the wall. It was obvious that the virus had covered nearly half of his body.

    “What do you mean?”

    “Because…you know, right?”

    “Causal loop.”

    “Yeah.” He raised his hands to hold his head and gave up struggling.

    “The cycle of cause and effect – you said it yourself.”

    The reason why you will win.

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