Chapter 938: I Want You to Die

The moment Chu Tianqiu finished speaking, tears welled up in his eyes, despite the smile still on his face.

His mouth stretched into a wide grin, tears flowing down like beads.

Wen Qiaoyun looked uneasy, her brow slightly furrowed as she stepped forward and gently tugged on Chu Tianqiu's arm.

"Don't cry..."

Chu Tianqiu stared at Wen Qiaoyun, his expression incredibly complex.

"So I can't leave." Chu Tianqiu gently pushed away Wen Qiaoyun's hand. "Among all the 'participants' in Zhongyan Zhidi, how many are like me, with their lives already counting down before entering?"

"Is it a terminal illness?" Wen Qiaoyun asked again.

"Brain tumor." Chu Tianqiu replied. "Only in this place of infinite reincarnation can my lifespan be effectively extended. No medical treatment in the world can save me; only this strange land can."

Chu Tianqiu's words were filled with conviction, and Wen Qiaoyun suspected he wasn't lying.

"Infinite... reincarnation...?" Wen Qiaoyun's mind raced, trying to piece together the whole story.

No wonder she felt an overwhelming sense of familiarity with the man before her. Could the "lover" he mentioned be...

Wen Qiaoyun couldn't make sense of it, no matter how hard she tried.

Even if the man in front of her seemed utterly deranged, it was clear he was quite handsome, and his clothes appeared rather expensive.

As the leader of his group, he must be extremely intelligent.

But she herself had an ordinary appearance... and in reality, she was just a cashier at a convenience store.

So, how could two people with completely mismatched lives, experiences, wisdom, and even financial means have become lovers?

Especially in a desperate place like this?

"Qiaoyun..." Chu Tianqiu said again, "I clearly freed my lover from the reincarnation, but she came back. What should I do?"

Chu Tianqiu's words only confirmed Wen Qiaoyun's suspicions.

"Then how do you know... your lover wanted to leave?" Wen Qiaoyun asked. "Maybe she feels the same way as you?"

"No, because she was always striving to get out." Chu Tianqiu replied. "For a long time, I couldn't find the motivation to move forward. Later, I realized that if I could help her achieve her dream... that would fulfill one of my wishes."

"Did... she know about your brain tumor before?" Wen Qiaoyun asked again.

"No." Chu Tianqiu replied. "We were the most important people to each other. If she had known... how could she have kept striving to get out?"

"So you're planning to stay here and let your lover leave." Wen Qiaoyun gave a bitter smile. "Even killing her was to let her go?"

"Yes." Chu Tianqiu smiled faintly. "I have no other options... I have to stay here, but she still has a full life ahead. It sounds twisted, but killing her was really to protect her. She's suffered enough; she deserved to be freed long ago."

Wen Qiaoyun fell silent for a moment before saying,

"But she did come back. What do you plan to do now? Kill her again?"

Chu Tianqiu was silent for a few seconds before replying,

"That's right. I still want her to die."

The air grew quiet between them as they spoke, remaining that way until the sun slowly set, with neither saying another word.

"Tell me the truth..." In the end, it was Wen Qiaoyun who broke the silence. "If I die, will everyone be freed?"

The air fell silent once more, as if even Chu Tianqiu hadn't expected Wen Qiaoyun to ask that.

She seemed the same as before, yet somehow different.

"I can't say for sure." Chu Tianqiu shook his head. "There's just a certain probability. After all, in this place, no one knows the way to true liberation. Everyone's just trial and error, and now it's about who makes fewer mistakes."

"A certain probability is fine." Wen Qiaoyun said. "I can see you're a smart person. If you've figured out a method, it could save me a lot of time to just try it directly."

"But there are many smart people in the world..."

"No." Wen Qiaoyun shook her head. "In this world, ten percent are smart, ten percent are foolish, and the remaining eighty percent are muddled."

"Muddled people...?" Chu Tianqiu raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, these muddled people swing back and forth following the smart or the foolish without any clear ideas of their own." Wen Qiaoyun said. "So, the person leading them is crucial. If I get the chance, I'd like to try leading them myself."

Chu Tianqiu sighed softly after hearing this.

"But I'm just a muddled person." Wen Qiaoyun laughed. "In my life, I've done things that were sometimes smart and sometimes foolish."

Chu Tianqiu remembered how Wen Qiaoyun had once boldly built a massive organization without any guarantees.

As she said, the organization's decisions were sometimes right and sometimes wrong, but that didn't hide her determination to help others.

"So if you have an idea, go ahead and try it." Wen Qiaoyun said. "You've all been trying for so long, right? Since smart people are helping me avoid mistakes, there's no need for me to force it alone."

Seeing that Chu Tianqiu remained silent for a long time, Wen Qiaoyun asked,

"How do you want me to die?"

That short sentence pierced straight into Chu Tianqiu's heart like a dagger.

Perhaps killing Wen Qiaoyun again... would truly elevate him to the realm of the "gods." This feeling of gaining and losing her again would be more painful than gritting his teeth to kill her the first time.

Qi Xia... is this your plan, to make me tear my heart apart over and over?

Chu Tianqiu couldn't tell if Qi Xia's "eternal cycle" was helping him or tormenting him.

He only knew that after this, he would be even more deranged than before. If he let Wen Qiaoyun live, all his previous efforts would be in vain.

"Qiaoyun... I want you to die completely." Chu Tianqiu said with a face full of despair.

There was another long silence lasting several dozen seconds.

"You know I've lost my memories." Wen Qiaoyun said. "Since you mentioned this place has 'infinite reincarnation,' does that mean it's hard for normal people to die?"

"Yes." Chu Tianqiu nodded.

"Then how can I 'die completely'?" Wen Qiaoyun asked. "And once I'm dead, how will you liberate me?"

"There are many ways to die completely... and tomorrow happens to be an opportunity." Chu Tianqiu said. "Qiaoyun, you're the most important person to me in Zhongyan Zhidi. Once you're dead, I'll carry out the rest of the plan. But I can't guarantee there's a way to liberate everyone. I only know that as long as I keep breaking through the limits of being human, I can vaguely touch the threshold of the 'gods.'"

Wen Qiaoyun was silent for a long time before saying,

"Alright..."

"Tomorrow, I'm going to participate in a game." Chu Tianqiu said. "Come with me."

"A game..." Wen Qiaoyun nodded. "Do you want me to die in the game?"

"That's right." Chu Tianqiu said. "No matter who the judge is, I want you to gamble your life against them."