Chapter 40: Struggling

  Youzi knew what I wanted to do, so he stood up and said: "I say you guys are really something, with such great power in the UK, why not make more money than grave robbing? Why come to China to cause trouble?"

  "Golden Finger" heard Oil Subzi seemingly scolding them, and suddenly became angry, saying: "You stinky little kid really doesn't know life or death, what? Want to eat bullets?"

  I pretended to stop Yu Zi and said: "Yu Zi, what are you talking about? Now is a critical moment, we should get along well and not fight among ourselves."

  Jin Zhi saw me and thought I was speaking for them, thinking that as the leader of this group, I'm a soft persimmon. He coldly laughed and didn't say anything. Gao Ye Xiong beside him burst out laughing and said with a hint of disdain: "This brother still understands reason."

  After finishing speaking, he found Su Qin biting her teeth and staring at him fiercely, without any embarrassed expression, and another cold laugh, moving his gaze away.

  I don't have time to care about them treating me like a fool, nor do I want to get involved in the grudges between Su Qin and Gao Yexing. Taking advantage of the opportunity, I said to the old man in Tang suit sitting on the ground: "Since we are all trapped now, we should be honest with each other and cooperate together. Only then can we escape this ghost place."

  Little did they know that the old man in Tang suit suddenly sneered after hearing this: "Since I have already found Kevin, then you can go and die."

  No sooner had he finished speaking than they all raised their guns at us, and were on the verge of pulling the trigger.

  I didn't expect this old man to be so ruthless, I thought my own calculations were quite good, but it turns out that I'm still too tender. It seems that these people don't have much hope for our abilities, thinking that we are dispensable in this predicament, and after we die, the supplies in our backpacks will naturally become theirs.

  It's just a pity that it's too late now, in just one second, we'll all become souls under the gun, and I'm afraid there won't even be time to open our mouths to curse.

  At this time, Liu Dapao suddenly let out a loud shout, beyond everyone's expectation, and the shout actually shook the opponent to the point of stumbling.

  My first reaction at that time was "Lion's Roar", but this martial art only existed in legends, how could Liu Dapao know it?

  Before he could finish speaking, Liu Dapao had already rushed towards the old man in Tang suit, wanting to grab him as a hostage.

  Who would have thought that at this moment, another unexpected thing happened. Suddenly, another person jumped out and rushed to Liu's back in two or three steps, striking him with a knife hand on the back of his neck.

  Due to the figure's speed being too fast, plus being stunned by Liu Dapao's lion roar, my brain was still dizzy and I couldn't see clearly who this person was. All I saw was that his body didn't stop for a moment, after knocking down Liu Dapao, he instantly rushed back in front of us, used the move "Yellow Sparrow Behind", dodged to our rear, and then there were three consecutive muffled sounds.

  I just felt a heavy blow on the back of my neck, and my head suddenly went dizzy. My body softened, and I fell down too.

  The one who knocked us out was the one who slipped away from beside me, it's someone on our side, neither Youzi nor Su Qin has any reason to do so, the only possibility is Zhou Xing.

  However, Zhou Xing had been keeping many things from us along the way, but he had also been helping us wholeheartedly and even saved my life several times. So why did he suddenly attack us now?

  Is he afraid we'll hurt his dad?

  But it won't come to that, he should be well aware that we wouldn't do anything to his father. If we're held back by this, then our lives are really not secure.

  I still can't believe Zhou Xing would do such a thing, before fainting I struggled to turn my head back, in a daze, and saw that behind me was indeed Zhou Xing with an expressionless face.

  He was also looking at me at this time, but he didn't say a word. I tried to see something from his eyes, but the front became more and more black, and soon I couldn't see anything.

  But I struggled to keep my consciousness awake, stubbornly refusing to faint, and quietly by my side, Zhou Xing still didn't say a word.

  At this moment, I suddenly don't want to pursue it anymore. What I don't understand is why he can stand behind me so naturally and silently, even if he says a word of apology, but why doesn't he say anything?

  After that, I didn't know anything. In a daze, I woke up once and found myself lying on a stretcher, with someone carrying me in a hurry. Just as I was thinking how I hadn't died, my acupuncture point was pressed by someone, and my consciousness became blurry again.

  The second time I woke up, I found myself lying on the ground. Although my eyes were open, my vision had not yet recovered, and all I knew was that there were many people sitting around me, seemingly from the "Black Button" team. Before I could look at my other companions, I was pressed down again by the acupuncture point.

  The third time I regained consciousness, all I could hear was a lot of noise around me, it seemed like something had happened, but this time I still didn't have time to figure out the situation.

  If I keep being dizzy like this, I'll die. That's what I thought when I woke up for the fourth time.

  However, this time, no one came to press my acupuncture points. Instead, my brain suddenly short-circuited, and many memories disappeared instantly. I felt as if I had just woken up from a very long dream, or like a newborn baby, feeling very strange about the world.

  I don't know where I am, I don't know what I'm doing here, and I've even forgotten who I am.

  Who am I?

  I am... I am...

  Long Qiu! It's been a long time, I finally remembered that my name is Long Qiu. But where am I? Why are there many people around me, and they seem to be carrying me?

  What are they carrying me for? Where am I? What happened to me?

  I spent a long time thinking about these things slowly, unfortunately my body can't move and my eyes can't open. I only feel that the people beside me are still carrying me, they seem to be walking on a downhill road.

  The road is very long and stretches down continuously.

  After a long time, some memories gradually recovered, and I began to recall my experiences in the Temple of Three Eyes and the Witch King's Tomb. I started to remember Youzi, Su Qin, and Ai Xia.

  Ai Xia... didn't Ai Xia hit me with a brick in the Witch King's tomb? Am I being rescued by Ai Xia? What about Zhou Xing...

  Zhou Xing... Ah, Zhou Xing! How did Zhou Xing's face change? Isn't he by my side? Is he also dizzy like me?

  Like this, I slowly sorted out these memories.

  No, it seems... this doesn't seem like the Witch King's tomb!

  I started remembering more things, from Liu Dapao's joining, to meeting Wei Jiu...

  And Zhou Xing, Zhou Xing is called...Zhou Xing is called Kevin! Strange! Why is Zhou Xing called Kevin?

  Memories came flooding back quickly, and when I remembered everything, suddenly, almost all the strength in my body was drained.

  Because of fear.

  My whole body started trembling, I've never been so scared before.

  I remember now, Zhou Xing betrayed me! He not only stopped helping me, but he also wants to harm me! And now, I'm just a piece of meat on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered at any time.

  All of this is thanks to Stephen Chow!

  I have never trusted someone so much, yet he kept so many secrets from me, and I still trust him. It's not just me, Su Qin, You Zi and Liu Da Pao all trust him very much. He is excellent, stable, and crucial at critical moments.

  Although I'm reluctant to admit it, I can still feel my dependence on him. Many times, I think that as long as he's around, nothing will go wrong.

  But now... everything has changed.

  At this moment, I really regret that I thought of these things. If I hadn't remembered anything just now and lost my memory, it would have been great.

  Suddenly, I just feel so tired, with many things buzzing around me like flies, but I don't want to think about anything anymore, nor do I want to wake up.

  I don't know how long it took, but suddenly I felt a pair of thick palms pushing me awake. I opened my eyes and found that at this moment, I was lying on the grass.

  The person who woke me up shocked me to the extreme - it was my dad!

  He looked at me quietly, his eyes calm and peaceful, without a ripple of disturbance.

  "Dad!" I sat up excitedly.

  Here is a vast expanse of mountains and fields, with a large forest in the distance and a lake. It appears to be morning, with the sun just rising and soft light.

  He smiled lightly and didn't say a word, but sat down beside me, gazing at the distant scenery in a trance.

  "Dad, you... aren't you dead? Didn't you die?" I was so shocked that I could hardly speak, and it took me a long time to ask this one sentence.

  He didn't turn around to look at me, leaving only a knife-cutting profile. I suddenly realized that he was still so young, looking not much older than me.

  "There's no one in this world who won't die," he said slowly and quietly after a moment of silence.

  It suddenly dawned on me, and I silently cursed myself for being so stupid. Of course, my father had long passed away, his appearance frozen in time from when I was a child. What I saw was just his spirit. In that case, it seemed I too had died.

  "Dad, I'm sorry..." I said with my head down, my nose a bit sour.

  He burst out laughing and suddenly put his hand on my shoulder, "You little brat, I remember you were very mischievous when you were a kid, often talked back to me, what's wrong? Did you change after growing up?"

  I heard this and couldn't help but shed tears, but I was afraid he would see me and laugh, so I quickly lowered my head.

  He didn't look at me but gently patted my shoulder without saying a word.

  I remember when he was young, he often did this too.

  I didn't know what to say, and after a long while, he seemed to ask me casually, "What's wrong? Is there something that's making you unhappy?"

  I thought of Zhou Xing's betrayal and let out a weak sigh.

  He patted me again, "You're still young, there are many things waiting for you to do, can't give up so early."

  His tone was as flat as I remembered from when I was a kid.

  I shook my head and said, "Actually, I used to think that way too, thinking that being young made everything easy to say, but... after experiencing so many things, I suddenly realized that no matter how hard you fight, people can't win against fate. I... I'm already powerless..."

  "What do you know?" He quickly picked up the conversation this time: "You say you're still young, that only means there are some things you don't understand yet. It's not that being young makes everything easy to talk about, it's just that being alive makes everything easy to talk about."

  "Is everything all right as long as one is alive?" I repeated his words, seeming to understand something, yet seeming to understand nothing.

  "But you said no one is immortal." I wanted to argue back, but found my voice getting softer and softer.

  "Yes... no one is immortal," he said, slowly lifting his head and gazing at the blue sky.

  "But..."

  He suddenly turned his head around and gave me a sly smile: "However, it's not your time yet."