Chapter 263
All or Nothing
Chapter 263 A Desperate Gamble
After inquiring, the fortune teller learned that only Shen Yi had replied to her, so she sent over Shen Yi's contact information.
Lu Jinzhao immediately contacted Shen Yi. Shen Yi seemed to be on the train, probably having just left the platform and on her way home.
"Excuse me, may I ask how you left?"
"Is there anything you want to know, or anything else you can exchange with me?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Yi's slightly tired voice came from the other end of the receiver: "Let's exchange it for how you leave."
She didn't let Lu Jinzhao speak first, since they had already made a deal on the platform and had gone through this experience together. She felt that Lu Jinzhao was somewhat trustworthy, so she directly began to recount her encounter with Bai Peiluoyu on the platform.
"Because of the special nature of the Special Class, we decided to form a team."
Lu Jinzhao was aware of this as well.
"The first thing we need to face is those troublesome clones on the other side."
"If you want to leave here, you have to get past that hurdle."
"We tested it a few times and finally came to a conclusion: the copy only applies to the original."
"In other words, we can eliminate each other's clones."
It was surprisingly straightforward, but that's probably because it's just one of many hurdles.
Soon, Shen Yi's words confirmed Lu Jinzhao's thoughts: "But even if we solve the problem of the clones, our way out will still be fraught with difficulties."
"We came up with a solution to the taboo of not being able to walk. After all, we solved the problem of creating clones and were able to use our Destiny. And Luo Yu's and my Destiny just happened to be able to come in handy at this time."
"Although Luo Yu is not perfect yet, as long as the person involved agrees, she can even weigh and trade the supernatural attacks that people suffer."
"And my destiny has reached the point where it can be transformed. Coupled with Bai Pei's powerful abilities, just maintaining the operation of my destiny is equivalent to having a small-scale possession of good fortune and an immortal body. Of course, this is just an exaggeration, but it is enough to show how high her resistance to the supernatural is when she activates her destiny."
"So we came up with a solution."
"Luo Yu made a deal with Bai Pei through her destiny. Bai Pei would take responsibility for any attacks caused by her breaking taboos during her journey, while she would carry Bai Pei on her back. In this way, the two of them would only have to pay one price."
“I chose the desire to share as my new desire, and I also shared with Bai Pei the attack caused by the taboo of not being able to walk. In exchange, I also paid a price.”
Shen Yi didn't elaborate here, probably because she didn't want to reveal too much about the price she paid.
"We successfully made it a short distance forward, and even got close to the village entrance, but we were also nearing the end of our rope."
Even for the highest level, the supernatural powers and tools they can use are not unlimited.
It's already remarkable that they managed to struggle forward in such a complex and inescapable environment.
"But at this very moment, a new taboo—a taboo that can affect all of us—has resurfaced."
Shen Yi gave a bitter laugh: "This is the last straw that broke the camel's back. I don't even know what that taboo is, I only know that it keeps being triggered."
"Standing? Blinking? Breathing? Heartbeat? Or teaming up? I don't know, and I can't figure it out." "With taboos overlapping, very quickly, maybe just a second? I felt that I was about to die."
If Lu Jinzhao were standing opposite Shen Yi at this moment, she would clearly see the helplessness that she couldn't help but show on her tired face as she recalled this part of the story—a helplessness in the face of impending death.
Even though she had been through many train stations and had many near-death experiences, when death came again, she still couldn't help but feel fear and dread.
“There’s no other way,” she said.
"I had no choice but to tear up the ticket and take a desperate gamble."
This was the only way for her to survive at that time.
If she could, Shen Yi really wouldn't want to do this.
The result was that she did die at the time, but the train ticket brought her back to life. However, the price made Shen Yi wonder if it was worth it.
She lost everything that belonged to the passengers. When she opened her eyes again, she was lying on the ground. The taboos of the village could no longer affect her, not because she had become a villager, but because the effect of her desperate gamble had allowed her to enter the "path to survival".
Clearly, the only way for this platform to survive is to be immune to the taboos of the village.
Knowing this, Shen Yi was both amused and exasperated. If she had known earlier that the path to survival could actually grant immunity to taboos, she could have used this as a starting point to find the right way to survive!
It's a pity I didn't know that sooner.
Her passenger level remained at the highest level, but all the supernatural items on her body disappeared, including her destiny.
She became someone who, apart from experience, was no different from a passenger boarding for the first time.
But her next appearance on a platform will inevitably be either a top-tier platform or a death platform!
How can an ordinary person without a destiny survive on a high-class platform?
Taking such a desperate gamble only delayed her death.
Worse still, besides everything she had as a passenger being torn up along with her ticket, there were other things in the real world that she absolutely did not want to lose that were disappearing.
In a desperate gamble, she will not only tear apart everything the passenger owns, but also the most important thing about them as human beings.
It's not about passengers defining what's most important to them; it's more like an inescapable curse.
Some have money, some have relatives, some have friends, or their appearance, self-esteem, a skill they are proud of, or the intelligence they rely on for survival, or even their tenacious will to survive.
Some people have tried to brainwash themselves to change what is most important to them, but the judgment about the ticket remained unchanged.
It has its own judgment, which may be unexpected, but it will never be wrong.
Shen Yin could sense that what was fading away was her memory.
As a human being who has survived to this day, those beautiful and painful memories—the memories she desperately wants to lose, the memories of a normal human being, after her sense of existence has been erased by the train.
This also includes her memories and experiences as a passenger.
Perhaps for this reason, Shen Yi was certain that she wouldn't live much longer. Not just as a passenger, but as a human being, after all her memories of the real world had vanished, what reason did she have to live?
It has no memory, no sense of existence, like a transparent ghost.
Shen Yi took a deep breath, trying her best to control her slightly trembling voice.
"If possible, even if other options come at an extremely high cost, do not use the ticket. In any case, there will be no more serious consequences than taking a desperate gamble."