Qi Ling’s eyes reflected the splattering blood as she knelt there, dazed.
There was no impact on her chin, and her vision didn’t turn black.
She was still alive, not freed from this world.
Quietly, as the weight in her hand eased, the gun was taken away by Su Mo.
"I say, your technique of feeling things is lacking; I noticed it imdiately. If you get the chance, learn from KK; his hands are incredible."
Su Mo held the gun’s muzzle, blocking it with his palm. The bullet pierced his flesh and lodged between the bones enhanced by the Mad Corpse Blood Code, without injuring Qi Ling at all.
"Tsk, it still hurts quite a bit." Su Mo flicked away the bullet from his palm with a smile, "But it seems you can’t comprehend what pain ans. Oh, how I wish I had your physique as a kid, so I wouldn’t fear my parents spanking ."
Qi Ling’s pupils were unfocused, as if she hadn’t processed the fact that she was still alive, appearing sowhat wooden.
Gradually, her eyes found focus, her hands hung weakly by her sides, and she asked softly, "Why save ... why not let just die..."
Su Mo asked in return, "Why must you die? Your revenge is over, a new Chapter of life has begun, there are no more burdens on your shoulders, isn’t it good to live on?"
"Live on?" Qi Ling’s lips pulled into a desolate arc, asking faintly, "Then tell , how should I live on?"
"People living need a reason. So live for others, so live for themselves."
"And ? What am I living for? I don’t even know who I am now... am I the Xiaoqi I’ve been trying to play, or the monster Zero from before?"
Su Mo said deeply, "In my view, you are neither Xiaoqi nor Zero."
"You have the vision belonging to Xiaoqi, and the past belonging to Zero. They rged seamlessly during your years of life, becoming inseparable, transforming into a new you."
"You are you, Qi Ling, the unique Qi Ling."
Qi Ling lowered her eyes, smiling forcibly, "So what? Does this have any aning?"
Su Mo: "Living in itself, isn’t that aning?"
Qi Ling: "No... maybe to you all, living is the aning to keep going. But not to ."
"To live just to live is nothing but an animated corpse, only maintaining the minimum biological survival, nothing more."
"I don’t want to live like that, because before eting Xiaoqi, that’s the disgusting life I always lived. If I have to continue that way for the rest of my life, I’d rather die."
Su Mo: "Then don’t live like that, go find a reason to live on."
Qi Ling: "For instance? What is there? The only reason I didn’t commit suicide imdiately after Xiaoqi died and dragged on to today was to personally take revenge on those people, it was the reason I lived for so many years."
"But now it’s all over, there’s nothing more I need to do in life. In that case, what is my reason for living..."
Su Mo showed a mysterious smile: "So I said, if there’s none now, go find one. How about I co up with a reason for you to live on?"
Qi Ling looked at Su Mo blankly, waiting for his answer.
Su Mo spoke in a profound tone, guiding gently: "Your programming skills are amazing, I have a powerful virus source code at ho, which is hundreds or thousands of tis stronger than the Nesis virus you created. How about it, interested to take a look?"
Qi Ling: "Not interested."
Su Mo: "...Huh?"
Qi Ling seed a bit puzzled: "Why would you think I’m interested in viruses? They’re rely tools I used for revenge."
"Change them for knives, guns, or anything else, it’s the sa. It’s just that viruses seed most effective to , so I chose them, no other reason."
"If you think I’m like that panda engineer of yours, obsessed with research, you couldn’t be more wrong."
Su Mo was dumbfounded on the spot.
For both public and private reasons, he really wanted to recruit Qi Ling into the Edge rcenary Corps.
Judging from the recent performance of the Nesis virus, Qi Ling’s programming skills might even surpass An Churan, the original female lead of "Dawn."
If he could bring Qi Ling on board, the biggest software technical weakness of the Edge would be covered!
Su Mo had just taken it for granted that since Qi Ling was a hacker, she would inevitably be fascinated by the Black Extinction Virus from the old era, a completely unheard of thing after all.
To his surprise, she outright said, "I’m not interested"?
What to do now!
In the original storyline, apart from An Churan, there were very few top-notch hackers known by na, and Su Mo didn’t even know where to find such talent.
eting Qi Ling by a lucky fluke was already hitting the jackpot.
If he missed this chance, who knows when he’d find another reliable hacker?
Su Mo got a bit flustered and quickly smoothed things over: "Qi Ling, be more open-minded, life actually has a lot of interesting things like delicious food, beautiful scenic spots..."
"And video gas... yes! Gas! Let teach you how to play gas, once you get imrsed, each ga is a new life, they’re so much fun!"
As Su Mo rambled on, Qi Ling suddenly tugged at his tie, pulling him gently closer.
With their foreheads touching, so close together, Su Mo could even see the beautiful iris pattern in those eyes.
Qi Ling: "Are you trying to keep ?"
That gaze was sowhat intense, causing Su Mo to subconsciously turn his face away, letting out a soft "Hmm."
Qi Ling held Su Mo’s chin, forcing him to turn back, and asked softly, "Why keep ? Is it because you fancy my hacking skills?"
Su Mo: "Honestly, yes, I fancy your hacking skills, I don’t want to lie to you about that."
He paused here, then looked back into Qi Ling’s eyes, deeply saying, "But more than that, I don’t want you to die."
Qi Ling: "Why?"
Su Mo: "If you die, I feel like I would be very sad."
A tumultuous mix of emotions surged within those amber eyes, sotis grieving, sotis bewildered, finally transforming into an indescribable relief.
Suddenly, Qi Ling hugged Su Mo once more.
She hugged tightly, her fingers clutching Su Mo’s back, embracing with all her might, as if she wanted to rge him into her body.
Su Mo instinctively called her na: "Qi Ling?..."
With a sharp pain, Qi Ling bit into his collarbone forcefully, leaving a deep bite mark, like a kitten leaving its mark on its owner.
Su Mo stood dumbfounded, not knowing what it ant.
Almost using up all her strength, Qi Ling held Su Mo’s waist, her voice trembling slightly: "You fool, aren’t you going to hold tight, and then tell yourself — live on, I need you."
Su Mo finally ca to his senses from his daze, lifted his arms to embrace Qi Ling, then said to her...
"Qi Ling, live on, I need you."
Qi Ling leaned against Su Mo’s shoulder and slowly closed her eyes.
For a mont, sothing seed to flicker between her half-closed eyes, whether it was the light reflecting off her eyelashes in the morning sun or sothing else.
"Then you must be more careful in the future, Su Mo, never abruptly leave one day."
"Because now, I’m only living for you."
In the brilliant morning sun, the two held each other tightly, as if ti had frozen in that golden mont.
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