Time in a collapsing world

"Apponia?"

After Li and Qianjie had a few friendly conversations (mostly Li was talking, I don’t know if Qianjie heard it or not), Li walked out of the deepest place and happened to meet Aponya who was passing by. .

"...Li."

Aponya greeted Li calmly, but the expression on his face did not change, and he was still so neither sad nor happy.

"It's a bit strange... When we met before, you would at least smile at me. What's wrong now? You don't even raise a pixel at the corner of your mouth?"

Li quickly discovered what was unusual about Aponya today and pointed it out.

"Are you unhappy to see me? Or...are you hiding something from me?"

"No, Li, I'm not unhappy, and I'm not hiding anything from you. I just..."

Aponya thought for a moment, "I just remembered the accident that night."

"...Apponia, are you still confused?"

"Um……"

"I think you should let it go, because this has affected your normal life. People always have to look forward and cannot always be constrained by the past."

Li had no choice but to persuade her in this way. The problems of Aponya and Qianjie were almost opposite. Qianjie could not forgive them both, while Aponya could not forgive himself. Both were very troublesome problems.

"I know, but I can't and cannot get out."

Aponya closed her eyes. She was not lying. She had indeed been suffering from this sin during this period, and now this could be used as an excuse to cover up her other thoughts.

"Okay, I'm just giving you advice every day. If you really want to step out, it's up to you."

Li skipped this topic and asked another question: "Where are you planning to go? I heard others say that you have been wandering around the base for so long. Did you find any particularly good places?"

"...No, everything here is the same to me."

"Oh, I saw that your steps were much faster than usual. I thought you were rushing somewhere."

"..."

"...You're not really going to do something you shouldn't do, are you?"

"Li, you are too worried."

"I also hope it's me who's too worried, but..."

Li looked at Aponya's lifeless eyes and said, "Aponya, after all, we are family members who have been together for so long... I still know some of your subtle movements when you lie."

Aponya's slightly clasped hands were placed in front of him, so wide that it would be difficult to detect them without careful observation.

"Tell me, what do you want to do?"

"...Li, this is my privacy."

Knowing that she couldn't hide it this time, Aponya still refused to answer.

"Isn't privacy just for peeping?"

"..."

Faced with this shameless statement, Aponya was really speechless, so she had to pretend not to hear Li's words and walked around him.

Tap tap tap————

Tap tap tap————

Two footsteps, one after the other, echoed in the corridor for a long time.

"Li..."

Aponya stopped and looked back at Li, who was following behind her like a dog-skin plaster, "[Please] leave me alone for a while."

"..."

no response.

Li looked at her body and had a slight desire to act according to what Aponya said, but it was not much and was quickly suppressed.

"...This is of no use to me~"

Li said proudly, to be precise, Aponya's ability is not only useless to him, but also difficult to control thousands of tribulations. At most, he can only drop a hint when he is unprepared, and he can neutralize it with a little attention. .

This was proven when we lived together before.

"Li, you can't keep following me."

The last resort failed, and Aponya had no choice but to act tough.

"I didn't follow you, I just happened to be on the same road as you."

"...Liar."

Li shrugged and pretended not to hear.

"I'm going to eat."

"I want to eat too."

"I'm going to take a nap."

"I'll go as well."

"……Be with me?"

"why not?"

Li patted Aponiya on the shoulder and tried to persuade her to surrender: "Give up, Aponiya. If you don't tell me your so-called privacy, I will follow you all the time...except when you go to the toilet."

This is also the last resort. As long as he keeps following Aponya, he should be able to ensure that all her actions are within the scope of his surveillance, and therefore ensure that what she wants to do will not endanger her life.

Li can roughly guess the type of things that make Aponya do it even without telling her. With her character, she will not hurt others, but if she hurts herself, Li believes that Aponya will do it. Someone who doesn’t hesitate to do this kind of thing.

"..."

"How's it going? Do you have any thoughts that you want to confess?"

"...Li, if I say it, you will support me, right?"

This was one of the few times Aponya showed his begging attitude towards Li.

"Let's talk about it first."

"I want to undergo super-transformation surgery."

"..."

"I have [asked] Miss Mei to agree."

"..."

"No matter what, I'm going to participate."

After all, this is the only path she has found so far that gives her the ability to atone for her sins.

"Then go ahead."

Li's tone was a little tired, as if he had experienced many similar things.

"...I thought you would stop me."

Aponya was slightly surprised.

"Is this not a 100% fatal option, or are you going to give up on this idea if I stop you?"

Aponia shook her head.

"Oh...everyone is like this..."

First it was Alicia, then Mebius, then Sakura, and now Aponia. Why did they all take this path?

They had just experienced a period of fear, and now they are here again. Even Li, his little heart cannot withstand such twists and turns. Alas, I hope the god of luck will always be on their side...

"Li, thank you."

"Thank me for what?"

"Thank you for understanding me."

"...To be honest, I don't want to understand you, but if you insist on thanking me, that's fine. Living is the best way to thank me."

"..."

"Don't be silent, tell me something to reassure me!"

"Li, I will live."

At Li's request, Aponya finally said this promise, which could make Li feel at ease.

"That's right. There is a saying that the greater a person's belief in living, the greater the probability that a miracle will happen to him."

Li nodded with satisfaction. Four people, four experiments with extremely low success rates, and all four of them had to survive successfully. In this case, if you want to win the prize, what else can be done besides a miracle?