Deceitful Game

Chapter 278 Living is meaningless, dying is a pity

Chen Bingwen stood aside, covering his head, watching the two Ai Shipings kill each other, and watching the two Mingpo stare at each other.

He swayed and then straightened up again.

Opposite him, Chen Bingwen also looked over.

Chen Bingwen's body was stained with blood, while [Chen Bingwen] was clean.

They looked at each other.

Unlike Mingpo and Ai Shiping, these two Chen Bingwens did not immediately start fighting after their eyes met.

They were quite far apart, but almost simultaneously pushed up their glasses.

Are you scared?

Chen Bingwen asked softly.

His words were disjointed and rambling, but the other person understood what he meant.

Are you afraid of dying?

"Who wouldn't be afraid?"

Chen Bingwen sighed: "I still have a lot of things to do."

"Dad's case... I haven't reopened it yet. Although so many years have passed and no one cares anymore... it's still a lingering obsession. I haven't finished reading the files from Millennium either. I always feel there's a loophole in that 'omniscient and omnipotent' persona, and I'm almost there..." "I know."

Chen Bingwen nodded: "There are still many things to do... I need to repay my teacher's kindness, and I haven't handed over the company's affairs yet. My first batch of students in the Tianji sector should be joining the company around this year..."

"Hmph!"

Ai Shiping roared and swung his fist hard, slamming it down on himself beneath him.

Neither of the two Chen Bingwens paid any attention to the two men who were fighting, but their conversation was indeed interrupted.

"Can you just die?"

Chen Bingwen politely asked, "As you know, we're not very good at fighting."

Chen Bingwen glanced at Ai Shiping, but surprisingly, he was easy to talk to: "It's not impossible."

"What, you think I won't agree?"

Chen Bingwen smiled, his expression calm: "What I'm worried about is, 'What if I die and no one does those things?' But if someone can do them for me, then it's no big deal for me to go and rest beforehand."

No one is unafraid of death.

But Chen Bingwen is the type who, rather than being "obsessed with 'living' itself" and "having attachments he doesn't want to let go of," is more inclined to think, "I still have things I haven't finished."

besides……

"I've wanted to die for a long time."

Looking at himself, Chen Bingwen felt a pang of melancholy.

His sense of morality allowed him to risk his life and defect directly, even without any personal gain, simply because he disapproved of Gao Tian's actions.

Of course, it was only after he defected that he realized that Gao Tian's life was already considered a matter of conscience...

But since things had come to this, he had nowhere else to go.

"As a traitor, if we betray the company again, we have nowhere to go."

"After all, we don't have any means of making a living... We're neither good at technology nor good at fighting."

Chen Bingwen said softly.

"Drink it!!"

Ai Shiping delivered a heavy punch, causing blood to splatter.

Blood splattered on his face, making his once frivolous and handsome face now look like a monstrous demon.

"Even our core legal work is mostly handled by those non-human, intellectual entities; all we are responsible for is delivering the gavel, signing documents, and taking responsibility."

Chen Bingwen continued, "Such emptiness, such...sin."

His desire to live was merely a habit, a common sense that "humans should live" and an animal instinct.

But every minute and every second, he wondered... why did he have to live such an ugly life?

"That's why I was actually very peaceful when I died."

"At that time, I only had one thought in my mind..."

"It's finally over...right?"

Chen Bingwen continued.

…And he's about to win too.

Chen Bingwen nodded, looked at Ai Shiping who was beating him up, and said, "I've never been in a fight before, I have no fighting ability whatsoever. There's no way I can win against two of you."

"It's better to give up sooner rather than suffer more."

As he spoke, he looked at the tightly closed fog door: "And... you should have one more treasure than us, right? The reward for opening that door."

This wasn't cowardice, or rather... it was simply because he was too clever.

Both Chen Bingwens were very intelligent, and it was precisely because they were intelligent enough that they understood the current situation in an instant.

Who will win, and who will lose? The situation is crystal clear.

He realized that unless the battle on "Mingpo's" side ended quickly, and his Mingpo team defeated the opposing Mingpo team, there was no way to reverse the current defeat.

If it were a game like the story of Tian Ji's horse racing strategy, or three one-on-one matches, then there might be some room for maneuver. Or, if they've searched for some weapons, they could try to use those weapons to ambush their opponent.

Unfortunately... they really didn't collect any weapons.

He was the weakest of the three and had virtually no say in the matter.

"We are all people living in the old era, people crushed by the new era," Chen Bingwen simply shook his head, "You and I have only been crushed a couple more times, flattened by fate again and again. So, if you want to live..."

As he spoke, he took out Wang Qi.

He grasped the chess piece and looked at Chen Bingwen.

"I... I'm giving you this chance."

Unlike the other two who went to great lengths to defeat their own selves.

The two Chen Bingwens, on the contrary, began to decline the chance to survive.

In a sense... given Chen Bingwen's moral compass, his willingness to obey Ai Shiping and accompany him to kill someone might not necessarily be because the promises Ai Shiping made to him were very feasible.

Having witnessed firsthand the sheer size and terrifying power of the company, Chen Bingwen may not actually have any intention of confronting it.

That wasn't even cowardice.

Instead, it's the same as the current situation... [rationality].

From a rational perspective, it's not a question of "whether it's possible" for a novice charlatan with fewer than eight members to fight against eight giants who are closely allied with each other, because there's no need to even make a judgment.

This is almost like three mischievous shepherd boys in the village saying they'll suppress the Five Constants when they grow up.

It would be a miracle if anyone believed that.

He was willing to go along with Ai Shiping's nonsense simply because he didn't want to live anymore. Even if he had another chance to live, he wouldn't cherish it.

Since he already wanted to die, he would rather die on the road to glory.

Living is meaningless, but dying for no reason feels like a waste.

Leaving the company is neither wise nor meaningful.

Rebelling against the corporation is impossible, and even if it were possible, people's lives wouldn't necessarily be better. Perhaps a more ambitious individual will take control of the world, or perhaps people will completely destroy their world in World War IV...

They fight for justice and righteousness, but is the final outcome necessarily good?

No, that's not necessarily true.

The more Chen Bingwen thought about it, the more painful it became.

It would be great if there were a sudden war between all of humanity and aliens or out-of-control intelligence.

When he was still alive, Chen Bingwen would sometimes think this way.

In that case, he could join the army and dedicate his last moments to this glorious war of absolute justice, a war that concerns the life and death of humanity.

Unfortunately, no.

The two Chen Bingwens simultaneously pushed up their glasses and looked at each other.

At the very least, one shouldn't die as a "company dog".

This was Chen Bingwen's final decision.