The first volume of the funeral Chapter 15 Who is going to die?
"——Choose him! I choose him!" Liu Yufei stretched out his arms excitedly and pointed straight at Mu Yiran.
Everyone looked at him, with different expressions on their faces.
"Choose him! Everyone choose him! Choose the one with the surname Mu!" Liu Yufei's facial features were distorted by excessive emotions. "Everyone who has entered the first two paintings knows that no matter who this person teams up with, he will come out alone in the end! Where are his companions?! Have you ever thought about where his companions went? Why did he come out alone? Listen - don't be fooled by his appearance. If fewer and fewer of us die, and the last person left is with him, what do you think will happen ? He will definitely leave alone, and the rest will all die in the painting! So choose him! We all choose him, let him die first! Choose him!"
No one spoke. Only Liu Yufei's roar and the dust echoed in the dilapidated house.
"What are you still hesitating about?" Liu Yufei's expression was close to madness, and his two hands were gesturing wildly, "Have you forgotten? You don't know - if we don't choose someone before nine o'clock, all of us will die! There is no time! Who can guarantee that the one who dies randomly is not you?! Choose! Choose quickly! Do you want to delay until nine o'clock?"
Seeing that everyone was still unwilling to speak with their eyes downcast, Liu Yufei grabbed the front of the pancake stand owner next to him and glared at him with bulging eyes: "Tell me! Who do you choose?! Choose quickly! Otherwise I will choose you! You know, you will die! You will die! Choose quickly!"
The pancake stall owner was trembling, completely losing his will and ability to think. He just listened to Liu Yufei's words subconsciously and raised his hand to point at Mu Yiran.
Mu Yiran looked calm, his eyes swept over everyone present, and he spoke calmly: "We all know that the rules in the painting are irreversible and irresistible. So Liu Yufei is right in at least one thing. It is meaningless to delay until nine o'clock. No matter what, someone will die here, unless no one wants to leave alive."
The doctor looked up at him and said, "Yes, whether we like it or not, we can only choose one person according to the rules. Although... it is morally unacceptable, compared with everyone dying here, we can only choose the lesser of two evils."
"Enough! Stop pretending to be righteous and moral here!" Liu Yufei interrupted angrily, "Humanity is nothing here! I only know that I don't want to die, and no one's life is more important than my own! Don't tell me you don't think so in your heart. Everyone is so selfish! I'm not like you hypocrites. You clearly want others to die in your heart, but you pretend to be forced to do so on the surface. You don't have to choose between the number of people and who is more important! Don't say these words to excuse your own private thoughts! Hurry up and tell me who you choose!"
The doctor didn't know whether his secrets had been exposed or he just didn't want to pay any attention to this lunatic, so he drooped his eyelids again and said nothing more.
Liu Yufei became even more furious, and grabbed Wei Dong again, forcing him to ask: "Tell me! Who do you choose?"
Wei Dong was at a loss and glanced at Ke Xun beside him.
Ke Xun also looked calm and said calmly: "I give up."
Wei Dong quickly followed up: "I will also abstain and vote for no one. You can vote for whoever you want!"
Liu Yufei sneered and let him go: "Ha, you are so good at pretending to be a saintly father, thinking that not choosing anyone can show your noble character? Pushing the burden of killing to others is more despicable than actively choosing someone!"
Ke Xunwei raised his chin slightly, lowered his eyes and looked at him calmly: "You are right, I am despicable and shameless, you choose me."
Liu Yufei glared at him fiercely, then turned to the doctor and asked, "Who do you choose? Stop talking about morality and ethics, choose now!"
The doctor looked at him calmly: "Please let me think about it. After all, this is no different from killing someone."
Liu Yufei stopped pestering him and pressed the other two: "If you don't choose others, others will choose you. After nine o'clock, everyone will die. It is better to die one person than all of them. What is there to hesitate about? Voting for someone to sacrifice for everyone is the best result. Someone must be chosen. Don't hesitate. Choose quickly. Time waits for no one. I choose the one with the surname Mu. He is the most cunning person. When it comes to personal interests, he will definitely harm others to protect himself. Choose him! Choosing him is good for us all!"
"Hey," Ke Xun narrowed his eyes and walked in front of Liu Yufei, "Don't go too far. Who others choose should be based on their personal wishes. If you jump up and down here and interfere, I won't accept the result of the vote."
Liu Yufei was half a head lower than Ke Xun. He could only look up to meet his gaze. He sneered, "It doesn't matter whether you accept it or not. As long as the result comes out, it will be recognized and approved by the painting. Who do you think you are?!"
Ke Xun also laughed, but there was no smile in his eyes: "You have already made your choice, right? So if I knock you out now, it won't be considered a violation of the rules, right?"
"You - what do you want to do!" Liu Yufei took two steps back in shock and anger.
"I've made it very clear," Ke Xun raised his hand, "Who do I think I am? You can give me a new evaluation after you taste my fist."
“You two—” Liu Yufei turned around and yelled at the other two in panic, “Choose the one with the surname Mu! Choose the one with the surname Mu!”
"I have something to say." Mu Yiran suddenly spoke, his eyes sweeping towards Ke Xun.
Ke Xun turned around and walked back: "I just like listening to you talk, go ahead."
Wei Dong: “…”
Mu Yiran glanced at the others again: "Since we have to choose one person, there is no need to say anything extra. Everyone present has the possibility of being the chosen one, but we are human beings, not lambs to be slaughtered. The difference between humans and sheep is that at least humans should have the right to explain why they deserve to be kept alive, and others can decide who to choose based on each person's reasons. What do you think?"
"I agree." Ke Xun said.
"I agree too." Wei Dong followed.
"I also think this is a good idea," the doctor said calmly and rationally. "At least it gives everyone a last chance to fight."
The other two also agreed, but the pancake stall owner was still dejected and didn't say a word.
Liu Yufei was very emotional: "I don't agree! Mu wants to cheat, he wants to cheat!"
"Five people agreed, one person abstained, and one person opposed. The proposal is passed." Ke Xun said as he took two steps forward and punched Liu Yufei in the face.
The punch was powerful enough to only send Liu Yufei back three or four steps, with two streams of blood hanging from his face, and successfully interrupted his howling.
"Let's start." Ke Xun said.
Everyone stopped paying attention to the stunned Liu Yufei and just looked at each other. The doctor asked, "Who will go first?"
One of the two people who were in charge of digging the grave last night spoke carefully: "I know, everyone wants to get out alive, and no one wants to be the one voted out. Let's not talk about human nature in this situation.
"I just want to say that I am just an ordinary person. I have never done anything bad in my life and I live my life honestly every day. My wife divorced me two years ago and ran away without a trace, leaving me and the children behind.
"My child is only three years old this year. My parents are old and in poor health. They spend half of the year in the hospital. If I die here, I don't know what will happen to my child in the future...
"Maybe you have no food to eat , maybe you have to open your eyes wide in confusion every day, not knowing why you don't have a father or a mother, or maybe no one cares about you when you are sick, and you curl up in a corner with such a thin and small body, lonely and pitiful...
"I'm sorry... I don't want to use my child to gain sympathy, but I, I really don't want to abandon my poor child to die here. I just hope that when you vote later, you can consider my situation a little. Thank you all..."
As the man spoke, tears were already streaming down his face.
Everyone was silent for a while, and then the doctor spoke: "Well, let me say a few words for myself. I am a doctor. Although there are no tools or medicines in the painting, I can still provide emergency treatment to the injured in some cases. I don't know if there will be a next painting or a next painting after this one. If there is, I think my professional skills will always be able to help everyone. I hope that everyone will consider my usefulness when they vote later. Thank you ."
The other man in charge of digging the grave quickly followed up the doctor's words: "I am also useful. I have some too. I am the boss of a private company and I have money. As long as you are willing to let me live, I will give each of you 100,000 yuan after I get out of the painting. I promise! If you don't believe me, I can write each of you an IOU for 100,000 yuan right now! No - 200,000 yuan! I will give each of you 200,000 yuan!"
"...I'm tempted." Wei Dong whispered to Ke Xun.
Liu Yufei came back to his senses from being stunned. He didn't bother to seek revenge on Ke Xun for the punch. He shouted, "Don't choose me. I can't die. I'm a doctoral student at a famous university in Beijing. I'm a talent that the country focuses on training. I'm useful to the country!
"Do you know how scarce the country's talents are now? Do you know how difficult it is for the country to train a talent? This country needs me, and social progress also needs me. Whether you can live a better life in the future, you need talents like me!
"You should understand the survival of the fittest, right? Whether it's as big as the macro society or as small as a temporary group like us now, retaining excellent talents and eliminating useless and mediocre people who will drag us down is the best way to ensure the healthy survival and efficient development of the group!
"So you can't choose me. You should choose someone who is of no use to our group! Like him, like them! Use your brains and think about it carefully!"
Liu Yufei pointed at the pancake stall owner and Ke Xun Weidong.
Wei Dong was speechless: "With this quality, you are a PhD student from a prestigious university? It must be fake, right?"
Ke Xun said expressionlessly: "There is no necessary connection between academic qualifications and quality."
"Then tell me, what advantages and uses do you have that are worth keeping?!" Liu Yufei glared at the two of them ferociously.
"Oh, I originally had nothing to say, but after seeing your performance just now, I suddenly discovered my own strengths," Ke Xun said, "At least I won't bite others to death like a mad dog just to save my own life."
As soon as the words fell, everyone's eyes suddenly flickered with deep thought.
Mu looked at Ke Xun with joy, his eyes slightly deep.
This kid really often surprises him.
The way he behaves in front of others always seems a little sloppy and careless, and always gives people the impression of a bad boy who does whatever he wants and no one can stop him.
But his words just now, whether intentionally or unintentionally, revealed a hint of cunning that was not sharp, but could be fatal.
Yes, a fatal blow.
He doesn't even need to use a single word to explain why he deserves to be kept. He only needs to grasp the point that people care about the most, fear the most, and taboo the most, and use a clear comparison to make himself invincible.
——Compared with Liu Yufei's selfishness, madness and random biting, no matter how others choose, they will not choose him, because below him, there is Liu Yufei.
Now that I think about it, maybe his initial abstention was actually a kind of foreshadowing?
...Is he that smart?
People have many faces.
This Ke Xun... maybe we really shouldn't underestimate him.
