Time in a collapsing world

"Stop talking about useless things and make it clear. What retreat do you mean?"

At this time, Li was too lazy to listen to more nonsense from him. Seeing the new hope, Li's mood inevitably became a little anxious.

[What else can it refer to? Of course it’s a way for you to still live as a “human”~]

He laughed and said, obviously, after making this discovery, he was in a very good mood.

"..."

Li couldn't help but cast her gaze to Xi, who was standing obediently aside. This girl...can she help him?

"...Will she be in danger because of this?"

After being silent for a long time, Li asked in her heart.

[I knew you would ask this, but please rest assured that since I will tell you this, it means that the price is within your acceptable range. 】

He sounded like he had seen through Li.

[It will not endanger her life, but the price is that she will have to endure another consciousness settling in her body in the future~]

"parasitic?"

Li thought of this word.

【Hmm~】

He did not comment on Li's statement.

[Guess why I can maintain my sanity and have a good conversation with you? 】

"Because you don't have a body."

[That’s right, I don’t have a body. Although I can grab it at any time, no one will force me to grab it if I don’t. In the same way, if you become like me in the future, you can also abandon this body and run to this human being. Although the girl's freedom is restricted, for you, this price should be acceptable compared with the loss of humanity, right? 】

"..."

Indeed, if this method could really be used to keep oneself human, Li would be very happy to do it, but...

"Why Xi? Just because she was possessed by the Sixth Herrscher?"

Li was quite puzzled by this.

[The human sea of ​​consciousness is limited and cannot withstand the existence of multiple consciousnesses for a long time. Over time, it will be swallowed up by another more powerful consciousness. But she is different. After experiencing that guy’s forcible move in, her brain has already been It was transformed into a "multi-person room", and after He left, this location became vacant. Isn't this particularly suitable for us to move in with our bags? 】

"..."

It was a simple and easy-to-understand explanation, but Mr. Li felt that this guy was still hiding something.

"Then why didn't you tell Qian when you met before? If she had been possessed by the Herrscher, wouldn't her body be fine?"

[It's simple, because I don't like her and don't want to live in the same body with her. 】

"..."

You have quite a lot of requests...

"You can't cause trouble?"

[Your suspicion really makes me sad. I didn’t expect that after such a long time, you would still be so wary of me...Oh, I thought we were friends...]

"Because I didn't have a choice before. Who would want to keep you on their own if they could?"

At least Riko didn't want this guy to turn parasitism into seizing someone's body as soon as he fell in love with Nozomi.

[Although I really want to say that I am a good citizen, I'm afraid you won't completely believe it, right? So... you think about it for yourself, should you accept my proposal and become a conscious body and "live together" with this human being, or should you commit suicide at the last moment? I believe you are the one who would do something like that. 】

He snorted coldly: [I still want to live well, being forced to commit suicide is not within my scope of consideration. 】

"Then I'll think about it."

Although he said this, Li was already slightly moved. After all, who wants to die if he can live?

But before that, he still wanted to ask for Xi's opinion. Although there was a possibility of being rejected, Li didn't want to hide it.

[There are still a few years left, so you can just call me after you think about it. There’s no rush. 】

As soon as the words fell, He fell silent again.

"Big brother, here it is, this is yours."

During the conversation between Li and Him, the barbecue stall owner had already prepared their skewers, and after paying the money, Xi handed one of them to Li.

"Brother, this looks very spicy. Do you want to buy a bottle of water first?"

Nozomi saw Li in a daze after taking the skewers, seeming to be thinking about something, and thought he regretted adding the chili pepper, so he suggested.

"No...by the way, Xi, is there anything else you want to eat?"

Li pulled her mind back completely and asked suddenly.

"Huh? Although I'm not full, I still eat less of this kind of food..."

"Then go buy other food, snacks, fruits, or other things? You can pick whatever you want, no need to save, I will pay for it all!"

"Ehhhhh?"

Xi didn't understand what Li was thinking about just now, why did he suddenly become so... attentive?

"Okay, actually I have something to ask you."

Realizing that Nozomi was somewhat frightened by his sudden change of attitude, Li had no choice but to explain in advance.

"You want to ask me for something, big brother, you don't have to be so polite. You saved me. No matter what you ask for, I will try my best to help!"

Big brother actually wants to ask me for help? Nozomi was surprised, but she also made up her mind. No matter what Li's request was, she would agree to it. After all, she was her savior~

"There's no need to rush to conclusions. Let's listen to my request first."

Looking at the innocent girl in front of him, Li couldn't help but touch her head gently, then found a remote location, and Li told her everything.

Whether it was his identity, the future in which his humanity would disappear, or the possibility that he would need to share a body with her, Li told her everything.

He was not worried that his secret would be leaked by Xi. Li could see that this child was not someone who would tell anyone, and these explanations were also necessary steps.

As I said a long time ago, Li didn't want to hide it from her. After all, it was a major matter related to her future. Sharing her body with others was a great thing for most people to not be scared away when they heard about it.

"Of course, big brother, if this can help you, I'm very willing!"

Xi folded her hands on her chest, faced Li, raised her head and looked into Li's eyes sincerely, and agreed to Li's request without any hesitation.

"Xi, is it really okay? I want to share a body with you~"

"No problem. Although I'm a little shy, since it's your request, big brother, I will try my best to adapt!"

Xi shook her head and blushed slightly, as if she had imagined the scene when she and her elder brother shared a body.

"But...brother, you are also...well, Herrscher, that's what he's called, right? It really shocked me."

As the former "Sixth Herrscher", Xi still knows what the word "Herrscher" stands for.

"Yes, I am the Herrscher, so just wait and wait until I get on top of you in the future and kick your consciousness out~" Li raised her claws and made a gesture like a hungry tiger pouncing on food.

"Stop being scary, big brother, I know you won't do that."

"Oh? Do you believe me so much?"

"Of course, even if you make a fierce expression, your kindness, big brother, can't be concealed at all~"