lcionline Chapter 449 Stop me?
Chapter 449 Stop me?
Li Qiang looked at Chu Tian's shocked expression and continued, "In the history books of the future, you will be a notorious dictator. You ruled tyrannically, suppressed dissidents, and brought great disasters to the people..."
Chu Tian felt his head buzzing. He felt like he was dreaming, and everything was so unreal. He staggered back a few steps and sat down on the ground.
Li Qiang walked up to Chu Tian, squatted down, looked at him and said: "I know this is hard to accept, but it is true. I come from the future, and I know what your future will be like. You will gain great power, and then you will be corrupted by power and eventually become a tyrant..."
Chu Tian raised his head, his eyes full of pain and confusion. "No... this is impossible... I won't..."
Li Qiang sighed, "I know you don't believe it now, but you will understand later that what I said is true. Power is like a poison, it will slowly corrode your soul and make you lose your way..."
Chu Tian was silent. He didn't know what to say. Li Qiang's words were like a heavy hammer, hitting his heart hard. His dreams and beliefs all along collapsed at this moment.
"Then you...why are you here?" Chu Tian asked weakly.
A complicated light flashed in Li Qiang's eyes, "I came here to stop you..."
"Stop me?" Chu Tian looked at him in confusion.
"That's right, I'm here to stop you from becoming a dictator, to change history, and to save the future..." Li Qiang said in a firm tone.
Chu Tian looked at the stranger from the future, his heart full of doubts and uneasiness. He didn't know whether to believe or doubt, he didn't know whether what Li Qiang said was true or false, and he didn't know what he should do.
"I... I don't know what to do..." Chu Tian muttered to himself.
Li Qiang patted Chu Tian on the shoulder and said, "I know this is difficult, but you have to make a choice. Do you want to continue and eventually become a dictator, or do you choose to change yourself and create a different future?"
Chu Tian raised his head, his eyes full of struggle and contradiction. He didn't know how to choose, he didn't know which way was right.
Li Qiang stood up, looked at the mountains in the distance, and said slowly: "The future is not immutable, you can change it. The power in your hands can be used to benefit the people, or to enslave the people. The choice is in your hands..."
After saying that, Li Qiang turned and left, leaving Chu Tian sitting alone on the mountain road, lost in thought.
As the sun was setting and the mountain wind was howling, Chu Tian felt a piercing chill. He wrapped his Zhongshan suit tightly around him and slowly stood up. He looked at Li Qiang's receding back, his eyes filled with confusion and hesitation.
He didn't know what to do, he didn't know who to trust. Li Qiang's words kept echoing in his mind, like a spell that he couldn't get rid of.
Dictator? This word was like a huge rock, pressing down on his heart, making him breathless. Would he really become a dictator? Would he really bring disaster to the people?
No, he won't! He absolutely won't!
Chu Tian shouted in his heart, he clenched his fists, his eyes were full of determination. He would not let Li Qiang's words become reality, he would definitely prove himself, he would definitely create a better future!
He took a deep breath, turned around and walked towards the top of the mountain. He wanted to continue climbing, he wanted to conquer this mountain, he wanted to fly freely like an eagle on the top of the mountain!
At this moment, Chu Tian suddenly heard a burst of hurried footsteps behind him. He turned around abruptly and saw a figure running towards him.
"Chutian! Be careful!"
Before Chu Tian could react, he felt a sharp pain in his back. He groaned and fell to the ground.
He raised his head with difficulty and saw Li Qiang standing behind him, holding a dagger in his hand, with blood dripping down the blade...
"Chu Tian! Be careful!" Li Qiang roared, but the dagger had already pierced Chu Tian's back.
Chu Tian's eyes went dark, and the intense pain almost made him faint. He staggered a few steps, and finally fell to the ground weakly. The warm liquid flowed down his back, soaking his clothes.
"Why...why..." Chu Tian uttered a few words with difficulty, his voice trembling with incredible pain and confusion.
Li Qiang stood behind him, looking down at him with a complicated look in his eyes, which showed pain, reluctance, but more of a determination.
"I'm sorry, Chu Tian. This is all I can do." Li Qiang's voice was low and hoarse, as if it came from the depths of hell.
"Didn't you say...you wanted to stop me...from becoming...a dictator?" Chu Tian gritted his teeth, trying to keep himself awake.
Li Qiang was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "I changed my mind."
Chu Tian widened his eyes and looked at him in confusion.
"I have seen the future, a future that is more terrifying than dictatorship." Li Qiang's voice trembled, as if he was trying hard to suppress some emotions. "Only you, only you can stop all this from happening."
Chu Tian felt his brain was in a mess. He couldn't understand what Li Qiang meant. What future is more terrible than dictatorship? How can he stop it?
"You...what are you talking about...I...I don't understand..." Chu Tian said intermittently, his consciousness gradually becoming blurred.
"You will understand, Chutian. You will understand..." Li Qiang repeated this sentence, his voice becoming lower and lower, and finally almost inaudible.
Chu Tian felt his body getting colder and colder, and his consciousness became increasingly blurred. He struggled to stand up, but he had no strength to do so.
"Don't... don't go..." Chu Tian used up his last bit of strength, stretched out his hand to grab Li Qiang, but missed.
Li Qiang didn't look back. He walked down the mountain step by step, and his figure gradually disappeared into the night.
Chu Tian eventually lost consciousness and fell on the icy mountain road.
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When Chu Tian woke up again, he found himself lying on a hospital bed. The pungent smell of disinfectant made him feel nauseous.
He struggled to sit up, but found a sharp pain in his back.
"Don't move!" A nurse came over and gently pressed his shoulder, "Your wound hasn't healed yet."
"What's wrong with me?" Chu Tian asked weakly.
"You were stabbed. Fortunately, you were sent to the hospital in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous." The nurse said as she changed his bandages.
"Who... who stabbed me?" Chu Tian tried hard to recall everything that happened before he fell into a coma, but he couldn't remember it.
The nurse shook her head. "We don't know either. When you were found, you were lying alone on the mountain road with only a piece of paper on you."
"Note? What's written on it?" Chu Tian asked anxiously.
The nurse pulled a folded paper from her pocket and handed it to him.