twenty two
Su Yun looked at the monster in front of him in a daze.
What is this? It has the carapace and chelicerae of an insect, as well as the legendary bone wings and deadly poison. The human body and face seem to be embedded in the carapace.
When these elements, which are acceptable individually, are put together, they together form this strange monster, something that makes humans lose their minds at first sight.
But Su Yun...is no longer human.
What Su Yun saw was Jasmine's humble plea, his extremely uneasy posture begging for mercy.
Why was Jasmine so frightened? Su Yun couldn't understand why he felt that he couldn't accept the way he looked now.
Aren't the little plagues his creations? How could a God not love his creations, just as a father hates his children?
Su Yun casually placed the scroll in his hand on the pulpit, and strode down the steps, exposing himself completely to the scarlet light of the setting sun. He walked in front of Jasmine - this monster was so hideous and huge that even if he was lying humbly on the ground, he was still taller than Su Yun.
From the compound eyes on the monster's face, Su Yun seemed to be able to see Jasmine's smoky gray eyes. He raised his hand and gently touched the face in front of him: "Jasmine..."
The monster's body trembled slightly, and it begged in a sweet voice: "My master?"
"I have always loved you, and all of you." Su Yun sighed. He took a step forward and reached out to hug the monster's torso - this should be the torso, which was inside the shell and was also the softest part of Jasmine.
Su Yun closed his eyes and leaned his face against the chest that still belonged to human structure: "I don't care what you look like. I said, I will accompany you to the end of everything."
The monster's body stopped shaking. He raised his claws and grasped the Father God in front of him. His bony wings flipped upside down and his scorpion tail circled. All his limbs gathered forward at this moment, as if he wanted to use his body to build a cage.
Su Yun heard Jasmine whisper in his ear: "My God, please give me pain."
Su Yun: “…”
Su Yun didn't open his eyes, he just asked: "Why?"
The monster croaked, "Let me know that I'm still alive. Let me confirm that this is not a dream."
It is not the fantasy created in the cage, it is not the comfort of extreme pain, and it is not the illusion that can never be touched.
"I refuse."
Yun sighed softly, "Jasmine, I shouldn't have caused you pain."
The monster hunched its limbs, and poisonous body fluids slipped from its claws, corroding the ground into a wasteland.
His God is still asleep, his God has not yet awakened, his God does not know - all his pain comes from his love.
As long as I love you, I will never be able to get rid of despair.
The meaning of my existence is to love you.
twenty three
Su Yun gently stroked Jasmine's back. The barbed shell looked like a cat's fur in his hand, harmless and docile.
Su Yun heard Jasmine's heartbeat, which was at the frequency of an insect, so fast that it reminded people of a violent storm.
Su Yun recalled Alice and Anita. When they revealed their true selves in front of him, they looked extremely painful, as if they could not accept themselves as they were.
Why? Why do they have such perception?
Alice was a demon, Anita was a bone snake, Jasmine was a lion scorpion... Su Yun couldn't help but recall the other little plagues. He vaguely remembered that Theresa was a green dragon, Isis was - what was it? Was it a centaur? Then Julia... Julia was -
Magnificent music suddenly sounded, and countless syllables connected together to tear apart the tranquility. Su Yun's memories were also shattered. The moment he opened his eyes, the entire church was brightly lit!
All the candles were lit at this moment, their flames were strangely bright, the scarlet sunset disappeared with the setting sun, and was replaced by the awakening church.
The door burst open, and the fire in the church broke through the sudden darkness.
The devil's confession was concealed by the disguise of opera. There were no more gods and creatures in the church, only disrespectful monks and kind priests.
Jasmine's monster body melted away at this moment, and he once again stood before God the Father in human form, his hands still loosely around the priest's shoulders, but he turned his head to look at the door and the uninvited guests outside, and hatred and malice surged in him like a tide.
The person outside the door smiled softly.
He did not interrupt his brother's confession of guilt. On the contrary, he showed a contemptuous and sarcastic smile. He walked into the church despite Jasmine's malice, knelt down after passing all the seats, and the sacred music played by the organ stopped abruptly the moment he lowered his head, and the church returned to silence again.
"Father God, you are here."
Julia's voice was low and soothing: "My brothers are making a lot of noise in the temple.
Do you need me to stop them?"
Su Yun came back to his senses from his hazy memories. He gently pressed Jasmine's arm, and then saw Julia in a purple robe.
Coincidentally, on the same day, Alice came first and Jasmine came second, and no one could accomplish what they wanted to do.
Su Yun was first surprised that Julia was still in the world, and then he realized that Julia was very abiding by the rules, and he would not destroy the temple because of such a thing.
Oh right...the Divine Court!
Su Yun sensed the Divine Palace and found that, as expected, it had collapsed again.
“Since you’re here…” Su Yun took Jasmine’s hand and pulled him past Julia who was kneeling on the ground without looking back, “Let’s go back.”
Julia slowly stood up: "Yes, my God."
twenty four
Su Yun returned to the Divine Palace. He stood on a pile of ruins and could vaguely see bones and dragon scales mixed in with the rocks.
The rest of the little plagues were indeed there. Julia was right. The chaos this time was even worse than the last time.
Su Yun helplessly put his hand on his forehead and said, "Why did you destroy the God's Palace again?"
“Father God—” Alice covered her bruised face and complained first as usual, “They bullied me!!!”
Theresa lowered her head in shame and quickly reattached the broken limbs scattered around her; Isis's eyes wandered, and she pulled at the broken armor uncomfortably; Anita rolled around on the ruins, and protested to Alice: "Father God! Alice was the first to start!"
Su Yun: “…”
Su Yun: "I won't ask you one by one, you guys should fix the temple first... Jasmine, Julia, thank you for your help as well."
Jasmine and Julia immediately obeyed the order.
It was very easy for a few little plagues to repair the temple. Su Yun's heart was filled with the fatigue of an old father. He turned around and sat on his throne. The pillar belonging to Flora stood beside his throne at this time.
This time only his hall was spared, and Jasmine's sea of flowers was also protected.
Su Yun looked up and saw the palace in the distance rising from the ground again. At this moment, the world in front of Su Yun began to ripple like water waves.
Wait a minute, is this—
Is this "dream" about to wake up again?
25
Real world.
Su Yun opened his eyes and immediately sat up. He looked around blankly and saw a warm and simple room.
Beige walls, light green curtains, and geometric patterns on the snow-white bed sheets.
Vibrant green plants can be seen everywhere.
The light-colored curtains could not hide the red sunlight. Su Yun looked up and saw the wall clock. It was neither early nor late, it was six o'clock in the morning again.
There were light footsteps outside the door, and then the light brown door was opened. A woman in a white uniform walked into the room. She met Su Yun's eyes. Su Yun subconsciously lowered his head, but then he heard the woman laugh in surprise: "You're awake!"
Woman... The nurse walked over quickly, pressed the communication button beside the bed, and said to Su Yun softly, "Mr. Su, how do you feel? Do you want some water? We will notify your family immediately. You have been in a coma for twenty days. It's great that you finally woke up."
Su Yun vaguely remembered that the last time he entered the "dream", he fell into the ocean, and that was not normal sea water, but now it seems that he has been rescued and returned to the world belonging to human society.
Su Yun wanted to see his own shadow, so he lifted the blanket. The nurse thought he wanted to stand up, so she stepped forward to support him: "Please be careful, you are still very weak, and you still need short-term rehabilitation."
...Shadow...Shadow still looked normal. Su Yun breathed a sigh of relief. Then he discovered something wrong: his hair had become shorter.
He touched the back of his head and felt only the short hair that fell to the back of his neck.
"Your hair is still growing during the days you were in a coma. It looks a little long now." The nurse was very considerate, but what she said made Su Yun even more shocked. "Do you need a trim?"
It sounded like the caregiver had only seen him with short hair.
Su Yun raised his head: "Who sent me to the hospital...Did I drown?"
The nurse was a little confused: "No... no, how could it be drowning? You were injured in the head due to the earthquake and landslide. You have been stabilized in the emergency room. Your brother brought you back from overseas."
The nurse said this with a bit of anxiety: "Do you still remember? You were trapped in the collapsed soil for dozens of days before you were finally rescued."
The collapsed soil layer...Su Yun's memory finally connected with the archaeological internship.
If what the nurse said was true, then he had never left the archaeological area and entered the hospital because of the earthquake. The experience of being kidnapped seemed to have been erased, and wiped out completely.
Su Yun subconsciously touched his hair again. He suddenly remembered something and finally dared to look directly into the nurse's eyes. In the reflection of the nurse's eyes, he saw his current appearance - a thin man with a pair of ordinary black eyes.
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