Chapter 276 Fireworks
"Xiaotong—!" Chen Xiao'er's eyes held no despair, only Xiaotong's struggling figure. She pushed aside the man standing in her way and sprinted towards the hot air balloon along the edge of the rooftop.
The girl in the hanging basket was getting closer and closer in her eyes. Chen Xiaotong was fighting desperately with another suspicious masked man, with blood all over his face.
Boom boom boom.
Chen Xiao'er's heartbeat was extremely fast. Even an ordinary person without any inspiration could see that the space around her was substantially distorted, and part of the light and shadow was shattered into pieces.
Desperately watching this scene, he loosened his fingers, dispersing the knife that had nearly materialized. He took a step forward and charged directly towards Chen Xiao'er.
Bang!
The strong distortion quickly spreads along the collision point.
Despair could feel this body sliding down towards the human form. Fortunately, this wasn't his true form, or else that blow would have permanently deprived him of the right to touch the power.
Sand.
Desperately, he used up his last bit of energy to control the puppet and threw the explosive bag towards Chen Xiao'er.
Sizzle, sizzle.
He used energy flow to simulate the sound of burning flames that humans are familiar with.
Chen Xiao'er covered her head and regained a little bit of her sanity, finally noticing the fuse that was about to burn out.
"No——" She wailed and took a step forward to pounce, with countless broken memories flashing through her mind.
Fireworks, Xiaotong, and my classmates... I must, I must stop this!
The puppet's smile grew wider and wider. He saw his own hope of reaching the summit in Chen Xiao'er's despair: Everything is going according to my script.
The kind girl will use her body to block the explosives. She must know and accept this death.
Humans are such irrational creatures. The naive girl didn't realize this wasn't just a simple transaction, exchanging herself for more lives.
She will be devoured by the ritual in her active devotion, assimilated into the abyss. And I—I will absorb her gift, thus touching the door to the next level!
【Chen Xiao'e】
Despair remembered her name deeply, and her face, which looked extremely young and tearful at the moment.
What power will you give me? You will make me whole.
In return for your devotion, I will in the new world——
Click, click.
Soft, quiet footsteps sounded quietly.
The person did not run because she was already nearby and all she needed to do was stand up and turn around.
Who is it?!
His despairing self was locked in a struggle with Chen Xiaotong, while his remaining energy was completely tied to Chen Xiao'e. It wasn't until that figure obscured his vision that he realized the puppet he had created was being filled with a more real being.
Zheng Xiuli stood up slowly despite her stiff joints.
How long had passed? Perhaps only a moment. The newborn snake moved swiftly, giving her a push like a child at play, sending the soul tumbling back into her body.
Maybe it took a very long time.
This doll is too empty. She has a fake soul, a spiritual body, and a more perfect body that has never been harmed.
But she has no memory.
Zheng Xiuli injected a lot of memories into the doll the moment she integrated into it.
Despair cleverly amplified the pain of the exchange of memories, a bias He took for His own creation.
In his calculations, once he ascended to godhood, the parallel world would eventually connect to the real world. These dolls were his first batch of exquisite creations, and naturally they should enter the new world with him.
He knows how fragile humans are and how much they love to escape.
When pain is magnified 100 times, humans do not want to face it, but instinctively choose to escape.
Noble ideals, sincere dreams? Come on, aren't humans creatures who choose to act for their own happiness?
Happiness means comfort without pain. From the moment He was born, He has listened to too many prayers from human beings. All the prayers can be summed up in one sentence - God, I only want to be happy, not suffer.
Despair is a long-lasting pain, and everyone wants to escape from it before becoming completely numb.
No one - perhaps except Chen Xiao'er, who was blinded by reality, no one who had ever come into contact with despair had the idea of facing pain directly.
The human soul will dissolve in the boiling despair and brew the fine wine of the new world for Him.
"Zheng Xiuli."
"beautiful."
"baby."
The remaining voices still called out to her friends, her family, her children. These voices, some painful, some longing, some gentle, were also mixed with the girl's quiet call.
Chen Xiao'er? No, I'm not here just for you.
Humans will actively avoid pain. Zheng Xiuli did not hear the whispers of despair, but she also understood this very well.
But why should I choose numbness and despair?
In that vast desert, there is clearly a clear spring.
The figure of a young girl appeared in front of her. Chen Xiao'er was running towards her, with tears and sweat mixed together, shining with a moving glow.
She opened her arms but didn't hug him, instead she pushed him out with all her strength.
Sorry, I don't have time to chat with you.
"Are we friends?"...It's better not to ask this question.
Zheng Xiuli looked at Chen Xiao'er's figure falling into the void and smiled. The surrounding energy roared and outlined lines of light and shadow to protect their master.
A blood-red train came from afar, riding on a pale wave of air.
"Foolish humans."
The desperate voice was filled with gloomy meaning, and it kept distorting in front of Zheng Xiuli.
"I'm just a projection of myself, but it's easy to bring despair to you and everyone you care about."
Despair was very curious. Didn't this human know that when she pushed Chen Xiao'er away, the interference he received would be reduced?
Even if I can't kill Chen Xiao'er for the time being, I can torture those who remain in the ceremony.
A thousand years, ten thousand years, it is not difficult for the "gods" to simulate the illusion of time scale for humans.
"Hahaha, you're right, you're right."
As the impact range of the zero reset changed rapidly, Zheng Xiuli didn't say anything. She took out a simple silver-white crown from her arms and put it on her head easily.
That was - the pupils of despair shrank along with the memory: this human took the crown from Chen Xiao'er's head when he pushed her!
She wanted to use her identity as queen to get exemption. No, Chen Xiao'er played the role of a princess.
Moreover, after Chen Xiao'er left the stage, the drama that had reached its final act should be considered to have come to an end, and the glorious power of rules had begun to lose its effectiveness.
Although Despair was very curious about what would happen, he did not hesitate to roll up a huge flame to quickly destroy this human.
The variables in this power ceremony were so numerous that He was dazzled. He finally dared not underestimate the human beings' ingenious ideas and strange actions.
Perhaps this kind of life form has its valuable side. I don't need to replace them all with new life in the new world, but I can leave behind some interesting specimens.
The flames instantly enveloped Zheng Xiuli's legs, burning her skin.
Yet, this human wearing the crown revealed a twisted smile: She was still smiling, and smiling was a sign of hope for humans, so what exactly was her hope? Chen Xiao'er was gone.
The crown gleamed in the demonic flames.
The desperate projection deformed again, stretching its body like a thin film. It caught Chen Xiao'er's gaze through the surging energy flow.
She had been caught by Apostle No. 0, but her eyes were still looking straight at the sky, looking through the trivial matter at the ceremony itself.
[Chen Xiao'er witnessed all this]
A ray of inspiration struck my heart like thunder.
He understood that this crown was no longer a symbol of a character in the play, but a symbol of a new power generated by the ritual!
The prototype of power was born in an instant. It absorbed a large amount of energy from the surroundings, and even the area near the crack was temporarily in a vacuum state.
The golden crown fused with poison fragments and countless energies, and condensed into a new power under the gaze of Chen Xiao'er, Guanghui, and Despair.
"This is impossible—" The mask on the ground shattered into pieces. Under the blazing light, the desperate projection cried out loudly: "The fragile human body cannot bear such power!"
Chen Xiao'er is just an exception among exceptions!
The new power holder gradually opened her eyes, and she could clearly feel the doubt and rage in Despair's heart through the fluctuations.
She and He were in the same world, the same plane, for a brief moment.
Zheng Xiuli's voice also echoed in Despair's heart. ["Yes, you're right. I can't successfully fuse the powers."]
Her body did not experience the same leap when she gained power. Cracks appeared on her skin, flesh, and even the deeper surface of her spirit.
Light flickered in the crystal-like gaps, and the excessive energy was about to shatter its fragile carrier.
The human body is far too weak, completely different from the abyssal creatures that are born from pure energy. Zheng Xiuli's life experience has never had a single moment where she had touched any kind of power.
"This is the power I borrowed from Chen Xiao'er's momentary touch. I hope you can experience it with me."
Zheng Xiuli's voice infuriated Despair, and He loudly demanded, "You are incapable of comprehending any power at all!"
"Of course I'm not a genius."
She knew the emptiness deep within her heart. From the day she lost everything, it seemed as if the child named Zheng Xiuli could no longer shine her own light, but could only reflect the glittering figures of others.
The human girl walked in the firelight, and every step she took caused glittering fragments and dust to fall.
Her body shattered like glass, but even more powerful energy began to gather between her hands and heart.
"Did you know? Some lucky humans also possess innate talents like abnormalities."
Her voice was laughing. [“The power that can be comprehended by abnormalities should also be related to talent. And my talent is—”]
Zheng Xiuli grabbed Despair's wrist while walking, and all the pain in her short life was fully realized at this moment.
She laughed happily with relief: It's great, all my pain, hatred, unwillingness, and...
Chen Xiao'er's smile flashed by, followed by the blurry figure who had hugged her, and behind the tall figure, there were people who were either serious, gentle, or expressionless.
Mom, I met a very special girl.
She is very kind and has a peaceful smile. She never seems to worry and is always full of hope. No matter what situation she is in, she can always smile and encourage everyone.
I don't seem to be a very good friend to her.
But it doesn't matter.
I have always—always had many, many, many companions!
Zheng Xiuli embraced her despair.
Her new power followed the ubiquitous golden threads that entangled the chess pieces that Despair had buried throughout the school, as well as the mirror-image dolls that disgusted her.
You actually want to replace my precious companion with a counterfeit? Unforgivable.
She locked onto everything in an instant, and the golden spiral of encirclement spread out, leaving only one body fleeing in a hurry.
Zheng Xiuli lowered her head and whispered softly in Despair's ear.
【"explode."】
Boom, boom, boom.
The thunder seemed to sound from the distant sky, reminiscent of the sound of drums that has been passed down through the ages, until the primitive people covered in animal skins raised their stone axes and hit the giant trees that blocked out the sky.
Bang!
The bark crumbled under her hopeful gaze.
Flames, glow, and sound waves fluttering up and down like butterflies.
Endless light burst out from her heart and palms, flying to every corner of heaven and earth.
So warm...
This time Zheng Xiuli did not close her eyes. The overwhelming light turned into a molten platinum sun, taking away the last trace of coldness from the corners of her eyes.
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