Chapter 152 Who Will Proclaim the Way (Part 23) Bright Sunlight, Eternal Night...
"What's wrong?"
Icaria looked away and shook her head. "It might be my imagination... How are your preparations going?"
"Actually, it was prepared a long time ago,"
Du Yu shrugged, pulled a book from the shelf and flipped through it. He then made a grasping motion in the air with his other hand and opened it in front of Icaria: "Here, the thing that will accompany me on my journey. I've been carrying it with me all along... I've found it!"
Du Yu's eyes suddenly lit up. The book he had pulled out was casually shoved aside, revealing a thin booklet deep in the gap of the bookshelf. The full-color pages were tinged with a faint gray, and the cover was written in fancy font as "The Real and Fake Heiress: The President's Imprisoned Love 99 Times".
"It really is at Jinling University."
Du Yu flicked the dust off the pages of the book with an inscrutable expression.
When the mysterious pigeon said that there must be an anchor point in this world, which the Lord of the Pure Sea used to influence this world, Du Yu immediately thought of Jinling University.
Perhaps when the disaster first struck, Jinling University was just an ordinary place in the world. But when Du Yu's team survived the apocalypse and stumbled into the wasteland, eventually becoming the anchor that supported the world, Jinling University took on a unique meaning in both worlds.
—Even when Yu first met Chen Xingzhi and learned part of the truth, it was at Jinling University.
At the time, the news that "Chen Xingzhi brought about a great catastrophe" spread widely among the survivors. Du Yu didn't quite believe this unfounded news, but obviously, everyone had had enough of a world where they couldn't see the sun when they opened their eyes. The wave of "searching for Chen Xingzhi" spread among the survivors.
Chaos, frenzy, death... As survivors die one after another, Du Yu and his friends join this needle-in-a-haystack search.
No one expected that a casual glance inside the ruins of Jinling University while passing by would lead them to encounter the legendary Chen Xingzhi before they left.
—And death and eternal farewell.
Wen Xi died from the "murder" of the truth.
"The pursuit of the truth always comes at a price, but at the time no one thought that the price would be their own."
Next is time dimension.
In the legends of Blue Star, the White Witch is the gentlest of all witches. They are close to nature and their abilities are mostly healing. This is the origin of the name "White Witch" due to their time-dimensional characteristics.
In their team, Du Yu was the most capable fighter, and Wen Xi had the best mentality, but at least 60% of the credit for their ability to persevere to the end should go to Shi Wei—because she was one of the few who could successfully cultivate even in the wasteland.
As for the taste of the grown fruit, there's no need to be too particular about it in the wasteland.
Fate is always fair; you always lose more than you gain.
Behind the rare planting ability lies extreme physical weakness. The "White Witch" trait even restricts the ability user's actions; any proactive attack or even a thought will weaken their abilities.
—That's why, when the White Witch sacrifices her power and life, she can naturally unleash one of the most vicious curses in the world:
I curse the loneliest person in the world to live forever, and I curse a soul yearning for freedom to be forever trapped by memories, bound by pain, and unable to find release.
A curse about immortality. The caster sacrifices their life, and the cursed give it a name through their descent into despair and struggle: a pathetic existence.
Once the key moment was found, the rest of the ceremony went much more smoothly.
"Taking a novel found in the library to confront the author 'The Book Reader'—is this also part of fate's calculation?"
The beginning and the end are connected in a winding way, and the past and the future converge at the same point to form a closed loop, an unsolvable Möbius strip.
You overestimate [fate].
A white dove fluttered by and perched on Icaria's head, its eyes filled with disdain. "Or perhaps you underestimate yourself. All the choices were clearly your own."
Choices determine the future; the road extends to the end of destiny. No matter the destination, the path traveled will not disappear.
The inexplicable depression vanished, and the young god opened the third-rate magazine in his hand. The pages automatically flipped to a page and stopped, and an invisible wave rolled out, spreading from the library as the center to the whole world.
Icaria held his breath slightly, feeling the terrifying power sweeping across the world, yet it smoothly avoided him just before it touched him, such meticulous care.
As the light faded, Icaria gazed in the direction where the god had disappeared. After a long while, she suddenly turned to look at the void. "You've returned."
"It turns out you've always been there."
A figure gradually emerged at one end of the bookshelf. Du Yu glanced deeply at the abrupt emptiness on the bookshelf, and when he looked at Icaria standing to the side, a hint of emotion appeared in his eyes.
The other party's attitude towards her had always been exceptionally good, and Du Yu had guessed that the two of them might have crossed paths before. However, before quickly reviewing her lost memories from an outsider's perspective, she never expected that their first meeting would be here.
"I have been waiting for you here on your orders."
Icaria glanced at Du Yu who was walking over, then quickly lowered her eyes, untied the rope with her other hand, and the crystal amber pendant swayed with a bright curve.
Du Yu tentatively reached out his hand and quickly figured out what it was—a fragment of the so-called "sun" corpse.
However, compared to the one I just saw, the gray pendant on the necklace seems to be encased in amber, and the gray on the surface of the pendant doesn't seem so dull under the golden hue.
The materials that can help a god temporarily preserve his or her traits can only come from another god.
Du Yu took the pendant, his eyes widening suddenly, his mind going completely blank for a moment.
How could this be—?
Shock and dizziness reverberated in the air. Du Yu gripped the crystal in his hand tightly, and with his other hand, he held Icaria's neck, pressing his head firmly against his shoulder.
Du Yu seemed to hear a short, sharp breath, but she had no energy to pay attention to it. Her heart was pounding, her blood was rushing wildly, and the virtual sound of the tides was booming in her ears. She couldn't help but look up, look up, look up—
Above the sky, which was covered by churning gray fog, two pale halos of light appeared out of nowhere, like two naked eyeballs.
call--
The wind, the flowing air currents, the invisible breath of the world, descended once more upon this desolate space. The thick, seemingly eternal fog churned more violently, forming a narrow vacuum zone near the two pale white "beads".
The night is the "white of the eye," and the moon is the "eyeball." A pair of strange "eyes" are pressed tightly against the edge of the night sky, and the moon's eyes are staring at me without blinking.
A chilling coldness crept up his spine and invaded his brain, making Du Yu's teeth chatter. He felt as if all the muscles in his body were frozen, and he couldn't move at all.
"Sizzle—"
The noise I heard not long ago started up again, but this time the other party seemed to be on guard. The space around Du Yu fluctuated violently, and several times the noise appeared, but it seemed to be suppressed by something.
"call--"
His breathing grew heavier and heavier, as if he was squeezing out the last bit of air from his body. Yu could clearly sense that under the pale moonlight, the once lifeless world began to stir. Even in his own mind, a wisp of spiritual energy began to twist uncontrollably, being firmly suppressed and crushed.
This can't go on...!
A sudden warning flashed through Du Yu's mind. The pendant he was holding in his palm suddenly became hot, and the pressure on his body abruptly eased. Before he could even wonder what was going on, Du Yu's eyes widened in an instant—
In the eternal night, the sun shines brightly!
Although the eternal darkness returned in an instant, suppressing the sun to form only a weak halo around it, that momentary bright white light was enough to stimulate the mucous membranes, which were accustomed to the darkness, to shed tears.
'【New Sun】? He's actually willing to go to this extent?'
Letting the tears fall, Du Yu was horrified. She quickly reviewed the cooperation she had hastily reached with [New Sun] not long ago, and this item was not included in it.
'Since you don't like the [Lord of the Pure Sea] anyway, help me restrain Him here, and name your price.'
To be honest, Du Yu was very unsure when she said those words. The enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend. She was willing to lower herself, but there was still the clueless [Mi Mi Yin] standing between them. It was perfectly normal for [Xin Ri] to have reservations.
The fireball attacks continued relentlessly, even threatening to escalate. Just as Du Yu was about to abandon his futile efforts, the overwhelming, scorching onslaught suddenly vanished. The avatar of [New Sun] paused in mid-air for a long time, like a malfunctioning old cell phone, its voice hoarse, barely discernible as a few words:
'……good. '
Du Yu was taken aback by the other party's straightforwardness, and the indistinct voice, which seemed to be mixed with countless roars, rang out again:
"Wait until you... become a god... save... save... the sun!"
The last word spoken by "New Japan" was extremely distorted, more like a form of mental pollution than language, yet the sound now resounding in Touyu's ears was incredibly clear.
The tone is deep and pleasant, somewhat similar to Icarus's voice, but there's a deliberate affectation in the specific pronunciation, which doesn't sound unpleasant; it has a strange elegance.
“Sylvia, it’s been a long time.”
Sometimes, truly earth-shattering changes happen quietly.
Du Yu never imagined that the scene before her would be so peaceful—
The sun, which appeared silently in the night and occupied most of the space, exploded in silence after uttering its last words. Its brilliant golden light silently swept across the sky. The halo that had been suppressed by the night and was now only a thin layer of light stood up and, in that instant, it illuminated the world like a real sun.
The moon's "eyes," which had been staring intently at Du Yu without blinking, also looked over in surprise as the sun appeared. However, the other party's movements were too swift and its posture too resolute. Before it could speak, its eyes were engulfed by the purest light and heat.
The person whose head was resting on his shoulder stiffened for a moment. Du Yu just raised his hand, and the next moment, in the pure light, all senses quickly faded away.
Du Yu knew he was still in the same world, but everything in his sensory feedback was different. Pure light filled the space, and the only discordant color was himself.
"Sizzle".
The familiar rattling noises, after a moment of struggle, finally formed a narrow doorway, from which Chen Xingzhi jumped out.
She still had that expressionless face, seemingly unconcerned no matter what happened, but Chen Xingzhi looked like he had just rushed out against a flood, soaking wet from head to toe.
Chen Xingzhi casually brushed his soaking wet hair back, glanced at the pendant on Du Yu's body, and his eyes softened a little. "...Very good, you have found the last element. You can prepare for the ceremony to advance to [Star]. We only have eight minutes."
Eight minutes?
Du Yu frowned subconsciously. Although she had a vague guess, her pupils still dilated for a moment when she heard Chen Xingzhi's answer:
"Yes, this is the last gift of the dead sun. After the last eight minutes of light, the world will face the eternal night that signifies the end."
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Author's Note: I'm late. This chapter has been revised and rewritten several times; I've finally managed to get it going.
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