Chapter 157: Nan Gui Shang's Self-Destruction
Nan Guishang was in his early twenties, in the prime of his life, while Shan Ran already looked like an old man.
Even though she has a longer lifespan and better physical condition than the average person, the inevitable aging process still manifests in Shan Ran's body.
When she smiled, fine lines appeared at the corners of her eyes, and strands of gray hair were mixed in with her hair.
The hands that were being led by the returning merchant from the south were no longer as fair and radiant as they had been in his youth.
But in the eyes of the returning merchant, she was still the most beautiful.
He stepped forward and hugged Shanran, resting his chin on her shoulder, murmuring "Ranran, Ranran".
After Ranran's second natural death, she woke up to find that Nan Guishang was no longer there.
He would never leave Shanran's side unless something happens.
At this time, only twenty years had passed since Nan Guishang's last death, and it was impossible for him, who was in his forties, to "die of old age".
The people waiting around had very strange expressions.
One of them hesitated for a long time before finally making up his mind and stepping forward to tell Shanran.
She has been in a coma for more than half a year.
Shan Ran was very surprised.
The first coma that Nan Guishang experienced lasted a month, and the second coma lasted two months. Therefore, they deduced that the coma period after each natural death would be longer than the previous one.
Shan Ran originally thought it would be two months like Nan Gui Shang, but she never expected that she would still not wake up after more than half a year.
"Where is A Shang?"
The person opposite and the people next to them looked at each other, stammering for a long time without being able to say anything.
Shanran felt a sudden, inexplicable panic.
She disappeared from the spot.
They searched every corner of the palace, but found no trace of Nan Guishang.
She closed her eyes, then opened them again.
His eyes were pitch black, with various characters appearing in the center.
With Shan Ran's current level of digital information ability, she can freely hack into anyone's electronic devices on the continent.
Amidst the vast sea of information, Shanran gleaned what she sought to understand.
The businessman who returned from the south has exposed himself.
Nan Guishang stayed by Shan Ran's side.
After she had been in a coma for a month, he eagerly awaited the day she would open her eyes.
When the second month came, he was still full of anticipation, because it was the same time he woke up.
In the third month, Nan Guishang often broke down and cried.
In the fourth month, he remained silent, neither eating nor drinking, and eventually died from lack of food and water.
Two months later, he woke up.
It's possible that because he died young, the time it took for him to wake up was not prolonged.
This was the 167th day since Shanran fell into a coma, more than five months later.
Upon waking, Nan Guishang remained in the same state as before his death: he neither spoke nor ate or drank, acting as if no one around him existed.
People were worried about him this time, so they all tried to comfort him. Some told him to think positively, while others told him not to worry and that Shanran would wake up soon.
Nan Guishang said nothing and left directly.
He stayed in Shanran's room for more than five months, and this was the first time he had left.
And then he never came back.
He confessed.
Outsiders cannot kill him, but he can end it himself.
This was a method that Nan Guishang had once successfully used in the illusion. He tried to use it again after his parents died, but later gave up.
But in the end, they still resorted to self-destruction.
Even those with superpowers who possess immortality eventually vanish into the mortal world.
After the Nan Gui Shang completely disappeared, everyone in the palace was at a loss.
They dared not touch Shanran's body, but Shanran showed no signs of waking up, and they were all at a loss.
Even though the acting leader had been in power for nearly six months, he dared not have any thoughts of overstepping his bounds.
She was the savior who saved the entire planet; she worked diligently to govern, had compassion for the people, and upheld justice.
She is the symbol of this world, the faith of the people.
Immortality, immortality, resurrection...
She is like a bug in this world, an exception, an existence that ordinary people can only dream of, so out of place.
She hadn't felt this way before, but ever since only the Nan Gui merchants remained around her, this feeling had grown stronger and stronger.
Now the merchants who returned from the south are gone too...
Shan Ran's eyes still shone with a mechanical light. Through the different devices of different people around the world, she saw many things she had never seen before.
Previously, she didn't want to invade other people's privacy, so she never actively searched other people's electronic devices, but now she doesn't have so many concerns.
Shanran stepped down, handing over the leadership position to the person who temporarily took over.
Then, without looking back, she jumped into the sea.
The succulent is very long-lived; it doesn't even know how long it will live. More than two hundred years have passed, and it is still full of vitality.
It is very intelligent, ranking among the top in intelligence among marine creatures.
However, its thinking is not complicated. Eating well, sleeping well, and seeing the people and animals it likes are the happiest things for it.
It doesn't have many worries and doesn't create its own.
Shanran decided to learn from Rourou, to avoid creating trouble for herself, to live a simpler life, and to think less about things every day.
They don't ponder philosophical questions like loneliness, death, or the meaning of life.
She spends most of her time in the sea.
Not long after driving away the invaders from the other world, she accepted Xie Qingheng, her childhood sweetheart who had been with her through the most difficult years of her childhood.
He also possessed shark-like superpowers.
With her current level of water-based and shark-based superpowers, she could stay in the water for the rest of her life if she wanted to.
She would sometimes continue browsing other people's electronic devices and see many pictures and videos that she had never seen before.
The first time she went out to search for supplies with Rhine, Wu Chuyu, Wu Chuci, Wendy, and Ennia, she was still driving her modified heavy-duty RV.
In the apocalypse, there is a vehicle that combines defensive capabilities with comfort, which is quite eye-catching.
It was from that time that she gradually came into the public eye.
Since then, wherever she appears, there are always crowds of onlookers, and numerous photos and videos are taken.
Besides her, there were many of her companions inside.
She flipped through the pages one by one.
There's a lot of unreleased stock, enough for her to look through for a very long time.
The fan club for Shanran is still active, but some sections have been banned.
For example, restricting certain sections of text.
After all, she later became the leader of three continents, and her status was different. It would indeed be inappropriate to describe these things arbitrarily and leave room for imagination.
Later, Shanran was very busy and forgot about the existence of this forum until now, after the intrusion, she discovered that the restricted content section had not disappeared, but had just been hidden.
One of the forum's administrators is a highly skilled digital information expert who secretly runs the forum.
After Shan Ran quietly broke through the defenses and climbed up undetected, she discovered that there were still quite a few group members inside.
More often than not, there are various kinds of fan fiction.
Unlike before when there were only restricted stories, now there are also many clean stories.
I get tired of eating too much meat, and sometimes I crave something refreshing to change things up.
After that, Shanran would open it every day to watch.
They watched it with great interest.
She has been reading these articles for many years.
Then one day, the obituary was posted on the forum.
The digital information superpowered individual who ran this section has passed away, and a new successor has taken over.
The successor's abilities were not particularly strong, and his weaknesses were quickly discovered, almost leading to the breach of the entire territory.
Just then, an unknown force appeared, repelled the attackers, and even located their lair, hacking all their equipment.
The forum operator was dumbfounded and could only post a message thanking the anonymous person.
Since then, this sector has gradually resurfaced.
It's obvious that there was tacit approval from the authorities behind the scenes.
Because of the official presence, the platform is much safer and can operate smoothly.
As for why the successor tacitly allowed the existence of this sector, he was also unclear.
There has been no news of Shan Ran for a very, very long time.
Forum users speculate that this might be the reason why the authorities have relaxed their control over content related to mountain dyeing.
Although Shan Ran hasn't appeared in front of outsiders for a long time, no one will forget her.
A self-destruction would cause a huge energy reaction, and as long as no energy from the self-destruction was transmitted to the world, people firmly believed that she was living safely somewhere.
Shan Ran occasionally surfaces and comes ashore.
After being in the water for a long time, I wasn't used to it when I first got ashore, and I even stumbled a bit when I walked.
She quickly adapted and walked slowly on the solid ground.
She didn't have any particular destination; she was just getting a bit bored in the water and wanted a change of scenery.
Decades have passed, and she is no longer in power, but people's memories of her have not diminished at all.
Textbooks list her as one of the most important and central figures of the new century, and some people have written poems featuring her as the protagonist.
Statues of her have been erected all over the world, and churches have even emerged to worship her, establishing her image as a spiritual totem.
Because Shan Ran's image was so striking, those around her appeared less glamorous. They became increasingly unknown and received less and less attention.
Even in the restricted content section, the original main characters have been replaced with the latest batch of "influential figures" from the mainland.
Shan Ran didn't comment on this; she couldn't force everyone to remember them.
It's fine as long as she remembers it herself.
Having been away from the sea for decades, she noticed how much the world had changed and began to feel a sense of novelty again.
He traveled around the mainland, changing his hair color as a disguise, moving from city to city, sometimes living in obscurity, sometimes acting as a chivalrous hero, and sometimes having brief "romantic encounters".
Some people think she looks a lot like the legendary Shan Ran, but she just smiles.
After she disappeared, many people on the mainland began to imitate her, some with similar appearances, some with similar voices, and some dressed exactly the same...
Therefore, no one doubted that she was indeed Shan Ran.
She spent more than a decade on the mainland like this.
One morning, she woke up and noticed that she had gray hairs in the mirror.
Having grown a bit bored, she didn't greet the sleeping puppy on the bed, but instead tossed down a huge bank card and vanished instantly.
Later, she lived in the sea, counting down the days until she finally died peacefully in her old age.
When she woke up again, she found herself lying in the fleshy mouth.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com