Chapter 213 Intermission (VI) (Inverted V) The last step...
“Crash…”
“Crash…”
When he opened his eyes again, He Yuezhe had returned to the "ocean" where the tassel trees were rooted.
The sticky yet unexpectedly warm liquid wrapped around her body, floating up and down, stirring up waves.
“…”
Standing up from the liquid, He Yuezhe subconsciously raised his hand to touch his heart, and the dagger that was originally stabbed in his heart had disappeared.
“Sizzle…sizzle…”
Before she could think of anything else, a sharp buzzing sound suddenly came from the liquid at her feet.
"Welcome, welcome, come back..." A wave hit, and an obviously broken and rusty machine emerged from the seabed.
——It was the communicator she used to see her last time.
"You're broken." He Yuezhe gently picked it up from the liquid.
"Because, I, we, shouldn't, have any feelings..." The voice of the communicator was covered with a layer of gauze, and there was a "crackling" noise accompanying it.
“…”
"You, can, repair, me?" The voice of the communicator was calm, but He Yuezhe could hear the surprise in its words.
"You used to break down often, and grandma was always scolding you. I've learned a little bit as I watched you." He Yuezhe lowered his eyes.
"You are very smart. Grandma often tells me so."
Grandma, the face of that old woman once again appeared in He Yuezhe's dull and painful mind.
She was down and out, lonely, and homeless, yet she had a brilliant life, had countless friends, and was content with whatever happened.
The first time He Yuezhe saw her, she was like an angel, a savior. She held the wounded He Yuezhe in her arms, bandaged her, fed her water, and saved her small, broken world.
"Really?" He Yuezhe said with a wry smile, "But sometimes being too smart isn't a good thing."
"That's not your fault," the communicator said. "Grandma loves you the most and likes you. She doesn't want to see you sad, so don't smile like that. Smile happily..."
He Yuezhe was silent for a moment, then sighed, "...She's always like this."
"So?"
"Compassionate."
"Isn't this bad?"
"Not good, not good at all."
"Why?"
"What kind of people do you think can survive to the end in our world?"
“…”
"Strong, cruel, and self-centered, he will never lend a hand to anyone weak, and will do anything evil for his own benefit."
“…”
"It's a world where the strong prey on the weak. I hate it there and the rules there. I hate it so much. But my grandma is there, so I can't bear to leave it."
"But why do you want to live till the end?"
"If I don't live to the end, am I going to die hastily?"
"If he died for something, then it doesn't seem so pitiful."
“…”
“…”
“…”
"He Yuezhe, this name is really nice. I told my grandma, and she was very happy that you could come out."
“…”
"She said you were scared at first. Is that true?"
"……Um."
"She asked me to tell you that she's sorry."
“…”
"I'm sorry for restricting you, I'm sorry for making you sad for her, I'm sorry for not being able to..."
"That's enough."
"She said, you are a very sharp knife, invincible, but you will hurt yourself. She doesn't want you to become like that. I'm sorry, if you blame her, I'm sorry..."
“Tick-tock.”
The tears did not run down her cheeks, but dripped directly into the water, creating ripples.
In the ripples, He Yuezhe saw his own face, then his childhood face, and then his grandmother standing behind him, combing his hair.
The ripples reached He Yue's broken legs, soaking her white robe and causing it to sparkle.
A ball of rich white light rose from under her, then turned into seven colors, suddenly exploded, and illuminated the entire space.
“What is this...?” He Yuezhe was a little confused.
"Didn't your system tell you?" the communicator asked.
"What's the meaning?"
"Your skills are limitless."
"unlimited?"
"Um."
As soon as the word "infinite" came out, He Yuezhe's head hurt even more, so much so that she almost couldn't help but take out her brain and scratch it again.
"Infinity can make any thing, energy, matter, visible or invisible, expand and multiply infinitely. Infinite vitality can save people. Do you understand this?"
“…”
"You should have felt it long ago. Your memories are constantly lost with each world you go through."
"You..." can see my memories?
"Sorry, but let's talk quickly."
“…”
The system was eliminated, and the memories in his mind were deleted one by one. He Yuezhe felt like he was watching a drama. When the curtain fell, everything in the previous scene was forgotten like a bubble.
There was no other way, He Yuezhe absolutely could not "fall" here.
"...Okay, go ahead."
"I can only see the memories that exist in your mind, so I can only infer from this appearance that you probably used infinite skills to make yourself constantly and infinitely lose your memory, planning not to be discovered by Utopia. But at the same time, when you experienced those worlds, you left energy anchors there, and that energy would expand infinitely, so they were not destroyed."
"As for now, your memories are disappearing faster and faster. You can't fully control the infinite worlds. They will expand due to energy and eventually devour everything around them. Then, they will explode. Everything on the platform will be destroyed because of this explosion."
"Originally, this could have prevented the natural destruction of the world, but now you are too fragile. You need more energy to protect them and guide them back to the right track. And consciously guide the expanding energy back to its place. Otherwise, they, this place, and you, me, everything, will be lost together."
"You mean, they'll... swallow the entire platform?"
"Yes, those worlds will devour this place."
“…”
"This is good news, but you don't have any existing soul standing here now. You are just relying on the energy of the 'petri dish' here. Once those worlds devour this place, you will lose consciousness and become a thing with only a 'petri dish' and 'creation'. That cannot even be called a soul."
"Wait, what do 'petri dish' and 'creation' and 'seed' mean?"
"The 'Petri Dish', a soul's past, carries all the energy of that soul and the untouchable things of the past."
"'Seed' is the state of this spirit, soul, action, task, object, and purpose."
"And 'creation' is the tangible thing that contains this soul and carries all her hopes."
"I see……"
"Are you already becoming a 'seed'?"
"That's what it told me when the system was still there."
"Actually, I've always been very curious about why you can come back here after you liberated yourself."
"It turns out that because of your memory, the platform has determined that your progress in becoming a 'seed' will regress."
"So, until you complete your salvation, you will still not become a 'seed'."
"...No wonder the progress changed back then. So this is why?"
"Well, although I don't know what your plan is, congratulations. You probably succeeded."
“…”
"But, in this case, where are you going and what are you going to do?"
“…”
"Oh, thank you."
“…”
"I feel great! How about you?"
"I feel like I'm going to die."
"Don't say discouraging words."
“…”
"Your world is interesting and vivid, which means you are also an interesting and vivid person. You don't want to die, at least not now."
"Really?" He Yuezhe wiped the communicator dry, looked at the various cartoon stickers on it, and smiled.
"Then, come with me."
"Where are you going?"
"go……"
“Buzz——!!!”
"Fringed tree...?!"
"haven't seen you for a long time."
"It seems I guessed right."
"You've always been so smart."
"When I first heard your voice, I thought I had misheard, but I didn't expect it was really you."
He Yuezhe released his hand from the tassel tree and looked at the doll stuck quietly in the middle of the trunk with a smile.
"..." The puppet's face was expressionless. "You didn't recognize me then. I thought you had forgotten me."
"How could that be? I made you with my own hands. After all, we have gone through more than ten years of bloody storms together." He Yuezhe raised his eyebrows.
"Um."
"The system didn't make things difficult for you, did it?"
"No, they...are happy to have a puppet to deal with the recycled energy for them. After all, energy is of no use to them."
"They let you create your own world, didn't they stop you?"
"No, they think it's appropriate as the last warmth for the dying."
The dying...
"So, are you my final step?"
“…”
“…”
"Yes."
"Do you trust me? I'll keep you safe, just like before."
"Of course, I always believe in you."
"Can she see here?"
"Well, through my eyes, she can see here."
"It seems that you have indeed condoned my actions."
"Well, see you soon. Then, let me see what kind of person you are, someone who has such great abilities and is trying to save humanity from disaster."
"Communicator, I am the source of this world, so could you assist her as the 'system'?"
"Well, of course. I think I could help her a lot in your world."
"Yeah, my world."
“…”
"Owner."
"Well, what's wrong?"
"No matter what, don't look back, don't stop, even if, even if..."
"Even if I'm torn to pieces, even if I'm covered in wounds, I will never give up on you. I know all this, so don't worry."
"Master, that's not what I want to say..."
"It can only be this."
“…”
"Let's go."
"……good."
The light gate opened wide in the trunk of the tassel tree, and the figure of the puppet gradually melted away. He Yuezhe took the communicator and walked in firmly.
The me in the past, the me that I have already forgotten, although I still don’t know whether your plan has come this far, is to use the life of the puppet to exchange for your life, after all, you have always been cruel.
Amidst the colorful light, He Yuezhe laughed.
But I don’t like this ending at all.
So, let me...
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