"Yeah." Su Lin responded softly: "It has not been possible before, and it will be back in the next few days."
"You missed that grand ceremony more than ten years ago, young man. Lord Su Lin... is truly a hero. If it weren't for him, our lives today wouldn't be so easy. Who knows, that damn storm might have come one day..."
Looking at the man who was talking nonstop as if he had caught someone talking, Su Lin smiled.
It's good to hear these things.
"Thank you."
He turned around and walked towards the alley next to him.
"Hey, young man, if you don't want to participate in the game, remember to go to the South District Pier! Otherwise, those outsiders will show no mercy..."
The middle-aged man's enthusiastic voice still floated in the wind and snow behind him.
Su Lin turned the corner.
The streets and alleys of Praia still remain the same as before, and he walked through these streets that still seemed very familiar to him.
He saw the grocery store that had been open for more than ten years, the liquor store on Second Street, and the hotel girl who always liked to stand at the door and greet guests with a smile... but she seemed to have become a mature proprietress now.
When their eyes met, the proprietress smiled at him, as if she was not surprised that there would be such a masked weirdo at the sea feast.
"Guest." She held the bamboo basket in her hand, and her smile was still the same as it was more than ten years ago: "Would you like to stay at the hotel?"
Su Lin shook his head and was suddenly bumped by two children.
"Don't run—don't run—"
"Just run! Catch up with me, catch up with me!"
A boy with a crew cut and a little girl with pigtails jumped out from behind the proprietress, like two hairy monkeys.
They waved their wooden swords around wildly, and their laughter like silver bells could be heard throughout the street.
"Hey! Take my sword! You're dead!"
"No! I bounced back! You damn soul clan member, take my sword!"
"...Didn't we agree that you would pretend to be a soul clan member? I am a soul hunter today, you are cheating me!"
Such a strong snowstorm instantly blocked the proprietress who was standing at the door, smiling as she watched her children playing.
Su Lin's body trembled, and he immediately put his hand on the white wall beside him. His breathing became a little rapid due to the children's bumping.
The wind and snow are getting stronger.
He raised his foot and walked away from this familiar street in silence, walking through the streets and alleys.
The sounds of children playing and the happy smiles of women were left behind by his footsteps.
Whenever he saw a strange yet familiar place, he would carefully describe the buildings and the land with his eyes, as if he wanted to imprint the scene before him forever in his mind.
He had been watching all this silently.
His eyes were determined and nostalgic.
…
He walked into a dark, deserted alley.
After walking from the street filled with colorful lights into the dark alley, he completely left the worldly life outside behind.
He sat beside the damp garbage dump, breathing rapidly.
He groped in his arms, his movements slow and steady, until a crisp "ding-dang" sound was heard.
Those were a few sparkling red crystals.
He pinched one and began to inject his memories into it, followed by the second, the third...
After processing each one, his expression would become paler. By the time all the memory stones were saved, the blood color had completely disappeared from his face.
It was getting dark in Praya. The sky was getting darker and darker, as if it was covered with thick ink. Every household had put the clothes, dried fish, kelp and other items that were hung out to dry in the sun indoors, and the doors and windows were closed. The warm yellow light shone through the gauze paper, like soft moons.
In the warm house with burning firewood, one can hear the crying of children, the laughter of adults, the coughing of the elderly, the playing of unique musical instruments from time to time... All kinds of sounds converge together, reflecting the various families of various people, as if using the joy of hundreds of families as firewood to ignite a sea of lights in thousands of homes.
——The scenes taking place outside the alley are a gathering of the lively world.
The howling wind blew into the deserted alley, and large hailstones gradually fell from the sky.
Listening to the happy voices of the residents outside, Su Lin sat beside the garbage dump in the alley with his eyes open.
In the distance, there was a white twilight, and that was a group of houses that looked like giant white snakes crawling and sleeping.
He seemed to see that Gary's bald engineer was standing there, grinning at him.
A girl with glasses and long hair stood next to him, holding a notebook full of data in her hand.
The neat and tidy Soul Hunter Minister with a black ponytail was also there, her body straight and her eyes full of smiles.
...At this moment, he seemed to feel a strong white light shining into his eyes. It was dazzling and eye-catching, like a bridge coming from the other side of the sky... until it reached his eyes.
…It was like someone was standing in front of him, reaching out his hand to him.
Time has passed and the old friends have not returned.
"Su Lin."
A blue light emerged.
Young and beautiful, with features like a siren sculpted by a god, emerged from him.
Her beautiful eyes were staring at her with complicated emotions.
"...My dear guest." She said softly, "I have given you eternal life, why are you wasting your life like this?"
Su Lin raised his head slightly, and his eyes became a little cloudy.
"You can be like the princess who got my fake soul. You can deprive others of their lives and make them the petri dishes of your new body to prolong your 'eternal life'." The siren said, "Look, there are so many weak humans without fighting power on the streets. Kill them, assimilate them, and select the healthiest one among them... My guest, you can separate your soul from your nearly decayed body and continue to live... Live to the end of this world. You are a lucky man. You should rule this land."
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