Chapter 135 Have a good rest, son (5K)
"Rest in peace."
When these three words came out of Gerard's mouth, the whole world seemed to stop for a second.
The flesh and blood that were floating like dandelions fell down one after another, turning into puddles of mud and water that returned to the earth, and Yongxin... or to be more precise, the vitality in Yian's eyes was also rapidly dissipating.
His face immediately became split, half was full of relief and liberation, and the other half was full of fear and madness.
"What did you do?! What did you do?!" The madness of that half quickly squeezed out the relief of the other half, and Yongxin once again gained the upper hand. He desperately screamed at Jellal, "How dare you?! How dare you?! You don't think you can win like this! I tell you, it's impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Although his vitality was still dissipating, Yongxin did not give up and continued to struggle desperately. The melted flesh and blood also showed signs of reviving.
Gerard didn't know why this happened. He originally thought that everything would end immediately after he said those three words, but then he heard Bai Wei sigh in his heart: "I said the wrong thing."
"What?"
"You shouldn't use a gentle phrase like 'rest in peace.'" Bai Wei said, "He is essentially contaminated by the new god and possesses the power of the new god. You should use more decisive and clear words, such as 'die quickly', which would correspond to the original 'don't die'."
Hearing the words "die quickly", Gerard couldn't figure out for a moment whether Bai Wei was serious or joking.
But he still held the hilt of the chainsaw sword tightly, staring at Yong Xin who was getting more and more crazy, with an extremely ugly expression: "Is there no way now?"
If Yongxin survived and Ian couldn't rest in peace because of this, Jellal would never forgive himself in his life.
"That's not the case. After all, 'Rest in Peace' is essentially letting someone die, just a little slower. However, the process is equally irreversible." Bai Wei's tone was quite relaxed. "And I can understand that. What father would be willing to say 'die quickly' to his son whom he hasn't seen for ten years? Let him rest in peace. At least you can give him some last moments to talk to him. Well, let me help you. Relax your mind. Well... I mean, empty your brain."
Gerard was slightly stunned, and looked again at Yongxin, who was already mad and about to pounce on him to bite him, and whose disordered instincts were becoming more and more polluted, and he hesitated for a moment.
It is undoubtedly extremely risky to empty your mind in the face of this level of pollution.
He was not afraid of death, but if this level of pollution was allowed to remain, then...
"He doesn't have much time left." Bai Wei said calmly, "Do you really have nothing to say to him?"
After hearing what Bai Wei said, Gerard slowly closed his eyes after a brief silence and whispered, "Trouble."
He let go of his guard.
Yongxin was stunned when he saw this scene.
He never expected that Jellal would dare to do this and empty his mind in front of him.
Isn't this guy afraid of my mental invasion? !
Although Yong Xin keenly felt that Gerard's behavior was a bit strange, he did not have time to think too much, because he found that Ian's body at this moment was like a house on fire with no way out. No matter how he struggled, he could not avoid the fate of being burned to death in it.
But now, the door of the house was open, and outside the door was another house with the same door open.
Then there is only one choice left.
Yongxin rushed in like crazy.
No matter what Jellal's plan is, he carries the power of the new god. Is there anything he should be afraid of?
Then, Yongxin rushed into Jellal's mind.
Then he saw a huge ancient tree.
There was a human-shaped shadow sitting under the ancient tree.
He smiled and greeted me: "Hey, welcome to Taoyuan Township."
…
Gerard could feel Yong Xin entering his brain.
The feeling of being invaded is very clear.
But it was only clear for a moment.
Soon, he could no longer sense any presence of Yongxin, as if he had disappeared out of thin air, just like the time when Ocotte had done it before.
Is this Visas?
Gerard originally wanted to check carefully whether Yongxin had really disappeared, but he suppressed the idea because he had more important things to do now.
Then he slowly opened his eyes.
Sure enough, he saw Ian smiling at him.
"Father." Ian said softly, "Finally... I meet you."
At this moment, Jellal felt something strike deep into his soul.
"Yeah." He also said softly, "It's been a long time."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ian started coughing violently.
"Ian!"
He wanted to support Ian, but as soon as his hand touched Ian's shoulder, the place he touched instantly decayed.
What Ian spat out after coughing violently was not blood, but broken internal organs.
"Father...it seems I really don't have much time left." Ian smiled at Gerard with difficulty, "Let's not talk about meaningless things anymore. Let me tell you everything I know..."
Gerald clenched his fists tightly.
But it soon loosened again.
"good."
…
It is also raining in the polluted areas.
This made the devil's troops' actions more difficult.
According to the original rules, the devil troops should not operate at night or on rainy days.
But it was night time and it was raining heavily, but they were still working hard in the polluted mud.
There's no way, this is also an order.
According to the rear, Tianqin is in "great crisis" at the moment, so the devil troops are required to show greater mobility.
As for the vast majority of Devil Knights, they had no idea what the crisis was. Being somewhat isolated from the world, they were naturally insensitive to everything that happened in Lyra City. They only vaguely knew that it was a problem caused by Jellal.
Gerard, that name again!
For a time, the Devil Knights' resentment towards Jellal reached a new level.
Especially during the day, more than one Devil Knight claimed to have seen the shadow of Jellal still wandering in the contaminated land, including the captain Yuri.
This naturally made the Devil Knights even more convinced that Jellal was a contaminated guy, and they all wanted to return to Lyra City immediately and take down Jellal directly instead of those useless Skeleton Knights.
As the captain, Yuri could naturally feel the uneasy atmosphere in the team.
But he didn't have any better solution.
He also felt that something was wrong with Tianqin because there were too many omens.
But based on what he knew, there was no way to fully outline the truth.
This also made him a little irritated.
No, don't be upset.
At times like this, as the captain, he needs to remain calm.
He looked around, at his subordinates beside him.
When Jellal brought Eve Star here, they were completely annihilated. Yuri took this as a warning and was determined not to let this happen to him and repeat Eve Star's mistakes.
"Cheer up!" Yuri shouted loudly, "Pay attention to your comrades! Don't fall behind!"
Before he finished speaking, he heard someone whispering in his ear: "Don't worry, you won't fall behind. We have already scouted the way for you."
Yuri was stunned, he subconsciously turned his head and looked towards the source of the sound.
Then, two figures wearing Xiaoxing uniforms were seen standing on a huge corpse.
They raised their hands and pointed in a direction.
"Over there."
Before Yuri could react, the voice of the Devil Knight came from the direction pointed by the two figures: "Found it! Captain, we found it!"
…
"You said the others are still alive?!"
Gerard didn't expect that the first news Ian brought would shock him so much.
"No, not alive..." Ian shook his head and said, "Their bodies have been completely destroyed, and only their souls remain. In the abyss, the soul will not dissolve, which is why Yongxin couldn't kill me completely and why your soul was able to be preserved there for ten years. But without the body, the soul has no home and will become more and more fragmented."
He paused, then spoke softly.
"During the time when I was fighting Yongxin, I saw you, and also... other people. At first, they were able to talk to me, but gradually they couldn't. They became more and more fragmented, and either they couldn't remember who they were, or they only remembered who they were."
Jellal recalled the shadow that had entered his body before, and thought of his former comrades who were still wandering in the eternal fog, so he couldn't help but ask: "They... have no way to come back?"
"No, their bodies have been destroyed." Ian said softly, "Without the body, the soul alone cannot leave the abyss. Yongxin was able to leave because... my body was not destroyed."
"…When you came back, was it already Yongxin?"
"Yes." Ian said, "I am the person who knows him best in this world. I know what kind of person he is. If he were allowed to return to Tianqin, it would definitely bring disaster to Tianqin... cough cough cough..."
Seeing Ian's painful expression, Jellal subconsciously wanted to pat him on the back to make him feel better.
But his hand stopped halfway.
Because he knew that this would only accelerate Ian's death.
"Don't blame yourself, Ian," Jellal could only whisper, "It's not your fault."
"...I don't have time to blame myself now." Ian forced a smile, "Father, do you know what is in the abyss? I mean, besides Visas' tongue."
"Besides Visas' tongue...did you mean the New God?"
"Well, you already know it." Ian said, "That is... the corpse of the new god."
Jellal's pupils narrowed slightly.
Although he had guessed this a long time ago, after all, a lot of evidence pointed to this point, but when he really confirmed it from Ian, his surprise did not diminish much.
And Ian's next words doubled his surprise.
"To be precise, it's not a new god, but an... old god."
"Old God?!"
"Yes, it is the remains of an old god." Ian said, "But that old god has forgotten his identity, because his body is rotting, his soul is melting, he is dying, or he is already dead... Do you feel that this state is somewhat familiar?"
"...Just like those polluted people." Jellal understood what Ian meant. He looked into Ian's eyes and spoke word by word, "Just like you and Yongxin."
"Yes, God and man are just like a comparison of big and small." Ian said softly, "The closer humans are to God, the more like God they will become. Is this a blessing or a curse?"
Ian's words had already set off a storm in Jellal's heart.
Large and small comparison.
This is similar to what Bai Wei said, that the state of God can be reversely deduced from the state of believers.
If we use Ian as an example...
"The New God is to Tianqin as Yongxin is to you, is that what you mean?" asked Gerard.
Hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed across Ian's tired eyes.
"Is there something wrong?" Gerard thought he had said something wrong.
"No, I'm just... quite surprised." Ian said softly, "You would actually say such blasphemous words?"
Because the greatest blasphemy is in my body.
Jellal sighed in his heart.
"But that's basically it." Ian said, "Tianqin brought back the remains of the old god and was affected like me, so the new god revived in his body, and that's how... a series of things happened afterwards. Including the New Chasing Society, these are all the effects of the birth of the new god."
"Wasn't the Zhuxin Society founded by Yongxin?"
"No." Ian shook his head. "The Zhuxin Society already existed before Yongxin came back. At that time, there were already many people affected by the new god. That's why we were sent out ten years ago, because Tianqin had no way to deal with the new god. He could only pin his hopes on the power of Visas. Although there is no clear evidence, I think that the old god was killed by Visas, and the reason why he has been in that half-alive and half-dead state should be related to Visas' tongue."
Jellal also guessed that Lyra wanted to rely on Visas' power to suppress the new gods.
"The time is coming, father." Ian suddenly said, "Whether it's me or Tianqin, the time is coming."
Only then did Jellal notice that Ian's breathing had become terribly light, and it seemed that he might disappear completely at any moment.
But he was still trying to speak.
"Even if Yongxin dies, the Zhuxin Society will not stop their actions. They will continue to support the coming of the new god. There is only one way to stop them." Ian looked into Gerard's eyes and said word by word, "Purify the source crystal!"
"Purification source crystal?!"
"Yes, father." Ian said, "Have you ever thought about why the Zhuxin Society was not well-established and could not influence major decisions before our mission, but after we started that mission, they were able to do so many things in an instant?"
Jellal's pupils narrowed slightly: "Because we took away the Purification Source Crystal?"
"Yes, because we took away the Purification Source Crystal, which is the best way to deal with pollution!" Ian said, "Once the Purification Source Crystal is lost, they can do whatever they want. You should not have forgotten where the Purification Source Crystal was placed in the first place."
Jellal clenched his fists little by little.
Of course he remembered that the Purification Source Crystal, as a strategic resource, had always been placed in the Tower of Babel for maintenance.
In other words, after they took away the Purification Source Crystal, the Tower of Babel lost its greatest means of protection.
"It's not too late for everything... Father." Ian kept panting, "All the members of Zhuxinhui are polluted. As long as we find the Purification Source Crystal and remove the pollution in their bodies, we can get them to come back to our side. Then everything will be in time, but they will definitely realize this, they will definitely, definitely..."
puff.
Ian's throat was also broken at this moment and he could no longer speak.
"It's alright, Ian," Gerard whispered, "I understand what you mean."
Ian shook his head, then reached out his hand, wiped the blood on his neck, and began to write on the ground.
He wrote a name - "Oliver".
Gerard knew that this was the Bishop of the Tower of Babel.
"Are you trying to say that he is also contaminated?" Gerald asked, "Want me to use the Purification Source Crystal to help him?"
Ian nodded with difficulty, and then began to write again.
This scene made Jellal feel heartbroken, and he wanted Ian to stop writing. This was enough.
But he knew that this was the last.
This was the last thing Ian could "say" to him.
Ian wrote down another familiar name - Ina.
"Is it related to Ina?" Gerard asked immediately.
Ian shook his head.
"...So what you mean is, don't tell Ina about your affairs?" Gerard guessed.
Ian shook his head again, looking a little anxious.
Then Gerald really didn't know what Ian meant, and at this moment, he heard Bai Wei's voice: "He wants you to tell everything to Ina, let her know the truth, and don't let her think that you killed him."
Gerald was stunned for a moment, he immediately said what Bai Wei said, then looked at Ian and nodded.
He opened his mouth and felt his eyes blurry.
"I know." He said in a very hoarse voice, "I will tell her everything."
Ian grinned.
Then his shoulder twitched again.
"I think he wants you to hug him." Bai Wei said again.
"I know." Jellal opened his arms and embraced Ian, who was about to disappear completely, and then whispered in his ear, "You have done well enough. Rest well...son."
…
At the same time, the Skeleton Knights, who had been waiting in the gear carriage for a whole night without seeing their target, were already getting a little impatient when they saw Ina suddenly half-kneeling on the ground in the distance.
I didn't know what happened, I just saw her shoulders shaking.
Like crying.
(End of this chapter)
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