The old man slowly carved the tombstone, and soon a tombstone with a name engraved on it appeared.
The old man smiled contentedly.
"Literally, the survival of humanity will be decided by themselves, and I will observe everything they do to determine whether this race will perish."
The old man held the tombstone in one hand and gently lifted the entire coffin with his other aged hand.
He walked out with faltering steps.
Buzzing—(So, do you think humanity needs to be destroyed?)
The old man shook his head.
"I can't decide."
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Hera and [Sky] were both taken aback.
The old man had already arrived at the hole that had been dug in advance outside the courtyard and placed the coffin inside.
All the cats, dogs, chickens, and ducks kept in the yard came over and started digging in the soil, covering the coffin with a blanket of mud bit by bit.
"I was adopted by humans when I was a child and have always been treated as a pet and raised by my lover."
"My relationship with humans is too deep; I can no longer judge this race from a neutral perspective."
The coffin was covered with a thick blanket, forming an earthen mound, and a tombstone was placed in front of the grave.
"Therefore, such a heavy responsibility can only be entrusted to another me..."
The sky seemed to understand something.
The old man's gaze was fixed on the sky, on that enormous eye.
"I'll give you the strongest, but there's one thing I want to ask of you."
Buzzing—(Please say, I will definitely finish it.)
"Kill me, and don't interfere too much with my afterlife."
...Buzzing (...Are you sure you want to do this? You should know that although we can be reincarnated, it's really no different from being dead.)
The old man simply smiled calmly.
"Life is but a hundred years, as short as a mayfly's day. I have seen too many years, and it is time for me to die peacefully in my old age."
The old man slowly turned his gaze in one direction, and that was where Hera was.
"What happens next... can only be left to 'me'..."
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