CHAPTER 1174: CHAPTER 1171: TE: I SEAL IT MYSELF (PART 10)

Under the warm and splendid morning glow, the rotting girl slowly moved like a twisted worm.

She once imagined when she cut the Causal Line, many people should be surrounding her, cheering for her, lifting her high, praising her as a hero.

She had imagined, with her sacrifice being so heroic, maybe Su Ming’an would appear before her and question her—why did you sacrifice yourself! Then she could smile and say the words she had long prepared.

——Because I’m the most handsome Demon King, I definitely have to do something a Devil’s Miss would do.

That’s such a cool line.

But Su Ming’an never noticed what’s happening in the Holy City. To him, the Holy City was just an insignificant battlefield, so he didn’t see what she did.

"You did it, surprised me. Generally speaking, you couldn’t have held up." The Deity appeared beside her, giving a comment.

She gazed quietly at Him: "Then why don’t you save me, I’m hurting so much, I feel like I’m going to be out of breath..."

The Deity fell silent.

"Ah... so there’s no value in saving, is that it." She said.

"Do you remember your mental state? If you stay in the network, you can still live. But if you return to reality..." The Deity said.

"Then in the end... can I have a chat with Su Ming’an..." She asked, her face showing an unclear expression of fear or relief.

"Impossible. When he sees you, he would certainly use Props to save you. He can’t waste Props on you." The Deity refused.

"I kind of regret it." She said dryly, blood flowing from her decaying face: "This is not cool at all."

"I have things to do, I’m leaving now." The Deity turned away.

"Give me three minutes. There’s a story I haven’t finished telling Su Ming’an."

The Deity halted.

Su Luoluo started to tell the unfinished fairy tale:

"A nightingale made of wood met a girl. The girl would always faint. So the nightingale asked her why."

"The girl pointed at her chest and said because she had heart disease. The heart can bring humans joy and also be the source of pain.

"The nightingale pleaded to the girl to give it a heart. It truly didn’t know what the joy and sorrow the girl spoke of felt like.

"How could something made of wood have a heart? The girl could only pick up a paintbrush and draw a fake heart for the nightingale. The nightingale didn’t know the heart was fake, but it thought it had a heart, and it began to feel the rich emotions the girl spoke of, becoming friends with her. Gradually, it felt happiness..."

"I’m leaving." The Deity heard and did not intend to keep listening.

"...Later, the girl died of heart disease." Su Luoluo continued saying.

The Deity halted.

"The nightingale didn’t understand tears, but its fake heart hurt. It didn’t comprehend why, though the girl could draw a heart for it, she still died because of her heart. Was the heart she drew fake? But it never doubted that, because it shed tears for her.

"The nightingale made of wood cried for the first time. It wiped away the fake heart from its chest, but tears still flowed. It turned out the fake heart wasn’t a real heart at all.

"Suddenly it understood... from the moment it met the girl, it already had a heart. A heart invisible and unerasable, one bestowed by her...

"Heart of the Nightingale."

The Deity paused for a long time.

"This story, I’ll help you deliver it to him. It’s a story I like." The Deity turned away.

Then, only the dying girl remained in the wasteland.

The drifting pollution corroding her body, blood gradually spread. Under the brilliant sunlight, she closed her eyes alone and slowly fell asleep.

In the dream, she sat on her dad’s shoulders. Her dad hadn’t yet started gambling, her mom hadn’t yet fallen ill with cancer, all three walking hand in hand under the night sky. That really was... such a distant, distant thing...

"What does Luoluo want to become when you grow up?" Dad asked her.

She shouted loudly: "I want to become a scientist! I want to become an astronaut!"

"But most people are ordinary, unable to become scientists and astronauts, Luoluo you’re also ordinary, you might be unsatisfied in the future."

"Then I... then I’ll become a master of quicksand mahjong! Make lots of gifts, giving them to scientists and astronauts..."

Laughter rang out, Dad and Mom hugged her tightly.

At this moment, she woke from her dream, looking at the sky—though she didn’t know why there would be a sunset in the morning, but she indeed saw the twilight.

The sky looked like burning liquor, boiling the skyline, clouds rendered into purple mist, orange flames, seemingly nature’s most forgiving moment.

"A miracle... is it?" She murmured.

The nightingale couldn’t understand why the girl could draw a real heart, nor why humans would reject a bloody rose, because they are all fake things, aren’t they. A painted heart is not like a real heart, how can the heart of a bird compare to a human’s heart.

It turns out, she is that nightingale who gained a heart.

This heart wasn’t given by the Brave or the Demon King, it was given by Mom and Dad.

...If the entire world couldn’t witness the sacrifice of a Slime, nor did it care about the Mood of a Slime.

Then.

Her mom and dad...

Surely would always see this timid, cowardly, useless Slime... right.

...

"Next time, the next time Miss Demon King descends."

She fell into a deep sleep again, clutching her parents’ hands tightly, her breathing gradually weakening:

"Don’t let her come to such an internet world again..."

...

"Ding dong!"

Su Ming’an heard the system notification.

He awoke from the negative emotions, staring in amazement at the system prompt, [Advanced Task: Fulfill Su Luoluo’s wish] was unexpectedly completed, even though he had done nothing.

What is going on?

He glanced towards the Holy City. But since the Deity had taken Su Luoluo’s Causality Authority, she had disappeared, leaving only golden sand drifting over the wilderness.

...

["I’ve always thought gold suits you. Warm, dazzling, like the sun. This is my first time using the Causality Authority, let me show you." Su Luoluo raised her hand.]

[Her first time programming, just to summon some gold sand-like ribbons for him to see.]

...

What happened?

Su Ming’an pondered for a moment, but he couldn’t dwell on it; the unsealing of the Life Hard Drive was at the final juncture.

However, he couldn’t help but look down again.

The floating, vivid, transparent golden sand shimmered in the sunlight, like an illusory sunset.

He couldn’t have imagined that this was Su Luoluo giving herself her last... golden sunset.

Su Luoluo didn’t know why Su Ming’an cared about her. After learning of his player identity, she speculated that maybe she was part of his task. Combining this with him constantly asking her about her wishes, maybe his task was to fulfill her wish.

In the midst of her mental collapse, she unconsciously recited this Matrix Order.

This way.

Thus... she would believe that her final wish had come true—she saw the sunset, even if it was merely a delusion of golden sand, no burden was left on Su Ming’an.

That’s great.

...

"Ding dong!"

[Su Ming’an’s Identity Progress Task: Help "Su Luoluo" fulfill her wish. Completed.]

[Reward obtained: Horn of the Demon King (Red Level).]

...

Su Ming’an never found her.

She disappeared.

Where is she hiding now?

...

"Swish!"

The twelfth round.

The sky battles at the boundary of reality and dreams, the dawn rises, instantly projecting thousands, ten thousands of glorious lights.

Everywhere his gaze reaches is an endless world, like molten fireballs, pouring streams of gold.

Su Ming’an saw countless figures.

In that lofty firmament, various figures emerged—[You] stepping into the Golden Phoenix Pavilion, [You] under the peach blossom tree, [You] strolling alongside Chao Yan, [You] embracing the morning light... all possible versions of [You] emerged in that instant.

They all looked toward [You]. It seemed like the remaining [3029] versions of you, curious about the one real and brilliantly shining you.

In his mind, the Life Hard Drive revealed each twinkling point of light.

From the earliest Liu Xuanxuan, Ming Luo, to those who transmit fire, Doctor Tina, politician Lusi, Su Shize, Su Lixian... then all the people in the Holy City, Wang Mingming, Yi Zhongyu, Xia Jiawen... and finally...

The perennial snow, the moon in the sky and the moon in the lake, the girl wearing the crystal crown.

The souls stored within him shone radiantly as the Ark arrived.

At this moment, under the impact of immense negative emotions, he finally understood the significance of this initial Life Hard Drive within him.

...

[In the final battle, all the people you killed (or stored) will become your combat power. Please collect talents for the world as much as possible!]

...

This was the initial prompt of the instance.

As it turns out, their role wasn’t to confront Dieying with him directly, but rather...

To anchor his rationality at the end.

He stared at their figures. For a moment, the immense negative emotions that almost caused him to collapse finally left him with a point of rationality to anchor to.

...

[Life Hard Drive Unsealing Progress: 40%]

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"That glass bottle... finally ended up in the hands of the promised one, wonderful..."

He saw the smile of the Fire Transmitters.

On this journey, he did not let their sacrifice be in vain.

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[Life Hard Drive Unsealing Progress: 45%]

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"I had a lot of fun playing this game."

He saw the happiness in Yi Zhongyu’s eyes.

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[Life Hard Drive Unsealing Progress: 50%]

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"Detective, have you learned how to make Spring Heart Cookies...?"

He saw the longing in Alice’s eyes.

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[Life Hard Drive Unsealing Progress: 55%]

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"This time, Dad can finally watch the stars at the observatory."

He saw Wang Mingming, Han Han, and Shang Qi.

History was no longer buried, and art and astronomy were no longer taboo.

...

[Life Hard Drive Unsealing Progress: 60%]

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"Su the Savior, I’ve waited so long for this, so long..."

He saw the lazy orange cat in the young man’s arms.

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[Life Hard Drive Unsealing Progress: 65%]

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"The mall has many suits and pants now, the children no longer have to be sad about a pair of pants."

He saw the relieved smile on the man’s face.

...

[Life Hard Drive Unsealing Progress: 70%]

...

"Welcome to this beautiful world, Su Ming’an."

He saw the final relief in the boy’s eyes.

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[Life Hard Drive Unsealing Progress: 75%]

...

Then, it was...

"Ming’an."

"...Smile more."

A vague shadow, which shouldn’t even exist in his mind, but he saw... that person, telling him to smile more.

If in this world one could only smile and not cry, it would be too dull. But even smiles were rare on his face, and that person’s last advice was, to smile more.

Under the strong emotional impact, the tips of Su Ming’an’s hair gradually turned white, he maintained a bright gaze, firmly fixed on these figures, ignoring the malice that wanted to devour him.

Then, gently curled his lips.

... I’m smiling.

Godfather.

...

[Life Hard Drive Unsealing Progress: 80%]

...

"Click—"

A loud noise, and the chessboard shattered.

White stained his hair tips.

The world fluctuated and disintegrated in his eyes... the three elements converged upon him.

A thousand rays of faith in the era rose from the convergence of the world and space.

The Red King’s ascension, the rules between man and deity no longer a constraint, the Chess Piece shattered. Dieying, floating with the Think Tank in the sky, seemed to let out a low laugh.

Su Ming’an raised his hand, and the brilliance rose from his palm, returning from a distant trajectory.

People watched this scene, as white tentacles unfolded like wings—they finally witnessed the descend of a millennium-old myth.

...

In "Genesis of The World of Old Days," such a myth is recorded:

A thousand years later, a youthful deity, upon a journey of twenty days, reached the other side of the Ark, and found the elusive light that people had long sought.

The accumulated wisdom, knowledge, energy, faith, and emotion of thousands of years—swiftly converged to a single point.

Thousands of years of suffering.

Thousands of years of waiting.

The mission and plan spanning thousands of years.

The inheritance of forty generations and persistence, the passing of the flame from past to future generations—

—integrated, hammered into finality. In an instant, a thousand flowers bloomed upon the deity.

He raised the Sword of Destiny, to guard the dignity of humans.

—In the beginning, the deity encompassed heaven and earth.

He said,

—I shall, fixate 10,000 possibilities into eternal existence.

—I shall, allow 10,000 world lines to advance parallelly and freely.

Thus, the world from "ten thousand" remains "ten thousand."

Then, the deity bound heaven and earth.

He said,

—I shall, let you 10,000 eras coexist in the world.

Thus, the deity preserved the Endless Sea.

Up till now, the era remains a block of visualized map.

—Subsequently, the deity led the way.

He said,

—I shall, allow humanity to reasonably glimpse these timelines.

So it was.

He retained the tentacled monsters guarding the boundary and preserved the Dream Tour Game. However, the Dream Tour Game was renamed to "Network VR Game," no longer bearing the heavy meaning of salvation, nor would it harm the player’s spirit.

—The final step, the deity called back history.

He said,

—I shall, let you remember the millennial plan, remember you were once one source, remember you once had the same ancestor.

Remember those... Resisters who vanished in history, the indomitable Fire Transmitters, and pioneers sacrificed on the abandoned world lines.

He said,

—I shall, preserve art, literature, and painting, preserve the softness and innocence of humanity—people should seek freedom in the forest.

Thus, He abolished the historical seal order, abolished the Holy Alliance Army’s executions, and rewrote the laws.

...

In this way,

The assured victory, the millennium ark.

Sought after a long hiatus, found the light on the other side.

Only then... to the end.

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[TE3·"Your and His Utopia" (Reach the final place of the Old Days and establish Utopia) Perfect Completion Progress: 100%.]

[TE4·"Please Let the Lady Demon King See The Republic" (Increase Su Luoluo’s affection to 100) Perfect Completion Progress: 100%]

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