novellk Chapter 665 - 662 - 【Brilliant Birth of the Galaxy】
Chapter 665 - 662 - 【Brilliant Birth of the Galaxy】
Chapter 665: Chapter 662 - 【Brilliant Birth of the Galaxy】While wandering through the City of Gods, Su Ming’an discovered its eerie nature, with various sweet shops and bakeries around, where food never spoils, as if time had stopped at a certain moment.
There was a faint clink in the tea house as Lin Guang placed the brewed tea before him, his movements somewhat awkward.
"We’re friends now, aren’t we?" Lin Guang’s eyes shone brightly. "This is the first time I’ve made tea, and I hope you will drink it."
"..." Su Ming’an’s hand rested on the surface of the teacup, hesitating as he gazed at the red tea.
But in an instant, Lin Guang’s gaze turned dark. He stared intently at Su Ming’an’s hand. If Su Ming’an didn’t drink, he would chop it off.
Remembering how just last cycle he had been shot and his leg broken, Su Ming’an still reached out and drank the tea.
Seeing Lin Guang’s mood ease, Su Ming’an put down his teacup. "Lin Guang, promise me one thing."
Lin Guang looked up. "You say."
"Don’t launch the nuclear explosion," Su Ming’an said. "Continue ruling over humanity, let them live. You’re human too. If everyone else dies, what’s the point of being alone in the City of Gods? Watching them struggle on like watching a monkey show, that could be quite interesting."
"They’re nothing but wriggling insects, incapable of bringing me any joy," Lin Guang briskly refused. "Besides, you no longer pose a threat to me; you can’t stop me."
His tone was full of arrogance, as if the warmth he’d shown just while watching ginkgo leaves was fleeting. Now that Su Ming’an was in the City of Gods, he had no concerns for the outside world.
"Stop the nuclear blast, and I will drink tea with you every day," Su Ming’an said.
Lin Guang’s eyes showed hesitation, but he quickly refused again: "No, the nuclear explosion must happen. You were supposed to drink tea with me every day; you have to drink it whether you want to or not."
For a moment, his true nature showed through, supremely self-centered and not leaving any room for Su Ming’an’s choices.
"..." Su Ming’an sneered inwardly, remaining silent.
He lowered his head, indifferent to Lin Guang.
Seeing Su Ming’an not uttering a word, Lin Guang’s face twisted in anger—he was being ignored.
For a split second, a surge of annoyance welled up inside him, dark emotions ran rampant, wanting to put a bullet in Su Ming’an’s head. But his finger hesitated and lifted thrice, and he couldn’t bring himself to do it.
After taking a deep breath, he calmed the anger in his heart.
"Lewis, what do you really want?" Lin Guang said.
Su Ming’an looked up, gazing faintly at him.
"What exactly... why do you want to save humanity?" Lin Guang asked. "They press you, condemn you, morally blackmail you. They enjoy the blessings you bring and then criticize you, they judge you while being clueless and unstriving... a bunch of trash who only know enjoyment—why would you save them? Even going as far as coming here, never to leave for a lifetime, bearing such a cost... you still want to save them. Why?"
His tone grew more perplexed. "Why... what do you get from it? What can the world offer you? Why do you go so far for these ugly humans, do they deserve you? Do they deserve your gratitude?"
He had long since known that Lewis hadn’t come willingly to the City of Gods, that Lewis actually despised him, so much that even an extra glance felt like charity.
But he thought that once today was over, everything would start to get better. With the terrible humans gone, could there ever be a happier, more peaceful place than this?
No, there could never be. Lewis would have a more perfect life and future than him.
Yet, Lewis always thought of those outside, those completely vile humans.
—Why?
—Do they deserve it?
"..."
Su Ming’an said faintly:
"Because I love them."
His expression was unswayed by the words, his tone exceedingly cold, almost perfunctory. However, Lin Guang momentarily sensed a special emotion in them.
He stood up, seizing Su Ming’an’s wrist, and a question buried deep within his heart slipped out:
"—You say you love them, but what is ’love’?"
Lin Guang’s gaze was vacant and confused, as if there lay a shallow, sorrowful lake within: "Lewis, what is love?"
"Love is the courage to die for a person, a thing, or even a world," Su Ming’an said.
...What?
Lin Guang simply couldn’t understand—why did Lewis say that love is "to die"?
This was completely different from the meaning of "love" that Violet had told him, and from what he had learned in books. He’d never heard that "love is to die."
"For example, right now I’m expressing ’love’ towards the world." Su Ming’an suddenly lifted his other hand, aiming it at his own temple: "Lin Guang, halt the nuclear explosion, or else I will die right here."
He locked eyes with Lin Guang, his movement utterly decisive.
Lin Guang frowned, and after a moment, he sneered: "...You wouldn’t dare."
He didn’t believe Su Ming’an would commit suicide; if Su Ming’an were to die there, it would be of no strategic value—the army outside would collapse in an instant.
"Wouldn’t I?" Su Ming’an smiled faintly, and the next instant, his finger exuded a decisive trace of annihilating black light!
"Snap!"
A crisp sound.
Lin Guang rapidly reached out, pulling away Su Ming’an’s hand tinged with annihilation, as fresh blood slowly flowed from Su Ming’an’s temple, dripping down his cheek and onto the table.
Blood droplets, one by one, stained the pure white tablecloth with a beautiful shade of red, like blossoming flowers spreading in ink.
...Just a little bit more!
Lin Guang’s pupils constricted—just a little bit more! If his reaction had been any slower...
So, Su Ming’an really was willing to die! He really dared to use his life as a threat—he was crazier than him!
"You... you..." Lin Guang could hardly speak.
Su Ming’an closed his eyelids, his body involuntarily falling backward. He had struck with earnest annihilation; even if he didn’t die on the spot, he would soon after. He was just gambling—betting whether or not Lin Guang would save him. If he succeeded, then he would have some initial capital for the gamble.
A person who wasn’t afraid of death stayed in the City of Gods; he could accomplish many things. Even if he failed, he could reset—the self-inflicted annihilation was zero-cost.
Before a negotiation, the negotiator needed "equivalent" confidence, otherwise it would be nothing but retreats.
Before losing consciousness, he felt someone catch him.
He heard an almost inaudible sigh.
...
"Boom—!"
In the underground passageway, Luna led her people desperately forward, with the cave behind them collapsing continuously.
The journey to find the Origin Stone was fraught with obstacles, and they were even pursued by many mechanical beings from the City of Gods.
Luna’s body was covered in minor scrapes from stones, her right arm still bleeding, the flesh on her calf rotting away, and her cheek was recently grazed by sulfuric acid water, burning her skin raw. Beside her, all the elite members of the Beacon team were injured, with many having been left behind forever in the underground, with no time to tend to their remains.
Although the guidance of the "Deity" was effective—this place indeed had Origin Stones that could resist the nuclear explosion—the
"I hope he and other humans, can all see the dawn after these nineteen hours..."
The next instant, her slender and beautiful body burst open, like scattered fireworks.
The snow-white wedding ring fell to the ground, coexisting with the blood-stained earth.
"Sita..."
Only Cheng Luohe’s outstretched hand remained, passing through her translucent hair.
He was stunned for a second, then suddenly his face streamed with tears.
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