from Xingyuan

Chapter 1074 Prelude to the Wave: Nomi

I don’t know when it started, but Xingyuan’s TV programs became more and more weird.

"The 'Nine Clans' type biological purification net, produced by the Imperial Military Industry, is the best choice for interstellar development and is worthy of your trust..."

Nomi was looking at the shopping ads out of boredom. It wasn't because she was particularly interested in something that could kill an entire family, but she was just trying to divert her attention.

"To be honest, the sudden plunge in the group's stock price this time is obviously a premeditated short-selling. Whether Red King is in the abyss has nothing to do with the stock price. This is a self-directed show to cut the money of retail investors..."

This priest from the Temple of Oblivion was called Lista Kacha, and she had been chattering non-stop beside her since a while ago.

This person has some conspiracy theorizing. As a priest, he does not think about preaching and recruiting people. Instead, he is keen on studying international politics and the ecology of interstellar civilization every day.

Although she has served in the United Army for 277 months, Nomi has seen all kinds of strange comrades, but she still finds it difficult to accept a crazy person like Lista.

"Don't be fooled by the fact that the Abyss Alliance Army can continue to carry out large-scale military operations in a stable manner on the surface. However, behind the scenes, the three narratives of the Abyss are all fighting for the right to speak."

Lista slowly moved the crystal ball with her twelve fingers, mumbling in a weird way:
"For example, Wellington Duberle, the operations staff officer of the Centaur-101 Space Brigade, is a spy planted by the Regent Prince of the Empire, while the brigade commander Darwin Rival is a Silver Dragon noble from the Zhenglong Banner of the Old Group and a superior person named by Red King... Do you think it would be normal for such people to gather in a space combat brigade with two flagships and perform tasks? There are reasons behind this."

"Yes Yes Yes."

Nomi nodded numbly.

"Nomi, you are not a native of the Empire, nor a believer in the imperialist narrative. Why would you want to join the United Army?"

Lista seemed to sense Nomi's listlessness and simply changed the subject:

"The welfare of the Empire is not low, right? For a citizen of a member country like you who doesn't have outstanding abilities and talents and no recommendation letter from a higher education institution, wouldn't it be better for you to stay in the Empire's inherent time domain? At least you can get two resurrection welfare coupons."

"I'm doing well in the Empire State."

"Then why did you come out? You don't seek faith, and you don't lack income - Oh, I understand, you are looking for a wonderful encounter -"

"—I want to beat up the Earth guy."

Nomi said calmly:

"There's no need for such an unnecessary reason. The Earthlings and the evil gods killed our people. I want to walk back. It's that simple."

Lista shrugged.

"Well, you can embellish your words as much as you want, but your heart won't lie."

"You read my mind?"

Nomi gave Lista a cold look.

"Don't get me wrong, dear comrade. This is the biological instinct of our Eldar. You can't hide any emotional fluctuations in your soul and mind from us."

Lista quickly explained:

"I'm just curious and don't understand. Your fluctuations prove that you are lying, but I am sure you are not a spy or an insider for any party - so, what are you fighting for?"

"This has nothing to do with you."

"I'm just curious, but if you can share, maybe I can help you."

Nomi glanced at the Eldar woman, turned his head, looked at the projection on the TV, and said slowly:

"I come from the Blue Planet, a planet destroyed by Earthlings."

"It was a broken, poor, backward and uncivilized planet. Millions of planets like this are destroyed every day in the universe. Its destruction should not have attracted any attention."

“But before it was destroyed, a legendary warrior saved it from doomsday, restored order, and allowed the survivors to rebuild their homeland under the sunshine of order.”

"And that legendary hero promised to protect the Azure Planet forever. He won the founding war, spread the religion based on himself, trained a large number of [Echoers] who manipulated arcane energy, and continuously sent these soldiers to all parts of the universe. Everything is thriving, as if under the protection of this uncrowned emperor, a bright future is just around the corner."

At this point, Nomi paused.

"Unfortunately, even though we have worked very hard to develop, the Blue Planet still cannot keep up with the speed of the invasion by the Earthlings."

“It was completely destroyed.”

"This time, the warrior who guarded the Azure Star twice never showed up from beginning to end."

"Some say he's dead. Some say he went down into the Star Abyss in pursuit of greater power. Some say he's become so big that he doesn't care about his homeland anymore. There are even rumors that he's not from the Azure Star at all, but the reincarnation of a certain god."

"But one thing is certain: He broke his promise."

Nomi unconsciously gripped the handrail, a dangerous aura emanating from him.

After a few seconds, she suddenly spoke again.

"But none of this matters to me."

Click——

She opened a can of cold beer and drank it while mumbling:

"Who isn't a wanderer with a broken country and ruined family these days? To put it bluntly, he has saved us twice, and we have no obligation to ask such a powerful person to continue to help us without hesitation. To put it bluntly: people of this level are not something we can contact. Even if we sell the planet, we can't pay off the money we paid for it, so what else can I say? Right, what can I say——"

boom!
A series of complaints came out like a string of cannonballs, and Nomi slammed the wine jug hard on the coffee table.

"Hold!"

Lista shrank back at Nomi's aura.

"It's all because we are not strong enough."

Nomi opened his palm and clenched his fist:
"If any of us have a talent like his, then when Azure Star faces a crisis again, there is no need to expect others to intervene."

"I actually knew it a long time ago. I knew it when I was wandering in that wasteland and was captured by the experimental institution for research. Hope is something that can't be pinned on others. It can only be earned with your fucking fists!"

"but……"

She reluctantly let go of her hand, held her forehead, and murmured to herself:

"This isn't some boring third-rate fantasy novel. It's already a miracle that he appeared on the Azure Planet. It's impossible for a second one to appear - even if there is, it would be hundreds of thousands of years later."

"In this Xingyuan, everything is destined."

"Among the survivors of Azure Star, even I am considered the best. Even if most people had a strong fighting spirit in their early years, they have lost the motivation to fight over the past hundred years. It's not because we didn't work hard, but even if we put in millions of times more effort than an ordinary person, even if we take risks, we can't compare to the geniuses carefully selected by the Imperial State."

"It was only at this time that we realized that the Azure Planet had been taken to a height that did not belong to it by that person, and our homeland was doomed to perish. We are not special, nor are we the protagonists of the story. There is no stage for us in this endless star abyss."

Nomi murmured, inserting her five fingers into her hair. Alcohol could not make her feel intoxicated now, but she became more and more confused as she spoke:
"If you had known that we would end up like this, why did you save us? Why did you have to give us hope to survive? You knew that without you, we would be insignificant in the universe, right?"

"The only thing that drives me now is the desire to find him and ask him that."

"Is saving our homeland just a casual thing for you?"

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward and cold.

"Uh……"

Lista scratched her head. She was just curious, wanting to find out about the past of this human girl, and then teasing her a little to relieve the stress of her military service.

But now it seems that the other party is getting more and more anxious. If he continues like this, he might slap her in the face when he gets excited, and that would not be worth it.

"I think, you are alive now anyway, isn't it good?"

Lista tried to comfort her:
"In this era, being alive is a good thing—"

"——My arcane power is immortality."

Nomi said calmly:

"Living is not a joy for me, but a torture. I will not die, but the pain I suffer will accumulate day and night - aren't you curious about why I always rush to the front?"

"It's simple. I want to die so badly."

"I tried everything, but even if I went into a black hole, someone would fish out my fragments five years later. I grew flesh and blood from the computer with less than 21 bits of information and was resurrected."

"The evil gods can't kill me, society can't kill me, and the poisonous blood of the earthlings can only make my reactions slow, but other than these, I don't have any other abilities."

"For me, the greatest use of immortality is as fuel and food."

Nomi lay on the sofa with his head raised:
"The more I want to die, the more I have to go to dangerous places. But the more I can't die in dangerous places, the stronger my immortality becomes. This ability comes from arcane energy. No one can understand its principle. On the contrary, the more people study it, the stronger my immortality becomes. Now... hehe, I can't even be deprived of it."

"Just imagine, if this ability is given to any talented person, they can play a greater role than me. A smart person who gets it can become an eternal wise man and transform the world. A powerful person who gets it can protect the Xingyuan universe."

"But it was given to me, a good-for-nothing mediocre person like me. Even if I can't die, I can't do anything. And those who should have played a greater role, I can only watch them die."

"Why did you give me this ability? What's the point of giving it to me? Let an incompetent person like me watch the world collapse and disintegrate bit by bit, and I can't do anything?"

"I will not age or die. My thoughts have long been solidified, and I cannot adapt to life with the mind of an immortal. I have long lost the meaning of my existence as a human being."

“So, I don’t feel happy living.”

Nomi drank beer and said coldly:

"My life has been full of failures. I even failed in my suicide attempt. I'm sorry to make you laugh."

"…I'm sorry, Nomi, I didn't expect there would be something like this behind it."

Lista said regretfully:

"So, you joined the war not only to question that person, but also to seek the end of your life? To seek liberation?"

Nomi did not give a direct answer.

She was silent for a while and then said:
"There is a person who made a pact with me rather than killing me."

She held the beer can in both hands and whispered:

"I hope she, or he, or maybe He, won't break his promise."

Lista patted her shoulder gently:

"The immortality that countless people pursue is endless pain for you. Those who long for death cannot die, and those who long to live often die young - this world is really ironic."

Just as she was about to continue to comfort him, the chattering host on the projection suddenly straightened his face and said seriously:

"——A news report: The leader of the Yuanyuan Federation, Leoz, has gathered an elite force to dive into the Yuanyuan. Experts say that this action is not limited to a local conflict, but is likely to escalate into a full-scale invasion..."

"It's begun."

Lista's conspiracy theory personality comes back:

"This must be Yuanyuan's plan. The Yuanyuan Federation has just gained a firm foothold and cannot be in a hurry to start a war. There must be someone behind the scenes provoking this to prompt Commander Lioz to send troops, but he did not bring a large number of troops. This must be Lai Anding's conspiracy to catch them all in one fell swoop..."

knock --

There was a knock on the door of the lounge, and a gentle boy said:

"Excuse me, is Lieutenant Nomi Anderson Guerset here?"

"Who is it?" Lista turned around and called out, "It's our shift break now. Please don't disturb us if you don't have anything else. Thank you."

"Oh, I'm so sorry, girls, that wasn't my intention."

The man smiled apologetically and said:
"I am Mistofen, the regent prince of the empire. Since you are resting, I won't come in to talk."

"Hey, you're smart."

Lista muttered something, turned around, and realized something was wrong after a moment:
“——Fuck!”

knock knock.

"Ms. Nomi."

The voice of the Imperial Prince Mistofen came from outside:

"His Majesty the Philosopher King asked me to bring you a message. I hope you can listen to it."

"The Redeemer God Leanding is turning our world into a living hell, and the Star Overlord Leoz will push our world towards destruction."

"It is to obey the will of heaven, to linger on, and to keep the green mountains alive."

"Or, to defy fate - even if it means you will be burned and doomed?"

"Now these two paths are in front of you. It's up to you to choose which one you want to take."

"Oh, no need to wonder why it's you."

Mistofen stated calmly:

"Because in the Endless Star Abyss, everything has already been destined."

"Whether it's Lioz, Leanding, or you and me, the narrative civilizations, no one can escape the cage of fate."

"Even the act of defying fate is only possible with the permission of the Supreme Observer."

Nomi's pupils shrank.

She turned over and found herself no longer in the battleship's lounge. Looking around, she seemed to be in a boundless ocean of data. The sound of endless data transmission was like fierce magma flowing down from an iceberg, the cold and heat passionately playing a magnificent melody.

"Don't worry, Nomi Anderson Guerset."

A golden throne suddenly emerged from the sea of ​​data, and the monarch sitting on the throne spoke to her in an extremely calm voice:
"I am the fifth philosopher king of the Empire. As you can see, my life has come to an end."

Nomi stared ahead blankly, with endless doubts in her heart, and couldn't help asking:
"Why--"

"Why me? Because you were chosen."

"Why would I——"

"Why am I here? This is the extended ability of [Sequence: Destiny], which can transmit my will across the abyss to the lower layer."

"Your purpose—"

"What is your purpose? It's simple. I want to complete my mission in the last stage of my life."

"Who put you——"

"Who beat you like this? No one hurt me. I just chose to be incorporated into the grand narrative so that Mistofen could take over smoothly. He is more suitable for the upcoming cosmic war than me."

Nomi stopped talking.

She didn't even open her mouth, but His Majesty the Philosopher King already knew what she was going to ask.

"Don't panic, kid. I have no ill intentions, only pure utility."

The philosopher king's speech was extremely rational, without any emotional ups and downs:

"Before we start the official topic, I want to ask you a question: Whose Xingyuan do you think this Xingyuan belongs to?"

Nomi said without hesitation:

"The Yuanyuan regime headed by Lord Lai Anding! They are the legitimate rulers of Xingyuan today."

“This is a fallacy.”

The philosopher king said:
"The true ruler is the one who never takes action himself, but watches with cold eyes as the Lord God falls, the alien abyss collapses, and the Earth invaders advance triumphantly."

"Is there really such a thing? No, you mean..."

Nomi frowned:

"Xingyuan's will?"

"Have you ever thought about why Xingyuan divided into six main gods and six layers of Xingyuan, and sent them to consolidate the defense line, instead of creating an absolutely powerful spokesperson and a unified universe in one go, just like the earth. Wouldn't it be easier to fight against invaders this way?"

Nomi was speechless:

"I...I'm not good at studying and have never thought about this kind of question."

"Because if Xingyuan is unified and the main gods unite, then Xingyuan's will will no longer be necessary."

"What does it mean?"

"The Star Abyss Will is also known as the Source Abyss Will, the Creator, the First Driving Force... But in fact, the Source Abyss Will is not an independent conscious individual. If the inner and outer Star Abyss universes of the Six Abysses and Thirteen Narratives are regarded as a huge computer system, then the Star Abyss Will does not play the role of a creator."

The philosopher king said:

"The will of Xingyuan does not exist in Xingyuan."

"……what is this?"

"Would someone who edits software and designs computers be an NPC in a computer game?"

Nomi was silent for a moment, and suddenly realized what the other party said:
"Are you saying that Xingyuan Will is not an existence born in Xingyuan?"

"The power of fate has endowed me with extremely strong calculation ability. I used pure mathematical formulas and spent four hundred years to deduce the most original Xingyuan model. Maybe other abilities have limits, but mathematics has no limits."

The Philosopher King raised a finger from the armrest of the throne and weakly wrote lines of characters and formulas out of thin air:
"I spent four hundred years calculating and sixty years verifying. It was not until the establishment of the Yuanyuan Federation that I finally confirmed it was correct."

"When Xingyuan was first created, Xingyuan's will immediately appeared in this world, but it was not formed naturally. Instead, it entered this chaotic space through access rights. At the same time, the chaotic space also completed the double helix system structure in an instant. This situation is enough to explain the possibility. If the ecological data of the chaotic space is imported into the formula at this time, two identical results can be obtained, but these results come from two different source codes."

"To put it bluntly:"

"The Xingyuan Universe is a universe created by the people on Earth."

"And the Earth universe is a universe created by the Xingyuan people."

Compared with complex inferences, the results are more shocking.

Nomi stared blankly at the golden formula written in the air by the Philosopher King, unable to express what he was thinking.

"The Earth and Xingyuan are one family?"

"You can understand that the roots of the two are the same. The will of the Star Abyss and the will of the Earth... let's call them Abyss and Gaia."

The Philosopher King considered his words and explained in a more understandable way:

"The two universes, Earth and Xingyuan, are the source of everything. They are the beginning of the myriad creations of the world. If these two primordial things had not attracted and collided with each other, nothing would have appeared."

"However, all this is based on the premise that Earth and Xingyuan are still excellent."

"The mission of the Destroyers is to prevent the excessive amount of redundant information in various universes and to clean them up regularly. From this perspective, they are the most correct existence among all things in the universe."

"Whether it's the Earth or the Star Abyss, these two oldest emperors and gods have already fallen into decay."

"What does decay mean?"

"Aged, tired, stubborn, lacking in fresh blood and vitality."

The philosopher king said simply:

"Without this kind of power, Xingyuan and the Earth should be cleaned up and reformed by the Destroyers, and restarted again. This is the only way to ensure the maintenance of the ecosystem of the entire double helix universe."

"However, Abyss and Gaia, these two beings were reluctant to have their works eliminated. They chose to maintain the continuation of this double helix system in their own way."

"Abyss, an Earthling, came to the source of the Age of Chaos and divided his will into six main gods: Destruction, Art, Weirdness, Plunder, Redemption, and Domination."

"Gaia, a Star Abyss man, came to the earth when chaos first began, opened up the heaven and earth, and transformed all the essence and flesh into the spirit of heaven and earth, that is, human beings."

"Because of this, the people of Earth have outstanding qualities, while the mortals of Xingyuan must be guided by the Lord God to embark on the path to godhood."

"The two wills personally integrated into their own creations and attacked each other, just like two cells devouring each other. Through the aftermath of the battle, the entire spiral system's universe prospered and flourished, and its creations continued to evolve and evolve in the flames of war, even becoming powerful enough to lure and kill the Destroyer."

"Yes, entrapment."

"Levitandar, Gelbros, Eye of Recognition."

"These three destroyers were deliberately lured here by Xingyuan's will. They cooperated with the will of the earth to continuously consume their power and finally kill them. As long as the goal is achieved, neither of them cares who gets the power."

"The war outside the abyss is a game."

"There are so many universes to wander in, why did the most powerful colony ship 'happen' to be drifting to the outer universe?"

"The answer is: the ship is full of 666 highly qualified Earth citizens, 13 experts in various industries, and 3 human limit breakers. They were carefully selected by Gaia and deliberately allowed in by Abyss. The purpose is to help the war outside the abyss and completely swallow up the three-headed destroyer for their own use."

"To this day, the people of Xingyuan think that the war outside the Yuan Dynasty was lost and humiliated."

"But in the eyes of Abyss, the will of the Star Abyss, and Gaia, the will of the Earth, they have already won. After obtaining the power of the three destroyers, they have liberated their existence and left this double helix system. From now on, they are no longer chess players who personally compete with each other on the chessboard, but become more advanced rule makers."

"And this rule, we call it: destiny."

"Before leaving, Abyss and Gaia worked together to build this system, so that all the programs have set the answers - the maintainer of this system is the Origin Seed. And because the Origin Seed was established before Leviathandar arrived, the Origin Seed cannot be killed, and the Destiny System can last forever."

"Narrative versus narrative, the war between Xingyuan and Earth is meaningless."

"Everything we do is just a repetitive game under the guidance of destiny. When the people of Xingyuan are exterminated by the people of Earth, new Earthlings based on Xingyuan will be generated on the other side of the Earth. However, the Earth's universe lacks resources and living space. In order to survive, they must embark on the road of invading Xingyuan."

"In an endless cycle, the universe spins at high speed like a spinning top, constantly developing, developing, and developing again, until one day, Abyss and Gaia obtain their final product: the development of the two universes breaks through the upper limit and completely completes the organic fusion."

"And this fusion was already a destined outcome."

"...In other words, whether it's Lioz or Leanding, they are just puppets?"

"Everything that Leoz got was just like the fate arranged by the writer. And the order that Leanding maintained was only to get to this point."

"Surprisingly, Leandin has resisted fate several times. He has felt some opportunities to escape. Unfortunately, Leoz is the sharp blade of the earth. The sword has no will, but this sword is driven intentionally, cutting off Leandin's chances step by step."

The Philosopher King lowered his eyelids and looked at Nomi:

"Now, the time has come."

"Driven by fate, Leanding can only resort to the ultimate means: violence."

"As Leoz's strength grows, he will have no choice but to fight Leanding for rational reasons."

"When all this happened, the future of Xingyuan and the Earth came to an end exactly as planned by Abyss and Gaia."

"And you, Nomi Anderson Guerset, you have been chosen by destiny."

"Your immortality was implanted for this moment. Destiny believes that you must dive into the Star Abyss to complete your mission. Only in this way can we avoid a war between the Star Abyss and the Earth."

"My mission?"

"It's not that difficult."

The philosopher king said:
"In Jingyuan, the human side of Rioz still exists in the world. You need to return this human side to Rioz himself."

"...Why is this?"

"Originally, this was unnecessary, but during the execution, something appeared on Rioz's body, and that thing can only be expelled by the human side. If this cannot be accomplished, then even if Xingyuan and the Earth merge, they will only suffer more serious damage, and even your immortality will not be able to prevent the arrival of the doomsday..."

Nomi suddenly asked:

"What is that thing?"

This time, the Philosopher King did not respond to her question, but remained silent for a moment, as if he was thinking.

After a moment, he slowly uttered a difficult name:

"Astrara."

"【Eternal Star God】Astrara, a strange monster who rebels just for the sake of rebellion, such an existence is beyond the monitoring and control of the Destiny System."

"Ms. Nomi, if you hadn't suppressed Astrara and caused the human side of Rioz to be completely annihilated, then Astrara would have broken free from the cage and crushed all the so-called 'injustice' in this world."

"Look at the favor of fate, Miss Nomi, please save this world."