from Xingyuan

Chapter 1076: End of the Wave: Self

Nomi stared blankly at the simple farmhouse in front of him, his heart filled with emotion, as if he had thousands of words he wanted to express.

But when the words came to her mouth, she could only say:
“So broken.”

The house in front of me has only two rooms. The two-story building in the middle is the main house. The dilapidated eaves are full of the vicissitudes of time, and the windows are even covered with a piece of paper.

The other room was probably a workshop, built along the stream, equipped with a mill, a waterwheel, and a forging hammer. Several farm tools, hammers, and nails hanging in a shed nearby made it possible to guess that this was a blacksmith's shop.

But whether it is the main house or the blacksmith shop, the two houses are really shabby for the people of the Abyss who have entered the interstellar age for who knows how many years.

Facing this situation, Nomi couldn't help but feel puzzled. She turned to look at the security guard who was accompanying her - the Dragon Blood Titan who called himself Di Yalan, and asked him directly:
"Are you sure this is where Li Oz would live?"

"The Philosopher King's calculations show that it is here."

Di Yalan was not surprised:

"You have had very little contact with Li Aozi, and you have forgotten a lot of memories due to your rebirth. In fact, Li Aozi is a person with few desires. He has very low demands on material things, and a luxurious life has no appeal to him."

"I really don't know. I always thought that guy was a dangerous and idealistic terrorist."

"A person can have many sides, which may even contradict each other. A woman who dresses exquisitely and loves life and animals may secretly be an extreme terrorist who wants to kill all men."

"Isn't that the Frost-Plated Republic? Fortunately, I am a member of the Davidlin faction. Long live genderlessness and creditism."

"Let's not talk about this first..."

Lista Caccia from the Temple looked weak and haggard:

"Why should I, who is obviously just a minor character, also come along? Am I also chosen by the will of the source to save the world?"

"You think too much."

Di Yalan said lightly:
"After all, having one more person can help share some of the diving curse. We will have to dive again later."

"Again!"

"Yeah." Di Yalan nodded: "Twice."

"Is this reasonable?"

Lista said in despair:

"I have never left my home for 900 million light years in my life. I have never done anything bad except surfing the Internet forensics all day. Why did I go straight to Qunyuan when I took a vacation?"

"Xingyuan might be finished soon. What's the point of still thinking about your crappy vacation?"

Nomi muttered, looking at the shabby door of the house in front of him:
"What I really care about is... do you think there are really signs of life here?"

Di Yalan was silent for a moment.

"Di Yalan? Even you don't know?"

"My mind tells me that no one has lived here for a long time, whether it's the dusty stove or the abandoned wheat field. But intuitively, I think this is where the human side of Leoz lives."

"Why?" Nomi asked.

"No reason, just instinct."

Lista couldn't help but complain: "So even you don't believe it, and you brought us here..."

creak-

Just as they were discussing, the door of the main house suddenly opened.

As the teeth-grinding creaking sound of the door hinges turned, the three people's eyes immediately fell on the main door of the main house: they saw a thick and strong middle-aged man walking out.

The man had disheveled hair, coarse cloth clothes, cloudy eyes, and an untidy beard, looking exactly like a sloppy country guy.

He looked up and saw several women coming outside the fence. He walked to the water tank nearby, scooped up a bucket of water, splashed it on his face, and wiped his face with his rough, black fingers, just to make himself neat and tidy.

After doing all this, the man broke off two cloves of garlic from the garlic string hanging in front of the door, and walked towards the door while peeling the garlic.

"Who are you?"

The man spat out a word, threw the garlic clove into his mouth, and chewed it wildly and roughly:

"What's the matter? Tell me?"

The three ladies looked at each other in bewilderment. The moment they saw this thing, coupled with the strong smell shock, they couldn't help but waver in their belief in Yuanyuan's will and the opinion of the Philosopher King of the Empire.

"Excuse me, are you Li Aoz?" Di Yalan asked.

"What?" Li Aoz asked back.

"Then I'll get straight to the point - we come from the Abyss, and the Philosopher King has deduced the essence of the Star Abyss. Your divine side, that is, Leoz, is now dragging the entire Star Abyss universe into the purgatory on earth. The only way to stop him from destroying all this is to take you to merge with Leoz..."

"No, get out."

After saying this, Li Aoz turned around and was about to leave.

"no!"

Before Di Yalan could say anything, Lista, who had already been tortured by the curse, became anxious:

"Wait a minute! Li Oz, Master Li Oz, the universe is about to be destroyed, are you just going to watch it?"

"It's none of my business."

Li Oz said nonchalantly:

"That was Lioz's choice. No matter what He did, He would understand. Xingyuan owed Him that."

"But what about the residents of the Six Abysses and Thirteen Narratives? They are innocent."

"Innocent? Ridiculous. Isn't the situation in Xingyuan caused by these six abysses and thirteen narratives?"

Li Aozzi put his hands behind his back, turned around and sneered:

"The reason why Xingyuan is not unified is because these six abysses and thirteen narratives have their own agendas and always want to be independent. If they unite together, it can't be said that all difficulties and dangers can be solved, but at least it won't be a problem to drive the Earth devils out of their homeland."

As he spoke, he paced back and forth, questioning the person who came.

"But what did you do? When Lioz launched the Yuanyuan Unification War, you just stood by and watched, following the Yuanyuan Federation to eat the leftovers. You still knew that this was a time when civilization was overthrown. If you had united earlier instead of fighting each other for petty gains, you wouldn't have allowed the Earthlings to fight until now."

Li Oz raised his hand and pointed above his head, then pointed to the ground:

"To put it bluntly, the Six Abysses and Thirteen Narratives do not want Xingyuan to be unified. They all want to stay in their own territory and be local emperors, living a carefree life. Which one of them is for the working people of Xingyuan and the common people? Which one is for saving the people and bringing peace to the world? They are all for their own grand narratives, and they are all trapped in their own little piece of land."

"I don't deny that you are right."

Di Aram said:

"But if you don't come with us now, Xingyuan will definitely be destroyed by Astrara!"

"Yes, yes." Lista said quickly: "I don't even want to play the forensic test anymore. I want to go to the Xingyuan with you. Just treat it as a trip and go to the void with you... The farthest we can go is to the Qunyuan."

"Why?"

Li Aozi drooped his eyes and said lazily:
"The rise and fall of the world is predetermined. It has nothing to do with a middle-aged man like me. If the sky falls, there will always be someone taller to hold it up. If a universe needs a mortal like me to die for it, then it is better for such a universe to be destroyed."

"…So, this is your true nature?"

Nomi, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke:
"They are cowardly, selfish, and have no respect for those who try to change the world. Instead, they are indifferent and mocking."

"You are wrong. This is not my nature. It is the nature of ordinary people, ordinary people in the market - the embodiment of most people in this world."

Li Aoz smiled and sat on the threshold:
"I am the human side that was voluntarily abandoned by Leoz. Do you know why I was abandoned? Because ordinary people are useless. Those high-ranking noble families and God's chosen people always want to use all kinds of grand narratives to kidnap the common people and trick us into fighting for them. But how can there be any hatred between ordinary people? It's nothing more than being forced by one side to kill the other."

"Ideals do not belong to the working people at the bottom of society. Ideals only belong to you elites. It is precisely because I am weak, timid, and shallow that I am a commoner and the majority. Success and fame have nothing to do with us. Leoz abandoned me so that He could achieve great things."

"What qualifications do you have to comment on my nature? You keep talking about the Six Abysses and Thirteen Narratives. Outside of those narratives, have you ever thought about the feelings of the indigenous civilizations that have not yet set foot on their native planets when you conquered and invaded them? To them, what difference does it make whether the Earth wins or the Star Abyss wins?"

He poked the door behind him and sat among the broken tiles of the kiln. He said calmly:
"Did you see this? If Lioz was just like me, an ordinary citizen with ordinary humanity, how could he become the great commander of Yuanyuan, how could he be a true god? He would be nothing more than a sloppy blacksmith."

"Even if Leoz succeeded, what does that have to do with an ordinary person like me? It's obvious that he abandoned me so that he could have a chance to succeed. And now you want to wipe out this mediocre person's only chance to turn things around? Do you think it's possible?"

"I'm not a hero, and I don't intend to be one for you."

"I am not special, nor do I want to be special. I will be content just to live like this until the end of my life."

Li Aoz's speech silenced the three people.

No one expected that Li Aozzi's human side would be such an unambitious commoner. He had no special skills or qualities, and was mediocre and stingy in his bones.

The end of the world? I don't care. That's for the big guys to think about.

Need my help? No, I won't go, even if I'm beaten to death. Why should I devote everything I have to prolong your life?

Di Yalan has already understood.

"let's go."

She shook her head and prepared to leave.

"Leave? Then I've been cursed for nothing?" Lista was surprised: "No way!"

"The purpose of this trip has failed." Di Yalan was too lazy to waste time explaining.

Today, Li Aozi hates and despises some elites violently and extremely. He does not consider himself a part of Xingyuan, nor does he care who rules Xingyuan or the Earth.

Just as he said, the mortal Li Oz refused to work for any powerful class.

What is the use of such human nature even if it is returned to the original body?

It would simply cause Xingyuan to lose a high-level fighter for nothing, making it easier for him to be beaten by the Earthlings.

This trip was not in vain, at least it strengthened Di Yalan's determination. She began to plan in her mind how to carry out the plan of hunting down secret citizens in Jingyuan.

Everyone has his mission, and people with certain specialties are suitable to do such things.

Just as Di Yalan was about to leave, Nomi spoke again:
"The Li Oz I know is not like this."

She walked forward, brushed past Di Yalan who turned around, pushed open the fence, walked into the yard, and said to Li Oz:
"The Leoze in my memory is neither a hero nor a mediocre person."

Lioz looked up at her.

At this moment, Nomi realized that this was their first real meeting since their separation in Frost.

"Li Oz is a madman who can kill through the human experiment organization for his principles."

"Hey, Nomi..." Lista curled her lips: "How can you talk like that?"

"Li Aoz is a pretty girl, but she never uses her looks to gain the love of others. Instead, she chooses to carve out a niche with her fists, feet and magic."

"To be honest, my impression of Li Oz has never been that warrior who led the Azure Star to break through the veil blockade and changed the fate of Frost Plating and the Four Kingdoms."

"No matter what others think of Li Oz, in my eyes, Li Oz will always be the madman who would shoot himself without hesitation to prove that he is not afraid of pain, the idiot who promised me that he would change the unfair status quo of frost plating, and the teammate who got me killed by the explosion because of carelessness and picked up my arcane energy for nothing."

"You have to understand that you have never been a special person in my eyes."

Nomi walked forward, squatted down, and looked straight into Lioz's dim eyes:

"We are all ordinary people. So we all make mistakes, we all think only of ourselves, and we don't have lofty ideals and aspirations."

"But it is precisely because ordinary people like you and I make up the vast majority of the world that this world is our world. Those high and mighty gods need to submit to us before they can rule this world."

"I have a correspondence college degree, and you are a security guard who graduated from a technical secondary school. Even now, you have become a sloppy blacksmith, and I am just a volunteer soldier. Due to our limited talents, we will never be able to participate in the chessboard that determines the fate of civilization."

"But now may be our chance to make up for it in ten lifetimes."

She held out her hand:

"Whether it's the Abyss or the common people, this is the only chance for ordinary people like us to make those elites and dignitaries bow their heads and beg us."

"It's not about saving the world for others, but they begging us."

"If you still have this determination, then come on. Amid the cries of the nobles, we will rescue them, just like rescuing a stray dog ​​that has fallen into the water."

“Even if our actions will continue the rule of those people, the mark we leave will never fade. The people will remember it, and ordinary people will have the opportunity to change the world. Sometimes, meaning is more important than results.”

Li Oz's cloudy eyes stared into Nomi's purple eyes.

More than a hundred years ago, in the underground ward of the underworld outside the Blue Star, the former bank security guard also looked at the pair of purple eyes through a thick iron door.

Times have changed, and now the people who need help to get up are no longer the skinny girls.

Nomi cut her long hair and became taller and stronger. She no longer had the morbid tendency to allow others to bully her. However, when she opened her mouth, one could still see her mouth full of shark fangs.

Some people have changed, yet they seem to have never changed.

Li Oz looked at Nomi, and suddenly he realized that he actually had very little connection with this girl. Even his Aoneng had been lost long ago, and all his endings had been wiped out by Lord Entropy.

But when he was abandoned by his original body and his humanity was relegated to the wilderness, the first person to come to her was this girl who had neither identity nor status, and even fewer concerns.

"Hello, Leo."

Nomi smiled and said:

"Do you remember what I said at that time?"

..............................

"Don't think that all this has nothing to do with you. This is our world. Aren't you and I part of this world, too?"

"This is not a foolish game. For us outsiders, the Rose Army, no, all those who resist the four nations, are our beliefs."

"Actually, anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is impossible to fight against the four nations - but we are determined to do it. Even if we only use our teeth and nails to inflict a little pain on the four nations, this process of struggle is enough to prove one thing to them:"

"We, the reptiles living in the outside world, are just as human beings and have the same life as those people in the four countries who have heating, eat steamed buns, watch TV and read books."

..............................

"We were in a much worse situation back then, weren't we? We still had the courage to resist the invincible Four Nations."

Nomi says:
"Is there any difference from Shikoku to Tenjin?"

Lioz replied: "That's different..."

"What's the difference? If they are both invincible, then there is no difference! They are all our enemies."

"Even if it changes, so what? All living beings in Xingyuan will still be enslaved. After thousands or tens of thousands of years, at most there will be another revolution or invasion, or we may invade other universes, the homes of other lives - so all this is just a cycle. What are the differences? What's the point of resistance?"

Li Oz sneered:
"I can't do this. If I do, I'll be the same as those invaders."

"significance?"

Nomi said in a deep voice:
"Fuck you, what does kopeck mean."

"Fuck it, don't ask the meaning of resisting them! I only have a college degree, how can I understand what the meaning is? You who claim to be one of the common people should also know that most people do certain things for no reason."

"The gods in the sky regard their abilities as power, and we mortals must tell them that such power is worthless without the witness of mortals. The Yuanyuan Gods always think they can do something, so they do it. We must tell them that mortals just do whatever they want, regardless of the meaning."

"Because we want to, don't ask if we can. We want to do it, we want to change the world, for no reason, I think! I want to rebel against the world that restricts us with various conditions, it's that fucking simple!"

"As long as you resist this corrupt world, that is meaningful in itself."

"Follow your desires and your heart, instead of being kidnapped by reason and going against your instincts - this is the privilege that belongs to us mortals."

"Come on, Li Oz, don't ask if you can do it, I only ask if you want to do it!"

"No matter! right! or wrong!"

silence.

When Nomi shouted, "No matter if it's right or wrong," the whole world fell into silence. A dead silence lingered over the entire Jingyuan. The universe was muted. Even though leaves moved, no wind could be heard. Even though birds fluttered, no sound could be heard.

In this eerie silence, a powerful pressure suddenly descended from all directions, like a shackle that firmly suppressed the land of Jingyuan.

Ah!
Suddenly, the silent world was broken by a laugh.

"Whether right or wrong? Good one, whether right or wrong!"

Nomi and the others subconsciously stepped back, only to see Li Aoz standing up from the threshold. He raised his head and laughed a few times, then tossed his sleeves and immediately turned into a monk in white clothes and black cloak, with red lips, white teeth, sword-like eyebrows, and star-like eyes, and fluttering sleeves. The loess of the wasteland of a million miles was instantly peeled off from the ground and rose into the clouds. The ground was surrounded by clouds and mist, and the mountains and rivers in the distance were beautiful and boundless, all of them were paradise.

Looking again, the shabby house was gone, replaced by hundreds of high buildings, Taoist temples, and millions of monks seeking immortality and Taoism filled the buildings. The market houses were full of people chanting scriptures, meditating, practicing martial arts and discussing Taoism. Nine dragons spit water to fill the Tianchi Lake, giant spirits hammered and forged magic weapons, phoenixes rested on the sycamore trees, and there were thousands of spiritual beasts, spiritual plants and spiritual vegetables. The wonderful world connected the heavens and the worlds, and there were gods and Buddhas in the West, demons from the underground, the Supreme Golden Immortal, and Yama Shura.

This is not some shabby farmhouse at all; it is clearly a paradise on earth where gods, demons, immortals and mortals live together in the same room.

"I understand what you all mean."

Li Aozi stood with his hands behind his back, accompanied by seventy-seven and forty-nine Taoist children, looking like a true immortal with a Taoist temperament:

"It's just that there are some things I need to tell you early."

"I am different from my original body, Leoz. Although I was differentiated from human nature and went by the alias 'True', I have been practicing martial arts and cultivating the Tao from the beginning, cultivating my Qi and practicing the method. I have cultivated all the way from the country of the Abyss Red Arrow to here, and at the age of 230, I became a Golden Immortal. 20 years ago, after my original body became the [Star Overlord], I also dived into the Abyss, broke through the boundaries, and became a true god."

"I am the [Wulian Xianzun], in charge of the Wuliang Dharma Sea, with countless magical powers, and I established the Wuliang Xian Palace to teach the world. At this point, I am separated from my original body. His path is different from mine."

"I just understood what you said. Although I have the intention, I am powerless. The human side of Leoz has long ago killed the three corpses, comprehended the way of heaven, and ascended to become a god. Even if I merge with my original body, I will not let Leoz turn back into Leoz."

This series of changes made the three of them look at each other in bewilderment.

"Then, what should we do?" Di Yalan frowned: "If there is no human restraint of Lioz, Lioz will definitely become Astrara."

"No."

Li Aozi - or rather, [Wulian Xianzun] sneered and explained:
"The Philosopher King of the Empire asked you to come to me, not just to bring me to Leoz, but to get you to come."

As he said that, he raised his hand and pointed at Nomi. The latter was stunned and pointed at himself:
"I?"

"Yes, it is you, little Nomi."

Nomi was at a loss:

"But what does this have to do with me..."

"Because of you," the Immortal Venerable said, "you are also Astrara."

Nomi stood there in a daze.

"Are you kidding me?"

The Immortal Venerable had a serious expression and asked:
"Have you ever wondered what Astrara is?"

"Isn't that a more terrifying Destroyer?"

"Astrara is a will, a will to resist everything. It's that simple. As long as there is resistance in the heart, it will continue. What can defeat Astrara is never repression and violence, but happiness and satisfaction."

The Immortal said:

"You and Lioz are both hosts of Astrala, but only one Astrala can appear. Different Astralas will manifest in different forms."

"If Leoz becomes Astrola, he will show great destructive power and destroy all beings stronger than himself. This is because this is his underlying logic. The injustice between people comes from the difference in comprehensive strength. Therefore, he should encourage the poor to kill all the rich people and take away everything from them, so that the wealth will be evenly distributed. He will make society always under his absolute violent rule. Everyone will be half dead, neither rich nor poor, and there will be no injustice."

"And what you think of as resistance to injustice is not as cruel as Leoz's: stay alive, bear witness to everything, eliminate evil and promote good. Even if you don't have the ability, you must fight to the death to let the other party see the pain that oppressing the lower class will bring. It is an institution that teaches and punishes people."

"The Philosopher King of the Empire has not figured out how to destroy Astrara, because the will to resist will not be extinguished as long as there is injustice, and as long as the world is rich and diverse, there will always be injustice. Even within society, there are differences between the Speaker, the Councillors, the Jury, and the Citizens. It's just that they live a happier life."

"But those who resist have many opportunities to change."

"Lioz is a being without happiness and joy, nor the ability to love, so if Lioz becomes Astrala, it will bring pure destruction and collapse to the world - but you are different. Nomi, you have the ability to love and be loved. If you become Astrala, you will not think about completely overthrowing the existing order and civilization, but choose to fight against evil and unethical people in your own way."

“This is the difference.”

"The Philosopher King has used all his power but still cannot come up with a conclusion to destroy Astrara. If that's the case, then I'll replace you with an Astrara that will exist for a long time but won't cause serious harm. This is the purpose of choosing you."

"And speaking of this, you should understand that whether this world will be destroyed or not does not depend on you or me, but on whether people believe that this world can continue to exist. If all of Astrella appears in people like Leoz, then this world should have been overthrown long ago."

"So, the person who can truly save the world is not me. What you need to do is not to ask me to come over and merge with Leoz, but to face Leoz in person."

“When you face Him, you also face yourself.”

"Wait!"

Lista interrupted quickly:

"Brother, no, Immortal Venerable, please stop! You let Nomi face Leoz... Isn't that equivalent to donating money to Red King? You can't think of such a bad trick. Don't I know what Nomi's ability is? That Leoz even defeated the void. It's too much for him to just take a look at Nomi."

"That depends on whether Nomi is prepared to perish completely."

The Immortal Venerable glanced at Nomi meaningfully:
"The Philosopher King of the Empire handed you over to me because he was afraid that you would run away after knowing the truth. I can capture you and bring you to Leoz to let the two of you face off."

"As a host of Astrala, your ability is nearly immortality - and the only being who can kill you is another host, Leoz - similarly, Leoz is also a host of Astrala, so you can also kill the Astrala in him."

"You just have to be prepared. From now on, you will completely transform into Astrara. The existence of 'Nomi' will be swallowed up by eternity. You will no longer be yourself, but one of the countless [Eternal Star Gods]."

"Okay, I'll go."

Nomi nodded:

"I thought it was a big deal. If this can keep the world going, then I'll go for it."

As for the reason...she had already said it before, so there was no need to elaborate on it now.

As mortals, there are not many opportunities like this to prove our membership in this group to the world.

"The original body will not be as tolerant as I am."

The Immortal said:
"The void has been sealed off now, but I can force a breakthrough and take you to the Abyss. But after that, I will be bounced back to the Abyss. It all depends on you how far I can go."

"Defeat Oz, and the world will go on."

"And if you are defeated by him, Leoz will obtain the full power of Astrara... At that time, even I cannot guess what he will do."

"There won't be that many opportunities. Astrara will show up sooner or later anyway."

Di Yalan clenched his fists, his eyes firm:

"Go ahead, this is the final battle."

"Ah."

Nomi let out a long breath and clenched his fists:
"Let Rioz regain his freedom, let Xingyuan get rid of suffering and invasion, and let those ordinary people see that those born from these mortals can also be prayed for protection by the gods of Yuanyuan."

"It's time to write an end to all this."

Lista glanced at the Immortal Lord, then glanced at herself, and scratched her head:

"Does that mean I have nothing to do with this? Can I leave? I'm afraid the forensic team will be reported later..."

"You can't leave." The Immortal Venerable's invisible hand grabbed Lista and said, "My secret technique has a price, and those boy subordinates have to stay to continue to maintain the operation of the Immortal Palace. I can't share the curse with you, so you who came from the Abyss must go with them to share the curse."

"No! I want a vacation! I want to get off work--"

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