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Chapter 1179 Chapter 1177 "TE is sealed with me (16)"

Chapter 1179: One Thousand One Hundred and Seventy Seven · "TE·Seal with Me (16)"

People are always greedy.

The moonlight at the temple fair, the song "To Alice" on the piano keys, the lost game, the lotus flowers blooming in the pond... He already felt reluctant to leave, but he couldn't turn back.

These beautiful memories were given to him by Brother Necklace. If Brother Necklace is gone, these reluctant images will turn into pain.

He made up his mind, but he was still sad. It wasn't because he felt sorry for his own life, but because he felt sorry for Necklace Brother... He should be sadder than him.

Why else... would the young man shed tears.

As if knowing that things were irreversible, the young man gritted his teeth and remained silent for a few seconds before asking, "...Changge, what is your wish?"

Changge smiled. He knew that Brother Necklace could no longer stop him: "I want to see the real lotus again, Brother Necklace."

The young man shook his head: "You forgot that there are no lotus flowers in winter. They only bloom when it is warm."

"No, I saw it in winter..." Changge's eyes slowly closed:

"That was...you gave it to me."

…Even if it happened only once, I will remember it forever.

But this is not a pond, only cold ground, so there won’t even be any lotus flowers growing.

But he had his eyes closed, so it didn't matter if he couldn't see.

He didn't need to use his eyes to look for it, he knew where the young man was standing and how far away he was. He could imagine the pink and white lotus flowers blooming in the young man's hands, the sweet fragrance of candied haws floating around, the fireworks of the temple fair blooming in the night sky, and how bright the young man's black eyes were... just like decades ago.

Of course he was afraid. In fact, he was still trembling. The gradual ebb of his life made him clearly aware of the process of his own death.

But when he thought about who he was, he stopped shrinking.

If Su Mingan himself was here, he would definitely not be afraid.

So he cannot be outdone, and he is not afraid.

Changge is no worse than anyone else.

"You are such an irresponsible guy." The young man questioned: "How can I miss you in the future? Do you think I can have a new close friend around me?"

“It doesn’t matter… there will always be…” Changge’s voice was as light as a feather. Finally, the white light on his body dissipated, like falling meteors all over the sky—

"You are so outstanding and a savior. There will always be people who like you."

"I'm just a minor character. I won't be remembered. I'm really not very smart. I can't beat the game and I'm clumsy at playing the piano."

"Of course, if you want to remember me and miss me..."

“The piano, the lotus, the barbecue, the lemon, the game, even the necklace itself… could all be me.”

"As long as you remember,"

The boy's voice began to tremble, he was also afraid:
"…I will definitely be here."

As if in response to his last words, a beep came from the transmission machine.

That was the last sound, followed by a cold "beep"

The next second, all sounds stopped abruptly, which was unbearable.

A body without a soul fell to the ground.

The young man was stunned for a few seconds before he almost collapsed and fell to the ground, finally bursting into tears - something he had never done in a hundred years. He had always been constrained by his identity as a "savior". A calm and rational savior could not cry in front of others, nor could he be weak.

“Changge…Changge!! You…”

But at this moment, holding the cold body.

He bent down completely, almost wanting to bury himself.

"Why you——Why you...why..."

He finally felt...what it felt like to lose a [close friend].

Damn idealism...how many people have been eaten alive by it... ?
He flipped Changge's eyelids, as if this would make him open his eyes and wake up.

But his hand stopped at his eyelids and then dropped down. He knew what he would see. Lifeless eyeballs and gray pupils. Human life is like a flame in the mud. Once the wind blows, it will not ignite.

In the past, he would just roll his eyelids as a joke between close friends, but now... it can only be described with the cold word "examining a corpse."

...corpse.

But how come his best friend was a corpse?

He hadn't tried to sing a song yet, had he.

Until his throat became hoarse, he still couldn't believe that in just a few tens of seconds, the Changge who could run and dance was gone.

The music score in his hand fell to the ground. The crooked notes were very immature, and the title was a funny and amusing one... "To the Necklace Brother".

He really didn't understand.

What kind of mood was this guy in to write such a ridiculous title...

"Why..." He buried his head deeply, digging his fingers to bleed:
“It’s always people like us who die…”

"And yet..." His eyes were fixed on Changge's expression, which was a combination of fear and expectation:
"You seem very happy..."

……

There is a Tower of Babel in this world.

It was said that if only one person could fly over it, everyone would survive. People all aimed to fly over the Tower of Babel.

The boy built a pair of wooden wings and tried hard to practice taking off, but failed again and again.

But no one told him that wooden wings could not fly. He was born without bird's wings, so how could he dare to dream of flying?
"Some things you are not born with, you will never have in your whole life!" They mocked the young man like this.

At a flying convention, the "birds" were reluctant to leave their nests and decided not to bother challenging the Tower of Babel. The boy rushed up with his wooden wings, calling on everyone not to stop flying, but was beaten so hard that his vocal cords were torn.

"You don't even have bird wings, and you dare say you can fly with a piece of wood! How ridiculous!" They laughed at him.

But fortunately, he gradually discovered that as long as he stood high enough and used the wind...even with wooden wings, he could fly.

Even if it was just gliding...he was finally flying.

He flew and flew. He flew over the mountains, over the rivers, over the lotus ponds, over the tall buildings that he had not dared to look at before...

Ah, the boy finally flew!

He soared freely, laughed heartily, and felt freer than ever before. He felt his cheeks were hot, his heart was burning, his chest seemed to be burned by something, and his eyes were as clear as glass and crystal.

With his wooden wings, he crashed headfirst into the Tower of Babel.

boom.

It wasn't a loud sound, and the action wasn't cool either, but he hit his head and it was bleeding.

He didn't even fly over the tower, he just knocked it askew so that future generations could fly slightly lower.

Then, the wooden wings were smashed into pieces, and the boy with a bleeding head fell downwards, closing his eyes forever.

But in the second before closing his eyes——

He saw the wooden wings breaking into pieces in the sky, and sawdust floating in the sky like snow.

He narrowed his eyes and suddenly realized.

His wooden wings, his crude, shoddy wooden wings—

When it broke apart in the air, it looked exactly like—

Bird's...feathers.

All his life he...

Something you can't have.

It turns out that he already had it.

……

It turns out that wooden wings can outperform bird wings.

It turns out that a bird's heart is comparable to a human's heart.

Who is he proud of?
……

……

Eight years later.

The third world game begins.

As the first player, General Qin fought to the end and successfully obtained the authority of "observation". Due to the heavy burden of completing the game perfectly, when the game ended, General Qin died due to severe wear and tear of his soul. Before he died, he created "General Qin AI" to replace his identity as the main person. He also stored all his wisdom, knowledge and "observation" authority in the AI left after the first world game.

This AI later transformed into a humanoid with white hair and eyes, named "Spirit", and took over the world's power.

This result makes people realize that it is not only "Su Mingan bot" that can create the original. As long as it is a person like Changge, isn't he considered an original? Why do we have to insist on an identical copy?
This inspiration was even passed down for thousands of years. Until Su Wensheng's generation, he was still inspired by Changge and adopted the method of "fifty fire bearers artificially creating the original."

In order to welcome the fourth world game, people continue to improve the method of "artificial original". They realize that it is not that "Su Mingan" will definitely have a high status in the copy, but that the high status of the copy is originally a person like "Su Mingan" - they will always have similar ideals, similar wills, similar determination and perseverance, never give up, never surrender.

And there are thousands and thousands of such people in the world.

One year before the Tianshi Era, humans created a chip that contained the beliefs of people like Su Mingan bot. Once implanted in the brain, it can subtly become a person similar to Su Mingan. The chip has been improved and will no longer change people's appearance and voice, but only affect their temperament.

This chip will change a person, turning them into an "artificial original". Because it is easy to distort the self, it is entirely voluntary. But all those who heard the news basically said "I am willing".

"I admire myself very much and have never thought about becoming anyone. But if I can obtain a high-difficulty identity in the Fourth World Game and win victory for mankind, I am willing to do so." The first person to receive the chip implant was a girl with black hair and blue eyes. She had achieved outstanding results in the Second World Game and mastered the authority over "life".

"Give everything for humanity!" The second person to receive the chip was a soldier.

"It is said that the world game can rejuvenate. It's time to put the skills I had when I was young to use. Haha..." Then a retired veteran spoke.

Then a doctor.

lawyer.

teacher.

Firefighters...

Li Mingyue, Yi Zhongyu, Li Yuxuan, Xiao Ying, Lin Yunting... a total of more than 200 people were selected and voluntarily accepted chip implantation.

A month later, the "Old God" appeared.

Human beings began to worship Him and believe in Him, and an endless stream of "faith" revolved around the old gods.

But in fact, the "Old God" is not a god, nor a certain person, but a collective concept - more than 200 people who are willing to take on the heavy responsibility and are willing to complete the task perfectly for the sake of mankind... will be given the title of "Old God".

This is because, if one wants to collect "faith", one of the three elements, for example, some people believe in Chaoyan and some people believe in Li Mingyue, it will cause the faith to be dispersed.

As long as the "Old God" is a [collective concept], it is not certain that it is a specific person.

——Then, everyone's "faith" will only be concentrated on the concept of "Old God". When one of these people wins the Fourth World Game and successfully obtains the authority of "Time"——this person will be hailed as the true "Old God". As for the others, they will lose their "Old God" status and return to ordinary people.

In other words, whoever obtains the authority of "time" first and has the foundation for becoming a god will completely become an "old god" recorded in history and admired by future generations for thousands of years.

As long as you have the ability, no matter who you are,

——You are the "savior".

Here, "saving the world" is never limited to one person.

……

winter day.

A man wearing dozens of human skin masks stood by the lake, his right hand raised, and lotus flowers bloomed all over the pond.

"Changge, look." He muttered to himself.

“The lotus has bloomed.”

There was no one else behind him.

At the end of the day, the young man asked Changge if he had any regrets. Changge said stumblingly:
“I’m really afraid of being forgotten.”

"I died in this little room, and no one would remember me except you... They would all forget me... Because I was really stupid and useless..."

But the young man promised: "I won't let you be forgotten."

Changge pulled the corners of his mouth into a smile. Even though he didn't know what Brother Necklace was going to do, he knew that he would definitely fulfill his promise.

After Changge died, the young man stood in front of his grave for a long time and placed a bunch of blue roses. Until the young man turned around and left, he put on dozens of layers of human skin masks.

"Necklace, you..." General Qin came to him.

The young man touched his lips, shook his head, and put the necklace he had been wearing into his pocket.

"From now on," he said, "my name is Changge."

……

【I won't let you be forgotten.】

……

The only one who will be forgotten is me.

The long song will "live" for a long time.

The desert, the south of the Yangtze River, the sunset, the misty rain, as long as I see them, it is equivalent to falling into your eyes.

You always play that "Für Alice" badly, but I can play it smoothly, it doesn't matter.

You were once my replica, and you felt humbled by my existence. So when you died in place of my fate, I would also become your "replacement" from then on.

The two switched positions. But this time, what forced the young man to become a "substitute" was no longer a necessity, but simply... a deep friendship and remembrance.

Afterwards, "Changge" accepted the mission - temporarily erased his memory, loaded into Su Mingan's body, pretended to be a "night identity player", and finally faced the final beheading for Su Mingan.

This was also a dead end. However, at least he lived a thousand years longer than Changge...

In a trance, he could hear the sound of a long song every night of waiting.

"A thousand years have passed. We must work harder."

"Otherwise, you would have wasted the thousand years I bought back for you."

……

The year Su Mingan arrived, Changge had already discarded his chip through bionic surgery and became a human. He stood by the lake, looked at the lake for the last time, and said to himself:

"So, Changge, see through my eyes."

"Look, the lotus has bloomed."

"I seem to be back to the afternoon when I met you. You raised your hand and threw me into the pool. The whole room was filled with the smell of summer sunshine."

"But you must not cry anymore. In the past, you felt like crying when you saw injustice. Now you are going to guide the Savior, so you must not cry anymore."

"I changed the name of 'To Brother Necklace' for you. It's called 'The World Floats by, Blessings Until Dawn'. It's a long name but nice to hear. I can play it now and I've even found the lyrics."

"By the way, my vocal cords are fine."

"so……"

……

"Want to sing? A long song."

He faced the deserted lake, humming a song that no one could hear. A song that belonged to them.

……

"Outside the screen window, the glaciers are clanging..."

"In the first watch, the iron horse passed by my room..."

"At midnight, a white bird sings in my dream..."

"At the fifth watch, the bronze mirror accompanies the human figure. Everything belongs to you. A flower is a world, a leaf is a bodhi."

"The world is floating in the air, and the blessed scene is coming to dawn..."

"You're still with me..."