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Chapter 1361 Chapter Thirteen: "The world burns to my color (4)."

Su Ming'an gazed into the distance. The bright blue moonlight shone through the thick snow fog, like strands of gelatinous blue light beams, falling in front of him.

...How long has it been since he enjoyed the moon so quietly?
"...Great savior." Su Wensheng's voice floated from the cat's back.

"exist."

"You should have left me where I am." Su Wensheng said.

Even though Su Wensheng said not to take him with him, Su Mingan still rejected it. It was impossible to leave Su Wensheng alone in the snow.

The orange cat is Su Wensheng's summoned creature, named "Big Orange Bread".

"..."

"But I suddenly remembered that it would be a good idea for you to take me with you... In case you run out of energy at the end, you can eat me. In Luowasha, eating people is equivalent to a backup energy source..." Su Wensheng suddenly laughed, perhaps choked by the blood, he laughed and coughed at the same time.

"I wouldn't do anything like that."

"Haha... you will, because you are a super cold-blooded hero. In order to accomplish greater things, this little detail is nothing. Anyway, I shouldn't feel much pain after I fainted... When you eat me, remember to be gentle..."

"..."

"Do you know the laws of nature? Just like the law of the food chain of Luowasha... When two lives are in an extremely weak state, the only way to survive is to devour each other... instead of supporting each other..."

"..."

"Just keep moving forward. If you can't move on, turn back and eat my backup energy..."

"..."

"Now, are you impressed by me?"

"……I remember."

"Okay... I'm a little tired, so I'm going to sleep first... Hey, Big Orange Bread, your fur is quite warm..."

"Don't sleep." Su Ming'an said immediately. Su Wensheng was awake, and the magic elements on his body could barely keep him alive. Once Su Wensheng fell asleep, hypothermia alone would kill him.

"What should I do? I'm really sleepy... Or you can just eat me now. If I die, I won't be fresh anymore..."

Su Mingan sighed softly.

The sky is high and the night is low.

Only the wind blew across the barren snowy ground.

After a moment, his gentle voice rang out amidst the paleness of the mountains and plains:

"…[What kind of scenery have you seen before, so that you won't want to be obsessed with shadows]." (Li Ge's "Wildfire")

……

“Do you like singing?”

[“No, it’s to refresh myself. Before, I almost fell asleep while studying, but I stood up and hummed a song, and then I woke up.”]

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Su Ming'an walked forward step by step, like a pilgrim on foot.

The snowflakes scraped across the skin like sharp blades, leaving traces of blood, and the right shoulder made a cracking sound as if it could not bear the weight.

Su Wensheng became a little quieter. He lay among the soft fur of the big orange dog, tilted his head, and looked at the young traveler trudging ahead.

The blue moon falls on the snow, reflecting a dark light, like a quiet lake.

Once upon a time, Su Mingan heard a story.

A captain was returning home with his fleet, but encountered a mermaid on the way.

The siren told them that it was too lonely and needed a friend. As long as the captain was willing to stay, it would give the fleet countless treasures and everyone would live a prosperous life.

Ryan gave the following ending to this story: the captain volunteered to stay and was drowned in the sea because the sirens did not understand that humans could not live in the sea.

After Lu Shu and the others heard about this, during the rest period in the main god world, everyone gave a different ending.

Noel said that the ending should be that the captain found another precious treasure and returned home with a full load. No one needs to sacrifice for the treasure. The captain and the siren are just passers-by who met by chance. Humans cannot live under the sea, and sirens cannot go to land, so after a short time together, they are destined to say goodbye.

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"...[A heart that is too hot should not be approached too closely]."

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Lu Shu said that the ending should be that the mermaid realized that it was no good to force someone to stay, so the fleet left safely. The captain would sometimes come back to find the mermaid, and they would chat and play games together. Even if it was just a short time together, the mermaid was no longer lonely. All it had to pay was to wait.

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"...[The sparks that hit the grass and trees, with a pious heart, not to prove anything to anyone]."

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Lin Yin said that the ending should be that the captain ignored the treasure, the mermaid gave up his possessiveness, and they formed a short and pure friendship without any impurities.

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“…[Is it a disease if one is determined not to follow the secular world]?”

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And what about Su Mingan... ?
He hadn't imagined how the story would end.

Listening to the voices of his companions, he simply listened and looked at each of their faces.

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"... [I want to be the unquenchable wildfire that lights up the world]."

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After they had finished speaking, he smiled and said, "Everyone spoke very well."

They asked, Su Mingan, why don’t you tell me the ending?
He said, "Because I don't know what kind of ending the captain and the siren would like. Some stories may have no ending."

He didn't think about it at that time.

——He has already become the “captain” himself.

When he stood at the end of his life and wrote about the captain's ending, he found that the ABCD options for his own ending were not even as good as the endings that his companions had casually written at the time.

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"... [The world burns into my color]."

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He raised his head, his breathing almost stagnant due to the cold wind.

In a trance, his consciousness began to blur, and the space barrier supported by mana helped him maintain the minimum survival temperature.

Su Wensheng's decision to let him retain his mana was correct. He was most afraid of the cold.

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"...[After the storm, an unquenchable fire in my heart burned in an unknown corner]."

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A blizzard was falling, the cold wind froze his blood, and countless things - the moonlight and the starry sky, the blizzard and the night, the lake and fate - fell towards him.

In the dim light, he seemed to see figures standing far in front of him, waiting for him.

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“… [When the wind blows, I am everywhere].”

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Like he was moving forward.

In front of him is a future that is within his grasp.

Behind him is a bloody road of no return.

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"... [Even if I am just a passer-by, my name must be engraved]."

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Su Wensheng's breathing became lighter and lighter, and he clutched the orange cat's fur tightly, as if this could help him stay awake.

Large stains of blood stained the cat's back red, and his chest and back looked like broken red glass.

His vision became increasingly blurry. He looked at the young man who was still moving forward and spoke softly, blood flowing from his chin:
“…Su Da Savior, please let me go.”

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"... [You who passed by here as well, remember this]."

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Su Mingan didn't look back.

His figure looked as small as a drop of red ink amid the paleness of the mountains.

The hour hand gradually pointed to eleven o'clock, and thousands of blue and purple stars appeared in the sky, shaking, spinning, and trembling...as if time was also waiting for that moment.

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"...[The remaining heat cannot be dissipated, the wildfire is about to go out, it chooses again]."

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The mana value gradually ran out, Su Mingan's space barrier was crumbling, and the wind and snow were destroying him endlessly.

He felt the cold penetrate to his bones, as if the icy frost and snow penetrated every inch of his skin.

"Bang!" Suddenly, the huge body of the orange cat fell forward. Su Wensheng rolled off the cat's back and rolled behind Su Mingan, leaving a bloody trail.

"【I want a hug...】" Su Mingan's voice stopped.

As if his heart was suddenly grabbed, he turned around and looked at Su Wensheng lying in the snow.

The big orange bread couldn't hold on any longer, so Su Wensheng called it back. Although it could still walk a distance, it would be frozen to death. So Su Wensheng stopped.

"Okay, that's it... that's it..." Su Wensheng coughed lightly, but he spat out a large mouthful of blood, and even some solid substances that Su Mingan could not recognize.

At this moment, Su Mingan's heartbeat was paralyzed.

Every breath I took was like inhaling cold air in an ice cave, and the blood in my body was freezing.

"Let me help you..." Su Ming'an pulled Su Wensheng up, but his organs almost fell out.

The terrifying red color all around the snow, bright red, dark red, light red... was all Su Wensheng's blood.

As a student, Su Wensheng never thought he could bleed so much. He used to feel pain when he fell off his bike.

——He never thought that one day he would face off against God and save the great savior who only existed in textbooks.

"..."

“…The great savior.”

The moon was high in the sky, and he looked at it, as if he saw a familiar yet distant world:

"What I wanted to do...is basically over."

"Getting to know you, escorting you, escaping from the pursuit of the god An... all is over. But there is still one thing..."

The sky is upside down, and the view ahead is filled with wind and snow.

Su Ming'an wanted to help Su Wensheng up, but he couldn't.

Su Wensheng fell in the ice and snow, looking as if he had rolled in a bloody ditch, with most of his wounds rotten and none of them clean. Compared to the spirited magician posture that Su Mingan had just seen him in, it was a huge difference.

The bright blue moonlight fell, sprinkling on the white snow around him.

The blue snow surrounded him... soft and deep, just like...

—Like a lake filled with moonlight.

……

He lay in the blue snow,

It's like lying in a blue lake.

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"Snapped."

The next moment, Su Mingan's hand was grabbed by Su Wensheng and moved towards Su Wensheng's chest.

——Touching, a heart that is a mixture of red and blue, hot and blazing.

In Luowasha, eating other people can restore physical strength and increase strength. Eating hearts is the most effective way. When some races are dying, they will eat the hearts of their own kind to survive.

Su Mingan suddenly understood what Su Wensheng meant by "one more thing".

“Su Wensheng…!” Su Mingan immediately struggled, but his hand was held firmly by Su Wensheng.

Fingertips touch the warm heart.

It was as if, in his hand - was a new "heart blood".

The living heart beating under his palm made him truly feel that there was a life between his fingers.

"Bang!" He used his shoulder to push and bump Su Wensheng, trying to make Su Wensheng let go, but in order to maintain the thermal insulation barrier, he could not leave the shadow state.

He clenched his teeth, and his heart seemed to be gripped by something, causing a sharp pain.

Su Wensheng...Su Wensheng...!!!
It’s always like this...Su Wensheng!!!

"..."

Su Wensheng lowered his head, with a barely perceptible trace of attachment remaining on his young face.

He knew that he was a lucky man. The world was already safe and did not need him to save it. His life was visibly smooth. He studied, worked, took care of his parents, and raised cats in his spare time...

But the moment he chose to respond to that feeling of calling—everything was different.

The moment he was enveloped by the teleportation array, he himself had a premonition... maybe one day he would burn like his predecessors.

Fortunately, this day has come.

Fortunately, he didn't miss it.

Su Ming'an couldn't take his eyes away, and they collided directly with those dark pupils. He actually began to feel that what Su Wensheng had just said about "loving to eat meal replacements" was realistic.

otherwise--

——Why did he feel like he was in a cold lake and saw a familiar blue rose?
Under the quiet moonlight.

A blue rose, floating on the snow through the vast time.

The moon in the water was once resolute, and now it is the moon in the sky.

"Su Wensheng, I still have some strength left..." Su Ming'an's breathing was slow and heavy.

Su Wensheng coughed up a mouthful of blood, and his fingers gradually tightened:
"Don't lie to yourself... I'll help you make the decision you can't make."

"Big Orange Bread couldn't hold on any longer. Rather than leaving me alone in the snow, I might as well use my remaining energy. I was mentally prepared when I came to save you."

"I live in the golden age of everything coming to an end, in the happy ending after the adventure story ends... I am the luckiest child."

"There are too many 'Su Wensheng' who are more unfortunate than me. They may have fallen into the lake, or died silently. And me, and I... cough cough cough!"

"..."

"I am the most ordinary one among so many Su Wenshengs..."

“…But I’ve never lost to anyone.”

"Su Da Savior."

"Remember, I want to change the remaining darkness of the old world... Please go back and take a look when you have time... This is my only request, and it is also what I want to do in Luowasha."

"I heard that the world will be reset soon, but I'm a stowaway and not protected by the world game... Maybe this is the last time we see each other."

"Eat me and live."

"Towards the end of the world...towards a place far away that cannot be controlled by anyone."

"Go wherever you want to go."

"You don't have to regret or feel guilty. On the contrary, I feel happy and even excited..."

"because……"

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"The world is,"

"——You entrusted me with the responsibility of saving billions of lives in your hometown!!!"

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A hint of attachment flashed across those dark eyes.

Lying in the snow, he held Su Mingan's hand tightly against his heart, staring straight at the moon, and for the first time he realized... this moon was so similar to the moon in his hometown.

Blue and yellow full moon.

If there is a possibility that this is also his hometown, how should he go back...

Is it true that after he dies, when he opens his eyes again, he has returned... ?
During all these years in Luowasha, there was not a day that he did not miss his hometown. Whenever he sat on a tall building and looked up at the moonlight, he would miss his father and mother. He disappeared before they could say goodbye properly. Are they okay? Will they cry for his disappearance?

...He was a disobedient child and just disappeared secretly like that. I'm sorry.

If he hadn't responded to that feeling of calling, where would he be now, what would he be doing?
Will he become a great adult?

Will it succeed in shaking up the deep-rooted darkness?
Which is more important, a magician or a councillor? How did Su Wensheng and "Su Wensheng" reshape and overlap each other?
And Xiao Li...

Wish her to become a great adult.

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"Snapped."

There was a sound of something exploding between my palms.

this moment,
Su Mingan's heart seemed to have stopped beating.

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He stood alone in the silent snow.

a long time,

He withdrew his hand tremblingly, looked at his bright red hand, and put it to his mouth.

There was moisture between his breaths, and every trembling of his fingers seemed to tear apart a part of his heart, exposing the pain and helplessness.

A warm current suddenly flowed into his body, and his gradually depleted mana suddenly began to recover...

This warm life force, through the broken red, flowed into his throat and heart, turning into firewood, turning into the heat source for him to resist the wind and snow in the last hour...

“Cough… cough… cough… cough… cough… cough…!!” He started coughing while eating, and blood slid down his chin.

He felt a sluggish sensation in his throat when swallowing, making it difficult for him to breathe.

“Su Wensheng…Su Wensheng…!!”

"You...you are really..."

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He remembered him thoroughly.

...But why are they all so similar...!
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Following the warm current, he saw Su Wensheng's memory.

Under the moonlight, a black-haired young man in school uniform stood in the school auditorium, playing the violin. His clothes were neat and he wore a neat and beautiful tie.

People were sitting in the audience, watching Su Wensheng playing, and whispering to each other:
"...That's the luckiest Su Wensheng."

"...Compared to other Su Wenshengs in history, he looks really mediocre."

"…His performance was just so-so, but he seemed quite serious…"

applause.

When the song ended, people applauded.

Amid the applause, the young man stood up with a smile. Although he looked very happy, a trace of fatigue appeared on his face after hearing the disappointed voices of the people.

Suddenly, he raised his head, as if he sensed something.

"..."

After a brief hesitation, he nodded.

A ray of summoning light fell on him. The next moment, his figure disappeared.

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Later, while traveling around Rovatha as a magician, the young man heard an androgynous voice:

"——Su Wensheng, why did you respond to that sense of calling and come to Luowasha?"

"I want to go to a powerful world, become a powerful person, come back to change the darkness of my hometown, and save countless 'Xiao Li'," he said.

"——What if you can't become a great person?"

"I will work hard."

"—but what if you can't come home?"

"When I was a child, my mother told me that no matter where a person goes or what they go through, once they die, their soul will return to their hometown and be buried in the soil... If I really find that I can't come back no matter what, then I will definitely choose a spectacular death..."

"——Su Wensheng."

"Ok?"

"——Best wishes to you in advance, welcome home."

"Haha, thank you. Whether you wish me to go home or to die, I thank you. However, I will try my best to live before the last moment. Unless..."

"—unless what?"

"Unless I meet the great savior Su, I will repay him for saving my hometown... Oh, I also want to say something to myself..."

"Welcome home, Su Wensheng."

"It was so lonely in Rowasha, but I was happy when I thought I could go back in the end."

"Today's festival corresponds to the festival in the old world, which seems to be the Mid-Autumn Festival. Although there is no such festival in Luowasha, I still remember it."

“Although I’m the only one appreciating the moon, I really hope you can hear me…”

"Father, Mother, Xiaoli, Su Luoluo, Daju..."

"…Happy Mid-Autumn Festival."

"I really miss you guys."

"I'll be back soon."

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