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Chapter 1379 Chapter : [What is on the other side of the sun? ]

Noel pulled the brim of his hat very low, revealing only the corners of his mouth, smiling as always.

He spread out his right hand, and in his hand was a castle of building blocks.

The red, blue and yellow blocks were put together like a child's jigsaw puzzle, with bright colors. He stared at the small castle and said with a smile:
"... Let's bet on whether you can overturn the building block castle in my hand."

Su Mingan looked at him in confusion.

Noel kept his hat down, making it difficult to see his eyes:

"The seventh organizer, Yuritilola, promised me that she has a way to help me ascend to a higher dimension, and all I need to do is to do what I can."

"The Lord of the End of All Things promised me that He has observed Rovasha for many years and has mastered the ability to 'write'. If I have this ability, I can freely write the ideal new world and make it real."

"Ascend to a higher dimension and a new world."

"These two goals I pursue are now completely clear. Maybe your end point is still some distance away. But for me, I have already reached the end point."

Su Mingan listened quietly.

Transparent fish swam around them, casting dots of fluorescent light.

Noel's voice remained calm, as if he was describing something very ordinary. Su Mingan could also feel his own heartbeat through the puppet thread in his hand.

Very peaceful.

They are all calm.

It was like they saw a destination that had been visible to the naked eye for a long time, finally approaching them. It was like a fork in the road that they had expected for a long time, finally passing by their feet.

There is a prerequisite, which they were very clear about from the very beginning when they first met, from the first time they cooperated, and from the beginning to the end - the relationship between them is a partnership, they become friends and fight side by side in order to realize their respective ideals.

However, the diametrically opposed ideals meant that their souls were destined to meet only briefly, and eventually go their separate ways.

The sky and the earth, the flying birds and the swimming fish.

From the beginning, they knew in their hearts that the sword of Damocles was destined to fall. From the moment they met, they knew that there would be a day of separation.

No one would compromise themselves or abandon their ideals because of the other person. So now that he has found his ideal destination, it is natural that Noel will leave decisively.

Su Mingan also accepted this day calmly.

——But why, when the facts were clearly laid out before him and the destined moment of separation arrived, did he still feel hesitant and incredulous?

Just like the moment when he saw the red tip of Noel's knife falling towards the sleeping demon Su Ming'an, Su Ming'an still felt unreal. He felt that Noel was not the kind of person who would hurt his best friend for his ideals, maybe there was something hidden, he tried to judge whether there was something hidden in Noel's eyes, but the brim of his hat was too low, he could only see the blue rose blooming on the brim of his hat.

So he said:
"...the initial contract in the amusement park, taking us to the sky of the Lord God's World, making wishes together in the hot springs before New Year's Day, eating cake, hanging up wishing papers, and the promises made in the ruins world, watching the collective wedding, giving us a dazzling fireworks display, hunting ducks and geese together in the villa, making dumplings, and pasting Spring Festival couplets...are all these fake?"

"Noor Akinni?"

"Is this...'love' for us fake?"

He recounted the events in his past that left vivid memories, trying to find some evidence for the answer.

Noel still held down the brim of his hat, the black water surged between them, and the libraries stood layer upon layer like huge dark mountains.

After a moment, Su Mingan heard Noel's soft voice:

"……it is true."

it is true.

Su Mingan's pupils dilated slightly.

Then, Noel said the next sentence:

"And now... it's also true."

A firm bell seemed to ring in Su Mingan's ears.

It's all true.

Close friends are real, cooperation is real, anchors are real, bonds are real… leaving is also real.

Noel once sacrificed himself for him and accepted the investigation of the organizer in the Ninth World on his behalf. That was because Noel's way to realize his ideal at that time was to tie himself to his warship. Only if he was alive, Noel's ideal would have hope.

He had saved Noel from danger more than once, and Noel had also helped him more than once in desperate situations... They had cooperated and helped each other countless times, until today, Noel finally found a way to realize his ideal. So, Noel untied the shackles.

If Noel gave up his ideal for him, it would make the adventurer pale in comparison. He is independent, and Noel also has his own independent personality.

The blond boy bloomed on his path like a spring flower, but the harmonious yet different souls would eventually separate.

"clatter."

The black water is turbulent.

Su Ming'an took a step forward and saw the shadow behind Noel. It was a child wearing purple grapes and olive leaves on his head, and his body was made up of hearts, spades, clubs and diamond cards.

——So far, Noel has already established contact with three higher dimensions: the seventh host, the Lord of the End of All Things, and the Overlapping Shadow.

If Noel summoned the Seventh Seat here, not only would he be able to invade Si Que's dream, but Su Ming'an's safety would also be threatened. And all this depended on Noel's thoughts.

"So are you going to do this? Summon Gao Wei and attack me?" Su Ming'an took another step forward, his fingers slightly bent.

His spatial vibration can also kill Noel instantly.

Now, they were like holding nuclear weapons that could kill each other. Whoever moved first would be safe. But no one moved first, as if they were staring at each other through a thin glass.

Noel slowly loosened his hand, and the brim of his hat covered his eyes without pressing down. Perhaps Su Mingan could see Noel's eyes if he leaned over, but there was no need.

The meaning is already clear.

Noel slowly placed his left hand on the building block castle in his right hand and tapped on it like playing the piano.

It wasn't any code, just playful tapping.

Like a child playing with toys.

"Now is your best chance to kill me... Do you still think I have a hidden secret?" Noel lowered his eyes and looked at the brightly colored building blocks in his hand.

"You've done this before." Su Mingan said.

"But this time." Noel shook his head and finally gave a completely firm answer: "I really... have no secrets."

……

【“There is no hidden secret.”】

……

Noel should have had a thousand ways to tell him the reason, but he didn't.

Noel should have known a thousand more appropriate ways to say goodbye, but she didn't.

There was not even any communication of secret codes between them. Except for some codes confirming that Noel was himself, Noel did not respond to any of the secret codes sent by Su Mingan.

Not replying is actually a reply.

"Just cut it off like this?" Su Ming'an took a deep breath.

"Yeah. It's nice to have walked a path with you, but, it's true that we've come this far," Noel said.

"So, you think... your ideals are more important than my life?" Su Mingan asked.

Noel blinked his eyes, as if he was very surprised, and laughed: "Put yourself in my shoes. If the method to save Zhai Xing is right in front of you, as long as you do it, you will definitely be able to do it. The price is just to sacrifice my life - if you have tried hundreds and thousands of times and still can't save my life, will you choose not to sacrifice me and give up Zhai Xing?"

This empathy was so fatal that Su Mingan remained silent for a long time.

"..."

silence.

Silent silence.

Su Mingan had faced such a choice in the Ninth World. If Noel had not come to break the situation, Su Mingan would have been helpless... and might have really lost Yueyue in the end.

He really... couldn't give a definite answer.

After a moment, his voice became a little dry:

"Then why don't you summon Gao Wei immediately? Now is your best chance to strike."

"Our bet isn't over yet." Noel raised the building block castle in his hand.

"What's the point? What's the stakes?"

"If I win, you have some strawberry cake. If I lose, I'll have some chocolate," Noel said with a smile.

...What kind of bet is this? What kind of stakes is this? It's just like a child's play.

Su Mingan subconsciously wanted to laugh. He was used to giving face to Nuoer. Even if Nuoer told some unfunny jokes, he would still laugh. But when he was about to smile, he realized that he didn't need to smile at Nuoer anymore.

Noel's jokes were no longer for him and them.

A playful farewell, a playful bet, a playful wager, the adventurers in the new world always like to do everything in such a playful way, including his own life. But even at such a solemn moment, the boy still had a smile on his face.

Just like what the boy had said to him at the beginning - [Play the game with a smile].

Now, Noel was actually smiling.

If you don't look at his eyes hidden by the brim of his hat.

Su Mingan wanted to go closer to take a look, but Noel suddenly turned around and faced away from him.

"When I was a kid, my adoptive parents would take me to the astronomical museum." Noel looked up at the sea of ​​stars and whales in the sky, as if he could see the blue sky of Zhaixing:
"Most of the astronomical museums in Yu Country are very romantic. They will anthropomorphize Venus, Jupiter, Saturn... into human beings, so that you can know their appearance, temperament, and hobbies."

"Saturn is a gentle angel with a huge halo and the color of a hard-working farmer."

"Mercury is a swift little elf, with an orbital period of only 88 days, and it always rendezvouses with the Sun very quickly."

"When I was a child, I didn't believe them like other children did. Other children thought they were really 'angels' and 'elves'. But I know they are just planets orbiting the sun. They have no temperament and are neither good nor evil."

“In a planetarium, it’s humans who play the planets, not the real planets.”

"All emotions are imposed on them by humans, who try to make them live as they want. Humans are such selfish and broad-minded creatures that they want everything to be presented and understood according to their way of thinking."

"So, I knew then that a planet is a planet after all, a siren is a siren after all, and the captain is a human after all."

"The siren will not abandon the vast ocean and confine herself to the land just for the captain. The captain will not stay at the bottom of the sea and bid farewell to his hometown forever just for the siren."

The blue rose ribbon fluttered, and the boy's golden hair swam freely under the sea of ​​stars.

His white legs stepped in the black water, and his slender back seemed to have grown long wings.

"Of all the stars, I like the sun best."

"It's not because it's the core of the solar system, nor because it's the origin of all life, but simply because... it's unique and one of a kind."

"It is the only star in the entire system. It does not need to orbit anyone. As long as it exists there, it will be orbited by other planets. Its scorching heat and dazzling brilliance make everything afraid to look directly at it."

"——The sun leads all living things."

"Every time I finished a human experiment and crawled out of a pool of blood, I liked to go to the crack in the corner and cling to it like a reptile... It was the only crack in the entire laboratory, the only place where I could see sunlight, even if it was only a little bit."

"At this time, I feel like I am back with my adoptive parents, lying on the warm lawn in the sun with them, reading Jane Eyre, Notre Dame de Paris and Les Miserables."

"With me was a kid of the same age, who was also tortured by various experiments. The hand-severing experiment, the starvation experiment, the drowning experiment, the suffocation experiment... After each experiment, he would come over and ask me why I liked the sun so much."

“I said, I don’t have much, but sunshine, it’s the only thing I can hold on to in my past and future.”

"He and I lay in the gap and watched the sunlight. He said he had a happy childhood, riding the Ferris wheel with his parents, but then the bad guys came and the happiness disappeared."

"He also said that he was a bad kid who cheated, lied, and even indirectly killed others... He did everything. He said that children seem to be the most innocent, but they are actually the most evil, because without the constraints of moral values, children can do anything terrible."

"He also said that children are not the purest existence in the world, but the darkest. If there were only children left in the world, it would be an extremely terrifying world."

"But I smiled and said - No, children are not completely bad, it's just that no one educates them well. If there is really a utopia in this world, it must be a world composed of [an upright adult and a group of blank-slate children]. After being properly educated by adults, most children will grow up to be good people. They are no longer children burned to death in war, baby girls drowned in ravines, children who have been stealing money in slums since childhood, and people from unfortunate families who have experienced domestic violence..."

"Any suffering, any tragedy, any burning, killing and looting... were all contained in the cradle of childhood."

“I want to create this kind of utopia.”

"If there really is a utopia in this world, tragedies like ours in human experiments will no longer happen."

"He listened, but said: So you want to be the only adult raising the child? You are being dictatorial! It's a fantasy! It's so naive!"

“I said, yes, I admit that I am not a righteous person. I just want to walk towards the ‘sun’.”

"I want to be a 'star', responding to the blond kid standing in the planetarium."

"I want to travel around the universe and find out what is on the other side of the universe - I don't want to limit my vision to this planet, Zhaixing, where I grow old, get sick and die."

"I want... a new utopian world."