God's Gift

"No..." Yu Youyou's answer surprised Dark Star. It didn't react for a long time, subconsciously repeating Yu Youyou's words:

"You won't abandon them?"

The dim light's gaze gradually shifted to Yu Youyou, and as if it had heard a joke, it suddenly burst out laughing:

"You won't abandon them?"

Dark Star's hair was like a blazing flame, growing redder and redder as it burned. It walked up to Yu Youyou and placed one foot on her hand bone.

"What are you pretending for, Ou Xi?"

Dark Star's voice was filled with undisguised anger; it was cold and ruthless, piercing through everything without hesitation.

"Isn't all of this something you've tacitly approved?"

Yu Youyou did not answer Anxing's question. She stared at Anxing's foot, which was pressing on her finger bones, her dark eyes unfathomable.

Seeing Yu Youyou's indifferent attitude, Dark Star's anger burned even more fiercely. Its voice suddenly rose, and it stomped heavily on Yu Youyou's palm.

“You knew all along that I was deliberately getting close to Jiang De, and that I was forcing you to reveal your identity. I don’t believe you don’t understand my purpose.”

“But you never intervened, and from the very beginning you went along with me and let me do all this.”

"Don't you also want to see what choices they would make if they had another chance?"

Dark Star crouched down, grabbed Yu Youyou's hair, and forced her to look up and meet its gaze.

"Now they have made their choice."

"You see, even if it happens again... even countless times, these humans will still betray you."

“They are greedy and selfish, they are cowardly and hypocritical…” Dark Star gritted his teeth as he looked at Yu Youyou:

"You know their nature, you know they will hurt you..."

Dark Star's voice stopped. It looked at the humans who had long lost their minds and were relentlessly devouring Youyou, and its voice became more forceful: "No, they are hurting you."

"You should continue to hate them and annihilate them, just as you did four thousand years ago."

"But now you're telling me you won't abandon them?"

Dark Star gritted its teeth. It had already planned everything. Once Oshi saw through these humans, she would decide to abandon them and submit to it.

At that time, it will help Oshi cleanse this planet and restore its vitality.

Just like it did on other planets before.

But now Oshi is telling it that it will not abandon these humans, so what about everything it has done all this way?

Forced by Dark Star to meet its gaze, Yu Youyou's furious expression was reflected in her eyes. Her gaze flickered, and a smile gradually spread across her blood-stained face. She spoke:

"I'm not stopping you, not to find out what choice they will make."

Upon hearing Yu Youyou's words, Dark Star was taken aback, a look of confusion appearing on its face as it stared intently at Yu Youyou.

Under Dark Star's gaze, Yu Youyou's voice remained unhurried: "I never need you to tell me the answer."

"I knew from the beginning what choice they would make."

When the gods give life to living beings, they also give them the instinct to survive, and this instinct will inevitably lead them to make the choice to survive when their lives are in danger.

She understood it from the very beginning.

"You know?" Dark Star's eyes showed a hint of confusion. "Then what exactly do you want to do?"

Yu Youyou chuckled softly, the sound causing her shattered chest to vibrate, and blood gushed from her mouth and nose due to the vibration.

Although she looked utterly disheveled, her demeanor remained composed.

It was as if the one lying below, barely clinging to life, was not her, but Dark Star.

Her dark eyes stared at Dark Star, her gaze as innocent and pure as ever, yet it sent a chill down Dark Star's spine.

"I just want to know what choices I would make if I could do it all over again."

Dark Star already understood her choice.

A string snapped in Dark Star's mind, its rationality evaporated in an instant, and a ferocious rage, wanting to tear everything in its path, appeared in its eyes. It laughed in its fury:

"So you've been playing me from the very beginning?"

Yu Youyou propped herself up with her arms and moved closer to Dark Star. She stared at Dark Star without moving, tilting her head slightly:

"I should thank you."

“I knew they were greedy and selfish, and I also knew they were hypocritical and cowardly.”

"But you showed me that there is kindness, sincerity and courage among these people."

"It also showed me that in the face of life and death, cowards can become fearless, and selfish people can become selfless."

"Fine." Hearing Yu Youyou's words, Dark Star was gradually overwhelmed by the anger of being teased. It released its grip, took a step back, and stared at her menacingly.

"Since you are so stubborn, then you will end up like Forrest, being devoured by these humans."

It looked into Yu Youyou's calm eyes, and hatred welled up in them:

"They cannot kill you, but once they have devoured your flesh and blood, your divine power will dissipate once more."

"You need to gather your divine power from scratch... no—"

Dark Star paused, then suddenly burst into laughter: "By then, I will have already returned to my original form."

Dark Star looked down at Yu Youyou from its high position. The Eye of Hela behind it was like its shadow, and the blazing firelight reflected on it, blending into its red hair.

“I will personally crush your divine power, so that you will never have any chance of waking up again.”

A bolt of lightning flashed across the crimson sky, followed by a deafening roar that echoed across the earth.

Yu Youyou's expression disappeared, and she looked up at Dark Star without saying a word for a long time.

"What, are you having second thoughts?" Dark Star looked at Yu Youyou's silent demeanor and assumed she had been intimidated.

"If you beg me now, I might still be able to change my mind."

He put his hands behind his back, a hint of smugness in his voice: "After all, who else but me can save you now?"

“I have already killed all the other gods. You are the last god on this planet.”

"You have no other choice but to beg me."

Yu Youyou stared at the dark star for a long time, then suddenly laughed. Amidst the increasingly noisy rain, the laughter was faint, yet the mockery remained undiminished:

"Who said it's just me?"

Dark Star was taken aback, somewhat puzzled by Yu Youyou's words: "Then who else could it be?"

All the other gods had died at its hands, and it knew there was absolutely no chance they could survive.

The rain grew louder and louder, but Little Gull continued to cry. Her sharp sobs pierced through the noisy rain, like a constantly worn string on a musical instrument, making Dark Star feel uneasy.

"Shut up!" Dark Star roared, looking at Little Ou. A dark red light shot towards Little Ou along with its roar.

But before the red light touched Xiao'ou, the fish-patterned markings on her neck suddenly glowed with a blue fluorescence. As the blue light appeared, a curtain woven from seawater appeared in front of her, blocking the red light emitted by the dark star.

At the same time, a blue light slowly rose from Yu Youyou's body.

Dark Star stared at the point of light, a look of disbelief on his face.

"God's Breath?"

As the blue light rose, it expanded and grew larger, its light becoming increasingly dazzling. Under the watchful gaze of the Dark Star, the blue light ascended into the sky, coalescing within the dark clouds into a gigantic fish that was even larger, more solemn, and more imposing than Yu Youyou's original form.

"Oshi!" Dark Star's pupils trembled. It looked at the fish and instinctively called out, but immediately realized, "No, impossible..."

It turned to look at Yu Youyou, "You are Ou Xi."

While Dark Star was still in shock and confusion, Yu Youyou looked at the giant fish and finally spoke:

"dad."