God's Gift

Utilization.

Dark Star's last words echoed in Lu Keming's ears, and a slight smile appeared on his lips. It turned out they already knew the truth.

It turns out that thousands of years ago, before he was even born, his life had already been planned.

But if even his existence and their acquaintance are part of a scheme, then what does he have left?

What is the purpose of his existence?

Lu Keming's consciousness was detached. He was like an empty shell, numbly looking at everything in front of him, his thoughts were calmer than ever before.

So, what ending did they plan for him?

As if in response to his question, the scene inside the tunnel shifted again, finally settling on Lijia Village, where they met Father Time.

After he left first, Yu Youyou stopped there and heard Father Time say to her:

"He was too paranoid, and single-handedly devoured the Dark Star, destroying the entire human race."

"...He devoured the Dark Star, and his master's protection could no longer safeguard him. The Dark Star's power eventually took over his body, and he became a complete walking corpse."

It turned out to be the case.

As his emotions were peeled away like layers of an onion, a hole appeared in Lu Keming's heart, leaving it unable to hold any more sadness or anger.

He listened to them talk about his fate, but felt completely calm.

That was his original plan.

Devour the dark star, and then destroy everything.

It turns out he won't succeed.

It turns out that the reason he was able to escape death time and time again in Zone E when he was a child was not because he was lucky, but because he was the chosen one and she protected him.

Lu Keming's lips curled into a smile.

He was the chosen one.

How lucky he is.

Lu Keming, looking like a withered tree, stared blankly at the scenes flowing through the time tunnel.

What else does he need to know?

There's no need to consider his feelings anymore; treat him as just an empty shell and lay all the truth bare and bloody before him.

The scroll began to flow again, this time seemingly from the perspective of the light spot that called itself the system.

After being created by the previous Ou Xi, it slept for a full thousand years until Yu Youyou tore the world apart, at which point it awoke from the void.

It doesn't remember where it came from, nor does it know what it's going to do; it simply wanders through various small worlds driven by its hunger.

It discovered that it could draw power from certain humans in the small world when it approached them.

In this world, it is Shen Minghua and Ye Li.

Unfortunately, a man named Lu Keming will kill them.

So it gathered countless souls from the void and brought them close to Lu Keming. Initially, its goal was to kill him, but it repeatedly failed. Then it tried to reform him, to dissuade him from his obsession with devouring the Dark Star, but that also ultimately failed.

Everyone failed.

Lu Keming is destined to devour the Dark Star.

Here, Lu Keming witnessed the story of what happened after he swallowed Dark Star and became a walking corpse.

He was unable to truly absorb the power of the Dark Star, and a year after swallowing it, he finally died.

Lu Keming chuckled softly, his chest heaving violently as he coughed up a mouthful of blood.

It turns out that no matter what he did, death was all that awaited him.

It turns out that from the very beginning, all his hopes were just wishful thinking.

Lu Keming struggled to his feet and stumbled forward. His body swayed, causing him to fall repeatedly. But after each fall, he would get up again and stubbornly walk towards the end of the tunnel.

Even though she caused him pain, his body still instinctively wanted to return to her side.

Lu Keming thought about her uncontrollably, missing her as if he were harming himself.

Why let him see her pain before he sees through all the falsehood and manipulation?

Why let him witness her being torn apart, let him feel her deathly loneliness in the void, let him experience her torment, so that he cannot even harbor the slightest resentment?

His strength was exhausted, and his thoughts had become extremely sluggish.

Time seemed to stretch out infinitely, and in the long darkness, he slowly thought:

If he can devour Dark Star, that would be good too.

At least until his death, he could still be of some value to her.

Lu Keming imagined what she looked like, and wondered what she would become after he died.

If he dies, will she miss him?

His mind kept replaying fragments of the past...

Everything they experienced together, the places they visited, the moon they saw, and every word they spoke.

All those images ultimately coalesced into the last words Yu Youyou said to him—

"Remember this, I love you."

Lu Keming could no longer tell whether she was lying to gain divine power or speaking from the heart.

No—such a contract must probably be established on the basis of genuine sincerity.

If even love is fake, then she could have just pretended to confess when they first met, instead of staying by his side.

Realizing this, Lu Keming let out a short laugh, which was crushed between his teeth and eventually turned into blood.

How cruel, Yu Youyou.

How could she, how could she, after letting him see that it was all a lie, still offer him her true feelings?

Why is it that the price of exploitation is sincerity?

They made him willingly accept the script they had arranged for him, and voluntarily put on the rope she threw at him.

Lu Keming chuckled softly, his laughter gradually turning into a sob. Finally, he thought:

It's okay, at least there's still love.

Of all the lies, at least love is real.