Zeus's grace is higher than the sky

"How is that possible? I'm just waiting for the opportunity."

"Hehehe, it's okay. I'm not in a hurry. There are countless fun things in the universe, and there's no shortage of people like you. But if you go too late, you won't have the chance."

After saying this, he disappeared without a trace without waiting for Hanabi to refute.

......

At the bottom of the charred lightning crater, the last wisp of pale dust of order was dissipating. The remnant of Zeus's departed thunderstorm still pulsated faintly through the interstellar space. The ruins of Pinocchio were immersed in the silence of the universe. The shattered neon sign, half buried in the soil, intermittently emitted a mournful whistle of electric sparks.

The next moment, a ray of warm gold seeped into the crack.

Tiny musical mycelium emerges from the scorched earth, entwining itself around neon debris and humming fragments of nursery rhymes. Liquid harmonies flow through the cracks in the torn streets, healing the abyss created by Zeus's thunder. Even the suspended dust begins to resonate, forming a piece of music.

Sculptures, crushed by the iron laws of order, unfurled in the warmth. A broken-armed stone dancer's statue, repaired by mycelium, blossomed into fluorescent chords from its cracks. A milky-white sonic slurry gushed from a charred fountain, softening the violent lines etched by lightning craters into ripples.

Deep within the vast pit pierced by Zeus's lightning spear, golden streams converged into a waterfall of light. Falling water droplets splashed across the pit's floor, creating spherical sound waves. The clatter of gamblers' dice, the hoarse chorus of singers, the hum of mechanical short circuits—all these murmurs formed a fugue, circulating along the pit's walls.

The lucky survivors crawled out from the cracks in the earth's crust, their cracked skin touching the rhythm in the air.

The beggar heard the roar of an organ coming from the underground water pipe;

The merchant's broken artificial eye projects the transaction price in staves;

The child opened his mouth to cry, but what came out was the harmony of a church choir.

No one directs, thousands of people chant together—

"The broken embrace each other, and the cracks become a piano case!"

Warm golden mist rises from the cracks in everything, repairing the scars in the ruins.

When the web of light leaned over to touch the ground, the entire Pinocchio trembled slightly. All the survivors suddenly realized: this was not a savior, but an imprint of their own heartbeats—a collective mirror image of the beggar's humming, the merchant's abacus clacking, and the frequency bands of a child's cry interwoven in the void.

The lightning-struck crater has been transformed into a geocentric concert hall inlaid with colorful glazed tiles, and the requiem of the crater walls changes with the angle of sunlight.

Scorched earth blooms with sonic irises, with street performers’ improvisations playing between the opening and closing of petals;

The bartender wiped the glass, and the rim hummed a minor blues. The gambler rolled the dice, and the landing point burst out a harp arpeggio.

There is no absolute standard of "unity", only billions of imperfect voices on the ruins.

The sound of "harmony" once again resounds on the land of Pinocchio.

Chapter 156: New Harmony Envoy

After the "Harmony" sacred music was played during the day, Pinocchio came to life.

The sky of Pinocchio's dream shattered in the battle between Zeus and "Reunion." Kiara Sesshōin stood atop the crumbling clock tower, her left arm twisted awkwardly—the price she paid for blocking the afterglow of Order that blasted down upon the refugees. Blood dripped from her fingertips, spreading across the ground like a flower of salvation.

“What a beautiful piece of music…”

A voice echoed directly from the depths of her fading consciousness. It didn't reach her eardrums, but rather a harmony of millions of voices, a cacophony of solemnity and madness, a fusion of compassion and coldness. Then, a cold silver light pierced her torn wound!

"Ahhh!" The pain instantly overwhelmed her body, as if countless tiny gears were spinning and meshing in her veins. Her vision was torn to pieces, then reassembled. She saw a thousand rotating faces, each one chanting the elegy of a different civilization.

"Having the desire to devour the world, yet using her own body as a boat to overcome adversity...what a wonderful will!" Hippe's will is like the tide of the universe, washing every corner of her soul.

Her wounds ceased bleeding, her flesh regrowing under the power of the Star God. Her robes crumbled, then became entwined with countless iridescent ribbons of diverse civilizations, weaving a strange robe, neither cloth nor armor, a dazzling riot of color. Within her hair, the uniquely harmonious starlight of Pinocchio silently grew.

A strange power surged within her, and her palms burned. Looking down, she saw a "Harmony Seal," composed of countless swirling musical runes, imprinted on them.

She instinctively reached out and pressed the bleeding forehead of a nearby refugee. Instantly, the man's pain and fear, like a tangible stream of gray air, were greedily absorbed by the engraving! The next moment, this gray air circulated and purified within the engraving, transforming into a soft, multicolored light that split into hundreds of tiny streams, immersing itself in the bodies of the other injured around them. Miraculously, the refugees' groans of pain subsided.

"Why should I bear the sin alone?" Hippe's whisper was tempting, and billions of voices resonated in her skull.

"Open up... let all beings share your pain, and let your salvation become a resonance for all! This is... the highest harmony!"

Seshoin bit his lower lip hard, a sweet, fishy taste of rust filling his mouth.

Isn't the "sharing of pain among all" promised by Hippie essentially another form of devouring? It deprives individuals of their right to feel darkness and experience pain, forcing everything into the melody of "harmony."

"No..." With firm determination, Kiara Sesshōin chose to refuse.

Just as Xi Pei's power was about to flow deeper into the "pain diversion" network she had established with the refugees, attempting to infiltrate those fragile souls, she violently severed the connection! The action was so swift that it bordered on self-harm.

"Puff!" The backlash from forcibly interrupting her divine power was like a heavy blow. A mouthful of blood sprayed onto her iridescent robe, scattering a glaring dark red. The flesh of the newly born star wailed on the brink of collapse.

"True salvation..."

She raised her head, the corners of her bloodstained mouth curled up slightly, and her eyes burned with a fire of will that was brighter than the starlight of Shipei.

“It’s about letting people learn to walk in the dark, not depriving them of the right to fall!”

A brief moment of dead silence.

Then, the entire planet of Pinocchio shook! The ruins hummed, and fragments of shattered dreams danced wildly. From the depths of the starry sky, came the deafening laughter of Hippe, a fusion of billions of voices!

"Good! Rebellious 'noise'!"

There was an unprecedented ecstasy in his laughter, as if he had discovered a treasure.

"Because of you... my hymn is more perfect!"

The divine punishment she had anticipated did not descend. Instead, the severed power of Hippie did not dissipate. Instead, it swirled and condensed around her, ultimately transforming into countless suspended, faceted, resonant prisms.

A golden glow enveloped her, a protection and a crowning. The harmony of a unified will was not meant to crush the glimmer of each star, but to allow billions of stars, in their respective orbits, to collectively illuminate the darkness of deep space!

The morning light finally pierced through the last veil of darkness on Pinocchio and sprinkled on her blood-stained rainbow robe and hair dotted with diamonds.

Kiara Sesshōin slowly spread her arms, facing the vast universe. The power within her surged and transformed, and a new true name roared and awakened deep within her soul.

"Infinite Symphony..." She murmured, her voice penetrating the ruins and echoing in the morning light.

“—Amitabha Symphony - Tread in the Light of Ten Thousand Souls!”

A brilliant purifying light erupted from her center, sweeping away the remaining shadows of order. Memes touched by the light silently disintegrated into the most primitive stardust.

And on the foreheads of all the wounded and refugees comforted by the light, a tiny, unique star mark quietly emerges - that is the light of self-will that is embraced by harmony but never extinguished.

Tears silently slid down Seshoin's cheeks and dripped onto the Harmony Mark given to him by Hippe on his chest.

As night falls on the sixth day of Pinocchio, the star marks reflect thousands of tiny points of light.

"Look, Lord Zeus..."

She closed her eyes, feeling the new energy surging within her, a faint resonance with billions of lives. It was a sense of satisfaction deeper and more vast than the joy of swallowing.

"This time... the answer I found might be able to catch up with you."

The mark of harmony appeared behind Kiara Sesshōin.

Once Kiara Sesshōin entered the path of harmony, she was promoted by Hippie to be the Order, replacing the Chorus who were distorted by order and killed by Zeus.

The light in Sesshōin Kiara's pupils gradually faded, and then the mark of "harmony" appeared in them.

At this time, Shipe descended on the land of Pinocchio with the help of Kiara Sesshoin's body, and personally conducted the music to revive Pinocchio.

......

The survivors of the Star Train struggled to stand up from the ground, and Zeus, who had ended the battle, slowly descended from the sky.

"Congratulations, everyone, you won."

"Thanks to your help, Ms. Huangquan, and everyone else, it's finally over."

"How was it? How was this trip to Pinocchio? Was it exciting?"

“It was thrilling.”

"Well, everyone, your trip to Pinocchio is almost over. Although it's mostly in ruins now, at least the reconstruction has begun. Enjoy your time at Pinocchio."

Chapter 157 True and False Firefly

"Um, Lord Zeus..."

"Firefly" stood in front of Zeus' room with a shy look on her face, fiddling with the hem of her skirt with her hands, and even a heart shape appeared in her pupils.

"Today, please let me serve you..."

Looking at the shy expression of the cute girl in front of him, Zeus' face was full of excitement.

"Hahaha, Liuying, you were so brave back then, why are you so shy today? Come here quickly."

"Okay... okay."

At Zeus's call, "Firefly" came to him with a red face.

"Well, let's have a long-awaited good morning kiss first."

As he spoke, Zeus closed his eyes and turned his face towards Firefly beside the bed.

Watching Zeus' lips slowly approaching her, "Firefly" became a little flustered and at a loss for a moment.

Zeus was getting closer and closer.

"There's no other way. This is the situation. It's the only way."

Not knowing whether it was deceiving itself or it was just a reason it had finally found, "Firefly" finally made up its mind, closed its eyes, and slowly approached Zeus.

at this time.

"Snapped"

The door that was originally closed was opened.

“Stop it!!!”

Hearing the sound, Zeus opened his eyes with confusion on his face - why was it the sound of the firefly that made him stop?

I saw another Firefly appear at the door of the room with an angry face.

......

Go back a few minutes.

"Hey, isn't this Firefly? Why are you here?"

Topa met Liuying in the corridor with documents in her hand. She had just seen Liuying walking towards Zeus's room, so how come she came out in such a short while?

"Where should I be then?"

After hearing what Topa said, Liuying became a little confused.

"No, it's okay. I'm leaving now."

"Although everyone who enters Lord Zeus' room basically wants to go to Wushan with him to enjoy the joy of clouds and rain, there may always be accidents, right?" Toppa convinced himself, then ran away with a red face.

Something was wrong, something was very wrong. Liuying's years of experience as a vanguard on the battlefield told her that something unexpected had happened.

According to Liuying's original plan, she should live under the same roof with her Lord Zeus, ignite sparks in daily life, and then everything will go smoothly and smoothly.

Today I originally wanted to make a "good wife lunch" for my Lord Zeus to show my womanly power.

As a result, she suddenly met Topa, and her words forced Liuying to put down the "good wife lunch" she was preparing and go straight to Zeus' room.

Sure enough, Zeus's door was closed, but there was a smell in the air similar to his own.

"Someone is pretending to be me!"

Liuying reacted immediately, and contrary to her usual behavior, she forced the door open without Zeus's permission.

......

Zeus, Liuying and "Liuying" stared at each other.

"Is this happening again?"

Zeus's morning kiss was naturally ruined by being interrupted by the firefly.

"It's just that I'm already a Star God, so why can't I see it?"

Zeus sat at the table with his forehead in his hand.

"Oh, that's the expression! That's the expression I want to see! Zeus, the renowned god of reproduction, is now in trouble over the authenticity of his mate."

Through the perspective of fireworks, Aha saw Zeus's distressed expression, rolling around in joy in the alien space forged by the power of joy.

Not to mention the most basic things like appearance and body shape, Zeus, who controls thunder and lightning, even felt exactly the same biomagnetic field fluctuations from the two fireflies in front of him, and the power of reproduction also received the same feedback from the two of them.

Needless to say, Zeus also knew that someone was setting a trap for him!

"Ala, Lord Zeus, what happened?"

Jibril heard the commotion in the living room, put down the e-book in her hand, and appeared in front of Zeus and the other two.