"Ask yourself. When you heard Professor Mo Xuan introduce the exploration mission in the dark nebula, was the first thought that popped up in your mind 'this mission is very important to the Federation and therefore I have to go', or 'this mission is so interesting that I want to go'?"
Ding Ling Dong looked at Li Yao expectantly.
Li Yao's eyes passed her and pierced into the furiously burning sun. Under the dazzling sunlight, even his eyes were dyed in gold.
Holding Ding Ling Dong's hands softly, he was deep in thought for a long time. The expression on his face was confused, tranquil, energetic, and unpredictable. In the end, pure brilliance was beaming out of his eyes.
"I want to go. I want to go from the bottom of my heart!"
Li Yao mumbled. "You're right. It has nothing to do with civilization, the Federation, or the future. The universe is a vast place. I just want to take a look at it.
"There's something that I've never told you.
"After more than ten years of soul-stirring adventures, in the past five years, I've finally been able to live a peaceful, regular life like a normal person.
"I have almost everything. Reputation, position, power, career, and the support and respect of the public! Even you are by my side. No matter how hard we train during the day, we can stay together at night like a normal couple.
"By logic, this should be the peak of my life, right?
"But do you know who I dream of the most in the dead of the night when I enter the state of deep sleep?"
Ding Ling Dong blinked and said, "Yan Xibei, Xiao Xuance, Bai Xinghe, the star child, Jin Tuyi, Elder Nether Spring, Zhou Hengdao, and Lu Zui?"
"How did you know?"
Li Yao was greatly shocked. He touched his lips subconsciously and asked, "Do I talk in my sleep at night?"
"Of course not."
Ding Ling Dong smiled. "However, like you, I often dream of my past enemies!"
"During the ten years when you left the Tian Yuan Realm, I was alone in the depths of the Wasteland, cultivating and adventuring. I encountered countless ferocious and ferocious demon beasts, and I also escaped from hundreds of demon beast tides that blotted out the sky."
"These scenes have often appeared in my dreams in the past five years!"
"It's very strange. When I was wandering in the depths of the Grand Desolate Wasteland, I had to sacrifice everything, overdraft my soul, and burn my life to fight for a chance of survival. Most of the time, the physical and mental torture was indescribable!"
"Every time I escaped from the beast tides and dragged my bleeding, soul-drained body back to the base, I always told myself that I would never do such a stupid thing again and wander around the wormhole in the depths of the Grand Desolate Plateau alone!
"But every time he couldn't bear it for more than a week, he would forget the pain after the scar healed and become restless again."
"Also, when I was faced with the life-or-death moments in my dreams again, I felt that I wanted to do it again, or even a hundred times!"
"Yes. That's exactly the feeling!"
Li Yao's eyes suddenly shone. He held his wife's hand tighter and tighter as he said excitedly, "In my dreams, I often encountered Yan Xibei, Xiao Xuance, Elder Nether Spring, Lu Zui, and the rest of them. Those guys were truly tricky. Every time, I had to exploit the last drop of wisdom, courage, and determination in the deepest part of my soul. Together with the help of countless partners and a bit of luck, I was finally able to defeat them!
"After I defeated them, or even just during the confrontation with them, the unparalleled ecstasy made me feel that I was 100%, if not 105%, alive!
"Honey, don't misunderstand me. I'm not saying that I didn't enjoy the peaceful life in the past five years, and I'm not saying that I didn't want to spend the rest of my life with you. It's just that — it's just that, compared to the soul-stirring, exhilarating adventures in the past ten years, the smooth-sailing life that is as pure as water, in which I can see what my life will be like decades later, is a little — a little boring!
"You — you can understand the feeling, can't you?"
"Of course!"
Ding Lingdang's thoughts also floated to a very, very distant place. Her entire person seemed to have gradually turned into a sparkling and translucent crystal, melting into the air, both real and illusory.
Her voice was so hollow that it seemed to come from the depths of the dark, cold, and burning universe. "In order to break into the Yuanying State, I once risked training in the orbit closest to the pulsar for ten days and ten nights.
"The special force field released by the pulsar, together with the gravitational field of the neutron star itself, was superimposed into a special twisting force field. It was like a natural telescope in the universe that could collect the information of light waves since ancient times.
"Through the special filter on the Crystal Suit and the direct perception of the spiritual root, I seemed to be able to see the entire universe slowly unfolding before my eyes.
"I 'saw' that the cosmic arms made of billions of stars were burning furiously. I 'saw' that countless nebulae were expanding and shrinking like behemoths in the ocean. I 'saw' that the boundless galaxies were blossoming like flowers and withering slowly. I 'saw' that the pulsar released a tide of a hundred million colors, which enshrouded me in the blink of an eye. I even forgot to train myself. Simply dwelling in the brilliance of a hundred million colors was enough for me to give up my entire life!"
"I was so immersed in it that I got closer and closer to the critical gravitational point of the pulsar. I was almost absorbed by it!
"But at that time, I did not have the slightest fear or regret. Instead, I had a weird sense of tranquility and delight, as if I were a speck of dust that came from the universe in the first place and was about to return to the universe!
"It was during the ten days and ten nights of training that I polished my real belief and truly understood the meaning of 'rebirth'. I was reborn. I was reborn from the universe!
"That was perhaps the biggest reason why I advanced into the Yuanying level at such a young age!
"When one has seen the hundred million colors of the pulsar, seen the collision and surging of the galaxies made of the cosmic arms, and seen the unpredictable flowers blossoming in front of her in the form of the distant starlight that was emitted from the deepest part of the universe billions of years ago, how could she possibly be interested in anything in the mortal world at all?
"Fame, power, wealth, position, honor, and disgrace, in front of the universe, the things that the mortals have been fighting for at the cost of their lives are as hilarious as towers made of sand!
"We should've talked about the topic earlier."
Li Yao stared at Ding Ling Dong in a strange way and said in delight, "Honey, I've discovered that you are truly changing every day. You are completely different from the past!"
"Of course. Are you the only one who is allowed to advance while other people are not allowed to?"
Ding Ling Dong grinned and flicked Li Yao's forehead hard again. "It's not too late to talk about it right now. Let's be honest. You felt that the past few years were rather boring, too, didn't you?"
"Not boring. How could I be bored when I was with you? I just felt that it was not a 100% me! "
Li Yao pondered for a moment and shook his head. "No. To be more precise, the one who lived in the past five years was Li Yao as the Super Hero and the super mascot of the Xing Yao Federation, not the 'purest Li Yao'!
"The 'purest Li Yao' was only alive when he was engaged in adventures, fierce battles, and exhausting his life and soul time and time again with the strongest opponents such as Xiao Xuance, Bai Xinghe, Elder Nether Spring, and Lu Zui!
"I don't want to live as a 'super mascot' anymore. Not even for one day, much less five years, ten years, decades, or even a hundred years!
"I crave to go to the marvelous worlds deep inside the sea of stars where other people have never been before. I want to see the scenery there, make friends with the experts there, study the civilization there, and compete with the formidable enemies there! In the adventures that keep escalating, I want to feel the feeling of pushing my physical strength, willpower, wisdom, and life to the maximum and squeezing out the 'purest Li Yao'!
"Cultivation is all about training the truest self. My 'true self' is right there, in the depths of the stars!
"The stars are where I belong!"
"Therefore, it doesn't matter whether or not this matter is related to the future of the Federation and the future of our civilization!
"Now that I've learned of the existence of such a mysterious world, and I have a chance to explore it, I must seize the opportunity!
"It belongs to me. I do not want to see it fall into other people's hands and let other people see its beauty and mysteries first!"
Li Yao's voice was deeper and deeper, more and more determined. Infinite dominance was unleashing from every pore on his body!
Even the clouds were dancing around him, covering him with a robe that would allow him to dominate the sea of stars!
"It's mine! Who else can it be but me?"
Looking at Li Yao's simplicity and dominance, Ding Ling Dong's eyes were almost overflowing with tenderness. She chuckled and said, "This is the answer that I want to hear. If that's the case, just go now. Go to the depths of the sea of stars, conquer new worlds, and live your true self. I will definitely support you!"
"But —"
Li Yao was both touched and ashamed by his wife's generosity and support.
"There are no 'buts'. I know that your soul has been absorbed by the mysterious world. If I refuse to let you go, you will certainly be frustrated and frustrated for the rest of your life!
"What I want is a man who can live his life to the fullest, not a walking corpse!"
"I understand you, just like how you understand me. Since you didn't restrain or stop me even once when I was out adventuring and adventuring, why would I restrain or stop you?"
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