Myths were history reflected in a ha-ha mirror. They were filled with inconceivable things, but you would always be able to find the truth.
Anyway, after knowing the truth of so many human myths, I felt like I was about to cry. Even though I didn't know if there was a connection between the two, I really felt that the rumor of 202 must have had a ridiculous and painful beginning. It could be that the Mayans suddenly realized that there wasn't enough space when they were carving the calendar. It could also be that Jingle woke up from her sleep and forgot to turn on the lights for the world. Of course, it could also be that one day in ancient times, two hours and twelve minutes after the sun set, a group of aliens came for a barbecue …
The gigantic Atlantis continent hovered in the sea of clouds at the edge of the world for a period of time. It only continued to sink after the Nightfall Ritual ended, completely submerging into the indescribable fog. The gigantic light beam still hung in the sky and began to slowly sweep across the entire sky, symbolizing the huge cannon that the Gods had used to sweep across the land hundreds of thousands of years ago. The laser light illuminated a portion of the sky. The thick layers of clouds churned and surged in this bright spot of light, as though a surging ocean was hanging upside down in the sky. Even though each light beam swept across only a small area of the sky, such a glimpse of the rolling clouds gave one a strange and majestic feeling. It was as though …
The entire world was collapsing around them.
After the Nightfall Ritual ended, the monsters' banquet also came to an end. Most of the monsters returned to Monster Town through the teleportation portal. Some of them even went down the mountain to find their Atlantean friends they were familiar with. For example, Marisa, whose face was so thick that it could be used as an explosion-proof shield, went to find Mercury to exchange work experiences. There were still a few monsters lingering in the huge stone plaza. They gathered in small groups and chattered. I didn't know how they could always have so many topics to talk about. Yūyouzi and Yakumo Zi were discussing something suspicious not far away, sneaking glances at me as they talked. Yep, I was quite worried that Yūyouzi was thinking of asking me for a free meal, and that Sandora would go berserk.
Suika Ikui limped past me, her wine gourd dragging on the ground listlessly. Jingle clattered along with the chains on her body. It was obvious that this big-horned loli was in a terrible mood. Being defeated by Lin twice in a row wasn't what saddened her the most. What saddened her even more was the process of being defeated. The first time, she was smaller than Lin, and in the end, she was flicked into the basalt layer by Lin's fingernail. The second time, she was older than Lin, and in the end, Lin didn't even make a move, but she had almost pierced a hole in the sole of her foot … Only Suika would propose such a duel where there was absolutely no chance of winning. In any case, I had never seen anyone so crazy as to challenge a Star Realm Protoss to a duel.
That bunch of second-generation brats could even beat up an Ultraman with a brick. Even Jingle had an indestructible body. Duel my ass!
"Wuuu, it hurts, it hurts …" Suika wobbled over in the blink of an eye. She sat on the ground and extended her foot towards us. "Why does it hurt so much when I only clicked my tongue!"
"Those who disrespect God shall suffer unforgettable pain." Liliana broke off a piece of ice from Eleanor's body and put it together with the frozen fruit. She glanced at Suika from the corner of her eyes. "But in other words, the wounds inflicted by a Star Realm Protoss usually won't heal quickly. At the very least, they have to wait until the Divine Punishment period is over. They are much more powerful than tetanus."
What a wonderful metaphor. What was even more wonderful was that upon hearing this, Icetis tossed Liliana out of sight, leaving behind an empty fruit platter for us to eat.
"Let me have a bite too." Eleanor hopped over and looked at the fruit platter pitifully while biting her finger. "I don't even know what I taste like yet."
I felt that no matter who stood at the top of the food chain, it was meaningless because Eleanor had already decided to form her own food chain …
Suika sat on the ground with her limbs spread out like a defenseless little girl. She frowned as she counted her feet. The so-called end of the Divine Punishment period was a completely unpredictable concept. Based on experience, the Heavenly Lightning Divine Punishment would only last for an instant after offending Jingle. However, Jingle was obviously in a different situation. The Divine Punishment after offending Jingle was continuous. Oh, I remember now. Back then, when Jingle accidentally broke Suika's horn, she seemed to have complained about why her horn was growing so slowly. There was no movement for an entire month …
I sympathized with Suika's experience. She would probably be Iron Crutch Li for the next month.
After the fun ended, Shallow Shallow quickly felt bored and went home to sleep. She even brought along a bunch of dolls. Even Liliana, who had just flown back from the other side of the city, was chased away by Big Sister with the reason that "no matter how old her bones are, she still has the body of a child that needs to sleep early". As for Suika, who had been whining for a long time, I finally found a walking stick for her. Now, it could be said that there was good news and bad news for her. The good news was that she could finally get rid of the title of Ice Cream Superman. The bad news was that if there was anyone who wanted to film the 2012 version of The Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, she might be selected … Walking stick and wine gourd, this girl was too interesting.
In the end, Big Sister and I stayed until the end. We both loved this kind of peaceful night. Now that we had a rare opportunity to enjoy the silence, we naturally didn't want to miss it. Honestly speaking, the night on the Atlantis continent … sounded quite interesting.
Other than the two or three kittens at the far end of the square, there were only the twelve laser beams that were still slowly streaking across the sky. These laser beams would continue until midnight today, when the day in Atlantis would end. During this period, the floating island would move to its transfer station on the "underside" of the world, which was the corresponding location of the temple on the back of the Avalon continent. The floating island would stay there for half an hour until midnight, then it would accelerate and continue moving, passing through a huge hole on the other side of the Avalon continent and returning to the surface world. That huge hole was thus named "Apollo's Gate," which was also the place where the Sun Chariot departed from.
After coming to the world of Avalon for so long, the Atlantean floating island's operating procedures had already been fixed. It was even treated as a commandment, strictly followed by the residents of the floating island. Originally, the floating island's orbit around the continent could be completed on autopilot, but in order to show that they were cautious in using the relics of the gods, this operating procedure had always been manually controlled by the twelve main gods on Mount Olympus. It had to be said that this was the unique stubbornness of the Atlanteans at work.
These were all things that I had heard from Rhododendron Spp.. Although I didn't know why the Atlanteans had such strict operating procedures for the floating island, it must have something to do with their religious habits. After all, this was a race that liked to follow symbolic meanings in everything they did. They even tied their shoelaces with crosses …
"Right next to us, there are so many unimaginable and wonderful things," the elder sister said in a leisurely tone as she looked at the Temple of Zeus, which was shining with a faint white light in the distance. "The Atlantean Rite of Nightfall, the sea of clouds in Avalon, the dark zone on the other side of the world, and the cloudy sky. We are so busy on a daily basis that we have no time to care about these things."
"Elder sister, how are you?" I asked with a smile as I laid on the elder sister's lap like I did when I was young.
No matter how old I was, it seemed that some habits couldn't be changed. Was this the victory of the elder sister's maternal side?
"No, I'm just feeling emotional." The elder sister had that eternal warm smile on her face as she rubbed my hair. "Don't you think that these wonderful things are right next to us? Avalon is almost like the back garden of our home, but it's the first time we've seen all of this. Is it because of the distance, or is it because of our daily busyness that we have neglected such things? It seems very obvious."
"It can't be helped." I curled my lips. "It's not easy to be idle, especially when there's an endless group of little ancestors at home."
The elder sister shook her head. "So what I want to tell you is that you must learn to relax. Don't bear too much pressure. Ah Jun should have a relaxed personality no matter what. Being nervous all the time doesn't suit your image."
"I feel that I am quite relaxed." I thought for a moment. "When I found out that the Fallen Apostle was duplicating himself, I actually took Sandora shopping for the entire afternoon. Isn't this relaxing a little lacking in intelligence?"
"Lacking in intelligence and not being nervous are two different things." The elder sister rolled her eyes at me. "You've been lacking in intelligence since you were two and a half years old, but when have you not been nervous about an exam?"
I said, "… Elder sister, I'm already over 20 years old this year."
"Even if you live as long as the heavens, I will still be your elder sister." The elder sister suddenly twisted my ear forcefully. Just like a dozen years ago, she pulled my head and swung it around her legs. In that instant, I really wanted to cry but had no tears. I thought to myself that it was fortunate that Wen Wen had already left. Otherwise, I would have to consider banning the entire Void World's news industry from tomorrow onwards. When would the elder sister realize that her younger brother had already become an adult …
However, just like when I was younger, before I could take any measures to resist, the elder sister would stop what she was doing in advance as if she could read my mind. With a gentle smile, she would rub my hair. Such a sudden change instantly caused my hot blood to vanish into thin air, leaving me with nowhere to exert my strength. It had been twenty years, and even now, I still couldn't understand how the elder sister managed to grasp the cooldown time when she was torturing me …
"Ah Jun always writes everything on his face." The elder sister smiled as she lowered her head and used the tip of her nose to touch my forehead. "The one who can read him first will always be the elder sister."
I chuckled foolishly and didn't say anything else. I quietly enjoyed the gentleness and tranquility that hadn't changed in the past twenty years.
Perhaps Sandora would be able to merge her soul with mine. Perhaps Shallow Shallow would be able to use her clear and pure heart to accept everything from her lover. However, if one were to talk about the person who understood her the most, it would always be the elder sister who had been with her for the past twenty years.
She was right. For a very long time, I had been nervous and suppressed. I had been enduring the pressure that seemed to never disappear and would only get heavier. Even though I felt that my silly optimistic attitude had perfectly dealt with the pressure, the elder sister could still acutely sense that it had never disappeared from my heart.
"Elder sister, I remember that you once told me that a man is born to bear some responsibilities." I looked at the familiar face of the elder sister. In my memory, this face was as young as mine, but it slowly matured. The one thing that never changed was the reliable feeling that people could trust. However, I didn't know when the roles had changed. The little brat who followed behind the elder sister with a runny nose had grown up and turned into a pillar of support for the family. Would the elder sister rely on this pillar?
"Of course, that's what I said." The elder sister smiled. "Do you still remember when you were a kid? When you were in the third grade, it was the first time you took money to pay for school fees. It was forty-two dollars and fifty cents …"
I was stunned for a moment and said awkwardly, "Then, I bought a bunch of caramels and two plastic figurines at the school gate. I didn't have enough money, so I lied and said that I forgot to take the two dollars and fifty cents when I left."
I remembered clearly that the elder sister saw through me on the spot …
"Because I was standing less than ten meters away from you, behind that old poplar tree." The elder sister suddenly said, "When you were buying things, I saw it all. At that time, the business left by my parents was already in a precarious state. In the company, no one was willing to listen to a little girl's orders. Everyone was thinking of ways to get some money before the company closed down. There was also a group of parents' former 'business partners' who were waiting to swindle the last bit of property from the elder sister's hands. That was the only time I scolded you. "
"Why do I remember that I even beat you up?" It was a secret from a long time ago, but now that I know it, I didn't seem surprised at all. I only felt a little sad, "Then, I washed the dishes for a week. You taught me that there are two things that people can never escape. One is to know what's going on, and the other is to be responsible."
"Now, I don't plan on changing the two words that I taught you. I just hope that Ah Jun can understand one thing: being responsible isn't as simple as bearing all the pressure. Sometimes, making yourself feel better and more relaxed is also a kind of responsibility. You are responsible for the people around you who care about you."
"I … know. Recently, I seem to be a little restless."
"It's not just restless." The elder sister suddenly hugged my head. Her warm fragrance made me short of breath. "Why did you look for Tawil? What's the use of extracting the abyss sample? "
"Ah? How did you know … "
"It's just like when you secretly bought snacks and toys in front of the school gate in the third grade. The only people you could never hide it from are you and me. At that time, I saw that you were acting sneakily, so I monitored your communication with Tawil. What a careless younger brother. Don't you know that there's an extra layer of encryption?"
I was suddenly speechless. After a long time, I carefully asked, "Then, sister, who knows about this matter now?"
"Tawil knows, and then me. Don't worry. Without your orders, a loyal person like Tawil would never speak about it. Otherwise, it wouldn't be sister educating you right now. Instead, it would be Sandora leading the entire army to hold an impeachment meeting for you! "
The elder sister's tone was filled with helplessness and a part of it was worry. I knew that I had made her worried again by messing around. The last time I did this was more than a year ago. At that time, I had rashly tried to turn myself into a Void Creature and was almost unable to return to my human form. The elder sister was shocked by me. But this time …
It was still my rashness. That was something that happened a few days ago.
I looked for Tawil because I wanted to personally come into contact with the Abyss sample. This kind of thing wasn't hard to find. In the research center, there was the purest Abyss sample that was bound by a powerful energy field. That was the first sample that was collected from the vicinity of the Gates of the Chaos Abyss in the past. It came directly from the Gates of the Chaos Abyss and had yet to be infected by anything from the main material plane. In other words, that was the most dangerous original sample that still possessed the ability to infect the Abyss. The increasingly bizarre actions of the Fallen Apostle and my own confusion about the Abyss gave me quite a bit of pressure. It made me decide to use my Void form to come into contact with the 100% purity of the Abyss. I wanted to see if my talent could even reverse this kind of thing. After all, it was already proven that my Void form was able to reverse intelligent creatures that were infected by the Abyss. If it was effective against a pure first-generation Abyss sample, then I would undoubtedly be able to reach the heavens in a single step and come into contact with the secrets of the Abyss and my own power.
As for the dangers of doing this, I had also thought about it. It would be nothing more than a failure in reversing the Abyss and I would be infected. However, with my Void creature's physique, it was impossible for a little bit of Abyss power to completely infect me. In fact, whether it would even be effective on my body was a question. Furthermore, the research center had all kinds of violent purification equipment. That was why I felt that this plan was feasible. Yep, I just felt that it was feasible at the time.
Of course, this hot-blooded idea of mine was dissuaded by Tawil in a panic. Furthermore, I quickly calmed down and felt that I was a little too rash under pressure. Thus, I gave up on the idea in the end.
It was just that I didn't expect that Big Sister would still find out about this matter in the end. At the very least, I thought that I would be able to hide it from her.
She stayed behind to accompany me at this time. Perhaps it wasn't just to enjoy a leisurely night with her younger brother. More importantly, it was to enlighten me … She was right. No matter how far I went, no matter how old I was, she would always be my older sister.
"Hey, Big Sister, I'm sorry. I was too rash again."
Resting my head on Big Sister's lap, I softly admitted my mistake.
Big Sister didn't say anything else. She only lightly swayed her body. After a long while, she suddenly said, "Right, Ah Jun, do you still remember when Big Sister sang you a lullaby when you were young?"
My expression instantly changed. "… Big Sister, I'm already in my twenties …"
"What's the big deal? Big Sister remembers that you loved to listen to me sing when you were young."
I hesitated for a long while before deciding to tell the truth. "Yes, back then, you were addicted to singing. Every night when I was about to fall asleep, you would come over and sing me a lullaby. After singing me awake, you would go back to your room to sleep …"
This time, it was Big Sister's turn to be speechless.
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