Bulwark of Light

Chapter 476 About Life, About Death

The evening wind blows over the roof of the orphanage.

Today's rooftop is extremely beautifully repaired, with red bricks and white tiles, and an old man sitting on a rocking chair, looking towards the direction of the distant wind.

"Mother-in-law! Mother-in-law!"

Sanpao trotted, sniffing his nose hard, and said seriously: "Look! I'll show you a unique stunt!"

Take a deep breath.

Hold your breath.

Then... exhale the gas from the nasal cavity, this unique skill is commonly known as blowing the nose.

The mother-in-law looked complicated.

How did this child grow more and more confused?

She silently enjoyed the talent show. There was a knock on the door first, followed by exclamations and jumps.

Sanpao maintains the posture of blowing bubbles on his back, like an acrobat with a water tank on his head.

He heard laughter outside the orphanage and was a little confused.

"Xiao Gu is back..."

The mother-in-law asked with a smile: "You have a unique skill, can you persist until you go downstairs?"

"What's so difficult about this?"

Sanpao swaggered down the stairs with his back on his back.

Then there was the sound of snot bubbles breaking... Seeing Gu Shen with snot bubbles was the most regrettable thing Sanpao did this year.

Because Gu Shen didn't come back alone, he also brought a beautiful sister by his side, a beautiful sister who was much prettier than the last time he came to the orphanage.

The children in the orphanage stared wide-eyed, surrounded by this beautiful fairy sister, Chu Ling wore the red and white sacrificial attire, her temperament was beyond dust, and she was extremely stunning. I can't help but take a few more glances, not to mention these simple-minded children.

Everyone was stunned.

Chu Ling smiled.

In fact, these children... She had seen them two years ago, but she was still an orange cat at that time.

Now Gu Shen returns to the orphanage.

For myself, it is also a revisit.

"Little Gu..."

The voice of the old man was heard from afar.

The mother-in-law leaned on crutches and walked lightly. After seeing Gu Shen and Chu Ling, her expression was agitated, and in the end she just said a series of "good" words meaningfully.

"Good... good... really good..."

In fact, she just glanced at Gu Shen.

Most of the eyes were on Chu Ling.

This girl looks really cute.

When Xiao Gu came back last time, he said that he already had a girlfriend. At that time, he thought it was just a perfunctory word.

Unexpectedly, what Xiao Gu said was true!
This girl is really more beautiful than those stars on the screen, much more beautiful!
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evening.

Smoke billows from the kitchen at the entrance of the orphanage, and the mother-in-law looks at Chu Ling who is cutting vegetables quickly in front of the stove. The expression of joy on her face is more than just the word "love".

This girl's ten fingers look white and pink.

She is obviously the daughter of a rich family, and she doesn't touch Yang Chunshui with her ten fingers.

did not expect--

The work is still so neat!
Cutting vegetables, preparing vegetables, lighting a fire... Not many people know how to use this kind of old-fashioned large stove. I heard that the same side dishes are used in the urban area, and robots cook. I didn't expect Miss Xiao Chu to know these things?

The mother-in-law who was planning to cook a sumptuous dinner was a little at a loss at this time. All the work was taken care of. thing.

This girl is very clever.

The mother-in-law knew very well that she hadn't been to the city much, and she didn't know a lot of things, and most of the trifles she babbled about were meaningless, but Chu Ling listened very carefully, and no matter what she said, she could add a few words to it.

At last.

The mother-in-law said with emotion: "Miss Xiaoling, although Gu Shen is the smartest child here, I always feel that he is the luckier person when you met him."

Gu Shen was not idle either.

He has been squatting under the stove adding firewood, chopping more firewood from time to time, now he laughed loudly: "That's natural!"

Chu Ling also laughed.

Most of the time, she has a calm expression.

If it wasn't for the fact that this extremely beautiful skin played a key role in covering up...then her usual calm expression could be best described as "facial paralysis".

She is not very familiar with emotions, how to express these emotions.

If so, these are the seasonings in life.

Then the seasonings she has are naturally less than others.

Many times, everyone is laughing, and she is not there...not because she doesn't want to laugh, but because of these things, she doesn't find it funny, so she can't laugh.

But after arriving at Wulao Mountain, she felt relaxed and happy from the bottom of her heart.

It's a very strange feeling.

[Source Code], who lives in Lingyao, monitors thousands of corners of the five continents through [Sky Eye]. She has seen countless sunrises and sunsets, and countless dinner parties in cities.

Just in the past years.

Even [Deep Sea] has neglected such a quiet and remote place as Wulao Mountain.

It is far away from the hustle and bustle, and far away from the glow of the spiritual network... Human beings have been purified here.

So does she.

As long as she is in the urban area, she is receiving a lot of information all the time.

Every glance.

High-rise buildings, hundreds of thousands of people, and countless data flow through.

But at this moment, those trivial and chaotic information disappeared.

peaceful.

She got real peace.

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After the dinner, the children from these orphanages put on a show.

Of course...not a show like Blowing Your Nose Bubbles.

"Cui Zhongzhong did a really beautiful job."

Gu Shen said softly: "I saw my mother-in-law has collected a lot of fake photos... Cui Zhongcheng provided me with a photo of my work in the research institute."

When he said these words, his expression was a little complicated.

Because [Deep Sea] has "balanced" the Wuzhou information, he is not worried. The mother-in-law has learned about the existence of the extraordinary world.

It's just that my mother-in-law always thought that she was working in a research institute in the metropolitan area.

Suddenly looking back, Gu Shen realized that he had traveled a long way before he knew it. When he was in Wulao Mountain, he had a mediocre dream, but now that dream has been thrown far, far away.

Perhaps, in another world, there really is a "researcher" Gu Shen?

He smiled.

This is actually a good thing.

Extraordinary people guard the five continents.

And he is destined to become a leader among the extraordinary in the future against the collapse of order.

This quiet mountain is my birthplace, and I can use my own strength to protect this land from the collapse of the external order... It is actually a very lucky thing.

It's just that in the future, the number of times I come back will be less and less.

After dark.

Mother-in-law and children are all asleep.

Gu Shen and Chu Ling left the orphanage and walked on the path among the mountains. The mountain breeze was blowing gently. After crossing the mountain, they could see a distant river.

That is Qinghe.

The two stood on the top of the mountain, there was no moon on the top of the sky tonight, and the sky was full of bright stars, as if they could be picked by reaching out.

The mountain wind blew Chu Ling's clothes, and the red dress fluttered in the wind.

"I know what you're thinking."

Chu Ling suddenly turned his back and faced Gu Shen.

She stood on the top of the mountain, behind her were wisps of clouds and twinkling stars in the hanging night.

But with a slight smile, the distant sky and mountains are all bleak.

"Avenue..."

Chu Ling spit out two words lightly.

These two words sounded irrelevant to this era, like something written in an ancient picture book story, but there was no sense of disobedience when said from Chu Ling, who was dressed in red and white sacrificial attire.

"The road is ruthless."

After a slight pause, Chu Ling said seriously.

Whether ordinary people or extraordinary people, they are all pursuing their own paths.

Those who have mastered the "divination" have the ability to peek into fate. Aside from the special existence shrouded in the power of fire, every living being has a golden thread of destiny on its head.

That is the way.

There is a way for everyone.

Everyone seeks the way.

It's just...the avenue of the extraordinary is different from the ordinary.

And the god seat for smelting fire is also different from other extraordinary people.

"You are thinking, when will we see them next time? Is the old man safe?"

Chu Ling said calmly: "You don't need divination to tell that my mother-in-law's spirit is very weak. It's a natural death. Birth, old age, sickness and death are iron laws. Even if you are the 'Pluto', you can't change all of this."

"Yes."

Gu Shen did not deny what Chu Ling said.

He looked sadly at the orphanage at the foot of the mountain, and said softly, "Grandma, she...is not going to live long."

The moment I saw my mother-in-law.

He actually thought about whether he could use the power of "Pure Land" to do things against the iron law of life and death?

If you can't keep Gu Changzhi, can't you keep an ordinary man?

It's just... Once the power of "Pure Land" is used, how should he explain all this to his mother-in-law?
Chu Ling asked softly: "So, what are you going to do?"

She didn't interfere with Gu Shen's choice, but looked at him quietly, wanting to hear Gu Shen's thoughts.

"I probably won't... do anything."

After a long time, Gu Shen finally spoke.

He said softly: "Here, I am not some 'Pluto'. I am just Xiao Gu who grew up at the foot of the mountain. Granny's life has reached the end. She is different from Tie Wu."

Chu Ling listened quietly.

"The Dao is ruthless, but the Dao also has feelings." Gu Shen said: "For me... keeping her may be a cruel ending. She doesn't live for me, and it shouldn't be up to me to decide whether she can die."

After listening to Chu Ling, he said slowly: "Actually... If I were you, I would do the same thing. However, the reason I do these things is based on calculations based on [source code]. I don't think that using It is a good thing for the power of fire to intervene in the secular laws, aside from your relationship with the 'dead', this may cause hidden damage to the pure land."

For now.

There are strict conditions for the preservation of the dead in the Pure Land.

To maintain this unruly "Pluto World", a large amount of extraordinary source quality must be consumed.

The growth of Suxuanmu, the evolution of the four seasons, the rules of this world, everything is based on this foundation... and retaining the spirit of Tie Wu is also a kind of consumption.

However, Tie Wu also gave back to Pure Land.

He grew up with the Pure Land World this year, and besides cultivating the spirit, he also indirectly helped the Pure Land World and "produced" the extraordinary source quality.

And once the souls of "disorder" are adopted.

This clean world will become "dirty"... This world is a miraculous existence that makes the gods sigh with emotion. If you want to expand the pure land, you need to make every move right.

"Perhaps... after a long time, you can retain any 'dead', but not now."

Chu Ling gave a very sensible answer.

But what Gu Shen gave earlier was a very subjective answer.

Fortunately, the two answers overlap without painful struggles and decisions.

"The world is like a journey against the sky, you and I are both pedestrians."

Chu Ling's expression became serious.

She looked at Gu Shen and asked, "I've always been curious...how does it feel to die?"

She is now alive.

If we say that the feeling of being alive is joy, luck, and excitement...

What about death?

She can't understand, can't understand the reluctance of the world when facing death, and can't understand those who escape, those who retreat, those who struggle, and those who are crazy.

It's just death.

Why be afraid?
She took a step back slightly, stood on the top of the mountain, and opened her arms. She only needs to take another step back, and she will fall to the top of the mountain... It is a pity that she will not die because of this. The god fetus has no flesh and blood. It's just the extraordinary source quality, she won't even feel real pain.

If no defensive measures are taken.

Under the violent impact of hitting the ground, the extraordinary source quality will be greatly depleted due to this cliff fall... After she falls, there will be no damage, and she doesn't even need a rest time. dust, you can stand up gracefully again.

Gu Shen didn't stop this action.

Not only because he knew that Chu Ling would not "fall to death", but also because he had a hundred ways to rescue Chu Ling before she fell.

"The answer to any question can be found in the book, but unfortunately, this is the only one I can't find."

Chu Ling smiled regretfully.

What does it feel like to die?Only the dead know.

"If you're curious... I can ask Tie Wu for you, maybe he can give an answer." Gu Shen thought for a while and said, "It should be considered a half-standard answer."

Chu Ling nodded seriously.

After a while.

Tie Wu, who was sitting cross-legged on the Pure Land, scratched his head and asked awkwardly, "Lord God, are you serious?"

His memory of death stays at the moment of "God's presence".

"The feeling of death... probably is, when there is a 'bang', people disappear, just like setting off fireworks."

Tie Wu looked complicated, paused for a moment, and said, "It's just that I'm that Firework."

This answer is somewhat ironic.

Gu Shen looked at Chu Ling and asked knowingly.

"Does it hurt?"

"Does it hurt..."

Tie Wu recalled it carefully, and said with a wry smile: "It hurts a little, but they are already dead. Does it matter if it hurts or not?"

This is the semi-standard answer provided by a "dead person".

Makes sense.

They are all dead, does it matter whether it hurts or not?
"Actually, it's still very important...because I still don't know what pain is like."

Chu Ling looked at Gu Shen and explained seriously.

Gu Shen nodded to express his understanding, and then ended the spiritual dialogue in the Pure Land.

"Actually...my time is almost up."

Chu Ling stretched out her palm and said with a smile, "I'm a little nervous. I don't know what it will be like when the time is up."

The blood on the palm gradually became dim.

She is less and less a person.

Because she is not human.

Theoretically speaking, when the natal essence in the god's womb completely overflows, she will "die". No one has seen such a death, and no one knows how this death will appear.

"Actually, I don't have much reluctance."

"Instead... a little happy."

Chu Ling asked with a soft smile: "If I will die too, is this enough to prove... that I have really lived?"

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(Volume [-], Pure Land, at the end of the volume~Scattering Flowers~)

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