Warm and dry.
The clear and pleasant chirping of birds can be heard through the glass window, a hazy but rhythmic sound.
Chen Lun opened his eyes half asleep, and what came into view was a rather old lattice ceiling, which gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
The bright golden sunlight shines in through the window, making the whole room bright.
He rubbed his eyes, sat up from the bed, and looked around with a confused gaze.
This is a cramped but tidy little room. An old desk is facing the bed, against the corner of the wall. Some books, stationery and game cartridges are placed on the desk. A dirty school uniform jacket is hung on the back of the chair.
On the wall, there was a wrinkled poster. Seven ferocious monsters were besieging a human hero wearing a cloak. Due to the erosion of time, the poster had turned yellow and one corner was curled up.
'This is… '
In almost an instant, Chen Lun remembered it.
'Isn't this my childhood home?'
He was a little dazed.
Soon, he frowned again and knocked his head.
'When I was a kid? Why would I think that? What a weird thought...'
He turned his head and looked at the mirror embedded in the closet door on the other side, which reflected his own small bed and the boy sitting on the bed in a white vest.
Short black hair and childish face.
Only those black eyes revealed determination and cleverness.
Chen Lun suddenly had a strong sense of dreaminess, as if he were in another world... He felt as if he had had a dream last night, a very long dream.
A lot of things happened in the dream. I seemed to have grown up and went to a strange and dangerous world. I met a girl named Floyin, and even married her and had a child.
Even the child’s name was chosen: Zuo Fei.
At the end of the dream, I became a big man and a great hero, but I couldn’t remember many details.
Chen Lun felt a little embarrassed and scratched his messy hair awkwardly.
Things like falling in love, having kids, becoming a god, saving the world, etc. In his opinion, these are really beautiful dreams that are difficult to share with others.
"Alan, are you up yet? If you are, come down and have breakfast. We have to go to the amusement park soon..."
Outside the door, the voice of father Chen Feng was faintly heard.
Chen Lun suddenly understood.
'Yes, today is Saturday, there is no school, and my dad promised to take me and Chen Mo to the "Glass Paradise" to play...'
His face was filled with anticipation and excitement, and he quickly shouted to the outside of the door in his childish voice:
"Get up! I'll be right there!"
After saying that, Chen Lun got out of bed quickly, changed into the short-sleeved T-shirt and shorts he had prepared last night for going out, and immediately opened the door and went downstairs.
The house is actually not very big, only about 70 square meters, and is divided into two floors, so the living room downstairs seems a bit crowded.
But Chen Lun had long been used to it. He ran downstairs and looked up to see his father Chen Feng standing at the dining table with a pot in his hand. He was wearing an apron and dressed like a househusband. His short black hair was combed neatly. He looked quite handsome and wore a pair of high-power glasses on his nose.
My younger sister Chen Mo, who was only about seven or eight years old, sat on a high stool beside the dining table. She looked up at me and smiled foolishly, then shouted crisply:
"elder brother."
There were still some bread crumbs and ketchup on the corners of her mouth.
"Hurry, eat it while it's hot, your sister is almost done eating it."
Chen Feng chuckled and said this. He first raised his hand to wipe the stains from the corners of his daughter's mouth, then used a spatula to scoop the fried rice into the bowl and asked Chen Lun to sit down and eat.
"Wow, this is my favorite fried rice."
Chen Lun climbed onto the high stool and saw the hot milk. He quickly picked it up and took a big sip, feeling very happy.
"Thank you, Dad."
"Eat quickly."
Chen Feng touched his head and turned to go to the kitchen.
In the bright morning sunshine, Chen Lun and his sister happily finished their breakfast, and then followed their father out the door.
Along the way, his father held him with one hand and Chen Mo with the other.
Chen Lun looked excited and kept talking about the activities he would soon enjoy in the "Glass Park", including bumper cars, roller coasters, haunted houses, game halls, etc.
My father just listened with a smile.
When approaching the entrance of the amusement park, Chen Feng suddenly remembered something, raised his eyebrows, stopped and said to Chen Lun:
"Dad forgot to buy some water. The water in the amusement park is too expensive. Let's not waste this money... Allen, you look after my sister. I'll go to the convenience store over there and I'll be back soon."
"Okay, Dad! Don't worry!"
Chen Lun agreed readily.
Then, he took his sister Chen Mo's hand and took her to stand on the side of the road waiting.
Father Chen Feng's back gradually moved away and soon disappeared at the door of a convenience store not far away.
But after a while, my father still didn't come back.
Chen Lun was a little puzzled. He was planning to take his sister to have a look, but at this moment, a figure wearing a monster mask jumped out from behind the landscape tree next to them, picked up his sister Chen Mo, and ran away.
He was stunned at first, until he heard his sister Chen Mo crying, Chen Lun came to his senses.
"Human traffickers!"
Chen Lun was shocked.
Unspeakable fear and panic suddenly filled my heart.
He watched the trafficker carrying his sister and running away, and stood there at a loss, but the courage in his heart suddenly drove him to shout:
"Don't run! Give Chen Mo back to me!"
As he spoke, Chen Lun’s face turned red and he chased after him.
But he was just a child after all. Even though he caught up with the tall and strong human trafficker because a truck blocked the road, Chen Lun had no way to subdue him. He had to hold his legs to prevent him from leaving.
"Little brat! Do you want to die?!"
The masked man turned around and spoke in a cold voice.
Immediately he grabbed Chen Lun's neck.
The eyes beneath the mask were filled with murderous intent, and the pain and suffocation in his neck suddenly made Chen Lun feel inexplicably terrified.
Tears suddenly welled up in his eyes, but he still bit the back of the man's hand, leaving a ring-shaped tooth mark.
"Let go... Chen Mo! Let her go!"
Chen Lun uttered the sound with difficulty.
But after a while, when a lot of onlookers gathered around, Chen Lun felt strange.
Because the human trafficker in front of him had loosened his grip on his neck at some point and did not threaten him again.
Look up.
Chen Lun was stunned.
Because this "human trafficker" had taken off the monster mask, revealing the face of his father Chen Feng, who was smiling with relief.
"Well done, Alan. You are already a little man."
Suddenly, an uncontrollable feeling of grievance and anger surged in his heart, and he questioned his father in tears:
"Why did you lie to me?! Why?!"
Father Chen Feng remained silent for a while.
Then he slowly squatted down, raised his hand and placed it on his shoulder to comfort him:
"Alun, Dad lost something very important because of his incompetence... You will definitely be able to do what I can't do in the future."
Chen Lun didn't understand what his father said and still felt sad.
He gritted his teeth and said:
"But this is not a reason to lie to me..."
Chen Feng was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook his head.
"Sometimes, a white lie is gentler than the truth... Sorry, Dad has no choice."
Wow…
Wow…
Chen Lun wanted to say something, but he found that his father's face became blurry. Everything around him, including his sister Chen Mo, froze and also distorted and disappeared...
Until everything turned into white...
Chen Lun's consciousness was in a daze, and some fragmented memories came one after another, making him gradually remember the time travel, remember Fuluo Yin, and remember how he ascended to the throne of God step by step and headed for the starry sky...
I also remember that I had already died in the vast and dark space.
But why...
At this time, the voice of father Chen Feng came slowly:
"Alan, the truth is cruel. The lives of countless worlds are nothing in front of that terrifying existence that transcends the order. I see that the end point where all the fate lines converge leads to the abyss of 'destruction'..."
"But as destiny itself, how can I be willing to compromise... Could it be that the so-called blind, foolish, disordered and thoughtless great existence is really the ultimate truth of the universe? Is everything about human beings really meaningless and useless in the vast universe?"
"I don't believe it."
“Humanity, imagination, wisdom and love… they are human weaknesses, but they are also the only strengths that are unique to human beings and worth celebrating.”
"My lifelong plan to use the true God to plot against the old days and save the world of Beretania is you..."
"Alan, you are my greatest hope."
Chen Feng's calm voice echoed endlessly in the white vision.
The scene changed.
Everything in front of me suddenly turned pitch black.
The dead and dark scene of the universe came into view, and the solar system suddenly appeared in the center of the sight... Including the Azure Star, the eight planets were rotating around the sun.
From a bird's-eye view, at the edge of the solar system, the azure "solar wind" looks like a huge blue "tablecloth".
The luminous star in the center is like a candlestick, and the other planets are food.
The huge and distorted "figure" whose full picture cannot be seen is waiting outside, staring at the world silently.
Chen Lun's eyes fixed, he was deeply impressed by this scene.
As early as when he arrived in the Azure Federation, he boarded the "Ark" halfway, and in the process of crossing the solar wind, he caught a glimpse of this truth at his last glance.
'The solar system is a feast. The "figure" outside is the old "Azure Holy Flame". She is always ready to devour this place...'
Chen Lun understood.
But in the next moment—
He felt his vision suddenly expand further and further away.
From a more macro perspective, he was stunned.
The scene he saw again made his thoughts stop for a moment.
Because the "tiny" solar system...
The distance between it and the old "Azure Holy Flame" is actually not far. To be more precise, the solar system is actually located at the heart of the twisted "human shadow".
This made him doubt his previous judgment.
'Could it be that the old "Sacred Azure Flame" has already devoured the solar system? ! '
Chen Lun’s consciousness instantly recalled the last scene before his “death”, which was the huge “Azure Holy Flame” of the past, whose outline was made up of galaxies.
And the solar system is just an insignificant part of those galaxies!
It has long been a part of the old "Sacred Blue Flame"!
The next moment.
In his consciousness, there was a crucial secret message left to him by his father Chen Feng, or rather, Duke Huan Kraf.
Chen Lun was stunned again and felt deeply shocked!
"The Azure Planet, and even the entire solar system, is not the food or prey of the old "Azure Holy Flame". Everything was a mistake on my part from the very beginning?!"
From the key information provided by Huan Gong, we can know that:
In fact—
The essence of the Azure Star is a planet created by the radiation of the source sin "Bliss Feast", a land world... just like the spiritual world created by "Homeland of No Return", the star world created by "Cosmic Lighthouse", the netherworld created by "The Corpse Storage" and the dream world created by "Tomb of Dreams"!
There is only one meaning for the existence of the Azure Star.
It is the most critical component of the ancient "Azure Holy Flame".
This is also the true meaning of the name "Azure Star"...
'How could this happen? How could this happen... It turns out that my hometown was a "cell" of the old "Azure Holy Flame"? The most important "cell"?'
Chen Lun was stunned and couldn't believe it.
As for the "doomsday prophecy" that the Azure Federation and the Holy Church have always believed in, in fact, it is just the work of Duke Huan... The purpose is to secretly push the Federation people into the game "Mysterious Age".
'The black chuck, the doomsday prophecy, the game, the fictional incarnation Chen Feng, marriage and childbirth, my sister Chen Mo, and me...'
Chen Lun's consciousness was shaken violently.
'Everything is just the design and layout of Huan Gong...'
Its ultimate goal is, of course, as Duke Huan himself said, to use the true God's plan for the past and find a ray of hope for the world of Beretania.
"Alun, as someone born on the Azure Star, you are essentially a descendant of the old 'Azure Holy Flame', so you can move around in the solar system without attracting her attention..."
Father Chen Feng's voice was heard last.
The tone is solemn and dignified, and at the same time implies strong expectations:
“This will be the greatest self-rescue, and also the most tragic salvation of the world—only when you ascend to the throne of the new god of destiny, will there be a slight possibility of severing the connection between the “Azure Holy Flame” and the source sin “Blissful Feast”. Therefore, I must die to reserve the throne for you and create this opportunity.”
"At the same time, only if your 'Holy Fire Aspect' is also divine, will you have the opportunity to take advantage of the situation and steal the source of sin."
"Just relying on the path of sorrow and joy, one of the Old Ones cannot compete with the seven Old Ones Outer Gods to protect the world of Beretania. The failure of the King of Comedy is a lesson for us..."
"So you must become the Double Source Sin Ancient!"
"Everything, the endless years of several epochs, is for this moment, so that you can get close to the source sin of the Azure Holy Flame as a member of the Scroll Clan, and deliver a fatal and critical blow from the inside, killing her and becoming her—"
Father Chen Feng's voice suddenly stopped.
Chen Lun's consciousness fell into an unprecedented stagnation, and the words that had been repeated countless times kept echoing:
"Alun, always remember to stick to your heart... You are my greatest hope. What I couldn't do back then, only you can do, only you."
Only I can do this...
No wonder…
Because I am a native of the Blue Planet...
No wonder…
Lord Huan wants to leave the last Four Seasons Bookmark and the authority of "Bubble Shadow" in the Azure Federation, because it is not only the energy and hub of the "game", but also so that after I get it, I can leave an incarnation on the Azure Planet...
This is the last trump card I overlooked...
At the same time, it is also a desperate gamble...
I'm betting my soul and my body, my humanity and my reason...
Winning Redemption...
Chen Lun felt a deep awe, awe for Duke Huan Kraf, and at the same time, a sense of sadness and grief that he was still trapped in his fate.
He seemed to see a thin but lonely figure.
The figure slowly turned around and cast an inexplicable gaze at him.
'Did she really love me?'
Chen Lun couldn't help but think.
"Did Lord Huan, Clough, or my father Chen Feng, really love me... Did she regard me as a 'chess piece' or a 'son'?"
In fact, I already have a vague answer in my mind.
'She is a god first, and then a father... For the sake of redemption, she is willing to sacrifice her own life, not to mention that this is a "foreign child" who was deliberately born on the Azure Star to achieve her goal? '
Chen Lun's consciousness dissipated in extremely complicated emotions.
When she returned to reality and opened her eyes.
What comes into view is the laboratory of the Federal Research Center.
The huge supercomputer stood there, but there were no researchers in white coats around. It was empty and silent, with only the beeping sound of the machine accompanied by flashing green light.
Chen Lun's eyes were dead and his breathing was long.
He was reborn from the body he had left here as a medium for the game.
My father Chen Feng’s words kept echoing in my heart.
The torment and torture in his heart entangled him, causing him great pain...