"What price do I have to pay this time?"
Luo Ling became serious for a moment and asked with a stern face.
"I need to think about this..."
As the first one said this, he stretched out his hand towards Luo Ling and gently touched her cheek.
Then she saw Luo Ling's expression tense up, and he seemed to want to run away but didn't want to run away right away, so she couldn't help but chuckle.
"Little Zizhu, are you so afraid that I will eat you?"
"What do you think?"
Luo Ling's tone even carried a hint of dissatisfaction.
"I just couldn't help myself last time. Besides, you overturned my table several times and almost caused some trouble... Not everyone can look directly at my true face." The first person's mouth curled slightly and continued,
"Well, the price I have taken from you is much more than you can imagine. This 'transaction'... is just to supplement the information you have learned. I can still violate this degree of 'equivalent exchange' a little bit. Just regard it as a reward for Xiao Zizhu.
She pointed her finger at Luo Ling's brow and continued,
"However, I didn't expect that you didn't even use this blessing... It seems that your growth rate is indeed far beyond my expectations."
Halfway through his words, the leader paused as if he remembered something, then continued, but his tone was a little lower.
"It seems that you are qualified to accept her."
"Um?"
Luo Ling raised his head in confusion, but at this moment he looked directly into the eyes of the person in the lead.
Without being shrouded in mystery.
"My name is Nyarlathotep," the first voice uttered strange syllables, like the melody played by a flute, but Luo Ling inexplicably understood the meaning of it, "the existence that brings "miracles" and "despair."
"In the true name of the gods, I bless you."
The mysterious aura shrouding the First Person collapsed inch by inch at this moment until it completely disintegrated. The First Person's true body—at least his true body in this world—appeared directly in front of Luo Ling.
This is a woman who is so beautiful that it is almost suffocating. She is seductive and evil, as if she has all the temptations to fall into depravity in the world, but she is as vicious as a venomous snake and as evil as a devil. Her beauty does not make people appreciate it, but only brings fear.
All the indescribable things in the world cannot compare to this kind of absolutely beautiful horror.
Even Luo Ling, the moment she saw the first true body, felt a chilling feeling that emerged from deep within her bones and almost dominated her consciousness.
A deity.
A true deity.
Appeared in front of Luo Ling.
Anyone who merely looks at Him will suffer an irreparable disaster.
The corners of Nyarlathotep's mouth slightly raised a thrilling smile, and a hint of sadness was revealed in her intricately lined eyes. She stretched out her charming hands, gently held Luo Ling's cheeks as if protecting her, and said softly,
"I bless you with my love."
At this moment, she seemed to no longer be "Nyarlathotep", but "Ascendence".
A soft breeze like a dragonfly skimming the water passed by.
The girl slowly closed her eyes, accepting this... lost love.
I don’t know how long it took, but the petite figure in the first person’s cupped hands was no longer there, and the surrounding gray garden returned to its gloomy silence.
"Heh..."
The first one chuckled and dropped his empty hands.
She knew that this risky attempt had indeed been successful.
"After all, I gave your will to her." The first one slowly closed his eyes.
In a trance, she seemed to see a familiar figure again, jumping around in this gloomy garden.
"Who are you? You evil witch! Let me defeat you! Oh, I can't seem to defeat you..."
"'Nyarlathotep'... What a long name, I'll just call you Nyar! My name is Metamorphosis, and I gave it to myself!"
"Gods? Eh, are we all? But I don't think I've ever thought about the things you mentioned... Don't worry, I will definitely be able to save the world!"
The first one opened her eyes slightly, and hazy mist surged in her eye sockets.
She vaguely saw a young girl full of energy sitting opposite the table, her chin supported by her hands, her eyes that seemed to be always shining staring at her, and her smile as beautiful as a flower.
It seems that this scene happened not long ago.
She raised her hand slowly, but seemed to realize something, and her movement stopped at that moment.
There is no more "transformation".
"Naya, come and help me, I seem to be in big trouble again..."
"Naiyanaiya, why are they fighting again? There are still so many disasters that have not been resolved..."
"Naya, why are you so awesome? I like you so much!"
She always thought the girl was noisy and was always impatient with her, but the girl always pestered her and asked her for things like a spoiled child.
A long, yet short period of time.
Near the end, the petite girl raised her head slightly and looked at her, took her hand and stroked her cheek, and said softly,
"Naya Naiya, I like... No, I love you."
But she didn't understand.
It was not until the last scene appeared before her that she realized what this girl meant to her.
When the spreading darkness and nothingness completely dissipated, it enveloped the last pure land in the world, the last inch of the end of the world.
"This is a complete failure. The end is coming, but the ascension is no longer here."
"I am the Final Mortal, the Destroyer of Worlds.
The girl faced the void, opened her arms, and with her faint figure, she tried to avert the coming of this vast and terrifying "doomsday".
The girl said to her.
“I love this world.”
The girl said again.
"So, Naya, love this world for me."
The girl also said.
"I'm sorry for entrusting my responsibility to you without your permission, my dear Naya.
At this point, the most spectacular scene in the world has arrived. The "doomsday" that has already been born has retreated briefly due to the disappearance of its personified embodiment.
From the moment of "Metamorphosis" that burned everything, four places of origin were born and differentiated. With the protective power of "Metamorphosis", the four places of origin were able to survive under the erosion of "Doomsday".
The song is over.
The first one lowered his head slightly, looked at his empty hands, and seemed to see the girl again.
They are so similar.
Even though they don't look alike and have very different personalities, they are still too similar.
It seemed like I couldn't help but release this belated emotion to her.
"This time, will you make the same choice as her?" The first one whispered softly, and then his expression darkened a little, "... You will."
At the last moment, the first one still gave the miracle of "Metamorphosis" to... or should we say "returned" it to Luo Ling, so that she could choose the same path as "Metamorphosis" when she reached the end.
But she clearly didn't want Luo Ling to do this.
“It’s the right to choose.”
Same as before.
because...
"To witness the end with one's own eyes is the most desperate moment for a god."
If you don't even have the right to choose...
... ... .
Luo Ling slowly opened his eyes.
She seemed to have had a very long dream, but she remembered nothing when she woke up. The long dream turned into nothingness the moment she woke up, and the last moment of her memory stayed when the first person held her cheek.
Thinking of this, Luo Ling immediately shuddered and touched his face subconsciously.
... No, no matter what, the first one shouldn't do anything to her, right
Luo Ling calmed down for a moment and found that he was now standing in a dark and ancient corridor. The dim oil lamps on both sides were looming, as if they could be blown out by a gust of wind.
"Ancient Pilgrimage Road?"
Luo Ling subconsciously thought of this place, but Zi Ke did not exist wherever she looked.
This is her consciousness space.
"Why does my consciousness space look like a 'pilgrimage trail'
This doubt flashed through Luo Ling's mind, but when she thought that there was even an imprint of her consciousness left in "Hall of Valor", this situation did not seem surprising.
There should be a connection between her existence and the old Valhalla.
Unfortunately, the first person couldn't give any answers to anything about her.
Luo Ling took a step forward.
White Witch, Purple Pearl, Black Kite, Su Ling...
The rooms were the same as before, with their doors half-open, revealing a glimpse of the scenery inside.
What was different this time was that the door at the end of the corridor was also half open.
Luo Ling hesitated for a moment, then continued to walk forward and reached out to push open the door.
A low rumbling sound appeared, and Luo Ling stepped into it.
"... ...
The moment he stepped through the door, Luo Ling immediately felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.
Everything around is no longer empty and void, but filled with all kinds of distorted and indescribable creations.
Buildings made of flesh and blood, twisted monsters that stretch like endless mountains, sticky filth crawling on the ground with countless blood-red eyes...
The sky was a mixture of bright red and pitch black, and brilliant and colorful light was pouring down from between the clouds, but everything within sight was trying its best to avoid it.
This kind of situation is probably beyond the reach of even hell.
Luo Ling wanted to exit the gate, but when he looked back, he found that the place where the gate was was empty, as if the gate had never existed.
She could only take a deep breath and move forward.
These twisted and bizarre beings seemed unable to sense Luo Ling, or perhaps they ignored her and did not react to her arrival. Luo Ling could only carefully avoid these strange and terrifying creations, because these indescribable beings were beyond her cognition and she had to be careful.
After walking forward for a while, Luo Ling finally saw a scene that made her feel a little relieved. A strange girl she had never seen before was leaning against a stone tablet with her eyes slightly closed, as if she was resting.
Luo Ling was very sure that this girl was not herself because she looked completely different.
The girl's face was not absolutely beautiful, but it was very attractive. She was the type that people would not feel embarrassed even if they looked directly at her. She was like a gentle and graceful young lady, incompatible with all the horrible and twisted things.
Before Luo Ling walked over, the girl actually opened her eyes. She looked up and saw Luo Ling. Her eyes seemed to be shining. She waved at Luo Ling in surprise.
"Here, here, Miss Luo Ling, come here!"
..”
It has to be admitted that when Luo Ling heard the strange girl calling her name, she inexplicably did not feel the slightest bit of surprise in her heart, as if this was what should be.
This feeling made Luo Ling alert.
Luo Ling walked over cautiously, and the girl immediately moved her position, then reached out and patted the empty space next to her, smiling brightly at Luo Ling.
"Come over and sit down and chat, Miss Luo Ling."
"Who are you... "
Luo Ling asked, but was caught off guard by the other party's arm and sat down directly.