At this moment, the world is silent.
Qi Le stood on the black rock in the middle of the lake of fire, staring at Ning Zhou, who had turned into a giant dragon, and the dragon was also staring at him. The slender and terrifying vertical pupils of the cold-blooded animal revealed the familiar tenderness.
The rain of fire falling all over the sky stopped, and the magma erupting angrily because of the power of destruction also stopped, this dark underground world was immersed in the warm sunlight pouring in from the gap, and the holy light from the prophet's heart inside.
For a moment, Qi Leren couldn't say anything, because there were too many words choked in his throat, and when he opened his mouth, those words that could be said or could not be said were about to fall from his eye sockets.
He stretched out his hand, wanting to touch the giant dragon not far away, even in purgatory, its high head did not lower down. But the giant dragon in front of him gently lowered its head and stopped right in front of his eyes.
Qi Leren caressed its icy dragon scale, and then hugged it. He didn't even dare to use force, but put his face on the icy dragon scale, choked up and said:
"Ning Zhou, I'm back."
This sentence was like a mantra, and the tears that Qi Leren held back finally flowed down. They were tears full of distress and joy. He was 10,000 fortunate that he was not late, and the tragedy in the nightmare did not happen. Finally, before everything was irreparable, he came to Ning Zhou.
As long as Ning Zhou is still alive, there is still hope for everything.
It was also following these words that the giant dragon standing in the lake of fire slowly changed back to a human form—a thin, emaciated, but still alive Ning Zhou. When he stared at him with those blue eyes filled with too much emotion, Qi Leren suddenly felt that Ning Zhou understood everything, and he understood everything too.
Whether it is a misunderstanding by accident, guilt hidden in the bottom of my heart, or love that I dare not reveal, when they meet again in this lake of fire, a pair of souls who love each other have tolerated everything.
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"Is this what you said, Your Majesty's dead lover?" The Void Witch turned her head. Although she never opened her eyes, she "stared" at the Calamity Demon, waiting for his answer.
All the demons sitting around the long table were looking at him. This depressing stare made the Calamity Demon feel more pressure. He spread his hands: "According to the information, he is indeed dead, but the truth does not seem to be true." Simple, I am afraid that even our majesty thinks he is dead."
"Which side is he from?" The Witch of Despair only cared about this question.
"Holy See?" The Witch of Resentment stared at the Qi Le man who was enveloped by the power of the holy angel, and murmured.
"No, the information says that he is a 'foreigner', he came here from another world, and he has no faith. However, his power is biased towards the Holy See. Could it be that a master in the holy camp gave him a prop to borrow power? ?” The calamity demon pondered.
The Desperate Witch waved her hand, and the perspective of the magic mirror was zoomed out, overlooking the lake of fire from a distance, the heaven in the dusk reflected in the holy light covering the sky was holy and beautiful, just as it was repeatedly described in the scriptures, God's home.
"The Land of Twilight is the Prophet!" The Void Witch recognized the characteristics of this miracle and told the truth in one go.
"It seems that His Majesty's little lover is someone the Prophet is optimistic about. I don't know what his original power is. He won't be a 'guardian' like Maria, right?" Calamity Devil touched his chin, his eyes revealed Naive and cruel, "Oh, I don't want to see the tragedy of that year repeated."
The Witch of Despair looked at the magic mirror silently, and said after a while: "It's a pity... it's almost there."
The Void Witch reassured: "Don't be in a hurry."
"Hehe, are you still planning to rush out and stop them now? Let me tell you first, I won't go, I want to keep this little life for a long time." Calamity Demon put his hands behind his head and leaned lazily on the back of the chair.
"Just wait and see, it's not time for us to show up." The Desperate Witch said, drawing a pause symbol for this attempted action.
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The two of them didn't go far, when Qi Le found Ning Zhou's tired face, probably he hadn't closed his eyes for several days, so they forced him to rest for a while. They settled down in a hidden cave not too far from the lake of fire. Ning Zhou set up a barrier to prevent harassment from low-level demons.
There are fluorescent fungi growing in this cave, as well as butterfly-like nocturnal moths. The Qi Le people took out another lantern and let the dim yellow light illuminate the surroundings.
Qi Leren was leaning against the cave wall, Ning Zhou was pillowed on his lap, and a blanket was covering his body.
The warm light of the lantern allowed the exhausted two people to escape from this nightmare world for a short time and take a nap in a peaceful pure land. The scarred soul wrapped in the scarred body finally found peace at this moment.
Ning Zhou looked at Qi Leren quietly, but he couldn't bear to close his eyes for a moment. It wasn't until Qi Leren secretly hooked his hand from under the blanket, and the two interlocked their fingers, that his tense expression eased a little. down.
"Aren't you going to sleep?" Qi Leren asked softly.
Ning Zhou shook his head lightly, holding Qi Leren's hand stubbornly, as if the warmth in his hand would slip away as soon as he let go.
"Then let's talk for a while?" The previous unfamiliarity and barriers have long since disappeared, and the Qi Le people at this time simply have endless questions to ask and endless words to talk about. He is curious about everything about Ning Zhou, his childhood, his past, his mood, and he also has a lot of things he wants to tell him, such as how worried he is about him... He can talk forever by himself.
Qi Leren couldn't help talking, from the love at first sight at first sight, to his inner struggle and torment.
"... I'm not afraid of having love for someone of the same sex, but I'm afraid that my feelings will hurt you. At that time, I even thought... If I choose to forbear to make your life better, I would rather... I would spend my whole life I have time to learn patience. But... But, in the end, my love still becomes your burden, I'm sorry, Ning Zhou... I'm sorry... "
The tears that just flowed out of his eyes were wiped away, and Ning Zhou wiped them away with his fingers.
"At that time, I wrote 7 to tell you that I would be resurrected in seven days, but the moment I wrote it, I regretted it. Because... I shouldn't have said this... I never knew, said The truth hurts as much. If I hadn't said it, maybe you wouldn't be here now, you're still in Neverland, you wouldn't suffer as much..."
When Qi Leren learned of Ning Zhou's ending in that game, apart from the great fear in his heart, there was boundless guilt and self-blame.
He instinctively blamed himself for everything, and believed that his existence made Ning Zhou walk on a road full of thorns, and it was indeed the case. Without his existence, Ning Zhou's identity would still be a saint in Neverland, not... a descendant of the Destroyer Demon King.
"And then spend your whole life deceiving yourself?" Ning Zhou asked softly.
Qi Le was silent.
"Frank pain is better than hypocrisy. I should spend my whole life repaying it, but I shouldn't spend my whole life cheating... I have never regretted my choice." It is just endless sadness and despair, but no resentment and regret.
And even he, who sank into the abyss of despair at that moment, is illuminated by a ray of light now, and he has been redeemed.
God bestowed a miracle on him, allowing him to embrace the light at the end of hell.
He regained his courage and determination, he wanted to try, to see if he could control the raging destructive power, not to sink into the power and become a slave of power, he was willing to try for the one he loved , even if it is a challenge that is almost impossible to succeed.
For this world, he is willing to die, but for his lover, he is willing to live.
Sometimes, living is harder than dying.
"Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Those who can endure and overcome temptation will be rewarded." Ning Zhou recited the words in the "Teaching Scripture" softly, looking at Qi Leren, "God has given me Reward, He sent you back to me."
Qi Leren could no longer speak, he felt the temperature of another person from his skin, so warm and satisfied.
He read another person's soul from his eyes, so pure and calm.
Once again, he was glad that he did not miss Ning Zhou.
Qi Leren took out the "Book of Teachings", said with a smile: "Chen Baiqi gave it to me, and I will read it to you. Go to sleep when you are tired of listening."
So he read from the first page under the dim light: "After the destruction of the ancient world, everything is chaotic and sleeping. There is no past, no future, no center, no edge, only endless darkness. The gods came from outside the world, and each of them sowed a seed. Some seeds withered before they germinated, and some were devoured as soon as they germinated. Only from the seeds of God the Father, light and darkness, the sky and the sky were born. And the earth, the sun, the moon, and the stars. God the Father rejoices, and He wants to bring life out of the seed, and make it a world of its own... ”
Ning Zhou closed his eyes and seemed to be asleep.
Qi Leren closed the book gently, and stared at Ning Zhou tenderly. At this moment, his heart was filled with sourness and sweetness. He was 10,000 lucky that he arrived here in time, and helped Ning Zhou when he was most helpless and hesitant, so that he did not fall into the abyss of death.
At first he thought that Ning Zhou's death was murdered by others, but when he came to the lake of fire and saw the black dragon roaring in despair in the lava, he suddenly understood.
What killed Ning Zhou was not the devil hidden in this underground world, but the devil in Ning Zhou's heart.
At that time, how desperate was Ning Zhou's heart, which made him prefer to die of guilt, and he was unwilling to live in the world... Thinking of this, Qi Le people felt sour in his eyes.
The fluorescent moth that was originally on the cave wall landed lightly, and landed on the blanket covering Ning Zhou's body, emitting a blue-green shimmer. Qi Leren moved his fingers to drive it away.
"I believe that power has nothing to do with good or evil, and you have never fallen." Qi Leren said softly, tracing Ning Zhou's sleeping face with his eyes.
Ning Zhou didn't open his eyes, but the hand he was holding was tight.
A tear trickled down from the corner of his eye, sinking into the shadows.
In this dark world where there is only a faint light of a lantern, they devoutly delivered their trust and love, and then obtained redemption from each other.
The long night road that I thought would never be able to see the end, suddenly saw the faint light of the mountains in the distance.
Qi Leren was suddenly full of emotions. When he was receiving the devil's training from Chen Baiqi, he understood rationally that all this was for his own good, but deep down in his heart, he was not without slack and complaints. But when he held Ning Zhou's hand, he suddenly understood everything. Everything he endured, whether it was hard training or life-and-death trials, every step taught him to grow, and he must grow.
What he shouldered was no longer his own life.
To the world, he is just an insignificant person, but to those who love him, he is his whole world.
—I would like to create a piece of pure land on earth for you, and I would like to put your wandering and suffering soul in full bloom here.
——At this moment, I only wish you a good dream.