"Hey, hey, are you kidding me?" Krikki couldn't believe it. "I worked hard to that extent, but the result was the troupe's collapse four years ago!"
"You've tried too hard!" Gongsun Ce said angrily, "You're a shameless accomplice Gray's bitch, but you still have the nerve to lick your face and boast about it, go ahead!"
"Has Gray been exposed? How did she die?"
"I killed it myself."
"Oh~"
Criqui sighed and said no more. She put her hands behind her head and walked quietly beside Gongsun Ce. There was no regret or resentment in her sigh, as if she had expected such an ending. Come to think of it, this woman is a madman who pursues disillusionment. Even if she saw her old friend's death with her own eyes, she would not feel pity for her. At best, she would just go to her grave with a smile and sing a song, "Sister, keep on going. I'll come as soon as I go." "bastard words like "are considered condolences.
"You look like you like me!" said Crikey.
"Fuck you, I was just thinking that you are really hopeless. It's a shame that I wasted half a second of my feelings on you." Gongsun Ce turned around and shouted, "Are you done yet? Even if you die, don't worry about it. Save face, ask where to go after asking what you want to know.”
Now there are only three people walking together in the maze. Shigure Genya found a fork in the road and left after a few casual words with Krikki. Master Chi also withdrew without making a sound. There was Jane Diela still following behind, looking like she wanted to ask something but she was holding back. She heard this and screamed: "I have nothing to ask you!"
In fact, Gongsun Ce knew what she was thinking, but he was not so kind as to go out of his way to help his old enemy answer her questions. It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, it's fine as long as you die. The three people who no longer spoke walked in the twists and turns of the maze. The crystal mountain peak was still as far away as a mirage. The deceased people asked about the continuation after death and said no more.
No apology. No confession. No understanding. There will never be forgiveness. Talking about "irrelevant" things like before is the lowest bottom line, because Gongsun Ce is still alive in the world. If everyone is dead, he can just smile and forget his grudges as a ghost that has nothing to do with the world. But if he is still alive and still intends to continue living, then there will never be any reconciliation.
It is the responsibility of the living to never forget the tragedies caused by our enemies and never forgive the villains who were our enemies.
"Just draw a knife if you want to kill each other. Why do you have to spread murderous aura?" Kriji crossed her arms and looked slightly red. "It's so funny, Mr. Gongsun, I'm almost excited..."
"Shut up! How weird is your excitement? Can you get high?!" Gongsun Ce went crazy.
"You can take the initiative, but I prefer being passive in bed."
"Don't change the topic to Xia San Road with a natural look! You should give up as soon as possible. Mr. Gongsun, I have a girlfriend now. Your method was ineffective back then and it is of no use to me now!"
Krikki looked him up and down and curled her lips: "Tch, he's still a virgin."
Jane Diera scoffed, and Gongsun Ce cracked his knuckles: "Okay, I've changed my mind, and now I'll kill you again here to completely end the grudges from back then."
"Hehehehe, he was so angry after being poked in the painful spot!" Krikki snickered and took a step back, throwing the black dagger to him, "Master Gongsun, please don't be violent because of a joke, please accept this and have mercy on me." Let me take a ride."
Gongsun Ce took the dagger and frowned when he examined it: "This..."
"The information on The End of Delusion: The Darkest Night Blade, if it is useful, refer to it and throw it away if it is not useful." Krikki turned around, "I'm sorry, I extinguished your star."
The Black Nightblade, Criqui Hyde's pseudo-creation, was the strange power that almost killed Arlandia. After her death, no one in this world could reproduce it, and now she threw the secret of the World Creation Technique casually, as casually as if she was throwing away garbage.
She turned her back to Gongsun Ce, scratched the back of her head, and said coquettishly like a second-rate senior who had tricked an ignorant junior: "Don't get me wrong, I'm not asking for your forgiveness or anything, I don't have the time... It's just that I really I misunderstood you and thought you were the same kind. I didn't expect you to actually go out. This is not very polite to you... It's a bit strange to say otherwise. It's bad enough to use the murder weapon as compensation. In short, what I mean yes……"
She couldn't think of a better way to say it, so she finally put her hands down and repeated softly: "...I'm sorry."
Gongsun Ce held the dagger and was silent for a moment: "You should repent to everyone back then."
Krikki turned around and smiled, a cold and sinister smile, and turned back into the murderous villain: "No, I don't care about that city!"
Death will not change human nature, villains are still villains, and murderers are still murderers. When he understood this, Gongsun Ce felt inexplicably relaxed. He put the dagger into his cloak, and the crystalline mountains in the distance of the maze solidified for an instant, and light appeared in front of the road. He walked out of the maze exit and stepped into the hustle and bustle of a busy city.
The moment he walked out of the maze, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and was glad that he didn't see the newly dead Situ Yi.
The exit of the maze is connected to the plain at the foot of the mountain, where the glazed crystals have built a small town. There are gorgeous and ancient buildings in the town, like a gathering place for fantasy races in old fantasy games. The town was incredibly noisy, with hundreds of people communicating, arguing, and hugging each other in tears. They often gather in circles and form distinct groups. Standing on the periphery of the group are always the "resurrected" dead, while the living stand in the center to answer their questions.
All living people are in town. Gongsun Ce saw John and Badman, who were surrounded by a group of long-dead superpowers, some of whom were Deathwing's former opponents, and most of whom were their deceased friends. Jago stood in the circle of agents, and the old man told his old friends about the world after the Secret War. There were the most people around Servais. The people closest to her almost had no faces, only vague outlines. She carelessly held arms with the dead, talking about interesting things she had experienced over the past thousand years, her eyes filled with tears. .
She wiped her eyes and turned towards Gongsun Ce, a little embarrassed: "Oh, you are still crying after you are over a thousand years old!"
"You are still a human being no matter how old you are." Gongsun Ce said, "You are a human being and you will cry."
Servais told him that the spread of the Konghua Realm was limited to the State of Glory Light, and that the Dawn Knight was contending with it on the other side of the mountain. She estimated that people outside should be very anxious at this time, and most likely would send an investigation team in. Gongsun Ce was not in a hurry at the moment, perhaps because he instinctively sensed that there was no danger in this place. The whole town seems to have ushered in the "Day of the Dead", which is a traditional festival in southwest United States. People believe that the dead will return to the world on this day, spend the festival with the living people, and then leave. And this festival is mild and harmless, because the dead have died long ago, and they just come to see how the living are doing and whether they have forgotten them.
Gongsun Ce found Mafan in front of a Lingdao-style house. She stood in front of many young children, her eyes red. Gongsun Ce walked over and hugged her, lending his shoulder to her to cry silently. Kongsun also came to this place. She randomly conjured up some red toys, which made the children's eyes shine, and then snatched her best friend from Gongsun Ce.
"Don't cry, Maho-chan~ Let's play with everyone!"
"Don't be like this, Kongru..." Maho whispered. Kongsuang just smiled happily and pulled her to play with her former playmate without any explanation. Gongsun Ce saw Agent Will waiting at the side and thought he didn't need to take care of this place. He left time for Maho-san to find the rest of his companions.
He quickly found the Shigure siblings and Caldesia. Rei Shigure took the trouble to snap his fingers, causing Genya Shigure's body to shatter, weather, corrode, and be crushed into slag. And this lingering dead person can always regenerate at an extremely fast speed. He spread his hands and laughed loudly: "Tell me one more time, little princess! I want to hear you call me father again!"
"You will die."
Rei Shigure retched repeatedly, and Reiichi Shigure's expression turned ugly: "I really regret calling him father before he died..."
"Your father is truly a pure scumbag," Caldesia said. "He still hates you even after he dies. What kind of spirit is this?"
"Let this world end quickly." Mr. Shiyu shook his head repeatedly and glanced at Gongsun Ce, "Oh, look, Gongsun is with a new beautiful girl again."
"Hey~" Caldesia and Rei Shigure pouted at the same time.
Gongsun Cepi smiled but said: "What's the tone of meeting a gangster? And the hat girl is nothing, why are you making fun of me!"
"You just finished a fight and you go out to hook up with women. What expression do you want me to have?" Rei Shigure pulled his face, "Who are these two?"
"The one in the back is an unfamiliar village girl, and this is the female passerby I told you about."
Rei Shigure glanced at Krikki, said nothing, and went on to tormenting her scumbag father. Gongsun Ce continued to walk to the foot of the mountain, and Jane Diela finally couldn't help it at this moment: "Is that woman your girlfriend?"
"none of your business."
"You...!"
Gongsun Ce suddenly felt refreshed. He walked for a while and found Qin Qianbai and Qiluo in a small pavilion. The two girls, who had no communication with each other, were out of tune with their surroundings.
Qiluo made a face: "I feel excluded from this world... It seems to have confiscated the information fragments of the deceased in the empire. It seems to be a problem with the scope of effect."
"Think about it from another angle, the more people you meet in Konghua World, the sadder it becomes." Gongsun Ce rubbed her head and turned to look at Qin Qianbai. She was sitting on the bench in the pavilion, observing the performance of the deceased attentively, her contemplative profile looking mysterious like a philosopher.
Gongsun Ce said seriously: "Wow, the eldest lady is thinking."
Qin Qianbai slapped him and turned around: "Ace, I don't think they are who they are."
"Of course they are not themselves. The real ones are dead," Gongsun Ce said. "They are fragments, afterimages, and one-sided resurrectors. But they clearly realize that they are dead and retain all the memories of their lives. If If there are real ghosts, they can't be more vivid than them."
"That's not what I mean," Qin Qianbai said, "I think the real Genya Shigure would say more outrageous things to Zero, while the real Kongsu would behave like a child and get along with Maho-san. But now they are more It used to look friendly, like..."
"The world itself responds to the wishes of the living, doesn't it?"
Qin Qianbai nodded silently, agreeing with his inference. If you think about it carefully, this is not surprising. If the living really have a chance to meet the dead, they probably don't want to continue to hate the dead. Then, Konghuajie probably responded to this wish and made some "modifications" to the deceased to make them gentler and kinder...
This thought made Gongsun Ce feel sick, as if the gods were reshaping the soul's shape casually, as casually as kneading plasticine. Krikki made a loud sound of retching, and she smiled softly: "What's the difference between this and the leader?"
"There is no need to consider things so pessimistically. There can be a positive explanation for this: death allows the souls to escape from reality, so they let go of their past grievances. I prefer this idea, which is positive and full of hope. "
A kind and gentle male voice came, and the old group leader McCollough was walking slowly, looking around with curious eyes. Gongsun Ce greeted him happily and ran to his side: "Are you okay?"
"Fortunately, Knight Alandia took emergency measures for me." The old man said with a smile, "Which explanation do you believe more, Knight Gongsun?"
Gongsun Ce pushed up his glasses: "Rationally, I believe in the first, but emotionally I lean toward the second."
"Naturally, we cannot understand the mechanism of the Konghua Realm, and mortals can never reach the realm of the king. But we should still leave a space for optimism in our hearts. If everything is imagined in the worst direction, this world will become a lot worse. Oops." The old leader patted his arm.
Gongsun Ce couldn't help but joke: "You don't sound like an envoy of the Silence of Peace."
McCollough glanced at Crikey intentionally or unintentionally, and winked: "The more you become the Master of Silence, the more optimistic you must be. Otherwise, how can you go back?"
Gongsun Ce vaguely felt that these words had a profound meaning, but McCollough immediately changed the subject, with an expression of chatting about ordinary things: "By the way, I just met with Her Majesty the Queen, and it is very lively over there."
"Ah..." Gongsun Ce thought of all the things in the royal capital and felt a little worried, "Have you seen... Yulia and Sarah?"
McCollough's face was particularly happy, and the wrinkles on his face broke out with a smile.
"No, kid, I didn't see them in Konghua Realm." McCollough laughed, "This news couldn't be better for the kingdom!"
Gongsun Ce was stunned for a moment, then understood, and laughed and high-fived the old man. Crikey didn't react at all after hearing this. Jane Diela was secretly inquiring about something from Qiluo. He ignored the little actions of the undead and couldn't wait to go to Liuli Mountain.
The closer to the edge of the town, the sparser the population became. Near the exit, Gongsun Ce saw a strange sight. Jane Gray Morton hid in the corner and looked at the acquaintances who were communicating in the distance. She was wearing a gorgeous dress. The king's clothes were actually a little lonely on his face.
Crikey made a quiet gesture, floated behind Gray like a wisp of smoke, and suddenly lay on her shoulder. She whispered before Gray screamed: "Hey little queen, why are you acting like an unsociable bird?"
"Hyde?!" Gray's face was full of shock, "You...are you there..."
"All the old members of the troupe are here. I didn't expect that after just four years, we are almost dead!" Krikki gloated, "Speaking of which, I heard that you mentioned sleeping with me in front of many people. ?You have become much more open than before~"
"How could I... Gongsun Ce!!"
Gray's furious look was very similar to the other Jane, and Gongsun Ce responded with a disdainful sneer. He imitated the other person's accent: "Kriji? She is my spy. All she needs is a little care, verbal love, and a few more bedtimes to get such a practical thing——"
"Shut up!!"
The furious Gray was restrained by her spy. Crikey controlled the former queen with only one hand, and the other hand moved flexibly on her body: "The evaluation of practicality sounds good, I’m so glad you still remember me~”
Gongsun Ce whistled and clapped his hands like a drunkard, which made Jane Gray grit her teeth. He left the corner and walked towards the square where Gray was staring, where several important figures were communicating. The old queen held the arm of a handsome middle-aged man. Behind her, Prince Charlie looked gloomy. Opposite the three of them was the expressionless Gaius Optimis.
"...So this is what happened back then?" Queen Anne shook her head repeatedly, "Internal strife in the Ultimus family? Are you planning to do such a big thing but have been hiding it from me?"
The handsome middle-aged man next to her is a typical Optimus, with a handsome face and brown hair. He looked ashamed: "Dear, I don't want you to know that I had evil intentions at first..."
The old queen showed no mercy when scolding: "Aurelian, you are a complete idiot. There is such a big age difference between you and me. I knew from the beginning that your thoughts were not that simple! Look at you two back then. A man in a high position had countless ways to resolve this dispute but chose a duel. Even Charlie could do it smarter than you!"
Aurelian almost meekly endured the scolding of his lover. The old woman sighed heavily and looked at Gaius opposite: "And you, you are right. I will not believe you, you are still the enemy of the kingdom... But You also avenged Aurelian... Alas! Things didn't have to come to this, they didn't have to."
"I don't care what you think," Gaius said dryly, "I did what I had to do, and now my mission is over."
True to his word, he wanted to walk away on the spot. Aurelian stopped him from behind, with a heavy look of guilt on his face.
"On this matter, Gaius, neither my father nor I can fault you." Aurelian said, "I know I am not qualified, but I still want to say that you have done a very good job... these fifteen years Thank you for your hard work, I’m proud of you.”
Gaius paused, said nothing, and left. The old queen watched him go away and looked at the corner where Gray was hiding, her voice cold.
"Now, Jane Gray Morton, how long are you going to stand there? Do you have the guts to do evil things such as treason and glory, but don't have the guts to face your parents and brothers?"
Gray stood up from the corner and looked at her mother fiercely, like a wolf about to go mad. The atmosphere at the scene was tense to the extreme. At this moment, a sad-looking Prince Charlie stood up and approached her sister step by step.
"Okay, Gray." Charlie sighed, "Mom will sentence you to death row, give you a nationwide public trial, and let you hang your head on the guillotine after the atonement parade. She will definitely do this if everyone is alive. But now What’s the point of this? We are all dead. We can no longer touch a woman’s face or smell the fragrance of flowers in the capital. Dead people can’t do anything anymore... nothing can be done!”
Gray moved slowly and walked to her mother alone. The old queen gave her a loud slap, and then she looked at Gongsun Ce with a soft expression.
"Go quickly, child, the Dawn Knight is waiting for you at the foot of the mountain." Queen Anne's eyes were gentle. "There is no way to express my gratitude to you and to the living. I can only say thank you."
"Nothing." Gongsun Ce blinked. He left the square, walked out of the town, and saw a mountain road deep into the Crystal Mountains. The Dawn Knight stood at the entrance of the mountain road. She was still wearing the Divine Edge Armor and was using starlight to consolidate the formation surrounding the mountain.
"I used the power of the Konghua Realm to continue the Holy Grail Ceremony." She took the lead in explaining. "The phenomenon of the resurrection of the dead will cause extremely bad turmoil around the world. Preventing the spread of the Konghua Realm is a top priority."
Gongsun Ce pursed his lips and said, "Thank you for explaining, Miss Knight, there is an old friend waiting for you here. She has been following me quietly but she couldn't bear to ask about you."
Jane Diela has been following him from a distance. The previous attendant looked at the knight she served from a distance, her green eyes once filled with jealousy filled with guilt and tears. She stuttered when she spoke, as reserved as a country girl when she first met her idol: "I'm sorry, Knight Alandia. I, I don't ask for your forgiveness, I just... I..."
Alandia smiled slightly and spoke softly.
"Thank you for your concern, Jane. I am very happy now."
She was always so unpredictable. She knew that the deceased were still in the state before death, and she knew what thoughts were in Jane's small head. She followed Gongsun Ce all the way here not for any great thing, she was just deeply tortured by guilt and self-blame, and wanted to know how the knight she once betrayed was doing well.
Jane Diela fell to her knees and burst into tears. The Knight of Dawn lifted her up and patted her former attendant on the shoulder as usual. Jane wiped her tears in embarrassment, and trembled as she spoke: "Knight Arandia, I am grateful to you... I have one more thing to remind you, you must pay attention to it!"
Alandia was slightly surprised. Jane wiped away her tears and gave Gongsun Ce a fierce look: "That man already has a lover. He is involved with several ladies. Even his friends despise him. It’s cool. You must not let him cheat you out of your feelings!”
