"I will never forget the promise I made."
Valentin looked at the sky, looking at the command tower that was already wrapped in green, with red eyes. As the words fell, his throat trembled, and the memories of himself and Xing Yihuang kept replaying in his mind. He wanted to say something more, but he couldn't utter a single sound.
The breeze blew through the grass, and the flowers and bushes swayed gently, making a rustling sound, covering someone's footsteps. Jiao Zhengyu took a deep look at Valentine's back, let out a soft sigh and sat on the floor. The clothes on his body changed into the casual clothes he wore when he first appeared in front of him, using the look that Valentine was most familiar with. His final journey.
After hesitating for more than ten seconds, Valentine still didn't say what was in his heart. He lowered his head slightly, clenched his fists, and swallowed those words back into his stomach to digest them thoroughly. With his eyes closed tightly, he saw Xing Yihuang standing on the top of the tower, and his body also felt her caressing his back. The gentleness of the hands in spirit.
This is absolutely an almost unbearable pressure for Valentine at this moment. He raised his head suddenly, closed his eyes and mobilized his respiratory system vigorously. He took a deep and thorough breath like a whale, and suppressed the emotions in his heart.
When he was hung on the tower not long ago, he thought about what he would experience, but what he didn't expect was that when this turbulent wave of emotions and pain hit him, his spirit and tear ducts almost collapsed.
Valentine thought that his heart was made of concrete, and even if it was not as hard as steel, it was still strong enough to block the surging emotional wave. After all, I had endured nearly ten years of hardship before coming to this world, and suffered several major failures after coming to this world. My state of mind should have been different from that of ordinary people.
But who knew that just one look or movement from Xing Yihuang would poke holes in his heart, and he almost couldn't hold it back and burst into tears.
After exhaling almost all the air in his body, Valentine felt the pain caused by the squeezing of his lungs, and his mental condition became more stable. It seemed that the breath he just took had exhausted the emotions in his heart.
He turned around, walked slowly to sit next to Jiao Zhengyu, and raised his hand to say hello to another friend who lived in his heart.
"Hi."
A pine cone fell from the tree and rolled in front of Valentine, and was then picked up by a squirrel. This little brown elf with a big tail dexterously crawled along Valentine's arm and onto his head, then sat on it and bit the fruit in his hand, and knocked it hard twice on the side. corner.
Valentine felt the sound coming from above his head, chuckled and looked around.
He hasn't had a good look at this forest since he summoned it.
Just like the game called "Call of the Wild", the surrounding environment makes Valentine feel like he is in a subtropical forest hunting ground. In addition to the flowers, plants and trees everywhere, there are also many small animals in the green shadows. The activities look completely unlike the landscape of a subarctic city like Chernobog.
But unlike in the game, these animals are not afraid of Valentine, but are extremely kind to him.
Squirrels would hold pine cones and run to his head to shell them, and birds would sit on his shoulders and chirp. The flowers growing on Valentine's body attracted several butterflies and bees, and a deer stood beside him chewing the buds growing on him.
In just over ten seconds, the original "forest wild man" Valentine instantly turned into the "arch druid" Valentine, surrounded by a bunch of lively and cute little animals, and a mouth. The big cat with setaria in its mouth was lying on the ground as if basking in the sun, although there were only dark clouds above the grass.
The sudden appearance of the animals gave Valentine, who had never been in contact with nature, a new feeling, making him forget the pain just now and feel a little more relaxed.
As if sensing the change in their master's mood, these elves also left chirping. The deer licked Valentin's cheek and jumped into the forest with light steps. The horns on its head emitted a little fluorescent light.
The appearance of these animals is not only used to heal Valentine's mood, they also have the task of blocking the enemy.
SWEEP and the Rhode Island team in the stronghold alone cannot stop all the Ursus soldiers, not to mention that several teams have already arrived around the command tower.
At this time, the forest that suddenly appears in front of them will be the most difficult barrier to break through, and countless animals and plants will be their end.
"It seems you are in a better mood."
Jiao Zhengyu turned his head and spit out the foxtail grass to the side, straightened up and stretched.
"So be it."
Valentine lowered his head and shook it, and some broken nut shells fell from the top of his head. The trembling frightened the butterfly parked behind him away, but the beautiful elf flapped its wings and flew in front of Valentine, stopping on the back of his hand.
"It's good or not. It should be said that I have seen it through and is indifferent. My mood will no longer make waves."
With his light red eyes fixed on the butterfly's wings with complex patterns, Valentine stretched out his index finger and gently tapped the tentacles on its head, with a smile on his lips.
"When you have made a choice that will cost you your life and your loved one, how else would you react other than to accept it calmly?"
"Anger, sadness, jealousy... will lose their meaning of existence, leaving only joy."
Valentine raised his right hand, and the butterfly flapped its wings and flew away, drawing bright arcs in the air. He looked at the top of the command tower, which was still burning with flames, but his heart no longer had the same wave of emotions as before.
"At least, the life I sacrificed can keep them alive, allow Rhode Island to continue to complete its mission, and prevent the war between Yan Kingdom and Ursus..."
"I can see the feelings for myself in the eyes of Yihuang and Raphael."
He thought of Raphael who hugged him not long ago, and Xing Yihuang who stroked the flying dragon.
"I should be happy that it worked out perfectly for everyone."
"But, um..."
After hearing what Valentine said, Jiao Zhengyu wanted to say something, but his words stopped in his throat. In the end, he didn't say it out. He just looked at the smiling little dragon man in front of him and made gestures.
"Right?"
"Then you're just here to see my jokes."
Valentine lowered his head slightly, his face darkened, and the smile on his lips changed.
"I just feel a little regretful."
He did not look Valentine in the eyes, and his voice dropped.
"Out of all my agents, except for the one who has a bad brain and comes up with crooked ideas to find trouble, you were the first one to leave."
"I was quite optimistic about you."
Two years is not a long time for Jiao Zhengyu, it can be said to be a very short time. After all, this unit of measurement has lost its meaning to him. But even so, this artificial intelligence still felt the joy of "nurturing" when getting along with Valentine.
"Okay, I feel it, you're sad right now."
Looking at the cat ears that trembled from time to time in front of his eyes, Valentine thought for a while before pinching them.
"Although I don't understand artificial intelligence, I can still feel your emotions in your expression and language."
The ears are quite soft.
Jiao Zhengyu didn't resist, and Valentin didn't push it too far. He simply pinched it twice and it was over.
"It would be perfect if you were a girl."
"I can change."
As soon as he finished speaking, Valentin found that Jiao Zhengyu in front of him had become a little smaller. When the white-haired Felin raised his head, what came into view was no longer the somewhat feminine but masculine Jiao Zhengyu before, but a cat girl with big eyes, bangs and a small cherry mouth.
Valentine blinked when he saw this face, and a familiar figure suddenly came to mind.
"Well."
He didn't have any thoughts about Jiao Zhengyu who suddenly turned into a cat girl, but he just felt a little weird.
"vanilla?"
"That's right."
Jiao Zhengyu's voice became cold and soft.
"NEKOPARA's vanilla. How about it? Does my existence suit you more now?"
"I don't know whether it suits me or not. I only know that you are Jiao Zhengyu."
Valentine's eyes trembled.
"The impression of you in my mind is already fixed on that young silver-grey look. I'm a little uncomfortable with suddenly turning into a cat lady."
"And why did you suddenly transform! There are no sound effects or special effects!"
A long time ago, when Valentin was still a otaku addicted to the second dimension, he had the idea of turning Jiao Zhengyu into a beautiful girl in the second dimension, but he was severely ridiculed by the other party.
Now Jiao Zhengyu suddenly took the initiative to turn into a cat girl. This sudden change even made him think that the artificial intelligence was infected with a virus.
"Well, you are leaving soon, I want to make you happy during this last period~"
This poor artificial intelligence not only failed to return to its original appearance, but even its expression and movements changed into those of a girl. Valentine almost made the East African Rift Valley appear on the spot with his toes.
"Hurry up and change back. If you really want to make me happy, you might as well save my life. That way I will be happier than anyone else."
The corner of his mouth twitched and he moved his body to the side, as if Jiao Zhengyu at this moment was not a beautiful girl but a ferocious beast.
…
In a way, both words fit him very well now.
"In that case, I will be happy, but the guy above me will be unhappy, and then both you and I will be unhappy."
After saying something like a tongue twister, Jiao Zhengyu changed magically in front of Valentin's eyes. His body, face and hair began to move as if they were alive, and they returned to their original appearance within a few seconds. , Valentine was stunned for a moment.
"Since you don't want beautiful girls, let's talk about other things."
Jiao Zhengyu shook his hair and looked up at the sky.
"For example, your Xing Yihuang."
"Yihuang?"
These words made Valentine frown.
"What happened to her?"
I wonder, will this sister encounter any danger again? I have sent all the spirits behind my back!
If something happens, I will regret it to death...
"You can take a look for yourself, with the perspective of the spirit behind you."
Jiao Zhengyu gave up, and the smile on his lips made Valentin feel that this kid was thinking of some bad idea.
He closed his eyes, mobilized the Origin Stone skills in his body, and connected his consciousness with the spirit behind him. Countless tiny pains filled Valentin's body with the influx of new consciousness, and black Originium crystals began to emerge on his body, spreading like a plague on his skin.
But Valentin did not stop his Origin Stone skills. He quickly transferred his consciousness to the spirit behind him, but all he saw in front of him was darkness, with blue light flashing from the corner of his eyes from time to time.
In this darkness, there was a door standing quietly in the center, open only a crack.
"What you are seeing now is Xing Yihuang's spiritual world, which is similar to yours."
Jiao Zhengyu's voice rang in Valentin's ears, as if he had also entered this dark realm.
"It's very clean and not polluted, which is a good sign."
"You know, the spiritual world of those Avengers is so terrifying that it's like the ancient gods have descended. Their spirits are all praising them."
Although the voice was close to his ears, Valentin did not see the shadow of Jiao Zhengyu. But he didn't take it seriously. There were more important things that he needed to understand.
"That door is the door in Yihuang's heart?"
The flying dragon fell from the sky and stopped in front of the huge door.
"It looks similar to what I had in mind."
"Yes, this is the door to the road to becoming a god. As for its appearance, it depends on the person who sees it. Maybe it looks different in Xing Yihuang's eyes."
"this……"
Valentine took a few steps forward and gently knocked on the door with the horn of his head.
"What's the point of letting me see this?"
"I told you a long time ago that Xing Yihuang is only one step away from Jing Er, and Jing Er's condition is to open this door."
"Look, the door has been opened a crack, which shows that she has enough strength to move to the next level."
Valentin had noticed the existence of the crack in the door as early as when he was flying. Now that he was closer, he could clearly see what was behind him through the crack in the door...
dark.
Nothing to see but darkness.
"Then why doesn't she open the door?"
This question has been in his mind for a long time, and today seems to be the day when the answer is revealed.
"Have you ever used your own clairvoyance eyes to see Xing Yihuang?"
ah?
Valentine was offended by these words.
"Although I am an LSP, I am also an LSP with a bottom line. Can I use the skill of clairvoyance casually?"
He raised his head and roared several times at the sky, but his mood was not as calm as it was at the beginning.
The sage mode he had finally entered since the moment Kaku Zhengyu turned into vanilla was over.
…
"Emit your consciousness from the spirit behind you, rise up, and enter God's perspective."
"What?"
This sentence gave him the feeling that he knew every word, but he couldn't understand them when they were put together.
Emit, rise, enter God's perspective...
What to do!
"Think about how you got that lizard's perspective in the first place?"
Like a teacher, Jiao Zhengyu began to teach Valentine how to better use the Origin Stone skills.
"I just wanted to get that lizard's perspective, and then I saw it."
Although it sounds ridiculous, it is true.
"Yes, that's what you want. Now, you have to interrupt your connection with the spirit behind you, project your consciousness to the sky, and then open your eyes."
"But……"
The method Jiao Zhengyu said was similar to what Valentin thought, but there was a fatal problem.
"I need a carrier, a 'container' to hold consciousness."
What's up in the sky?
Clouds? Air? Or the sun?
"this world."
Valentine was stunned, but quickly reacted and closed his eyes.
This is a very magical experience. Valentine feels that his limbs and bones are constantly spreading outwards. What his thoughts control is no longer the limbs but the entire spreading body. He couldn't raise his hands or feet, but he could, but he could feel...
The wind blew across Valentine's body, becoming more violent. The temperature was dropping continuously, but he couldn't feel the cold feedback. It seemed that his body had lost all the senses and nerves capable of feedback.
He can feel changes in the outside world, but cannot react to these changes like humans.
"Okay, open your eyes."
Jiao Zhengyu's words rang in Valentine's ears. He opened his eyes and saw the fire dragon hanging below him, and the green color that kept growing toward the top of the command tower but always stopped outside the fire wall.
"This is……"
"God's perspective."
Someone told him the correct answer.
"When we were at Longmen, I said that after mastering 'vitality', you would be able to suppress the growth of Origin Stone crystals."
"Now, you reach out to the world and try to hold it in your hands. Although you can only touch this small area, it is very good. After all, it is the first time."
"Do you think you, now able to integrate into the world's consciousness, have grasped the power of 'vitality'?"
This unimaginable scene caused Valentine's thinking to come to a standstill the moment he saw it, but he soon came back to life. At this time, when he was thinking, he was no longer thinking with the human brain, but with the consciousness of this planet and the entire world.
"It's extremely easy for you now to see someone clearly."
Jiao Zhengyu's words woke up the shocked Valentine. He quickly sorted out his thoughts and almost instantly saw Xing Yihuang standing at the top of the command tower.
At this time, Xing Yihuang was confronting Tallulah. His clothes were in tatters and his cheeks were a little dirty. But thanks to the presence of the spirit behind Valentine, she has no wounds on her body and is in good condition.
Valentin did not keep his consciousness on Xing Yihuang's surface, but went deep into it to see inside her body. It was at this moment that he suddenly realized something was wrong.
On Xing Yihuang's chest, where her beating heart was, there was a small Origin Stone crystal.
"Is this... the reason why Yihuang doesn't want to open the door?"
He thought about many reasons, but he didn't expect the truth to be so desperate.
"Yes, the Originium crystal at the heart. Xing Yihuang's Originium skill is a spell that taps the body's potential, which will put a great burden on her body."
"The pressure on the heart in this state is already at its limit. If the door is pushed open and the power is completely released, her heart may not be able to bear it."
"You have to know that for the infected, Originium skills not only bring powerful power, but also slowly growing Originium crystals."
"Can't stop."
"but……"
Valentine understood what Jiao Zhengyu wanted to say.
"You represent 'life'."
All meaningful existence in this world is held by Valentine.
Including Source Stone.
"Suppress the Source Stone crystal in this girl's heart, let her open the door and liberate her true power."
This is why Jiao Zhengyu will find Xing Yihuang as a helper for Valentine instead of other experimental subjects.
Two of them.
Perfect match!
"You'll see something you'll never forget."
Time has no meaning to Jiao Zhengyu. He can see the future and past of this world through calculation. In the world of Terra hundreds of years ago, the Ursus Empire was not so large. When Victoria was still in civil strife, in the far east, the country called "Yan" had not yet been born.
At that time, the country occupying the east was called "Qin".
Qin Shanghei is water virtue.
The spirit behind Xing Yihuang is a black dragon!
