The first time a person dies is when he stops breathing.
From "human" to "corpse", the heart stops beating, the brain shuts down, and the soul dissipates and returns to the origin of the universe.
But there are still people who remember you. Your friends, classmates, and family members will come to attend the funeral of your body, recalling your appearance, voice, and personality when you were alive, and remember them in their hearts.
You exist in their imagination, alive.
After a while, your friends and classmates will forget about you, and you will suffer a second death.
The death of social memory.
No one will remember you, except your beloved parents. Other than that, you only exist in some databases, lying among countless numbers exactly like you, waiting to be read, written, or deleted.
But everything in the world is as fragile as butter in front of the blade of time. After countless days and nights, the database was updated several times, and you were moved into the recycle bin as useless history, and then you right-clicked to clear it.
At that time, your parents and loved ones also experienced the first death, and the second death was slowly approaching them.
And no one remembers you anymore, you have completely disappeared.
This is also the third death of man.
The final death, the final outcome.
The request Valentine just made was to skip the long waiting stage and fast forward directly to the third death.
Let everything related to him disappear in Terra's world.
Of course, those who remembered Valentine will still be alive. They will only suddenly feel that they have forgotten something, continue to work after a brief daze, and live their lives without Valentine.
Raphael and Xing Yihuang will turn around and follow the Rhode Island army away. The animals transformed by the deep blue flying dragon will disappear in an instant, while other naturally occurring elves may stay in the core city and regard this place as their new home. , maybe return to the wilderness and continue to eat hair and drink blood.
Vera will not remember that she still has a "brother". She will grow up well in Rhode Island and devote herself to Ursus' new career with a few books from who knows where.
Leonid forgot that he also had a false "son-in-law". This poisonous snake would slowly and paranoidly corrode the behemoth Ursus, and he would overthrow the nobles who disgusted him.
Perhaps Leonid would meet Trotsky and, a few years later, his daughter, and together they could complete this great undertaking.
Razer has no younger brothers, she is the only daughter in the family. Franka only knew one Vaifan, and they had a good relationship. Rhode Island's medical department is still full of morale, and Sakaz's prediction is gradually being confirmed.
The world would go on without Valentine, and this was the result he wanted.
Everything is the same as before, no one is sad, no one is crying.
"You should be able to do what I asked you to do, right?"
Valentine sat on the grass and smiled happily.
He didn't look like someone who was about to die.
The dark clouds above the command tower dispersed, and the sun shone down, giving the core city a golden rim.
In Jiao Zhengyu's eyes, this little dragon man was covered with a layer of pure light and was unique.
"Of course it can be done."
She nodded.
In terms of violence alone, Jiao Zhengyu only needs to use a little computing power to destroy the three-dimensional universe that exists in the world of Terra, reducing or increasing the dimensionality of this "remote country" in its eyes.
For someone with such great power, rewriting the memories of hundreds of millions of low-level carbon-based creatures is just a small trick.
"The Origin Stone I left for you should be enough for you to do this, right?"
Seemingly still worried, Valentine asked again, wanting to confirm.
In response, Jiao Zhengyu just nodded slightly.
Source Stone...
It's just a restriction.
If you want a low-level civilization to grow healthily, it must be allowed to develop on its own. Jiao Zhengyu can only act as a safety officer.
Therefore, the agents of low-level civilization cannot get too much from the things of high-level civilization.
Smooth sailing is counterproductive.
So even if Valentin doesn't give Jiao Zheng the Yuan Stone, she will fulfill this request.
The suppression of civilization level can not destroy Jiao Zhengyu's "humanity".
"I'm relieved."
After seeing the Wendigo girl's reaction, Valentin breathed a sigh of relief, and the big stone in his heart fell to the ground.
In his short life, his heart had never been so full.
No regrets.
"But do you really want to do this?"
Jiao Zhengyu hesitated for a few seconds before raising a question.
"As a human being, this is the most complete and tragic way to die."
What is the meaning of human existence?
no one knows. The so-called "meaning of life" in their minds is nothing more than the result of the influence of emotions and desires.
But the countless meanings in the hearts of countless lives have one thing in common, which is to leave proof of their existence in the world.
The best way is to get married and have children.
Your bloodline will continue from generation to generation and will exist in the world forever until the end of mankind.
So even after experiencing the third death, people are still "alive" in a sense.
Living in another person's body.
But Valentine…
He was still a virgin and had just fallen in love. He didn't even hold his girlfriend's hand a few times before leaving.
There is no blood of his in this world.
Once Jiao Zhengyu does that, Valentine will truly die, leaving no trace of his existence.
…
When Jiao Zhengyu told Valentin his opinion, all she got was a few chuckles.
The silver-haired dragon man sat on the grass and smiled. The plants that had been torn off not long ago wrapped around his body again, slowly crawling upwards, and young leaves and flowers grew on his horns.
Some animals emerged from the forest surrounding the grassland and slowly walked to their owners, surrounding Valentine and Jiao Zhengyu, as if waiting for a certain moment to arrive.
"If you want to say that, I can give you a lot of reasons to prove that I am still alive in the world."
A fawn lay down in front of Valentine, and the boy reached out and gently stroked its hair and ears, speaking in a relaxed tone.
"For example, as long as Raphael and Xing Yihuang are alive, I will still be alive because they are the people I love."
"I love them. As long as they are still alive, my love will never disappear and will always exist on the land of Terra."
Jiao Zhengyu naturally disagrees with such an idealistic explanation. She shook her head slightly and pursed her lips.
A frightened bird flew from the corner of the Wendigo girl's head, hovered in the air for a few seconds and landed on Valentine's head.
The corners of Valentine's mouth curled up slightly, and he took out a few buds from his hand and fed them to the deer in front of him.
"Ah...I can finally say this word without any psychological burden."
"It feels quite comfortable."
Love is an extremely common word but has extraordinary meaning to Valentine.
After coming to the world of Terra, the love Valentin felt basically came from the two girls Raphael and Xing Yihuang. He also thought about responding, but because of doubts about whether he could shoulder the responsibility, he kept it in his heart and never responded directly.
Until not long ago, the moment Valentine jumped from the top of the command tower.
What really made him let go of his psychological burden was the request he just made.
"You are so different from your kind."
Jiao Zhengyu recalled the moment when she searched for a suitable soul.
The main reason why Chen Yue stands out is his time of death and his identity as an Arknights mobile game player, and his character gave Jiao Zhengyu an unexpected surprise.
Although there may seem to be some flaws, people with this kind of personality will become the most perfect agents after being supplemented and deliberately guided.
The prerequisite for civilization upgrading is unification, and the prerequisite for unification requires sufficiently advanced social systems and personal qualities.
This is Utopia, the most suitable form for improving the level of civilization.
And Utopia cannot exist, it seems to be trapped in an infinite loop.
But there is a solution to this cycle, and the answer is an iron-fisted ruler.
Since civilization is unwilling to take the initiative to cohere, then use external forces to help it cohere.
…
"This kind of personality goes astray easily, and there is basically no chance to display it perfectly."
Only in troubled times can the final evolution be completed with someone's guidance.
"Then, in the past two years that I have lived in the world of Terra, have I developed my personality...?"
Valentin didn't understand what Jiao Zhengyu meant by "it's easy to go astray but hard to perform", but he didn't want to understand it now.
The evaluation of oneself by this god-level creature is more important.
It’s all gone anyway, right?
"not bad."
Jiao Zhengyu did not elaborate, but gave a general evaluation.
But this is enough to satisfy Valentine.
"In that case, it's time for me to close my eyes."
The boy nodded and turned to look at the command tower in the distance.
This time he wouldn't look away.
It was at this moment that Jiao Zhengyu discovered that the Origin Stone crystal had spread to Valentine's neck. In a few moments he will turn completely into a statue.
"Kids, stay away from me so you don't get the oriosis."
He made no move, just glanced at the animals in front of him, his voice hoarse.
The Originium crystals began to invade Valentine's internal organs.
"Also, remember to return Raphael's soul to her."
"It would be best if those weapons could be returned to her without making her feel anything strange. If not, just take them away."
"But you have to leave the 'Spotted Viper' pistol to Raphael. That's my birthday gift to this sister."
The black devil's hand held Valentine's chin, as if it would take away his soul in the next second. But even so, the boy is still able to speak, which may be the last kindness of the devil named Origin Stone.
"Don't worry, I'll give it to her."
Jiao Zhengyu agreed to this request.
"And...cough!"
"if you can……"
He only had a few seconds left.
"Help me say sorry to Yihuang."
With the fall of the last syllable, Valentine's life also came to an end. The dark orange demon hugged Valentine and took him to another world.
A lifelike statue of Originium sat on the grass next to Jiao Zhengyu, looking towards the command tower in the distance, with tears seemingly streaming from the corners of his eyes.
The low sounds of animals echoed on the grass, and Jiao Zhengyu could hear the sadness in them.
Their master died and left the world of Terra.
Won't……
"Ah."
A chuckle pierced the sadness that filled the grass like a sharp sword. The animals stopped whispering, and with trembling bodies, they left the center of the forest as quickly as possible and disappeared into the green ocean.
Jiao Zhengyu's cute temperament disappeared, and she turned into the witch who defeated the world's ultimate evil with one palm at the moment of Valentine's death.
Charming and enchanting.
"There are so many bad people in this world, how could you die so quickly?"
"You still have to tell them those words yourself, Valentine."
She gently touched the Origin Stone statue in front of her, her eyes shining with a strange light.
"You'll be on the right track once this journey is over."
"It may be death that destroys the decaying edifice, but it is death that shapes the new world..."
"It can only be life."
A huge aura emanated from her body, instantly taking over the rationality of the animals in the forest. The animals blocking Raphael and Xing Yihuang moved out of the way, leading the girls towards the center.
What awaits them is a brand new journey.
