Section VII.: The 'Spring Illusion' of Rebirth
When they saw the woman who was with Alice, only Ling and Zhuge Xun knew that the woman was Red Moon! But what is she doing here at this time!?
"Uncle, I'm here to help my uncle restore Grandpa's favorite second lap." Alice was held in Morley's arms.
"You? What's the solution. And the eldest brother he ...... "Morley didn't know how to tell Ellis that the two of them were the only ones left in the family.
"Uncle, Ellis knows everything. This time, my sister asked me to come, and she said that the time had come, and she also told me how to change the second circle to its original appearance. ”
"What's the solution?" Morley asked about the woman dressed in black, who was Red Moon.
But it was Alice who answered him. "My sister said that as long as the branches of the 'Spring Illusion' are planted in the second circle, all the dirt caused by this explosion can be purified."
"'Spring Fantasy'? What is that? Morley seemed to have heard the name somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
Alice came to Ling and Zhuge Xun and said, "Ling, I really want to see you. ”
"Me too. I'm sorry for not being able to protect your grandpa and dad. Ling held Ellis in her arms.
"It's not Ling's fault, Ling has worked hard." Ellis kissed Ling on the cheek and comforted Ling, who blamed herself. "Uncle Zhuge Xun knows what 'Spring Fantasy' is, right? Would you like to help Ellis and Uncle Morley recover the second lap? ”
Zhuge Xun didn't speak, just looked at the red moon in the distance, he couldn't see any red moon's expression at this time, he didn't know what she was thinking, heh, even if he saw her expression, he might not be able to guess her thoughts. Isn't it all given to her by 'Spring Fantasy', last time it was a fan that was exchanged for 'Spring Fantasy', does Hongyue want to let herself use anything else to exchange 'Spring Fantasy' back? But even if you change it back, it won't be able to grow again......
"Do you know where to find 'Spring Fantasy'?" Molly came to the Red Moon. The woman in front of her, whom Ellis called 'sister', was wrapped in black, as if she was attending a funeral, and since she could rescue Alice and tell Alice about 'Spring Fantasy', then she must know where to find 'Spring Fantasy'.
"I have the Spring Illusion Seed in my hand, but what are you going to trade it for?" The red moon under the veil spoke.
"As long as I can afford it, anything goes!" This woman really knows! "This is a matter of saving humanity, if my life can make the second circle continue to make people survive, I can give it to you! I just hope you can give me the seeds of spring illusion. ”
"Hmph. How you use it is your business, I don't want to know, but Mr. Morley doesn't seem to have the equivalent price to exchange for Spring Fantasy. ”
"And what do you want?"
"I wonder if my long hair can be exchanged for my hairpin and turn it into a seed?" Zhuge Xun came to the front of the red moon.
"Are you sure you're going to do this?" Hongyue asked Zhuge Xun.
Zhuge Xun glanced at the survivors who were standing in the second circle of Mo Li, if he could support himself a little more before the explosion, then there would be twice as many survivors now. The hair is gone, it can grow longer, but humanity cannot continue to fall. If the second circle is not restored now, then these survivors will be displaced to civilian areas, or other circles, after this incident, it is believed that other circles are not willing to take in outsiders, and stay in civilian areas, which means chronic death...... If you can find a way to ask for help from these people in front of you, but you don't ask for help, then what is the difference between yourself and the 'adult' and 'man in cloak' who are behind the scenes of the rebels!
"Isn't my hair enough?" Zhuge Xun asked.
"Of course. Are you sure, though? Red Moon confirmed again.
"Yes."
"Mr. Zhuge ! How can I thank you......" Morley knew that an onmyoji like Zhuge Kaoru was very precious to his hair, but now he was willing to give up his long hair for the sake of a second circle that had nothing to do with him. "Don't I have anything on me that can be of the same value as 'Spring Fantasy'?!" Morley questioned Red Moon.
Zhuge Xun stopped Mo Li and said, "I'm not for you, I'm for more people to continue to survive, I hope that the second circle of rebirth will not happen again." ”
"Thank you."
Zhuge Xun pulled off the hairpin on his head and put down the long hair that had been stored for more than 300 years. At the same time, Hongyue also took out the hairpin that Zhuge Xun had changed to himself earlier from his pocket.
"I'll take your hair." Hongyue gently scratched the hair on Zhuge Xun's neck with her hand, and the hair was neatly cut off. Red Moon tied her hair with the red silk thread she had prepared earlier and disappeared into her hand.
Zhuge Xun knew that his hair must be back in the gift shop, waiting for someone to see it. "This hairpin has been ......," Zhuge Xun asked as he took the hairpin.
"Mr. Morley, if there is a way to bring Pud back to life, do you want to do so?" Red Moon asked Morley, who was standing aside.
“…… Did you do it? ”
"It comes at a price. Or that it is impossible for this hairpin to regrow the spring illusion, so it needs something from Mr. Morley. Bringing Pud back to life is just a gift that I gave you. ”
"Why?"
"Because, although the second circle managed by Pude hindered the progress of mankind, it saved the soul of mankind. The development of the world does not need the existence of the second circle, but human beings need the existence of Pude. ”
"Thank you for your comments about my father. If you can, please ask my father to do it all over again. I'm willing to pay whatever price I can. Morley knelt on one knee in front of the Red Moon.
"I need Mr. Morley's heart to be planted in the second circle with the seeds of spring illusion, but from then on, Mr. Morley and the reborn Pud cannot leave the second circle. If you leave, you will die. ”
"My heart?"
"Yes, it's just your heart, it's not to kill your heart, but to let it provide the power of spring purification, what you want to recover in the second circle depends on how determined Mr. Morley is."
"Okay, I'll give it to you! Am I going to die? ”
"If you leave the second lap, you'll die."
Although I don't understand the meaning of what this woman in black is saying, this is the only way to solve the matter in front of her. "Can I ask you who you are?"
"What about Mr. Morley's decision?" Red Moon didn't answer Morley's question, and now wasn't the time for him to know.
"I am willing to trade my heart for the growth of spring illusion and the rebirth of my father Pud."
Hearing the answer, Red Moon took off the gloves of one hand and put her hand into Morley's chest to take out the beating Morley's heart. The heart continued to beat regularly in Red Moon's hands, and Morley didn't leave any wounds on his body.
Everyone present looked at everything that was happening in front of them in disbelief, Morley who had no heart was still alive! Who the hell is that woman in black!
Red Moon plunged the spring hairpin straight into Morley's heart, and Morley's chest was filled with a huge pain, and sweat ran down his forehead.
"General Morley!" The people who survived the second circle gathered around Morley and called out with concern.
"In the end, because this spring illusion has not been used for too long, if you want it to adapt to the land of the world, or a land like the second circle, you need the purest soul to protect it." Red Moon said.
"The purest soul? What is that? Morley asked bitterly.
"Sister, I am willing to be the guardian of Spring Fantasy." Alice stood in front of Red Moon.
"No! Alice can't, I can't sacrifice you! You female gelding, how many more people will you have to sacrifice! Alice is still a child, you're a liar, and we'll rebuild the second lap even without your help! I'm not going to sacrifice anyone anymore! Morley held Ellis tightly in his arms.
"Uncle, this is grandpa's mistake, shouldn't we do something to prevent more people from getting hurt? So, uncle......" Ellis said, holding Morley's face in both hands.
"But, but, how can I bear it if you want to uncle!"
"What about Ellis, I've always liked grandpa, dad, uncle, and aunt, I've always wanted to say to you when I couldn't speak, and now I want to say to my uncle, Alice is very happy to be my uncle's family, everyone, everyone is Alice's favorite person!"
Morley hugged Alice's weak body fiercely......
Everyone present silently shed tears.
"Is that all there is to it?" Ling asked the red moon under the black veil.
"Of course, Pude's family has to do what he does. If you want to give up, you can ......," Hongyue said without any emotion.
"I'm sorry for what I just said. Please go ahead. Molly let go of Ellis and said to Red Moon.
"Let's go." Red Moon handed the heart with the spring illusion in it to little Alice, and took her little hand with one hand, and disappeared in front of everyone's eyes with the red paper umbrella in the other.
A long time has passed, so long that people have forgotten the appearance of the woman in black and Alice just now......
"Everyone, look at the second circle!" I don't know who shouted, so that everyone's eyes were focused on the second circle in the distance.
At this moment, the sky is blue, this kind of blue was common a few decades ago, but it has not been seen since 'that world war', and now it appears in the sky above the second circle. The second circle, which was previously shrouded in smoke and dust, was exceptionally clear and bright against the blue sky, as if nothing had happened!
Red Moon asked everyone to go to the second circle through Ling, and Zhuge Xun also lifted the protective enchantment of the four divine beasts, and everyone went to the second circle that had been destroyed.
When you come to the location of the Red Moon, you will see a huge lake formed at the site of the garden, which used to be about half of the area of the second circle. The clear water of the lake reflects the 'beautiful scenery' of the lake, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a 'beautiful scenery', because the entire second circle has become a flat ground after the explosion, and the sand and stones by the lake have been burned by the high temperature of the explosion, like a piece of crystal glass, as long as it is close to the lake, all the stones are showing this 'crystallization' shining under the reflection of the sun and the lake water, just like the 'miracle ocean' that appeared in the legend!
In the middle of the lake, a large tree nearly 30 meters tall was found to be leafy.
"That's the 'mountain god'?! How did it get here? What about Alice? Where did she go? Morley asked like a red moon.
"This 'mountain god' is a gift from me to Alice. She sleeps with your heart under the roots of the 'mountain god'. Mr. Morley is sincere in wanting to restore the ecology of the second circle. Because it is the first time I have seen a spring illusion tree species that can grow so quickly. As I said earlier, the purification ability of Spring Illusion depends on Morley's determination to make the second lap. The higher the Spring Phantom grows, the faster the second lap recovers and Pud and Ellis appear. "Red Moon has put away the paper umbrella.
"...... father and Alice appear?" The woman in black promised that she would let her father be reborn, but she didn't say when.
"Pudd and Alice's souls are in the Spring Illusion, and when the time comes, they will come back. Now Spring Fantasy can only purify the size of this lake, and when its branches and leaves stretch to the size of the lake, the second circle will be reborn, so Mr. Morley still has a long time. ”
"I will!" Morley said firmly.
"By the way, Mr. Zhuge Xun, the sky wall of the second circle no longer exists, and the sky that is also presented on your heads will not exist permanently, and the second circle will still be polluted by the outside world. Because not long ago, Mr. Zhuge Xun exchanged his hair for the branches of the Spring Illusion, but for me, it was earned, so I decided to send some 'gifts' to Mr. Zhuge , as for how to use it, you decide. It is the two divine beasts that appeared on the battlefield, the 'Nine-Tailed Red Fox' and the 'Golden Dragon'. After speaking, Hongyue took out two glass bottles with seals from his pocket and handed them to Zhuge Xun.
"Give it to Molly, isn't your intention to let these two divine beasts open the enchantment to protect the second circle from outside pollution." Zhuge Xun didn't answer.
"Then please take it from Mr. Morley." Red Moon gives the bottle to Molly.
"Can you really give it to me?" When Mo Li was in the command center, he had seen the battle between Zhuge Xun and Zhuge Fang Liang through monitoring, and he also knew the power of these two divine beasts, with its protection, he could survive safely in the second circle!
"To make them obedient, you need to make them agree that you are their master, so Mr. Morley, please drip the blood of your ring finger on the seal of the glass bottle, if they accept you, the blood will be absorbed and the seal will be opened."
Morley did as Red Moon said. But the two beasts had been repelling Morley's blood. "How so?" Seeing this scene, Morley reverently told the two divine beasts who rejected him his determination in his heart.
Finally, the two divine beasts accepted Morly's wishes, the seal was lifted, and two huge divine beasts appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
"I want to ask the divine beast to help me protect the peace of the second circle!" Morley didn't know if they could understand his request.
After hearing Morley's words, the 'Nine-Tailed Red Fox' and the 'Golden Dragon' flew towards the big tree in the middle of the lake at the same time, and turned into the tree, and after a while, a white light shot out from the tree, spreading out in all directions, forming a solid barrier on the second circle of the sky to protect the second circle.
"As long as the tree does not die, the two Shikigami will always protect the second circle. Mr. Morley's job is to take good care of the tree, and please Mr. Morley do not forget what happened today, and remember your determination and sacrifice. And I'm done right now. After saying that, Red Moon was about to leave.
"May I ask the benefactor's name! Who the hell is the benefactor! When the second lap is restored, I will definitely let someone repay me! Morley asked without giving up.
"I'm just an ordinary gift shop owner." After speaking, Hongyue opened the red paper umbrella and disappeared in front of everyone. Along with the red moon disappeared, Zhuge Xun was also gone.
"Pavilion of the Red Moon!" Morley remembered the name of a well-known gift shop on the border that he had heard before. However, it is no longer possible to confirm whether the woman in black is talking about the gift shop, because from now on, she will not be able to take another step.
"The second circle is not facing a crisis as previously said?!" At this time, a large number of regular troops appeared behind the crowd.