Chapter XI
The last rays of the sun shone on the man's back, pulling out long shadows. He was still looking at the sword in his hand, surrounded by only the sound of the wind, and this quiet picture was unbearable to break. He stood there, not making any extra movements, but looking so elegant, like his blue eyes, as if they had never touched the dust.
Shao Xuechen also stared at him faintly, looking at his clothes blown by the wind, the golden cloud patterns seemed to be really fluttering, and looking at his black hair blown by the wind, like thousands of wickers fluttering in the wind in spring.
The remnant sun converges its brilliance and gives the sky to the night for him to perform, and this performance does not know how long it will last. The night of the ice field is even more gorgeous, and tens of thousands of stars compete for glory, like glowing crystals in caves.
"You... Hello, my name is Shao Xuejian. Shao Xuechen didn't want to be so silent anymore, God knows how long he would have to stay here like this, he didn't want to die here.
"I know you, Shao Xuejian. The man looked up, a twinkle in his eye, and whispered.
"You know me?" Shao Xuechen was a little confused, since the other party knew himself, why didn't he speak? Is it fun for the two of them to stalemate for so long?
"I don't just know that your name is Shao Xuejian. The man slowly walked over to Shao Xuejian, "I still know everything about you, from the day you came into this world. ”
Shao Xuechen could see his face clearly, it was a face that could only be described as "cold ice", and there was no emotion at all.
"Who are you?" Shao Xuechen lowered his voice, which meant that he was ready to attack and could launch a deadly attack on the other party at any time. He knew he wouldn't be that man's opponent, but it wasn't his style to disarm directly, and the pride in his bones wouldn't allow him to do so.
"I am the master of this sword. The man was as calm as if he were explaining something that was even more commonplace. It may be normal for him, but it is a shock for Shao Xuechen. If someone told him that he was a god, he might have regarded that person as an idiot, but at the moment he believed in the words of the person in front of him from the bottom of his heart, a strange sense of trust that could not be expressed.
"Ice Feather, God King. Shao Xuechen stumbled out these words from his mouth. A god stood in front of him, and he was still a god-king, and he felt that the worldview that he had spent eighteen years building had completely collapsed, and there was not even a scum left. He needed some time to rebuild his crumbling worldview and accept the existence of the gods, who had been an atheist before that.
"The sea of ice under our feet seals Cang Ming, I'm sure you've seen him. "Demons, a powerful but filthy race, they are just like the demons of your world. ”
Shao Xuechen looked at Cangming through the ice, and there was a faint soft light under the ice sea, which allowed him to see clearly. The horrible sense of oppression that had existed before was gone. He was clearly looking at the Demon King, but at the moment it gave him the feeling that it was like watching those imprisoned beasts in the Colosseum. I am afraid that a human being who can condescend to look at the king of demons like this is the first one. This should be a supreme honor.
"You can fight the demons without worry because we intercepted the demons for you, and our fight against the demons is more tragic than your fight with the demons. You should thank us, don't you?" Bing Yu said lightly, he said so plainly, as if he was waiting for the weak to bow down.
"Do you know the purpose of the demons? they want to conquer and enslave us, so we gripped our weapons and started fighting. Shao Xuechen felt that at this moment, his momentum was not weaker than the God King in front of him, "Because they are strong, that's why they will do that." In the same way, the demons are also strong, that's why they think of conquering you, and you are only fighting to protect, which is forced, so why should I thank you. Have you ever really helped us?"
"I think you may have forgotten why you humans can compete with demons. Bing Yu said, "Without our help, you would be nothing more than a flock of lambs in front of the demons. ”
"Well, that's true. Shao Xuejian couldn't refute it, because it was indeed the gods who gave humans the ability to resonate with the elements, which gave rise to the mage.
"We've helped humanity for a long time, and now it's humanity's turn to help us. There's a coming-and-going, isn't it?"
"Help, you're so powerful, you still need the help of humans?" Shao Xuechen said, "You don't want us to fight the demons, right?"
Bing Yu didn't speak, but his expression fully expressed his thoughts, and what Shao Xuechen said was right.
"It can't be really, right?" Shao Xuejian said weakly, the powerful race that can fight with the gods is terrifying to think about.
"No, not human. Ice Feather held out a finger to him, "It's you." ”
Shao Xuechen's face immediately showed an expression of "you are teasing me". A god who makes everyone look up to him come and tell him that he needs his help to fight against a demon that even the gods can't deal with, isn't that what else can he do? But there should be no god who will come to play such a boring joke with him, and legend has it that the gods are very busy, and they have to run around every day to maintain order in the whole world. However, he really wanted to know what virtue he had to have a god-king come to him for help, or if there was something wrong with him that only he could do.
"Why me? There are so many people in the world. I don't have what it takes to save the world. Shao Xue asked puzzled.
Bing Yu ignored him, just lowered his head again and touched the sword that was looking at him, the starlight flickered, and Shao Xuechen faintly saw two lines of tears sliding across his "ice"-like cheeks, as if the plain white and blue snow had melted on the majestic snowy mountain.
It turns out that gods can also shed tears, Shao Xuechen thought to herself. He just wanted to comfort him, but the next moment, he felt as if his heart was being grabbed fiercely, and great sadness erupted from the bottom of his heart like a fountain at this moment, and the cold water instantly swept through his entire body, spraying sadness into all corners of his body, overwhelming him. The feeling of powerlessness that was so sad that he couldn't even stand on his feet disappeared. This kind of sadness is like losing the most important thing in life, but it can't be recovered, and that kind of self-blame pierces his heart very painfully, and he feels that his heart has become full of holes.
"Humans are selfish. "But you're not human, you're a god, a god born to kill Cangming in 100,000 years." In other words, you are a mission, and there is only one content of the mission, which is to kill Cangming. ”
"Oh, if I'm a god, why can't I be as groundbreaking and omnipotent as you?" Shao Xuechen wouldn't believe Bing Yu's words, he was a god? If it was really a god, then he was really a god.
"After sealing Cangming, we fused the remaining power and finally conceived a divine fetus. Bing Yu said, "This god fetus has the divine power of our five god kings, and after he comes to the world, he will gradually highlight the power of the gods as his strength grows. ”
"Do you want to tell me that I am the god fetus?" Shao Xuechen looked up at the starry sky, a mesmerizing scene, the starlight splashed on the ice field, like a picture of extreme beauty, the silver moon was covered by thin clouds, as if a graceful woman appeared in front of her wearing a veil, outlining a restless reverie. This is an excellent stargazing night on the ice field, but this excellent is stained with a trace of maddening little flaws, his mood suddenly deteriorated, since he came to the fortress city, everything is bad, first everyone inexplicably turned into snow dust, and then he inexplicably came to this ice field, and then he saw Cang Ming, and then met God, and then God entrusted him with a heavy task, killing the king of demons and saving the world, which even they themselves did not do!
He remembered a line that Li Runzhang said in the first stage play "Flying Disaster" that he watched with Lin Xiaoyun when he was a child, "Come on, God, I'm already alone now! Why have I met all the unfortunate things in this world! Why ......?"
In a series of natural and man-made disasters, Li Runzhang's relatives left one by one, and finally he also left in pain, and at the last moment of his life, he asked the sky unwillingly, which was a miserable stage play.
Shao Xuechen's situation is much better than Li Runzhang's, but he is always pessimistic, any little thing seems to be able to pull his heartstrings, even when he is happy, he can become like he is going to die in the next second, and the words that come out of his mouth seem to be about to experience life and death, creating a thick sadness around him. But that's just before, after being beaten by Lin Yunzhu a few times, he never said anything discouraging, but the pessimism is still pessimistic, but it's no longer so strong.
"You don't want to take it?" Ice Feather was surprised, he had never seen anyone refuse to accept the identity of God, God represents eternal life, strength, and majesty...... It's strange that everyone wants to be a god, and he doesn't admit that he is a god.
"Whoever is willing to accept will accept. Shao Xuechen said, "You five god kings can only seal Cangming together, I want to accept it, it is estimated that it is just a product for him to practice his hands, and after sealing for so long, he definitely needs a target to move his hands and feet." ”
"You want to escape, but you are a god fetus, it is your fate to kill Cang Ming, and it is destined from the moment you appear in this world. ”
"Don't talk to me about fate, my parents died under the sword of the mountain bandits, is that also their fate? Do they deserve it? If I am really a god fetus, then if I don't come to this world, maybe they won't die!" Shao Xuechen grabbed Bing Yu's collar and clutched the handicraft tightly, "At least, I won't see that scene! If I'm really a god fetus, why can't I save them?!"
The gods are arrogant and should not be blasphemed, and those who blaspheme should be punished with death, but Bing Yu did not push him away, nor did he pull his clothes back, but touched Shao Xuejian's head softly, just like a father touching a child's head, "You are a little angry, I am not your enemy, they have been killed by you." ”
"Yes, but what's the use of that?" Shao Xuechen let go of his hand, his palm oozed blood, dripping on the ice, and quickly turned into ice, "The dead can't reappear in the world." ”
"So you need strength, because you have people you want to protect, if ......"
"Enough!" Shao Xuechen lowered his voice and interrupted him rudely, he didn't know why he suddenly became irritable, but he suddenly felt that his mood had suddenly deteriorated, especially if he wanted to scold the god in front of him, he was observing him clearly and secretly, but he didn't show up to save people that night, and it was ironic that they still boasted that they had mercy on the world.
"I don't need that much power, I just need to be protective enough to do what I want to do. Now, send me back right away. ”
"Trust me, you're going to need it, and it's up to you to want it. You'll see me again soon...... When you need it most. Bing Yu said secretly, Shao Xuechen saw the smile on the corner of his mouth, this smile looked a little weird.
In the end, Bing Yu ended with a paragraph, which seemed to be the language of the gods, Shao Xuechen couldn't understand it, he had never heard another language other than humans, that strange language was so simple and thick that it was like the sound of a hanging bronze bell when it was hit, inexplicably giving people a kind of majesty.
With just a moment of dizziness, he returned from the desolate ice field to the blood-soaked battlefield, back to this world, he had never felt so intimate in this world, which made him feel the urge to possess and kiss the earth. It's amazing how you can switch scenes and shuttle back and forth. If it is said that he does not look at the power of the gods, it is false, everyone wants eternal life, but accepting that divine power means facing Cangming, which has no chance of winning, he is a person who cherishes his life. What's more, he is a very contented person, he doesn't have big ideals, he is good as he is now, and he does what he can. The trajectory of life is easy and unshakable.
They did not turn into snow dust, and continued their previous charging stance. He didn't know, but for at least a few hours, it looked like time had paused, from the moment he left the battlefield, it was like a music box suddenly paused while playing music, and it needed to be twisted again before it could continue to play beautiful music.
Truth be told, he really hated killing, probably because of the shadow of his childhood, but the Overseer was staring at him with a fierce eye as a wolf looking at a rabbit. It seems that the Overseers have woken up from their frenzy, and the others are still rushing forward with the momentum of "killing people when they see them, killing ghosts when they encounter ghosts, and those who stand in my way die".
There is no doubt that this must be the hands and feet of Ice Feather, and it is estimated that controlling a weak human is only the simplest trick for a god king.
"That leader, why are you stunned there, waiting to eat the knife?" the Overseer shouted at Shao Xuejian, gesturing at him with a large knife in his hand to intimidate him.
When he had been teaching him how to boost morale, the pleasant Overseer reverted to his obnoxious appearance.