Awen Heskishin stepped through the ruins and the fire, her steps were light, but her body looked heavy, and the cold wind blew the hair on her forehead, making her more and more confused.

[What should I do?] ]

She looked down at the lunch box she had brought with her: it contained the dishes she had carefully prepared, including the creamed traditional honey bean salad and the cream-baked shrimp.

Li Oz's favorite food is braised chicken with potatoes, which is a Teal Star specialty. The most authentic method requires red-skinned potatoes and local chicken from the plateau.

The ingredients for this dish are: white pepper, salt, white cheese, honey, sugar, carrots, and depending on the taste, add sausage and bacon slices.

It is usually served with rice, bread, and wraps.

Although he is quite familiar with the types of alcohol, Li Oz actually doesn't like to drink, and he doesn't have any drinking habits in his daily life. Leoz is particularly fond of carbonated drinks, especially lemonade, with mint leaves and a dash of ice.

Li Oz had never told her this, so how did she learn about these things?

In Azure Star, Li Aozi has not had a live broadcast, in order to understand Li Aozi, Yawen stayed up all night to watch all his live broadcast videos, including mentioning the practice of this dish and his hobbies.

The more she knew, the more she felt that Li Oz was strange.

On the one hand, Li Oz does not like to eat raw food, and the steak must be fully cooked, and Maillard reacts very well to be recognized by him.

But on the other hand, Li Oz never cares about what the restaurant serves him, he never invites others to eat or be treated, and advocates the AA system.

On the one hand, Li Oz said that he had no interest in war, believing that those who loved war were crazy and middle-class diseases.

On the other hand, his own means of solving problems is often to crush one side with absolute violence in war.

He doesn't have any faith, he doesn't care about this kind of consciousness, and he doesn't even care about the love of men and women, and family marriage.

He cared about the health and safety of babies and young children, confronted the capital group of Verazzi, and accepted many interstellar refugees to guard the village, and did not treat them as slaves and tools.

Even for the immortal Adventists, Li Oz cares about their experience and takes care of them like pets.

But.

Awen looked ahead.

At dusk, the streets were covered with a thick fog, her skin was wet with moisture, and her eyes were in the fog, but there was no end in sight.

[In the eyes of Li Oz, does I really exist?] ]

He cared about a lot of people, took care of a lot of people, and was willing to draw his sword against the great powers for the sake of some people.

[…… What about me? ]

Among the group of people that Li Oz guarded, is there still a place for Awen Heskishin? Does he see himself as a friend, a woman, or a passerby?

[The so-called: 'You mean so much to me,' is it a lie of comfort, or is it that to you that I am just a tool?] ]

From frost plating to the outside world, from the blue star to the white candle star.

You flew all the way forward, and I couldn't catch up with it, even if I couldn't keep up with it.

Yawen stood in the middle of the intersection, and she couldn't tell which end of the dimensional barrier was.

Should I keep chasing and chasing all the way for that 'meaningful'?

- The beauty and graceful body of the blonde girl appeared before her eyes.

[Chase all the way down, and then watch Leoz hug her into his arms?] Subsequently, in order to chase his ownership, I kept moving forward and constantly reinventing myself, just to be worthy of him? ]

Yawen asked herself:

[Should I really do this?] ]

For a moment, she suddenly remembered her own people.

She's a frost-plated person.

Even if her blood is secretly modified, it cannot change her cultural identity.

[I...... I shouldn't change myself for the sake of one person and become a person who lives for others. ]

Inferiority.

Yawen suddenly understood: the secret took away her self-confidence and made her feel inferior, precisely to make her such a person.

Inferiority is the professional quality of [tailor], inferiority to her own appearance and figure, trying to cover her defects with well-cut fashion.

But the more she disguised, the more she felt inferior.

The dress was her armor, and without silk and nylon, it would be fragile.

Eventually, the dress became her exoskeleton, supporting her shell, living like a spider.

[Li Oz will not look down on such a person, even I, myself will look down on such a person.] ]

"Oh?"

An exclamation sounded:

"Miss Yawen, it's been a long time."

Yawen raised her head, and a beautiful veiled woman slowly walked out of the fog, the other party's appearance and characteristics were too obvious for Yawen to recognize at a glance.

"[Saint of Danger] Villia."

The other party blinked his snow-blue eyes:

"I'm glad you remember my name."

"How did you end up here?" Yawen wondered. "It's supposed to be dangerous here, there are dimensional barriers everywhere, and you're just an ordinary person."

"On the contrary, I'm here because I'm mortal."

Veria smiled slightly:

"I'm here to gather my comrades."

"Comrade-in-arms?" Yawen was puzzled: "Who are you going to deal with?" ”

"One [society]." "Looks like you don't know yet—the [Machine Society] has gathered enough councillors on this planet, and now, they're going to summon the Mother to come." ”

“…… What does that mean? ”

Yawen clenched the bag in her hand and said in a deep voice:

"Do you mean, this planet is going to be destroyed?"

"Yes." Veria nodded: "[Machine Society] Mashgegan is near here, and it will soon be summoned to eat this planet." ”

"This ...... It was so sudden, I don't believe it. You're joking, right? ”

Yawen tugged at the corners of her mouth and smiled dryly.

"You must be joking, right? Miss Verlia. ”

However, Vilya's eyes were very serious and serious.

Yawen gradually couldn't laugh anymore, she glanced at the other party worriedly, and asked in a low voice:

"Really?"

"Miss Awen."

Vioria replied:

"Do you remember what I said when we first met at the shrine in the village?"

Yawen's head buzzed, and the silhouettes of those pictures came like a tide.

…………………………

"I think you have to understand something, dear fool."

"You are now a citizen of [society], you are not yourself at all, and you can only find the meaning of life when you go to [society]."

"Fool, the citizens of [society] have no independent will, and you and the Xingyuan natives who think they are little boyfriends are not the same species at all."

"You are not bad, you are very capable, but you don't live for men, you live for yourself. Yawen, I hope you can realize that neither [Society] nor Xingyuan is a good thing. The battle between them has left countless families dead. ”

"The [Hidden Society] will realize the arrival of the deity through the councillors and devour civilization, but Xingyuan wants to use your life to fill the battle line that can never be ended."

"Don't love them, don't love grand narratives, love yourself."

"I'm here to invite you."

"This planet has already infiltrated the citizens of [society]. Narrative-level civilizations are constantly watching what is going on here. Sooner or later, one day, you will be discovered. ”

"When Gaia's people find out, they will merge your will into the ether, and in that environment, you will not be able to resist at all, and you will immediately submit to [society]."

"Discovered by narrative-level civilizations, they will not hesitate to dismantle you, destroy you, and craft you into weapons and equipment."

"Even if it is your unrequited love Li Oz, once he knows the fact that you are a secret citizen, he will not hesitate to draw a knife against him."

"I'm here to protect you, to protect people like you, who are not willing to succumb to secrecy, and who are rejected by the civilization on the side of the abyss."

…………………………

"I remember."

Yawen's eyes were complicated.

"You said that very early, four months ago."

"You should say you're in luck." Veria bowed: "It's only the [Machine Society] that comes, not the [Hidden Society], and you can still keep your sense of independence." ”

She looked at each other and held out her hand:

"Join us, Miss Yawen, I have gathered a lot of [social] resistance like you, people who don't want to be swallowed up by [society] and can't integrate into Xingyuan, they are all here."

However, Awen did not change her attitude immediately, she looked at Veria calmly and asked:

"Miss Villia, even if you say this beforehand, what evidence do you have to prove it?"

Yawen's tone is calm, and the angle is also tricky:

"You are just a mortal, neither a [social] citizen nor a god ascender of the Star Abyss Path, if you can observe the movements of the [Machine Realm Society], then I may ask - those Kappa level powerhouses in the White Candle Star don't know, how do you know as a mortal?"

"It's not difficult, when you get to the place, you'll know it."

"But I want to know now."

Yawen Says:

"I followed Mr. Li Oz out of the Blue Star as well, no matter how we say it, we are also compatriots and comrades-in-arms, I don't want to leave like this."

"—Looks like you've figured something out. Well, since that's the case, then I'll be honest. ”

Vioria was very indifferent:

"After defeating the [God of Reality] Leoz and destroying the universe of Murphyria, the [society] all poured into the abyss from outside the abyss, and encountered the stubborn resistance of the narrative-level civilization, which was too vast, but it was not a lamb to be slaughtered as the [society] imagined, and a god-sent land full of ointment and milk, but a narrative-level civilization with developed technology and terrible violence."

This phenomenon also seems to have caused the surprise of the [Hidden Society] Gaia, who began to plan new conspiracies and strategies. But its subtle concealment, but not all the citizens of the society are happy to see, those who are released by it to prey, without the leadership of the mother, become different ideas. ”

"Today's [hidden society] is not monolithic. Regarding the strategy of conquering Xingyuan, the three Speakers of the Secret Chamber, each with their own opinions, left one after another, and each developed its own camp. ”

"There is a traditionalist faction, who adheres to the doctrine of the secret principle of the [Juggernaut Speaker], who insists that thirteen councillors should be summoned, and the [Hidden Society] ontology Gaia should appear and administer justice."

"The whereabouts of the wavering centrist, the [Greedy Speaker], are unknown. But some speculate that she has more long-term plans. ”

"Then there is the reformist faction, the [Wisdom Speaker] believes that for the complex situation of the star abyss, we should change the way of playing, the past kind of invasion-infiltration-convening councilors-mother body descending-devouring civilization. This set of ways should be changed, and he also questioned the excessive power of the [Juggernaut Speaker], and in the name of summoning the mother, he was actually enriching his own pockets. ”

The secret interior is so complicated?

Awen furrowed her eyebrows.

As one of the thirteen councillors, she can be sure that she was influenced by the faction of the [Speaker of the Lord] to be transformed into a [Tailor].

"So," Ah Wen jotted it down, and then continued to ask, "This is just a situation in the [Hidden Society], does it have anything to do with you?" ”

"Not only is it related, but it can even be said that the factional turmoil of the [Hidden Society] has directly spawned new opportunities, that is, my group of 'unbounded people' who have independently emerged from the Hidden Council and formed their own faction."

"The Unbounded?" Yawen repeated, "This is your organization? But what you say is groundless, and there is still no way to convince people. ”

"Let's put it another way."

Vierlia says:

"The [sailor] who rescued you in the Azure Star was Igor Matthew is one of our Unbounded, and the Unbounded has the ability to communicate across the stars comparable to narrative civilizations, and I knew you were here as soon as you arrived at the White Candle Star."

Yawen's pupils shrank.

This secret...... Even Li Oz she didn't tell it. When she was in exile in the outside world, it was the former secret [sailor] Igor Matthew who came to her rescue.

Villia, or the organization behind her, does have a terrifying intelligence network.

"Since you know so well, I still have a question here." Yawen said: "How much do you know about Dialan? Is her ability reliable? ”

"You're trying to ask how to get out of the secret, right?" Veria said with a smile: "Don't worry, I've already experienced the predecessor of Dialan. ”

"You-" Awen was surprised, "You mean, you used to be a secret?" ”

"That's right."

Vieria said lightly:

"To tell you the truth, my mothers participated in the crusade of Leoz, and they were the hidden citizens resurrected by Gaia's own hands, but it was precisely because of that war that they deeply felt the cruelty and horror of [society], and they devoured civilization alive, completely sucked it clean, and then turned back to the brutal atrocities of killing their own kind—such an act made the two of them determined to leave the secret and fight against all [society]."

"It's just that their situation is not optimistic, Gaia disappeared about a thousand years ago, and before parting, she released all the citizens and let them invade the planet wantonly and act on their own, White Candle Star is one of the doubts, and my mothers are lucky to be free."

"In order to keep me safe, they have also transformed me into a Hidden Citizen, and for a long time, I have been living and living on White Candle Star, studying the Hidden Citizen with the [Doctor] who also betrayed the Hidden Citizen. However, the unexpected happened - just a hundred years ago, the councillors made a comeback, armed with terrible weapons, wantonly slaughtering and destroying, trying to use the White Candle Star as fuel to summon the Hidden Essence. ”

"I fought side by side with the mages of the White Candle Star at that time, and successfully repelled the Hidden Councilor, but I was also seriously injured as a result, and it was not until last year that I was resurrected and revived, fortunately, [the Doctor's] experiment on me was also successful, and I have become a mortal again."

"As for Dialan, it was a project that [Doctor] had planned a long time ago, but his goal was not just to transform the hidden citizens into mortals, but to exist as a more important weapon."

After listening to this, Yawen immediately noticed a problem.

"Wait a minute." She said, "If what you say is true, you came to the White Candle Star more than a thousand years ago and slept for another hundred years, then you are not ...... now."

"Oh, do you care about my age?"

Violia disagreed:

"If you count the sleeping age, I'm only a three-thousand-year-old girl now."

"No, no, no, no!"

Yawen is incredulous:

"I received knowledge indoctrination from Gaia, and I also learned the common sense of magic from the Crystal Tower civilization - in the abyss, in the abyss, in addition to special creatures such as dragons, void clans, and necromancy, only narrative-level civilizations can do it, and they can't leave their homeland."

"Ordinary social citizens must also not leave the [social] matrix, otherwise their lifespan will not last for 500 years."

"How the hell did you do that?"

"It's very simple."

Verlia rightfully said:

"Before I left the [Hidden Society], I was a strong man who had been retrained nine times. Although my strength no longer exists, my personality and extraordinary lifespan are still there. ”

"Reforged nine times?"

Yawen was stunned:

"Isn't that the level second only to the final reforge......

Veria thought for a moment and said:

"Converted to the words of Xingyuan, that is, the omega level."

Yawen lowered her head and pursed her lips.

"Although I lost my strength, I also gained an independent will, and I was truly saved."

Villia, the blonde girls, they were all beautiful and powerful, and she was even more ashamed of herself when she stood in front of these people.

"[Secret] has taken away your self-confidence, turn back, and we'll take it back."

As if to see Yawen's depression, Verlia thought for a while, then stepped forward and patted her on the shoulder:

"Join us, Awen."

Yawen was unmoved.

"You need strength, you need companionship, you need salvation. This planet is irretrievable, and the [Machine Society] will come at any time, and I will go and bring my comrades and resources to transfer. ”

Veria crossed her waist with one hand, and thought bitterly:

"Are you thinking about that 'Mr. Leoz' again? A person who doesn't love you at all, has no feelings for you, and doesn't take you seriously at all, why should you care about him? There are many excellent people in this world, do you have to be jealous of that person, even at the expense of changing yourself? ”

Yawen didn't care.

"Awen Heskising, you should be an independent woman, I see you planting grapes, taking care of the camp, building a house, doing business alone, you don't need a man to take care of you, but you are taking care of others, you shouldn't live for others."

Yawen's gaze wandered.

"Let go of unrealistic love and join our cause, you have the ability, not to mention that your identity is a threat to others."

Threat.

Yawen raised her head and looked firm:

“…… I'm here to live for others. ”

"Needless to say, Miss Verlia."

"I'll go with you."

"But before that, I'm going to say goodbye."