Chapter 186: The Price of Freedom
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A vast expanse of space, with a background that is neither pitch black nor bright white. Strange silver-blue fills the place, endlessly, shining with beautiful and dangerous colors. This is the Astral Boundary, the graveyard of a qiē divine thing. All around, there is a sea of vacuum that is almost empty. Only the thin divine power quietly diffused, sticking to each other into tiny particles like dust.
Whenever a true god falls, his corpse appears in the astral plane. Sometimes it's a planet-like behemoth, sometimes it's a fetus-like tiny piece of meat. In any case, the astral plane will accept it with tolerance. Even as thousands of years have passed, the main physical plane has long forgotten a certain god. The proof of its existence will still float in the astral plane, proclaiming immortality in some form.
There is no gravity here, and the concept of time is imperceptible. Aside from the divine garbage that floats around, the astral plane is almost eternal. A few dangerous creatures roam here, looking for their prey. Every hunt takes millennia to find, pursue, and devour. After that, the digestion process is another millennium.
In the depths of the astral plane, a cocoon intertwined with time and space is trembling. It clings to the corpse of a god, and has long since sucked the remnants of its divine power clean. Fiani curls up in the center of the cocoon, and the torrent of time revolves around it. The surrounding space staggered and twisted, forming a plane trap large enough to strangle a qiē.
As a god, Fiani is a creature who broke the prophecy of the goddess of fate and was born into the multiverse. It feeds on endless hours and has a power that no true god can match.
The gods boast that their divine powers are the most perfect abilities that can play with everything in the palm of their hands, and their flaws are only limited by time. It is impossible to interfere with the past and the future. And Fiani sued them. Going forward or backward along the river of time is as simple as taking a walk. As long as Fiani wants to. It can even go back in time before the gods came into being, and start a history without gods all over again.
Of course, the gods above God would not sit idly by and watch this, so Fiani did not bother to provoke a war. After all, that war will destroy countless planes in billions of years. When the time comes, the main material plane will definitely not be spared, and it is also known as the human world, and it is the place that offers Fiani the most pleasure.
yes, fun......
Fiani thought lazily. Gathered the body constructed by the pure energy of time. In its feelings, the matter of throwing the fragments of consciousness into the main material plane to travel is as if it was born in the last second. Misled by Fiani, the mid-level mage Abyss had mistakenly set the Summoning Dao Mark, bringing a small piece of its consciousness to the main matter plane. It was a fun journey, full of new experiences, but unfortunately it was too short.
Kurt......
The name floats through the ocean of Fiani's consciousness and is worth centuries of playing. Humans are stupid and arrogant creatures, and Curt is no exception. But he was so deeply entangled with Fiani's fragments of consciousness that they almost coalesced. The adult body of that human being is arrogant. Likes to boast of worthless cleverness. He also has a fiery enthusiasm and a desperate attempt to decorate with reason. I can't hide the tendency of self-destructiveness.
Kurt......
The name flashed through Fiani's consciousness again, like a meteor in the night. Young, impulsive, goofy human mage. In order to recover the fragments of Feiani's consciousness, he brazenly started a decisive battle with his biological father, and recklessly blew himself up. If it weren't for the Goddess of Fate's delicate weaving techniques, Curt's thread of fate would have been broken long ago.
Stupid Creature......
In the endless hours of time, Fiani played with Curt's every move. As immortals who are accustomed to spending thousands of years thinking, planning, and finally acting, the way humans behave is too hasty...... But it's also fun. Like Curt, humans tend to ignore details and end up dramatically pushing themselves into a corner.
Kurt......
Again, Fiani remembered the name. It looked up in surprise, letting a slight shiver run down its back and spread throughout its body. The fragment of consciousness that had traveled to the main material plane and returned to the astral plane was struggling. It wants to break away from its mother, turn its back on its master, Fiani, and rush to the empty and dangerous astral plane to gather energy for interdimensional travel. It even refuses to admit that it is part of Fiani, stubbornly thinking independently.
Get back.
Fiani gave a majestic order, trying to melt away the fragments of consciousness. The other party unscrupulously launched a struggle, at any cost. Even if it was a hopeless rebellion, the Fragments of Consciousness did their best until all power was taken away and reduced to nothingness. Later, its existential essence began to melt down, just as the stupid Curt ran out of strength and blew the ** to pieces.
Your name.
Out of a pitiful curiosity, Fiani asks questions before the fragments of consciousness are completely destroyed. It held its breath and heard several inaudible answers.
Ani ...... Curt's ...... Ani ......
So a few months later, in the cocoon where Fiani lived, another small cocoon broke down. Ani, who took the form of a human, stepped out of it, and then fell to her knees in limp. Carrying her body is boundlessly large, exuding a special energy generated by the fusion of time and space. Ani spread out her small palms, and now she could no longer find the feeling of being one with time. Her eyes widened and she heard a voice ringing in her head.
This is the punishment for betraying me, boy. You lose a qiē and henceforth insulated from divinity. But I also admire your courage and give you the freedom you want. Your life will become limited, and you will only be able to walk through every piece of mud with your feet. You have to toggle in the mortal dust for half your life to get what you could have gotten without much effort......
I don't care.
......
What is the meaning of the zài? This is the confusion in my heart. I was carefree and forever a part of you. But what does it mean to save zài? Is it just for the sake of saving zài? I prefer the stupidity of being spurned by you, the kind of momentary beauty that changes instantly. Yes, human beings are far from perfect. But Curt burned me, and now I just want to throw myself into his fire.
You and I were once one beings, and so are we. Your desire is my desire. Your confusion is my confusion. The only thing I can't accept is your stupidity. Ani, let me ask you again, are you going to give up?
I chose Curt and gave up on you. Mother, you shouldn't have taught me what feelings are. The billions of years I have spent with you are not as good as the day I have been by Curt's side. You are the King of Eternity, and you will not understand why I am obsessed with the splendor of the moment.
It is a pleasure to observe the actions of fools, and to participate in it is to experience the essence of the funny. That's why I love to look out at the main physical plane and send you there. What I don't understand is why you are willing to fall...... Well, I don't need an empty answer, you should use your actions to solve my doubts. I expect you to fall halfway through with your ugliness, and bring me joy with your helpless cry.
Thank you, Mother.
This is not kindness, child. Your tribulation is about to begin, and your way of saving will be far lower than it is now. I have to make some extra preparations to ensure your misfortune. I want to watch you crawl around the world and be ruthlessly abandoned. You have to repent of not being able to do so in the first place, and that's the punishment.
Fiani roared in his mind, and then the sharp blades of time descended one after another, splattering blood on Ani's cheeks, wrists, and ankles. The scar instantly condensed, crisscrossing across her face. The left hand and right foot with severed tendons were weak and could not support the slender body that had fallen.
You will know that humans are selfish creatures. Curt's infatuation with you is actually just a façade. When you can do the imaginary work for him, he will rely on you. From now on, you will just be his burden, and he will show his true colors.
I hope so, Mother.
Ani propped up her upper body with her only movable right hand and replied expressionlessly. New inductions followed, mixed with more anger.
Then go for it, stupid boy. Curt is playing a war game in order to find that beautiful and powerful you. Go! Crush his illusions! Let him see the miserable appearance of your wolf bèi crawling! I will gladly send you to the main material plane and become the lowest being! Go! Let me watch you go to the end of the road! Go! I will see what the gods will do to you! Anyway, the one qiē that I have taken back from you is more than enough to compensate for my loss.
A vortex of the interdimensional plane crept up and swallowed the weakened Ani into it. After that, Fiani calmed down and fell into a light sleep that was half asleep and half awake.
Through Guò Ani's resistance, Fiani is clearly aware that it is not as perfect as he imagined. In the deep subconscious, there is still a certain thirst for passion. Ani is one of them, and she even dares to stand up and deny the aesthetics of eternity and silence. This is a terrible flaw, and it threatens even the survival of Fiani itself.
But what is the reason for being angry at Ani's actions? It is simply stupid, and it should be the actions of a lower creature. The perfect person should face his mistakes calmly, not with a big thunder that does not help. Fiani examines his heart, trying to find the source of the incongruity.
That's it.
After searching to no avail, Fiani decided to give up for now. It casts the remaining spark of consciousness on the main material plane, locking onto Curt and Ani. Fiani could see that the threads of fate that had entwined between the two were beginning to be woven. The next thing to be born is already clear at a glance, and there will be the answer it wants.
Torture them......
With malice, Fiani stretched out the tentacles of power. Teasing the goddess of fate is just a trivial matter, it is above the existence of the gods.
But the sword of fate swooped down and landed on Fiani's tentacles, cutting it off. At the same time, the consciousness of a certain Yue broke into the cocoon, and he announced indifferently.
This is not an area where you can get involved!
So Fiani had no choice but to back down, not wanting to start a battle that had to be gambled. (To be continued......)