Chapter 908 The Story of Your Life

The long sleep seemed to last forever.

But in the gap between drowsiness and drowsiness, Huai Shi was awakened by the sound coming from beside her. She opened her eyes and saw the broken ceiling.

It was in an abandoned temple.

Through the collapsed roof, you can see the shining stars. It doesn't feel like you are in distant space at all, as if you are still somewhere in the present.

Beside him, the bonfire was burning vigorously and warmly.

Huai Shi tried to move her body, but then she felt severe pain that penetrated into her bone marrow. It was difficult to move, and she couldn't even feel half of her body...

Numb.

Because there was a husky that was bigger than a motorcycle, half of its buttocks pressed against his chest, and it was being heated by the fire. It was sleeping in darkness, and its snoring was loud.

The snot bubbles were huge, and there was a large puddle of saliva on the ground.

In his sleep, the tail kept brushing against his face, which made Huaishi couldn't help but sneeze twice. He raised the dog's tail and pushed half of his butt aside.

Finally able to breathe easily.

If I wake up a little later, I'm afraid my leg will be amputated.

Huai Shi gasped for air, endured the pain and propped up her body, leaned against the wall, and looked around.

The empty temple has not yet been tidied up, and no statues of gods remain.

Only the sound of conversation came from the direction of the door.

It was Izzy and another guy.

This noble blood of America no longer smoked a cigar, but stood at the foot of the steps with his head lowered, as if listening to the admonitions and teachings.

"...Please tell Mama Kiria for me."

The figure with his back to Huai Shi reached out and took the small box from his hand: "Thank you for her foresight and care, but it's a pity that I can't repay her."

"I will."

Izzy nodded solemnly, aware of Huai Shi's gaze, and smiled slightly, caressing his chest and saluting the god in front of him: "Then, I won't bother you any more."

"Ah? Are you leaving now? Why don't you sit down for a while? Wait a moment..."

Like magic, Badr pulled out a huge jar from the air and put it into Izzy's arms: "It's a rare trip. Bring some mead back. I brewed it freshly a few days ago. Put it in your place called ...It should be able to be stored in the refrigerator for a long time.

But don't drink it after the expiration date. If you pour it, it will cause diarrhea. "

"Well……"

Izzy hugged the wine jar, her expression twitched, and she nodded: "Please, allow me to resign."

"Okay." Badr nodded.

But Izzy still stood there, as if waiting for something. After seeing Balder's lack of reaction, he was stunned for a moment and stopped talking.

"By the way, I almost forgot the procedure for your audience."

Bader raised his hand, slapped his forehead, and finally thought about it. He reached out and dipped his hand in the wine jar, then sprinkled two drops on Izzy's forehead.

"O traveler from afar, I bless you, wish you... wish you..."

He thought for a long time and said seriously: "I hope your family has so much good wine that you can never finish it."

It seems completely casual, but in fact it is a very sincere blessing.

Izzy's expression was indescribably complicated. He had never seen such a sincere blessing before, and...he didn't need a blessing. It would be too easy for the superiors who inherited the noble blood to drink to death. There was no way he could not drink. While drinking?

But after all, it is the blessing and blessing of the gods, and the evidence of the audience. As a messenger, there is no room for him to pick and choose.

I just hope that Mama Kiria can get used to drinking this jar of honey bar.

Just like that, Izzy, who came from America, took a few steps back while holding the souvenir given by Badr, turned around and left with a wry smile.

In front of the temple, the figure reflected in the glow finally looked back.

smiling.

It's sacred and solemn, but it's a pity that the golden mohawk on the top of the head is not included...it looks very out of place.

Huaishi couldn't help but want to pull him off.

"Can't you change your hairstyle?" Huai Shi slumped against the wall, complaining helplessly.

"I was born like this, and there's nothing I can do about it. I'm used to it."

Badr shrugged, returned to him, sat down cross-legged, opened the lid of the water tank next to him, poured a large glass of mead, and gave Huai Shi a glass as well.

He raised his head and drank it all in one gulp, just like a fat man drinking happy water, he let out a sigh of satisfaction: "It's great. I didn't expect to be able to drink mead again. Long live the world now! Astronomical Society Long live!"

Huai Shi's expression suddenly twitched. Is this guy the God of Light or a dead guy from somewhere?

"Hey, how about you come out with a little bit of the air of a god?"

"But I am the one who is least like God."

Balder scratched his head in embarrassment, "Not only do I not look like a god, I don't even look like a Viking. I was often told by my father because of this in the past. If this continues, it will be difficult for mortals to fear me.

However, if you ask me, it doesn’t matter whether you are in awe or not. It is best if everyone can drink and eat meat together. "

"That makes sense." Huai Shi nodded.

Drinking wine and eating meat is the most important thing.

"Right?" Badr laughed happily, "Cheers!"

Snap.

A clear voice sounded.

Not from the place where glasses were clinked, but from Baldr's increasingly illusory body.

Huai Shi's movements paused.

I sensed something was wrong...

Badr gradually became embarrassed and looked away with some embarrassment: "Oh, is it coming so soon? It's much faster than originally expected..."

Snap.

There was another crisp sound.

He looked down and saw the cleft in his chest.

In his body, the incomplete sun wheel was slowly rotating, emitting an increasingly blazing light. It seems to be... growing?

Compared with what Huai Shi saw, the 'half' has recovered to the 'two-thirds' level, and the recovery speed seems to be accelerating!

It should be a good thing, but Huaishi saw traces of uneasiness and resistance on Bader's face.

Suddenly, he felt a subtle weightless shaking feeling.

It was like... being on a train that started to accelerate.

"What's going on?" Huai Shi frowned.

"It seems that A-dong alone cannot lock that part of 'me'."

Bader shook his head helplessly.

Beside Huai Shi, the sleeping broken dog slowly turned over, and strands of light continued to separate from its hair, floating towards Badr.

That is the power that belongs to the King of Light.

Should have returned to His power long ago.

"Well, as you can see...it seems that we are about to fall into the present situation."

Badr smiled awkwardly: "Sorry, I can't control it."

I can't resist this attraction from the present situation!

As Balder gradually recovered, the gravitational pull of the Pillar of Divine Marrow began to gradually increase, pulling on his existence and attracting him to return.

This is the bondage from destiny, whether it is Baldr or Publius.

Even though Publius is dead, his creation of the mystical instrument has been successful.

The dead gods are resurrected.

If it is not controlled early, under the pull of gravity, Helios will resume operation from a stagnant state again and begin to accelerate endlessly. With its own mass and the seat of the gods, it will trigger a huge impact on the current situation and the three major blockades. impact.

Because of this, Balder let Huai Shi use Fenrir blessed by his soul to devour the scorching sun instead of killing it and letting it return to his body.

It's a pity that Fenrir's miraculous imprint cannot be delayed for too long.

"I didn't expect that one day I would die due to falling... but it matches the god's aloof appearance."

Badr sighed self-deprecatingly: "I originally planned to muddle through and wanted to go home for a visit. Unfortunately, home is too far away."

"It's too late," he said.

"Wait, Baldr!"

Huai Shi subconsciously reached out and grabbed his shoulder, fearing that he would just disappear: "Wait a minute, there may not be a solution..."

"No, I just suddenly figured it out."

Bader laughed calmly and told the friend in front of him: "My home is no longer in that place, Huai Shi, my home is no more."

There is no home for him in this world.

Starting hundreds of years ago…

Huai Shi fell into silence, speechless.

I couldn't find anything to say to comfort him.

"Haha, don't be so depressed."

Bader patted him on the shoulder, "It doesn't matter even if you don't go home anyway... In fact, I once watched a short film in Helios' screening room before."

He recalled the afterimages in his memory and said in a daze: "It is said that on the sea, there was a lonely old man living in a very tall house with many floors, and his life was calm and peaceful.

But the sea water will rise every year, so he must build houses higher up... As time goes by, all the houses will stack up and look like building blocks.

When the sea water rises, the former residence will be submerged, along with the past furniture, memories and photos.

When one day he suddenly looked back, he saw a huge city that had been submerged and forgotten under the water... He understood that everything in the past would disappear into the sea. "

"So, I think it's a good thing to be able to live on the boat this time."

Badr shrugged in relief, "At least you don't have to think about the old house in the sea anymore, right?"

"..." Huai Shi said nothing.

But in the silence, the weightless shaking feeling intensified again.

Helios began to speed up.

"It seems I have to go, Huai Shi."

Bader reached out and took out a chirping white mouse from his pocket and put it into Huai Shi's arms, "Do me one last favor and take care of it for me.

Fish Ball likes you very much, you two will definitely get along. "

Huai Shi opened his mouth to speak, but the feeling of drowsiness became more and more intense. The power from the divine wine soaked into his soul and made up for his damage, but his consciousness began to become drowsy again.

The wine glass fell from his hand.

He pushed up his eyes hard, trying to see the outline in front of him clearly: "Wait a minute, I..."

"I have to say goodbye, Huai Shi." Bader looked back at him and waved his hand, "Just think that I have gone on a far journey. There is no need to see me off. That is not the place you should go."

His footsteps paused, but he didn't look back, he just said goodbye softly.

"You have to return to this world, Huai Shi." He said, "Go to the people you love. Don't let them die. Let them live."

Then, darkness struck.

In this way, Badr carefully cut off the connection with Huai Shi, maintaining the integrity of his soul, and walked out of the door.

Finally, look at the swaying stars.

When he opened the small box in his pocket and picked up the mistletoe, his expression fell into struggle and hesitation.

Several times, I gritted my teeth and took action, but I didn't have the courage to make up my mind.

It's embarrassing to say...

He is afraid of pain.

Until a strange voice came from beside me.

"If you can't do it, do you want my help?"

The one who spoke was Tong Ji, who was leaning on the pillars of the temple.

Badr breathed out a sigh of relief as if he had been granted amnesty: "Thank you very much."

"It doesn't matter, I am a considerate and kind-hearted big sister." Tong Ji took the mistletoe and winked at him: "Besides, my contractor is in need of your care."

"You don't need to declare sovereignty at this time, right?"

Bader shook his head and sighed: "I really didn't expect you to come to see me off for the last time... Is this the so-called fate?"

Tong Ji lowered her head and played with the mistletoe in her hand, but she was not in a hurry to do it. Instead, she suddenly asked: "Hey, Badr, do you know what the essence of fate is?"

"Um?"

Badr was puzzled. After thinking for a moment, he asked: "The future? Or is it everything that is destined to happen?"

"Who knows?" Tong Ji said casually: "Ordinary people revere fate because it is unknowable, while gods revere fate because it is uncontrollable... No matter how you make scheming arrangements, there will always be unexpected consequences. If something goes wrong somewhere, your father will suffer a big loss."

"It sounds really embarrassing for me as a son."

"Everyone has suffered the same loss, there is nothing to be embarrassed about."

Tong Ji paused and said solemnly: "However, as far as I know, at some times... at some important times, fate itself will be interfered with."

"Interference?" Balder shook his head: "Is the fate after interference still fate?"

"Perhaps it is destined to be interfered with, right? Anyway, an ambiguous thing can be explained no matter how you explain it, but if you look at its essence, you will feel that it is actually a bitch and has no principles at all."

Tong Ji said: "Because it will stand on the winner's side, to be precise, it will stand on the heavier side - it itself is like a strange balance, a black box that is constantly changing...

Ah, in modern terms, it should be in a superposition of events, right? It sounds so sci-fi and has nothing to do with gods like us. But once two fates collide, one fate is destined to be crushed. When the superposition begins to collapse, the stronger observer wins.

Therefore, there will be a very small probability of things happening in the details, leading to a steady stream of variables. It seems that one party has a narrow escape, but there is a possibility of success, but in fact, it is already doomed to defeat. "

"Isn't this just a hypothesis?"

Badr shook his head: "There is no definite proof, it is still a wild guess."

"Sometimes, a little ambiguity and vagueness can make it more romantic - I don't think you understand this, right?"

Tong Ji did not insist on how correct her statement was, but instead spoke with great interest as if she was talking about an interesting rumor: "Even if it is flawed and superficial, it can at least explain everything that happened, right?

The impact of creating the mysterious instrument and the possible consequences are too huge for the current situation, causing the fate to spontaneously shift, and I want to put everything back on track.

That's why all this happened. "

There will be many coincidences.

Because of the attraction of a superior person like the Sun God, Huai Shi, who inherited the path of Tianwen, came to Helios.

Because the rebirth of gods outside the current situation is a huge disaster for the current situation. Therefore, the god who is least likely to harm others for his own sake and who is also the easiest to be killed will come.

"In other words, your arrival is also a choice of fate... This is probably God's will, right?" Tong Ji said nonchalantly: "Maybe it's just a coincidence."

She said: "It depends on which one you like."

"Are you trying to comfort me?"

Badr was stunned for a moment, then smiled gratefully: "It sounds like the current world has chosen me... That's not a bad statement."

"Don't you feel resentful?" Tong Ji asked, "You are destined to die."

"No." Badr shook his head.

"Don't you feel sorry?"

"...a little bit."

Badr sighed: "If you have any wishes... I really want to see the world today. But the world Huai Shi mentioned is so beautiful. It would be a pity if it disappeared because of me.

"Did you choose the world between yourself and the world?" Tong Ji nodded, "You really have your style, Badr."

"Am I actually that noble?"

"Yes. After all, you are the kind of person who doesn't want to make others sad."

Balder shook his head: "This is not a compliment for a Norse god."

“It’s enough that it means something to you.”

Tongji paused for a moment, with a solemn expression, and expressed her gratitude to the god in front of her: "Thank you for everything you have done for Huaishi, Bader."

She said: "Thank you."

Badr scratched his face in embarrassment: "Then will you mourn for me, the former Lord Taiyi?"

"It will not happen."

Tong Ji looked disgusted, "No one will sympathize with a guy who talks about the dark history of good-hearted people - besides, isn't there an agreement waiting for you?"

She reminded: "The one that belongs to you alone is a promise."

Badr froze on the spot.

"You remember her, right? The one who was waiting for you.

For so many years, she has kept her promise, with her last obsession remaining, sleeping alone in hell, in a place without light, waiting for your arrival, day after day, year after year. "

"Now, the time has come for your appointment, Badr.

This time, will you keep your promise? "

"...Of course."

Badr nodded and answered calmly, "Why would you let her be alone?"

"Very well, Baldr."

Tong Ji said with approval, "You are indeed the kindest god——"

At that moment, the mistletoe pierced his chest.

I don't feel pain or fear.

The gods are silently collapsing.

When this moment came, Badr raised his head, stared at the person in front of him, and waited.

Wait for her to say those words.

The one mantra that truly brings an end to everything.

So, it was just like many years ago, just like the ending of every story about Baldr.

Tongji raised her head as if announcing her fate.

Said those words again:

"——Let Hela get what she wants!"

At that moment, the invisible bridge was connected again.

In front of Badr, a black door emerged silently and opened.

In the deepest part of the darkness, a distant figure emerged, gradually becoming clearer.

Across this door between existence and nothingness, she stared blankly at the figure who had arrived as promised, as if she couldn't believe it, and she didn't dare to reach out and touch his face.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

Badr smiled, stretched out his hand, and squeezed her hand, "I'm here to fulfill the promise, Hela."

Then, he spread his arms and embraced the lonely phantom.

This time, I will never let you be alone again...

Just like that, without any further hesitation, light held hands with death and walked with her into the distant darkness. Before leaving, she took one last look at everything behind her.

Say goodbye with a smile.

I am grateful for this brief encounter.

Farewell, my friend.

Please, mourn for me...

"Eh? Are you really going to leave like this?"

Tong Ji stood there, staring at the place where they disappeared, and couldn't help sighing and shaking her head: "You really left a big mess for me to clean up... And you, Zeus, you should get out of here too, right?" It’s already finished.”

"I am different from Odin's son. As long as I can survive for a while, I will continue to grind on."

The incomplete phantom of Zeus appeared, looking around at everything: "Besides, isn't this the end yet? The most important ending has not yet begun."

Where the god disappeared, a more brilliant flame rose and spread - making the ring of the sun around Helios become more dazzling.

That is the fountain of light that is about to erupt!

Although Baldr's soul has passed away, it is not in the present state. This power cannot pass through the axis of the world and return successfully.

If this continues, it will be more troublesome if he is absorbed by Helios or used by someone, right?

Zeus wanted to see how she would resolve the final issue.

"It's easy, Zeus."

Tong Ji calmly stared at the mistletoe in her hand and said, "Just perform the same ritual again to consume the remaining power."

Zeus frowned in confusion.

Incomprehensible.

Indeed, this is a way, but the problem is: Baldr is already dead, how to kill him again?

"...Huh? Isn't there another ready-made one?"

Tong Ji looked back and looked into the temple.

There is indeed a ready replacement out there.

A divine body that once carried Baldur could almost be regarded as the human incarnation of the King of Light... As a candidate to replace Baldur, he is truly unparalleled.

But the problem is...

"Can you imagine this?"

Zeus fell into a daze and was stunned: "Are you still a human?"

Didn’t you say that contractors are very important and should be cherished!

Even as shameless as he is, he has never thought that... there are such unscrupulous operations in the world!

Shock Olympus all year long!

"Don't worry, ordinary people's words won't work, but his words will definitely be fine. Before he became the god of Badr, he was my contractor."

Tong Ji turned back and smiled: "You have to have confidence in the person I choose...Besides, I don't want to see my contractor look sad."

Even if you can't undo all this, you should at least leave him something to remember.

I didn’t want to break the chapter, so I simply presented it as a big chapter with 6,000 words.

I'm ashamed to say it, Night City is so fun... So what... Since today's update, I won't be back tomorrow... (Yuanmu