Chapter 821 The Aging "God" And the City That Never Sleeps

Helfas decided to take a look at the window sill, but when he stood on the small balcony on the upper floor of the Steel Castle building, he was stunned for a moment while looking at the bustling town scenery, and the scenery in front of him changed.

Just in the blink of an eye, the sun in the sky seemed to move a certain distance.

The crowd on the street also changed, and busy vendors began to sit down to eat. Under the harsh sun, the crowd also changed from dense to sparse in the blink of an eye.

This wasn't a strange thing, but it happened so fast.

Holding his hand on the railing, he leaned forward to look.

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It was as if time had disappeared for a while, but Helfas soon realized that it was not a problem with time, but with his own body and soul.

He felt like he was just dazed for a moment, but in fact he stood there blankly like a puppet for a long, long time.

Changing your body was indeed successful, but extending your life did not work. It was as if you thought that finding a certain answer would solve the problem you were facing, but you found out that the answer had nothing to do with your problem.

And this change of body even brought a series of more problems to Helfas.

The most obvious point is that he finds that he often falls into a period of blank consciousness, just like a lamp without oil, and the trickling water becomes trickling when it is about to run out.

"Spirituality!"

"You're about to run out of spirit."

He vaguely remembered what Anissa said. He didn't understand what it meant at the time, and he still doesn't understand its meaning now, but he roughly understood something about it from his personal experience. feature.

The so-called spirituality should be the energy that supports a being like him who has a soul or wisdom and continues the power of wisdom.

Next.

This situation began to occur frequently, from once every few days to once every few days, and the indirect time became shorter and shorter.

Every time this happens, for Helfas, it is like ringing the death knell of his fate.

It's just that the bell is not rhythmic and gentle at all.

Instead, he knocked faster and faster.

Dangdangdangdang, becoming more and more impatient.

It's like roaring at Helfas: "Die quickly. I've let you go out to enjoy the beautiful world for long enough. It's time to come back to the darkness that belongs to you. Do you still want to stay there?"

Finally one day, he felt Zizhu again in his sleep late at night.

His consciousness is separated from his body and separated from reality.

Running all the way to the illusory kingdom in the dream, the edge of the entity and the virtual body, finally drifting under the huge and isolated pillar of myth.

As you get closer, the pillars are so high that they don't reach the top, and densely packed names flash on them, densely intertwined and blurry.

Each name represents a person who once fought against monsters, or a monster who gained wisdom, or it belongs to a story about a demon hunter defeating monsters.

Before Helfas had time to appreciate its magnificence and beauty, a voice came into his mind.

"You're here again."

The shadow under the light appeared again. In a sense, the other party was his nightmare, the embodiment of the imaginary thing that kept ringing the death knell of his fate.

Helfas looked at her, sizing her up and saying nothing.

Although Anisa said that Helfas came here on his own, in Helfas's self-feeling, he was pulled here.

Anissa: "Are you accepting your fate?"

Helfas: "If you had told me more, maybe I would have accepted my fate sooner."

Anissa said affirmatively: "You have accepted your fate."

It seems that she also knows how to read minds, and Helfas's little tricks and disguises are not of much use in front of her.

Helfas did not follow what the other party said, but asked directly: "What is spirituality?"

Anissa paused for a while before answering his question, as if she wanted to deepen Helfas's despair and dispel his illusions: "It is the most fundamental energy of the species of wisdom."

Helfas asked: "How can I get replenishment?"

Anissa: "I will guide you to a place. Only with the help of the power and something there can you embark on the path you should take."

Helfas: "I will not follow your arrangements. I don't believe there is any unreasonable kindness in this world. You must have some purpose."

Anissa did not deny it: "You have no choice."

Helfas: "I can choose not to return to Ji Zhu. Even if I turn into a spirit without wisdom and wander around the world, it will at least be better than here. Compared with leaving my destiny in the hands of a being that I can't understand at all, Even if it disappears into the beautiful scenery of the world, at least it is not the worst ending."

Anissa: "You will not disappear, you will only live again and again until the end."

Helfas: "You say it with such certainty, it's like it's fate."

Anissa listened to Helfas's words, and she seemed to think Helfas was strange.

"A person who is locked in a cage and cannot get out, a person who knows nothing and is full of secrets."

"But I don't believe in destiny. Isn't this the most ridiculous thing?"

Helfas: "I heard that you guarded the pillar for ten thousand years. You were sealed for a thousand years because you didn't want to have your name engraved on the pillar. Why on earth was it worth it for you to do this?"

Anissa did not answer directly, but told a story.

"Some people have kept a vow for 250 million years, until life changed from a fish to the ancestor of all living things, until the earth died and was reborn again and again."

"Some people have crossed the era for an ideal, died hundreds of thousands of times and came back to life again, and still did not find the answer until the last moment but still moved forward."

"They can chase from ancient times to the present, from the earth to the sea of ​​stars, from the origin of time to the end of the years for a persistence."

"What does it count for me to wait for such a short moment for a purpose?"

Helfas was speechless.

Every time they talked, he seemed to be attacked by the other party from a high-handed perspective.

The other party seemed to tell him how small the world he saw was, and everything he cared about was just a dream bubble, and the long years he had experienced were all a drop in the ocean.

He thought that the resolutions he had made with courage, and the self-perception of seeing through life and death and the world, seemed as ridiculous as a child's oath to the other party. Without experiencing the real suffering and the changes of the ancient years, how could you prove that you were strong enough to withstand the erosion of time.

Anessa brought the topic back to the original one, and she stood in the shadows and said to Helfas.

"I'm not in a hurry."

"Ten thousand years, one hundred thousand years, one million years, ten million years, it's all fine."

"If you don't want to this time, then I'll wait for the next time, the next time, it doesn't matter."

"Your soul wanders in the world, you can see thousands of sails and walk through every corner of the earth, but one day you will set foot here again and go to the road you should take."

She said.

"Destiny does not force you to do anything, but no matter how you avoid that ending, you will inevitably take that fork in the road in the end."

Helfas could not understand the world in the eyes of these beings at all, and there was only endless silence.

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Court of Order

There are many animals made by Zi in the garden. The original bird that used to accompany her has long disappeared. It has become another group flying around in the huge courtyard.

She led the monks and the scepter patriarch professionals to conduct an experiment, recording the reproduction and growth of various life forms.

Although she didn't speak, she was obviously a little anxious.

She thought to herself.

"Try again."

"The first method should work."

"I will definitely find the problem and find a way to create a perfect body."

Zi is still trying to find a way to prolong Helfas's life. She still seems to think that the problem lies in the body she made, that her power is not strong enough, and the body she made is not perfect enough.

She was busy all day, and when she passed the corridor by the pool on a starry night, she suddenly saw a shadow, that was Helfas.

Helfas had just woken up from a dream and came here in the form of a soul.

Although it was late at night, his soul could not feel the cold, nor could he feel the bleakness of the cold autumn and winter nights. He only saw the picture of heavy shadows and light, but no real feelings.

He turned his head and looked at Zi: "Are you still going?"

Zi: "Well, I will succeed, you wait a little longer."

Helfas sighed: "It's not a problem with the body, nor is it a problem with you, you can't solve it."

Zi: "You have to do something."

Helfas smiled and asked her: "If I really die, what are your plans next?"

Zi looked at Helfas quietly. She seemed not to want to hear Helfas say such words, but still replied: "Resurrect you."

Helfas said: "I will naturally be resurrected, you don't have to do anything more, I want to ask if you have anything else you want to do."

Zi: "Then I'll wait for you."

Helfas asked jokingly: "Is this love?"

Zi did not answer, perhaps because she felt that this topic was too shy, or she didn't know what the answer was.

Helfas: "I heard someone say in my dream that someone waited 250 million years for a vow."

Zi was not moved by it. She felt that the story was just a story, and she didn't care who the person was.

Helfas continued.

"Before, I always felt that vows and promises were really beautiful and sacred."

"But when this height is stretched to such a terrible degree, when this vow and promise do not belong to two ordinary people but to an immortal existence, I think it is too terrible and really unimaginable."

"Whether it is lonely or long, I don't care if I am alone."

"But if I know that someone is waiting for me at the end of time, a thousand years, ten thousand years, or even billions of years, she will be waiting there."

"You wait for me, I wait for you, until the end of time that can never be seen."

"Don't you think this is more like a curse?"

Helfas walked in front of Zi and said to her.

"Do something you like!"

"Don't let me be everything in your life, I am just a part of your life, it is an honor to bring you some good memories."

"I don't know when I can come back again, maybe soon, maybe very long."

"One day in the future."

"If you can still see me, if you want to see me again, just shout my name loudly, I will definitely feel happy."

"But in these long years, I hope you don't give everything to revive me, don't wait for my return, you only live for yourself."

Zi looked at Helfas's soul, still shining and sacred, but becoming more hazy and illusory.

It seemed to be further away from this world and out of reach.

Her eyes showed sadness, which made Helfas not know how to respond. He could only look around and say.

"Look at this courtyard and palace, don't you like it very much? You can live here according to your own preferences."

"We created such a beautiful world, don't you like it?"

Zi spoke, but her voice became choked for some reason.

"Because we are here together, because you built this for me."

"I don't want to hear you say this, I'm very sad."

Helfas always smiled, trying to maintain his calm, free and unrestrained and extremely powerful and confident image, but at this moment he became lonely and a little weak.

He could only look at Zi and shake his head to tell her.

"I would never say such a thing if I were alive."

"But."

"I'm leaving."

Tears flowed from the corners of Zi's eyes. She didn't say anything, and even tried to hide the sad expression on her face, leaving only tears sliding down her face.

Helfas stretched out his hand to wipe the tears from her face, but his soul passed through Zi's face.

——

Unconsciously, the sealed object, the black steel electric gas lamp, had been loaded in the city of Helfas. This was accelerated by Helfas's strong push.

It looked a little anxious, but no one seemed to notice this abnormality.

Because everyone in the city was also very anxious and wanted to see this city that never sleeps lit up as soon as possible.

"It's getting dark." It was getting darker, but there were many people around the roadside, and they refused to leave for a long time.

"It should be soon!" They calculated the time, as if waiting for something.

"It's almost time. It should be light soon." These people kept looking at the wooden pillars on the side of the road, as if the next thing was related to this pillar.

The wood was hollowed out, and some strange tree resin was poured into it, which gave off a smell.

The most intuitive thing was that the top of the wood grew a lampshade that looked like a head. The lampshade was made of gem glass produced by the ruby ​​snail. It was not transparent, but a grayish milky white.

At first glance, it looked like a strange wooden man standing on the side of the road.

On the side of the Central Record Library, a figure stood in the dark.

With a clang.

After a long metal pole was broken off, thunder and lightning ran along the lines to the distance, connecting to the street lights like electric dragons.

The first lamp lit up, and the head of the "wooden man" emitted a dim light, followed by the second and third lamps, and continued to spread.

The dim lights were like a relay, extending to every corner of the city.

Not only the lights on the roadside, but also the market in the city, and several important iron smelting, silk weaving and other workshops were all lit up.

I don’t know if it has something to do with the weird energy source, but the dark clouds in the sky have been gathering for a long time, and at this time, there was a thunder.

“Boom!”

Thunder flashed in the sky, and heavy rain poured down.

However, the residents in the city did not let the rain interrupt their excitement and excitement. They even became more excited because of the thunder and rain. They rushed to the streets like crazy, cheering and shouting while running.

"It's lit up, the whole city is lit up."

"It's amazing."

"Look, the light is really bright."

"There is no night in Helfas City, it is shrouded in light all the time."

"This is not a lamp, this is the sun created by the King of Black, the sun at night."

"The King of Gods, the King of Black, he is the god of the world."

They gathered together in the heavy rain, letting the rain wet their hair and clothes.

They saw the thunder fall on the spire and then be led into the depths of the earth, listening to the terrifying thunder and watching the flashing lightning, but there was no fear anymore.

It was as if they had conquered the darkness, the thunder and the storm.

Central Record Library.

Helfas stood on a high place and looked at the scene of the city. The stars of lights illuminated the darkness and the excited figures.

To be honest, these lights are somewhat out of place in this city where many places still look quaint, and it seems that they lack a lot of things that should be matched with it.

But it is very beautiful.

It's like a flower blooming on the wasteland and a single tree growing.

It was shocking and surprising, but also something that one yearns for.

Helfas stood in front of the gate and said to the side: "I'm leaving."

Under the light, a shadow suddenly walked out, as if Helfas's shadow had come alive.

The shadow approached the light and then merged into the light.

Finally.

It gradually turned into the appearance of a night light.

It was just the appearance of a night light when he was young, the same age when Helfas first met him more than 30 years ago. He drove Helfas out of the Black Iron City in a car, and in a way, he also brought out the sealed book.

Night Light actually had a premonition. He knelt on the ground and said, "I understand. I will obey your will and watch the city become what you want."

Helfas: "Do you remember what I said?"

Night Light: "Even if you leave for a short time one day, you will come back again. Even if there are any problems with our previous assumptions over the years, you will turn everything in the direction it should go."

Helfa nodded.

However, what he wanted the other party to remember most was the last sentence.

He looked at Night Light and said.

"There is one last sentence."

"I hope that no matter what happens, we are still moving forward with hope."

He once said to Night Light that he would come back, which also meant that he would become the other party's pillar and let him not worry.

But in a certain sense, it can also be said that the other party is waiting for his return.

But at that time he just made a back-up defense.

In fact, he did not think that he would die and would need to entrust things to others.

And when he was really going to die unstoppably, when the so-called fate came at him like a tidal wave, his thoughts changed again.

Even if he couldn't come back.

Even if no one was waiting for him.

He also hoped that everyone could still bravely move forward with hope.

Night Light didn't fully understand the meaning of Helfas's words, and he looked up.

"I remember it."

Helfas nodded. He didn't say much, but he felt that the other party would understand it one day.

He looked at the city at night, watching the rainstorm stop, more and more people pouring into the streets, watching the shops and vendors under the lights begin to appear, watching the celebration scenes that only appeared during the Gods and Humans Festival in the past become daily.

It was obviously night, but Helfas seemed to see a sun rising above the horizon.

"It's so lively."

"Full of vitality, just like the rising sun."

In the darkness.

One by one, the lights lit up, illuminating the extraordinary city without night, announcing that the world and civilization had entered a new stage.

But at the same time, it also fell to the "god" who was quickly running towards death and aging.

He was hunched and old, his hair was completely white, and his originally dark eyes became turbid.

Like the setting sun.

He made a decision.

And for this city and the order he established, as well as how to make them go further, Helfas also made the final arrangements.

Perhaps the arrangements he left behind were not the best, nor could they solve the problems to be faced in the future.

However, he found that it seemed that there was only so much he could do.

Some things cannot be successful by hard work, and some destinies cannot be denied by unwillingness.

He lacked too many prerequisites, or it could be said that he was born in an era where he should not have appeared.

He could only put everything on the future again.

——

At the same time.

In a distant city, a strange thing happened in the bronze dragon temple.

Most monks had rested late at night, and the bronze dragon of this dragon temple had recently left the dragon temple because of some things, and only a few monks were on duty.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Boom boom boom!"

A slight friction vibration sound came from inside the hall. A monk noticed this situation when he passed by the gate.

He immediately entered the hall, looking for the source of the sound, and finally locked his eyes on the most important dragon king statue made of mountain bronze in the Dragon Hall.

At first, he thought his eyes were blurry.

But after watching it carefully, he found that the dragon king statue was indeed moving.

"That's right."

"Is the bronze dragon king statue really moving?"

After confirming, the monk said excitedly.

"Is it going to split into a second dragon statue?"