NABC Chapter 7 Have you experienced reincarnation?
Chapter 7 Have you experienced reincarnation?
The long-forgotten images of Poseidon Island stirred up ripples in the hearts of the Shrek members.
The scene depicts the silent gaze between Poseidon and Tang Chen, Qian Daoliu's lonely figure, and the heavy vow, "I will not return until I become a god."
Xiao Wu stared blankly at the light screen, large tears sliding down her cheeks.
She suddenly threw herself into Tang San's arms, her shoulders trembling slightly.
"Third Brother, don't leave like Senior Tang Chen did, don't make me wait so long like he did," she choked out, filled with endless fear.
Having been a 100,000-year-old soul beast in human form, her life was inherently different from that of humans, and she had a deeper fear of "time" and "separation".
Tang San hugged her tightly: "No, Xiao Wu, I will never leave you, we will always be together."
Ning Rongrong's eyes also reddened, and she quietly took Oscar's hand.
Although neither Dai Mubai nor Zhu Zhuqing spoke, they both saw the fleeting determination in each other's eyes.
Ma Hongjun scratched his head, and finally just muttered under his breath, "This old screen just keeps showing things that make people uncomfortable..."
Flander patted the master on the shoulder, while Liu Erlong gently took the master's arm.
As the master gazed at the thousands of flowing figures on the light screen, and then at the real warmth around him, the last trace of bewilderment in his heart about "what if" quietly subsided.
Some paths, once missed, are gone forever. Cherishing the people in front of you is the true way to live.
"Alright, alright," Dai Mubai, as the leader, took a deep breath, trying to dispel the overly heavy atmosphere. "Let the sky do its thing, the days are ours."
Seeing that even these top experts have so many regrets and unwavering determination has only strengthened my resolve.
"Become strong enough to protect everyone you want to protect, and then stand proudly at the pinnacle of the Star Luo Empire with Zhu Qing."
Zhu Zhuqing looked at him and softly hummed in agreement.
"My wish is very simple!" Oscar immediately chimed in, "It's to make the best sausage in the world, and then earn lots and lots of gold soul coins so that Rongrong can buy whatever she wants!" Ning Rongrong burst into laughter through her tears and playfully punched him.
"I want to inherit the will of Grandpa Sword and Grandpa Bone, and make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School shine forever," Ning Rongrong said softly.
"I want to find my mother, and then, together with Xiao Wu, see the whole world." Tang San's voice was calm and firm.
"I want to become the most powerful offensive-type Soul Master and eat all the delicacies in the world!" Ma Hongjun waved his fist.
"I want to stay with everyone forever," Xiao Wu said, lifting her head from Tang San's arms, her eyes red.
Just then, Bai E, who had been standing quietly by the tree, subtly moved a finger.
His blue eyes were still fixed on the light screen, yet they seemed to pierce through it, looking towards an even more ethereal distance.
Tang San, who had been carefully observing him, noticed this subtle difference.
He recalled Bai E's detached tranquility towards the sky, and his words that he "only wanted to find his way home," which deepened his doubts.
"Mr. Bai'e," Tang San said carefully, his voice breaking the brief silence after his companions made their wishes, "You seem so calm, as if you don't care much about these worldly affairs, loves, hates, and attachments."
"If I may ask, do you have no wishes?"
All eyes immediately focused on Bai E.
desire?
Bai E slowly turned his head.
"Wish..." he repeated the word.
"It's been such a long time since I've heard that word."
His voice was very soft, yet strangely it drowned out the sound of the wind in the forest.
"I had wishes, I longed to protect them, I longed to find an answer... I did many things for these wishes."
His gaze fell into the void.
"I have walked a perilous path where fates intertwine, and witnessed the birth and death of stars."
I have delivered divine pronouncements in magnificent temples and wandered alone on the ruins of civilizations.
I have bestowed blessings, cast down trials, and restarted the cycle of the world…
The Shrek Academy members held their breath. Although they didn't understand what "fate" and "star extinction" specifically meant, the sense of loneliness contained in those words sent a chill down their spines.
"And then?" Xiao Wu couldn't help but ask softly.
"And then?" Bai E tilted his head slightly, seemingly finding the question interesting, yet also carrying an air of endless exhaustion.
"There was no 'then' or rather, 'then' was repeated far too many times."
When the same choice is presented 33550336 times with subtle variables, when the same joys and sorrows are played out 33550336 times with different faces, when the cycle of protection and destruction is both driven and ended by you...
You'll find that strong desires ultimately only lead to nothing.
33550336 times?
These numbers floated lightly from his mouth, yet crashed heavily into everyone's consciousness!
That was no longer the vicissitudes of a century-long wait, but an eternal torture spanning billions of years!
Bai'er looked at their faces, which had turned pale instantly and were filled with disbelief, and gently shook his head.
"A wish is a spark that burns within the limited time of life; because it is fleeting, it is intense and precious." He turned his gaze back to the distant horizon.
There, the countdown on the light screen is about to end.
"And when the time I have lived through has become so long that even the word 'limited' seems ridiculous, the spark has long since burned out, leaving only cold embers."
"Now, if I really have to say what 'wishes' I still have," he said slowly.
"That is, to be an ordinary mortal."
To experience a short and unique life without a predetermined destiny or the constraints of eternal reincarnation.
I wake up in the morning, knowing that sunset is inevitable;
Make a choice, bear the consequences, and then move toward an irreversible end.
Feel the real passage of time, rather than being trapped in an endless Amber Age.
"Or," he said, looking at Tang San.
"Just finding the way home."
A dead silence.
Even the wind seemed to have stopped flowing.
The Shrek Academy members, including Master, Flander, and Zhao Wuji, all stared blankly at Bai E, as if frozen in place.
They could not imagine, much less comprehend, the world and experiences he described.
What exactly is he?
What did they go through to make "becoming a mortal who is born, grows old, gets sick, and dies" their wish?
At that moment, the light curtain in the sky suddenly burst into a burst of light!
[Sixth Place on the Douluo Continent Power Ranking]
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A new name is emerging, and a sense of unity is forming.
However, half of the Shrek members' minds were still trapped in the cold number "33550336 cycles".