from Xingyuan

Yawen Heskissing stepped on the ruins and walked through the fire. Her steps were light, but her figure looked heavy. The cold wind blew away the hair on her forehead, making her more confused.

[what should I do? ]
She lowered her head and looked at the lunch box she brought: it contained the meals she had carefully prepared, including the traditional dish of frost-plated honey bean salad and butter-baked shrimp.

Li Aoz's favorite food is stewed chicken with potatoes, which is a special product of Weilan Star.The most authentic method requires plateau red-skinned potatoes and local chicken.

The ingredients for this dish need: white pepper, salt, white cheese, honey, white sugar, carrots, sausage and bacon slices can be added according to taste.

It is usually served with rice, bread and wraps.

Although he has a good understanding of alcoholic beverages, Li Aoz doesn't like to drink alcohol. He doesn't have any drinking habits in his daily life.Lee Oz is particularly fond of carbonated drinks, especially lemonade, served with mint leaves and a few ice cubes.

Li Aoz never told her these things, so how did she know these things?
In Azure Star, Li Ozi has conducted no more than one live broadcast. In order to understand Li Aoz, Yawen stayed up all night to watch all his live broadcast videos, which mentioned the recipe of this dish and his hobbies and habits.

The more she got to know him, the more she felt that Li Aoz was very strange.

On the one hand, Li Ozi doesn't like to eat raw food, and the steak must be fully cooked, and Maillard's reaction is very sufficient to get his approval.

But on the other hand, Li Ozi never cared about what the restaurant served him. He never invited others to dinner or was treated by others, and advocated the AA system.

On the one hand, Li Ozi said that he has no interest in war, and believes that people who love war are lunatics and chubby.

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

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

He cared about the health and safety of infants and young children, confronted Velazi's capital group head-on, and accepted many interstellar refugees to keep the village, and did not treat them as slaves and tools.

Even for those descendants who did not die, Li Aoz cared about their experience, taking care of and nurturing them like raising pets.

but.

Yawen looked forward.

At dusk, the street was surrounded by a thick fog, her skin was wet by the water vapor, her eyes penetrated into the mist, but she couldn't see the end.

[In Li Aoz's eyes, do I really exist? ]
He cared about many people, took care of many people, and was willing to draw his sword against the great powers for some people.

[……what about me? ]
Among the group of people that Li Oz set out to protect, is there still a place for Yawen Heskissing?Does he see himself as a friend, a woman, or a passerby?
[The so-called: 'You mean a lot to me', is it a comforting lie, or am I just a tool to you? ]
From the frost plating to the outside world, from the blue star to the white candle star.

You fly all the way forward, even if I chase after you, it is hard to catch up.

Yawen stood in the middle of the crossroads. She couldn't tell which end of the dimensional barrier was.

Should I keep chasing, chasing all the way for the phrase 'meaningful'?
——The beauty and graceful body of that blond girl emerged before her eyes.

[Chase all the way, and then watch Li Aoz embrace her?Then, in order to pursue his ownership, I kept moving forward and reinvented 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 is a frost plated person.

Even if her blood is secretly modified, her cultural identity cannot be changed.

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

Yawen suddenly understood: the secret robbed her of her self-confidence and made her feel inferior, just to make her such a person.

Inferiority is the professional quality of [tailor]. She is inferior to her appearance and figure, trying to cover her flaws with well-tailored fashion.

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

The dress is her armor, without silk and nylon, she becomes fragile.

In the end, this dress became her exoskeleton, supporting her body and living like a spider.

[Leo Oz would not look down on such a person, even I, I myself would look down on such a person. ]
"Oh?"

An exclamation sounded:
"Miss Yawen, long time no see."

Yawen raised her head, and a beautiful veiled woman slowly walked out of the mist. The other person's appearance was so obvious that Yawen could recognize it at a glance.

"【Saint of Adventure】Vilia."

The other party blinked his snow blue eyes:
"I'm glad you remember my name."

"Why did you come here?" Yawen wondered. "It should be very dangerous here, there are dimensional barriers everywhere, and you are just an ordinary person."

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

Virlia smiled slightly:
"I'm here to gather my comrades."

"Comrades?" Yawen was puzzled: "Who are you going to deal with?"

"One head of [Society]." Vierlia said, "It seems that you don't know yet—[Machine World Society] has gathered enough councilors on this planet, and now, they plan to summon the mother body to come."

"……What does it mean?"

Yawen clenched the bag in her hand, and said in a deep voice:
"You mean, is this planet going to be destroyed?"

"Yes." Virlia nodded: "[Machine World Society] Mashgegan is nearby, and it will be summoned soon to eat this planet."

"This... this is so sudden, I can't believe it. You're joking, aren't you?"

Yawen pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled dryly.

"You must be joking, right? Miss Virlia."

However, Virlia's eyes were very serious.

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

"really?"

"Miss Yawen."

Valerie replied:
"Do you remember what I said when we first met at the shrine in Shoushou Village?"

Yawen's head buzzed, and the silhouettes of those pictures came flooding in.

..............................

"I think you have to understand one thing, dear fool."

"You are now a [society] citizen, you are not yourself at all, you can only find the meaning of living in [society]."

"Fool, the citizens of [society] don't have an independent will, you and the aborigines of Star Abyss who think they are your boyfriend are not a species at all."

"You are good-looking and very capable, but you don't live for men, you live for yourself. Yawen, I hope you can realize that [society] and Xingyuan are not good things. They The battle between them has destroyed countless families."

"[The Hidden Society] will use the councilors to realize the coming of the deity and devour civilization, but Xingyuan wants to use your life to fill the never-ending front."

"Don't love them, don't love the grand narrative, love yourself."

"I'm here to invite you."

"This planet has already been infiltrated by [society] citizens. Narrative-level civilizations are also constantly paying attention to the situation here. Sooner or later, you will be discovered."

"Discovered by the people of Gaia, they will merge your will into the ether. In that environment, you can't resist at all, and you will immediately succumb to [society]."

"Discovered by narrative-level civilizations, they will dismantle you, destroy you, and make you into weapons and equipment without hesitation."

"Even your unrequited love, Li Aoz, once he knows the fact that you are a secret citizen, he will draw his sword against you without hesitation."

"I'm here to protect you, to protect people like you who are unwilling to succumb to secrecy and are rejected by the civilization on the side of the Star Abyss."

..............................

"I remember."

Yawen's eyes were complicated.

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

"It should be said that you are lucky." Vierlia nodded: "It is only the [Machine World Society], not the [Secret Society], so you can still keep your independent consciousness."

She looked at each other and stretched out her hand:

"Join us, Ms. Yawen, I have gathered a lot of [social] resisters like you, people who don't want to be swallowed by [society], and people who can't integrate into the star abyss, they are all here with me."

However, Yawen did not change her attitude immediately. She looked at Vierlia calmly and asked:
"Miss Virlia, even if you said this in advance, what evidence do you have to prove it?"

Yawen's tone was calm, and her angle was very tricky:
"You are just a mortal, neither a [society] citizen nor a god-climber of the Star Abyss. If you can observe the movements of the [Machine World Society], then I would like to ask—the Kappa-level powerhouses of White Candle Star I don’t know, how do you know as a mere mortal?”

"It's not difficult. When you get to the place, you will know it naturally."

"But I want to know now."

Yawen said:
"I followed Mr. Li Aoz from Azure Star. No matter how we say it, we are compatriots and comrades in arms. I don't want to leave like this."

"—It seems that you have figured out something. Well, since that's the case, let me tell the truth."

Virlia is very indifferent:

"After defeating [God of Reality] Lioz and destroying the universe of Murphidria, [society] all poured into the Star Abyss from outside the abyss, and encountered stubborn resistance from the narrative-level civilization. The Star Abyss is too broad, but It is not a lamb that is slaughtered like [society] imagined, and a heaven-sent place where fat and milk are left everywhere, but a narrative-level civilization with advanced technology and terrible violence."

"This phenomenon seems to have aroused the surprise of [Secret Society] Gaia, and it began to plan new conspiracies and strategies. But its hidden intentions are not what all citizens of society are happy to see. Those who are outside of it Citizens set out to prey, without the leadership of the matrix, come to think differently."

"Today's [Secret Society] is not monolithic. With regard to the strategy of conquering Xingyuan, the three Secret Speakers have their own opinions, and they have left one after another, each developing its own camp."

"There is a traditional faction who insists on the [Secret Society] main body Gaia to show up and uphold justice."

"The vacillating centrist—[Greedy Chancellor] is missing. But some speculate that she has a longer-term plan."

"Besides, it is the improvement faction. [Smart Speaker] believes that for the complicated situation in the star abyss, we should change our style of play. In the past, we should invade-infiltrate-call members-matrix descend-devour civilization. This set of tactics should be changed. It’s changed, and he also questioned that the [Master Speaker] has too much power, and in the name of summoning the mother’s body, he is actually pocketing his own money.”

The secret interior is so complicated?
Yawen frowned.

As one of the thirteen councilors, she can be sure that she was transformed into a [tailor] because of the influence of the [Master Speaker].

"So," Yawen wrote down these, and then continued to ask: "This is just the situation of [Secret Society], does it have anything to do with you?"

"Not only is it related, it can even be said that the factional turmoil in the [Secret Society] directly gave birth to new opportunities, that is, my group of 'unbounded people' who independently formed the secret council and formed their own faction."

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

"Then let's put it another way."

Vallia said:

"The [sailor] Igolai Matthew who rescued you on Azure Star back then is one of our unbounded ones. The unbounded ones have interstellar communication capabilities comparable to narrative-level civilizations. As soon as you arrive on White Candle Star, I know You came."

Yawen's pupils shrank.

This secret... Even Li Aoz hadn't told her.When she was in exile in the outside world, it was the former secret [sailor] Igor Matthew who rescued her.

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

"Since you are so clear, I still have a question here." Yawen said, "How much do you know about Di Yalan? Is her ability reliable?"

"You want to ask how to get rid of the secret?" Virlia said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have already experienced Di Yalan's predecessor."

"You—" Yawen was surprised: "You mean, you used to belong to the secret?"

"As it is."

Verlia said lightly:

"To be honest, my mothers participated in the crusade against Leoz. They were the hidden citizens resurrected by Gaia, but it was also because of that battle that they deeply felt the cruelty and terror of [society] , devouring civilization alive, sucking it up completely, and then turning around to kill the same kind of beast atrocities—this kind of behavior made the two of them decide 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. Before she left, she released all the citizens, allowing them to invade the planet wantonly and act on their own. White Candle Star is one of them questioning, and my mothers are also like this , was lucky to be free."

"In order to protect my safety, they also transformed me into a hidden citizen. For a long time, I have been staying in White Candle Star, where I am active and living, and researched the hidden citizen with the [doctor] who also betrayed the secret. However, an accident still happened ——Just 100 years ago, the councilors made a comeback, armed with terrifying weapons, massacred and destroyed wantonly, trying to use the white candle star as fuel to summon the hidden body itself."

"I fought side by side with the mages of Baizhuxing at that time, and successfully repelled the hidden councilors, but I was seriously injured. I was not revived until last year. Fortunately, the [doctor]'s experiment on me was also successful. I have already turned back into a mortal."

"As for Di Yalan, it was a project planned by [Doctor] a long time ago, but his goal is not only to transform hidden citizens into mortals, but to exist as a more important weapon."

After Yawen listened, she immediately noticed a problem.

"Wait a minute." She said: "If what you said is true, you came to the White Candle Star more than 1000 years ago and fell asleep for another 100 years, then you are now..."

"Oh, do you care about my age?"

Virlia disagrees:

"Counting the sleeping age, I'm just a three-thousand-year-old girl now."

"No, no, no, no!"

Yawen couldn't believe it:

"I have received knowledge indoctrination from Gaia, and I also know the common sense of magic from the Crystal Tower civilization-in the Star Abyss, people who can live to be three thousand years old, except for dragons, void clans, and undead Special creatures can only be achieved by narrative-level civilizations, and they cannot leave the native land."

"Ordinary social citizens also cannot leave the [society] matrix, otherwise their life expectancy will not last 500 years."

"How on earth did you do it?"

"This is very simple."

Virlia said as a matter of course:
"Before I left the [Secret Society], I was a strong man who had been reforged nine times. Although my strength no longer exists, my personality and extraordinary lifespan still remain."

"Reforged nine times?"

Yawen was taken aback:
"Isn't that the level second only to the final reforging..."

Virlia thought for a while and said:
"Converted to Xingyuan, it is the Omega order."

Yawen lowered her head and pursed her lips.

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

Verlia, that blond girl, they are all beautiful and powerful. Standing in front of these people, she felt even more ashamed.

“[Secret] took away your confidence, turn around, we will get it back.”

Seemingly seeing Yawen's depression, Vierlia thought for a while, then stepped forward and patted her on the shoulder:

"Join us, Yawen."

Yawen was unmoved.

"You need strength, you need companions, and you need redemption. This planet is irreparable, and the [Machine World Society] will come at any time. I'm going to bring my comrades and resources to transfer."

With one hand on her hip, Virlia thought distressedly:

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

Yawen didn't care.

"Yawen Heskissing, you should be an independent woman. I saw you grow grapes, manage camps, build houses, and do business by yourself. You don't need a man to take care of you. Instead, you take care of others. You shouldn't live for other people."

Yawen's eyes wandered.

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

Threat.

Yawen raised her head with firm eyes:

"...I have lived for others until now."

"You don't need to say anything, Ms. Virlia."

"I'll go with you."

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