dark moon

Chapter 358 Finale: The Dark Side of the Moon (two chapters in one)

"Click, click", the flickering candlelight, the deep and long corridor, the fragrance of wood exuding from the wall texture, the spotless floor light can be discerned, and the faint sound of wood friction when stepping on it, the sound lingers in the silent corridor It doesn’t go away, but it seems to be there, but it continues, like a dream deep in the night that you don’t want to wake up from.

dream.

Shuuer strolled down the familiar corridor, brushing his fingers over the ancient walls. The graffiti on the walls was as clear as in his memory. Two little people, one big and one small, were holding hands, with bright and dazzling smiles on their faces.

The familiar smell of lavender wafted out from the burning candle, which was their favorite smell. They picked a handful of lavender, dried it, stuffed it into a sachet and hung it on her brother's waist. This was her favorite job in the summer. , how long has it been since I received her sachet? It seems that from the day the crack appeared, I have never received it again. Every year, I can see the newly made sachet placed on her bedside. It has been more than a year, but it has never appeared on my waist again.

"Oh, thank you very much, but the past has passed after all." After blowing out the candle in front of him, Xiure squinted his eyes and stepped forward with his hands behind his back. His steps were slow and leisurely, but he never stopped.

"Squeak", the door hinge turned, and the door at the end of the corridor was pushed open. The sight suddenly opened up, and a spacious and bright hall appeared in front of you. Directly in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, a cold and quiet figure stood in front of the window, with a waterfall of black hair. It spreads behind you and hangs down to the smooth ground.Outside the window, the dark red full moon was still hanging high, and the faint red light shone on her hair, seeming to cast a layer of blood on her figure.

Walking straight behind Luna, Xiuer never spoke. He just raised his head and stared at the red moon in the sky with her. The full moon was still so clear in his sight, and the dark red color contained a bit of strange beauty.

"I'm sorry." After a long time, Xiuer apologized for no reason, "Lisa and Moria woke me up together."

"The gods are always tolerant to believers. They don't look at their actions, but only their true intentions, because mortals will always think about the gods from their own perspective and make some strange behaviors. At this time, as long as our intentions are good, we will not Blame, so there is no need for me to apologize." Luna did not look back, and her cold voice echoed in the empty hall, "Actually, I don't want to see you today."

"Oh, I know, but we will meet tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, unless you cut off the connection between you and me." Shuer shook his head and chuckled, "Since I have already thought of some things, It is impossible to stay out of the matter anymore, I will always come to you to ask for details, so there is no point in escaping."

"You know a lot, there is no need to continue asking." Goddess Luna slowly turned around, her appearance was still invisible to mortals, but there was a little tenderness in her voice, "You did it for me and that child Now this step is enough to repay what I have done before, so I can stop.”

"Hey, I want to drink tea."

Luna obviously paused for a moment and sighed softly. The next moment, tea tables, seats, and steaming exquisite tea sets appeared directly next to both parties.

Taking a sip of the hot tea, letting the aroma fill his mouth, he closed his eyes and savored the familiar taste for a long time. Then Shuer showed a familiar smile: "Everything in my hometown is always so nostalgic, and you let me taste it again. The taste of hometown, this is something no one can do except you. You see, I owe you a new favor, so how can I stop."

"Let us, the worshiped gods, solve this secret." The gods were not affected by mortals, even if the mortals were acting rogue. "This is no longer a matter that mortals can intervene in, even those who are called legends Mortal believers only help them organize and spread messages in the mortal world. They are unable to intervene, and you are even less suitable to get involved."

"However, I am already involved. Don't forget Master Anika's mission."

"I will explain to her that the risk of canceling that mission is too high and it is not suitable for you to do it."

"Is it more dangerous than facing the end of the world?" Xiure asked with a half-smile. "When the end of the world comes, everyone will die, including you and me. In this case, it is worth taking a little risk. Even if you really can’t come back, it’s just that your death has been postponed for a while.”

"All mortals will eventually die, so why should we try to live?" Lady Luna was so gentle even when she was sarcastic.

"Haha, this is my style. It's nothing like what you learned." Xiure laughed and shook his head. "Don't explain anything. You will get something if you pay. It's just an exchange of interests. I fought hard for it. You can't bear it." Do you want to see all my hard work go to waste?"

"Well, bear with it."

"Hahaha, I found that you have become more secular during this period of time. It seems that when Lisa secretly chatted with you, she often said these things to you." Xiuer laughed casually, perhaps a little bit in front of the gods. It was rude, but neither Luna nor himself cared about it, "I know that you are very worried about my safety, and you don't want me to get involved too deeply, and you don't want me to be related to the Great Rift and get favors from the gods. Lian, I'm very grateful. However, this is our opportunity. I don't want to give up this mission, and since I want to carry out this mission, the more natural intelligence I have, the safer it is. So, I hope you can tell me the truth, just Just like the gods Oranna, Minnie, and Ferrus serve.”

"Then give me a reason to involve you." Luna sighed and made a last-ditch effort. "You have nothing to do with this matter, or even Parvatija."

"Irrelevant? No, Lady Luna, you are wrong."

"Cough cough."

"Okay, I praise the beautiful and gentle Lord Luna. Gods don't make mistakes. However, you are still wrong. Maybe as you said, I have nothing to do with Parvatiga, but I have a direct relationship with this matter." Er said seriously, "I smuggled here through the projection world."

Judging from the causes of the formation of alien projections, the source world that forms the projection world must exist in the twisted void and can never be generated out of thin air. Therefore, Shuer's home world is also part of the twisted void.

"One after another, countless creatures in the world have become extinct, and some have even wiped out the existence of the world. The world that belongs to me is one of them. Although I already belong to Parvatiga, my hometown and my relatives, They are all still in another world. They may not be affected yet, but maybe in the next moment, my hometown will be destroyed. You say, how could I have nothing to do with this matter? How could I not be personally involved in it? Are you relieved?"

"Alas." There was absolutely sufficient reason for the goddess to sigh helplessly. Xiuer had already reached this point, and she had no reason to stop him from getting involved. Moreover, she did need Xiuer's presence, even if it was just to stand. Be there for support, “Okay, what do you want to know?”

"Does the entire world really exist in the dream of the God of Creation?" Shuer sipped the tea, closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and then added in a low voice: "Is the God of Creation really going to wake up? "

"Ah."

Luna's response was very soft, but to Shuer's ears, it was as loud as the sound of bells and drums, making him even feel dizzy for a moment.

Although he was mentally prepared for the answer, when Xiul heard Luna's answer, his muscles all over his body tensed up and he could clearly feel his heart beating violently.

It’s not because of the senseless lament that we are just existing in dreams, nor is it because of philosophical issues such as whether we in dreams really exist. As a half-politician, Shuer is not like this. Emotionally, he is nervous because he knows that dreams are extremely unstable.

Distortion, interference, and overlap are the most common things in dreams. They represent the chaos and disorder of dreams, just like the twisted void. And the more you wake up, the more chaotic and unstable your dreams will be. .

There is no reason to say that dreams have such characteristics. Maybe the creation gods are different from mortals, and their dream state is more special. But judging from the current performance of the world, even if there is a difference, it will not be too big. No wonder in the twisted void Countless worlds will perish and countless spaces will be shattered. It's not yet time for him to wake up. If he really wakes up...

"What will happen if he wakes up?"

"The gods are omniscient." Luna's voice was still cold and calm, "But it is limited to this world."

I understand, even if you don’t know.

"However, according to the speculations of the temples, the most likely possibility is that everything will return to nothingness and the traces of existence will be completely erased."

"Well, the foundation of existence has disappeared, and the world that exists based on dreams is even less likely to survive." Shuer sighed deeply, "Of course, of course, but what does this have to do with the Great Rift?"

"I don't know." "Huh?"

"Is it strange? It's because you don't know, that's why everyone pays special attention." Luna explained softly, "In the big rift, not only matter will be disintegrated, but even spirit cannot exist. Even the will of gods, as long as they lose their power The protection will also dissipate quickly, so we cannot use our will to peek into the situation inside the Great Rift, and of course it is impossible to know what it is."

"However, because it is very dangerous, and we learned from the god you rescued that the Great Rift is not the only one in Parvatiga. Our speculation is close to yours. The Great Rift may be the erasure of all dream worlds. There are traces, tools that bring everything back to nothingness, well, tools that exist in the form of consciousness.”

"However, the origin of the God of Oasis has been contaminated by the energy transmitted back from the Great Rift." Shuer frowned and thought, "From this point of view, it should be full of very malicious energy, not just a tool. It’s that simple.”

"It's not pollution, it's just an energy that has a negative effect on us. Recently, the gods named it negative energy, which corresponds to negative life. Negative energy should coexist with void evil spirits, that is, negative life. That is I don’t know who gave birth to whom.”

"Huh, I probably understand." Shuer shook the tea cup thoughtfully, "The gods knew it more than a thousand years ago, so they established the pantheon of gods? But in the past 1000 years, there has been no understanding of how to fight the doomsday. Progress, so Lord Offregen is anxious and wants to take risks?"

"Ah."

"What exactly do they want to do? I heard Ferrers say it is a ritual. What ritual can solve the problem at hand?"

"A disguised soothing ritual that can use our power to spread the effect throughout the twisted void."

"Huh? Are you just going to sing a lullaby to the God of Creation?" Shuer said with a confused look on his face, "Do you want to pat him on the quilt by the way?"

"Sure, don't be sarcastic. After all, they have proposed a method. We can object and question it, but we cannot laugh at their hard work."

"Sorry, I was wrong." With a smile on his face, Xiuer nodded seriously. Indeed, what he said was a bit too much, "Think about it carefully, since the root of the problem lies in the awakening of the Creator God, then solve it directly Source, let him continue to sleep, although it sounds whimsical, but maybe it is really feasible, well, what will happen if it succeeds?"

"Although the situation will not get better, at least it can maintain the status quo and not worsen. Moreover, it will last for a long time. We can use this time to find a better way."

"Then I don't understand why Anika and Wendy would object to it? And according to my observation, you don't agree either."

"Two reasons. The first is that the scope of the alarm is too large. If you want to hold a ceremony, at least two-thirds of the gods must join in, more than [-] high-level believers must invest, and the full support of all the nations in the world. Like doing At this point, the truth must be disclosed, at least to the leaders of the mortal forces. Oh, mortals have no secrets. It won’t take long before all the intelligent creatures in Parvatiga will know the truth. By then, the ritual will be successful. Fortunately, if it fails, I’m afraid mortals won’t have to worry about the end of the world.”

Yes, Shuer can already think of the unsuccessful outcome of the ceremony after the truth is made public. Panic, riots, turmoil, disintegration, followed by the collapse of order and cannibalism. In fact, this itself is the end of the world. A man-made doomsday.

"The second reason is that there is no guarantee of success?"

"Not only is there no guarantee of success, but it is impossible to predict whether the result will be good or bad. No one can be sure whether it will have counter-effects. If it is true that acting rashly has accelerated the awakening of the God of Creation, then not only will the gods He is the sinner of Parvatiga, and he is also the sinner of all worlds in the twisted void."

"A difficult choice." Shuer sighed, "No wonder the two adults are opposed to it."

"That's just my judgment."

"You haven't communicated with them?"

"No."

"Uh, that's right." Xiure smiled bitterly. This is your style. "Fortunately, it seems that at least I didn't do bad things with good intentions during this trip."

"Well, I know all about your hard work during this time, and I really feel the increase in the power of faith. I am very satisfied."

"Really?" Shuer was not frightened by the praise of the gods like other priests. Instead, he asked with a strange smile, "Since the goddess is satisfied, can you grant me a wish?"

"Huh?" Luna tilted her head humanely.

"Can you let me..." Xiu Er suddenly became serious, "Look at your back."

"Xuer, you have overstepped your bounds." Luna's voice instantly became extremely cold, as if she was holding back her anger, "Did my tolerance of you in the past few years make you forget how to maintain reverence for the gods? If you If you forget, I don’t mind helping you remember it.”

"It's useless for you to scold me. Even if God punishes you, I will insist on my request. Even if you kick me out, when I pray in the future, I will repeat my request until you let me see it." Unable to see the other party's face clearly, Xiul still stared at Luna and said, "I have been thinking about a question since the day the light of destruction broke out, why."

"You said that every 1000 years or so, the light of destruction in the void will visit Parvatija once. Why has it never happened before that the light of destruction was almost close to your eyes before being driven away by you? Why did it happen so often? This time there was an almost accident, not the last time 700 years ago, nor the last time 200 years ago?”

"After that, I carefully searched the records in the church documents in my mind. Although your church was in recession in the past, it was not in such a state of decline. At that time, you would sometimes come during ceremonies, and occasionally meet with you. Contact with other gods. Since one thousand and two hundred years ago, you have become reclusive, interacting with the outside world less and less, and your contact with other gods has become less and less. In the last 200 years, you have not come once. Not only is the church in danger, you even ignored Lady Diana, causing her to break up with you in anger."

"Actually, I have been thinking about what happened in 200 years ago to make you change. It wasn't until I learned about the accident of the Light of Destruction a few days ago that I suddenly connected all the clues."

Shuer suddenly stood up and knelt on one knee in front of Luna. Although he lowered his head, his voice was particularly loud: "Please let me see behind you, my Lord. This is the purpose of my request to see you today, world." I don’t care what will happen to you, and I don’t care about Parvatija’s future either. Now, let me see your back, that’s the only thing I care about.”

"Alas." With a long sigh, a hand that seemed real and unreal gently patted Shuer's shoulder, and the goddess' voice was somewhat helpless, "Since you have guessed everything, then just watch."

Xiu Er raised his head and found that the dark moon in the sky was moving. No, it was not the dark moon moving. The dark moon always remained stationary. It was the room he was in that was moving slowly.

The angle slowly changed until Xiure could finally see the patch of sky that had always been obscured by the dark moon.

In an instant, Xiuer's face turned livid.

A long crack opened in the sky, like a big mouth, issuing silent ridicule.

The great rift in the void.

　Originally there were no last two sentences, but after repeated consideration, for the sake of my own life safety and for the sake of preventing the abnormal development of the country's light industrial production, I finally added them. However, it seems that adding them is not much better, right? Um.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)