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"you……"
Latis clenched his fists, and before he could finish speaking, he heard Mumu and the others curse in unison.
"You fucking..."
"How dare you!" Meownubis snorted, forcefully patted its chest armor, and shouted:
"This is our master, meow!"
"Ouch!" Wandefer pulled out a hair from his beard with a forceful tug, clicking his tongue in amazement.
"So you really are Anubis? How did you become like this? You used to look down on everyone!"
"Meow!"
MeowNubis suddenly raised its round face, widened its nose, and glared at him through its nostrils.
Mu Mu slapped her face, remained silent for a few seconds, and then sighed:
"Alright, alright, Vandev, tell us about the changes over the past few decades."
Wandefer laughed heartily, stepped aside from the doorway, and said:
"I've been waiting for you for so long! If you don't tell me soon, I'll be buried!"
……
After a series of amusing self-introductions, you sat down around a tea table.
You discover that although this wooden cabin looks small from the outside, the interior space is surprisingly spacious. Master Wandefer seems to have hollowed out an entire rock stratum, transforming it into a multi-functional space that combines a workshop, bedroom, gym, hot spring, and collection display area.
[Mumu briefly explained their situation, and Master Wandefu suddenly realized, saying, "No wonder such a drastic change occurred afterward, and I haven't received any news from you. That's why, to prevent myself, as the last remaining survivor, from following in your footsteps, I've been guarding this place."]
Looking at this huge room, you really wanted to complain that he was living too comfortably and didn't want to go back, but then you saw his gray beard and changed your mind.
"Oh, right, actually I met two people along the way. They claimed to be from outside the boundary wall, called something like 'Endless Dimension Travel Agency,' and wanted to make a deal with me..." Wandefer plucked off his beard, revealing his wrinkled chin, and said, "Back then I was young, and to gain an advantage in negotiations, I put on this beard. Little did I know that once I put it on, it would last for decades..."
You glanced silently at the fake beard, struggling to suppress your urge to make a sarcastic remark, because another word piqued your curiosity: "Endless Dimensional Travel Agency?"
[Wander nodded and said, "They came all this way, saying they wanted to collect local specialties from various planes to resell. I thought about it and gave them the sterilization suits I made. Hehe, although from what I've observed, the blocky beings no longer need sterilization suits, my skills are still improving..."]
Several thoughts raced through your mind, and for some reason, you felt as if a dimensional barrier had been broken. To further your understanding of the Endless Dimension Travel Agency, you continued, "Besides purchasing local specialties, what else did they do?"
"I'm not sure about that," Wandefer said, showing a collection container in the corner of the room. "They just gave me one of these things, saying it could be used to remotely collect goods and pay rewards, but I don't need the so-called dimensional currency, so they haven't supplied much... Oh, right, they also set up some kind of device array on the continent, I don't know if they've used it..."
[Your mind raced with a jumble of thoughts as you watched Master Wandefer begin upgrading Mumu and the others' equipment, and you fell into deep thought.]
After resting, your group rushed straight to the end of the rock strata. Looking at the increasingly clear, murky barrier as you approached, you finally understood what the boundary wall was.
Based on your initial observations, the boundary wall is somewhat like an invisible wall; it's completely invisible until you get close, at which point it reveals a membrane-like sheen. Through the boundary wall, you can vaguely see some planets, but you can't be sure if they are connected to the scene inside the boundary wall.
[While you were still observing, a foot suddenly stepped in from outside the boundary. Before you could even appreciate the slender, white-tinged-with-pink sole, Mu Mu and the others took out a simple magic book and began frantically pouring magic into it.]
[You were thrown far away by Meownubis, observing the protracted battle from afar. After a long while, you suddenly frowned. Although you had never felt power beyond the legendary level, you were certain that the so-called gods did not give you that kind of oppressive feeling from a different level.]
What exactly is going on? You look at the god, who's being relentlessly attacked and losing equipment with an indifferent expression, and something seems off.
Finally, after several days of fierce fighting, the god collapsed. Protected by Meownubis, you approached the god, watching its corpse gradually turn to ash. Your gaze froze; you noticed the dissipating magical runes. Immediately, you said to Mumu and the others, who were already pondering how to thank you, "No, that's not right."
Amidst their bewildered gazes, you approached the boundary wall, reached out and touched it. A surge of divine power violently knocked you to the ground. Wiping away the blood you coughed up from the impact, you stated with certainty, "I sense a focused, maintained spell. The god's seal on the boundary wall remains; the god is not dead."
"But I can sense a force of law gradually dissipating..." Mu Mu said hesitantly, "...the magic is returning to the earth..."
"Could it be... that the laws governing the blocky people have disappeared?" You paused, then stroked your chin and suggested, "Perhaps the answer lies on land. Let's go back!"
Mu Mu glanced at Can Can, who was carrying the drowsy Chong Chong on her back, her gaze gradually hardening, and said, "We'll listen to you!"
……
"Moo!"
Api glanced at the little wheat left in his hand and killed the last cow.
"We're out of ammunition and supplies." Old Deer sighed, holding his bow and arrows. "We've long since run out of arrows. With just two diamond swords, we can't kill the nine dragons."
"We're already pretty good at cutting down two of them to the point of near death."
Api nodded reassuringly, then looked at the dark sky outside the mine and remained silent for a moment before saying:
"I'll go get reinforcements."
"Huh?" Old Deer was stunned for a moment, then asked in confusion, "Where are the reinforcements coming from? There's nothing here!"
"Anyway, wait for me for a while and don't run around."
Api threw out the last of his bread, and then, to the old deer's horrified gaze, jumped out of the mine, rushed to the edge of the End, and leaped off.
He felt his blood drain away instantly and muttered to himself:
"I'll be back soon..."
Immediately, his body disintegrated and disappeared into the void.
……
"Hey!"
Old Deer couldn't help but curse a few times under her breath. She took a few deep breaths, walked back to the mine, and picked up the bread from the ground.
Suddenly, she took out the glowing Eye of Ender and shouted:
"What you said before, was it true or false?!"
She gazed at the Ender Eye, its light shifting and changing, and remained silent for a moment as if listening to it speak.
"Don't tell me you're the Ender Dragon. I'm Her Majesty the Queen! I need to know what you're really capable of!"
"You can grant me great power and the ability to learn magic? No, that's not what I'm asking about. I'm talking about my companion! I don't know where he is, but if he comes back, I need to be able to protect him!"
"Okay? If that's okay, then... What do I need to do for you? What's the price?"
"...Face the gods?!"
Chapter 129 Let's choose to be born.
Tuk-tuk-tuk...
The woodpecker pecked hard on Api's forehead, gently awakening his slumbering mind.
"Something is hitting my head..."
Api subconsciously waved his hand to shoo away the woodpecker on his forehead, then opened his eyes.
"The sunlight is so blinding... Huh?"
He stared at his outstretched hand, which he was using to shield himself from the sun, and suddenly froze.
Suppressing the turbulent emotions within him, Api took a deep breath and jumped down from the tree branch.
Due to inertia, his knees bent, and he instinctively clutched his head, rolling over on the ground.
"I'm super!"
Seeing the long branches that had finally taken shape and were scattered all over the ground, Api couldn't contain his excitement. He picked one up, jumped up, and waved it wildly in the air for a few minutes.
"That's fucking awesome!"
He couldn't help but swear, then came to his senses, looked around to make sure no one was there, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Where is this? It looks a bit like my hometown... Oh my god, great-grandfather?!"
Appi stared blankly at the old man leaping around on the roof, brandishing a giant sword, and rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
"Whoosh! It feels so good to hold the greatsword hilt again!"
A hoarse roar came from afar. Api was silent for two seconds, and suddenly felt a kind of awkward feeling of returning home.
……
Back on land, you stared in stunned disbelief at the completely transformed royal city. Although you had expected it, the sight of it all unfolding before your eyes was still incredibly impactful.
For the elderly who have memories of the pre-block era, these changes bring tears to their eyes; but for the young people born in the block-based era, it all feels so foreign, as if they have switched places with the old folks and are now out of step with the times.
You watch the young people taking their first steps on the street and can't help but chuckle. This era has so much for them to learn! Not to mention that making props is no longer something that can be done with just a workbench; just learning how to bake bread to feed themselves will take them quite a while! But I heard that Pallas has been intensively teaching these skills for the past week, so their adaptation speed shouldn't be too slow.
Suddenly, a cry rang out. You paused, looked at the girl holding the body of a deceased old man in front of a house, hesitated for a moment, then walked over and handed her a handkerchief.
Seeing her bewilderment at death and even at crying, you scratched your head, knelt down, and personally wiped her tears with a handkerchief. You then placed the handkerchief in her hand, stood up, smiled, stroked her head, and whispered, "You still have so much to learn!"
As you stroll through the city streets, watching human society gradually give birth to new life from the deaths of the past, you suddenly understand Pallas's words: "Without birth, aging, sickness, and death, life would be meaningless."
Perhaps your state of mind is different from the people here, but this reminds you of the moments you shared with the half-elf in those simulated memories. Perhaps it is precisely because your own life is short that you cherish these genuine feelings even more.
Do you believe that if someone said, "You make it sound simple, but you don't consider how hurtful it will be when we part ways in the future?", you would definitely retort fiercely. Nothing in this world is perfect forever, so does that mean you have to be a coward for life?
【That's impossible! You think to yourself, even if you were to travel through this vast universe, you would never change. Although you might sometimes be unable to salvage your masculine virtues, those virtues are merely necessary sacrifices. You may wander for half your life, but upon your return, you will still be the Abstract King, and even this vast universe has no right to bestow honors upon you.】
With these strange thoughts in mind, you arrived at Pallas's palace. Although it hadn't been long since you last saw her, you had a feeling that more battles awaited you, so you decided to come and say goodbye beforehand.
"Little Queen, are you there? Are you there? Are you there? Are you there?"
Latis knocked on the door but received no response for a long time. He scratched his head and simply climbed over the wall into the palace. Since he had just returned from his cube-like state, the doors and windows were unlocked, and he easily climbed over.
"That's strange, where did they go?"
He walked into a room that resembled an office, glanced at the piles of documents on the desk, gasped, and felt a throbbing pain in his forehead. He quickly left the room, muttering to himself:
"This house is destined to be unsuitable for me; I'm just born to be at odds with official duties..."
Unable to find anyone, Latis simply swaggered around the palace, cut a piece of cake from the dining room, walked past the abandoned tea room and music room, and finally arrived at a place that looked like a bedroom.
He scratched his head and very directly pushed the door open and entered.
"Who is it?...Ah!"
A crackling sound came from the inner room. Latis paused for a moment, then stuffed the cake in his hand into his mouth and quickly ran to the source of the sound.
Inside the open door of the changing room, a small ladder lay overturned amidst a mountain of clothes. From the mess of garments, a small hand emerged, followed by a chestnut-haired head that mumbled in fear:
"That was close, I almost thought I was going to die..."
Latis stared wide-eyed, completely unaware that the cake in his mouth had fallen to the ground. He watched as Pallas, who looked exactly like a little girl, struggled to climb out of the hill. The straps of her cute tank top dangled from her arms, and her chestnut-brown hair partially obscured her perfectly flat chest...
"Ah, Mr. Latis, it's you!" Pallas, completely unaware that his clothes had slipped down, waved and shouted loudly.
"Could you please get that dress on top of the table for me? Thank you!"