Chapter 426 Creating a New Stage
The fruits of human civilization have been plucked.
Kuzuya Hirotaka successfully transformed into the Man of Origin.
He had short platinum hair and radiated a sacred glow. He was wearing silver-white armor like a general, and a wide, huge white cloak gently draped to the ground.
The next moment, Sagara appeared beside them. He was dressed in ancient clothes and opened his arms in a welcoming manner. He said in a loud voice with emotion: "You finally appeared, the man of origin!"
But Kuzuya Hirota just stood there in a daze, and it took a long time before he turned to look at Sagara.
Sagara smiled brightly, "No matter what race or civilization it is, after a period of great prosperity, it will be destroyed and give way to the next generation. Elimination, destruction and rebirth from evolution, this is the fate given to all life!"
"Fate... well..."
Kuzuya Hirota lowered his eyes and murmured in an ambiguous manner, then suddenly looked at Kawahara not far away.
At this moment, Sagara continued: "Now that you have the power to change the world, how do you, as new humans, want to end this world?"
After he finished saying this, Wudao Guihu looked at Kuzuya Kota nervously and expectantly. Bai Ya also couldn't help but look at them. Even Wudao Mitsumi, who had been expelled by Bai Ya before, was watching this side.
After staring at Kawahara for a while, Kuzuba Kota looked away and looked at Sagara again, his left eye, which was stained dark red, flickering slightly.
"I won't sacrifice the world."
"what?"
Xiangliang was stunned when he heard this, and then he smiled and said: "Don't be so naive, as long as you use the old world as a sacrifice, you can have a new future!"
After eating the golden fruit, Kuzuya Kota became another type of alien from the underworld of Helheim.
Therefore, with the existence of the Man of Origin as an anchor, Helheim can no longer be eradicated from the earth.
After all, the golden fruit is condensed from the power of civilization, so rebuilding a new civilization on the old civilization can also maximize the power of the Man of Origin.
This is also the reason why Bai Ya chose to rebuild the "Hegemonic Alien" civilization and allow the old ethnic groups to evolve into new aliens. Only in this way can more people survive the erosion of the underworld of Helheim.
However, no matter how much Bai Ya does, he cannot prevent a "world with only the strong" from collapsing in endless disputes.
So at this moment...
Faced with the same fate, how will the man at the origin of human civilization choose?
Kuzuya Kota slightly raised the corners of his lips, his pair of eyes, one red and one black, emitting golden light. He looked up at the gray foggy sky of the underworld of Helheim that remained unchanged all year round.
"If there is no future here, then look for it somewhere else. As long as you don't give up, there will always be a way!"
These words seemed to confirm what he had promised Takatora Wudao before. The latter was slightly stunned and stared at Kota Kuzuba.
And his voice full of faith continues to ring out.
"At the end of this universe, there is a place that no one knows about and that means nothing. If there is no future here, then I will create a new future from scratch!"
As his words fell, the entire Helheim Forest began to shake slightly.
A crack leading to Sawame City opened above everyone's heads, and they flew upwards uncontrollably. Everyone also understood at this moment what Ge Ye Hongtai wanted to do.
He actually chose... to leave the earth!
Takatora Wudao's choice was to perish along with the entire Helheim, including the transformed aliens in the forest.
However, Kuzuya Kota led these alien monsters to leave the earth and open up a new future that truly belonged to the "aliens". He did not choose to give up on any of the aliens born from the forest or those transformed from humans.
A smile appeared on Kuzuya Kota's face: "Instead of destroying this world and then ruling it, it is better to create a new world directly. That is our stage!"
Sagara looked at him in a daze. "But from nothing to something, do you know how difficult that is? That place is a desert where even life doesn't exist. Can you really survive?"
"The world will be rebuilt as I wish. As long as I have the power left, I will never give up!" Ge Ye Hongtai was quite determined.
"Kuzou Ye..."
Wu Daoguihu, who was floating in the air, was looking at him.
Kuzuya Kota looked up at him again and smiled, "Don't worry, I'm not alone. No matter where we are, this belief can connect us together."
Takashi Mai curled her lips beside her: "Kota."
He will not be alone, because she will choose to face such a future with him.
Although in order to prevent Helm's underworld from affecting the earth, they may not have the opportunity to return to Sawame City in the future, things have come to this point, and the people in Sawame City have already undergone earth-shaking changes.
But they have no regrets making this choice.
He was forced to fly into the crack in the air, and watching the two of them moving farther and farther away, Wu Dao Guang Shi couldn't help but shout out in shock.
"Brother Kota... Sister Xiaowu!"
A strong suction force came from the crack, and under Kuzuya Kota's final smile, everyone who was about to say something entered it in an instant.
Then the rift closed, and the changing underworld of Helheim became increasingly turbulent because Kota Kuzuya was causing forests around the world to move towards the depths of the universe.
"Although this is an ending I never expected..."
Sagara also showed a happy smile at this time: "However, the decision is in your hands."
He seemed to have returned to his nonchalant look from the beginning. He turned around and left leisurely, opening his arms and expressing his feelings as if singing a song.
"In that case - prosper! Let the civilization born from your hands fill the earth again! Hahahaha -"
Finally, his figure turned into a particle of light and dissipated.
The snake saw an ending it had never seen before.
This also gave him an unexpected pleasure.
Kuzuya Hirota watched Sagara's disappearing figure with complicated eyes. Although he never understood whether Sagara was an enemy or a friend, the other party did provide him a lot of help in this trial.
The snake is nothing but a witness to fate, a hand on a ticking clock.
……
Everyone left.
But Kawahara felt that Kuzuya Hirota had forgotten him.
“No—”
Kuzuba Kota turned and walked towards Kawahara who was leaning against the tree trunk in a daze, solemnly extended his hand to him and said with a smile: "Mr. Kawahara, I would like to invite you to witness a new beginning with me!"
Kawahara turned his head away: "I refuse."
Ge Yehongtai: "..."
Ge Yehongtai withdrew his hand awkwardly and scratched his head helplessly. At this time, Bai Ya walked towards them.
"You are braver and stronger than me, human, to be able to make such a desperate choice..." Bai Ya stared at him.
"Perhaps Sagara is right. The evolution of civilization will always be accompanied by the destruction of the old world. But I can't sacrifice everything I cherish on Earth, so I can only choose to create a new future by myself! - Are you willing to help me?"
Kuzuya Kota invited Bai Ya again.
Bai Ya turned his head to look at the dark forest where he had lived for who knows how long, and looked at the gray sky, and then an unclear voice slowly sounded.
“I’m not interested in my future.”
"……Uh?"
Kuzuya Hirota looked at him in a daze.
But Bai Ya then turned back and said: "However, I will bless you, and I hope to see the day when you make this forest shine. The civilization of the overlord aliens will be handed over to you."
There are still some alien overlords who were transformed from Fimsim and scattered throughout the underworld of Helheim. Although Bai Ya no longer has any faith, if there is hope, he does not want to see the civilization of Fimsim disappear completely.
Hearing these words that sounded like an entrustment, Kuzuya Kota couldn't help but straighten his attitude and become serious.
Then Kawahara next to them interrupted their conversation: "Ah, I forgot, I still need to help you revive your princess."
Hearing this, Bai Ya was slightly startled. He turned his head sharply to look at Kawahara, and instantly changed his previous decadent state of being half dead, and even rushed forward with a bit of urgency.
"Are you...still willing to save the princess?!"
Bai Ya originally thought that after he broke the agreement between him and Kawahara without authorization, the other party would definitely not fulfill his promise.
I never thought I could regain hope!
Kawahara glanced at him indifferently, then immediately started walking towards the palace ruins built against the mountain. Seeing this, Bai Ya hurriedly followed him.
The sarcophagus containing the princess was placed next to the throne in the ruins. Kawahara simply raised his hand and opened the coffin lid, staring at the figure covered with a white veil lying quietly inside.
"Your consciousness is still there," he suddenly said.
"……what?"
Bai Ya, who was following behind, didn't understand what was happening for a moment. The next moment, a group of ice-blue light particles emerged from the sarcophagus.
【Thank you……】
A gentle and soft voice sounded softly.
"princess?!"
Hearing the voice, Bai Ya rushed forward excitedly and knelt directly in front of the sarcophagus. He wanted to touch the light but did not dare to reach out his hand.
He will never forget the voice of his lover.
It turned out that the phantom princess' voice that sounded in his mind at that time was real!
Kawahara crossed his arms and said, "Did my power at that time wake you up?"
【Yes. 】
After all, Bai Ya can be regarded as the origin man of the birth of the previous civilization, so the person chosen by him can naturally become the origin woman.
The princess is the origin daughter of the Fimsim civilization.
As long as the civilization that supported their birth still exists, then these beings that have evolved into "gods" are basically immortal.
Even though the princess died physically, her soul did not actually leave the world, it was just that she could no longer return to the human world.
Just like in the original track, Takashi Mai was killed by Sengoku Ryoma, but her consciousness still became the Daughter of Origin, and traveled through time to witness different parallel worlds.
The princess probably also has the same form.
However, Bai Ya, whom she had high hopes for, almost led the Fimsim civilization to destruction, so the princess's consciousness became weaker and weaker.
Although the power that Kawahara experimentally injected that day failed to directly revive the princess, it unexpectedly allowed her to regain some consciousness.
So Bai Ya's sudden impulse to hand over the golden fruit...
What do you mean he seemed to have dreamed about the princess? Kawahara didn't believe it. It must be that this woman discovered what Bai Ya was doing and intervened!
Kawahara suddenly sneered: "Since your consciousness has always existed, then you should also know the agreement between Luo Xiu'ao and me. By doing this, have you given up on resurrecting yourself?
Bai Ya reacted quickly after hearing this.
The princess remained silent for a while before speaking again.
[Both me and Luo Xiu'ao have done everything we can, but the Fimsim civilization is still heading towards destruction.]
[Then at least, I hope that those children...humans can have a future different from ours.
【That's all.】
Compared to Bai Ya's idea of dragging human civilization to destruction if he can't do it himself, the princess truly wants everything to develop in a good direction.
Because they are all lives that rise and fall in fate.
Whether it is Fimsim or human.
"Princess, I...I'm sorry."
Bai Ya gently leaned over the sarcophagus, and his fingertips carefully traced the figure covered by white gauze.
[Don't blame yourself, Luo Xiu'ao, you have worked hard all along. ]
Kawahara glanced at them, pulled a Heim fruit from the vines in the palace, and then the fruit turned into a black apple in his hand.
Although the properties of the Bad Apple Lock Seed seem to have changed, his connection with Helheim has not changed much.
Kawahara walked over and said to Baiya, "You have seen what Zangetsu looked like before. If you think your princess can withstand the erosion of darkness, then give it to her."
Bai Ya turned around and looked at the dark fruit that Kawahara handed over. After hesitating for a moment, he reached out firmly to take it.
Although the princess might lose control in the darkness, there was no other way. He couldn't dare to try without even a little hope.
But at this moment, Kuzuya Kota's voice suddenly sounded.
"Well...let me try it first?"
So they both paused and looked over.
Kuzunoya Kota walked closer and looked at the black apple in Kawahara's hand suggestively. Seeing this, Kawahara handed it to him directly.
Although he has become a god, Kuzuya Kota probably doesn't have any skills to reverse life and death. Even if he can really do it, it will probably cost a huge price.
After Kuzuya Kota took the black apple, golden light flashed in his eyes, and then dense Heim underworld plants covered the fruit.
Kawahara's expression changed strangely.
Because he felt his power shifting.
Until the power became completely unfamiliar, the Heim underworld plants faded away, and a healthy-looking golden apple appeared in Kota Kuzuba's hand.
Then Kawahara's look was totally wrong.
Kuzuya Hirota smiled happily and handed the apple to Bai Ya: "This way you won't be affected! Kawahara's power should be able to replenish the vitality the princess needs, go and try it!"
Bai Ya looked at him with some surprise, nodded and thanked him, then immediately took the golden apple and walked towards the sarcophagus.
As if performing a sacred ritual, Bai Ya half-knelt and placed the apple on the princess' body. However, in an instant, the apple turned into a dazzling white light and sank into the princess' waist and abdomen.
Then, the light covered the entire sarcophagus.
Bai Ya stared at the scene in front of him with a tense expression until the blooming light gradually faded, and in front of him stood a woman wearing a white dress, ancient costume, and with light golden curly hair.
The woman opened her eyes, and her left pupil was dark red, just like the state when Takashi Mai became the Daughter of Origin.
She then looked down at her current appearance.
Given a human form...
"princess……?"
Bai Ya's trembling voice sounded beside her. The woman turned her head to look, and then a gentle smile appeared on her beautiful face.
"Luo Xiu'ao, it's me."
Without being infected by the ultimate dark power, the person he loved most came back to life and stood in front of him as gently as before.
Bai Ya couldn't contain his excitement and hugged her in his arms. The princess also stretched out her arms to hug her back, then glanced sideways and nodded to the people standing outside to express her gratitude.
Watching this scene, Kuzuba Hirota grinned extremely brightly, until he inadvertently turned his head and saw Kawahara.
Then he encountered the latter's dark gaze.
Kuzuya Kota's smile suddenly froze: "..."
Kawahara, however, smiled gently, then with a strength that left him no room for argument, he raised his hand and placed it on Kuzuba Kota's shoulder.
"Well then, Kuzuha Hirotaka—"
Kawahara stared at him sinisterly: "You are really amazing. Now, shouldn't we settle the matter between us?"
...(End of chapter)