Survival in the game world starts with Resident Evil 2

Chapter 657 The Birth of a New God

The battle is over.

The body of the Elden Beast began to disintegrate from the inside out, starting with the golden veins within its body, and eventually turned into smoke and dissipated.

After He disappeared, the sea-like area under the starlight collapsed and dissipated. Light flashed before everyone's eyes, and the surrounding scenery turned back into the original floating island in the void.

Li You immediately looked at his companions. Everyone was safe and sound, including Yuzu, who had already turned back into human form, but her aura had been significantly weakened.

"Everyone has worked hard." Li You said to his companions, especially patting Youzi on the shoulder, "You go back and have a good rest." He then opened the portal and temporarily sent Youzi back to the companion space.

Even without mentioning Yuzu, everyone else looked dusty after a fierce battle, and even Millicent was exhausted. But Melina, who participated in the battle as a soul, didn't care about resting at this time, but looked towards the center of the floating island.

Li You naturally knew what she was looking at. After thinking for a while, he said, "How about... you go back and take a rest?"

But Melina just shook her head, walked past Li You and walked forward.

At this moment, there was nothing else on the floating island except a broken stone statue, standing quietly in the center of the floating island.

The stone statue barely maintained its human form, in the posture of a kneeling female, with its remaining right arm still forced to rise, and its body also badly broken.

The head of the statue fell to the ground, with only half of the face left. The originally long golden hair now barely covered the broken neck.

Melina came to the head half-buried in the soil, squatted down gently, and stared at it in a trance. It's not that she didn't want to touch it, but in her soul state, she couldn't touch the body of the god at all. Even if she stretched out her hand, it would only be bounced away by the invisible force.

Melina was momentarily distracted.

At this moment, a pair of hands reached out from the side, gently lifted up the head, and brushed away the dust on the face. Li You carefully held the head in front of him, looked at it, and then sighed slightly.

Unfortunately, even with his current means, he cannot save this person.

Needless to say, this head and the stone statue in front of us are the former Queen Marika, the mother of Melina, Millicent, and a group of demigods, and the god who founded the Golden Dynasty and was supposed to be immortal.

But now, Li You can hardly feel any trace of the existence of the soul in this body, only a tiny fluctuation left by the remnant soul - this does not mean that "He" is still alive, but rather it is evidence that his soul has dissipated.

Li You could see this at a glance, and Melina, who had existed in the soul state for so long, naturally would understand it. And it was obvious that this realization made her even more uncomfortable.

Kara and Millicent also came to them at this time. Looking at the broken head in Li You's hand, they all understood the current situation.

Millicent's expression was also not very good. In fact, for all the demigods, they may not have a particularly deep relationship with Queen Marica. People like Messermo, Melina, and the Mei brothers and sisters are actually special cases.

But Millicent's personality is different from Marlenia's. She knows that "Marika is her mother", so she will naturally feel sad when she sees Him become like this.

Li You also sighed. After going to the Shadow Land and having an in-depth conversation with Melina, he had a deeper understanding of Queen Marica's behavior. Although he did not agree with all of her actions, he still respected her determination.

Therefore, he actually wanted to put Queen Marika's head back on Her body. Although this was not a rule in the border area, he still hoped to allow this god to maintain her final dignity as much as possible.

But he couldn't do that. After all, once Queen Marika's head was put back, it would mean that a new era would begin - the gods at the border were the carriers of the law, which were the rules engraved in this world.

It was precisely because he wanted to break this rule that Li You chose Lani as the new god.

So at this moment, Li You held Queen Marika's head in one hand and took out a magic amulet in the other. It was a prop for communication and summoning, and it was the item he got before parting with Lani. As long as he crushed it, Lani would receive the message and teleport over with the help of his location - which corresponded to the summoning in the game.

However, Li You did not rush to crush the amulet. Instead, he looked at Melina and Millicent: "...Is there anything else you want to do?"

If Lani became the new god, Queen Marica's body would collapse and dissipate without her immortality, and she would no longer exist in this world. If the two still wanted to mourn, now was the only time.

Millicent looked at Melina. Although she felt sad, she didn't know what to say when it came to mourning. Melina was silent for a moment, then came to Li You, stretched out her hand towards Marika's head, and silently recited something. Looking at her expression, it seemed that she was mourning for her relatives, and also like she was praying to God.

As she silently chanted, a very faint golden light spot floated out from Marika's head and flew towards the void above her head. However, there was always golden light flying above this floating island, and even Li You couldn't tell where the flying light spot came from.

But Melina didn't care about these things, she just chanted and prayed silently. After a while, she ended this brief ceremony, nodded to Li You, and then looked at Kara: "...I am a little too tired, I need to rest for a while. If there is nothing else, don't call me."

Kara just nodded slightly. She and Melina have known each other for a long time, so she can naturally tell each other's mood. Melina said no more, and her body turned into a blue light and drifted away.

Then, Kara took a deep breath and turned to Li You: "Shall we start now?"

In addition to her and Millicent, Edge and V also came here and waited. Li You looked at Millicent, then raised the amulet in his hand and crushed it.

"Ding ~"

A crisp shattering sound was heard, and the amulet turned into a blue light spot in Li You's hand and scattered. After a moment, a miniature magic circle appeared on the ground in front of everyone. The magic patterns on it emitted light, outlining a figure wearing a snow-white magician's hat.

Lani emerged from the magic circle. She raised her head and looked at Li You and the others: "...The battle is over."

Although he didn't look specifically, Li You still discovered that Lani's body looked the same as before at first glance, but in fact there were some subtle differences in her face and body, as if it was not the same body.

"...The previous body was already overwhelmed, so I changed it." Lani noticed the subtle change in Li You's eyes and said in advance, "Are you interested in the puppet's body? Then I can give you the extra one, anyway, I won't need it later." Li You's mouth twitched. When Lani said this, he clearly felt two sharp eyes falling on his back, and quickly said: "I'm not interested in puppets... Let's get down to business."

"Okay." Lani didn't go into details, but nodded slightly. "Then, let's confirm the appearance of the new era. I have sorted out everything you told me before you came here, as well as the things I discussed with Millicent earlier."

This was really business. Li You and Millicent both looked serious and looked at Lani.

"First, about my laws." Lani began to talk and confirm, "My laws are the laws of the stars and the moon, the laws of the cold night. When I become a god, the rules of the world will change completely."

"I will abandon this land along with my laws, and the 'laws' will change from specific rules that constrain the operation of all things to the basis for the operation of all natural laws, rather than restricting them.

"The current chaotic situation where life and soul coexist with the law will no longer exist, death will be accepted, and the cycle of life and death will become a natural law.

“At the same time, when I become a god, I will treat everyone equally and expel the rules of the Golden Law and the power of the foreign gods that have infiltrated the border area.

"However, the power of all living beings in the borderland will be preserved. They will fight and survive. All the lives that survive on this land can still become heroes and kings, but there will no longer be 'gods' who make the rules... This is the new world you want, right?"

Lani looked at Li You and Millicent. The details she described were the final conclusions they reached after the three-party talks.

Just as Li You had worried before, if Lani really walked away with her own laws after becoming a god, what should be done with the border area?
To open a new era, the power of gods and kings is indispensable, and we can't let Lani run away directly after becoming a god. Among them, the power of gods is more critical, so we must make Lani willing to cooperate.

Fortunately, Lani was also very clear that without Li You, Millicent and others, she would never be able to ascend to the throne of god, and Li You’s request was not difficult for her to do - as long as she really became a god.

Both parties have the will and foundation to cooperate, so they finally reached this point. Now, all they need to do is let Lani ascend to the throne and change the law.

Li You and Millicent looked at each other, then nodded to Lani. What she said was actually a relatively general summary. As for more details, the three of them had already checked them one by one, so there was no need to elaborate at this time.

Without saying anything more, Lani stepped forward, stretched out her four hands, and took the head of Queen Marica from Li You. She then turned around, walked to the stone statue of Queen Marica's body, and gently raised the head.

Her power began to transform, and the remains of Queen Marika seemed to sense it, gradually starting to light up and then dissipating bit by bit into golden light.

And Ranie spoke in her usual low voice: "I swear here: All lives, all souls, will soon enter the Age of Stars - will follow the laws of the moon and begin a thousand-year journey."

As she chanted, the doll's body gradually changed, and a faint light seemed to emanate from its body.

At the same time, the floating island beneath everyone's feet and the surrounding void began to change again. The gray void gradually turned into a deep dark night, and the ground beneath their feet was flooded by cold water that gushed out from nowhere.

But Lani's oath was not over yet: "All living beings, in this cold and long night, think long and hard - what is fear, hesitation, loneliness? And what is going deep into darkness?"

At this time, the enveloping night became even deeper, but it was not completely dark, because the deep and distant starry sky began to emerge from the darkness, and the faint stars began to flicker faintly in the night sky.

Then, in front of Lani, a huge, cold, dark moon half submerged in the water emerged from the deepest darkness of the night, occupying everyone's vision.

That is the symbol of Ranie's law, and it is also the appearance of her law after it is embodied.

The remains of Queen Marika completely turned into light and dissipated at this moment. Above the cold dark moon, wisps of mist also flowed down and floated on the dark water.

Li You, who had traveled through many worlds, realized at this time that although they were still in a border area, the rules in the world had changed.

At this point, Lani's ascension ceremony was officially completed, and a new era was about to come.

Lani put down her hand and turned around. She looked at Li You, then at Millicent: "All preparations are complete. Come on, let's work together to restore the basic order of the border. As for the rest, it will be up to you."

Lani extended her hand to Millicent, and Millicent took a deep breath, but she was not nervous or at a loss. She had been preparing for this moment for a long time.

Millicent stepped forward and took Ranie's hand.

She is not going to leave with Lani as in the game's ending CG, but she is going to combine the power of God and the King to let the new law completely replace the old law.

As their hands touched, a strange roaring sound began to emanate from the inner space of the golden tree. A dazzling light enveloped the two of them from the void above!

At this time, except for the gods and the king, all the irrelevant people only felt a flash of white light before their eyes, and the scenery changed instantly. When they opened their eyes again, they had been teleported out of the inner space of the golden tree.

Obviously, everyone except Lani and Millicent, including Li You, are included in the list of "irrelevant persons".

The group appeared on the platform of Elden's throne. Before their eyes was the golden tree that was still burning... and the "King of the Beginning", Gefulei, who was waiting there.

Seeing Li You and his group teleported out, Ge Fulei was startled at first, then he immediately understood: "It seems... a new god has been born."

He turned his head to look at the burning golden tree. Although his expression did not change much, the emotions in his eyes were extremely complicated.

When he saw the crimson flames that had enveloped the entire golden tree completely extinguished in the blink of an eye, Ge Fulei closed his eyes deeply and said silently in his heart:
"...Goodbye, Marika."

(End of this chapter)