Durin's Diary

Chapter 1010 Suspended Brother Shu

Dulin led Anta to the main road, where people were bustling about, and there was nothing strange about it.

Anta looked at the avenue with some curiosity: "I seem to have noticed something different."

"Oh right, I forgot someone." Dulin said as he opened a portal and took out Alyssa.

Dulin's little fawn blinked her big eyes and quickly noticed the difference: "Time is overlapping! What's going on! It's too dangerous here, Dulin, we have to leave immediately..."

She reached out and grabbed Dulin's hand, then was struck by the unusual feel of his hand.

She turned to look at Dulin, only to see Dulin reduced to bones.

The next second, the world looked completely different.

The hustle and bustle of the streets is gone, the buildings are gone, and the palace with its vermilion walls and green tiles is gone.

This land has turned into a desert world, and not only Dulin, but also Anta and Elisa have turned into undead.

Don't be afraid, I'm just here to show you what this main world looks like after it's been destroyed.

Dulin offered this words of comfort.

Ah, isn't this our ecosystem?

Alyssa looked around, the azure soul fire in her eye sockets churning.

Soon, she saw a monument not far away.

What is that?

That was the greatest tombstone that ordinary people of that era could build for themselves. They spent a hundred years, with the sacrifice of countless people, at the cost of each other's flesh and blood and the well-being of their descendants, to forge the dawn of a new era.

Dulin led Anta and Alyssa to the long monument eroded by the dust of time.

In the wind and sand, the granite spire has disappeared, and the once flawless white marble railings are now covered with all sorts of twisted plants.

The carvings on the granite base facing Dulin have long been eroded by wind, sand and acid rain. From the spiderweb-like cracks at the bottom of the granite base, a twisted plant emerges, its suckers clinging to the monument and climbing upwards.

Both Anta and Alyssa recognized the long Tang characters on it.

The people's heroes will live forever.

The base was filled with all sorts of objects.

There were countless soldiers' nameplates, strung together with blood-stained thin rope, like strings of coins.

There were broken swords, cracked guns, and helmets with holes.

Dulin conjured a flower and placed it in front of the monument.

·This is……

This is a flower offered by someone who came after, upon witnessing this great legend, to all those who sacrificed their lives.

After Dulin finished speaking, he picked up the nameplates and looked at the names on them.

These people, whose year and place of sacrifice are unknown, simply made the most suitable choice for others at the right time. In the long river of my history, they gave the citizens the opportunity to escape south through their sacrifice. There are countless such stories in history, too many to count, too many to have long been swallowed up by time.

At this point, Dulin cast a spell to wipe the bloodstains off the nameplates and then gently placed them on the ground.

• So many, does each plaque represent a sacrifice?

"That's what Anta asked."

Yes, they are not all of them, because their owners died fighting against Chaos, and many people didn't even leave behind such a plaque.

Dulin gazed at the long monument before him—it was repairing itself, as if at this moment it finally understood that the three souls who had come before it were its own. "Dulin, was it because of these people that you made that choice?"

"That's what Alyssa asked."

Dulin nodded in agreement.

Yes, I know that for many people, this seems silly, even ridiculous, but I don't think there's anything wrong with it. There are too many injustices in my time, but compared to those times that need nameless heroes even more, like the times we live in now, it's already much better... But look at all these people, so many of them die so that others can live, without even knowing if their sacrifice will truly allow civilization to continue... I just don't want their efforts to be in vain. I don't want to be unable to answer when they ask me if their sacrifice was worthwhile when I go to hell one day.

As Dulin finished speaking, he sat down on the ground. At that moment, countless spirits sat or stood on either side of Dulin, smiling as they placed their hands on his shoulders.

They didn't speak, but it was as if they had given Dulin the answer.

Alyssa covered her mouth, while Anta shook her head.

Dulin, you said that every era requires people of that era to make sacrifices, and no one can gain without effort.

Yes, but those children have no power to resist all of this. Think of the children who were trafficked, think of the children with purple eyes who were placed on the altar. We adults can resist, but the children can do nothing. We must learn to help them resist all the sins in this world and use our own hands to solve all the evils they cannot defeat.

Anta finally sat down next to Dulin in silence, and hugged him. "I understand you, Dulin. Don't worry, I will wait for you until the day you come to take me away."

Du Lin nodded.

And what about me?

"Alyssa asked softly."

Dulin looked at her.

You are a sage, your destiny is bound to this land, you are mine, as always, and as always.

At that moment, Alyssa smiled happily.

She held out her hand.

Dulin extended his hand.

His fawn pulled him to his feet: "Let's go, let's go home. You go and fulfill your responsibilities. We will guard our home until one day you come to pick me up too."

She said so.

"Hmm, you're such a greedy little devil," Dulin laughed.

At this moment, they returned to Changtang. The streets were bustling with pedestrians, and no one noticed the three short men standing by the roadside who had come and gone.

Dulin told Anta and Alyssa his plans. Hearing that Dulin also had a fiefdom in Changtang, Alyssa chose to believe Dulin without hesitation.

“Then let’s live here in Changtang. I believe Elaine and the others will come too.” Xiaolu was very confident about this.

“I’m a little worried about Tanya and Yara.” Anta had some doubts about this.

“Everyone can make the choice that is in their own best interest, whether to stay or leave. I give them the freedom.” Dulin had no regrets about this—once he left, they would not be able to meet again until the end of their lives.

This is too cruel.

Like Lina, she lived for hundreds of years.

Dulin felt he couldn't force every girl, but he would give them the right to choose.

Aside from Alyssa—as a sage, when they became sages, their existence was already completely bound to this great land. When the evil gods were still around, they would always worry about being corrupted by them. Now that the evil gods have been destroyed, they will be reincarnated on this land for eternity.

Even if it's just an incomplete ecosystem.

But at least, this is a land of hope.

(End of this chapter)