Durin's Diary

Chapter 969 Abandoning Beihai

The rational being sat on a bench, looking out at the starry sky through the force field wall in the distance.

"Why are you back?" Director Sun came to his side.

“Dulin killed faster than I could search their memories. I’m going through Perlen Mittel’s memories, but he’s already killed Logan from Akar’s family. His head is hanging on the gate of Zhennanguan.”

At this point, the rational being looked at his emotional embodiment: "Have you asked for a title again?"

“Yes, the longer one lives, the less one can stand idly by and watch everything in this world go by. Others say that becoming a god makes one forget the past, and that becoming a god makes one regard all living beings as worthless. I can only keep a constant reminder of my existence as a human being so that I can always pay attention to everything in the East and prevent their conspiracy from succeeding.” The avatar of emotion nodded: “The other party is Alyssa, the girl of Dulin, an ancient sage. This child has followed my divinity for a long time, but she has never questioned anything, nor has she shown any signs of distortion. She is a good prospect. I plan to make her the historian.”

“Alright, anyone Dulin would take a liking to certainly isn’t a bad kid. As for how she might change in the future, that’s none of our business. Whether she’s good or evil, Dulin will naturally take care of it.” Saying this, the rational being stood up, and a portal opened in front of him. Before he entered, he looked at her: “With this young man, Dulin, working for us, we can resolve all of this quickly. At least it’s much better than the stagnation of the past thousand years. This child has only been here for a short time, but he has already purified the Nogels for us, and there has been progress in tracking down Shalis and Akar. It’s just a pity that Xinliezhi is still hiding very well.”

"It's alright. With Nogel dead, the Four Gods Alliance will cease to exist. We've already seen the turning point of victory. Everything is proceeding according to plan. This world is destined to be liberated. Isn't that wonderful?" She smiled as she comforted her partner.

He nodded: "Yes, we can be liberated too. Our lifelong dream is about to come true. We no longer need to guard this research center. We can finally end all this waiting in peace... Isn't that great? I'm leaving now."

After saying that, he stepped into the portal.

She was left behind, watching as the portal vanished before her eyes.

She sighed.

She had long forgotten how long she had been here. All along, she had been splitting her rationality and sensibility in order to avoid falling into godhood through endless observation. She had witnessed all the evils her colleagues had committed in this ecosystem. If she did not split herself, she feared she would end up like them. However, when she became an evil god, she would unite the various chaotic tribes in the eastern part of the Western Continent, the green-skinned orcs and the sea creatures.

She will slaughter all living beings in the Western Lands without hesitation to avenge the sins committed by the four evil gods against Changtang in the Eastern Lands.

Rationality exists in everything and is very rational. It also understands why its own emotions do not want to fall into the form of a god. For this reason, it has entered the cycle of reincarnation more than once, just to prevent its emotional incarnation from being affected by madness.

Yes, who would want to become an evil god? She has been watching the consequences of becoming an evil god for a thousand years—that ugly appearance, that hideous face… But she has been watching for a thousand years.

She sat down and looked at the starry sky outside the force field wall.

The children with halos reappeared before her, singing Spanish songs to her. She hadn't heard such nursery rhymes in a long time, and she couldn't help but smile, until one of the children came up to her.

He opened his mouth to speak, but she smiled and pressed her hand to his lips.

"Xin Lieye, no matter how many times you tempt me, I will never forget that I was once born a human being."

The next second, these children turned back into skeletons, rolling onto the rusty deck. The damage to the skulls spoke volumes about how long ago these deaths had occurred.

Her rationality was strong throughout her life; she was decisive and ruthless, and never acted with a guilty conscience.

However, this embodiment of emotion could only eke out a living in this tiny space.

He knew that she did this to avoid falling into demonic ways and becoming an evil god, otherwise all her schemes would be in vain.

Everything is understandable, and the people of Changtang should understand that since birth, life should not wait for salvation to fall from the sky.

But watching our magnificent land reborn within the ecosystem, watching hundreds of millions of lives restart civilization, watching everything repeat itself as history has played out, watching the green hills fortunate to bury loyal bones, watching young children tormented by the past yet never forgetting their responsibilities as human beings, watching lives save the world but not themselves. Life should be self-reliant.

Therefore, the blood and tears they shed over the past thousand years should have been none of her concern.

But as she revisited the mountains year after year with that little old man, watching him and those boys who would never grow old again...

She watched as Xiao Pang, who looked just like her eldest son, appeared before her with that severed head. She saw the wounds on his face and the resentment in his heart.

She finally understood a principle.

There is no such thing as anyone owing anyone else in this world, but... what if she feels guilty towards the millions of people living in this beautiful land?

Thinking of this, she looked down at the deck beneath her feet.

At that moment, she saw a haggard woman.

I am a human...

She smiled.

Is that right?

………………

Dulin stood at the foot of the mountain. He accompanied his elderly father to the mountain for a week of worship. He saw many young people who had been crushed by time, and they used their lives to witness the history that had long been buried by history.

Mortals cannot live forever; their era, their stories, their existence are almost entirely remembered only by this old man.

But from today onward, one more person will know about their past, their sacrifices, and their dedication.

"Thank you, Dulin. I'm very happy that you could keep this old man company."

“I think you don’t need to do this, making it seem like you’re entrusting your children to someone else. You’ve only been around for six hundred years. For us Zhulong, who achieve legend, we can live for a thousand years. We have a long life ahead of us.” Du Lin held the leftover incense and candles in one hand, looking at the endless tombstones in the mountains. “If I have time, I will come to visit you all in the future. They live in our memories, not buried by the sands of time, nor erased by the monsters of history.”

Dulin wanted to say something nice, but in the end he could only lower his head and sigh.

The old man patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry too much, child. You have done your best for this land. It is an indisputable fact that our army can return to the four islands after eliminating the Noger, making the entire North Sea safer. Our navy can free up more resources to help the south, and controlling a few of the four island straits will allow the entire Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea to rest easy from now on."

“I know that next we need to take down either Akar or Shalis. As for Xinliezhi, once we deal with the first two, Changtang can join forces and completely destroy the alien kingdom.”

Having said that, Du Lin sighed.

Hopefully it can be done as soon as possible.

After all, I'm the one who can't afford to wait.

(End of this chapter)