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Chapter 428 Vlamé's Reflections on Death
Following Lin Yu's gaze, one could see a slender figure standing in the main hall in front of him.

She wore a simple white robe, a gold necklace and bracelet, and her orange hair was braided into three braids that hung down her back. A calm smile graced her beautiful and mature face.

Does it need further explanation?

The translucent orange-haired beauty shrugged: "Frilian has already explained everything that needed to be explained. Are you asking now because you want me to apologize?"

When he finished speaking, Vlamé's tone was tinged with sarcasm and irony.

Lin Yu wasn't annoyed, and looked her over with interest: "It seems you're not surprised by the current situation..."

"Of course!"

Vlamé glanced at his semi-transparent soul and sighed, "I knew it all along. With a monster like you watching over me, even death is a luxury."

"So you didn't dare come to Spine Peak City to see me until the day you died?"

"Hmm...you could say that!"

With his arms crossed, Vlamé chuckled and said, "Perhaps someone like you cannot understand, but dying at the end of one's lifespan is an extremely precious experience."

Lin Yu raised an eyebrow: "Oh?"

Vlamé remarked, "In the final days of my life, I maintained my spiritual practice and conducted an experiment on immortality between you and me."

"But the more I cultivate myself, the more I realize one fact—"

"That is, in terms of spiritual realm, humanity has its limits!"

"As long as there are physical constraints and emotional entanglements, it is impossible to reach the realm of gods."

"Since we cannot remain eternally unchanged like gods, isn't it a more magnificent form of immortality to keep each generation of humans alive and young through reproduction?"

At this point, Vlame paused, then looked at Lin Yu with a complicated expression and said, "Lin Yu, you may not know this, but in the past fifty years, my attitude towards you has undergone several drastic changes."

“At first, I was worried that if you ruled over humanity, you would fight a great war with the goddess and trigger a divine war. Therefore, I supported you in staying in a remote corner and keeping the power of Spine Peak City firmly confined to the northern plateau.”

"But gradually, as I got older, the pressure of time made me more and more impatient."

"Although I didn't show this impatience, deep down I began to resent the unified empire, wondering why it couldn't see the only path for humanity's future."

"And you, despite possessing such terrifying power, you still firmly control everything, never allowing the tentacles of Spine Peak City to extend beyond your territory."

"Even the number of Immortals has not increased much in the past fifty years. On the contrary, many famous Immortals who were active outside have returned to Spine Peak City, causing the Immortals to become legends in many areas."

"I feel dissatisfied, confused, and resentful about this, but because of the immortality experiment, I dare not seek the answer from you in person. I can only grope around in confusion."

"I finally understood everything when I reached the end of my life."

"Death is not the end; it is a gift from the Creator to mankind, the ultimate secret to keeping civilization forever young!"

"Lin Yu, your approach of restraining Spine Peak City and suppressing the number of Immortals is correct. Compared to the thousand-year blood war with the Demon Clan, a rigid, inflexible, and unchanging Immortal Dynasty is the most hopeless future for human civilization!"

Meeting Vlame's all-knowing gaze, Lin Yu's lips twitched, feeling both gratified and helpless.

He was gratified by Vlame's sudden enlightenment. This guy was indeed a genius who appeared once in a thousand years in the human world. Even without the existence of magic and enchantment, he could still become a wise man who led the times.

What frustrated him was Vlamé's over-interpretation.

Clever people are always so self-righteous. What do you mean by restricting Spine Peak City? He clearly did nothing. It was Old Wall, the governor of Spine Peak City, who thought that outsiders were not qualified to believe in the lord, so he set up such a strict threshold.

In essence, this approach is nothing more than closing the country off from the world and has absolutely nothing to do with the future of humanity.

As for the Immortal Clan, they simply had no desire to reproduce. In addition, the technological explosion in Spine Peak City, with all sorts of new things and VR games becoming wildly popular throughout the city.

Those returning immortals were all persuaded to come back by their relatives and friends, and then went to play interstellar wars in the Marvel universe next door. Lin Yu never gave them any clear instructions...

Of course, there was no need to tell Vlamé these facts and truths.

Lin Yu considered his words carefully, then slowly nodded and said, "It seems that death was indeed a rare experience for you. I am sincerely gratified to hear your insights."

"So... what about now?"

"Are you willing to accept immortality?"

Vlame sighed and said, "Do I have a choice?"

Lin Yu smiled and said, "Since you know you have no choice, why bother going through all this trouble?"

Vlame retorted, "That's as if I gained nothing. At least I retained a young soul until my death." "Otherwise, what you see now is just an old woman in her seventies or eighties!"

Indeed, not everyone can do that!

Lin Yu looked at Vulamei's young and beautiful soul form and couldn't help but nod in approval.

However, on the surface, he still snorted and said, "Is it possible, I mean possible, that long-lived races like demons and elves could easily do it?"

"The level you've reached in your entire life is nothing more than what they were born with!"

Vlame's smug expression froze, and he glared at Lin Yu, saying, "I'm talking about humans!"

"The demons, the elves, and even the immortals under your command are all mentally twisted freaks. If I wanted to be like them, I could just find a god's desire, wouldn't that be enough?"

The so-called desire of God was a definition given by Vlamé and Lin Yu when they discussed the experiment on immortality.

It refers to the mental compromise made by immortal beings in order to resist eternal time. It can be a hobby, such as the demon race's fanatical pursuit of magic, or a mental trait, such as the elves' insensitivity to time.

Even if it were a cultivator from next door, they would still have the same divine desires as this definition.

For example, their pursuit of immortality and the Great Dao...

Lin Yu shook his head and said, "What is distortion and what is normal? These are just your judgments based on human standards. Since you have already grasped the meaning of death, why be so narrow-minded?"

"Even if we temporarily seek a divine desire, what difference will it make?"

"Can't your divine desire be found in relinquishing it through immortality?"

Upon hearing this, Vlame was taken aback, then fell silent. After a moment, he sighed deeply and looked at Lin Yu with a complex expression, saying:
"I'm getting more and more curious about what the world looks like through your eyes..."

"Then accept my gift!"

Lin Yu laughed and said, "The sea of ​​knowledge is boundless... so go ahead and learn!"

The sudden change in style made Vlamé smile.

After regaining her composure, she slowly asked, "How is your research going?"

Lin Yu laughed and said, "The path of cultivation has been deduced to the Nascent Soul stage, and the success rate of spiritual root implantation has reached one hundred percent. Even a soul like yours with no support can be easily reshaped into a body of exceptional talent for you!"

Vlame thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Reconstructing my physical body is fine, but I still prefer my previous body..."

She paused, then glanced at Lin Yu and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you probably didn't spare the body that Frillian buried for me, did you?"

"..."

Lin Yu smirked, coughed twice, and said seriously, "What do you mean by 'not sparing your corpse'? I just anticipated your thoughts, so I made preparations in advance."

Before he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and a stream of light flew out of the holy book, transforming into a peaceful corpse.

Compared to Vladimir standing in the hall, this corpse looked much older, with its body shriveled and its hair and skin appearing withered and dull.

Looking at the aged female corpse, Vlame's expression became extremely complicated.

In those orange eyes, there was both nostalgia and struggle, as well as melancholy and relief...

After a moment of silence, she raised her head and looked calmly at Lin Yu, saying:
"It would be hypocritical to say I don't want to now. I do want to continue living. It's a survival instinct from my soul, and it's not something I can ignore just because I see through it."

"However, before you make your move, allow me to be hypocritical one last time."

"Please preserve my current personality and mental state. If, a thousand, ten thousand, or even a hundred million years later, I have achieved immortality and am vastly different from who I am now, then please..."

“No!” Lin Yu shook his head decisively, interrupting Vlame’s words. “You are my best friend now, and you will be my best friend a thousand or ten thousand years from now.”

"I would never kill another close friend for the sake of one."

"How about this, I can preserve all your memories from the past to the present. If such a day ever comes, I will show you those memories again."

"But I'm sorry I can't fulfill any of your other requests..."

Vlame sighed and said, "I knew you would say that. Don't worry, that's what I think too!"

Lin Yu then smiled and said, "That's good!"

"Release your soul, and I will repair your body and bring you back to life!"

(End of this chapter)