20demayo Chapter 304: Pity the Years...1 Go Forward
Chapter 304: Pity the Years...1 Go Forward
On the sea north of Inazuma, a man in black and three graceful figures stood facing each other. There was reluctance in their eyes, but they had to say goodbye eventually.
"After sending you thousands of miles away, we must eventually say goodbye. Just send you here." Mo Ran sighed and advised.
Lei Dianzhen opened his mouth and said slowly: "It's hard to meet and hard to part, but we will meet again somewhere in life, brother, take care!"
"Brother, don't take risks all the time, I will be worried." Lei Dianying waved his hand and warned.
General Lei Dian said: "Uncle, I hope you will still look like this when we meet again!"
Mo Ran smiled faintly and said, "Yes, we will meet again. See you then!"
After saying that, a man in black turned around, took a step forward, and disappeared in a flash. Then he appeared thousands of miles away in an instant, and repeated this several times before stopping.
"System, is it inaccurate this time?" Trying to make the situation more cheerful, Mo Ran teased this usually very reliable guy.
[The system will issue two choices, and the host will choose one of them and continue the journey. ]
[Choice 1: The system removes the restrictions on going to Mondstadt. From now on, the host will no longer be bound. The system will return to the original plane and will no longer disturb you.]
[But, a hundred years later, the lover's hair will turn white, the beauty's bones will wither, and in the long life of the dormitory, countless blood relatives and friends will leave, until the world knows that all things will wither and rot, and it will have nothing to do with the host. ]
[Choice 2: Continue to the next country, the country of wisdom, Xumi, until you fight against the law of nature, so that you have the same power, can control life and death at will, and spend endless years together.]
[Please host to make a choice! 】
"These two choices..." Mo Ran closed his eyes, and two passages emerged in the dark space.
A road that is very close and can reach the end in one step. The weather there is clear, the scenery is charming, and there is pleasant music. However, it is empty and there is no one in sight.
The road on the other side was a very narrow and long path, covered with thorns and poisonous plants. The rain of fire from the sky seemed enough to destroy the world. The sky seemed to be burning red, like hell on earth, and the end of the world had come.
There are many afterimages on this road. Every time he crosses a disaster, there will be one or two people standing there, either friends or relatives. They all look at the man in black, waiting for his decision.
After a long silence, Mo Ran opened his eyes wide, and two rays of light burst out from his eyes, like two stars, shining and radiant, bright and spirited.
He opened his mouth slightly, but asked in his heart: "With the power equal to the law of nature, it is not enough to change a person's life, right?"
[Of course, the power of heaven alone is not enough, but the system can. 】
"Then, there is no need to hesitate!" Mo Ran muttered to himself, facing the new country, his figure flashed, and he gradually approached the country of wisdom.
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Xumi is a very complex country, with two types of terrain: rainforest and desert. The towering trees in the rainforest are enough to block out the sun, while the temperature in the desert is as hot as summer and it is difficult to survive with a drop of water.
There are places in the rainforest where the so-called forbidden knowledge has polluted life and caused the withering of plants. Even humans with the Eyes of God have been corroded and become sick. Since it looks like everything is dead from the outside, it is called the Death Zone.
The current God of Grass is not the first generation God, but the second generation God of Grass. She was imprisoned in her residence by Xumi, a high-ranking official in the Ordinance Court, which is similar to the General Affairs Department, using a divine object left by the previous God of Grass. Her body cannot travel, so she can only secretly use her spirit and borrow the eyes of others to take a look at the outside world.
But all this will undergo earth-shaking changes after Mo Ran's arrival. This time, he will not stop until the whole city is in turmoil.
While flying at high speed, he passed by a harbor. Without lingering on the scenery along the way, he headed straight for Xumi City. The mask once again covered his ordinary face, but unlike before, this time the mask was completely black.
Xumi City was built around a giant tree, with streets intertwined like underground tree roots. The Teaching Institute, an institution that houses all the knowledge books of Xumi, was located on a treetop.
The residence of the God of Grass, Jingshan Palace, is located on the tree canopy. It is inaccessible to walk through the path of the Jiaolingyuan. The original intention of this design may have been to protect the safety of the God of Grass, but now it has become a cage.
Mo Ran landed on the dome of Jingshan Palace, overlooking the entire city. Then he jumped down, walked in the air, and slowly walked to the gate step by step.
"Who are you? How dare you trespass into Jingshan Palace!" Several green-clad mercenaries in front of the door, holding weapons, were wary of a man in black who suddenly appeared.
Mo Ran said nothing, then took a few steps forward. Without any movement, the weapons in their hands disappeared instantly, without leaving any trace.
"Go and ask the great sage to come over here." Mo Ran spoke coldly, without any emotion in his tone, as if a sharp sword was unsheathed, which could pierce their heads at any time.
These soldiers hired by the Ministry of Education were startled. They looked at their empty hands, then looked at the man in black with horror, and hurriedly ran towards the Ministry of Education. Otherwise, they would really die!
Mo Ran pointed into the void, and the gate of Jingshan Palace opened immediately. There were countless walls and floor tiles like white jade, as well as an emerald roof, and golden accessories falling on the edge of the wall.
At the very center is a powerful sphere formed by the convergence of grass elemental force. This sphere is fixed in the air, with vortex-shaped, instrument-like objects supported above and below.
Inside the sphere, there was the Grass Goddess, who was as shaped as an eight-year-old child and not even half a human’s height, with her eyes tightly closed. In fact, she was awake at the moment, but opening her eyes just to look at the cage was really not as good as falling asleep.
"It is true that the previous generation of Grass God used up his divine power to create this thing in order to prevent this generation from being contaminated by forbidden knowledge like him. Unfortunately, it was abused by the successive sages of the Order Institute, and it became like this."
Mo Ran folded his arms in front of him, looked at the ball, and said, "I know you are awake, no need to pretend. With such a big commotion outside, you must have noticed it."
The little grass god hesitated for a long time before slowly opening his eyes, like a clear spring, without the contamination of worldly air. He looked at the man in black with curiosity in his eyes.
"Nashida, right?" Mo Ran recalled the name of this generation of Grass God from his distant memory.
It was visibly that Nashida's expression had changed slightly, with some surprise and some joy. She had not expected that she, who had been locked up in Jingshan Palace for so many years and had always been dubbed the Little Auspicious Grass King, would have known the name she had given herself.
Mo Ran raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and said in a gentle and persuasive way: "Want to go out and play? I can help you."
Nashida thought for a moment, scratched her head, and looked at the black clothes in confusion.
Mo Ran continued, "If you don't believe me, use your ability to investigate it yourself. I'm not one of those high-ranking officials of the Teachings Institute, so I won't lie to you."
There was silence, and another silence. Nashida wanted to nod and ask the person in front of her to let her out, so that they could go see the outside world together and see it with their own eyes.
But outside the gate, the gathered army and the arrival of the great sage and others made Nashida pause and stop moving.
“No matter where you are from or what force you belong to, surrender now and you can reduce your crime!” The old man with gray beard, wearing ankle-length purple clothes with exquisite and luxurious accessories, was the great sage.
Mo Ran slightly tilted his head and glanced at the old man. Then, an incomparable aura of pressure suddenly burst out. In an instant, everyone fell to their knees as if facing an almighty demon god, because nothing could stand in front of such pressure.
"I'm going to take your god out. Do you have any objections?" Mo Ran said coldly. The chill pierced these people's backs, making them feel as if they had half a foot in the gate of hell, with no control over their life and death.
The great sage wanted to answer, but his teeth were chattering, his throat was choked, and he could not utter a complete word. He raised his head with difficulty and looked at the imprisoned god, as if asking, where on earth did this person come from?
Inside the sphere, Nashida looked a little panicked. She still had the mind of a child and did not want the person who wanted to save her to commit murder, because that was wrong and should not be done.
"Wait, wait, don't kill them!" Nashida lay on the barrier of the sphere and shouted pleadingly.
Mo Ran turned around, looked at the god in the body of a small child, and said slowly: "Okay."
After all, they are other people's people, and it is not his turn to kill them. The Grass God now has the mind of a child and still needs experience before he can become a help in fighting against the law of nature in the future.
"Thank you, thank you." Nashida spoke timidly, and a smile appeared on her delicate little face, clear and moving.
Mo Ran waved his hand and asked again: "Do you want to come out and see the outside world?"
"Can I...?" Nashida looked at the people kneeling in the distance, and then looked at the man in black in front of her. She had been imprisoned and had begun to doubt her own existence. Was there any meaning in it? And should she exist?
"You don't need to ask questions, and you don't need answers from others. Nashida just needs to make your own decision. If you want, I will take you out. If you don't want, I won't force you."
When facing the Grass God, Mo Ran's tone slowed down a lot, just like coaxing a child, and he spoke everything according to the child's heart.
Nashida remained silent, as memories of the past flooded into her mind. She had been trapped in this cage since she was born. At that time, she still had a little autonomy and could go out and see the outside world.
But the good times did not last long. Starting from some generation of great sages, the existence of the little auspicious grass king was considered useless and inferior to the original great compassionate tree king, because this child-like god did not understand what wisdom was.
Later, imprisonment became Nashida's daily life. Occasionally, when the great sages were not paying attention, she would secretly connect part of her consciousness to the outside world to understand this world.
It's a pity that I didn't see it with my own eyes or feel it with my own body, so everything still seemed a little fake and unreal. However, this childlike god was already very satisfied and didn't dare to have any other extravagant demands.
Until today, someone finally called her by the name she gave herself, instead of the title given to her by the people of Xumi or the name of the demon god Buyer. She was finally remembered, asked about, and seen by people.