Chapter 1440

The curtain call of 【Void】

Zhen Xin stood blankly in the void, her face full of shock.

"You mean... the Fire of Hope is Ming Yu's true Benefactor!?"

Cheng Shi nodded, sighing with great emotion:

"Since I learned that the Fire of Hope would turn into a 【Fate】 container after death, I began to re-examine His identity, and when I learned that 【Fate】 had already fallen at the beginning of the era, and the 【Fate】 of this era was just 【Deception】's performance, I finally connected all the speculations."

"Actually, I didn't find any direct evidence to prove that the Fire of Hope is the fallen 【Fate】; I just... reviewed the whole thing from 【Deception】's perspective."

"【Void】 tied Them together; even if the time they met was short, there was still a friendship between Them that transcended time."

"【Deception】 saw His sibling god fall and would never give up just like that; with His temperament, even if it involved 【Origin】, He would definitely give it a try; after all, He was already doing so."

"What's more, at that time, He still had a wisp of 【Origin】 power from 【Fate】's prophecy at hand."

"So if you were 【Deception】, what would you do?"

Zhen Xin said without hesitation: "Resurrect Him!"

"That's right! It's resurrecting Him."

"I think 【Deception】 must have tried to resurrect 【Fate】, but the variables excluded by 【Origin】 were not so easy to resurrect, so He could only use 【Origin】 power to gather everything related to 【Fate】 and create the... Fire of Hope that is now in front of us."

"It is precisely because of this that the Fire of Hope is clearly 【Deception】's creation, yet is considered 【Fate】's messenger."

"【Deception】 shoved a part of 【Fate】's change to the Fire of Hope, perhaps also pinning His hopes on 【Fate】's change."

"So I think it is not that 【Fate】 discarded the changes He couldn't accept, but rather that 【Deception】 specifically left 【Fate】's changes; He hoped His sibling god would no longer promote the so-called Determined, but His sibling god could not be reborn, and the world, as 【Fate】 'wished', stepped toward the Determined step by step."

"The Determined is ultimately irresistible."

"Heh, I sometimes even wonder if 【Fate】's prophecy had already seen the future of the world, or even seen the only path to the future, so He chose to 'embrace' 【Origin】 at the beginning of the era, letting His sibling god push the world to the 'end', otherwise..."

Seeing Zhen Xin's eyes widening and her pupils shrinking, Cheng Shi shook his head again, "Forget it, thinking about these is meaningless."

"Such messy thoughts have been rushing into my mind recently, giving me no peace."

"No one knows when the era will end; the sense of urgency pushes me forward and also makes it easy for me to ignore some problems."

"Thank you, Zhen Xin, and thank you all; I know you are all working hard, wanting to share the pressure for me, but..."

"There are no buts."

Zhen Xin put away the shock on her face and smiled, "Gods are still not in control of themselves, let alone you, a mortal."

"Cheng Shi, everyone is doing these things not just for you, but also for the world, for themselves; everyone doesn't ask for any reward, but please don't easily deny..."

Cheng Shi shook his head with a bitter smile: "I am not denying it; I am very grateful..."

"I know, but your being an outsider is like denying it."

"The universe is one body; you have already held up a whole sky; let us help with the remaining cracks."

"According to Zhen Yi, people are alive, so they should always do something that everyone knows, right?"

"...?"

The conversation was quite heavy and normal, but as soon as Zhen Yi was mentioned, Cheng Shi was instantly out of the scene.

So this was the reason why Zhen Yi became the number one unlucky person in the universe?

Both letting the world know of her sister's existence and doing some unlucky things that made the world remember?

"..."

Cheng Shi shook his head and laughed, then said inexplicably: "But what if the world doesn't know?"

Zhen Xin was stunned, and then determination flashed in her eyes: "Then ignore the world's opinion, just seek to be worthy of friends and yourself."

"What if there is no self anymore?" Cheng Shi raised his eyes and asked.

A brilliant smile suddenly bloomed on Zhen Xin's face, yearning incomparably:

"Then... it's liberation, isn't it?"

"Liberation."

Cheng Shi kept savoring these two words, and the smile on his face gradually spread, "Yes, liberated, will be liberated."

An Mingyu was a girl who made people feel at ease; before Cheng Shi could find her, she came back by herself.

The moment Cheng Shi saw the blind girl in a black dress holding the 【Fate】 container appear in front of him, that unforgettable scene from the false curtain call flashed back in his eyes:

The Fire of Hope roared in the void, cold flames covered the universe, and He stood in the fire, gradually dissipating.

"You are never firewood; you are the flame, the light that illuminates this world."

"And I, named Fire of Hope, am actually Firewood of Hope."

"Ignite me, take away this light, and use the world's last change to fight for hope for yourself and for the world!"

Cheng Shi never had the chance to ignite the Fire of Hope again, because An Mingyu had brought back the fire of hope.

Cheng Shi was a bit numb; he began to lose his expression.

His gaze glanced over the container and looked into the distance:

"He..."

An Mingyu held the 【Fate】 container in front of her chest, her tightly closed eyes "staring" at the container; at this moment, she looked very much like a prophet making a prophecy of fate.

"He left."

"He told me a lot and asked me to relay some of His words to you."

"He said 【Deception】 once asked Him: If He did this, would He be forgiven?"

"The Fire of Hope at that time did not respond to Him, but the Fire of Hope today, after being silent for a long time, gave me such an answer:"

"'No matter what He did, at least He protected the Fire-Passing, and also protected the Fire of Hope.'"

"'The Fire of Hope being able to ignite in this era is already the best answer.'"

"I don't understand the deep meaning, but I understand the word hope, so I want to ask, Fate-Weaver, does our world still have hope?"

Cheng Shi's expression still didn't change; he nodded and said:

"Yes, definitely."

"There is one thing you might not know; no matter how bumpy the road ahead is, no matter how embarrassing the current situation is, the Fire of Hope will never go out, because He represents the will to survive of the smallest minority, and is the only hope left in this world."

"There is only one reason that can make Him go out, and that is that the hope of our world is already big enough, big enough that He no longer needs His protection..."

The scene fell into silence; no one knew if Cheng Shi was lying, and no one dared to be sure that Cheng Shi was definitely right; after all, even his own voice was not that firm.

Cheng Shi didn't care if the meaning he conveyed was reached; at this moment, he was thinking about another thing:

【Void】... was finally coming to an end.

The era clearly hadn't reached its end, but the two 【Void】 masters had retired early and completely finished their roles.

But strangely, facing the retirement of 【Void】, Cheng Shi was actually not that sad; he was silent for a moment, looked at the blind girl, without joy or sorrow:

"Did you see Sun Miao?"

An Mingyu shook her head:

"No, but I saw someone else."

"Come with me; I'll take you to see him."

"Where, see whom?"

"To the depths of memory, where all memories sprout."