Yawen's Resolve

Yawen·Hesksin stepped on the ruins and walked through the fire. Her steps were light, but her figure seemed heavy. The cold wind blew away the hair on her forehead, making her even more confused.

[What should I do? ] She lowered her head and looked at the lunch box she brought: it contained the meals she had carefully prepared, including Frostplate traditional dishes Sweet Bean Salad and Creamy Baked Shrimp.

Li Aoz's favorite food is chicken stewed with potatoes, which is a Azure Planet specialty. The most authentic method requires Red-skinned Potato from the plateau and local chicken.

The ingredients for this dish are: white pepper, salt, white cheese, honey, sugar, carrots, sausage and bacon slices according to taste.

It is usually served with rice, bread and wraps.

Although he is fairly familiar with the beverage category, Li Aoz actually doesn't like drinking. He has no drinking habits in his daily life. Li Aoz particularly likes carbonated drinks, especially lemon soda with mint leaves and a small amount of ice cubes.

Li Aoz has never told her this, so how did she learn about these things? In Azure Planet, Li Aoz has hosted more than one live broadcast. In order to get to know Li Aoz, Ya Wen stayed up late and watched all his live broadcasts. Among them, he mentioned how to make this dish and his hobbies and habits.

The more she got to know him, the more strange she thought Li Aoz was.

On the one hand, Li Aoz doesn't like to eat raw food. The steak must be fully cooked and the Maillard reaction must be very sufficient to gain his approval.

But on the other hand, Li Aoz never cares about what food is served to him in the restaurant. He never treats others to dinner or is treated by others, and he advocates the AA system.

On the one hand, Li Aoz said that he had no interest in war and believed that people who love war are lunatics and chuunibyou.

On the other hand, his own way of solving problems is often to use absolute violence to crush one party in a war.

He has no beliefs, does not care about this kind of consciousness, and is even indifferent to love between men and women, family and marriage.

He cares about the health and safety of infants and young children, confronts Capital Group of Verrazzi, and accepts many interstellar refugees to Trustworthy Village, without treating them as slaves or tools.

Even for those immortal descendants, Li Aoz cares about their experience and takes care of and nurtures them like pets.

but.

Ya Wen Looks ahead.

At dusk, a heavy fog filled the streets. Her skin was wet with water vapor, and her eyes peered into the fog, but she could not see the end.

[In the eyes of Li Aoz, do I really exist? ] He cares about many people, takes care of many people, and is willing to draw his sword against Great Power for some people.

[...What about me? ]Among the group of people Li Aoz took action to protect, is there still a place for Yawen·Hesksin? Does he see himself as a friend, a woman, or a passerby? [The so-called: 'You mean a lot to me', is it a comforting lie, or am I just a tool to you? ] From Frostplate to Outland, from Azure Planet to White Candle Star.

You fly forward all the way, even if I chase you closely, I can't catch you.

Ya Wen stood in the middle of the intersection. She couldn't tell which end of the dimensional barrier was at which side.

Should I continue to chase, chase all the way for that phrase 'very meaningful'? ——The beauty and graceful body of the blond girl appeared before her eyes.

[Chasing all the way, and then watching Li Aoz hug her into his arms? Then, in pursuit of his ownership, I kept moving forward and constantly reinventing myself, just to be worthy of him? ]Ya Wen Ask yourself:

[Should I really do this? ] For a moment, she suddenly recalled her own people.

She is a Frostplate Citizen.

Even if her blood is secretly modified, her cultural identity cannot be changed.

[I... I shouldn't change myself for one person and become a person who lives for others. ]self-abasement.

Ya Wen suddenly understood: the secret took away her self-confidence and made her feel inferior, just to make her become this kind of person.

Inferiority is a professional quality of [tailor]. She is inferior to her appearance and figure and tries to cover up her flaws with well-tailored fashions.

But the more she pretends, the more inferior she becomes.

The dress is her armor. Without the silk and nylon, it becomes fragile.

Eventually, this layer of clothing became her exoskeleton, supporting her body and living like a spider.

[Li Aoz will not look down on such a person. Even I, myself, look down on such a person. ] "Oh?"

An exclamation sounded, "Miss Ya Wen, long time no see."

Ya Wen raised his head, and a beautiful veiled woman slowly walked out of the mist. Her appearance was so obvious that Ya Wen could recognize her at a glance.

"[Adventure Saintess]Vierria."

The other party blinked his snow-green eyes. "I'm so glad you still remember my name."

"How did you come here?" Ya Wen wondered. "It should be very dangerous here. There are Dimensional Barrier everywhere. You are just an ordinary person."

"On the contrary, I am here because I am a mortal."

Vierria smiled slightly, "I'm here to summon my comrades."

"Comrade?" Ya Wen was puzzled. "Who are you going to deal with?"

"One [Society]." Vierria said, "It seems you don't know yet - [Machine World Society] has gathered enough parliamentarians on this planet, and now they plan to summon the mother body to come."

"... What does this mean?"

Ya Wen clenched the bag in his hand and said in a deep voice, "Do you mean, this planet is going to be destroyed?"

"Yes." Vierria nodded. "[Machine World Society] Mash Gergang is nearby, and it will be summoned soon to eat this planet."

"This... this is too sudden, I don't believe it. You are joking, right?"

Ya Wen pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled dryly.

"You must be joking, right? Miss Vierria."

However, Vierria's eyes are very serious.

Ya Wen gradually stopped laughing. She glanced at the other party worriedly and asked in a low voice:

"Really?"

"Miss Ya Wen."

Vierria replied, "Do you remember what I said when we first met at Trustworthy Village's temple?"

Ya Wen's head buzzed, and the silhouettes of those pictures came flooding in.

"I think you have to understand something, dear fool."

"You are now a citizen of [society]. You are not yourself at all. Only in [society] can you find the meaning of life."

"Fool, citizens of [society] have no independent will. You and the Star Abyss aboriginal people who think you are your little boyfriend are not the same species at all."

"You are pretty and very capable, but you don't live for men, you live for yourself. Ya Wen, I hope you can realize that [society] and Star Abyss are not good things. The battle between them has destroyed countless families."

"[Hidden Society] will use the members to realize the arrival of the deity and devour civilization, but Star Abyss wants to use your life to fill the never-ending front."

"Don't love them, don't love Grand Narrative, love yourself."

"I'm here to invite you."

"This planet has already been infiltrated by [society] citizens. Narrative-level Civilization is also constantly paying attention to the situation here. Sooner or later, you will be discovered."

"When the people of Gaia find out, they will merge your will into the ether. In that environment, you will be unable to resist at all and will immediately succumb to [society]."

"If discovered by the civilization of Narrative-level, they will not hesitate to dismantle you, destroy you, and make you into weapons and equipment."

"Even if it is your unrequited love Li Aoz, once he knows the fact that you are Hidden Citizen, he will not hesitate to draw a sword against you."

"I'm here to protect you, to protect people like you who are unwilling to succumb to secrecy and are rejected by the civilization on the Star Abyss side."

"I remembered."

Ya Wen's eyes are complicated.

"You said that very early, four months ago."

"It should be said that you are quite lucky." Vierria nodded. "Only [Machine World Society] is here, not [Hidden Society]. You can still keep your sense of independence for the time being."

She looked at the other person and stretched out her hand:

"Join us, Miss Ya Wen. I have gathered many [social] resistance elements like you here. People who are unwilling to be swallowed up by [society] and cannot integrate into Star Abyss, they are all here with me."

However, Ya Wen did not change her attitude immediately. She looked at Vierria calmly and asked, "Ms. Vierria, even if you said this in advance, what evidence do you have to prove it?"

Ya Wen's tone was calm and his angle was very tricky. "You are just a mortal, neither a citizen of [society] nor Deified Person of Star Abyss Path. If you can Observed the movements of [Machine World Society], then let me ask - White Candle Star Those strong people of Kappa-rank don't know, how do you, a mortal, know?"

"It's not difficult. You'll figure it out when you get there."

"But I want to know now."

Ya Wen said, "I followed Mr. Li Aoz and walked out of Azure Planet. No matter what we say, we are also compatriots and comrades-in-arms. I don't want to leave just like that."

"——It seems that you have figured out something. Well, in that case, let me tell the truth."

Vierria is very indifferent:

"After defeating [God of Reality] Lioz and destroying Morphedria's universe, [Society] all poured into Star Abyss from outside the abyss, and were attacked by Narrative-level Civilization's stubborn resistance, the overly vast Star Abyss, is not a lamb to be slaughtered, a God-given land full of fat and milk, as [society] imagined, but a Narrative-level Civilization with advanced technology and terrifying violence."

"This phenomenon seems to have also aroused the surprise of [Hidden Society] Gaia, and it began to plan new conspiracies and strategies. But its concentration on hiding is not something that all Social Citizen is happy to see. Those citizens who were released by it to prey, without the leadership of the mother body, have different ideas."

"Today's [Hidden Society] is not monolithic. Regarding the strategy of conquering Star Abyss, Hidden Three Councilors each holds his own opinions and left one after another, each developing his own camp."

"There is the traditionalist [Overlord Councilor] who insists on the secret original dogma. He insists that thirteen members should be summoned to ask [Hidden Society]'s true body Gaia to show up and deliver justice."

"The whereabouts of the wavering centrist - [Greedy Chairman] are unknown. But some speculate that she has a longer-term plan."

"Furthermore, there is the reformist group. [Wisdom Councilor] believes that the complicated Star Abyss Situation should be dealt with in a different way. The old method of invasion-infiltration-calling of congressmen-mother body descending-devouring civilization should be changed. Moreover, he also doubts that [Overlord Councilor] has too much power. In the name of summoning the mother body, it is actually enriching its own pockets."

The secret inside is so complicated? Ya Wen frowned.

As one of the thirteen members, she can be sure that she was transformed into a "tailor" because of the influence of [Overlord Councilor]'s group.

"So," Ya Wen wrote down this, and then continued to ask, "This is just the situation of [Hidden Society], does it have anything to do with you?"

"Not only related, it can even be said that [Hidden Society]'s factional turmoil directly gave birth to new opportunities, that is, I am a group of 'unbounded people' who independently created Secret Council and formed their own faction."

"The Unbounded?" Ya Wen repeated, "Is this your organization? But what you said is baseless and still unconvincing."

"Then let's put it another way."

Vierria said:

"The [Sailor] Igolai·Matthew who rescued you at Azure Planet is one of our Unbounded Ones. The Unbounded Ones have interstellar communication capabilities comparable to Narrative-level Civilization. As soon as you arrived at White Candle Star, I knew you were coming."

Ya Wen's pupils shrank.

This secret... she has never told even Li Aoz. When Outland was in exile, it was the former secretive [Sailor] Igolai·Matthew who came to rescue her.

Vierria, or the organization behind her does have a terrifying intelligence network.

"Since you know it so well, I still have a question." Ya Wen said, "How much do you know about Dia Lan? Is her ability reliable?"

"You want to ask how to escape from the secret, right?" Vierria said with a smile, "Don't worry, I have already experienced Dia Lan's predecessor."

"You——" Ya Wen was surprised. "You mean, you used to be secretive?"

"That's the way it is."

Vierria said lightly:

"To be honest, my mothers participated in the Lioz crusade. They were Hidden Citizen who were resurrected by Gaia. However, it was precisely because of that battle that they deeply felt the cruelty and terror of [society]. They devoured civilization alive, completely sucked it clean, and then turned back to kill the same kind of beasts. Such actions made the two of them determined to leave the secret and fight against all [society]."

"It's just that their situation is not optimistic. Gaia disappeared around a thousand years ago. Before she left, she released all the citizens and allowed them to invade the planet and act on their own. White Candle Star was one of the questions. My mothers were lucky enough to be free because of this."

"In order to protect my safety, they also transformed me into Hidden Citizen. For a long time, I have been staying in White Candle Star, living and moving here, studying Hidden Citizen with the [Doctor] who also betrayed the secret E. However, an accident happened - just a hundred years ago, the MPs came back with terrible weapons, killing and destroying wantonly, trying to use White Candle Star as fuel to summon the hidden body."

"I fought side by side with White Candle Star's mages at that time, and successfully defeated Hidden Councilor, but I was seriously injured as a result. It was not until last year that I was resurrected and revived. Fortunately, [Doctor]'s experiment on me was also successful, and I have turned back into a mortal."

"As for Dia Lan, that was a project planned by [Doctor] a long time ago, but his goal is not only to transform Hidden Citizen into a mortal, but to exist as a more important weapon."

Ya Wen After listening, I immediately noticed a problem.

"Wait a minute." She said, "If what you said is true, and you came to White Candle Star more than a thousand years ago and slept for another hundred years, wouldn't you be already..."

"Oh, do you care about my age?"

Vierria disagrees:

"Including the age of sleeping, I am just a three-thousand-year-old girl now."

"No, no, no, no!"

Ya Wen Unbelievable:

"I have received knowledge infusion from Gaia, and I also know from Crystal Tower Civilization that among Magical Common Sense-Star Abyss, apart from special creatures such as dragons, void tribes, and undead, only Narrative-level Civilization can live to be three thousand years old, and they cannot leave the homeland."

"Ordinary Social Citizen cannot leave the [society] matrix, otherwise its lifespan will not last five hundred years."

"How on earth did you do it?"

"This is very simple."

Vierria said matter-of-factly, "Before leaving [Hidden Society], I was a strong man who had been reforged nine times. Although my strength no longer exists, my personality and extraordinary lifespan are still retained."

"Reforged nine times?"

Ya Wen was startled. "Isn't that the level second only to Final Reforging..."

Vierria thought for a while and said, "Converted to Star Abyss, that is Omega-rank."

Ya Wen lowered his head and pursed his lips.

"Although I lost my strength, I also gained an independent will. I was truly saved."

Vierria, that blond girl, they are all beautiful and powerful. Standing in front of these people, she feels even more ashamed.

"[Secret] took away your confidence. Turn around and we will get it back."

Seemingly sensing Ya Wen's depression, Vierria thought for a moment, then stepped forward and patted her shoulder:

"Join us, Ya Wen."

Ya Wen was unmoved.

"You need strength, companions, and salvation. This planet is irreversible. [Machine World Society] will come at any time. I am going to bring my comrades and resources to transfer."

Vierria put his hands on his hips and thought distressedly:

"Are you thinking about that 'Mr. Li Aoz' again? Why should you care about a person who doesn't love you at all, has no feelings for you, and doesn't take you seriously at all? There are many outstanding people in the world, but you must be jealous of that person, and even change yourself?"

Ya Wen doesn't care.

"Yawen·Hesksin, you should be an independent woman. I see you growing grapes, taking care of the camp, building a house, and doing business all by yourself. You don't need a man to take care of you. Instead, you are taking care of others. You shouldn't live for others."

Ya Wen's eyes wandered.

"You have the ability to put down your unrealistic love and join our cause, not to mention that your identity is a threat to others."

Threat.

Ya Wen raised his head with firm eyes:

"... I have lived my life for others."

"No need to say anything, Ms. Vierria."

"I'll go with you."

"But before that, I have to say goodbye."