The night was lonely.
After being forcibly ejected from the Mind Space, Lin An remained utterly motionless, like a sculpture.
Lying on his back on the ground, he looked up at the starry sky from the bottom of the crater. The sight made him feel unbearably small. The star-filled sky seemed like an Abyss hanging upside down, infinitely deep.
"So"
"So this is the truth behind my rebirth."
A sigh escaped him.
No one knew how much time had passed before a complex bitterness welled up in Lin An's heart.
Even after everything he had been through, his will had become so unshakable that almost nothing could defeat him. Yet faced with such a truth, Lin An still found it too absurd to accept.
He would rather have simply been reborn, without any so-called arrangement, and without any so-called "Destiny."
Although Lin An knew that everything had its cause and effect, he had vaguely realized long ago that his rebirth might not have been a true rebirth.
"So"
"I was the Fire Seed chosen by the Savior, just as I gathered faith. A version of me who had truly died was chosen, and from that moment on, I became part of the faith itself."
"I am a believer, and I am faith itself. I am the Fire Seed, and I am the fire of hope."
"Above myself, the First Fire Bearer will gather an even stronger conviction. Below myself, the Fire Seed I pass on will spread without limit."
"Infinite division, infinite expansion."
"As long as one Fire Seed remains, faith will remain."
"As long as the Apocalypse System remains Undying, faith will remain eternally Undying."
"Thus the cycle will continue, splitting endlessly until the day of victory."
In silence, Lin An stared blankly at the starry sky above him.