We Don't Want to Die, But We Want to Be Human More

The Star Luo Imperial Family, Council Hall.

Yun Jingheng looked at Zhao Yu'an and Chen Jingcheng, as well as the few people he didn't recognize behind them, with a complicated expression.

"... So, you contacted me to make me leave Star Luo Empire?"

Zhao Yu'an shook his head, "No, that was Chen Weitao's idea, not ours."

Cai Yue'er interrupted, "Wait a minute, what are you guys talking about?"

Zhuo Shi grabbed her and pulled her back, saying, "If you don't understand, don't cause trouble. Let Xiao Jing Heng figure it out himself first."

Yun Jingheng turned to look at the bewildered crowd, then at Zhao Yu'an, "Why did you give me that book?"

"The theory is good, and I hope you can learn something from it. Since we are all destined to die, we wanted to give you everything we could."

Su Qian stepped forward and placed a folder in front of Yun Jingheng. "Here are the share transfer agreement for the Treasure Pavilion, and the bank cards for all of the Treasure Pavilion's income. The password is six zeros."

"No... what are you doing?"

Yun Jingheng stared at the folder for a long time, then looked up and looked at Zhao Yu'an again.

"Chen Weitao said he led more than three thousand people out of the Moon Domain at great risk, and they've been hiding in the Star Luo Empire for so many years. You transfer the shares of the Treasure Pavilion to me and give me all the revenue. What will happen to those people? How will they survive?"

Su Qian's fingers twitched slightly on the folder. Her lips moved several times before she finally uttered, "A large portion of them are already dead."

"What happened?"

Chen Jingcheng spoke up, "A large part of them shattered on their own because they were away for too long and too far, including my nominal father, who officially degenerated into a fragment of the origin three days ago."

"When did you start preparing?" he asked softly.

Yi Tiezhu remained silent for a moment.

"Preparations began the day we escaped the Moon Domain."

"Our teacher said that if the successor comes one day, we don't know if he's good or bad, whether he'll absorb us, or whether he'll help us."

"But since he's here, it means the fate of the Moon Domain has reached a point where it needs to be decided. All we can do is give him everything we have to ensure he doesn't make the wrong choice due to insufficient resources."

"Wrong choice?"

Wang Tiangu, who had remained silent until now, slowly spoke, "For example... bringing disaster."

"Disaster?"

Yun Jingheng repeated the word, his voice very soft, as if savoring its meaning, "What kind of disaster?"

Wang Tiangu's fingers paused on the edge of the notebook. He looked up at Yun Jingheng, and there was something deep and heavy in his small eyes. It wasn't fear or anger, but a more complex, almost numb calm, as if he had rehearsed all possible tragedies countless times in his mind.

"The God Servant craves power. If he succeeds, all the beings of the Star Luo Empire will become like that. Have you seen those mutants?"

"I've seen it."

"That is one of the fundamental powers. When calamity befalls the world, all living beings will be mutated. The God Servant have tampered with the Moon Domain. Once you get close to the core, it will erupt."

"..."

Ya Li looked at Yun Ming Yun Ming, who was clearly confused by the encrypted conversation.

"To be honest, I don't understand a word you're saying."

Yun Ming looked up at Yun Jingheng's back, at his black coat stained with dust and dried blood, and at his slightly curled, clenched fingers.

"But I understand the word 'disaster.' Jing Heng, what did you experience in the Moon Domain? Who was that God Servant? Why did he sense your presence through these people? What has been added to you?"

Yun Jingheng did not turn around.

"Chen Weitao, he..."

Zheng Yongkang, who was next to Yun Zhishui, answered him, "From the moment he chose to rescue you, he decided he wouldn't be coming back."

"..."

Wang Tiangu's voice rang out, very softly, "The Core Consciousness of the Moon Domain is searching for you through us fragments, because you are the inheritor. Your return through Dragon Valley proves that you already possess the other half of the fragment."

"The Moon Domain has its own consciousness and its own purpose. It has only one purpose: to find its master, be absorbed by him, and make him its new master."

"And... you should feel it, He is sensing your location through us."

Yun Ming's fingers tightened suddenly, and he stood up from his chair, looking at Wang Tiangu.

"You say it senses him through you? Now that he's standing here, face to face with you, and has been talking to you for so long—doesn't it already know exactly where he is?"

Wang Tiangu remained silent for a moment.

"He knew where He was from the very beginning; He sensed Him through the entire space and the whole world."

"He knows where he was born, when he awakened his Martial Soul, and when he first released his Soul Ring."

"He watched him grow up, watched him become stronger, watched him get to where he is today step by step. He has been watching every step he has taken, counting every tear he has shed, and feeling the pain of every injury he has suffered."

Yun Ming fell silent.

"To be precise... He is determining your location."

"The God Servant naturally know your exact location; they're arriving soon."

The moment Wang Tiangu's voice fell, the air in the council hall seemed to be compressed by something.

"How long?"

Zhao Yu'an chimed in, "I don't know. We've studied it in detail. The connection between the Moon Domain and the Star Luo Empire isn't very stable. The God Servant doesn't have the right to manipulate the entire Moon Domain. For him to descend stably, he has to wait for the Moon Domain to connect on its own, which might be in the next few days."

He took a deep breath and dialed again.

He looked at Yun Jingheng, at his coat stained with dust and dried blood, and at his hands hanging at his sides, slightly curled up.

We don't ask you to protect us.

Zhao Yu'an spoke, his voice hoarse but steady, "We just beg you not to leave the Star Luo Empire at this time."

"The God Servant is coming soon, but we don't know which day, which hour, or whether he will come from heaven or earth."

"But he's coming. He's tainted the Moon Domain, and he's bringing those Mutant with him, bringing disaster."

"What will this land become after he arrives? You've seen those Mutant; you've seen them wandering the streets, sobbing against walls with their knees drawn up, pacing back and forth on the street."

"You've seen their heads twist at impossible angles, their mouths torn to their ears, as they lunge at you."

"That wasn't their fault. They didn't want to become like that. It was the God Servant who forced them, the power of the Moon Domain that forced them, that damned, insane God Servant waited for ten thousand years that forced them."

"We escaped because we wanted to be human."

Zhao Yu'an's voice was complex, a trembling sound as if all the emotions that had been suppressed for a long time were mixed together, making it impossible to distinguish which part belonged to which part.

"We want to be human beings, people with names, people with memories, people with feelings, people who can laugh, cry, feel pain, and die."

"We want to know we are still ourselves when we wake up in the morning, and we want to know we will wake up again tomorrow when we fall asleep at night."

"We did it. In the Star Luo Empire, on this land where you live, we did it."

"We opened an auction house in the Treasure Pavilion, and had our own business. We stood guard at the city gate, protecting people entering and leaving the city. We sold things in the shops on the street, chatted with our neighbors, and walked on the ridges of the fields in the sunshine."

"We live here like human beings, like real human beings, like people who don't need to worry about whether they will disappear tomorrow."

"We have become dependent on this land, and we have developed a deep longing for it."

"We lived here. We laughed, cried, felt pain, and were afraid. We made friends, encountered enemies, experienced separation, and reunited. We lived here—like human beings."

"We don't want to die."

Zheng Yongkang's voice came from the side, hoarse and deep, as if it came from underground.

He stood there, his fingers still wrapped in bandages, with dark red blood seeping out from beneath them.

"But if one day, the God Servant really comes, and he really turns the people here into those Mutant who wander the streets, sob with their knees drawn up to the walls, and pace back and forth on the street, then there is no point in us living."

Yun Jingheng's fingers tightened suddenly.

"We don't want to see this land become like that."

Zheng Yongkang's voice was still hoarse and low, but there was something harder in his tone. "We escaped, we became human beings on this land. If the people here become Mutant, if we have to go back to that cage, we might as well die. We don't want to escape anymore."

Chen Jingcheng: "We are willing to ignite the remnants of souls and turn them into firewood."

Yun Biechen: "We are willing to overturn the past and turn it into a foundation."

Yun Zhishui: "We are willing to shed our stable lives and give up our ordinary ones for the rest of our lives."

Su Qian: "We are willing to give up all our savings and everything we have."

Yi Tiezhu: "We are willing to crush our very essence and sacrifice our lives."

Wang Tiangu: "We are willing to strip away the memories and preserve them as they are."

Zheng Yongkang: "We are willing to let our wounds dry and cast aside our cowardice."

Zhao Yu'an: "We are willing to offer everything to help you become a god."

"I don't seek to live alone, nor do I seek a peaceful death! I only seek to protect all the vibrant life in this world!" ×8