Chapter 224
She paused for a long time.
"This planet is nothing but a stranger to us; we are nothing but souls, forever imprisoned in this illusory form."
"And in the future..." Her voice trembled, "A billion years from now, the sun will expand and become a red giant. Its flames will engulf this planet, engulf us, but we will not die. Our souls will continue to exist, enveloped in the star's flames, enduring endless burning... until the day the universe ends."
"So, please, have mercy and pray for us."
Xiao Huasheng had a pretty good understanding of their situation, but instead asked a question.
Do you consider yourself guilty? In other words, did you do anything wrong in your life?
Upon hearing this, the Lunarians fell silent.
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But they still continued to speak very frankly.
"I am guilty."
"Me too."
"That is an unforgivable sin."
The female Lunarians then spoke, saying, "All Lunarians still living in the world, except for our prince, bear unforgivable sins."
"That makes things easier!"
Xiao Huasheng was overjoyed and burst out laughing, "Being guilty is the best outcome!"
Just as all the Lunarians were confused, Xiao Huasheng spoke up.
"In that case, I'll take you back to... well, my world, so you can confess your sins there."
"In this way, your souls will also find peace, and this process will be much faster than if I were to pray for you."
One Sin and Hundreds of Good Deeds —wouldn't these Lunarians, all of whom are sinful, be the perfect Abnormality?
If Lunarians confesses to Old Bones for a month, his soul will immediately be scattered.
What else is there to be dissatisfied with?
Just as Xiao Huasheng was excited about this perfect idea, a figure rushed in from the side, swept by the rushing water.
It's Sirius.
Her wrists and feet tightly embraced a black stone sphere, which was about half the size of her body.
Clearly, she was struggling to swim while dragging such a large object.
"Waaah! Xiao Huasheng, I'm here to save you! You have to hold on!!" Sirius cried as he carried the black sphere to Xiao Huasheng's side.
But when Sirius saw the situation clearly, he was completely stunned.
The situation on the scene was far beyond her expectations.
The Lunarians knelt down before Xiao Huasheng. Even though the Slug Clan did not have such a ceremony, she could still tell at a glance that the Lunarians had surrendered.
She carried the large ball to Xiao Huasheng's side and immediately began to ask him questions.
"Are you... are you alright...?"
"It's alright, I've taken care of it. By the way, what's that?" Xiao Huasheng couldn't help but point to the sphere in Sirius's hand.
"It's a very powerful thing!" Sirius said lively, swinging his arms and legs excitedly. "Many times before, the men of our tribe have relied on this to repel the Lunarians! Now we only have one left..."
"Do you know how to use it?" Xiao Huasheng asked helplessly.
"I... I've never seen it, but I know it's amazing."
Sirius undoubtedly saw the sphere in her hand as her last lifeline; she wanted to rely on it to save Xiao Huasheng.
But then, the Lunarians spoke up.
"This is a bomb."
The one who spoke was the Lunarians who recounted the past.
Her voice regained its calmness, even carrying a hint of strange appreciation.
"It's filled with impure nitroglycerin." She raised her arm, pointing towards the black sphere. "It will explode if the outer shell is subjected to sufficient impact or pressure."
He paused, as if recalling something.
"To be able to manufacture and store something like this underwater... truly, even after so much time, the wisdom of humankind is still astonishing." He turned to Sirius. "On this resource-scarce Earth, to still be able to find materials and complete the production and encapsulation of such an unstable substance underwater is remarkable."
"The Lunarians have spoken..." In Sirius's past experiences, the Lunarians had never spoken to them; they had only ever treated them as prey to be captured.
This scene was clearly beyond her expectations.
However, Xiao Huasheng quickly realized what was happening and hurriedly told Sirius to put down what he was holding.
"Get rid of that thing right now! It'll blow you to smithereens!"
"Ah!" Sirius was startled.
"Wait, put it down gently! Don't do it so fast! Too much impact will cause it to explode!"
Xiao Huasheng added another reminder.
Now it was Sirius who found himself in a predicament.
"I'm scared too, hearing this all of a sudden!"
Sirius's amber eyes widened instantly.
She had never witnessed an explosion, but she understood that shattering was like the Lunarians spears brutally smashing underwater reefs, or like her people having their limbs crushed during a hunt.
A primal fear gripped her instantly.
"Ugh...!"
A short whimper escaped her throat, and her wrists, which were wrapped around the black sphere, began to tremble uncontrollably.
That was no longer the weapon she saw as a source of hope.
It became a terrifying thing that could tear her apart at any moment, turning her into a pool of indistinct, mangled flesh on the seabed.
"Let go, let go... yes, let go..." she murmured incoherently, trying to control her spasming muscles.
But the more tense one is, the stiffer one's wrists and feet become.
She dared not exert any force, fearing the impact would be too great.
She dared not loosen her grip completely, fearing the ball would fall.
Her whole body trembled slightly from extreme fear, and the suction cups on her wrists and feet unconsciously tightened and loosened, sliding futilely on the smooth stone sphere.
"Put it down gently..." Xiao Huasheng temporarily acted as a psychological comfort master.
Sirius bit his lower lip hard, using all his willpower to force his trembling wrists and feet to relax little by little.
She felt like her heart was about to jump out of her chest.
The sphere began to slowly slide down.
She held her breath, gave a final push with her wrists and feet, and then abruptly pulled away.
The black sphere sank silently to the seabed, landing on the soft sediment and stirring up a small patch of turbidity.
It lay there quietly, without cracking or making a loud noise.
Sirius recoiled violently, his eight arms curling up to hug himself tightly.
She was breathing heavily, as if waves of lingering fear were washing over her nerves.
After all, the shockwave of explosives underwater is many times greater than that on land; an underwater explosion is enough to obliterate everything in its path.
Fried fish is no joke.
Just when Xiao Huasheng felt relieved and thought everything was settled,
An ocean current swept through, moving the black sphere.
The black sphere struck a reef on the seabed, and a violent explosion erupted underwater!
Intense flames blazed from the center of the black sphere.
Everything happened too fast.
First came the light—a blinding, all-consuming white light that burst forth from inside the sphere, instantly tearing the red and dark of the deep sea to shreds.
This was followed by a shockwave.
That was not a sound; sound had long since transformed into the most powerful force.
Centered on the bomb, it expanded wildly in a spherical shape in all directions, rapidly compressing the seawater before pushing it away at a devastating speed.
The nearest reef turned to dust silently.
Xiao Huasheng only had time to instinctively raise her arms to block in front of her, but the force still struck her like an invisible giant hammer, sending her flying and crashing into the hard rock wall behind her.
The rock face cracked, and she barely managed to stay steady amidst the violent tremors.
The Lunarians were even more miserable.
Their illusory bodies were directly pierced and torn apart by the shockwave. Those closest to them instantly dissipated into specks of light, while those a little further away were also violently thrown away.
Art is an explosion!
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And Sirius.
She was too close.
She didn't even have time to scream before the shockwave caught up with her recoiled body.
Under absolute violence, the soft, boneless body becomes as fragile as a bubble in water.
Boom!
A violent explosion rang out.
Her wrists and feet were the first to be torn off and ripped apart; the tough flesh and suckers instantly turned into flying fragments of blood and flesh.
Next came her torso, which was instantly blown apart by the indescribable force of compression and tearing.
She was just a pitiful mollusk, unable to even guarantee her own integrity in the face of an explosion.
Internal organs mixed with bright red blood gushed out from the bursting shell, spreading a large, blinding red mist in the turbid, churning seawater.
Pain.
That was an excruciating pain that transcended all understanding and shattered all consciousness.
In the last hundredth of a second of his life, Sirius felt every part of his body being destroyed simultaneously.
Her sight and hearing were completely consumed by this extreme pain.
She wanted to speak.
I want to call out Xiao Huasheng's name.
I want to say "eat me up" one more time.
But her vocal organs, along with her gills, had long since turned into floating pieces of flesh.
She couldn't even exhale a single bubble.
The last vestiges of consciousness, like a dying Mars, desperately focused into a single, incredibly clear yet incredibly humble thought.
Eat me.
Xiao Huasheng...
Eat me all...
Not a single bit... should be left...
In the understanding of the Slug Clan, only by returning to flesh and blood can they begin their next life.
A meaningless and tragic death is absolutely unacceptable in this desolate world.
This can be considered the only belief of the Slug Clan.
Then, darkness descended completely.
The aftershocks of the explosion were still spreading, churning the seawater and carrying a strong smell of blood and fragments of tissue.