Chapter 14 Freedom Begins with Self-Restraint

January 1, year 4201 of the Honkai calendar.

Linshan,

It's New Year's Day again. Although Wutong has been away for thirty years, everyone still gathers together at Wutong's house.

For them, this seems to have become a custom.

The sound of firecrackers marks the end of the year, and the spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu.

Outside the door, there are lanterns and colorful lights, and fireworks;

In the house, there are many people gathering together, drinking and drinking.

More than ten years ago, people would deliberately avoid the name "Wutong" at the dinner table because they were afraid of being left out.

But not anymore. Not only do people not avoid the names Wutong and Sakura, they have become the hottest topics at the dinner table.

Nowadays, what these girls like to discuss most is... scolding Wutong... Yes, they found that scolding Wutong is really fun and relieves stress.

Or, the discussion was about how they should punish Wutong if he comes back.

Or, if Wutong can't come back, how should they save that human being...

In short, Wutong always has a lot of topics to talk about, and he always keeps people talking until late at night.

However, there is a time to get together and part ways. No matter how good the tea is, it will fade away as you drink it, and no matter how delicious the dishes are, they will disappear as you eat them.

The night is fading, and the music ends and people disperse.

After the guests left one after another, Yuexia, who struggled internally for a long time, finally plucked up the courage to go upstairs to Gao Xing to admit her mistake.

"Dong dong dong!"

"Enter."

Yuexia lowered her head, opened the door and walked into the stargazing bedroom.

"I'm sorry...Master, I...didn't control my instinctive desires." Yuexia unconsciously rubbed the hem of her pajamas and said weakly.

Her voice was soft and waxy, and she looked particularly obedient and pleasant, like a white and tender glutinous rice dumpling.

Yuexia's appearance is too deceptive. Based on her appearance alone, it is difficult for people to imagine how cruel and bloody she looks when she is mad and insane.

Beneath the seemingly weak appearance is an extremely crazy and savage person.

Guanxing smiled and took Yuexia's little hand, led her to the bedside, and poured her a cup of black tea: "It's not your fault, you don't want to hurt others. I believe you are a kind child. "

"But, because of me, today's dinner..."

"It's interesting, isn't it?" Guan Xing interrupted with a smile, "Just think that you performed a special and wonderful show. Do you want to see your gaffeful 'performance'? I I’ve recorded it all for you.”

"Ah! No!" Yuexia held her little head, took off her slippers, and shrank to the foot of the bed, "I don't want to look at it!"

"Look, everyone has seen your embarrassing appearance. Not everyone is qualified to be pinned to the ground and rubbed by Ms. Shilu."

"Ah! Master! Stop talking! How could you do this?!"

"Haha~ It's so cute~"

Stargazing stretched out her little hand and rubbed her apprentice's little head. The feeling of touching her head was very comfortable and healing, making her feel a little addicted.

"Does the master feel this way when he touches my head?" Guanxing suddenly thought.

"Well... Master is bullying me again..." Yuexia pouted and said with tears in her eyes.

"Well...it shouldn't be. Yuexia is cuter than me...No! No! Gu is the cutest! Gu is the cutest in the world!" Guanxing thought shamelessly.

She ignored it and continued to rub her little apprentice's soft and smooth white hair. Guanxing liked to "bully" Yuexia like this. She really liked to see her little apprentice's aggrieved and weak look.

So cute!

In a moment,

After being satisfied with the stargazing, he finally let his apprentice go.

"..."

"Master... I can't even control myself, am I useless?" Yuexia suddenly asked.

She bit her lower lip, feeling a little depressed.

Guanxing handed her a cup of black tea and comforted her: "Of course not. That girl Dracula loses her mind occasionally, but you, most of the time, can stay rational. This is already amazing. After all, you are only 10 years old. .”

"But... even Honkaimon won't go crazy, but I..."

Stargazing patiently comforted him: "You are different from monsters, you are human.

"Most of the Honkai beasts raised in Heaven are thoughtless. Deep in their brains are engraved 'commandments' such as protecting humans and obeying orders.

"And those very few thinking Honkai beasts are old monsters that have lived for thousands of years. They have the ability to restrain and manage themselves. Don't compare with them."

"Then can I also be engraved with the commandment not to go crazy?" Yuexia asked, and she finally revealed her purpose.

"No! You must always remember that you are a human being, not a beast." Guanxing became a little more serious, "Human beings cannot get rid of their beastly nature, but as humans, they must learn to control their beastly nature on their own."

"But, don't humans also have to follow the 'commandments' to control their instincts and desires?" Yuexia asked confused.

"The essence of these two 'commandments' is different. One is a moral code that is consciously observed for the sake of order, while the other is the shackles of slavery."

Guanxing said: "I can understand why you want to use the 'shackles' imposed on you by others to control yourself. This seems to be the easiest way to prevent you from going crazy, but after all, it is

It's a lazy and slippery way. Don't think about those opportunistic things in the future. Remember, taking chances is the most harmful thing. "

"...I know." Yuexia lowered her head and said in frustration.

"Don't be afraid of hurting others. You have to be self-aware. You can't actually hurt anyone. You are the weakest! You have plenty of time to learn how to control your own instincts and desires."

I don’t know who I learned the method of stargazing from to comfort people. It can comfort a person and hurt her at the same time.

The words "You are the weakest" made Yuexia feel very uncomfortable...but what the master said really made her feel at ease.

This feeling... is so weird!

Stargazing took out a set of bedding from the closet: "It's so late at night, don't go back, sleep with me tonight."

"Okay." Yuexia still looked so cute and cute.

after awhile,

After the master and apprentice turned off the lights and lay down, Yuexia suddenly asked: "Master, is my 'mother' really Karen?"

"yes."

Yuexia was created by combining the genes of Kallen and Dracula.

"But... why do you and I look so similar? Did you make a mistake at the beginning? In fact... you are my 'mother'..."

This question has puzzled Xiao Yuexia for a long time. In fact, not only her, but many people are particularly confused about this.

"It's unmistakable... I can only say... maybe it's God's will." Guanxing must have investigated this matter in detail.

"...Master, are you the ancestor of Kallen?!"

"……no."

Yuexia's ideas are always very strange. However, although her guess has no basis, it makes Guan Xing think of another possibility.

Is the stargazing family somehow related to the Kaslana family?

She plans to investigate tomorrow.

"By the way...my family...has it been passed down? If it has been passed down, then...to which generations has it been passed down? Are there any descendants?" Guanxing thought secretly.

…

At noon, the sky was still gloomy.

"Seaside" is so pink.

The collapse-colored ocean is endless, mysterious and beautiful.

Yes, the sea in the abandoned land is composed of Honkai energy. It can even be further said that the "nature" of this world is created by humans.

The sea is the matrix of life and the hope to reverse everything.

The sea is very calm, bottomless, and without waves.

It looks like the sea but not the sea.

If you scoop up a basin of "sea water", you will find that this transparent pale pink collapsing energy fluid is particularly viscous, like delicious jelly. If you take one sip, it will leave a name for generations, and the name of a fool will be immortal.

Sakura and others have seen the ocean of this world countless times, but every time they see it again, they still can't control the shock in their hearts.

"Can you please stop doing fieldwork under the guise of taking us on a trip next time?"

At this time, Sakura was holding a three- or four-year-old Mebius, standing next to Wutong with Eden, looking at the ocean.

She complained: "You can come by yourself if you want to, do you have to have someone accompany you?"

Wutong knew that he was in the wrong, so he ignored his wife's complaints.

In fact, Sakura and Eden came here voluntarily. They both knew that Wutong was lying. Where in this world is there a place worth traveling?

Mebius doesn't want to come. Wouldn't it be better to stay in the laboratory? What's the point of going out? !

However, the "young" Snake was forcibly taken out by Sakura.

Sakura's idea is very simple. The more Mebius doesn't want to do something, the more she wants her to do it. Sakura likes to find trouble for Mebius.

Seeing Mebius unhappy made her happier than her happy.

What's more... I've gone out to "suffer", how could I forget you?

Four years ago, Mebius succeeded in evolving as she wished, but currently, her power is still relatively weak compared to Sakura.

After all, she is too young.

Snake's evolutionary "journey" this time was extremely long, lasting nearly one hundred and fifty years.

Such a long process also made Wutong suspicious. Is Mebius cheating?

Therefore, Wutong cut off food for Mebius five years ago. As expected, not long after the food was cut off, Snake finished evolving.

This also made Wutong more convinced of his conjecture.

Ever since Mebius successfully evolved, Sakura has been depressed because this means that she will no longer be able to earn a living.

Moreover, this also means that in more than ten years, Mebius will rejoin the battlefield, and the little snake will swallow the little sycamore again.

"Such a huge amount of Honkai energy was 'produced' by one person?" Eden sighed as he looked at the ocean.

"That's right."

"How did she do it?"

"It seems that you have underestimated the end." Wutong said with a smile, "What you saw is only a small part. How much does the sea of ​​collapse store? Compared with the Honkai energy on the moon, it is only a small part. It's just a 'little witch can see a big witch'. The moon in the sky is no smaller than the world below our feet."

"So much Honkai energy...can create the world, right?"

"Almost, but not enough to turn everything around."

"

…”

"Based on the current progress, how long will it take for the fourteenth island to be completely completed?" Eden asked slowly.

"A thousand years."

"Should we consider building a fifteenth island?" Sakura interjected, "I always feel that the number fourteen has a bad meaning."

"Giggle~ It doesn't matter if you don't understand anything, you are still gesticulating and engaging in feudal superstition?! In addition to wasting time, does building the fifteenth island increase the possibility of success even a little bit? No! Does it make sense? ?No!"

Mebius mocked: "Haha~ How stupid! Brother Wutong~ It seems that your compulsory education is not very successful! Look, your stupid wife is like this, and others..."

"Pah! Pah..."

Before Mebius could finish speaking, Sakura took action. She slapped Snake's little butt wildly.

This damn snake is too arrogant. How dare he mock her in Sakura's arms? !

I don’t know who is stupid.

"I think the number fourteen has a good meaning." Wutong said nonchalantly, "The prerequisite for the Phoenix's nirvana is that she dies first. If she doesn't die, how can she be reborn? Doctors should have a deep understanding of this. .”

"Bah! I didn't realize it!" Mebius rubbed his butt and grinned in pain, "This is feudal superstition! Don't use it to insult me! Don't use it to insult the truth!"

Snake broke away from Sakura's arms, jumped to the ground, and crawled into Eden's arms.

Sakura doesn't mind either. Her goal has been achieved. She has beaten her, so why is she still holding Snake? Get out of here!

"Why do you say it is feudal superstition?" Sakura said displeased.

"Because it has no scientific basis. If it does, then it is not feudal superstition, but science!" Mebius couldn't help but mocked, "Haha~ If you don't even understand this, you should go back to elementary school. Let’s rebuild it!”

"..."

Eden silently changed the position of the little snake and blocked Sakura's sight with his chest so that Sakura could not see the doctor's face, successfully preventing Mebius from being beaten again.

Eden is still so gentle, and his mind is still so broad.

"I heard from Miss Sakura that when you first woke up from the sleep cabin, you seemed very weak? You were probably only as strong as a Judgment-level Honkaimon?" Eden slowly changed the subject.

"Yeah." Wutong nodded.

"Are you just pretending?"

"Half of it is."

"What about the other half?"

"I'm really weak."

"What's the reason for this?" Eden asked curiously.

Wutong chuckled and said: "Haha~ For a slave, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky to get rid of his former identity.

"How can a puppet break free from its strings and be abandoned by people without paying a heavy price?"

"But... how can a puppet with its strings cut off walk?"

"Without that thread, would a puppet still be called a puppet?"

"..." Eden was silent for a moment and smiled softly, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Verbal affirmation means nothing."

"you think……?"

"Warm my bed."

When Sakura heard this, she kicked Wutong on the butt.