Chapter 85: The Price of Resurrection

“Why do you know about Lingqing?”

“Because this game was created by me, that Firo Continent is also a real, existing world, and she is also…”

Huang spoke halfway and held back the rest of his words.

Chen Anping stood there in a daze. So, all of this was real. No wonder it felt so real.

“Senior, are you the game’s customer service? Or perhaps the designer of that electronic girlfriend?”

Huang rolled his eyes at Chen Anping, “What customer service? What designer? This old man only implanted the Firo Continent scene into your phone!”

What?

Then what was the deal with the top-up system?

Chen Anping trembled all over, the hairs on his body practically standing on end, completely unable to believe this fact.

Huang pointed at Chen Anping’s body with the broken sword, shattering the shock in his heart.

“Kid, have you thought through what I said or not?”

I can see Lingqing, but Lingqing won’t know of my existence…

Wouldn’t that be a great injustice to Lingqing? Chen Anping simply couldn’t accept such a situation.

He tore the Eternal Love from his neck and retorted sharply, “Sorry, I can’t do it. I’m not willing to make Lingqing sad!”

There wasn’t a ripple of emotion on Huang’s calm face. A divine light threatened to surge from the broken sword, but he suppressed it.

“I will only remind you once. Once a person is dead, there is nothing left, not even the slightest chance.”

Chen Anping understood in an instant, “Senior, are you saying I have a chance to go directly to Lingqing?”

“The boy can be taught, but it’s not as easy as you imagine.”

“First, find the seven Dragon Sources scattered between heaven and earth, summon the divine dragon for its blessing, and you can break the shackles of the world and find your beloved.”

“Second is to break free from the six paths of reincarnation, sever the seven emotions and six desires in your heart, and cleanse your entire body with the holy water of the Jade Pool. Only then can you break the rules of heaven and earth and avoid the punishment for defying heaven.”

As he spoke, Huang’s voice grew louder, the vibrations causing a tearing pain in Chen Anping’s eardrums.

His body trembled violently, and he raised his head in pain.

“Senior… my ears are about to start ringing…”

A ferocious smile appeared on Huang’s face, “How was that? Did you feel pain just now?”

“Hiss… I’m not in pain!”

Huang burst into laughter, “You kid, you have some of my style from back in the day!”

“I am already content that Senior is willing to save me. Anping will definitely repay this life-saving grace for all eternity.”

At this moment, time suddenly stood still.

Chen Anping, however, could clearly feel a heart-palpitating power continuously rising from his heart.

What kind of power was that?

Just being a little closer would likely melt one into ashes by that power.

Chen Anping exclaimed in horror, “Senior, are you trying to kill me?”

“Shut up! If I wanted to kill you, would I still be dawdling with you here for half a day?”

Chen Anping shut his mouth.

Huang stacked the broken sword and the Desolate Sword in his hands, with the broken sword on top and the Desolate Sword on the bottom.

Pfft…

He gripped the two swords tightly with both hands and forced a drop of his purest essence blood from his mouth.

The essence blood merged into the space between the swords. A soaring, blood-colored light flashed from the blades, completely dispelling the surrounding darkness and turning the world into a crimson expanse.

In this world, everything seemed so perfect, without the slightest complex emotion.

“Reverse!”

A series of low shouts came from Huang’s mouth as he tried to reverse the direction of the broken sword and the Desolate Sword in his hands.

The whole process was extremely slow. With every degree of reversal, the veins on Huang’s arms bulged from the strain, and sweat flowed incessantly from his forehead and back.

“Reverse for me!”

He stomped his foot fiercely, as if using all his strength to forcefully reverse the two swords.

Now, the Desolate Sword was on top, and the broken sword was on the bottom. The crimson color in the sky also reversed to the ground.

Life and death reversed, heaven and earth flipped. At this moment, heaven was earth, and earth was heaven.

The darkness of the ground once again returned to the sky. The entire scene was like standing in a sea of blood-red fire.

Huang stood upside down, letting out a breath as if a heavy burden had been lifted. He wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.

“Chen Anping, you must remember this in your heart: after you are resurrected, you cannot let her know of your existence! Otherwise, heavenly punishment will surely descend in an instant, turning you into a pile of fine ash.”

“Anping will definitely remember Senior’s words.”

“I have one more matter that I need your help with. I observed the celestial phenomena at night and discovered that a devastating disaster will befall Tianhai City in the future. I need you to protect Tianhai.”

“Senior… you even have the means to reverse life and death. Are you still afraid of some disaster?”

Huang hesitated for a moment, his gaze once again turning to the sky.

“I must go out to fulfill a regret from years past. For these days, I need you to guard this perfect world for me!”

A perfect world?

Chen Anping asked himself, of all the people in Tianhai City, did they feel that living in this city was perfect?

Undeniably, the answer was the latter.

Some people work hard their whole lives, yet are not as well-off as others from birth. Some people chase their dreams, only to find that dreams are just fantasies. Some kind people suffer hardships, while those evil people live carefree lives.

A world that no one felt was fair, why would he see it as a perfect world?

Chen Anping didn’t know the reason, but he was certain that perfection had its own logic.

After all, perfect is not the same as fair!

“Senior, I promise you. As long as I can do it, I will definitely protect the world you guard with my life.”

After speaking, Chen Anping stood in place, only to find that his soul could only move within this black-and-red space and could not control his already dead body at all.

“Senior… what’s this situation?”

“I only said I would help you resurrect, but not right now. The one who tied the bell must be the one to untie it. When the time is right, you will be resurrected.”

Chen Anping silently cursed the other party. His fingers unconsciously drew a few circles in the air.

Aren’t you just being a rascal?

If I have to wait a year, ten years, or even a hundred years to be resurrected, won’t I have waited until the daylilies have all withered…

Thinking of this, Chen Anping couldn’t help but feel a little smug.

Since you said I can’t let her know of my existence after I’m resurrected, you didn’t say I can’t see her during this period before resurrection.

Hmph!

You have your rules, and I have mine.

Since you tricked me first, I can’t just suffer in silence.

You want me to guard this perfect world for you after I’m resurrected, but I never said when I would guard it, did I?

When the time comes… jie jie jie…

Huang’s deep gaze seemed to read Chen Anping’s inner thoughts. He sighed helplessly.

“Telling you some things now would not be good for you. In the future, you will surely understand my good intentions.”

“Senior… can I still see Lingqing in the future?”

Huang turned around indifferently, his eyes gradually becoming sharp. “You can see her, but you cannot influence her future path!”

“Her path is destined to be extraordinary, destined to forget everything, including all friends and family around her…”

Chen Anping still held on to a final sliver of hope, his palms clenched into tight fists.

“Will she really forget my existence?”

“Even if she forgets me, I will make her remember me!”

[End of Chapter]