"The blood tide is still rising, let's keep moving forward. Don't mind ... I just want to be alone for a while."
"Oh no, Wei'Er, that makes feel really sad," Wuer hurriedly comforted, "Death is not the end of life. I'll turn you into the most beautiful Skeleton Warrior in the world, and you'll retain your consciousness from when you were alive, granting you eternal life!"
Wei'Er: "..."
She twitched at the corner of her mouth, quickly waving her hand to politely refuse Wuer's offer.
She explained, "Although our Elf Race cherishes life and hates death, life and death reincarnation is a natural law of the universe. Mortals have birth, aging, sickness, and death; the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Death is also an inseparable part of the Law of Life."
On the question of whether "death is the end or the beginning of life," in ancient tis, the Elf Race and the Undead Race debated endlessly. This debate was also the root cause of the irreconcilability between the two races.
Elves and the Undead Race were once mortal enemies.
The Law of Life and the Law of Death are inherently opposed.
That the Human Federation was able to diate and turn the two races from enemies to friends was due to the ongoing War of Ten Thousand Races at the ti. Both Elves and the Undead Race were facing extinction, with imnse survival pressure.
So, the two races reluctantly accepted the standard answer given by the Human Federation: death is both the end and a new beginning of life.
At that ti, the president of the Human Federation personally used the Eight Trigrams Diagram to explain to both races the concepts of yin and yang, order, and the interdependence of life and death, showing that life and death are mutually dependent and inseparable.
We are all one big, happy family!
However, letting go of the conflict does not an being able to unify beliefs or ideologies.
In the end, there remains a difference between life and death.
Anyway, Wei'Er could not accept herself becoming an Undead creature. Although that may also an "eternal life" in another sense, she preferred to honor the way of nature.
When the sun is supposed to set, let it set.
She smiled. It seed like she was explaining, but she was actually convincing herself.
The effect was significant; her inner self gradually cald down, and she no longer feared death.
But looking back on this life, there were too many beautiful things to cherish, making her reluctant.
"Wuu wuu~"
As they say, when the rabbit dies, the fox grieves.
Many classmates in the crowd cried out loud.
Because they didn't know whether they could leave the rift alive themselves.
It's very likely that Wei'Er's fate awaited them in the next trial?
"Well... okay, I respect your choice then," Wuer sighed, feeling very sad.
As part of the Undead Race, it couldn't understand why Brother Lu or Wei'Er resisted becoming Undead creatures, but as a friend, it had to respect them.
"Do you have any last wishes? How should we handle your affairs? Should your remains be cremated? Should the ashes be returned to the Elf Race or scattered elsewhere?" Wuer asked again.
The Undead Race sees death with a clear perspective, so it unconsciously asked these questions without restraint.
Wei'Er helplessly rubbed her forehead. Fortunately, she had a good temperant and had already accepted reality, so she wasn't angry.
She shook her head and softly said, "No need, you all can go. There's nothing I need you to do for . I want to quietly embrace death, resting here forever."
Sigh...
Everyone sighed again, feeling sad; the atmosphere was depressing.
Just as they were about to say their goodbyes.
Suddenly, Lu Xun spoke up.
"Ahem! Wei'Er, could you co with for a mont? I have sothing important to tell you."
He cleared his throat, dropped this sentence, and left the crowd, heading to a distant corner, disappearing from sight.
Everyone was stunned.
They couldn't figure out what Scholar Lu was up to, acting so mysteriously and avoiding everyone's attention.
Could he be about to confess?
Although these two do seem like a perfect match made in heaven.
But, Wei'Er was on the brink of death; doing this at such a ti didn't seem appropriate, right?
Clearly, so people misunderstood.
However, Wei'Er, being an Elf, almost had no such vulgar desires and naturally didn't think along those lines.
She heard Lu Xun say "sothing important," so after hesitating for a mont, she still jogged after him, disappearing around a distant corner.
Although her life was almost over, since Lu had sothing urgent, she didn't mind giving him the last few minutes of her life.
***********
In the hidden corner.
"Lu, what do you need from ? Just say it. I don't have much ti left. If I can help you, I will try my best," Wei'Er stood gracefully, asking earnestly.
Lu Xun turned around, his gaze scanning her up and down.
At this mont, the curse's markings had spread from a re spot, now covering her entirely, from her wrists to every corner of her body.
Wei'Er's skin had been 90% eroded.
The originally fair and beautiful Elf girl had now turned red-skinned, looking quite strange.
The curse had spread throughout her body.
In just one more minute, she would perish.
Lu Xun didn't waste ti and directly said to her, "Wei'Er, to be honest, I am actually an Otherworld Person. Years ago, I accidentally awakened a superpower."
"Eh?"
Wei'Er was montarily stunned, a little surprised.
Lu actually had a superpower? Did he take the Genetic Awakening Potion?
No, that potion was too expensive, costing billions per dose.
Moreover, if he had "taken a dose," Lu wouldn't have passed the school dical examination.
But he did pass the drug test in last month's school exams.
He must have awakened his superpower in another way.
As expected, reality matched her speculation.
"When I was young, I accidentally ate a mysterious blue fruit and almost died. I barely survived," Lu Xun explained, "Then I found that I beca particularly capable of eating, and... I can eat anything."
As he spoke, he casually picked up a fist-sized rock, flashed a grin revealing rows of shark-like teeth, and with a "crunch crunch," he chewed and swallowed the stone, then burped.
Next, he picked up a piece of talware scattered in the palace, where he gnawed it to bits.
Having demonstrated in person, he pretended to look conflicted and helplessly said:
"Anyway, this superpower only lets eat, it's quite a useless ability without any purpose. I almost forgot I had a superpower until just now... wonder if it could help you?"
Wei'Er was dumbfounded.
He could actually eat anything?
Both tal and stone could be easily digested?
She was surprised but not too shocked.
Because in this world, the power system is vast, and superpowers don't hold much presence.
Little Dao'er.
Superpowers are just an insignificant branch in the Magic System.
Even if humans awakened superpowers, they wouldn't amount to much as superpowers lack the potential for advancent.
So people, with just a single dose of the potion, "jump levels" from an Inferior Mortal to a Lord Level strongman, which is impressive, but they couldn't ascend to King Level in their lifeti.
This is a way of forcing premature growth.
What's more, Lu's way of awakening a superpower wasn't "professional," without the aid of a potion, after awakening he's still just an Inferior Mortal.
But that's not the main concern.
Wei'Er's eyes suddenly lit up with hope.
This gluttonous superpower seed useless, but its effect made her see a possibility.
If he could eat anything, could he eat the curse?
But soon, the light in her eyes dimd again.
Wei'Er couldn't help but laugh at herself for being a cowardly Elf, afraid of death and clutching at straws.
How could a curse possibly be eaten by an ordinary superpower?
It is a mysterious power originating from the Supre Plane of the Netherworld.
Perhaps an ordinary curse could be tried.
But the curse on her was given by a Celestial King Level Netherworld Shroud.
Just like in dicine, not only should treatnt be "symptomatic," the "dose" must also be right.
If the dosage isn't enough, it won't solve the ailnt.
To remove a Celestial King Level curse, it must be countered with an equally potent "dication."
Her Special Level Purification Magic was of no use, and Lu Xun, being Inferior Level, obviously couldn't solve her problem.
...No matter how much he can eat, it's useless.
"I didn't expect Lu to have such an extraordinary encounter," she said sincerely, "I appreciate your goodwill, you want to save , and I am very touched. Thank you. But you can't save ... and ti is running out, in just half a minute, I will die."
"Are you sure you don't want to try? What if it works?"
Lu Xun shrugged: "There's enough ti, rest assured, my tongue is super fast!"
"Thirty seconds is too much, just give ... ten seconds will be enough."
Actually, if he used his "Gluttony" power at full blast, his tongue could lash out thousands of tis in 0.01 seconds, licking away the curse encompassing her whole body.
But it's better to be low-key.
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