And finally, it is to bring the girl back from the darkness she is in.
He jumped into the deep sea of consciousness, the Herrscher's ability illuminated a faint light for him, and then he grabbed the girl's hand.
"Got you."
The faint light illuminated the girl's deep blue eyes.
Chapter 85 First Aid
The choking smell of burning gasoline filled her nose, her ears were filled with sharp buzzing sounds, and her vision was obscured by thick smoke and dark clouds. The nerves in her body were burning with pain. Kiana slowly woke up in the ruins, and the accompanying feeling of suffocation made her cough continuously.
She turned her body sideways in confusion, still holding the boy's hand, but the owner of his hand was lying beside her, with almost no signs of life.
The bright red blood soaked his whole body like it was free, and there was a long bloodstain under his body. Kiana realized that the boy might have been unconscious before he kept leaning forward and finally grabbed her hand. It was this power that broke her consciousness space and saved her from the deep sea of despair.
But at this moment, he was no longer moving.
"Su Jue!"
The girl's fingers were trembling constantly. She didn't dare to let go of Su Jue's hand, fearing that if she let go, Su Jue would leave her. She could only move her body desperately, even if the sharp gravel scratched her skin, she had to force herself to get to his side and test his breathing with her other hand.
The tension on his face soon turned into surprise as if he had survived a disaster. Although Su Jue's breathing was very weak, it was still there.
"Great, you're still here."
But now his body temperature has gradually become cold due to the heavy blood loss, and the faint cracks on his skin also show that he has been eroded by the collapse. But at this time, Kiana didn't know where she got the strength from. She struggled to get up, tore the cloth of his clothes with her teeth, and carefully bandaged him to stop the bleeding. But this was only a relief. Su Jue was just an ordinary person, and his physical condition was even worse. What he urgently needed now was professional treatment.
"Su Jue, don't die!" Looking at the boy's pale face, Kiana prayed continuously as if she were a drowning person grabbing a life-saving straw.
However, there were only ruins all around, with traces of the Herrscher of the Void left everywhere, and no one could respond to her.
Only the charred bodies and collapsed buildings on the ground created a doomsday scene, and even the wailing of the survivors was no longer there. Kiana knew very well that the Herrscher of the Void might have slaughtered everyone when she lost consciousness, and the injuries on Su Jue were obviously caused by the Herrscher of the Void.
But now is not the time to feel guilty. The whole world has abandoned her, and Su Jue awakened her when she was in desperate situation. Now it is her turn to save Su Jue.
With her legs trembling, Kiana knelt on one knee, hunched over, and gently placed the unconscious Su Jue on her back. Then she stood up with all her strength and staggered out of the block.
There were no living people in the entire block. Only thick smoke and flames stood on both sides of the road along with the collapsed buildings. People watched the staggering girl carrying the seriously injured boy step by step towards the distance.
Roar--
However, not all existence is as quiet as the ruins. Even if all the survivors are dead, the collapse is still raging.
With a loud bang, the concrete wall of Shencheng Technology was suddenly smashed by a huge figure. The flying rubble smashed holes in the surrounding facilities. The tank-level Honkai beast passed through the wall and rushed out violently.
It leaped high and then jumped down, smashing the entire road into a dent. Although it wanted to tear the fragile human to pieces, the aura of the Herrscher on Kiana made it dare not get close at all.
The instinct of destruction still drove it, and after leaving the Herrscher, it began to attack the surrounding buildings.
Under the impact of its powerful body, the ground was full of depressions, and the buildings knocked down by the Honkai beast collapsed on the street, blocking Kiana's way forward.
Just as the Honkai beast was about to crash into the overpass in front of it, its body suddenly paused, and then split into countless small pieces under the inertia of running.
Silver-white hair covered Kiana's face, but her golden eyes were already emitting an irresistible light. This was the power of the Herrscher of the Void, the strength of the Apostle of God.
Blind cowardice can't save anyone, endless escape can never atone for sins, and without the support of strength, she can do nothing.
And now, in order to save the people important to her, Kiana chose to actively embrace the power of the Herrscher of the Void for the first time.
"Go away!"
Her voice was weak, but it seemed as if she had issued a supreme judgment. The rampaging Honkai beast was directly cut by the invisible space, and the collapsed ruins in front of it were also directly annihilated.
Even with such a powerful ability, Qiana did not even bother to look at it. She turned her head and looked at Su Jue's face with his eyes closed on her shoulder, revealing a resolute look.
……
The lights in the emergency room were still on. Kiana was sitting on a chair in the corridor, clutching her hands tightly. She didn't even have time to think about why the hospital was still operating normally after the Herrscher of the Sky wreaked havoc. She just desperately begged the doctor to save Su Jue.
After a long wait, the emergency surgery was finally completed. Kiana raised her head and looked in the direction of the ward.
"Are you a relative of the patient? No, you are seriously injured, why don't you choose to receive treatment?" The doctor who completed the operation looked at Kiana, who was in the same bad condition, with some confusion.
But Kiana automatically ignored the second half of his sentence, "Yes, he...how is he doing?"
"Unfortunately."
A thunderclap exploded in her mind, and Kiana felt dazed for a moment. Just when she wanted to confirm again, she heard the doctor continue, "Although we have saved his life, there seems to be an inexplicable energy in his body that has been preventing him from recovering. His legs have been severely eroded, and I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to walk in the future."
Kiana breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that his life was saved. As for the erosion of Honkai, she naturally knew more about it. Ordinary people would be infected and killed immediately after close contact with the Herrscher. It was a blessing in disguise that Su Jue was only eroded in his legs. Tianming had many ways to treat this erosion. Even if he couldn't restore his ability to walk, it wouldn't endanger his life.
When I become stronger, I will rush to Tianming and forcibly grab the treatment equipment. If it doesn't work, Theresa will definitely have a solution. She is more worried that Su Jue will not survive this time.
"It's okay, I will take good care of him in the future."
"That's fine. I've seen many young couples abandon each other because their partners are disabled. Sigh, these days..."
The doctor was still chattering, but Kiana could no longer listen because she saw Su Jue, who was being pushed out on a stretcher by the nurse, sleeping with his eyes closed, as quiet as a child.
Chapter 86: Comfort
When the dawn came, the dark clouds of last night had completely dissipated. The first ray of sunlight in the morning shone through the leaves and fell into the ward, illuminating two figures.
Kiana, who was tortured by pain and fatigue, was leaning against the bed at this time. Su Jue, who was lying on the bed, had actually woken up a long time ago and was staring at the sleeping Kiana in a daze.
He had been planning for yesterday's play for two whole months, and although there were many unexpected changes, he finally achieved the effect.
Only by experiencing the heaviest despair can one understand the beauty of the world. Only by reaching the deepest darkness can one yearn for light more. Kiana is a strong child, but this strength also needs someone to cultivate and maintain, and it also needs to be constantly tempered.
This world has never been beautiful. Kiana has endured the malice of the entire world since she was born. As the chosen Ruler of the Thousand, Su Jue was engulfed and destroyed by this malice in his previous life. He understands the evil of human hearts better than anyone else.
So he used the entire Sky City to build a stage for her, giving her the heaviest pain and the deepest redemption. Only in this way could she be like steel that had been hammered and forged, full of strength and toughness, and no longer confused in her future life.
Only in this way can she become her sharpest weapon to tear apart the hypocritical veil of this world... and the flame that illuminates the darkness that dominates the theater.
Now, under Su Jue's series of operations, Shencheng Technology has been half destroyed, and the Honkai Beast transformed from [Mother] has also completed its final mission after being killed by Kiana. Shencheng Technology will inevitably be investigated by Tianming, and the World Snake hidden behind it will definitely launch a counterattack.
As for Rita Jing and Raven, I believe that after a long battle they found that neither of them could do anything to the other and could only retreat temporarily.
Rita naturally found the Eos and started to mobilize people, and directly used the Undying Blade team to investigate the entire Tiancheng City.
Raven returned to the City of Gods to upgrade its equipment. With the scientist Jackal around and the City of Gods Medicine fighting at home, he was not afraid of the people of Destiny.
The purpose of sending these two away was to set up the venue for last night, to give him and Kiana a space to be alone, and to allow the girl's mind to change. Although Su Jue knew that Kiana still had a lot of knots in her heart, as long as she no longer rejected the power of the Herrscher of the Void, she would become the strongest Herrscher one day.
Otto was able to train a Yulandel in order to revive Kallen, so it wouldn't be too much for him to train a Herrscher of the Void.
"So, you must make this world what I want it to be..." Su Jue murmured softly as he looked at Kiana in the sunlight.
Just as Su Jue was daydreaming, Kiana seemed to feel the dazzling light. Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and then she opened her eyes.
"Su Jue, you're awake." Looking at Su Jue who had already woken up, Qiana didn't even bother to wipe the saliva from the corner of her mouth, and hurriedly raised the bed a little so that he could lie more comfortably. "Are you still in pain? Do you want me to call a doctor for you?"
Looking at the nervous girl, Su Jue shook his head and gave a "forced" smile, "I'm fine...Please pour me a glass of water."
At this time, Su Jue's face was pale, and he had not yet recovered from the sequelae of the heavy blood loss. His body was temporarily paralyzed due to the erosion of the Honkai energy, and his legs had no feeling at all. He might have to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
"Okay." Although she was asked to help, Kiana was very happy. What she was most worried about was that Su Jue would not say a word after waking up, which proved that he must be upset with her. So she hurriedly poured warm water from the water dispenser, found a spoon from the cabinet, and fed it to Su Jue, who could not move, little by little.
After feeding the water, the two fell into silence again. Su Jue stared out the window absentmindedly, looking at the birds chirping on the treetops and the sky in the distance, his eyes filled with longing.
Kiana, who had been paying attention to Su Jue, immediately caught his expression. Her heart ached. She thought that Su Jue must have felt that his body could not move at this time.
Forcing a smile, Qiana interrupted Su Jue's gaze and distracted him with words, "It's okay, the doctor said that it's just a temporary loss of mobility. As long as you take good care of yourself, you will definitely be able to recover in the future."
But she was actually unsure, because the doctor also said another thing. In addition to the heavy bleeding and erosion, Su Jue also had a strange disease that was difficult to detect. This disease greatly shortened his life span, and it would take at least a few years to restore his limbs.
Even with continued treatment and maintenance, it is difficult to restore previous health.
"Hmm." A light voice came out from Su Jue's throat, and then there was silence again.
Facing Su Jue's silence, Qiyana was a little anxious. Because of her own experience, she knew very well that this mental state was definitely a sign of self-denial, but she had no other choice. In the past, Teacher Ji Zi could still enlighten her, but now when it was her turn to enlighten others, she couldn't say a word.
After a while, Su Jue, who had been thinking for a long time, seemed to have finally come out of his predicament. He withdrew his gaze from the window and looked at Kiana again.
"It's sunny outside. Why don't you take me out for a walk?" His voice was soft, but Kiana caught it immediately. She immediately borrowed a wheelchair from the nurse and took him out of the ward.
Because of the collapse last night, there were many injured patients in the hospital, and many people like Su Jue had lost the ability to walk. Shencheng Medicine took the initiative to bear all the treatment costs for this collapse, so that people like Su Jue who had no financial resources could receive treatment, which greatly improved the public's goodwill.
But this did not alleviate the pain that the collapse brought to people. Kiana pushed Su Jue in the public garden of the hospital. Many emotionally out-of-control patients were crying loudly because of their disabilities, and many people had simply lost their loved ones. It was a bright day, but it was more depressing than being in the ward.
Sensing that something was wrong with the atmosphere, Kiana quickened her pace.
"Were they...buried properly?"
The footsteps suddenly stopped, and Kiana's hands trembled slightly as she pushed the wheelchair. The scenes that happened last night came back to her mind again, and she suddenly remembered that Su Jue's mother and Grayxiu were both dead.
Died in his own hands.
It turns out...he saw it.
I thought I could still keep the belief of living in Su Jue's heart, but now the last glimmer of luck in my heart has finally been shattered. Kiana became silent, she closed her eyes, and tears dripped down her cheeks onto Su Jue's body.
"sorry."
Chapter 87: The Fire Has Burned
"Why do you have to say sorry?" Su Jue's voice was calm, as calm as a dead lake without the slightest ripple.
Kiana didn't say anything, but tears as big as beans kept falling. Although the boy's voice didn't contain any resentment, she felt heartbroken.
"I'm sorry." A dry voice squeezed out of her throat. She clearly had a lot of words to explain, but she could only turn them into three meaningless words.
If apologies were useful, there wouldn't be so many tragedies in this world.
"Hey, you said you were a Valkyrie, right? In fact, you had the ability to save her at that time, why did you... why did you..." His voice paused because of trembling, sadness and anger were well hidden in the calmness. Su Jue raised his head, his gray eyes staring into the girl's eyes, "Grayshu, she shouldn't have died in this way."
"At least I shouldn't die in your hands."
Living in this world, everyone is helpless and everyone will die. Some deaths will only make people feel the injustice of fate, but some will be deeply engraved in their hearts and bring endless pain.
The sun was shining brightly, but Su Jue's voice, mixed with disappointment, was like a chisel that kept chiseling at Kiana's newly healed heart, making her feel cold all over. If Su Jue was full of hatred and abuse, Kiana wouldn't feel so bad, but because she knew Su Jue's character and knew that he would only choose to swallow all the pain himself, she understood even more how intense the pain hidden under the calm was.
"I'm sorry." She didn't make any excuses. Although Grayshu's ending was caused by many parties, it was a sin that Kiana could not escape.
If I had thought more before leaving, if I had discovered Kamishiro Pharmaceutical's conspiracy earlier, if I had recognized the girl during the battle, would things have been completely different?
But there is no "if" in reality. Making a mistake often requires more effort to make up for it, and in the process of making efforts, more mistakes will be made. When making the first choice, fate has already determined the destination for everyone.
The wheelchair stayed in the hospital garden. The people around had left without knowing when, leaving only the forked path ahead, waiting for the two to make a decision.
The path leads to the shade of the trees, and the road is covered by a large area of shadow under the shade of the trees.
The intense pain turned into a heavy sigh. Su Jue turned his head and stopped looking at her. "There's no point in apologizing. Go away. You are a powerful Valkyrie. I don't know if you are Kiana or Xilin, and I don't want to know now. Just think of it as a nightmare. When you wake up, it's time to separate."
The voice seemed to tear the world of two people apart. One of them was a powerful Herrscher of the Void, and the other was just an ordinary person with paralyzed legs. They should not have met, and this wrong journey ended here.
The girl's body trembled slightly, but she held the wheelchair tightly with her hands, "I won't leave. This is my mistake, and I will pay for it with my life."
But this sentence seemed to completely break the balance in Su Jue's heart. The calmness disappeared from his face and finally turned into anger. "Enough! Don't you understand? We are just ordinary people. We just want to survive. Even if we are like ants kept in this world and can only be fooled by this world, we just want to leave a mark in this world."
"I am like a moth that has just been born in the darkness. Once I get close to you, I will be burned to death by your high temperature. Everything you have experienced can easily destroy my life."
"This world has never been beautiful. It is full of injustice and darkness, and I don't have the power to change it. Any disaster will destroy my life to pieces. But you are different. You have your own life and path. You have the ability to change everything. What you are about to face is an enemy that I can never reach."
"This is the sorrow of ordinary people and the despair of the weak. Now my mother and my relatives have all left me. This is a predetermined outcome, but I didn't expect it to come so suddenly."
"Kiana!"
"What I hate is not you, but this unfair world!"
"So, leave. I have nothing left. It is not worth your staying here. You have the power to change everything, so you should not stay here."
"..."
The boy gritted his teeth, he wanted to break free from the malice of this world, but now he couldn't even move. He could only act as a useless person, cursing this damn world meaninglessly. This was the cry from the incompetent, and also the heaviest sorrow of all ordinary people.
He cried, tears filled his eyes. This time, it was not only Su Jue's sorrow, but also the sorrow of the Thousand Rulers. Each of them was a loser who was deeply trapped in the quagmire. They faced this stimulation with good intentions, but had to bear the heaviest malice.
Just when Su Jue was losing control of his emotions, the white-haired girl held his hand and gently leaned her head against his forehead. The two were so close that they could even hear each other's heartbeats.
"One day, I will transform this imperfect world into what we want it to be."
Two people who have suffered from the malice of this world can only huddle together for warmth like travelers in the cold winter. Qiyana gently wiped away the tears in Su Jue's eyes, and also wiped away the tears in her own eyes. The sorrow and pain were no longer suffocating, but turned into a more intense burning flame.
Although the blazing firewood is only a small flame now, it will one day light up the entire sky and dispel all the cold winter.
"Just let me stay with you, okay?"
Her voice was soft, and the two pairs of eyes looked at each other, with each other's appearance reflected in their pupils.
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