Xingtie: After my death, Liuying will understand love.

Chapter 676 Why do we keep moving forward despite the pain?

March 7th, the day of the ceremony.

The sky of Tethys is covered with lead-gray clouds. Only at dawn will the blue moon appear briefly for an hour. When the sky is filled with faint moonlight like glass, it is the time for the ceremony to officially begin.

The vast majority of people did not sleep all night, and even more came to the ceremony square since early morning, waiting for the arrival of the saint.

The saint had disappeared for a long time, but the priests and guards of the holy city were still maintaining stability in the city as instructed before. Even if the bad omen broke through the last city wall, they had no reason to leave first.

If this city is destined to sink, the first people to be swallowed up will be those who hold on until the last moment.

The crisp sound of crystal bells was heard in the distance, and the crowd retreated to both sides like a tide, leaving a straight path in front of the long steps, and the girl with long silver hair walked barefoot in the middle of the road.

Annie walked barefoot through the dewy blue rose bushes, still wearing her snow-white dress.

I could smell the damp scent of the tide in the air, just like the day I met him at the seaside.

The moonlight prayer was solemnly chanted by the priests, and the responses from the crowd gradually intertwined. The low, clear, and trembling voices merged into one, and the chanting flooded the square like a tide.

And when the prayer penetrated the sky, the sea of clouds spread out to both sides like a curtain.

The first ray of golden moonlight pierced through the long night like an arrow, nailing straight into the center of the square, turning into a dreamy arch like morning mist, reflecting the halo of the blue moon.

The second and third rays followed closely behind - until countless golden lights poured down from the sky against the blue moon.

Under the gaze of the people, the light began to condense and turned into transparent steps floating in the air.

A crystal-clear, transparent staircase descends from an unknown end.

Just like the fingertips of a god lightly falling on the water to create ripples, the moonlight solidified in the air into a diamond-shaped staircase that cannot be described in words. The staircase connected the sky and the earth, forming a moonlight bridge leading to the sky.

This is a true miracle, and it is also the reason why people always believe in the existence of gods. In the ancient past, the gods brought hope and future to Tethys with the Stairs of the Sky.

After that, every five years, the golden moon falls from the sky, the tides retreat and make way, and the gods tell their believers that they are still favored.

And at this moment, just like every five years in the past, the future of Tethys...will surely continue to write even more long-lasting poems.

At the beginning of the universe, there were three seeds.

The crystal-clear seed began to remember from the very beginning, remembering everything the universe had experienced before the end, and remembering everything that had happened on countless planets.

Record all objective facts happening in the universe, ensure the absolute truth of history, and remember and create with it.

named...

memory.

The crystal-like stairs glowed coldly in the moonlight, as if calling Annie to accept the destined ending.

Annie looked at the stairs that seemed so far away that she could not see the end. She had already made the decision in her heart to face her own destiny alone.

Ah... in the end I didn’t even get to hear An Ming say he loves you.

Annie raised a smile at the corner of her lips and stepped lightly onto the first step barefoot. She had thought she would be very nervous, but now there was only a clear peace in her heart.

The stairs resonated crisply under her feet, like distant wind chimes, or like the sound of hope.

One step, two steps...Aini saw hope, piety and gratitude in people's eyes.

Every step she took made her figure more transparent in the moonlight, but also brighter.

What is sadness?

She always felt sad because she thought that if she had met An Ming earlier, they might have had more memories together.

What is happiness?

It was every meal that An Ming made for her, the fried eggs that she burnt, and every ordinary daily life that was not worth mentioning.

Why does smiling bring tears?

Because the emotion that overflowed in my heart was so pure that even my body didn't know how to bear it.

Why does crying bring happiness?

Because every tear is a trace of deep love and proof of a soul being touched tenderly.

Why does the pain keep going?

Because there are people ahead who must be protected, even if every step will take her further away from An Ming, she has to keep moving forward.

Until it became the moonlight that illuminated him, until it turned into the dawn that protected Tethys.

She, who was once just an empty shell, would definitely not be able to understand these feelings. All the changes in her were due to her encounter with An Ming.

Every minute and every second of those encounters was like fine sand piling up into a tower, reshaping her soul bit by bit.

Let the once empty shell be filled with "human" emotions, and let the saint who originally only executed orders have her own meaning.

So no matter what, Annie hopes that An Ming can continue to live.

Just like the moment we first met.

"do not die."

Continue to live with those words that have not been said and the promises that have not been fulfilled.

This is enough. The girl named Annie has definitely stayed in An Ming's life.

So after this, please continue to move forward, along with her share, through the mottled walls of Tethys, across the world under the double moons, to witness the infinite starry sky with your own eyes.

She doesn't need anyone to remember her.

The evidence of her existence will not be in the books of the temple, nor in the hymns of the people, but in the light in An Ming’s eyes.

The Stairs to the Sky were longer than expected. Annie had thought a lot. Every detail of her encounter with An Ming turned into star-like halos as she walked up the stairs.

As the sky darkened, the hour of the blue moon passed in a flash, and when the cold silver moon came again, a tide of ominous signs came surging.

But Annie could no longer move forward.

When she stood at a quarter of the way up the stairs, she could no longer move forward; the transparent stairs began to reject her.

Annie stood there and suddenly realized that only the memory of An Ming remained in her mind. Everything else about Tethys was integrated into the stairs she had passed.

And if you want to move forward, you need to continue burning the memory of Tethys.

Just as Annie stood there, she suddenly heard people exclaiming, and another figure walked past her firmly at this moment.

Towards a farther staircase.

"this time..."

"I come to be the sun of Tethys."

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Completely sunny.