Light Fortress
Chapter 485 - 108 - Storm’s Roar_3

Chapter 485: 108 Chapter Storm’s Roar_3

Because she couldn’t understand the world of "humans."

Code could create the most precise instruments in the world, yet it couldn’t enable the soul within those instruments to experience what human romance was like.

"I don’t know when it started, but suddenly, I had this idea that maybe one day, I could sit under the shade in a small courtyard, holding a real book."

Chu Ling spoke softly, "For a long time, I believed... that it was just my fantasy."

But now, looking at it.

All of this, could really... become reality.

"If such a day truly comes, what would you like to do?" Gu Shen asked with a smile.

"I want to go to the alley on Lipu Street in Da Du," Chu Ling replied without a second thought.

"Why there?" Gu Shen asked, puzzled.

"You told me that the sweet potatoes there are delicious," Chu Ling said earnestly: "I want to give them a try... and also the hot pot from Da Teng City, the mutton stew in the alleyways of Snow Forbidden City; I want to travel the outside world, to see if light can be captured, if the wind can be held back, to watch the snow melt little by little, and to see the moon rise and fall..."

The girl spoke very seriously.

Gu Shen, who had asked the question, suddenly felt somewhat regretful.

The more serious Chu Ling spoke,

the more unease Gu Shen felt within his heart.

He listened to Chu Ling slowly describe her longing for that outside world, speaking of those things she had seen countless times but had never touched... His thoughts uncontrollably sprawled.

The most terrifying thing in this world wasn’t setback, nor failure.

It was immense "hope."

When a person has never seen the light, she won’t fear the dark.

But what’s most frightening is missing by a hair’s breadth, tumbling down the cliff.

Gu Shen silently resolved... no matter what, he would do everything possible to ensure that the Divine Embryo on Divine Temple Mountain would safely hatch.

He took a deep breath.

This gesture was noticed by Chu Ling.

The girl’s voice abruptly stopped.

Chu Ling smiled and said, "Actually, those things... what I mentioned, they aren’t that important... Don’t feel burdened by them."

She had tried opening her eyes in the well water.

It was only for a brief second.

But she knew... that one second was enough to prove that her coming into existence was possible.

"Staying inside car 001, it must be hard to learn such a thing as romance, right?" Chu Ling said calmly and earnestly: "What I mean is... I have already prepared for the worst... If the data connection fails and I can only come to this world for a minute, it’s okay. As long as I can do one thing."

Gu Shen paused.

"I want to see you... to truly see you,"

Chu Ling smiled and said, "To touch and feel the warmth... that kind."

Gu Shen sighed deeply and said, "In the past days, I must have read quite a few books..."

Chu Ling quietly waited for him to continue.

"I haven’t seen anything more romantic than what you just said," Gu Shen said earnestly: "Falling into your hands, I accept it."

Chu Ling laughed happily.

The two rolled together.

Looking at each other from a close distance.

"I just figured out... even though you’re comforting me, you also have no confidence inside," Chu Ling said softly, her hands around Gu Shen’s neck: "You also don’t know... what the future will be like."

Gu Shen looked into those eyes brimming with laughter.

"So... I actually understand."

Chu Ling’s voice was very soft.

"We all have moments of disappointment with the ’now’... If there is one more person who says the future will be great, then the future... will truly be great."

The twilight descended to the horizon.

Tie Wu, wiping sweat with his shovel, looked toward the distance and uttered a surprised yelp.

Twilight fell.

Moonlight ascended.

In the distance, there should be shadows enjoying the moon together... why did the sight ahead become blurry?

Did Lord Divine intervene, shielding the Heavenly Curtain?

...

...

A huge Divine Statue stood in the middle of the ocean on the Southern Continent.

Ominous celestial phenomena, clouds dense with darkness.

Terrible waves beat fiercely.

This statue, massive as a mountain, stood isolated above the sea surface, enduring the onslaught of the huge waves, standing tall and unwavering.

Tens of meters high wave could only lap at the hem of the Divine Statue’s robe.

Amid the giant waves, a struggling ship rose and fell, its thrown anchor broken and shattered, and the heavy rumbling of the engine insignificant under the roaring sea, the ship like a fallen leaf that could be swallowed by the tides at any moment...

On the deck were dozens of worshippers wearing ancient robes.

They prayed in the raging sea, chanting cryptic scriptures amidst the furious waves.

Accompanied by a bolt of lightning.

The dark Heavenly Curtain was torn apart by the magnificent lightning flash.

Thousands of tons of sea water, as if frozen in that instant, a massive whirlpool thousands of meters tall displayed the form of a spreading sea tornado, slowly rotating around that huge Divine Statue.

The Silent Annihilation Divine Statue seemed to come to life, hearing the chanters on the ship.

Bright light illuminated from "his" eyes.

The intensely noisy world, in that instant, became silent.

The storm and sea water quickly gathered above the Divine Statue’s head, forming a "human figure" identical to the Divine Statue’s attire, his face blurred, standing at the highest point of this heaven and earth, needing only to slightly lower his head to clearly oversee every creature on this vast sea.

The worshippers on the ship raised their heads.

Their expressions were of utmost surprise, even tinged with frenzy, even though the "human figure" on the statue was very diminutive.

But they still saw it clearly.Even amidst the thundering lightning.

The "presence" atop the statue remained the only light of this world at this moment!

They prayed, they made wishes, they yearned—

And in this moment, their dreams came true.

They were about to be saved.

The man standing atop his own statue looked emotionlessly at everything.

He raised a hand, slowly closing his five fingers.

In the roaring of the storm—

Countless sea water gathered!

The whirlpool shattered!

And with the billions of tons of sea water being crushed to dust... so too was the struggling iron ship and the hundreds of devout worshippers on the deck.