Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 539 - 173. A Step Away

Chapter 539: 173. A Step Away

"A classmate, knocked out by me." Li Aozi said casually, "Although I don’t know why you came here, it’s just in time to help me out—"

"...What do you mean by knocked out?"

Yawen slightly tilted her head and said expressionlessly:

"Your classmate looks very young, tall, with healthy skin, not like me, a Frost Plated woman from Azure Star, pale and old-looking."

"Eh, you brought food? Perfect, she doesn’t know when she’ll wake up, we’re both big eaters, you came at the right time—"

Before Li Aozi finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yawen again:

"Oh, you even know her favorites, you all really love to eat, that’s nice, Li Aozi, eating together with a beautiful classmate, even in the cafeteria must be enjoyable?"

"Our cafeteria food is indeed pretty good."

Li Aozi said casually:

"To be honest, you haven’t seen her eating, it really opens one’s appetite—"

"Li Aozi!" Yawen couldn’t stand it anymore, and shouted loudly: "I, I... Am I so useless to you?"

Li Aozi was bewildered.

"What are you talking about, Yawen, you’ve been avoiding me for months, acting strange—"

"Ah, yes, I have been avoiding you, surely not as good as spending every day with a young, vibrant schoolgirl."

Yawen bit her lip, looked down, the confidence stolen by the Secret Society and the ’inferiority’ trait as a Tailor, at this moment, made her fall into deep self-blame.

"I’m sorry, I’m useless, yes, to you, I’ve always been dispensable, I always thought I was different."

Li Aozi stood there bewildered, really not knowing what was wrong with the other person.

Yawen appeared out of nowhere, then got angry for no reason, saying all sorts of inexplicable things.

"I thought: going to space with you, coming to another planet together, following in your footsteps, this way, our relationship would surpass others."

Yawen’s voice grew more low and choked.

"I say, why are you crying?" Li Aozi hugged Dialan, stepped forward.

Plonk.

Yawen took a step back, looking down she said:

"I, am I crying? No, ha ha ha... ha ha, ha ha..."

Yawen turned her head aside, said coldly:

"Li Aozi, I would never cry for you."

As she said this, her cheeks were streaked with glistening tears.

Li Aozi stood still, seeing her like this, not knowing what to say.

After a moment of silence, he glanced at the unconscious Dialan in his arms, and said:

"If there’s something to talk about, we’ll talk later, I’ve got to take her to the infirmary first."

Just as Li Aozi was about to turn around, Yawen suddenly raised her head and yelled:

"Li Aozi— you idiot, I’m jealous because of you!"

Plonk.

Li Aozi turned around, a serious look in his eyes, he put down Dialan, and step by step, slowly walked towards Yawen.

"... Fool."

Yawen bit her lip, her nose twitched, she quickly stepped forward, arms open towards Li Aozi, and shouted:

"You stupid idiot blockhead dullard wooden brain! I missed you so much, Leo—"

"Don’t come any closer!"

Li Aozi shouted.

Hiss...

Yawen stood still, only a few centimeters away from Li Aozi.

"Aozi..."

Li Aozi held his breath, picked up a stone from the ground, and threw it straight at Yawen’s head.

Pop—

Yawen stared dazedly ahead, the stone flew rapidly towards her, then disappeared just a few centimeters in front of her.

Looking down, she saw an imprint of the stone on the sandy ground.

"Dimensional Barrier." Li Aozi exhaled heavily, his gaze serious: "It’s Canyue’s doing."

"Mr. Leoz..." Yawen looked at Li Aozi: "What does this mean?"

"Someone has been releasing Dimensional Barriers around the school, if touched, it will turn you two-dimensional." Li Aozi frowned: "This is bad. I’m being suppressed by the Higgs Field, even using Arcane Energy won’t work, and the school will notice."

Yawen couldn’t hear him, so his earlier action of throwing the stone was to make her stop.

No wonder there was no one around... It must be Canyue attacking the school.

Li Aozi could basically guess his purpose—for the fragments of the Eye of Discernment.

"Damn it... at this time!"

Li Aozi clicked his tongue.

"Mr. Leoz! What are you saying? I can’t hear!" Yawen shouted: "I want to come to your side... I want to be with you."

"Sound, after all, is a mechanical wave... it’s being interfered with and blocked. This is trouble, sound can’t pass through, and I can’t get over there either."

Li Aozi shook his head:

"Yawen, protect yourself well, find a stick or something to probe the way, the Dimensional Barriers are invisible, not only will they separate us, if you’re not careful, you’ll fall onto a nearby two-dimensional surface, at that point even a drop of water could kill you."

"I... what are you saying?"

Yawen couldn’t hold it back anymore, she felt dizzy, fell to her knees, sobbing quietly:

"Why... why me?"

"It was so hard to see you again, I wanted to bring you some food, to tell you I found a way to solve the Ether Blood issue, I wanted... I missed you."

"Why does it have to be like this? Right in front of me, just a step away?"

Yawen cried.

She knelt on the ground, not knowing how much stress she had accumulated recently, once she started crying, she couldn’t stop, her light makeup was washed away.

Li Aozi couldn’t hear her, nor did he have time to comfort her.

He could only say:

"Yawen, time is tight, find a safe place to stay."

"...I don’t want to go anywhere." Yawen’s eyes were red and swollen, and her voice choked: "I never had any reason to exist, even to you, I’ve always been dispensable."

"Yawen—"

"What significance... It’s all just lies, isn’t it?" Yawen said gloomily: "Without the Secret Society... as expected, a Citizen is nothing."

She covered her face, her skin cracked, and from it crawled out numerous tiny white spiders; her tone became increasingly terrifying, and her inferiority complex grew stronger, causing the Ether Blood in her to flow uncontrollably fast.

Her form became more and more Mysterious and terrifying, Yavin Heskixin’s trace began to fade, replaced by the features of a Tailor.

She murmured softly, bringing up another ethereal voice, speaking together:

"...I should go find Secret."

Buzz!

[What the hell are you doing! Yavin Heskixin!]

The echo swept across, piercing through the Dimensional Barrier, resonating in Yawen’s ears.

"...Eh?"

The Tailor slowly lifted her head, half of her face had already turned into a spider, the eye belonging to Yavin Heskixin was glistening with tears, staring at Li Aozi.

Li Aozi removed the Implant Gear from his head, revealing his true Void space ripples, only this could let him maximize his Echo communication ability.

[Yawen, I don’t know what kind of emotional turmoil you’ve gone through recently, I can’t feel your heart, you might have suffered hardship and torment, but I can’t share your pain, you might be in darkness, waiting for Redemption, but I can’t do it. I am not someone who makes grand promises, I won’t guarantee you Forever.]

"Mr. Leoz..."

[But you can rest assured of one thing.]

Li Aozi’s voice echoed continuously in Yawen’s heart:

[No matter where you are in the darkest corner of the Starry Abyss, my voice will reach you before any light.]

[Keep moving forward, Yawen, protect yourself.]

[When you walk along the path, listen for the Echo, this alone, I can guarantee for Eternity.]

Yawen looked at Li Aozi.

The spider limbs gradually withered, the cracks on her body healed, she hugged herself alone, silently, turned to Li Aozi, opened her mouth, and slowly formed the words:

"I·brought·food·for·you,·now·I·have·to·eat·alone."

[We can have another, better meal together.]

Li Aozi said:

[When we get home.]