"When you're ready, put it on your chest."

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"Her name is..."

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"Noria's red rose."

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……

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[(The ending of the character Shelud: he·immortal/te·endless road/ne·decay, your actions will affect the ending he can achieve.)]

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……

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[You choose to give "Noriya's Red Rose" to Shelud, and the ending of this character is closer to he Immortality. 】

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……

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After sending Xie Lude away, Su Mingan sat on the bed and took out "Su Rin"'s memory stone.

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He was speechless about the behavior of Boss Rabbit taking his chocolate before he left.

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He looked at the red spar in his hand and crushed it.

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The red light broke apart, and his vision gradually turned white...

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……

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[I have experienced the most prosperous and hopeless era in Praia. 】

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Before his vision was clear, he heard this sentence.

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The voice was familiar, it was Su Rin's voice.

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[I have witnessed so many struggles and made the greatest and most shameful decisions. 】

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His vision gradually became clearer.

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However, unlike the previous memory stones, this time he did not see Su Rin's vision, but from a third-party perspective, watching everything that happened.

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He saw Su Rin.

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The place where Su Rin stood, which Su Mingan was very familiar with, was the eastern district of Praia sixty years ago.

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Judging from the calendar hanging on the wall, it was the time after the airship went up. Logically speaking, this should be Su Rin who had already come down from Yunshang City.

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At this time, the wind in Praia was very strong. Although it was daytime, the sky was already dark, and it was condensed with the large snow sea. It seemed that everything around was melted into the chaotic white snow.

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Su Rin stood in front of the frozen river, leaning against the wall of the vacant house.

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Snow flakes fell on his jet-black robe, rushing towards him like white waves.

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The pure white mask blocked his face, leaving only a pair of dark eyes.

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His posture was quiet and silent, like a black tombstone standing in the snow.

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Praia, which has always been hot, has snowed so much. Now it should be the time for a feast on the sea in Praia, but I don't know which year it is.

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"Let Rang, Ran Rang..."

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A middle-aged resident who hadn't had time to evacuate carried a pole, passed in front of him, looked at him with strange eyes, and seemed to wonder why someone would wear a mask and stand on the side of the street.

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"Hey, lad, let's..."

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This street is close to the frozen river, and it is not very wide. The middle-aged man can't cross his shoulders when he is carrying a heavy load.

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He leaned on his side and walked over almost next to the young man wearing a white mask. Snow fell on the middle-aged man's large cracked hand with frostbite, and he tightly held the frozen wooden stick.

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His face is full of slanted lines and black and yellow spots scattered like chess pieces, which are the traces left by the years to the residents of Praia.

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But after walking a few steps, the middle-aged man felt uncomfortable, paused for a moment, and then backed up.

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"Young man." Putting down the pole, he glanced at the motionless, white-masked young man like a black statue: "The feast at sea has begun, don't leave yet, are you a contestant?"

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He was worried that this was an outsider who didn't understand the rules of the feast, so he asked kindly.

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"I'm..." Su Rin said softly, her voice extremely hoarse: "A local, just came back."

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"Just came back from the sea?" The middle-aged man smiled, the wrinkles on his face twisted from scratches over the years: "Then you have to leave quickly, this year's feast has begun, if you don't leave, it will be too late. , the refuge ship is parked at the pier to the south..."

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Su Rin didn't make a sound, as silent as a stone.

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"Hey, what about your friend who went to sea with you? Where did you just come back from?" the man asked him.

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Su Rin was silent for a moment.

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In the misty white, almost clustered snow mist, his voice became more and more low.

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"...They are all dead."

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The smiling man's face stiffened, he rubbed his big hands that were red from the cold, and his expression became a little embarrassed.

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"Ah, that's right." He scratched his flushed face, not knowing what to say.

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Going to sea will not be smooth sailing. Many people will die in the long-distance shipping. It is normal for a few crew members to die due to physical reasons.

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But, the young man in front of him actually survived the trip to the sea? How hard was this? Did the whole ship sink in the waves?

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"I promised them that I would bring them alive and bring them to that place." Su Rin's voice was very soft, almost blending into the wind and snow: "...Before going to that place, I told that **** Gerry. , I said, we will never be greeted with such a desperate end, we will get the treasure buried there for him to study more engineering creations, but..."

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When he said this, the voice stopped.

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The white snow stuck to his mask, and slowly scattered down with his movements, like another snowfall.

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The man scratched his head, not understanding what Su Rin was saying.

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Su Rin didn't talk about this topic again, but asked the man:

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"In the past ten years, Praia, have you been doing well?"

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The man listened and smiled.

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"Okay, that's much better than before. Since my father got on the airship and went to Yunshang City to enjoy the happiness, the living conditions of the people below us have also improved a lot...

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As soon as the barrier of the Lord God was established and the storm stopped, the merchants of the trade came running over smelling it. On the Wangcheng side, the original princess has become the queen, and the policy is also generous, and my family also has cotton quilts, unlike before, where I could only cover a single sheet..."

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Listening to the middle-aged man's ramble, Su Rin's somewhat stiff pupils showed a little relief.

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"The road is flat, and there are more tourists. Every year, many people from other places come to participate in the feast. They are generous with their money. I make more money selling groceries, and my life is much better than before I married a daughter-in-law... The middle-aged man said something strange: "Young man, are you on a trip to sea for more than ten years?"

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"Yeah." Su Rin replied softly, "I haven't been able to do it before, and I won't be able to come back until the next few days."

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"Then you missed that grand ceremony for more than ten years, young man, that Su Rin-sama... He is really a hero, if it weren't for him, our life would not be so easy today, maybe someday that **** storm just come..."

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Seeing the man talking like he had caught the speaker, Su Rin smiled.

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It's good to hear these things.

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"thank you."

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He turned around and walked towards the alley next to him.

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"Hey, young man, if you don't participate in the game, remember to go to the Southern District Pier! Otherwise, those outsiders won't be merciful..."

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The passionate voice of the middle-aged man was still floating in the wind and snow behind him.

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Su Rin turned around the corner.

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The streets and alleys of Praia were still the same as they were, and he walked through these streets that were still very familiar to him.

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He saw the grocery store that had been open for more than ten years, the liquor store on Second Street, and the hotel girl who always liked to stand at the door and greet guests with a smile... But she seems to have matured now. the boss lady.

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When looking at him, the proprietress smiled at him, as if it wasn't surprising that there would be such a strange person wearing a mask during a feast at sea.

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"Guest." She held the bamboo basket in her hand and smiled as she did ten years ago: "Are you staying at the hotel?"

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Su Rin shook her head, her body was suddenly bumped by two children.

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"Don't run—don't run—"

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"Just run! You chase after me, chase after me!"

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A boy with an inch head, a little girl with a braid to the sky, came out from behind the proprietress, like two hairy monkeys.

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They were wielding wooden swords indiscriminately, and the silver bell-like laughter could be heard all over the street.

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"Hey! Eat my sword! You're dead!"

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"No! I bounced back! You **** soul clan, eat my sword!"

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"...Didn't you say that you pretended to be a soul clan? I'm a soul hunter today, you're a shame!"

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Such a big snowstorm instantly blocked the lady boss who was standing at the door, watching her children play with a smile.

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Su Rin's body trembled, and he immediately put his hand on the white wall next to him. His breathing became a little hurried under the collision of the children.

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The snow is getting bigger and bigger.

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He raised his foot and left this familiar street in silence, walking through the streets and alleys all the way.

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The children's slapstick, the woman's happy smile, were left behind by his footsteps.

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Every time he sees a strange yet familiar place, he will carefully trace the building and land with his eyes, as if to engrave the picture in front of him in his heart forever.

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He has been watching all this silently.

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The eyes are determined and missed.

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……

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He walked into a dark, empty alley.

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After walking into the dark alley from the street full of colorful lights, the fireworks outside were completely left behind by him.

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He sat beside the dank garbage dump, gasping for breath.

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After taking off the white mask, cold sweat fell on his forehead.

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He took it out in his arms, moving slowly and steadily until there was a crisp "ding" sound.

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It was a few sparkling red spar.

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Crystal clear like a gem.

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He squeezed one and began to inject his memory, then the second, the third...

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Each time he processed one, his expression became paler, and after all the memory stones were preserved, the blood had completely disappeared from his face.

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It was getting dark in Praia at this time. The sky was getting darker and darker, as if it was covered with thick ink. Every household receives the clothes, dried fish, kelp and other items to be dried indoors, the doors and windows are closed, and the warm yellow light shines from the gauze paper, like soft moons.

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In the warm house with firewood burning, there are from time to time the cries of children, the laughter of adults, the coughs of old people, the playing of unique musical instruments... Various sounds converge together, reflecting the sounds of various characters. Families of various colors, like the joy of a hundred families as fuelwood, lit up a thousand lights.

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——The scenes that were staged outside the alley were all filled with anger in the world of fireworks.

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The roaring wind poured into the deserted alley, and large pieces of hail gradually fell from the sky.

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Hearing the happy voices of the residents outside, Su Rin sat beside the garbage dump in the alley with her eyes open.

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In his somewhat blurred vision, the outlines of people's houses were not very clear.

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It's like these lines were blown away by the wind and snow in an instant, and the heaven and the earth have merged into one.

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In the distance, there was a white twilight, and it was a house that was crawling and sleeping like a giant white snake.

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He seemed to see that Gerry, the bald engineer, was standing there, smiling at him.

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A woman with glasses with long hair scattered around stood beside him, holding a notebook full of data in her hands.

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The neat and neat Minister of Soul Hunting with a black ponytail was also there. Her body was straight and her eyes were full of smiles.

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... At this moment, he seemed to feel a strong white light shining into his eyes, it was dazzling and dazzling, like a bridge coming from the other side of the sky... until it reached his eyes.

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...as if someone was standing in front of him and stretched out his hand to him.

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The fleeting years have passed, and the deceased has no return.

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"Su Rin."

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A blue light emerges.

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Young, beautiful, with facial features like a sea monster sculpted by a god, emerging from him.

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Her beautiful eyes were staring at her with complex emotions.

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"...My dear guest." She said softly, "I clearly gave you eternal life, why waste your life so much?"

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Su Rin raised her head slightly, his eyes became a little cloudy.

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"You can take away the lives of others like the princess who got my false soul, and let them become petri dishes for your new body to continue your 'eternal life'." Siren said: "Look, that street On, there are so many weak human beings who have no fighting ability. Kill them, assimilate them, and choose the healthiest one among them... My guest, you can free your soul from your decaying body. , keep on living...to the end of this world, you are lucky, you should have ruled this land."

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Su Rin ignored the siren who tempted him.

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The smell of food and fireworks came from the houses on the street, mixed with the coldness of snow and the sea smell of fish.

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He turned his head and looked at the young man with blond hair and blue eyes who stood at the entrance of the alley at some point.

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"Teacher." The young man seemed to have just come running and was still panting: "Teacher, I'm here."

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"Michael." Su Rin said.

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The blond man named Michael immediately stepped forward and supported Su Rin who was about to fall. His expression was very urgent, unable to hide the sadness in his eyes.

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"The heir I chose is you." Su Rin said softly.

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His voice was hoarse, his breathing was short, and he looked very weak.

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"I'm sorry, I leave this task to you." Su Rin said.

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"No." Michael shook his head: "Inheriting your memory, your appearance, your abilities, your... After everything, I will definitely continue this 'eternal life' that shelters the entire Praia."

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Su Rin smiled.

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……

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What the princess holds is a soul representing "evil", so her way of gaining immortality is to deprive others of their lives and make them "petri dishes" to prolong her life.

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She used this kind of malicious means to steal from others and achieve her own.

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And Su Rin...

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And Su Rin, who holds a complete soul and has a clear judgment of good and evil.

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His approach is completely opposite to that of the princess.

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——Su Rin chose to let other people kill him, and on his corpse, became a new generation of "Su Rin".

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The person who killed him can gradually gain Su Rin's memory, Su Rin's face, Su Rin's ability... all of Su Rin...until he becomes the next generation of "Su Rin".

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They will gradually transform into the appearance of Su Rin, erasing their original selves, as if they were taken away, and become a new generation of "Su Rin".

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In this way, in another sense, "Su Rin" got "eternal life".

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Such "eternal life" of "intergenerational inheritance".

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"Eternal life" that doesn't take one's own life as the first priority.

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……

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[Eternal life is the most severe shackle. 】

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The human body can live forever, but the soul will be corrupted in the reduction of time~lightnovelpub.net~ He cannot bear the malice from the soul of the siren.

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In order to break through this shackle, Su Rin chose to give all of himself to the next person before his soul was completely corrupted.

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Because there is always the will of "Su Rin", after the next person realizes that his spirit is no longer able to bear this responsibility, he will continue the behavior of the previous generation and find the next person who can kill him.

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What Su Mingan saw at this time was Su Rin who came down from Yunshang City for the first time. When she couldn't bear the burden of her soul, Su Rin chose a person in Praia to inherit his responsibility.

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He chose an ordinary young man named "Michael" in Praia, an engineering student he accepted before ascending to Cloud City.

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The youth admired him very much and was willing to take over this responsibility.

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So, Michael took over all the heavy responsibilities of the first generation of Su Rin, and was willing to be assimilated, inheriting the teacher's memory, appearance, ability, and soul of the sea monster, and became the young Su Rin-inheriting the guardianship of Praia go down.

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Unlike the princess who took away the lives of others and let herself live.

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... He found the road to eternal life, which is an intergenerational inheritance.

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is to live to death.

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He also has a "Petri dish".

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But this only "Petri dish",

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It's himself.