Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1339 Because you are more beautiful than anything else

When the amber awakens, the world falls into slumber.

The whole world is like an insect frozen in amber.

It seemed to be dead, yet it also seemed to still have a glimmer of life.

As the liquid inside the amber egg rapidly drained away, the barefoot, white-haired girl gradually fell to the ground.

She stepped out of the broken amber egg and strolled through the silent world.

Everything before my eyes seemed to be shrouded in a faded old photograph.

I don't know how much time had passed, or if it was just a moment—

Amber left the Amber Forest and appeared in the Land of Shadows.

She reached out and touched the still river.

Regardless of their original texture, they all turned into solid rocks after time was frozen.

She chuckled softly as she stroked a passing moon deer.

It was running at full speed, but now its limbs are curled up and it is leaping in mid-air.

She went to the Sea of ​​Sorrow and quietly gazed at the vast ocean.

Amber reached out and smoothed the white hair at her temples, a hint of nostalgia in her eyes.

She traveled to the former Crystal Mountains—where the permafrost glaciers that sealed the Calamity Dragon were no longer present, but had transformed into a breathtakingly lush, verdant mountain range. Lush and verdant, with fragrant grasses growing everywhere.

She walked towards the testing ground.

Each step reveals a new world. Traversing worlds that overlap like a honeycomb, he found Aiwas sitting alone in a stone chamber in just three steps.

However, the "host" was not there to guard the place.

She looked at the promotion area, which had only eight chairs, with great nostalgia.

Amber walked up to Aiwass, stood on tiptoe, and gently patted his head.

She then disappeared from the training grounds and strolled to the next location.

Perhaps a very, very long time has passed...

But no one knows how much time passed in that frozen moment.

Amber traveled throughout the entire dream world, touching everything she had ever wanted to touch.

Finally, she arrived at the center of attention.

Huan Tiansi was not wearing his usual pajamas when he was here, but instead had changed into a winged-style suit for the first time in a long time.

Just like the white robe he wore when he first met Amber in the Tower of Babel.

He sat in front of the monitor, which displayed the dream that Aiwas was currently experiencing—and he was drinking a Coke.

"……teacher."

Amber chuckled and sat down beside him.

She nestled close to Huan Tiansi and whispered, "It's been so long."

—In a sense, the astronauts should not be entirely Ai Shiping.

Because over the long course of time, Ai Shiping, who was originally in charge, had long since given up.

He was forced to sever his original aspirations and earliest memories as the snake's tail, only to have them rejoin him after they had fully developed. This process was like a soul-searching process.

When Ai Shiping could no longer hold on, he handed over his name, his memories, and everything he had to that generation of Snake Tail.

But from another perspective, the astronaut is the real Ai Shiping.

The ouroboros... the tail it devours is always itself.

Because the "snake tail" didn't truly kill or destroy the thoroughly corrupted Ai Shiping, but instead chose to devour him. The so-called "snake tail devouring snake head" refers to this event. And it is precisely because of this that the current Celestial Observatory has also been corrupted.

The so-called "devouring" is actually just a re-fusion after splitting. Once the snake tail understands everything, it will often accept its mission—the mission of being firewood.

Aiwass was gentle, and so was Ai Shiping. He deliberately used the word "devour" to lure that generation of serpent tails into attacking and destroying him.

—Just like what the Cosmos is doing to Aiwass now.

But Ai Shiping didn't expect... he still underestimated the kindness and light within himself.

Even realizing that this might lead to his utter destruction... after understanding the whole truth, that generation of snake tails still chose to desperately preserve everything about Ai Shiping, merging themselves with him once more—

This is the current Observatory.

When he realized that since he had made this choice, the snake tails he would cut off in the future would also make the same choice, he abandoned the idea of ​​"inheritance." Just like Aiwas now, he has come to understand Huan Tiansi.

It was precisely because the current Celestial Chief was already on the verge of mental collapse when he was born that he chose to distance himself from all his friends, no longer have any emotions in the cycle of reincarnation, and deal with everyone with absolute rationality and ruthlessness—so as not to be taken advantage of by the void.

Now that the Celestials has passed on all his pure memories to Aiwass, he has no reason to continue existing.

His statement to Evans, "Your host is dead outside the door," was also true.

Because the host of Aiwass is the same person as the astronaut himself.

The moment he stepped inside, he had already completely "killed" himself.

All nine Pillar Gods knew that the Celestial Chieftain wouldn't truly kill Aiwass. Because no matter how jealous he was of Aiwass, no matter how venomous his words, Aiwass was his only hope deep down, and the reason he barely survived.

No one wanted to protect Aiwass more than the Cosmos Corporation.

As an apostle of the Celestial Sphere, everything Jacob did, the trials he set up, and the operations he performed were all for this purpose. That's why he had no doubt or wavering about his actions—because he knew he was also part of the savior. He always stayed far away from Aiwass, also responsible for intercepting any unexpected enemies.

But Jacob must never tell anyone this secret. Especially not to Aiwas.

He had to keep the secret until his death.

Perhaps once everything settles down, he and "Aiwass" can emerge from hope and miracles... but that would be what he deserves. But the Celestial Division... has no reason to continue existing.

Those things he wanted to say to Aiwass—but couldn't say, and absolutely couldn't say—were all turned into an ascension ritual, which he made Aiwass experience it all himself.

The way the "Whispers of the Void" spread is through "whispers".

Therefore, simply expressing one's knowledge through words can corrupt the listener; however, obtaining information through firsthand experience can prevent such corruption.

In fact, even the "whispers of the void" that Aiwass heard was actually played by the Celestials himself.

It was a kind of jealousy, a wicked sense of humor, and also a careful reminder—just to let Aiwass know roughly what it felt like to be corrupted.

After all, how could the Celestials really bear to let Aiwass be contaminated by nothingness?

That was the only miracle he and Amber created through ten lifetimes of reincarnation!
"I know... you are the teacher."

Amber touched the untouchable, stone-like figure of the Celestial Master, frozen in time: "No one understands you better than I do, Teacher..."

"Teacher... I'm so tired. Are you tired? You must be very tired too."

"It's all coming to an end..."

As expected, the Celestial Guardian did not react at all.

Amber, however, showed no sign of regret.

She was so tired.

For 100,000 years, they have watched this world without moving, witnessing tragedy after tragedy unfold, yet they can do nothing, not even utter a single word...

Now, the journey has come to an end.

She slightly raised her hand, and a wine glass appeared in her palm.

The glass didn't contain cola, but rather golden sparkling wine.

That was the wine Ai Shiping had once brewed for her—she loved the taste and had never forgotten it. She had secretly kept that glass of wine... a glass of champagne that had traversed ten thousand years and was still steaming.

She raised her glass, somewhat awkwardly wrapping her arm around Huan Tiansi, who was gulping down his cola, and slowly drank the toast, sip by sip. It was as if she were drinking down all the memories of the past.

After she finished the drink, she let go of her hand.

The transparent wine glass, still holding a trace of golden liquid, floated in the air.

She left this on purpose—to let Huan Tiansi know that she had been there.

Goodbye, teacher.

Amber went behind Huan Tiansi, hugged him, and whispered, "Perhaps... we'll see each other again soon."

"When a person dies, they become a phantom... But what happens when a phantom dies?"

She quietly felt the time that had not yet passed.

After an unknown amount of time, she spoke.

"I'll go..."

"...paving the way for you, teacher."

The next moment, the amber instantly turned into countless glittering golden fragments.

Countless tiny points of light, seemingly slow but actually fast, traversed the entire dream world.

The tenth source river was created, and its waters gushed forth—

However, thanks to Amber's efforts, this river was not the "River of Nothingness".

Instead, it was bent into "stillness" by the amber.

This is a kind of "degradation" compared to nothingness.

From the ultimate "meaninglessness," it was reduced to "not moving forward," thus dissipating a considerable portion of its power.

This……

It is also a way of paving the way.

As time passed once more—

As Huan Tiansi was drinking his cola, he suddenly seemed to sense something and reached out to catch the glass that was about to fall.

For a moment, the Celestial Division was stunned.

As countless memories surfaced in his mind... he looked at the wine glass in his hand. He watched it gradually acquire divinity, transforming into fragments of the Celestial Realm.

The amber-colored liquor seeped out of the glass, drop by drop, and dripped into it.

Huan Tiansi closed his eyes and touched the wine glass to his forehead.

"...Stop, time..."

His voice trembled slightly.

This was the first time that the Celestial Observatory had revealed its emotions.

Those were the stories he had told Amber, the poems he had recited.

Perhaps it is because of this poem that amber possesses the power to freeze the world.

That's how the future of this world came about... that's how this cycle of 90,000 years, and this torment of 90,000 years, came about.

"...because you are more beautiful than any other."

My days on earth will leave traces.

It will not be gone forever.

(End of this chapter)