From Prisoner to Si Chen

In the gray world.

The ashes in the sky looked like snowflakes, falling with the mist.

The Three Art Sichen disappeared, and the Two Month Apostles also disappeared, leaving only a black-clad figure standing alone in the blurry fog.

Jilan slowly raised his head and looked at the sky.

In the dim starry sky, it seems as if there is a graceful figure dancing endlessly, with poetry and prose shining around it like the stars, accompanied by ethereal and sacred singing.

"The dance moves blend with the starry sky, the poetry fades with the stars, and the singing goes away with the starlight..."

Jilan murmured softly, and then fell silent.

He shook his head and took a long breath:

"The Three Hours of Art has ended forever."

Wow——

At this moment, a photo slowly fell from the sky.

Gilan opened his palm and caught it.

Lower your eyes and look.

In the low-saturation color photo, the "director" wearing an astronaut uniform sat in the center of the front row of the audience, with David and Clos on his left and right, and A and Hera behind him.

The faces of the February Apostles were filled with smiles.

David's smile was more steady, Cross held the "director's" arm with an elegant smile, while Hera made a scissors hand gesture and tilted her head to make a face. As for A, who was the "director's" other personality, he pretended to be handsome by supporting his chin with his elbow and raised the corners of his mouth.

Looking at the warm and joyful photos, Jillian couldn't help but be infected and smiled slightly.

Opposite them in the photo were Du Wei, Cynthia and Futhis, who were staggering on the stage with looks of horror on their faces.

This scene looks like a happy moment captured at a comedy show.

"This ending is really ironic..."

Gillan sighed.

In fact, in the last moment of the fight, he had corrupted the bodies of the three Si Chens through "Ban Lan". And their spirits were trapped in the photo forever.

Even if they do nothing, after a long time, the law will gradually be stripped away from them, and the three Sichen will fall completely like the end of Omer...

Gillan studied the photo, the smile fading from his face.

After a long moment, he let out a long sigh.

"If I succeed in the end, I will definitely give you a chance to truly reunite... This is the promise I, Gillan Iros, made."

He murmured.

…

…

Gillan returned to Castle Black alone.

The girl stood at the castle gate as always, looking very pretty. She was delighted to see him coming and lifted her skirt to greet him.

"Sir, I'm glad you're okay."

Tolina walked quickly forward and threw herself into Gilan's arms, speaking with a relieved tone.

Jilan hugged the girl with his backhand, closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Well, it's all over..."

Smelling the fragrance of his lover's hair, the tiredness in his heart finally eased.

"I sealed it in the photo forever."

"Huh?" Torina was surprised.

He originally thought that being able to tie with the three artists was a great feat, but he did not expect that Jilan could fight one against three and seal all of them.

"Thanks to the help of the February Apostles, they borrowed the last bit of strength left by the 'Director' to create a great opportunity for me. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy."

Gillan said in a deep voice.

"Unfortunately, all the apostles died in February. They could have survived, but they had already made up their minds to reunite with the 'Director'... and I did not stop them."

Hearing this, Tolina fell silent.

He had no friendship with the February Apostle and did not know him well, so he did not know how to comfort him.

"Since this is their choice, perhaps it would be best if you did not stop them."

The girl whispered.

Gillan nodded silently.

"What are your plans for the future?"

Torina looked up and asked.

Jilan thought for a moment, smiled faintly, and said:

"Living here with you."

"Really?!"

There was a sparkle of surprise in Torina's eyes.

Gillan smiled and nodded.

Before finally touching upon the Supreme Law, he planned to live a good life with Torina to avoid any regrets.

…

…

Time passes.

A hundred years have passed.

Dawn Era, 2030 AD, leap month.

New Bremen Empire.

The world has undergone tremendous changes, and after a hundred years of passage of time, the world has been completely renewed.

Reinforced concrete city clusters, tarmac roads, huge screens on the exterior walls of tall buildings, cars and airplanes...

Of course, there are the "head of state portraits" posted everywhere - a young man with red curly hair, wearing a retro military uniform from the last century, smiling and full of vigor.

Fashionably dressed pedestrians on the street would look at the "head of state" with respect whenever they saw it.

It’s just that Mr. Caesar Gide, the head of the New Bremen Empire, a world legend, and a great man of the century, passed away forty years ago, but the people of the empire have never forgotten him.

The admiration for him has not diminished with the passage of time, but has become even stronger.

The world has been at peace for a hundred years, and the New Bremen Empire has developed rapidly. Especially in recent decades, high technology has sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

Mobile phones, computers, the Internet, artificial intelligence...

It is said that this all originated from the inspiration given to the imperial scientific researchers by the "torrent" of the January Hour.

Thanks to these smart terminal devices, some supporting emerging things have also emerged, the most popular of which is "electronic games".

Its appearance was accidental.

"Teacher Wendy, I know the answer to this question!"

In a classroom of a public college in the capital, Musashi, a short-haired female student sitting in the front row raised her hand.

On the podium, the middle-aged female teacher with a headset on saw this and smiled and said:

"Miss Alia, why don't you tell me what you think."

Swish!

The girl named Alia stood up, held her head high, and said in a proud tone:

"In the spring of 1972, physicist Mr. Berleming dozed off during a boring experiment. In his dream, he saw a young man in black clothes who invited him to play a game... After waking up, Mr. Berleming was inspired and thought that smart terminals could not only be used for scientific research, but also for personal entertainment, so he invented the world's first 'electronic game'."

"He also said that the young man in black clothes he saw in his dream was the legendary Leap Moon Sichen... Later generations also praised Sichen as the 'God of Dreams and Games', and 'Video Games' became the ninth art."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Suddenly, the classroom burst into laughter.

Seeing this, Alia looked around and said angrily:

"What are you laughing at?!"

"Alia, you didn't take those made-up stories seriously, did you? There is no such thing as Si Chen in this world!"

A male classmate next to him laughed.

However, Teacher Wendy on the podium looked serious and said in a deep voice:

"Mr. Caron, although Bremen does not force people to believe in the Hours, respecting other people's beliefs is a gentleman's quality."

"Yes, Teacher Wendy."

The male classmate said angrily.

Immediately, Teacher Wendy gave Alia an appreciative smile and nodded.

"That's a good answer, Miss Alia. The founder of 'electronic games' is indeed Mr. Bereming. He is known as the 'Father of Electronic Games', but what most people don't know is that he is actually a leap-moon believer..."

The teacher was explaining, and the students were listening attentively. The history class passed quickly. After the class was over, a beautiful girl from the senior grade quietly came outside the classroom.

She had long black hair, the same color as Alia, but she had a pair of beautiful eyes like purple gemstones. At the same time, her temperament was even colder, as if she didn't want strangers to get close to her.

This long-haired girl attracted the attention of most of the male students in the class, but no one dared to approach her and talk to her, as if they didn't want to get into trouble.

"Alia."

The girl called softly into the classroom.

Suddenly, the originally noisy classroom became quiet, and everyone's eyes turned to the girl with short hair.

"It's Alia's sister..."

Some students were whispering to each other.

Alia glanced at these classmates, snorted twice, and quickly ran out of the classroom, saying "Sister Eve" to the long-haired girl.

"Alia, why are you so depressed today?"

Eve led Alia out along the aisle, tilting her head slightly and smiling.

"Are you having trouble with your classmates again?"

"Humph! Those guys!"

Alia puffed her lips and told him what happened in class, her tone quite unhappy.

"...They don't believe what I say at all, but that's the truth. How ignorant."

"Okay." Eve interrupted her and comforted her, "People are like this. Their lives are short and their memories are not good... All kinds of facts will be distorted in the long river of time, not to mention such a trivial matter."

"But, that's Dad..."

Alia said unwillingly.

"Shh!" Eve quickly covered her sister's mouth and raised an index finger, signaling her not to talk nonsense.

It wasn't until Alia realized she had made a mistake and nodded that her sister let go of her hand.

"Don't forget, we were able to sneak out thanks to Mom's cover... If Dad knew about this, he would definitely punish us!"

“I understand.”

Alia said timidly.

"Call Peggy, Meilin, Groce and Vivian, and we'll go back to Toyalan together."

"Why call them?"

Alia's pretty eyebrows furrowed slightly, her tone puzzled.

Eve stopped, put her hands on her sister's shoulders, lowered her eyes, and said seriously:

"Although they come from different secret histories, they are all our half-sisters from the same father. Remember, Alia, don't look at them differently."

"Yes, I understand."

Alia was silent for a few seconds and nodded.

…

…

Black Castle.

attic.

Torina, who was already a wife, tied up her hair and gently took off her husband's coat.

"Today's dinner should make you very happy, right?"

Torina leaned in and whispered softly in her ear.

"The daughters of different secret histories have come to visit your father..."

"I didn't ask them to come."

Without even turning his head, Gillan shook his head and sighed.

He thought of something and said quietly:

"It's probably Sasha, Flamel, Aurora, and Alevia. Through another secret history, I discovered some clues."

Long ago, Gillan used his own power to send those girls who had stories with him but left regrets to a new and different secret history, and separated himself with the "Law of Bubble", staying in that secret history to live alone with it.

In this way, in each secret history, Gillan will only love one person.

In his opinion, he didn't let those girls down.

At this moment, Tolina's expression changed slightly. Just as she was about to say something, Gillan took the lead and said without warning:

"I'm leaving now."

"Um?"

Torina was stunned.

Immediately, her mood suddenly became low, and she whispered:

“Has this day finally arrived?”

"Yes." Gilan nodded, his expression more serious than ever. "I can no longer control myself, Tolina. If I delay any longer, one day soon, I will lose my self-awareness and personality and become a puppet controlled by the Outer Gods."

“No wonder…”

Torina was a little dazed.

"No wonder they let their daughter come to see you."

Immediately, there was silence and the atmosphere was depressing.

Torina slowly sat on the edge of the bed, tightly grasped her husband's hand, raised her eyelids and looked into his eyes.

"Do you want to tell Alia and Eve anything? I'll ask them to come over..."

Tolina's voice trembled slightly, and her tone contained an indescribable reluctance, even fear. She knew what her husband's departure meant this time, and it was very likely that he would never come back.

The happy and peaceful life for a hundred years almost made Torina forget that there was a devastating bomb hanging over her husband's head.

"No."

Gillan smiled with relief.

"They are now ascenders, and they still have a long way to go. They should learn to accept the accidents that may happen at any time in life."

"Well... I'll listen to you."

Torina took a deep breath and laid her head on her husband's chest, hugging him tightly.

The two of them said no more words, but just silently enjoyed the last moments before parting.

A long time passed like this.

"I have to go now."

Gillan spoke softly.

Tolina's five fingers suddenly clenched and clasped her husband's waist. Seeing this, Gillan could only pat his wife's back to comfort her.

"…I'm right here watching you."

Torina said with a slightly tearful tone.

"good."

Gillan nodded, then lay down on the bed, closed his eyes, and fell into a deep sleep under Torina's gaze.

His consciousness began to sink, and continued to sink.

After a long period of darkness, I arrived at the bright and white endless square again and saw the high-backed chair placed in the center of the square.

Gillan walked across the silent and deserted square, stood in front of a high-backed chair, and took a deep breath.

"bring it on."

He sat down.

Suddenly, an invisible force surged in.

Jilan found that the surrounding environment changed and turned into a deep and dark starry sky again. Countless luminous stars symbolizing the law were floating and circling within the sight.

Far ahead, the huge golden ball of light that represented the Supreme Law and looked like the sun was still there.

Gilan focused his attention and moved closer.

The ball of golden light grew bigger and bigger until it was right in front of us.

He reached out his hand and touched it.

boom--

…

…

Gillan heard a rustling sound.

It was like countless whispers, spreading from his ears into his brain, filling his mind and consciousness, making him unable to accept the huge amount of information for a moment.

Endless scenes flash back.

He first saw his "previous life", in which he had disabled legs and a decadent face. He was sitting in front of a computer desk, playing games intently and occasionally fighting with the barrage of comments.

Soon, he saw "this life" again, from the thrilling beginning of the time travel, to the hardships along the way, meeting all kinds of people, and then to ascending to the God Sichen.

boom!!!

There was a roar in my mind.

Gillan came back to his senses again.

He already saw that he was holding a ball of golden light in his palm.

The light contained a message, which made Jilan realize instantly——

The Supreme Law!

He has mastered the supreme law, the "Law of Leap Year"!

This is the legacy of the fusion of the powers of the original creator gods "Fei Moth" and "Eternal Sun" after their death. It is the source of power that created this world and thousands of secret histories.

The "leap year law" has the power to create and rewrite.

But after obtaining the Supreme Law, Jilan was not very happy. Instead, he became more nervous and uneasy.

Just at this moment.

Jilan's already solemn expression suddenly changed.

He sensed something and looked up suddenly.

An endless expanse of colorful light descended, drowning him—

'Outer God "Dream"...'

As soon as Gillan had this thought, he lost his self-awareness.

In the attic of the Black Castle, Torina suddenly cried out in surprise. She saw that her lover on the bed was gradually becoming translucent, and then suddenly disappeared from her sight.

Even the breath of the law can no longer be captured.

"Sir, sir—"

Torina stretched out her hand, but it was empty.

After a brief moment of daze, he burst into tears like a child.

At the same time, Gilan Iros in other secret histories also disappeared in an instant.

Although Aurora, Alevia, Sasha, Flamel and others were mentally prepared, they were still panicked.

…

…

I don't know where.

I don't know when.

In a square room, the walls, ceiling and floor are all made up of distorted and colorful colors.

Gillan sat in the room, opened his eyes blankly, and looked around.

"Where is this place..."

He murmured, observing his surroundings.

Soon, he inexplicably realized that this was the area where the Outer God "Mad Dream" radiated from, and in a sense, it could be considered as its body. As a chess piece created by Him, he had now successfully seized the Supreme Law and returned.

What is about to greet him will be the gradual disappearance of his self-consciousness, the dissolution of everything, and the return to a "mad dream".

Hiss…

At this time, there was a sound of corrosion. Jilan raised his hand and saw that his palm began to rot and turn black, turning into powder and drifting away, accompanied by a strong stinging pain that quickly spread to his arm and body.

Si Chen's divine body was no stronger than that of an ordinary person at this moment. Under the corruption of the colorful light, it was equally fragile.

Jilan groaned and frowned.

How could he be willing to watch himself being corrupted?

"This will never be my destiny!"

After taking a deep breath, Gillan raised his other hand.

"Leap!"

He growled.

A ball of golden light slowly emerged in his palm, symbolizing that the "Law of Leap Year" of the Supreme Law was activated by him.

Suddenly, the golden ball of light began to wriggle and turned into a streak of golden light, falling on the fingertips, as if coating his fingers with a layer of gold.

Then, Jilan gritted his teeth and began to write in the air. One by one, golden characters appeared:

"The consciousness of the intercalary moon master, Gillan Iros, is eternal and indestructible. It cannot be corrupted by any force and will defeat all external factors..."

While writing The Law of Leap Year, the signs of corruption in Jilan were actually curbed and came to a standstill.

But soon, cold sweat broke out on Jilan's forehead.

His pupils trembled and he slowly looked to the other side.

Through the distorted colored walls of the room, he seemed to see a white light coming towards him from afar. Deep within the white light, there was a deep darkness.

The interweaving of black and white colors is endless, giving people an illusion of eternity.

'Oops...After I touched the Supreme Law, I was forcibly transferred into the body of the Outer God "Dream", which attracted the attention of another Outer God "Moment of Final Moment", and he was attracted here!'

Jilan was horrified.

"The two Outer Gods have always coveted the Supreme Law, and have been engaged in a battle that ordinary people cannot observe and understand. Even Si Chen may not be able to survive the collision between the two..."

boom--

There was a loud bang.

Gilan felt everything around him was shaking.

Immediately, the sound disappeared.

Everything fell silent.

The colorful lights around him were also submerged in pure black and white, and Gilan's body faded and turned into a cartoon-like outline.

He roared in intense pain, but even his expression was frozen.

Gilan's final consciousness survived under the protection of the "Law of Leap Years." But at the same time, he clearly realized that his existence was insignificant to the two Outer Gods.

'The Supreme Law is being forcibly stripped from my hands. Ten minutes, no, five minutes, no, one minute... No, no, time has no meaning here! In short, once the Supreme Law leaves me, I will die instantly, and even the traces of my existence will be completely wiped out, and everything will become nothing.'

Thoughts flashed through Jilan's mind.

At this time, he tried desperately to think of ways to save himself, but everything was useless in front of the two Outer Gods.

The "leap year law" that Jilan originally regarded as the key to breaking the deadlock was no longer under his control and was being pulled away by the "crazy dream"...

A strong feeling of despair arose.

The faces of Torina, Sasha, Flamel, Aurora, and Alevia flashed through his mind, followed by the smiling faces of his daughters, including Alia, Eve, Paige, Meilin, Groce, and Vivian.

Somehow, Gillan remembered what "director" Clark said:

"The original creator gods 'Fei Mo' and 'Eternal Sun' met because of love, united because of love, and destroyed because of love..."

A thought flashed through my mind like lightning.

Instantly, Gillan was inspired.

“Yes…”

'Whether it is "Mad Dream" or "Moment of Final Moment", they are all existences beyond human cognition and understanding, and there is no so-called "love"... "Love" is unique to "Moth", a precious heritage of this world, the key to unlocking the supreme law "Law of Leap Year", and also the glue that combines the authority of the two outer gods "Moth" and "Eternal Sun". '

"If you want to escape the control of the "Dream of Madness", you must possess a power you have never possessed before..."

At this moment, half of Jilan's face had dissolved and decayed, leaving only a fragment of colorful light.

There was a gleam in his only remaining eye.

"gorgeous!"

Gillan hissed.

A faint colorful light bloomed on his mutilated cheek.

"Bilan!"

Another low shout.

Black and white light emerged from Gillan's body.

He raised his one arm high, and the golden light ball began to spin, extracting the two powers of authority symbolizing "mad dream" and "end moment" from his body.

Immediately, they merged together.

This moment——

Under the influence of the "leap year law", "Banlan" and "Bilan" unexpectedly changed their behavior and no longer were hostile to each other, but instead intertwined and merged together.

Eventually, it merged into a black hole vortex in Gilan's palm - the black hole continued to rotate and expand until it swallowed Gilan himself, and then continued to tear apart and absorb the entire colorful room.

boom!!!

…

…

From a macroscopic perspective, a galaxy of colorful lights finally met the black and white galaxy. The two sides collided and rubbed violently, and the terrifying energy set off a tidal tail of billions of light years.

However, a black hole vortex inexplicably appeared in the central part. This black hole was originally just a small dot, but it grew larger and larger. After growing to a certain size, it first "bite" a corner of both parties, and then dragged them in, until it tore their bodies apart and completely mixed them into a ball.

I don’t know how much time passed like this.

A giant black hole vortex appeared, spanning time and space and covering the outside of the world. Deep in its center, a scarlet light shone.

It was like a mysterious eye opened!

…

…

Gillan Iros is dead...

In a sense, he no longer exists.

At the last moment, he changed the development of things with the "leap year law" and used the essence of his "love" to fuse the two golden fingers of "Banlan" and "Bilan". As a bridge and medium, when the outer god "Crazy Dream" and "Final Moment" collided and fought, he guided the two to merge into one.

Became a brand new Outer God.

An outer god who transcends "The Moth", "The Eternal Sun", and even "Mad Dreams" and "The Final Moment".

It seems that they don't care about "mad dreams" and "final moments" because they don't have human emotions.

And their purpose was achieved—

Seize the supreme law, "The Law of Leap Year".

Now, the "leap year law" is within them and is one with them.

However, this new Outer God is controlled by the consciousness of "Gilan Iros".

He used this opportunity to upgrade from the original Si Chen to become an existence "above the law" in one fell swoop.

Somewhere in the dark, Jilan... no, it should be said that this new Outer God spontaneously had a new name:

Final dream!

The end of the dream!

The secret history of tracing the origin of cause and effect, the collapsed cave where everything returns to one.

As a price, everything that Gillan once had as a human being will fade away with the passage of time until it disappears completely, and he will eventually become a blind and foolish force of the universe like "Moth", "Eternal Sun", "Dream" and "The End", acting only on instinct...

In this situation, Gillan is unwilling to lose his humanity, nor is he willing to forget the past.

So, he took action—

Resolutely started the "third round".

…

…

Black holes flicker.

Among the thousands of secret histories, the secret histories of Torina, Sasha, Flamel, Aurora, Alevia and others were shrouded in light and permanently engraved.

A brand new secret history is emerging like bubbles in an inconspicuous corner.

Gu——

"Gilan needs to experience all of this, all the joys and sorrows, all the loves and hates, all of these are symbols of passion, all of the brilliance of human nature, all of these are the fuel that keeps me sane..."

Thoughts flash in the black hole.

'After this journey ends, a new journey will begin, four weeks, five weeks, six weeks...'

Wow——

New Secret History, midsummer 1926 AD.

A young man wakes up in prison...

At the same time, in an apartment in the same city, a young man named Clark Smith pressed the light switch on the spiral staircase wall and walked all the way to the entrance of a room in the corner of the living room.

Through the crack of the tightly closed door, you can see light coming from inside and the sound of voices coming faintly from inside.

Clark leaned his head in and pressed his ear against the door.

Suddenly, the voice inside gradually became clear:

"...Don't shoot! It's me, Ashton, your lover, Sylvia." A woman's voice came.

"Oh, I know it's you! As soon as you got out of the elevator, I smelled your stench!" Another man's cold voice sounded.

"Hehe, you're still so anxious." The woman's voice gradually became charming, and she chuckled. "Well, well, be gentle! My husband is sleeping upstairs! If he finds you, he will burn you to ashes!"

"I'm not afraid, hey... I just like your flirtatiousness..."

As the sounds in the house gradually turned into screaming and crying, Clark's expression became strange.

"Ms. Hera is secretly watching porn again."

He shook his head and smiled.

He had actually seen that movie, but he always felt that the male lead looked a bit like himself.

"Tomorrow is the 'Player Gathering'. I will enter the 'Sleeping Master' game with Miss Hera, Miss Cross, Mr. David and Mr. A. Go to bed early..."

"I hope I can have a good dream tonight."

(over)