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"Pfft, you still have the nerve to call yourself human?"

"What, isn't that right?"

Even if you are.

Gaia stopped mocking Momo and pressed on, "Anything else?"

"Then there are people like you and Alaya, who are not human and can be called gods. I'm sorry, I can't fathom your thoughts."

"Actually, it's okay to speculate."

Gaia's eyes became somewhat unfocused as she said, "Actually, there isn't that much difference. Alaya and I are ultimately just life forms, life forms that have mastered great power. We are indeed gods, and you are a god too. The only difference between us is probably that we are different species."

"The difference in species alone is a huge one, isn't it?"

"Would you like me to count how many of the people in your harem aren't human?"

Author's Note:

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105 Tears

Mo Mo grinned. He wouldn't argue with a girl about something like this. Even if he won, what difference would it make? If he made her angry, wouldn't he still have to coax her?

It's better not to upset the other person now than to coax them later—that's the advice of an experienced person!

Seeing that Momo had given up, Gaia angrily pinched Momo's cheek and then fell silent again. But Momo wasn't in a hurry, because he knew that Gaia would definitely say what she wanted to say.

"I am indeed not human. When I gained consciousness, the world was still a wasteland, and there was no life in me or in the entire universe. At that time, I was already alive as a kind of life."

"You were different back then, weren't you?"

"It's not just different, it's completely different."

Gaia's eyes were filled with a dreamy look as she said, "At that time, I was just one person, and that individual was everything. I had no thoughts, no consciousness, because there was no pressure of life, no desires or needs, and I simply stayed there peacefully."

"Like a clump of dead jellyfish, devoid of any life."

"Do you understand this feeling?"

Mo Mo sighed softly and said, "I think I understand?"

"No, you don't understand. Describing me at that time as a blank is probably the most appropriate word."

"Actually, that's not so bad. If I were the only individual in the whole world and universe, I wouldn't realize that I could have thoughts, needs, actions, and will. I would stay there quietly forever."

"But……"

Mo Mo seemed to have thought of something and said, "Life appeared; you gave birth to life."

"Don't make me sound so great. I've already said it, I have no consciousness, no thoughts, no actions, and no will. It's impossible for me to do anything on my own initiative. I just stayed there quietly, and after who knows how many years, life appeared."

"The emergence and evolution of life, and even its development into a technological society like yours, has nothing to do with me. I have never helped you, nor have I ever harmed you. Compared to Xiao Ye, I am just a passerby."

"To say that would be to belittle oneself."

Momo pulled Gaia to his side and stood up on the water with her in his arms. One by one, different aquatic creatures seemed to be summoned and began to appear at Momo's feet, circling and spinning around him.

"See? These animals reproduce and grow in the water, and the water doesn't do anything in the process. But they can't grow without water; water is the mother that nurtures them."

"To me, to all humanity and to all life, you are our mother."

"Stare—so when you were doing those things just now, were you treating me like your mother?"

"Hey, no way, don't overthink it. I finally found some really touching words, why don't you feel moved instead of picking a fight?"

"Humph!"

Gaia gave a soft hum, jumped off Momo's arms, and stood on the water's surface, just like Momo. Her light blue hair cascaded down her back, running smoothly down her spine, past her waist, her buttocks, her smooth thighs and calves, and finally into the water.

The fish seemed to have discovered a new paradise. They quickly swam into the hair floating in the water, using it as a hiding place and playing hide-and-seek.

"I haven't finished speaking yet, do you want to continue listening?"

"Listen, I love chatting with you the most!"

"Pooh!"

Gaia made a face, then smiled and said, "I've already told you what I looked like in the past, so look at how I look now, how is it different from before?"

Gaia opened her arms, her beautiful body fully displayed before Momo. Looking at Gaia's petite figure and the joyful smile on her face, Momo felt a true sense of Gaia's life.

They are no longer high and mighty gods, but live like ordinary humans.

She had her own thoughts, purposes, desires, and yearnings; her own spirit and will; her own motivations for action; and complex and ever-changing emotions. All of this made it almost impossible for Momo to imagine what Gaia had described as her past self.

What exactly does that blank space look like?

"The changes... are too great."

"Yes, I have changed a lot, and all of these changes are due to my own initiative in pursuing and learning."

Gaia pointed her finger, and clusters of quantum light appeared on the sea surface. The light coalesced into various different creatures, ranging from the earliest ancient marine life to dinosaurs and finally to humans.

"As an individual, I am destined to remain unchanged, unable to communicate, unable to form a language, unable to do anything, and even less able to form a civilization. But the lives that are conceived within me, though weak, have accomplished things that I could never have done."

"Birth, growth, death, evolution, extinction, survival of the fittest—one kind of life disappears, and another kind of life rises up. Now, humanity stands at the top of the food chain, and you have created a splendid and wonderful civilization."

"As for me... I fell because of human temptations."

Gaia began to laugh, a bright and cheerful laugh.

"I, an individual, discovered your existence, like an infant, learning from every kind of life. From the birth of the earliest primitive life to the present day when humanity dominates everything, I have witnessed it all, and it is all experience I have learned from."

“I gave birth to you, and you taught me everything. This learning continues to this day, and I only recently discovered that I am deeply attracted to all that humankind has created.”

“I couldn’t help but get closer to you, to understand you better. I couldn’t help but want to experience everything about you, to savor everything about you. But when I became like this, I realized that I had fallen.”

Two lines of tears slowly streamed down Gaia's face. She looked at Momo and whispered, "Just like you said, I am destined not to be human, and humans are destined not to accept me. I can no longer find my way back, and I don't know how to move forward."

"Hey, Momo, tell me, what should I do?"

Tears blurred Gaia's vision. She reached out to wipe them away and said, "Should I move forward or backward? If I move forward, my power and responsibility will completely belong to Xiao Ye. At that time, I will no longer have any power to resist. I will not be able to control the changes and progress of the world. I will no longer be your mother."

"If I go back... do I really have to abandon everything I have now and return to that blank state?"

"Or should we remain stagnant and stay like this?"

"I...can't bear to give up everything I have now."

"I...cannot abandon this responsibility."

"what do I do?"

"Can you tell me, Momo?"

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106 I like you guys.

Seeing Gaia's tears, Momo fell silent.

He had long suspected that what Gaia was hiding might be of great importance. However, when it was all actually laid out before Momo, he still felt a suffocating pressure.

Can't you answer me?

Gaia's soft murmur struck Momo's chest like a heavy hammer. After taking a deep breath, Momo said, "I still don't quite understand. Could you explain it in more detail?"

"What about moving forward? What about retreating? And what does maintaining the status quo mean?"

"Don't cry, it's ugly to cry so sadly. I haven't given up yet, have I?"

Gaia nodded and wiped away her tears.

She looked down at the fish swimming through her hair underwater and said, "Like I said, I learned my current appearance from other life forms, most of which I learned from you humans. The more I learn from you, the more I degenerate and the further I stray from my original self."

She made a gesture with her fingers curled up and said, "I learned to become like you, I learned your emotions and feelings, I learned to like this appearance and feeling, and then I no longer want to go back to my past self. I even want to go further and completely abandon my original appearance to become a simple human being."

"That's why I'm here, and why all my power has been transferred to Xiao Ye... even though she can't yet bear the weight of the crown."

Then, Gaia told Momo everything about her conflict with Alaya, without embellishing a single detail. Momo listened, his heart pounding. It turned out that this time Gaia really hadn't come to his side to toy with him; she truly had no other choice, just as she herself had said.

"So, if I take just one more step forward and completely sever my connection with my power, then I will no longer be Gaia, but just a girl in front of you. Perhaps I am not human yet, but I already have a human body, human emotions, and I hope to have a human soul."

"This is progress."

Gaia fell silent, and Momo quietly processed the information. By now, he no longer doubted the truthfulness of Gaia's words, unless it was a trick played on him by Gaia and Alaya.

Can you accept me?

Gaia bit her lip and asked softly, "If I take this step forward, Xiao Ye will most likely control that power then. At that time... I don't know what Xiao Ye will do, but I guess she will most likely let you go."

"Will she let me go?"

"Yes, do you remember her promise? If you fail, she will give you one or even several worlds, which will be your kingdom, where you can live the life you want."

Momo immediately recalled that Alaya had indeed made such a promise. If Momo succeeded, he could continue his journey; if he failed, he could remain in the world he had left.

This sounds like... a pretty good option, doesn't it?

"Would she really be that nice to me?"

After learning the truth about Alaya seizing Gaia's power, Momo felt he should re-examine Alaya.

"Because she has already achieved her goal. You have contributed your greatest value, successfully caught the biggest fish, and dragged me down from my pedestal. So, what else could she possibly be dissatisfied with about you?"

Gaia smiled mischievously, tears still glistening in the corners of her eyes. The smile was heartwarming, yet it also tugged at Mo Mo's heartstrings.

In an instant, Mo Mo's words seemed to connect everything, making Mo Mo understand everything.

"If my bet with Alaya was more of a joke at the beginning, then using me as bait to catch you, this big fish, is a perfect reason."

"I'm just curious, do I really have that much charm?"

"Isn't that obvious?"

Gaia put her hands behind her back, bent down, and looked up at Mo Mo with a grin, saying, "Of course you don't have that kind of charm!"