Chapter 31 The moonlight is so beautiful
"How is it? The night view of Belloberg."

In the square at night, Cocolia and Yaoluo sat on the steps in front of Clipper Castle, each holding a glass of wine in their hands and sipping it in small sips.

In front of the two people, citizens stayed for a long time at the Yongdong Monument Memorial Square. Some of them held flowers in their hands and placed them in front of the monument to commemorate the martyrs who had died in the war.

In the darkness, dots of light surround the monument, and the flowing light comes and goes like fish swimming in the water.

Lights from farther and farther away form a long dragon, connecting the thoughts of more distant places.

"Very beautiful." Yao Luo raised the wine glass high, the bright moon passed through the glass, and the amber moonlight reflected on their faces.

With a slight hint of alcohol on her face, Cocolia placed the wine glass on the steps, hugged her knees with her arms, and said in a slightly drunken tone:

"Yao Luo, do you know?" The purple moon looked at the silver galaxy.

"The day I came back from the lower zone, the sound of the star core disappeared from my ears."

"This is also a good thing." After drinking the wine reflected by the moon, Yao Luo listened quietly to Cocolia's voice.

"Yes, my life is only a dozen years long, and becoming a great guardian alone has taken up almost all of my life. Do you think such a life can be called a success?"

"I can't define success, Cocolia." Without giving a direct answer, Yao Luo explained his thoughts.

"In the eyes of the vast majority of people in Beloberg, you are a lofty leader, a symbol of the people's will, and a hero who protects Beloberg." After careful consideration, Yao Luo finally said this word.

"But! I almost got bewitched by the star core, and I even planned to give up..." A hand stopped Cocolia from speaking, and Yao Luo shook his head.

"Of course I know." Yao Luo looked up at the moon in the sky. Dark clouds covered a corner of the moon, diluting the light shining on his body.

"Even if you confess all your past mistakes and make the truth about the star core known to the public, the people today will not believe it. Or rather, they are unwilling to believe it."

"There is an old saying in my hometown that a saint is judged by deeds, not by heart. You and I are not saints, but we can do the things that ordinary people do."

“………” Cocolia looked at Yao Luo, she didn’t know how to answer.

"Instead of feeling sorry for yourself now, you should do your best in the present. This is also one of your responsibilities as a great guardian. Carry the truth and leave the good things to the people."

Cocolia felt that the man in front of her, although about the same age as her, understood, or could look at the world from a perspective beyond this planet.

"There's no need to look at me like that." Yao Luo felt a little embarrassed by Cocolia's gaze and smiled.

"I'm just an ordinary person." Sighing, Yao Luo thought about his current life.

"An ordinary... person?" In Cocolia's eyes, Yao Luo was definitely an extraordinary person, but Yao Luo himself knew it.

He was born into an ordinary family, had no prominent background, went to an ordinary school, and lived an ordinary life. If nothing unexpected happened, he would have lived an ordinary life like everyone else.

"Everyone can talk about big principles, the key is what kind of things you do." Yao Luo stood up, brushed off the dust on his body, and extended his hand to Cocolia in front of him.

"follow me."

After some hesitation, out of trust in Yao Luo, Kokolia still placed her hand in Yao Luo's palm.

"Ahhh!"

In an instant, the surrounding scenery became blurred, the feeling of weightlessness surged into her heart, and endless strong winds passed by her. Cocolia could only hold on to the man in front of her tightly by feeling.

I don't know how long it took, the sound of the wind in my ears gradually faded away, and when the sense of balance in my brain returned to normal, Yao Luo also heard in my ears at the right time:

"Open your eyes."

She slowly raised her eyelids, and the scenery in front of her was far beyond Cocolia's imagination, leaving her speechless.

sky.

A boundless, peaceful place above the universe.

There are almost no places on this earth that have ever been visited by humans.

The clouds that usually floated above her head quietly slipped away. Cocolia grabbed a handful of them out of curiosity, but she couldn't catch anything.

Waiting for the clouds to disperse, a bright moon appeared in front of Cocolia, which was bigger and brighter than the one she saw on land.

Since the cold wave swept through Bello Berg, it has been rare to see such a clear moon phase with the naked eye.

The beautiful scenery diluted the fear of heights, and Cocolia's heart was filled with a strange feeling.

Human beings' desire for the sky and their desire to conquer it are almost ingrained in their bones. Facing such scenery, I believe no one can remain calm. "Yao Luo! Look..."

The excited voice stopped abruptly, and Cocolia looked towards Yao Luo. Her silver eyes, which should have been looking towards the sky, were staring quietly below.

Resisting the discomfort, Cocolia looked in the direction Yao Luo was looking.

"That is?"

The streets are interconnected and ant-sized houses are dotted on the ground beneath our feet. Darkness has an absolute upper hand, but unyielding flames rise from everywhere, illuminating the night of this city.

"Beloberg." A calm voice came from her ears. Cocolia felt that the city she was familiar with was so strange. She had never seen Beloberg from such an angle.

“Some people stand on the ground, but they can observe the world from the perspective of the sky, while some people stand in the sky, but they can only look up at the sky from the perspective of the ground.”

"Cocolia, what kind of person do you want to be?"

Cocolia looked at Yao Luo, his eyes revealed seriousness, as if he wanted to see through his heart.

After calming down, Kokolia began to think about the meaning of Yao Luo's words. After a long pause, she replied hesitantly:
"The first one?"

Yao Luo shook his head.

Without giving her a chance to come up with a second answer, Yao Luo spoke.

"Both, Cocolia."

“No matter how high you are, never forget the people below you.”

"You and I are now at an altitude of nearly 4,000 meters above Beloberg, a height that many people may never reach in their lifetime."

"But," Yao Luo changed his tone, "no matter how long we can fly, we will eventually fall back to the land where we are rooted."

"Before, you were thinking about the fate of this planet, making judgments for all life on this planet like a god."

"But the people didn't have the chance to be informed. Before they knew it, their fate had been used as a weight on your scale, wasn't it, Cocolia?"

The calm tone pierced Cocolia's heart like a knife, leaving her speechless. It was as if a thousand layers of cold wind were whistling through Cocolia's heart. Even though the temperature she felt did not make her feel cold, her heart felt as if it was frozen.

"Because he is right." Cocolia understood that Yao Luo had completely understood her innermost thoughts some time ago.

"You have to remember, Cocolia." Yao Luo's tone suddenly became gentle, and he continued, "No one has the right to make choices for everyone at any time."

"Destiny should be in your own hands."

Yao Luo stretched out his hand towards the moon and held it tightly, as if he was holding his own destiny.

“And the fate of you and me is now closely related to this land and the many people on this land.”

Under the moonlight, the eyes of the man in front of me were like two bright stars, reflecting the light of all the living beings around them.

"What we need to do is not to control it, but..."

“Carry it on your back.”

The moonlight tonight was really beautiful, but Cocolia couldn't take her eyes away.

From a man.

………………

At the same time, in a place that cannot be observed by any instrument, a place called Eternal Winter Ridge in reality.

A voice like the echo of heaven and earth surged from all directions. The voice was neither that of a man nor that of a woman, neither that of a child nor that of an old man.

Like both a devil and an angel, empty yet full of temptation.

"The right...container...was found."

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