Absolute Choice 9

by Pear Lands In The Autumn Spring

  The words he previously said were because of his momentary playfulness. But he had really given Mu Yuesheng a fright. It could not go on further or it would be disastrous if it was taken for the truth.

  Speechless quickly opened his mouth and was prepared to explain that he had pushed the joke too far.

  At that moment, a voice that overwhelmed all noise suddenly resounded in the sky. It caused everyone to voluntarily quieten down.

  "This King has always believed that love can conquer all!"

  The black-haired youth who was the center of attention lifted his head up and said in a manner close to shouting.

  No one could ignore his voice. They all quieted down and listened to his words. But no one knew why the youth would suddenly say such words. Speechless and Mu Yuesheng also looked at him curiously as they pricked up their ears.

  "This King's love for you transcends age, sex, or even space-time transmigration!"

  It was not a mindless shout, but expressed like it was the sounds of his heartbeat.

  Everyone could not help but stare with widened eyes.

  That line?

  Was it a confession?

  "And all you need to do is take that tiny step forward. That step is truly simple!"

  Ah!

  It was really a confession!

  What a touching and deep-moving confession!

  Who was he confessing to?

  A selfless love that could transcend everything, as long as the other party took a gentle step forward. Who was it said to?

  Sunless' hand trembled. Her intuition told her that it wasn't her, but her persistently calm heart was suddenly stirred. It was like a wind had blown across the still surface of a lake. There was no end to the ripples that were produced.

  Who was it. Who was he saying this to? Was it to his alleged girlfriend?

  All she cared about was swords and him, and she could ignore everything else.

  But why...why did she suddenly find her chest heavy and eyes turning red?

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  Chapter428 What is your goal?

  Mu Lengxi lowered her head slightly. She knew that it could not be her, but she suddenly found it hard to breathe.

  So it was not just a simple, favorable impression of him on her part? She felt like she was sinking in warmth and immersed in a pool of honey. She was at a loss when she was inundated by bliss and she did not want to wake up from it.

  However, her state of reverie was ultimately shattered ruthlessly by reality. For a girl like her who could not even make a sound, or a dangerous existence that could suddenly explode like a bomb, how could she have the right to revel in the dream she created for herself.

  It was impossible that she was his confession target. She did not even have the courage to have such extravagant hopes.

  However, she pricked up her ears that she had subconsciously covered to escape that fact. It was a strange dilemma of her not wishing to know, but eager to know as well. Who was that lucky girl that would be the center of envy?

  It was not only limited to Sunless or Mu Lengxi. Nearly everyone held their breaths at that moment and pricked up their ears. They were waiting for the sentence the youth had yet to finish.

  Before he fought an opponent that had little chance of victory, the outcome of failure could very well be ice-cold death. It was such a moving act to express his love in such a hot, heart-fluttering manner before that happened.

  A confession under the watchful gaze of Death symbolized the importance of life and soul.

  Then, who was the target of the confession?

  At that moment, everyone was waiting for...her name.

  The youth slowly opened his lips, as a gentle but deep voice sprang out into sky like a pixie.

  "Li..."

  The person's surname was revealed at that instant.

  To Speechless and Mu Yuesheng, time seemed to come to a standstill. That short instant in time felt like an eternal blistering cold winter.

  "That can't be!"

  Speechless' body felt a jolt through him as cold sweat broke out on his back. Was that twisted joke he made about to be suddenly inundated by black humor?

  Mu Yuesheng's heart leaped. She could not help but flash a scene of two young boys who she respected and idolized in a loving embrace. Then, she thought in agony over whether she should give them her blessings or take up a pitchfork and torch in her hands.

  The answer was only revealed from the youth's name after what seemed like a prolonged winter night.

  "Dawn."

  Everyone was astounded as they could not believe what they had heard.

  Li Dawn.

  This was her name.

  Eh, that's not right!?

  Her?

  Her...

  "Ah!?"

  Nearly everyone let out a flabbergasted gasp at the same time!

  Dawn Li, this feminine-sounding name was not a girl's name. Instead, it was the name of the expressionless and machine-like blond youth that had injured the Celestial King and killed the new Transcendent King with a single strike.

  It's not her, but him!

  Was this the love that was meant to transcend everything, including sex?

  Everyone was enlightened but they felt like they had just woken from a dream, only to end up in a nightmare.

  However, that was not the only terrifying reality!

  That was because the youth was not done with his words. He did not wait for everyone to digest the stunning information that he had just revealed. Immediately, he said something even more shocking.

  "This King already has a girlfriend, are you willing to be a side hoe?"

  The youth's words came to a halt, and it also felt like they had washed away all sounds.

  This King has always believed that love can conquer all. This King's love for you transcends age, sex, or even space-time transmigration. And all you need to do is take that tiny step forward. That step is truly simple—Li Dawn, This King already has a girlfriend, are you willing to be a side hoe?

  This was a passage with no more than sixty words, but it was a confession filled with information.

  After listening to this short confession, everyone's felt like their hearts had been sitting on a roller coaster.

  Those that were initially in an envious state over the love that transcended everything had felt that it must have been a pure and grand love, but their reverie was shattered by the sudden name of 'Li Dawn'. Their hearts screamed 'holy shit', but then, they were immediately left stupefied and speechless by the line 'This King already has a girlfriend, are you willing to be a side hoe'.

  The world was large, so there was no lack of fascinating matters, but such a wondrous oddity was unprecedented!

  Gay?

  Bisexual?

  Two-timing?

  Super scum that would boldly ask a youth of the same sex to be his side hoe?

  Was this the same Infernal King that had just spoken such impassioned words!?

  "It's completely subversive. The Infernal King is indeed an Infernal King that must be killed by all."

  "It can't be? It must be some malicious joke, right?"

  "Hey, Commander, should I quickly return and inform the matter to the Infernal Queen? Who knew that His Majesty would..."

  "..."

  An uproar broke out among the ordinary members of the audience from the three domains. From what they knew, the Infernal King's wife was said to have a beauty that could topple kingdoms. She was known as the number one beauty in the world, but the Infernal King had publicly requested a youth of the same sex to be his side hoe. Although they did not know why the Infernal King would call his wife a 'girlfriend', they could not help but feel disgust over his 'shamelessness'.

  Such an Infernal King was too much of a scum!

  After a moment of shock, Sunless quickly calmed down. The heavy feeling on her chest gradually disappeared. Her eyes returned to its calm stat
e as she said with great certainty, "He is not such a person!"

  When the rookies beside her who were also immersed in shock heard her, they gradually calmed down. The silver-haired girl immediately nodded her head heavily to indicate how she shared the same thoughts.

  Liu Yu flicked his whisk and said softly, "From Benefactor Shi Xiaobai's various actions, there is no doubt he has an awe-inspiring righteousness. He has always been a youth with a forthright and innocent heart. This Penniless Priest is unable to tell if there's a problem with his sexual orientation, but he would definitely not say words like 'are you willing to be a side hoe'. He must have his reasons for doing so. That sentence must not be something he truly feels but because he has a motive that we have yet to learn!"

  Pulp Farmer and Feng Yuanlin nodded their heads in agreement. "Shi Xiaobai isn't such a person. Furthermore, the Hero King is fake. Shi Xiaobai knows that very well. He must have his difficulties he can't mention."

  Mu Yuesheng turned to glance at Speechless. A bitter smile suffused across her lips as she said, "Shi Xiaobai is not like that, but..."

  However, there was another youth here that had just come out of the closet and appeared to be giving a covetous look.

  Speechless perspired and hurriedly shook his hands, "What I just said was all a joke. Seriously! Actually, not long ago, I encountered a girl I fell in love at first sight. However, after mustering my courage to confess to her, I was heartlessly rejected. Back then, Lengxi was there as well. You can ask her if you don't believe me!"

  Mu Yuesheng squinted her eyes and said, "Really?"

  Speechless nodded his head crazily, "Really!"

  ...

  As everyone was reeling in shock over the confession, they still had their eyes and focus on the blond youth.

  What sort of reaction would the blond youth have against the sudden request of becoming a side hoe by the 'shameless' Infernal King?

  Would he turn extremely furious?

  Or would he slash out immediately with a sneer?

  The blond youth's reaction completely went beyond everyone's imagination. After hearing Shi Xiaobai's 'confession', he remained expressionless. His eyes were cold. His eyebrows did not even flinch, as though he was unmoved by it.

  All he did after a moment of silence was ask in a deadpan manner, "What is your goal?"

  Everyone was stunned as they fell silent.

  Was that blond youth a machine?

  Why was he so terrifyingly calm?

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  Chapter429 Lucifer's Sword

  Shi Xiaobai, who was looking up into the sky, slowly lowered his head and cast his gaze at the blond youth as the fiery voice said 'Absolute Choice completed' in his mind. He had chosen the fourth choice and chosen what he had analyzed as a 'crazy path'. Now that the choice was completed, he no longer had a chance to make another choice.

  This was a path of no return he needed to continue down.

  A smile suffused across Shi Xiaobai's lips. He would not regret over a mistaken choice because the mistake was never the choice, but the person who made the choice.

  Furthermore, this was the most correct fifth path that he had racked his brains for.

  Shi Xiaobai said seriously, "Goal? No, This King is being serious. It comes from the heart."

  "Lies."

  The blond youth said in a deadpan manner, "You are an existence made out of nothing. You would not have any subjective feelings. Your emotions and psyche have been algorithmized. Everything about you is controlled by your parameter settings. For you to suddenly say such an irksome statement must have been due to the intentions of your creator. So, I'm not asking you, but the program that designed you. What is its goal? Why is it trying to infuriate me? Or is this just a meaningless joke?"

  Shi Xiaobai was slightly taken aback. He was quite surprised at the blond youth's false account of the true facts. From the looks of it, this creation of the assessment program which was designed to be a counterfeit of the Hero King believed that they were the virtual existences that were created.

  Indeed, to something fake, reality was the thing that was truly fake.

  Shi Xiaobai's smile became more intense as he was more certain that he had made the correct choice. His eyes revealed deep feelings as he gently said, "Even an existence created by a program will generate subjectivity and become an existence that exceeds a program. Dawn Li, This King is fake, but This King is also real. That's because although This King's body is the amalgamation of a program, but his consciousness comes from another world—a world you are familiar with. In that world, This King has always been watching you. It's not for ten years, but for ten lifetimes. After ten rounds of reincarnation, This King has chosen to be an astral consciousness to accompany you by your side, so as to never be away from you. It's just that you were unable to detect This King's gaze. To you, This King is a stranger you met for the first time, but to This King, you are his only faith for ten lifetimes. Even if This King is designated as the Infernal King in this world, and This King has a partner called the Infernal Queen from the very beginning, This King has only loved you alone from the beginning to the end. This King's love can transcend everything, be it age, sex, or even space-time transmigration. It can even transcend reality and virtuality. Although This King is unable to resist the setting of the program and is unable to immediately end the farce marriage, This King will only call the Infernal Queen his girlfriend and not his wife, because This King's right hand is only open to you. The deepest recesses of This King's heart is only reserved for you. You are the only wife for This King! Dawn Li, all you need to do is take that tiny step forward. This King will give everything he has. Are you willing? Are you willing to become This King’s beloved side hoe that will be able to receive everything?"

  With that said, the thirty-thousand-strong audience nearly forgot to breathe.

  They could not understand what the Infernal King was saying.

  What program? What another world?

  They did not understand it at all, but they could feel the emotions that filled those words.

  A never waning love that lasted for ten lifetimes?

  To become a beloved side hoe that will be able to receive everything?

  Hey, can a term like side hoe be described in such a beautiful manner?

  The rookies that came from the human world could tell that Shi Xiaobai was speaking nonsense in a serious manner when they heard him say 'This King is fake'. However, when they finished hearing what was obviously a lie, they felt moved for some reason. They even had an illusion of 'could all of this be true'.

  That was because the confession was too gentle, emotional and touching.

  However, the machine-like blond youth remained unmoved. He focused his faze on Shi Xiaobai for a few seconds in a deadpan manner. He said emotionlessly, "A perfect lie. You are a very logical cheat with an extremely high emotional quotient. But you may be able to fool the thirty thousand people here, but you cannot fool me. I'm just curious of your goal for doing this. What is the goal of the program to make you do this? I'll give you a last chance to consider it. Be honest or die immediately."

  Shi Xiaobai sighed and said, "This King knows you would not easily believe it. However, This King has evidence to prove that This King is not a program that is controlled. This King's love is not a fake lie. This King's eyes have always been on you."

  "Evidence?"

  The blond youth's eyes were cold as he said, "Then, I'll give you a chance to prove yourself. If you are able to perfect this lie that is filled with holes, to the point of making me believe in it, then I will choose to believe it, even if it is a lie."

  "A lie?"

  A gentle smile suffused across Shi Xiaobai's lips as he gently said, "Dawn Li, you are not a machine. You have your emotions, but they are sealed within your ice-cold exterior. It is just something you do not want others to see, but This King knows. This King knows the feelings wi
thin your heart."

  "For example, the ideal woman in your mind wears a long dark-blue dress and silver armor. She would use a dark blue hair band to coil her blond hair up. Her bangs will split in the middle as they roll down the two sides of her white face. Her eyes will be filled with a sense of righteousness, and she would brandish her sword to kill her enemies. She will be cool, but pretty."

  "You like such a woman. Do you think that a program will know about this? Do you think anyone else other than you will know? As a fleeting and trivial consciousness, This King has always been accompanying you so This King is the existence that understands you the best."

  The blond youth's pupils constricted slightly when he heard this. His eyes finally turned soft as he said coldly, "Although your words are filled with holes, but the woman you described does indeed perfectly match my 'taste'. However, that is something no one should be able to know of."

  "How did you know that? Psychological imagery used in Psychology is useless against me. I have never revealed any flaws. How did the program behind you manage to do it? How did it...manage to know what's in my heart!"

  Speechless had announced every sword move he used and narrated his life experiences. Although they were the truth, that was information that many people could easily find out. It was all information recorded in the annals of history. It was not impossible for the assessment program to know of that.

  But the deepest thoughts in one's heart such as the ideal woman was something no one else could know except himself.

  Therefore, the blond youth that had always been calm, could no longer maintain his absolute composure. That was because he could not figure out how Shi Xiaobai had managed to do it.

  Shi Xiaobai said with a chuckle, "In this life, This King has been watching you for more than a decade. If This King doesn't know the feelings you have sealed inside you, then what meaning does This King have to his existence? Of course, you may think that it is a lie or a deceitful trick, but Dawn, This King's evidence is not limited to this."