dkrc Chapter 1816 A Belief Unextinguished by the Passing Years: Proof of a Denied Life
Chapter 1816 A Belief Unextinguished by the Passing Years: Proof of a Denied Life
Chapter 1816 A Belief That Has Not Been Extinguished Even After a Thousand Years: Proof of a Denied Life
"A thousand-year-old scheme, Anmishiu, Kufensi, Qiaoshefei, and the sacrifice of all of us."
"Is it all for something like revenge?"
When the false pleasure ended, what followed was a weariness and emptiness rising from the depths of the soul. King Peel was dethroned because of corruption, turning their millennia of obsession, sacrifice, planning, and power into a huge joke!
The target of hatred destroyed itself in an almost insulting way.
He threw a punch with all his might, but it landed on nothing, on a lump of rotting mud, only splashing dirt all over himself.
This is not a victory, but rather an ultimate negation, negating his life after being betrayed, and negating the meaning of all his pain and struggle.
So he smiled.
Laugh at Pierre's hypocrisy and insignificance, laugh at Ares's absurdity and decay, and laugh even more at his own ridiculous, pathetic, and tragic thousand-year-old obsession.
That laughter contained the madness of burning everything, and also the emptiness of losing all purpose.
Peel's downfall, especially in this way, has robbed him of the sole purpose of his existence.
His goal in life was revenge, to personally tear King Peel from that false throne, crush everything in his possession, and make him repent for his sins in extreme pain and regret.
This is the "victory" that he deserves, and it is his proof of his life that has been denied.
But now?
Peel fell from grace, but for the sordid reason of corruption, and was replaced by a new king named Louis.
This was more like a dirty purge, an internal power struggle within a group, and had nothing to do with his hatred for Lufa or his pursuit of revenge.
He had gathered all his strength, gathered all his will and beliefs, but before he could even unleash them, his goal rotted away and evaporated.
He struck empty air, not only was it futile, but he was also tainted by the rotting mud that splashed up, making his thousand-year obsession seem so foolish and out of place.
What should he do next?
Even after joining the chat group, even though his future seemed infinitely bright, even though he had the ability to change everything in the future, he still had this thought.
The downfall of King Peel brought him not relief, but unprecedented confusion.
Revenge is the sole purpose of his existence, the reason that has driven this walking corpse for years.
But now that meaning is gone. He has lost his direction and there is only a boundless, cold emptiness ahead.
He didn't even feel any sense of "justice being served" because of Peel's downfall.
On the contrary, it completely confirms that there is no true justice in this universe.
Peel was not judged by justice; he was just another loser in the game of power.
Ares may have changed its ruler, but Lufa's crime of treason remains firmly etched in history, and no one can clear his name.
His and his legion's millennia of struggle and suffering have not been vindicated in this ridiculous farce.
Peer exited in the most despicable and vile way, stealing the victory that should have belonged to Lufa and tainting the very meaning of the "revenge" for which Lufa had given everything.
"Look, the being you regard as your lifelong enemy is actually as insignificant as an insect; the revenge you have been obsessed with for thousands of years is actually worthless; you yourself are the biggest joke, blinded by hatred, and even the right to take revenge has been ruthlessly taken away by fate!"
In Lufa's view, this was what the "memory copy" wanted to tell him.
If he had simply lost, lost to the Xingtian Squad, lost to the War God's Blazing Sword, whether it was due to a moment of fear causing his "strongest aura" to dissipate, or his strength ultimately being slightly inferior, and the Shura he transformed into being inferior to Xingtian who summoned the War God's Blazing Sword, he could accept it!
Because he joined this chat group that connects all worlds and learned about the trajectory of the future, he has infinite possibilities!
He can correct every mistake, plan more meticulously, and use the power of the chat group to make himself and the Netherworld Legion stronger!
Failure is merely a setback on the path to ultimate victory; it will only make him stronger and more determined to return to Ares and avenge himself!
That revenge was the meaning of his life, the belief that had never been extinguished even after a thousand years.
All his actions and all his power exist for this purpose.
But now, the fire has gone out.
It was not extinguished by a powerful enemy, but by a bucket of the filthiest mud from fate, extinguished in an extremely insulting way.
King Peel has fallen from power.
It wasn't that he fell to Lufa's revenge, nor that he repented and begged for mercy before him after he had taken back everything, but rather that he was swept out of the halls of power like a bedbug because of a despicable corruption case.
Whom did he seek revenge against?
The enemy he hated to the core, the one he longed to tear to pieces day and night, had destroyed himself in a way that he found distasteful, contemptible, and unacceptable.
Towards the civilization of Ares?
The thought only brought a deeper sense of emptiness.
To take revenge on the mother planet that gave him birth, raised him, and then betrayed him? To destroy it? To conquer it? But what would be the point?
His goal of revenge was never to destroy Ares, but to seek justice from Peer personally, to prove his innocence and worth, and to make Peer pay the ultimate price for the injustice done to him!
Destroying Ares would not bring such pleasure; rather, it would be more like a venting of impotent anger, a denial of everything he had once protected, and would only make him seem more pathetic.
Moreover, Peele has already stepped down, and Ares is now under Louis's control. What reason could he possibly have for seeking revenge against a "new" regime?
The chat group gave him the opportunity to "predict the future" and "become stronger," and he could have used these to go further and achieve that magnificent revenge.
But now, the goal has disappeared.
Even if he becomes stronger, what then?
To whip a long-decaying corpse? To destroy a civilization that has already changed itself and may no longer care who "Lufa" is?
An ordinary group admin: "Are you laughing?"
An ordinary group admin said: "But I always feel that after hearing this news, Lu Fa, you were more confused than anything else, right?"
An ordinary group owner said: "After all, the reason you left Ares with the Nether Legion was to seek justice in your own way, restore your and the Nether Legion's innocence, and make King Peer pay the price."
An ordinary group owner said: "But now that King Peel has fallen, his so-called innocence no longer exists in the civilization you destroyed over the past thousands of years."
An ordinary group admin: "What other reasons do you have to keep going?"
Lu Fa fell silent once again after seeing Su Yunqing's words.
Yes, just as Su Yunqing said, they no longer have any so-called "reputation".
When they were falsely accused by King Peer of "greed, anger, and ignorance" and embarked on their journey away from Ares, they still harbored a sense of injustice.
But when they began to seize energy crystals from planet after planet in their quest for revenge, causing countless killings and destructions, their initial "innocence" was already soaked in blood and could never be washed away again.
They turned themselves into the true "number one sinner in the galaxy".
The so-called "restoration of innocence" was from the beginning just a self-deceiving slogan, a pretext used to unite the legion and justify their actions.
Their true, and only, core objective has always been the same.
Revenge on King Peel!
They wanted to stand before King Peel, to see his face filled with shock, fear, and remorse, to make him witness the destruction of everything he had, to make him kneel on the ground and confess to the injustice and false accusations of the past!
That was the taste of "victory" that only King Peel himself could give!
But now?
The person sitting on the throne was now a different man named Louis.
Even if Lufa possessed invincible power at this moment, even if he led the Nether Legion back to Ares and easily conquered the entire galaxy, what would it mean?
He defeated Louis, and then what?
Sitting on that cold, Peel-like throne? Receiving tribute from all nations?
But this is not what he wanted at all!
What he wanted was never the throne or power, but the utter defeat of King Peel! It was the despair and resentment King Peel felt as he watched this "traitor" ultimately triumph!
The target has disappeared.
That particular person, who carried all his hatred, left in a way he utterly despised.
His revenge lost its only, irreplaceable audience.
"What other reasons do you have to keep going?"
Su Yunqing's question tolled like a death knell in Lu Fa's empty inner world.
Support? What else can he support?
Even he himself no longer knew.
An ordinary group admin: "No one's saying anything?"
An ordinary group admin: "I knew it!"
She rested her chin on her hand, her eyes showing little surprise, but rather a hint of wistful pity and knowing she had seen through the future.
An ordinary group owner said: "You are actually different from Ku Fens and Qiao Shefei."
An ordinary group admin: "Time will heal all wounds."
An ordinary group owner said: "Even the deepest hatred will be washed away in the daily routine of life."
An ordinary group owner said: "They may still yearn to go back and prove something, but their inner obsession is no longer as intense and burning as it was at the beginning, no longer determined to achieve their goal."
An ordinary group admin said: "Moreover, they have all developed some new 'connections' on this planet, whether it's ties, habits, or even a little bit of a sense of belonging."
An ordinary group owner said: "These subtle things, like vines, can unknowingly entangle the steps of revenge, making people hesitate, and even have the thought that 'it doesn't seem so bad to just let things continue like this.'"
An ordinary group admin: "But what about you?"
An ordinary group owner said: "Your hatred has not been worn down by thousands of years, but has become more solidified and more distorted, becoming the only core that supports your existence."
An ordinary group owner said: "You have no sense of belonging to Earth, nor anything you are attached to."
An ordinary group owner: "The human civilization here, the mountains and rivers here, everything here, in your eyes, is probably no different from the pebbles on the roadside."
An ordinary group admin: "All you need is Earth's energy crystals."
An ordinary group admin said: "So, when the sole goal of 'avenging Peel' suddenly becomes ridiculous and meaningless, they might still find a little excuse to continue existing on Earth."
An ordinary group owner said: "For that little bit of new contact, or just out of habit, but you are different."
An ordinary group admin said: "You have lost the object of your hatred, which also means that you have completely lost your reason to live; all that is left in front of you is nothingness."
After sending these messages, Su Yunqing sighed softly.
She could almost imagine how Lufa was feeling on the other end of the chat group.
For Kufens, Joshua, and even Anmicius, Pierre's downfall might have been a relief, but for Lufa, it was undoubtedly the cruelest judgment of fate, depriving him of the right to hate and denying the entire meaning of his existence.
How should I persuade them?
Su Yunqing opened her mouth, but found her mind blank.
She's good at joking around and making fun of things, but when it comes to this kind of inner confusion, she really struggles to say anything truly meaningful.
Tell him to look ahead? Look at what? To become the new king of the galaxy?
What Lufa wanted was never the throne, but the pleasure of taking revenge on a specific person.
Even if he obtains that supreme power, sits on the cold throne, and looks down at the subjugated starry sky, will that emptiness disappear?
Advise him to first restore his own and the Netherworld Legion's reputation?
Regardless of who is in charge of Ares now, even if its reputation is restored, what's the point?
How many civilizations did Lufa and his Netherworld Legion destroy in their quest for the Energy Crystal? How much blood did they shed? Those countless blood debts are real, having long since completely buried any trace of "injustice" that might have existed in their hearts at the beginning.
The concept of "innocence" became irrelevant to them the moment they embarked on their path of plunder.
Can restoring a person's nominal "reputation" erase those sins?
Would that allow them to return to Ares with a clear conscience, pretending that nothing had happened all these years?
The answer is naturally no.
So there's no going back, no matter what.
Su Yunqing even felt that any lighthearted words of comfort or advice at this moment would be an insult to Lu Fa.
His life, sustained by hatred for thousands of years, was far too heavy to be borne by a few words like "take it easy" or "find a new goal."
She pursed her lips and finally said in the chat group:
An ordinary group admin: "Although I don't know how to comfort you, I feel that whatever I say will seem rather weak."
An ordinary group admin: "But I still have to say something."
An ordinary group admin said: "We have different experiences, and it is difficult for me to truly understand the feelings in your heart."
An ordinary group owner said: "But if you can't find meaning in life, then go and become stronger."
An ordinary group owner said: "In any case, it's always good to improve your strength."
(End of this chapter)