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Then, that calm voice rang in their ears once more, but this time, it no longer belonged to the past.
"Come forward, alien trial-taker. You will eventually obtain... everything you desire."
Coralie and Nana rushed forward upon hearing the commotion. At the same time, the golden cup, scepter, and sword—the three tokens of the trial—flew into Nahera's hands.
"Your soul has been weighed on the scales of immortality, and the blessing of the dragon scales has thus imbued you with eternity."
"Human, I grant you permission to step forward and sign an immortal covenant with me."
Just like the thirty-two who had passed the trials, she preserved their consciousness and froze their time.
"Hmm, so what you mean by immortality is turning everyone into ghosts of consciousness? That doesn't sound very appealing."
“No, with her here, the immortality you gain will not stop there.” Nahera’s gaze turned to Nana, who was standing next to Coralli.
"Nana? Is that Nana? That's great! Nana wants to help Coralie too!"
No, I can't say that. It wouldn't be good if it aggravated the blade again.
"By signing the Dragon Scale Life Pact, this young dragon will gain my power. I allow you both to depart together. The gospel of immortality will spread from you, making your world a truly immortal planet—"
"Your time will stand still, and your consciousness will endure forever. This is the immortality I have chosen for you humans."
"You want to make Earth a planet that's forever stationary?" Coralie instantly grasped the key point.
"Huh? Can Nana really do something that amazing?!"
"No civilizations perished, no separations of life and death, no physical decay, no short lives. This is the desire that the species called humankind has craved since the very beginning of its existence, therefore..."
"What are you hesitating about, alien? Are you going to give up on resurrection, on the possibility of eternal life for all of humanity?"
"Time has never been on humanity's side."
Chapter 98 The Method of Immortality for Earth
[Facing the immortal dragon scales that flew out from Nahera's body.]
Coralie knew she wasn't lying; all she had to do was sign the life contract to obtain the immortality she spoke of.
But she remained silent.
"Coralie, you're about to disappear! Please go and sign the life contract, okay?" Nana became even more anxious at Coralie's silence. "If you don't sign, you'll die completely! Didn't you always want to live and see everyone again? You clearly hate death the most, Coralie."
Coralie walked forward silently, and some memories surfaced from her mind—
"Good boy! Toto, how about we come back here to play again next summer? Every year! Shake hands, pinky promise, you little dog!" Coralie happily stroked Toto in front of her.
However, this oath seems to have little deterrent effect on either side.
She continued forward—
“But I can’t stay with you forever. Just thinking that these happy days will one day disappear makes me unhappy!” Coralie said earnestly to her adoptive mother, Einstein.
"I want to be with you, I want to have eternal life like you, and I want these happy moments to last forever!"
She continued forward—
"Teacher Fu Hua, if I could live forever like you, I would have endless time and the opportunity to do anything I want!" Coralie said enviously to Teacher Fu Hua.
She continued forward—
"Ah...ah..." Helia held her, weeping bitterly.
And she left Helia with a farewell message.
"Let's meet outside... you idiot."
In fact, she never lacked any method for achieving immortality.
As for her, she would naturally observe the situation calmly; even immortal offspring could perish within it. If future exploration truly laid out a galactic orbit into the solar system, only those fearless individuals like the Market Development Department would dare to recklessly venture in.
There are many immortal beings in the galaxy, but they are often either powerful individuals who have navigated the path of destiny or members of special races.
If we exclude the Black Tower's own technology that allows it to rejuvenate itself, there are ultimately too few and too difficult ways for ordinary people to achieve immortality.
This is why, despite the explicit prohibition against it, some people still risk being arrested to seek immortality and longevity.
There are indeed methods for achieving immortality on Earth, and quite a few at that.
Ai and Tesla gained their power through the Black Abyss White Flower, Otto preserved his consciousness while changing his body, and Fu Hua, Kevin, and others were fusion warriors.
Moreover, the success rate was not low, and with later research, it was almost impossible to fail, which is one of the reasons why Coralie once wanted immortality.
But he felt he shouldn't tell anyone.
Otherwise, when he finally finds his way home, he'll likely be followed by more than just one or two powerful forces...
As Walter had predicted, some comments from people seeking immortality had already begun to appear on the bullet screen.
"Immortal Crimson Kite, look at me! I want eternal life!"
"I beg for immortality! I beg for the Crimson Iris Immortal!"
"Your Excellency, please take me with you! I want to climb the tree too, I want eternal life!"
"The Anti-Entropy Galaxy Branch swears to pursue our leader to the death!"
"Fox people are also people of the Immortal Ship, and a marshal from another world is also a marshal—loyalty is paramount!"
"A group to search for Solar System 1/2?"
"Stop dreaming, you upstairs. Are you an envoy or a star god? Just wait patiently for the Star Train to open up."
"Human life will no longer be insignificant; it will be equal in weight to eternity, and all people will attain immortality."
Nahera's promise was utterly sincere.
"Oh, is it so?"
Coralie had arrived in front of the Dragonscale Fate Pact, and she smiled confidently.
“You’re right,”
“But Lady Coralli, the Great Demon King—” She raised her giant hammer high and slammed it down on the dragon scale!
The dragon scales and life contract shattered instantly, turning into stardust that scattered across the ground.
"How about it?" Coralie pointed to herself with her thumb, a disdainful smile playing on her lips. "Isn't it incredibly immortal!"
"Coralie! What are you doing! You've shattered the Dragon Scale Life Pact! You'll die!" Nana cried out anxiously, flitting up and down.
"Ha, I've wanted to do this for a long time, anyway, I'm already dead, aren't I?"
"No, there are plenty of other people who want it! Don't smash it!"
Complaints kept floating across the screen.
They are more determined than those wolf cubs who can't even come out to fight in the capital.
As he watched these films, he grew angrier and angrier. Whether they were fox-people, immortal boat people, or ordinary humans, their descendants all displayed astonishing will and determination.
And the person who walks away...
The endless sword tree pierced through his body once more, causing him to let out a roar that was hard to tell whether it was from anger or pain.
"You joined the trial for immortality, but then refused it after passing. Why?"
Nahera raised the same question as when she first met Sinadia.
"Because this is not immortality that we humans chose, what gives you the right to assume I must accept it, as if you were altering my choices?"
"Because all humans eventually die, like you."
"Ha, that's right. Even if I've been declared dead and will never see them again, I won't let anyone become a frozen soul in a world without a tomorrow."
"Nahera, the immortality you offer is just a trap of illusion—you make yourself suffer loneliness, make others suffer pain, until the whole planet is plunged into war. So-called eternal immortality has long become endless despair."
“Death prevents people from achieving immortality, so I show humanity the way.” Nahera remained steadfast in her belief in immortality.
"Of course I know that people are destined to die from birth, but life lies between birth and death. If you only see the demise of everything that has an end..."
"Then all the beauty of civilizations, every flower and tree, even the stars that will eventually fall from the sky, will seem absurd. So what is the merit of your so-called eternity and your pursuit of immortality?"
"And we humans will achieve immortality because of what we have done—that is the difference between you and me."
"Indeed. So, you also like death, Coralie?"
Coralie's answer reminded her of Sinadia's answer back then.
PS: I finished the new version's storyline today. It was alright, I did get backstabbed a few times, but not many.
Chapter 99 The Will of Inheritance
"...No, I hate death, I hate saying goodbye, I hate making everyone sad. So I don't want to raise another puppy, I don't want Ai Yin to be lonely, and I don't want that crybaby to be sad. But it is because of death that I understand why I want to live."
“I once questioned Ai Yin about why she refused to grant me immortality. I wanted to have unlimited time to explore everything in the world, just like Teacher Fu Hua, but I subconsciously ignored how much suffering they were forced to endure to achieve immortality.”
"During the third trial, I simply couldn't say to Helia, who had fought for centuries, 'I understand your despair and sorrow.' How could I possibly use a single moment in the vast expanse of time to deduce a feeling called eternity?"
"My teachers had to choose to endure the pain of eternal life for the sake of the entire world, so that we, in the present and the future, could make our own choices. So how could the Great Demon King Coralie let them down!"
"Ha, after this ordeal of 'dying and coming back to life but failing to survive,' I've come to understand... or rather, I've always been clear about this—the reason I want to live is because I want the people I care about to be happy."
"But I have done it. I used my short life to protect my cherished companions and did many things that my teachers would be proud of. These beautiful memories, warm feelings, and unfulfilled ideals will continue in their hearts."
"In this world, there are always more important things that make humanity willing to confront the most painful separations and the most irreparable regrets. Because the value of what we do is enough to allow us to overcome time, forgetting, and death itself."
"Even if life is short, I will never let everyone be trapped in a frozen time, because that is not the future my predecessors taught me to choose, nor is it the future I want to create with my companions!"
The meaning of life lies in laughter.
He doesn't like a world where laughter is no longer present.
"That's nothing but a fleeting dream. Humanity is always building structures destined to collapse and raising people destined to die; no one can reach the 'end of infinity.'" Nahra still didn't want to understand.
Coralie already understood her own immortality, so she wanted to interpret her own immortality.
"Even if a person's life is finite and they cannot reach the destination they seek, so what? We humans always continue to move forward in time, allowing civilization to continue."
"Today is the future, the future imagined by those predecessors who sacrificed themselves because of the collapse, the future that those who dedicated themselves to opening up the way even when swallowed by disaster left to future generations."
"Human civilization continues through inheritance, and the world moves forward in our hands. The future I cannot reach cannot negate the value of my actions now. This is the scenery that generations of humanity have witnessed in their continuous relay journey."
"Have you forgotten, Nahera?"
Coralli's last words shattered Nahera's resolve, because they were the answer given by the "she" of the past.
"This is also the answer given by Hinadia."
The moment Shinadiya was mentioned, Nahe went completely mad and began to frantically repent.
"Taking you away was my mistake."
"I must correct it..."
She slightly raised her hand, and a dragon appeared on the trial field.
"Insatiable in form and lifespan—the undying Dark Dragon"
Coralie's assessment of this was:
"...Why does everyone seem a bit off when Hinadia is mentioned?"
Furthermore, during the battle, she discovered something different: these dragons would devour their own kind.
"To sustain yourself by devouring your own kind, is this your way of achieving immortality?"
Ultimately, through their combined efforts with Nana, they defeated Nahera's madness.
Having regained her composure, Nahera acknowledged Coralli's immortality, and she returned to her original form, the immortal offspring, the summoning star dragon.
She gave the remaining power to her reincarnation, Nana.
Because the Dragon Scale Life Contract was broken, she transferred Coralie's consciousness into Nana's body, and at that moment, they became the same being.
"The Trial of Immortality" ends here. But Coralie's mission is not over yet.
P.S.: I'll probably finish this movie review tomorrow with a post about the chief strategist.
Earlier, a senior member mentioned wanting to see the storyline of Cocoon, but the Martian storyline doesn't actually have much to do with Cocoon. If we were to write about it, we would have to write about the final battle and Kevin's storyline, which would be too long. So, I will write about it interspersed in the future.
Next, I really need to write about Onpharos. After all, I've written so much about Honkai Impact 3rd, if I keep going, this book should be renamed "Honkai Impact 3rd Movie Review" ( ).
I bow to all my dear readers!