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"What? So that's my name... I thought my real name was 'Sun'..."
The skeleton's whispers poured down from the sky as it flapped its wings at its waist and soared into the heavens. Golden soul power had already clung to its pale skeleton, burning fiercely like a real sun.
The pale memories in his mind also ignited, as if they wanted to be mottled and charred in this incomparable heat, like a roll of film crackling and popping. Since it can no longer be played, it might as well be burned away!
The skeleton looked up at the mountaintop, which seemed to stretch endlessly into the distance, and burst into loud laughter.
Since this life has already accumulated too much to change, since the memories are gone forever, let them all burn like a blazing sun! Let them rise! Let them illuminate this world!
He unleashed his full soul power, and his body began to dissolve in a brilliant light. His remaining bones fell to the ground, while his burning will shot straight into the sky like a giant fireball.
"I am the sun!"
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Latis stared blankly at the scene of the spirit bones separating until the remaining spirit bones of "Sun" fell to the ground, at which point he came back to his senses.
He slowly stepped forward, bent down to pick up the still-warm soul bone, thought for a moment, then turned back and handed the soul bone to Artur, saying:
"Although he was talking incoherently, I could vaguely sense the affection between him and you. Please keep his belongings safe and well. My condolences."
Artur instinctively took the soul bone, nearly burning his hand with its heat. He held the soul bone in his left and right hands for a while, then looked up at Latis with a helpless expression.
“The Sun, um, William… He’s always like this. We only truly got to know each other after we arrived in the Bone Spirit Realm, but even now, I feel like I’ve never really understood him.”
He rubbed the scalding hot soul bone with his hands, and then, as if suddenly remembering that the golden light shone from the pills somewhat resembled the "sun," his expression became subtle. After a moment of hesitation, he finally shook his head and calmly took the soul bone.
“I thought that even if he was going to leave, he would at least reminisce with me about the past,” Artur sighed, sounding somewhat dejected.
“I’ve been trying to figure out if he still remembers me, but now it seems he doesn’t remember much.”
"He's already like that, let's not be too harsh on him."
Latis recalled the "Sun's" extremely explicit body, wiped his sweat, and said:
"At least he still remembers your name, even though he's forgotten his own..."
Artur shook his head and said:
“A name is just a label; what matters is its meaning. Just as when I call him ‘Sun,’ he knows I’m calling him, even though ‘Sun’ isn’t his real name, he has already identified himself as ‘Sun.’”
"But does he know what kind of being Artur really is?"
Artur muttered to himself:
"Now he has returned to the eternal silence of death, seemingly achieving my ideal state even before I have, but I cannot see clearly what his goal was in reaching the end of this journey..."
"Perhaps he simply wants to become the sun and illuminate us."
Latis scratched his head, then his eyes suddenly lit up.
"The end of the journey...the end of the journey? Wait!"
He hurriedly ran back to the "grave" he had bumped into, picked up all the fragments of the hang glider inside, and then ran back carrying a large pile of items.
"Mr. Artur, look!"
Latis used his past life's skills as a glue maker to quickly assemble the hang glider, pointing to the slogan on it and saying;
"Isn't this the sentence you left behind!"
"Only when you know the end of the journey can you understand the beginning?"
Artur was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed.
"Mr. Centaur, you're not completely ignorant of philosophy!"
“…Philosophy?” Latis’s mind conjured up images of things like Billy King’s Fairy, and he shuddered. He quickly said:
"I don't understand, I really don't understand! I left the subculture circle a long time ago!"
Artur chuckled. He didn't respond to Latis's words, but instead glanced at the glider in Latis's hand again. After thinking for a moment, he placed the soul bone in Latis's hand and turned to walk towards the mountain path.
"...No? Wait!" Latis exclaimed, startled.
"Where are you going, Mr. Artur?"
Artur didn't stop walking and said with a smile:
"I'm going mountain climbing!"
"But Sisyphus hasn't built the final mountain yet, so you can't ascend to the sea of stars now!"
"That's not my goal! I've waited too long in the 'present,' I want to move towards the 'future'! I can't wait to reach the direction the 'sun' has shown me!"
"But is climbing mountains really the right path now?"
I have no intention of distinguishing whether it is right or wrong.
Artur glanced back at the path he had come from, and in that brief moment, he had witnessed the tedious and boring wait of those dozen or so white moons. He then strode forward decisively, steadily stepping onto the ridge, and following the path his dear friend had once taken, walking forward without a care in the world.
"I'm sorry I can no longer share my past with William with you. Let them be buried in the white moonlight, along with my past!"
"What I seek lies hidden along my path, hidden in the beginning of a story William has long forgotten, and I cannot find it. But when I reach the end of my journey, all these doubts and regrets will become my tangible emotions, forever hanging high above my head, shining brightly!"
Chapter 256 The Next White Moon Is Coming Soon
Latis stared at the soul bone in his hand, lost in thought.
Artur did not keep his best friend's belongings. Perhaps he believed that the ball of flame that soared into the sky was the true location of "Mr. Sun". The flame also ignited something in Artur's heart, so much so that he no longer cared about his own life and death, and wanted to see the journey his best friend had taken.
"Okay, with one or two of them doing this kind of performance art, it makes me look like an illiterate person..."
Latis stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and finally realized that he could only regretfully bid farewell to this place, unable to wait and see how their fate would unfold.
He thought for a moment, took the small gray flag off his back, and copied down the sentence "Only when you know the end of the journey can you understand the beginning of the journey" in the empty space. Then he wrote down the names of Sisyphus, Artur, and "Sun" William.
Although their lives were lost on this mountain, Latis will take these things to the Star Sea.
Boom!
Suddenly, a white stone fell out of his pocket. He exclaimed in surprise and picked it up from the ground.
"Oh right, and this too..."
Latis scratched his head, picked up the small stone, and examined it for a while.
This was something Sisyphus gave him before he descended the mountain.
then……
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"Lord Sisyphus, do you think the people of the Bone Spirit Realm will become more positive and motivated in the future?"
"I do not know."
"If I tell your story to the people down the mountain, it should be enough to inspire them, right?"
"I do not know."
"...Wouldn't you be unhappy if your achievements were buried like this?"
"I do not know."
"Gaia! What a high-quality answer on Baidu Knows!"
……
"Never mind, Lord Sisyphus, do you know exactly how far it is from here to Mount Sankturee?"
"I do not know."
"...Anyway, I'm leaving now. Will you always build this mountain to the stars?"
"I do not know."
"I know that, you definitely will."
"Wait a minute." Sisyphus smiled at Latis, who was preparing to descend the mountain, took something from his person and handed it to him, saying:
"Thank you for spending this period of aimless contemplation with me. This is the most relaxed moment I've had in all these years of white moons... Please accept this, young centaur. I hope you can become stronger than me."
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"It looks like an ordinary stone no matter how you look at it."
Latis took a big bite out of the stone, then grimaced and pulled his teeth back.
"Tch, I thought it was edible."
He scratched his head, examined the stone again carefully, and after confirming that he couldn't use his talent on it, he planned to put it back in his pocket.
Suddenly, Seren emerged from his body and circled around him before noticing the stone in his hand.
The little bone spirit maid placed her hands on his arms, sniffed the stone, and said hesitantly:
"What a strange thing..."
"Strange?" Latis asked, watching Seren's actions with curiosity.
"This is a parting gift from that giant skeleton lord on the mountaintop, Seren. Can you sense anything special about it?"
"Whoa whoa……"
Seren nodded seriously. After a moment's thought, she drifted a short distance away before returning to Latis's side.
"It seems..." As if she had confirmed some conjecture, she stretched out her hands, used her soul power to pick up the stone from Latis's hands, and then entered Latis's body.
"Huh?!" Radist's eyes widened instantly. He felt as if the spirit girl was constantly groping his internal organs and skeleton with her cold little hands. An unprecedented sensation surged through him, as if an electric current flowed from his tailbone to the top of his head. He couldn't help but shiver.
"Well?"
Seren paused in his movements, uttering a confused sound. After waiting a moment and seeing that Latis showed no abnormality, he resumed his search and finally found a cavity, where he hung the stone inside Latis's chest and abdomen.
"Alright!" She eagerly crawled out of Latis's body, swayed left and right as she looked at Latis, then nodded in satisfaction and said:
"That should work!"
"What can I do?" Latis felt that his brain was becoming increasingly inadequate since he came to the Bone Spirit Realm.
"Mr. Bones, look!"