Striving for Science C111 pt2

Shen Chang'an, who was once held in high regard by countless people, was now in a terrible state. He felt like his entire body had been crushed into dust, not a single part of him was unscathed.

Something was shoved into his mouth, and he bit down. His mouth was instantly filled with a rich mixture of spiritual energy and blood.

This blood seemed to have a magical effect, alleviating his pain. He couldn't help but take a few deep breaths, and his mind finally regained some clarity.

Whose blood is this?

Dao Nian's...

Who is Dao Nian?

You can't drink Dao Nian's blood.

Who is Dao Nian...?

You can't hurt him...

"Truly moving, the high and mighty Heavenly Dao, feeding your beloved with your own body." After crushing the green bead, the man in gray turned into a monstrous being, neither human nor ghost. He smiled at Dao Nian, who was feeding Shen Chang'an, "You want him to swallow you?"

"What a moving love story." The man in gray clapped lightly, "It was worth all my effort, collecting the emotions of the Life Dao for ninety-nine lifetimes. I can't kill him, but I can make him destroy himself. I didn't expect to see such a touching scene, it's truly tear-jerking."

He wiped away the tears that weren't there from the corner of his eyes: "It's a pity, even if you sacrifice yourself to let him live, to let him take your place, he won't remember you anymore."

"Your sacrifice, your emotions, will all become a joke." The man in gray clothes laughed wildly, "How ridiculous, how ridiculous, the Heavenly Dao who once remained unmoved even when seeing the separation of lovers, would actually have such a day, hahaha, retribution!"

"Human diseases and wars are all caused by your own human ambitions." Dao Nian seemed to feel no pain as the spiritual energy and divine power in his body slowly disappeared into Shen Chang'an's mouth, he looked calmly at the crazed man, "Your beloved died because of your ambition. She used witchcraft to poison the loyal ministers for you, and was then backlashed. Such a person, even if Chang'an from that life had never met me, never known me, I know, he would never save such a person." 

Dao Nian used his other hand to gently touch Shen Chang'an's pale cheek, "It wasn't the gods who made her soul fly away, but the resentment of those innocent people who died at her hands."

"Because you love each other, so other innocent people deserve to be the sacrifices of your love?" Dao Nian could never understand this kind of self-righteousness of mortals, thinking that true love is worth forgiving everything?

Then who were the loved ones of those innocent beings who were killed by them, who cared about them, did they also have loved ones they hadn't seen before they died?

"She was killed by you."

"As for how Chang'an and I are, it's none of your business. Don't think that just because you've absorbed some remnants of the Great Dao, you're an incarnation of the Great Dao, that overthrowing us will make you the ruler of the world."

After spending so much time with Shen Chang'an, Dao Nian seemed to have learned how to speak in a way that would make people even angrier.

"Shut up, shut up, what do you know, those lowly commoners, how dare they compare to her."

"However, in the eyes of the gods and Buddhas in the heavens, you are no different from those commoners." Dao Nian's expression was cold, "In my eyes, you have no rank, nor are you more noble than other living beings, everything is just the cycle of life and death, karma and retribution."

"So what you are experiencing now is retribution!"

The man in gray clothes frantically tried to lunge at him, but Dao Nian easily stopped him, "You, with the body of a king, devoured countless resentments, merging with the remnants of the Great Dao, becoming a monster neither god nor ghost, you could have accumulated merit and done good deeds, atoning for your past sins."

He looked down at Chang'an in his arms, "Perhaps you could even find a chance for your beloved to be reborn, but you didn't."

"You were born in the mortal realm, and you should perish in the mortal realm. As the Heavenly Dao, I shouldn't interfere with you," Dao Nian lowered his eyelids, "But there seems to be a saying among you humans, 'Heaven is unpredictable.'"

As soon as these words fell, Dao Nian flicked his finger, piercing through the man in gray clothes' shoulder blade, leaving a large hole in his shoulder, "Right now, I'm not happy."

"I don't believe it, I don't believe it." The man in gray clothes lay on the ground, "You said she still has a chance, are you lying to me, are you?!"

She was already torn to shreds by the resentful spirits of the commoners...

Heavenly Dao must be deliberately deceiving him.

"It was supposed to be there," Dao Nian's lips curled up slightly, "but you destroyed it with your own hands."

"You're lying to me! You're lying to me!" The man in gray clothes fell to the ground, suddenly crying and laughing, "Heavenly Dao, you don't need to lie to me. Now, as the human world is about to face a catastrophe, you should be the one worried and sad."

"The human world was destined to face this calamity. It was the reincarnation of the Life Dao, generation after generation, that slowed down the arrival of the catastrophe." Dao Nian said mercilessly, "There is death, there is life. When humans die, other species will replace them. What does it matter to me?"

He looked down at Shen Chang'an. He knew Chang'an cared, he loved this world, and wanted it to continue.

Soon, he discovered that the spiritual energy in his body had stopped flowing. Chang'an was no longer absorbing his spiritual energy and divine power.

No.

Dao Nian looked at Chang'an, who was in pain in his arms, and fed his finger into Chang'an's mouth again.

Shen Chang'an, who was struggling with pain, was furious. Who was the heartless person who put his boyfriend in front of his mouth?

Although he loved to "eat" his boyfriend, it was definitely not this kind of eating.

Shen Chang'an, even if he were to die in pain, starve to death, would absolutely not want to touch his boyfriend's finger.

"Take…"

Shen Chang'an absolutely believed that he was exuding an aura of "lifting mountains and shaking the world" at this moment, but in reality, he had only moved his finger a few millimeters.

"Chang'an, what are you saying?" Dao Nian noticed Shen Chang'an's lips moving, lowered his head and put his ear to his mouth, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Then, he fed his finger to Shen Chang'an's mouth again.

"Don't touch my boyfriend…"

"Don't touch him!"

Shen Chang'an grabbed Dao Nian's finger, slowly opening his eyes. His vision was blurry, and his mind wasn't clear, but he could feel that the person holding him was Dao Nian.

"Only me Shen Chang'an can touch the Heavenly Dao, no one else is allowed to hurt him."

Dao Nian looked at the unconscious Shen Chang'an, stunned for a few seconds, then suddenly chuckled softly.

The person he loved, why was he so adorable?

Hearing Dao Nian's laughter, Shen Chang'an struggled to open his eyes and finally saw Dao Nian's face.

After seeing Dao Nian clearly, Shen Chang'an's lips moved. "Someone is bullying your boyfriend, beat him to death!"

"Good." Dao Nian reached out and pulled a cloud from the sky, transforming it into a comfortable reclining chair. He gently placed Shen Chang'an on it. "Chang'an, don't sleep. Watch me beat him up, okay?"

"Good." Shen Chang'an smiled, his face pale.

Dao Nian walked expressionlessly to the man in gray, using his spiritual energy to mend the hole in his shoulder. Then, he grabbed the man and threw him to the ground with a thud. "Sorry, my boyfriend wants to see me beat you to death. Please cooperate."

After throwing him, he turned to look at Shen Chang'an.

Shen Chang'an blinked, opened his mouth, and silently mouthed "Go for it!."

So Dao Nian picked up the man in gray, tossed him again, and accidentally broke his leg.

He knew that, according to the original trajectory, the Life Dao would awaken its memories after one hundred lifetimes due to external factors. But he was the capricious thief in the eyes of humans, why should he reason with this neither-god-nor-ghost monster?

***

Shen Chang'an felt like his entire body was in agony, as if someone was crushing his bones, then shamelessly sticking them back together, only to crush them again and stick them back together.

He licked his lips, smelling a faint scent of blood. It wasn't unpleasant, even having a hint of sweetness and a pleasant texture.

Was it Dao Nian who fed him the blood just now?

What does he want to do?

Based on Shen Chang'an's experience watching countless martial arts and fantasy dramas, whenever A needs to drink B's blood, their love story is destined to take the path of a deeply painful and passionate romance.

But he didn't like stories of deep, painful love. He only liked sweet stories of perfect matches made in heaven.

Noticing Dao Nian frequently looking back at him, Shen Chang'an was afraid he would worry, so he pretended that he didn't hurt at all. All the suffering in the world was nothing, it was just a test of their love. He felt he could bear it.

He, Shen Chang'an, was a true, tough man. For love, he would forge ahead!

When Dao Nian turned back again, Shen Chang'an smiled and said, "Dao Nian, keep hitting!"

He was not only tough, but also held a grudge!

The man in gray clothes: "..."

Heavenly Dao, Life Dao, you two bastards!