BXBX NOVEL Chapter 422: A Conversation with God
Chapter 422: A Conversation with God
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[Bring him back to life Bring him back to life Bring him back to life Bring him back to life Bring him back to life Bring him back to life Bring him back to life Bring him back to life Bring him back to life]
[Uh…? How come there’s no mango and the world hasn’t ended yet? How come there’s no mango, and the world hasn’t ended yet? Why is there no mango and the world hasn’t ended?]
[Mango Revitalizer Day 95 Mango Revitalizer Day 95 Mango Revitalizer Day 95 Mango Revitalizer Day 95 Mango Revitalizer Day 95 Mango Revitalizer Day 95 Mango Revitalizer Day 95 Mango Revitalizer Day 95]
[If you just live because you can’t die, then you’re a bitch. If you just live because you can’t die, then you’re a bitch. If you just live because you can’t die, then you’re a bitch.]
[I also cried today while watching Egostic biography videos…am I depressed?]
[But I’m pretty sure a mango would come back alive]
[Bring back the true hero, Mango]
[The reason why Mangoes don’t die following Egostic. Because I know Mango will come back someday. …So, come back. I’m having a hard time]
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…while the people of South Korea still haven’t forgotten him and are still clamoring for his return, the world is moving on without him.
[Stardus is named a Certified Hero Leader by the International Association…to lead heroes around the world]
[Celeste emphasizes the Association’s ongoing collaboration with Cathedral in the late Egostic’s honor…erasing the distinction between heroes and villains and moving toward a mutually beneficial relationship]
[Yuseong Group soars to the top of the world’s corporate market capitalization…Yuseong Group Chairman Lee Seola, who has taken over the Korean system, is out to eat the world]
…Even those who were once close to Egostic have rejoined society and have begun to actively participate.
They’re all heroes who saved the world with him, so they’ve gotten a lot of attention and influence.
Except….For some reason, they’ve been keeping a low profile outside of public appearances, but it’s not a big deal because everyone seems to understand that they’re just dealing with the shock of losing someone close to them.
Though no one knew why they’d prevented him from having a funeral.
…All of them, unexpectedly.
In fact, they were all together, doing something.
…The biggest thing, the thing that made everything else seem unimportant to them.
“Seo-eun, what happened?”
“…Oh, Haru.”
The basement of the Egostream Mansion, in the center of it all was a giant mechanical device.
It’s a device that looks like something out of a science fiction movie, reaching all the way to the ceiling of a giant underground cavity.
It was the quantum-space-time line continuous observation and destruction device, the invention of the century that Han Seo-eun had spent the last three months developing without sleep.
That’s right, the device that Han Seo-eun had created for Egostic’s resurrection.
She turned around with a small smile, her face tired from lack of sleep, and took the coffee Stardus offered her.
“Thank you.”
Seo-Eun sipped her coffee in silence.
Stardus calmly walked over to the others, standing next to the seated Seo-Eun.
“How’s the day going?”
“Haha. It’s about to start…”
“Hmph. I wonder if we’ll succeed.”
“…Stardus.”
Lee Soobin, Seo Ja-Young, Shinryong, Choi Se-Hee, Lee Seola, Celeste, and others…All of them were standing at the glass window, gathered together.
They greeted Stardus they had just arrived with small smiles and Stardus nodded as she walked in, too.
The last three months, when everyone had come together in a single-minded effort to bring back Egostic have been enough to bring Stardus, Celeste, and the rest of the Egostream closer together.
They all shared the same pain and worked together toward the same goal.
In the first place, they had no choice but to rely on each other….even if they were once enemies. It happened naturally, as they stayed together in the same place with the sole intention of reviving Egostic, and learned more about each other through constant conversation.
‘Stardus…No, Haru, too. You’re actually a nice person…’
In the end, Stardus was a good person who lived with the sole intention of saving people.
Everyone else was actually good at heart, too and after a few weeks, the misunderstandings were cleared up.
…At night, they would gather around, shedding tears and telling each other their stories.
‘…I was actually in a relationship with Da-in.’
‘…..What?’
Of course, along the way, Stardus confessed that she and Egostic had been in a relationship, which caused a bit of a stir…but nothing too violent. Whatever the case, the important thing now was to bring him back to life.
Over the next three months, they did a lot of work to come up with a concrete plan to bring him back to life.
‘So, in what way does the physical body…?’
‘I don’t think so. From what Da-in has written here, if you go back in time, even the Sun God…’
‘I found an ancient book, and if you look at it…’
Hundreds of conversations, endless meetings, how to revive Egostic.
‘…We can do this.’
Finally…they found a way.
The first part of that plan was to meet with the Moon God and ask him to open the way to the afterlife and the preparations to do so were finally complete.
“Eun-woo, are you ready?”
“Uh… Yes.”
~The giant quantum-spacetime machine where everyone had gathered~
Beyond the glass window where Stardus and the others were standing, a large magic circle was drawn on the floor in front of the machinery.
Baek Eun-woo, dressed in a white shrine maiden’s robe, her black hair flowing. She sat there, silent, eyes closed.
The purpose of this magic circle is to access the space of the Moon God.
…In order to create it, everyone had to pull out all the stops, gathering knowledge and tools in every way possible, following the words of Egostic.
The magic circle was very complex, requiring the processing of a material called lunar ore, and information was scarce.
However, under the leadership of the Moonlight Maiden, Eun-woo, the magic circle was finally created.
…The person to meet with the Moon God was, of course, Baek Eun-woo.
After all, she was the daughter of the Moon God.
According to Egostic…Unlike the manifestation of a god who simply gives his power to his children and calls them his children she was, in fact, a true manifestation of the Moon God, once sent down from heaven for the benefit of humans.
…But she was sealed away after the war between the Sun God and the Star God, and after so many years, the seal was broken at the hands of the Lunar Cultists, who took her memory.
In other words, the one who has the greatest chance of convincing the Moon God in the end is Eun-woo.
[Are you ready?]
“…Yes.”
[Start.]
Just like that.
With Seo-Eun’s words echoing from the speakers, finally, the machine started up.
The quantum-machine’s magic power was fed into the magic circle through the circuitry.
From the magic circle on the floor, a purple light flashed and Eun-woo felt her vision change before her eyes.
“…Ugh.”
Finally, when she opened her eyes again, she found herself standing in a pure white space.
“My daughter.”
She looked up and….standing in front of her, with long black hair, she could make out a man dressed in white silk with red eyes, just like hers.
A man with a familiar air was smiling bitterly at her.
…Eun-woo quietly opened her mouth to speak to him.
“Father.”
The Moon God and his daughter meet again, after thousands of years.
Meeting with the Moon God….Eun-woo spoke with him of things she hadn’t spoken to him in years.
And then she cut straight to the chase.
“Why can’t we…!”
“Daughter, it’s too dangerous.”
Eun-woo was questioning the Moon God with watery eyes.
The Moon God looked at her with sad eyes and continued to speak calmly.
“…In the first place, even though I don’t know the current state of the Underworld, and I’m not even sure if the souls there are intact, especially with how many of them there are, how will we find him? Moreover…”
As he spoke, the Moon God sighed, taking a step backward.
“…Da-in, he’s a soul from another world, so we can’t be sure if he’s there or not, and under the circumstances, I can’t give you directions to the other side where you could be trapped forever if you misbehave. I’m sorry.”
“…Dad.”
At those words Eun-woo looked at her father with tears in her eyes.
“So, should I just give up? Dad. Do you know how hard it was for me, being captured by that strange cult, being used as a puppet with all my memories gone? When I was ordered to kill people do you have any idea how hard it was for me?”
“…”
“I, I just wanted to die then, I didn’t want to live anymore! But…But, what did you do then? You didn’t do anything. You just watched.”
“…..”
“Then… Do you know who helped me then? It was him. Thanks to him, I was able to escape and live. I don’t blame him, but…But it’s not how people are supposed to be. After all the grace I’ve been given I can’t sit and do nothing.”
“…..”
“Dad, please. What?”
Baek Eun-woo appealed to her father with tears in her eyes.
“…Ha. I see.”
She heard the answer she wanted.
“I’ll tell you how to get there. But be careful…”
Back in the basement of the Egostream Manor, they waited anxiously for Eun-woo, when the magic circle disappeared with a glow.
Soon, the magic circle shone again with a bright light, and when Eun-woo returned, they hurried to her.
“What happened…?”
They asked cautiously.
Eun-woo sat silently with her eyes closed.
Soon, she calmly sat up and opened her eyes….and smiled for the first time since Egostic’s death.
“I knew it.”
Their plan to resurrect Egostic was one step closer to success.