Light Fortress Chapter 2014 - 59: My Wish_2
Previously on Light Fortress...
Turing smiled. "But words like ’traverse every single corner of the world’—who would dare say them?"
A lifespan of five hundred and forty thousand years is very long.
Yet compared to this world, it is very short.
Gu Shen seemed to be thinking of something and murmured, "So... you don’t know whether there is a thirteenth Spark, so you deliberately left a seat vacant—half as a warning, half as a reminder?"
The possible thirteenth Spark whose existence was unknown.
This seat represented an unknown "hope."
"For now... you can understand it that way."
Turing was momentarily speechless. He shook his head and shifted the topic.
"Do you know why these three Sparks have remained here all these years?"
This was exactly what Gu Shen wanted to ask.
Since back in the Iron Dome Emperor’s time, Mr. Turing had already found the Hunting Spark, why didn’t he bring it back to the Five Continents? The existence of these three Sparks could make the Five Continents Civilization far stronger—and not just by a little!
"Three is a very mysterious number, and a triangle... is the most stable shape."
Turing extended both hands, aiming at the three Sparks from a distance, forming a triangle, and murmured, "The Time Dojo has been able to remain stable all these years precisely because of the ’existence’ of these three Sparks. Before I found the Hunting Spark back then, this Dojo was completely shattered. Only after I brought it here did the Time Dojo regain stability. And only then did you get the scene you just saw."
The three Sparks were like three stars, burning together, and together sharing the "Origin Power" consumed by the Time Dojo.
Turing let out a self-mocking laugh. "So for a very long period afterward, I did not dare to casually move the airship, for fear this hard-won ’Super Miracle’ would collapse just like that."
"So that’s how it is."
Gu Shen murmured, "So if these three Sparks are taken away while in a masterless state, it may cause the collapse of the Time Dojo?"
"Correct. Either they welcome their new master here."
"Or I bring the ’Time Dojo’ back to the Five Continents."
Turing said in a low voice, "As for that second possibility, it’s practically zero—unless the Iron Dome Emperor and Gu Changzhi had agreed to a fight to the death."
At this point Turing asked meaningfully, "Gu Shen, how do you plan to deal with these three Sparks?"
"I am already the one who has refined the Netherworld King’s Spark."
After thinking for a long time, Gu Shen said seriously, "These three Sparks... I fear I can hardly refine them again. But since Mr. Gu Changzhi could borrow Sparks to comprehend the origin, I think I should be able to do the same."
Within this Time Dojo, even if he cultivated at full force, Gu Shen still had a great deal of Heart Flow Power left!
Whether it was the Destruction Origin, or "time," "space"... Gu Shen was very interested.
Because of Mr. Gu Changzhi’s gift, his affinity with the Valley Spark was very high. The Four Seasons Rotation corresponded perfectly to the Four Seasons Wilderness.
On the other hand, the domain of the "creator" symbolized "creation." And if he wanted his Pure Land Divine Domain to become more perfect, he needed to comprehend the opposite of "creation"—"destruction," so the Origin Power contained within the Hunting Spark was exactly what Gu Shen needed to comprehend.
"You really plan to refine all three?" Turing laughed.
"Some things, you only know the result after trying."
Gu Shen also smiled. "But I only plan to comprehend the ’Origin Power’ contained within the Sparks. I have no intention of claiming them as my own... If possible, I’d like to find suitable masters for them."
Turing raised his brows. "Oh?"
"The power contained within the Hunting Spark fits perfectly with the Rust Bone General’s Destruction Origin."
Gu Shen turned back to glance at the airship and said softly, "If you don’t object, I’d like to give Rust Bone a chance to refine the Hunting Spark."
"..."
Turing fell silent at these words.
He looked at Gu Shen, his expression somewhat complicated.
The Hunter God was the leader with the greatest killing power in the Starship Era!
The might of the Hunting Spark went without saying. Such an incomparably precious Spark... anyone else would first think of claiming it for themselves, yet Gu Shen’s idea was to give it to the "most suitable" person?
"You want to give it to Rust Bone?"
Turing asked earnestly, "Have you really thought it through? Refining a Spark is no small matter. Although Rust Bone has comprehended his own Destruction Origin, compared to the ’Absolute Destruction’ contained within the Hunting Spark, that Origin Power isn’t worth mentioning. Back then the Iron Dome Emperor’s talent far surpassed his, yet in the end he didn’t even manage to comprehend half... In other words, Rust Bone is very likely to fail in the refinement."
He paused.
Turing said, "Supposing the worst, don’t you think Bai Xiu is a more suitable candidate for the Hunting Spark than Rust Bone?"
Gu Shen could see Turing’s tension and concern.
Gu Shen smiled. "Mr. Turing seems very worried about the Rust Bone General successfully completing the refinement?"
"Yes."
Turing no longer hid anything. He said solemnly, "The Hunting Spark has the strongest killing power. It is the Spark most likely to intercept the super-giant Storm. I’m very worried that, with Rust Bone’s abilities, even if he completes the refinement, he won’t be up to the final task..."
Whereas if the younger and more gifted Bai Xiu were chosen—
The brilliance the Hunting Spark would unleash would surely be even more dazzling!
His plan was to cultivate an ultimate existence surpassing the Hunter God, yet Rust Bone, once he refined the Hunting Spark, did not possess such potential and would even obstruct the plan’s progress.
"You’re absolutely right."
Gu Shen said softly, "But just as you said... even the Iron Dome Emperor back then only comprehended half of the Origin of Absolute Destruction. Since this Spark is so difficult to comprehend, what harm is there in letting others try?"
Turing was stunned for a second.
In truth, what Gu Shen wanted was not to give the Hunting Spark to Rust Bone.
Rather, it was...
To select inheritors for these three Sparks that had waited so long for a new master!
It wasn’t as if he didn’t know this was the grand gift Turing had prepared to "surpass the Hunter God," and also the gift he now offered to Gu Shen...
Gu Shen calmly laid out his thoughts. "Besides letting the Rust Bone General comprehend the Hunting Spark, I also hope to let Senior Sister Luo comprehend the Valley Spark, because she too bears the Four Seasons Breathing Method left by Mr. Gu Changzhi."
"In the Starship Civilization Era, the people who had the chance to touch Sparks were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, because they had to earn the leader’s recognition."
"The Five Continents today... their level of development is far inferior to the Starship Era, but before Mr. Gu Changzhi went to his eternal rest in Qingzhong, he left many Dreams of Battle Spark, allowing every talented junior in Changye to have the chance to touch Dream remnants left by the Sparks."
Gu Shen said, "A single person turning the tide and saving billions of lives—just hearing it is enough to make one’s heart waver..."
"But if the Storm that destroyed the Starship Civilization back then comes again, must we really let that ’Ultimate Transcendent’ you create die one more time?"
Turing was silent.
"Let me ask another question—do you truly believe everyone’s fate must be tied to this one person?"
Gu Shen said, "I am willing to make a different choice from the Iron Dome Emperor and Mr. Gu Changzhi, to take up the Time Dojo and also shoulder the heaviest burden. But I do not believe that humanity’s final victory or defeat is decided by me alone."
Turing said quietly, "You mean..."
"The fate of humanity lies in the hands of every person."
Gu Shen said gently, "I hope every Spark can find its most suitable master. I hope the twelve seats in the highest council chamber are all filled. I hope a giant wall that reaches the heavens is raised at the Northern Continent Border, a wall not forged of dirt, sand, and stone, but of human hearts and hope. I hope that the countless people of the Five Continents each can have a Spark of their own, that everyone can become their own Divine Throne."
Each word was shocking.
They struck directly at the Heart Lake.
For a moment, Turing did not know how to respond to Gu Shen.
He looked at the young man before him with a complicated expression.
Gu Shen extended a finger and gently tapped the three Sparks, saying softly, "So, I hope to bring these three Sparks back to the Five Continents and let them find masters of their own..."
He looked toward Turing and asked seriously, "What do you think?"