Blessings to the beautiful stars

Chapter 14 Visitor
After escaping from the room, Ai Shanshan should not chase him for a while.Zuo Wu stopped and touched his chin, feeling a little disillusioned with a certain aspect of himself.

So it turns out that he is really not a decent person?
No, it may also be because of the lack of memory.It is said that everyone's personality composition and memory and experience are fundamentally inseparable.Maybe before I lost my memory, I was a serious and bitter person.

Just a little guesswork.Zuo Wu quickly put this matter behind him, returned to the living room, and looked around.

Levina was still there, kneeling on the sofa with her head slightly lowered.Zuo Wu stopped and observed.In fact, what Ai Shanshan said was reasonable, and it was really unwise to trust Levina completely now.

After a few minutes.

Zuo Wu kept watching, and Levina kept that movement for a long time.She was so calm, her body tried her best to keep her balance, and the hand she had just regained made a gesture and hung on her chest.

Levina was probably praying, and Zuo Wu was leaning against the wall with his prosthetic limb in his arms, waiting quietly.

Almost every civilization will develop beliefs, although most beliefs will degenerate into religions, and then become tools for slavery or profit.But it is undeniable that belief does have the function of sustenance of the soul.

The sustenance of the soul may be especially necessary for Levina now.After all, this dead planet is thousands of light-years away from her hometown even by the most optimistic estimates.

Zuo Wu leaned against the wall, wanting to laugh.

What is the concept of thousands of light years?If you find the right equipment here, and then observe in the direction of Levina's hometown, you may be able to capture the optical signal that has traveled here for thousands of years, and then restore the scene when her faith was just established.

When the veil of time is removed, the so-called religion and belief will lose their sacred color.The source of the sacred is "mystery", which is a kind of far-sighted and not to be played with.

When devout believers see that their faith was first established, there is a high probability that there is no sacred scene, and there are only a group of people singing and dancing around the prey or captive being roasted, or a conspiracy born under a shadow. Somewhat disillusioned, right?
So will Levina be like this?What kind of object is she praying to?Is it an animistic belief without a specific image like "Longevity Heaven" and "Nature", or a certain "God" that has been personified?
What is it?
Zuo Wu frowned, suddenly aware of a dark and negative emotion welling up in his heart.

Belief?pray?Levina's spiritual sustenance?

In other words, she put her whole heart and soul elsewhere, in some kind of "environment" that was extremely fragile, at least absolutely unable to withstand the bombing of rail guns, or in an "environment" where all her strength came from intimidation and imagination. Where is the "God"?
...It's not, here by yourself?

Zuo Wu suddenly opened his mouth and bit his thumbnail violently, the darkness in his heart almost flowed out.

No, how can it be?Who can accept it?At least not by myself!And what is the darkness in my heart?Is it jealousy?
No, not jealousy.It's close, but no, no!Is this uglier and more repulsive than jealousy?
What exactly is it? !

"Rustle, rustle".Zuo Wu came back to his senses, and finally found that he had switched the state to "release" at some point.The impact force stored before leaked slightly from the jaws, and the flesh and blood that was tormented by the thumb he was biting was bloody.

And this subtle movement also disturbed Levina who lowered her head.

"Wow..." Levina turned her head, and immediately frowned her beautiful brows without concealment, and moved her body away from Zuo Wu:
"Are you the kind of boss who likes to peep? Ha, should I prepare several shows? If you have something to do, just perform it. If you see it, you earn money, and if you don't see it, I am entertaining myself?"

Zuo Wu put down his thumb and hid the bloody flesh in his fist, only to find that Levina turned her attention back to herself, and finally realized that the dark emotion welling up in her heart finally calmed down a little.

He took a deep breath and forced a smile: "Are you praying, towards your hometown?"

"Boss, I want to reiterate the issue of privacy...Forget it," Levina seemed to see the prosthetic limb in Zuo Wu's arms, and then she sighed and sat down: "It's not a prayer, it's a blessing. I offer my hometown Blessings and listening to the voice of the planet.”

"Blessings and prayers, what's the difference?"

"Tsk..."

Levina smacked her lips, making Zuo Wu, who was close at hand, feel a little hurt.But somewhat unexpectedly, Zuo Wu did not feel that she was resisting answering this question.

"I think it's a distinction of 'belonging,'" Levina draws a big circle with one arm:

"The so-called prayer is two-way. I belong to something, so I can offer prayers to it and ask for its response; but blessing is only one-way. In the final analysis, it is my own private matter. I hope something has a glorious future, but That thing does not respond to my obligations,"

She paused, and drew a small circle outside the big circle just now: "I just offer blessings to my hometown because I know it is no longer my belonging, and I am no longer qualified to pray to it."

Is that right?Zuo Wu was silent for a moment, and finally understood.

Just as newly married couples ask their parents for "blessings", it is children who ask their parents for permission to leave their original families, and it is also a declaration that they will establish their own small family.

That is to say... at least Levina's heart is temporarily on her own?Before he knew it, the dark emotion in Zuo Wu's heart finally gradually calmed down.

He breathed a sigh of relief: "By the way, you still said you were listening to the sound of this planet? What did you hear?"

"It's close to the last words, but still with pride. Unfortunately, the time is too far apart, I can't hear clearly," Levina shrugged, squinted, and the pupils were finally full of meaning:

"So, boss. Are you here to chat with me and show me the pair of beautiful artificial limbs in your arms? I wonder if they have a suitable owner now?"

Zuo Wu was stunned for a moment, and realized that he didn't want to hand over the pair of mechanical prosthetic limbs to the elves.

Why?Are you afraid that she will slip away?

Damn, I'm really not a serious person.Sighing, he finally stepped forward and put the prosthetic on Levina.

In the next instant, the elf's expression became brilliant.The mechanical structure under the plastic shell began to operate, and suddenly began to twitch.After a few minutes, it was finally grasped by Levina.

She jumped off the sofa, walking forward alternately with her fleshy legs and prosthetic limbs: "Eh? Eh! It's so strange, this iron lump actually feels like it's grown a bit... and shortened again? Eh!"

Zuo Wu clasped his hands: "Ai Shanshan said that this is an adaptive prosthetic limb, and it will adjust to the most suitable state by itself if you walk more and move more."

Levina is doing just that.At first she staggered like a baby, then hopped and hopped around the room, changing her steps like a butterfly.

Zuo Wu at the side could clearly feel her joy and encouragement, and watched her suddenly turn around and walk straight towards him.

Then, Levina suddenly stood one meter in front of Zuo Wu, then kicked her newly obtained mechanical leg high, the kicked air brushed the tip of Zuo Wu's nose, and slightly rolled up the almost complete dress on her body. Simple dress with rags.

She maintained this one-legged poker position for a few seconds.

Then, he slowly lowered his legs, crossed his hands in front of his lower abdomen, and bowed along the way: "Levina Sevi, you are ready to serve with the second-best etiquette, please look forward to it."

"Why not the best manners?"

"The best etiquette is reserved for all my hands and feet," Levina said with a grin. "Then, boss, what instructions do you have now?"

How about replacing the title "boss" with "master" first?Zuo Wu wanted to say this, but felt that after saying it, Levina's expression would be very hurtful, so he dismissed the idea without a trace, and began to think.

But before he could come to a conclusion, the doorbell of the apartment was suddenly rang.Levina pointed to the door, tilted her head slightly, and asked if she needed to open the door.

Zuo Wu thought for a while, but had no idea who would visit.After a while, he finally nodded, and walked towards the door together behind Levina.

In the holographic image, it shows that outside the door are people in formal clothes who are quite rare on this planet.The man took off his hat and bowed outside:
"Mr. Zuo Wu, Ms. Law Enforcer 33233, I am a special clerk of the Imperial Union Co-Prosperity Insurance Company. The life insurance dealt out by the two colleagues who died in the underground battle previously designated the two as witnesses, and you need to sign for confirmation... And, the management AI entrusted here has sent you a message."

"I hope you two will allow me to tell you in person."

(End of this chapter)