Chapter 1216 Secrets and perspectives

Chapter 1216 Secrets and perspectives

"Are you sure?" Lex asked with a worried expression. "Taking responsibility for the lives of others isn't a simple thing. It isn't a simple burden."

The day had finally come. Moon was on the verge of absorbing the planet into her body, completing the assimilation process in a way no one expected. Yet close to 30% of the population of the planet had refused to leave.

None of them knew what would happen to those people once Moon absorbed the planet. Chances were high that they would die. Whether she meant to or not, that would mean Moon had inadvertently killed 30% of the population of a planet.

It felt a little selfish of him, but he was more concerned about her mental state after doing such a thing than the lives of the people on the planet.

But Moon only chuckled at his concern.

"Don't I already know it?" she asked. "After all, I have taken responsibility for them from the day I arrived here. It is not so casually that they call me their Saintess."

Lex clenched his fists as in this moment, he was genuinely powerless. He could have forcefully evicted those who did not want to leave, but Moon did not allow it. As much as he hated to admit it, he did not know nor did he understand the depth of the relationship between Moon and the people of this planet.

When she had no one else, she had them. When she had no strength to save herself, she looked out for them. When all her freedoms were taken from her, she gave to the people of this planet the ultimate freedom to live as they wished without harming others.

For a moment she wondered if Z was right. Did her brother like shining in the spotlight, which is why he waited until the right moment to act? It made sense. Considering he was neglected by their parents, it would make sense for him to crave more attention. In that case, if Moon succeeded, she would ensure to create plenty of such situations for her brother to shine.

If she failed... then maybe her brother would do something else illogical and turn the situation around. Now she was suddenly confused about what to do.

Fortunately for Lex, Moon wasn't exactly in control of the situation herself. Her body was accumulating energy, and when it accumulated enough it resonated with the planet.

Everything, from the planet's core, to its crust, from the smallest atoms that made up its beings to the most complex laws that allowed it to exist as a celestial body, resonated with something deep within Moon's body, and a change began to occur.

Lex, who was watching the situation, was stunned, and then fell into a trance. He felt like he saw something his consciousness was not ready to see, and so everything he saw began to automatically seal itself in his memories, lest it affect his path. It was a self defense mechanism.

Yet what he saw was simple. He saw that the life that inhabited the planet... was actually a part of the life of the planet itself! It was so simple, yet it affected the way he comprehended the whole universe, which is why the memories needed to be sealed.

The way mortal humans had bacteria living in their gut as a key component of what allowed them to live normally and healthily, planets needed other living things on it, to live itself. It was such a simple concept, but it could be allowed on so many scales.

While these thoughts were being sealed away in Lex's mind, Moon's human body began to fade, just as the planet began to dissolve. Somewhere in the middle, a new body was beginning to form.

Elsewhere, far away in the Origin realm, Zuri Adissa, the sentient plant that had spread her spores across the entire realm, inhabiting trillions of planets, suddenly raised an eyebrow. She felt something interesting happening to one of her clones.