Don't confiscate my identity as a human race-Chapter 1155 789: Lanci’s Immortal Eternal Penalty_5

This is too bizarre.

But her consciousness drifted in the endless void, like a lone boat wandering in the silent vast ocean.

"Mm."

Lanci answered, indeed feeling very tired.

Strangely enough,

he should be very tired, yet he can't feel any sleepiness.

"It's okay, when you wake up everything will be back to normal."

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Talia consoled Lanci, talking with him.

As a member of the Long-lived Species, she was more resistant to the perception of time.

[One hour later.]

"..."

Talia realized.

She could fall asleep, but Lanci couldn't.

"Lanci, at this time we must stay positive; we will definitely find an exit."

Talia proposed again.

"Right, even though we can't feel hunger here, we can't just lie down and waste away."

He tried to open his eyes but found that in this darkness, there was no difference between having his eyes open or closed.

He couldn't tell whether he had had his eyes opened or closed while he was asleep.

Lanci stopped wasting time on sleep and moved forward.

The darkness around was so thick that it seemed as though it would devour his consciousness entirely.

The blackness was so absolute, like an insatiable beast, wanting to tear and swallow his soul.

Lanci wanted to call out, to shout, but his voice was like a stone sinking into the ocean, swallowed by nothingness in an instant.

Here, even a voice was a luxury, and he could only endure the eternal silence without sound.

[Several hours later.]

Not sure how long he had walked.

The scenery had hardly changed.

"This... there is nothing to be afraid of."

Talia told Lanci, her heart starting to waver.

There was no exit, she too slowly realized.

But Lanci kept following her, searching for that impossible exit, walking ceaselessly.

It seemed Lanci understood this fact better than she did.

He was simply trying to keep her reassured, agreeing with her at this moment, even if it was all in vain.

If they did nothing, their minds would become as dark as this sky.

"Lanci, we could talk. On the bright side, Lankros could only imagine conversations with old friends, but I am real; I can always be with you."

Talia tried to speak to Lanci with positivity.

"Yeah, then I will continue moving forward."

No matter where he went, the body never felt tired or pain, but talking about food could still create an appetite, though he couldn't feel hunger.

[Perhaps a month passed.]

Even if the body wasn't tired, his mind was getting bored.

He stopped moving forward.

With nothing better to do, he talked with Talia.

In this world of nothingness, it was just the two of them.

[One year later.]

Lanci lay on the ground.

Looking at the sky.

All he could see was the boundless darkness.

"Is this the punishment for using the Immortal Eternal Penalty on oneself?"

He murmured.

"Lanci, we will get out, I'm with you."

Talia said, despite having no confidence at all.

How much longer?

A hundred years?

A thousand years?

Or ten thousand years? A hundred thousand years?

Or even further, too far to see - forever.

For humans whose lives last only a few decades, such lengths of time are beyond comprehension.

[Fifty years later.]

"This absurd magic, why does it exist!"

Talia finally couldn't help but complain.

A few decades for Talia was not that long.

But even she began to fear the long time ahead.

She couldn't imagine the despair Lankros must have faced alone in the dark space.

"There there, Lankros made it through, it can't be that hard."

Lanci said to Talia.

"You..."

Talia was at a loss to understand when exactly Lanci had become more optimistic than she was.

[Perhaps several hundred years passed.]

Infinite time kept on passing.

Talia gave up thinking.

She lay next to Lanci on the ground.

Looking at that boundless black sky, then silently waited for infinity.

She no longer wanted to do anything.

Gradually, Lanci and she spoke less and less.

She didn't dare to talk to Lanci either.

Sometimes they wouldn't speak for months at a time.

She feared that in this time, which was unbearable even to herself, Lanci might completely break down.

How much longer?

It seemed just a drop in the ocean, compared to the length of this endless prison.

Perhaps this Immortal Eternal Penalty couldn't even be considered to have "just begun".

They were yet to experience the real preliminary pain.

They were just trapped in the dark prison of time, insignificant lives.

"Tata, can you tell how long it has been?"

Lanci's thoughts reached her.

It seemed he was still able to keep a clear head.

But he could neither die nor lose consciousness.

Only feel every single minute and second.

Experiencing what Lankros had once thought and felt.

"Perhaps several hundred years!"

Talia estimated, immediately responding to Lanci.

She couldn't tell either.

But it had been a long time since Lanci had talked to her, and now he was talking to her again, which made her happy.

"Lanci, what are you thinking about?"

She asked Lanci.

"I'm thinking, if Lankros had experienced the cost of Immortal Eternal Penalty beforehand, would he still have used it on himself without any hesitation?"

Lanci mused.

"If you were Lankros, would you hesitate?"

Talia felt by asking Lanci she could find the answer.

"No hesitation, it had to be used."

Lanci's answer was still as resolute as ever.

Just like how no matter how many times he was given the choice, his answer would never change.

"..."

Talia's emotions finally started to crumble,

"You fool, even I, a member of the Long-lived Species, can hardly bear this, why are you not scared at all?"