READ NOVEL ONLINE Chapter 135: Naming the Girl in the Yellow Dress! From Today, Your Name is Huang Yiyi!
Chapter 135: Naming the Girl in the Yellow Dress! From Today, Your Name is Huang Yiyi!
Faced with the girl's question, Lin Tianming gave her a firm answer to calm her volatile emotions.
"What's there to be afraid of? As long as you nod, from now on, you'll be my friend!"
Meeting Lin Tianming's sincere gaze, the girl's incredulous expression gradually faded, replaced by the joy of making a new friend.
But just as she was about to nod, images of people dying in front of her flashed through her mind.
"I... I don't want to harm anyone... Being my friend... will only... will only make you die faster than others..."
Fearful emotions began to spread, and the girl showed signs of releasing the strange black mist again.
Seeing this, Lin Tianming quickly grabbed her arm. "I already said I'm not afraid, and calm down, there are many passersby around here!"
With his reminder, the girl tried not to think about the terrifying past, and her emotions gradually stabilized.
"Thank you, actually, there's something I haven't told you..."
Hearing that the girl had more to say, Lin Tianming asked, "What is it?"
The girl pursed her lips and slowly revealed what she wanted to tell Lin Tianming.
"I... I don't have any friends now... but... but a long, long time ago... so long that I don't remember when... I had friends back then... but... but they're all dead..."
A long, long time ago, so long that she didn't remember when?
Lin Tianming believed the girl wasn't lying because he had seen photos of her unchanged through the years.
He felt that the time she mentioned having friends was probably even before the earliest photo he had seen of her.
So long that he couldn't imagine.
After all, based on his analysis, she was likely a demon god!
To reassure the girl, Lin Tianming put a lot of effort into comforting her. "It's okay, I'm different from your previous friends, I'm sure I won't be killed by you!"
Unexpectedly, Lin Tianming's words made the girl lift her youthful and innocent face, staring blankly at him.
After a moment of eye contact, the girl lowered her head and looked at the ice cream in her hand.
"I... I know you're very powerful and have special abilities... but compared to some of my previous friends... you... you..."
Not knowing how to continue, the girl hesitated.
Curious about what she meant, Lin Tianming pressed her, "Compared to what? Just say it!"
Seeing that Lin Tianming insisted, the girl said softly, "You... you're too weak..."
"Huh?"
Lin Tianming was stunned.
Compared to her previous, now-dead friends, he was too weak?
He hadn't expected the girl to say that.
But her words revealed important information to Lin Tianming: some of her previous friends were also awakened ones.
However, even awakened ones couldn't withstand the strange black mist she released.
To avoid attracting unnecessary attention during their conversation, Lin Tianming led the girl out of the ice cream shop.
"Those friends you mentioned, were they also awakened ones?"
Surprisingly, the girl shook her head. "I know awakened ones... it's what your era calls people with extraordinary powers... but those who had similar powers like you were called... let me think... it's been so long... I can barely remember..."
Seeing her struggling to recall, Lin Tianming waited patiently.
He was eager to learn some ancient secrets from her.
Soon, the girl remembered.
"It was... they were called transcendents! Yes, those with extraordinary powers were called transcendents, but obtaining such powers was far more dangerous than for you!"
"More dangerous than for us?"
"Yes... a long, long time ago, to become a transcendent, one had to actively contact corrupt entities or even become followers of demon gods, turning into monsters in the eyes of ordinary people. The risks were immense. If one failed... they would..."
Recalling something tragic, the girl hesitated to continue.
Curious, Lin Tianming urged her on. "What would happen?"
Under his questioning, the girl revealed the truth. "They would... they would... turn into twisted monsters due to the corrupting influence... this was considered mild, severe cases couldn't even become monsters and would die horribly in the twisted fear..."
Hearing the girl's account of the cost of becoming a transcendent, Lin Tianming couldn't help but take a sharp breath.
In comparison, he felt fortunate to live in a relatively lucky era.
Now, one only needed to undergo an awakening ceremony to become an awakened one.
Seemingly opening up more, without needing Lin Tianming's prompting, the girl continued sharing ancient secrets.
"Because the cost of becoming a transcendent through contact with demon gods was too great, people later researched many strange ways to become transcendents to fight against demon gods, such as genetic modifications, attaching prosthetic limbs, or studying their own soul powers..."
As the girl spoke, Lin Tianming immediately thought of the three ascension god nations.
The ones pursuing genetic ascension were probably the Genetic God Nation.
Those attaching prosthetic limbs were likely the Mechanical God Nation.
Those studying soul powers were likely the Psionic God Nation.
The girl knew about these, which meant...
She existed in a time far older than the three ascension god nations?
The three ascension god nations, unable to resist the demon gods, sealed themselves off ten thousand years ago, abandoning small parts of their lands, forming the abandoned lands disconnected from the god nations.
These abandoned lands were now the global awakened power world Lin Tianming had traversed into.
If the girl was older than the three ascension god nations from ten thousand years ago, how old was she now?
Unable to imagine the true age of the girl suspected to be a demon god, Lin Tianming decided not to dwell on it.
To uncover her true origins, he would probably have to wait for the era of the gods' arrival or even the return of the three god nations...
Taking a deep breath, Lin Tianming glanced at the girl, who was feeling down from recalling past events, and decided not to ask her more about her past.
"Let's not talk about that anymore. Come on, eat your ice cream before it melts! If you still want more after this, I'll buy you another one!"
Distracted by Lin Tianming, the girl resumed eating her ice cream.
Watching her stabilize emotionally while eating ice cream, Lin Tianming thought about how she still didn't have a name, and an idea struck him.
"Have you never had a name? Or is it that it's been so long you can't remember?"
"No name... a long, long time ago... friends gave me a nickname because I liked wearing yellow clothes, they called me Yellow Clothes..."
The girl shook her head, indicating she had no name since she could remember.
Seeing that she indeed had no name, Lin Tianming decided to implement his idea.
"For convenience, would you mind if I gave you an official name?"
"No... I don't mind..."
With her permission, Lin Tianming immediately gave her a name he liked.
"You like wearing yellow dresses, so from now on, your surname will be Huang, and your given name will be Yiyi. Full name Huang Yiyi, how about that?"
To help her understand her name, Lin Tianming wrote "Huang Yiyi" on his phone and showed it to her.
"Huang... Yiyi..."
The girl didn't recognize the characters, but she stared at them intently, hoping to engrave them in her mind.
After memorizing her first name, Huang Yiyi looked up at Lin Tianming.
"I... barely remember it, but I... I don't know your name yet..."
"Lin Tianming! Huang Yiyi, from now on, we're friends!"
