"Could this be the legendary 'choking on cold water'?"
Zeus helplessly looked at the familiar figure, the person who made her wake up in nightmares every day, and also the person who had raised her. This person was now hugging her tightly. Zeus never imagined she would sense her presence and rush over so quickly. It seemed her obsession with her was truly immense.
But this time, it was time to make a decision. Thinking this, a hint of determination flashed in Zeus's beautiful purple eyes. She would no longer compromise with Gaia, but Gaia didn't see any of this. At this moment, she was greedily sniffing the alluring body scent, deeply immersed in happiness.
"Zeus, come back with me!"
While Zeus was somewhat lost in thought, Gaia suddenly said in her ear, pulling Zeus's somewhat scattered thoughts back. Why did this sentence sound so familiar? Wasn't it exactly what Hades had said to Zeus? At that time, Zeus had flatly refused.
"I refu... Ah~!"
Just as she was about to use the same words she used for Hades to Gaia, Zeus's words were cut short as she felt her shoulders lighten, instantly losing sensation in her legs. Without the support of her legs, Zeus felt her center of gravity shift forward, and her body involuntarily began to fall forward. Just as Zeus was about to fall to the ground, a strong embrace caught her.
"What is going on here?"
Suddenly, Zeus felt that something was wrong. Her upturned face met Gaia's downward gaze, and the madness contained in those eyes made Zeus's heart tremble with fear. Another thing she found very strange was why there were light golden bloodstains on Gaia's face. But the next moment, the pain from her limbs made Zeus instantly understand the source of the blood: it was her own.
"My... my hands."
Turning her head to look at where her arms should be, Zeus stared in horror at the empty space where her arms once were. Looking down, her two legs were also gone. Where her long, beautiful legs had been, there were only empty clothes and the unique blood of a god still flowing. This scene terrified Zeus. At this moment, she finally tasted the bitter fruit of her own making, but she still didn't understand why Gaia would do such a thing.
At this moment, due to pain and fear, Zeus clearly felt a dryness in her throat, but more than that, there was confusion and fear in her heart. With effort, she forced out the words, enduring the dizziness from excessive bleeding, and stared wide-eyed at her 'nightmare.'
"Why? You still dare to ask me why."
"You little 'vixen,' you go out every day attracting attention, living such a free life, while I'm here worrying about this and that."
"But now I don't have to worry about anything, because you can never leave me again."
Gaia displayed a yandere smile while proudly looking at Zeus's legs and hands beside her. Although a hint of heartache still showed in her eyes, she still acted to keep Zeus by her side forever, and she did so without hesitation.
"What the f*ck!"
Feeling Gaia's irrational emotions, Zeus's pale lips uttered an unrefined word. She never expected to fall into the hands of this major yandere, and even more unexpectedly, the gentle and somewhat nagging grandmother from back then had actually become a true yandere, even planning to turn her into a personal thermal weapon. This made Zeus very sad.
"Now, you are mine, a Zeus belonging entirely to me alone."
Gaia gently cupped Zeus's pale face. Her tender, watery expression made it hard to imagine that she was the one who had just cut off Zeus's limbs. Although she was treated gently, Zeus still trembled all over from fear. Dealing with a yandere for the first time, she was so afraid that in the end, she would only have a head left.
"Please wait a moment, I'll pick up your hands and feet."
Speaking softly to Zeus, Gaia summoned a cloud and gently placed Zeus on it. Then, she turned to pick up Zeus's scattered limbs on the ground, carefully wiping off the bloodstains with a handkerchief.
"What should I do? This time, going back really means a future of utter darkness. What should I do! Is there really no way?"
Watching Gaia, who was in a very good mood and picking up her own limbs, Zeus felt an intense panic.
"Gaia, you're forcing my hand. I don't want to do this, but I don't want to go back and be a thermal weapon."
"The so-called human being is someone who, even in the most difficult moment, will fight for their infinitely slim chance of survival."
"Even a cornered rabbit will bite; I too must fight for myself."
In this incredibly difficult moment, a flicker of determination flashed in Zeus's eyes. Even if failure was possible, she had to try, to fight for her freedom.
"My dear grandmother, you might not know that in the miraculous Eastern Taoist arts, there is a technique called 'Soul Ejection'."
"What are you talking about?"
Floating on soft clouds, Zeus spoke calmly to Gaia. Hearing Zeus's voice, Gaia stood up and turned to look at Zeus, but she could sense an ominous undertone in Zeus's voice.
"I would rather perish than return with you. I'm sorry, I know your love!"
"But your love, I cannot bear."
As Zeus spoke, a faint smile played on her lips, as if she were relieved. Then, her entire divine body began to emit a massive light. A vast and volatile divine power erupted from her body. The immense force reduced everything around her to ashes, even pushing Gaia back two steps.
"What are you doing? Stop it!"
Looking at the light emanating from Zeus and the frenzied divine power, Gaia instantly understood what Zeus was about to do. She rushed forward anxiously but was blocked by the vast and volatile divine power, kept ten meters away from Zeus.
"Heaven and Earth without limits, Qiankun borrow law, Soul Ejection!"
Chanting the incantation, Zeus fully detonated the divine power within her, even shattering more than half of her Divinity. The immense power tore space apart. Under the cover of the intense light, Zeus, along with a small portion of her Divinity and her Divine Soul, and the earring space given by Alaya, escaped into space. Zeus's remaining body began its final charge, then exploded!
Zeus was speaking in proper Chinese, which Gaia didn't understand. Moreover, in her current anxiety, she didn't want to hear what Zeus was saying; she only wanted Zeus to stop her self-destructive act.
"No, I beg you, don't do this."
Seeing this scene, Gaia once again forcefully charged forward, but with a God King-level self-detonation and more than half of a Divinity as the core, even Gaia couldn't get within five meters of Zeus to stop her.
"I'm sorry, and goodbye forever."
At the moment the spatial rift finally healed, Zeus's Divine Soul looked back at the scene and apologized to the weeping Gaia. After the last trace of the rift closed.
"Boom~!"
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