Chapter 897 Gods' Game: Card Swap 141 (Ends at AS171)

This is the daily cycle.

Yu Xunge was absolutely certain.

She said Astrana has many honors more dazzling than the Gods' Game, but she herself has not truly moved on.

The rusty moon crown...

Teachers aren't invincible either.

She gently touched the huge crack in the ice with her head; perhaps the moment when she gradually finds peace is not far off.

Each time she won a match, her strength would increase dramatically due to the reward, and she would be far ahead!

When she reappears at the moment of chasing the sun, it will be the moment when the ice melts and the crown is restored.

Yu Xunge became more and more excited as she thought about it. She glanced at the Mosasaurus patrolling above and summoned the [Raging Moon].

The moonlight in the lantern was exactly the same as the moonlight in the crown, and she withdrew from the world of shadows.

The moment she emerged, she exclaimed, "I've found it! I've found the Soul Flame of the Sun Chaser!"

In an instant, the game world seemed to freeze, and the Mosasaurus stopped moving.

Five bubbles appeared out of thin air before her eyes and entered her body. The "Cat's Ideal" and "I Want to Improve So Much" skills returned, as did the other skills she hadn't found.

She skillfully landed in the red beam of light.

She won again.

The audience was still confused, feeling a sense of bewilderment and lingering dissatisfaction, like watching a movie and finding the end credits starting to play at the most crucial moment.

Before they could cheer, a huge pure white throne appeared inside the red pillar of light. Then, three pillars of light—gold, azure, and crimson—intertwined and spun toward the center of the golden hills, forming a gate engraved with exquisite patterns.

—A lucky seven!

It's a really strange name. Why would a game be called "Heavenly Hand of Seven"? But that doesn't stop everyone from going crazy for it.

As if waking from a dream, the audience, who had just lost their voice, cheered and screamed. The game of "Heavenly Hand Seven" had been restarted after forty-one years!

However, a small number of people did not cheer, but looked at the apprentice standing in front of the pure white throne with suspicion.

She's changed...

An indescribable change.

Her eyes still held a wealth of emotions, but the color in them was no longer pure. They held a hint of calm and inquiry, and her gaze toward everyone carried a scrutiny and suspicion that she herself was unaware of.

One second she was like the rising sun, dazzling and radiant, her sincerity readily available. But now, she seems like the moon's reflection in a lake, elusive and untouchable.

Ignoring the skill selection given by the god, Zhu Ri suddenly stood up from her seat, looking at the soul fire above her apprentice's head.

She has changed.

The star in the Soul Fire was no longer the only light; it now trailed long and short, colorful streaks of starlight behind it.

Although it still soars into the sky, its color is no longer pure.

Like its own moon crown, those rich and beautiful colors and emotions are actually a kind of interference and burden; they are another form of rust.

Moreover, the apprentice's face showed no joy or pride; instead, after a brief moment of confusion, several strange emotions arose.

What is she suffering from? What is she regretting? And for whom is she feeling guilty?

She looked helplessly at the audience—which made her seem like she was still the 14-year-old Moonlight Wetland Song Seeker.

Who is she looking for?

...

Congratulations to the player who won the individual tournament championship!

[Individual Tournament Champion Reward: The champion can copy and permanently acquire any skill possessed by other participants during the game, and will receive 200 free attribute points.]

[Congratulations to the player who has unlocked the Heavenly Hand Seven reward]

[Unlock the Heavenly Seven Rewards: Enhance the potential of the player's race; all Divine Gift talents of the player's race that are not higher than A-rank will evolve by one level; A-rank Divine Gift talents will have a chance to mutate; and each member of the race will receive 30 free attribute points.]

Congratulations to the player who won the game "Bet on Everything"!

[The Gift from the Mysterious Angler: A Chance to Return]

[A crisis has arisen in your world of Wine Carry that is difficult for Wine Carry players to resolve. You have been granted a temporary opportunity to return to Wine Carry. To balance the series of issues caused by the player's temporary return to the game, the flow of time will be temporarily adjusted. For every day a player stays in Wine Carry, one year will pass in Astrana.]

[If the game ends during your return period, you will directly enter the settlement time for this round of the God Game; if you refuse to return and choose to continue the game, your memories will remain sealed.]

Please make your decision before the Tianhu Haoqi game officially begins.

[Countdown: 30 seconds]

I remember now, I remember everything.

She was carrying wine and seeking songs.

There was no time travel at all; it was just a game played by the gods...

Of course she wants to go back.

Going back to resolve the crisis and then returning would simply mean that the result of this game of gods was slightly worse.

The outcome of a game can never compare to the survival of the player.

But... every single day, the every single day she promised.

Tianhu Haoqi appeared beside her, and she grabbed her wrist, her eyes filled with scrutiny and wariness: "Xun Ge?"

But when she met Shangyu Xunge's eyes, the wariness in her eyes instantly disappeared, replaced by doubt.

This is his apprentice, yet not.

A wail also appeared on her other side.

The audience sensed something was amiss and strange in the air, and the noise gradually subsided.

After closing her eyes and taking a deep breath, Yu Xunge said to Tian Huhaoqi, "Tell my teacher for me..."

"What do you want to say to me?"

A deafening roar filled the air as the elf strode through the air and stood before her. It was the first time Yu Xunge had ever seen such obvious worry in Zhu Ri's eyes, but she only managed to utter, "I'm sorry..."

The summer snowman ultimately failed to completely melt in this beautiful but mismatched season.

The moment her soul awoke, countless questions rushed to her mind: Why was Zhu Ri so kind to her? Did she have ulterior motives? Was she a test for this game? Whose script was she playing?

Is this another tower...?

It turns out that some wounds can never be fully healed, even if you forget everything briefly and start over.

Amidst her pain, she also felt regret and guilt.

Regret seems to be the norm in life.

The day will never come again.

In Zhu Ri's eyes, she wondered if her departure would be seen as a betrayal...

Who knows what that frozen, rusty, and moss-covered moon crown will become?

The apprentice disappeared before the throne.

Even with two powerful players using their ultimate skills simultaneously, they couldn't stop her.

The hand that reached out each day only grasped a wisp of wind.

...

"Tulan, have you been able to contact her? She's been gone for almost four months!"

Tulan used ice flames to repel the undead army in front of her, and replied in a moment, "No, no, no, how many times do I have to tell you!"

She was unusually impatient, but she had been fighting continuously for over ten days. She was the one who carried the high-combat-power alien races in the Eastern War Zone. The amount of exercise she had done since birth was probably more than what she had done during this period.

Upon discovering that the instance's light barrier had suddenly descended upon the sky and that the Zelan aliens had launched a large-scale attack, the major legions reacted swiftly.

They directly abandoned half of the Zaijiu territory, used teleportation skills to transfer and concentrate the players, and then used special skills to temporarily seal the remaining majority of the territory and players below level 10, temporarily isolating them from Zaijiu, so that the dungeon light curtain would only descend on the three major battle zones that Zaijiu had specially separated.

Otherwise, Tulan wouldn't have been able to manage at all.

Bai Gu Hei Fei, along with Zhao Shuying who had temporary command authority, had been transferred to the Northern Second War Zone.

B8017913 was in charge of the third war zone in the southwest, where the situation was most severe, while she was in charge of the first war zone.

All players level 15 and above gathered in three specific war zones. In this life-or-death situation, nationality, grudges... nothing else mattered.

Without exception, all legions distributed the equipment, potions, and food that they normally had to exchange for with points or contributions. A large amount of supplies were transported from the top-ranked legions to the three major war zones.

Even the equipment and props that Yu Xunge had entrusted to the Liang family were temporarily distributed. Liang Pozhou cried terribly when the equipment was distributed, shouting that the Liang family was doomed.

Now, all they have to do is survive, and survive until Yu Xunge returns.