Chapter 465 The Broken Wheel of Destiny

Time goes back a few minutes.

Dou Hongshan clapped his hands on Yu Xiu's shoulders and checked the seeds of resurrection that he had secretly planted on the other party for the umpteenth time to make sure that the seeds could hit the enemy in the first place.

On the transparent panel, there are traces of information left in the guild dialog box during previous communication.

[Xu Zhiyan: Initially, the sky screen displayed the real-time images of the two teams, which means that our choices and conversations are likely to be exposed to the opponent. So from now on, I will arrange special tasks separately, and the rest of the time you can just follow my instructions...]

When he first saw the sky curtain, Xu Zhiyan had already guessed that their actions would be exposed to the mimic.

He went with the flow, and the first command he issued made the mimics mistakenly believe that the power core to repair the Wheel of Destiny lay in Yu Xiu. After all, the passive defense characteristics were very suitable for protection, so there was nothing wrong with this choice.

The extremely powerful opponents made the journey extremely difficult, and every moment of victory was precious.

Yan Chengfan is much stronger than imagined. It is almost impossible to kill an enemy with spatial characteristics. Everyone can only find another way.

When the manic storm swept in, Dou Hongshan knew his chance had come.

She resisted the urge to use any skills to break the gale, and only used a few minor skills that did not hurt her, allowing herself to be swept in. The puppy hiding in the hood hugged her neck tightly, and rolled with her to the bottom of the Endless Road.

This is a dangerous decision.

After all, when she and Xu Zhiyan discussed the way to break out, both of them preferred to go through the air. It was a pity that Jiang Huaique was killed in advance by Yan Chengfan's extraordinary power. Without a strong fighting force, it became impossible to contain the opponent quietly...

The safe area below the Endless Road is very small, and there is no fulcrum at the bottom of the bridge. The turbulence of the void is like a rolling blade, mercilessly crushing everything that falls into the range.

Fortunately, she succeeded.

After sacrificing almost half of her body, she and Xiaoyi finally survived.

The power of the void was infinitely magnified at this moment. The seemingly well-behaved and cute golden retriever had extremely firm eyes and bit Dou Hongshan's collar tightly, as if the tearing force did not exist.

It doesn't fly fast, but it is very stable.

The bandages wrapped around her body were torn into pieces, and her cloak was torn into pieces as well. Dou Hongshan's serious injuries gradually became apparent. She wanted to raise her hand to grab Xiaoyi to relieve the pressure from the other party, but she couldn't raise her hand. The injury was so serious that she had to turn her body into wood to relieve the pain. If it were someone else, even if they were picked up by Xiaoyi, they would probably not be able to reach the terminal.

It was not until he flew to the end, saw the light again, and looked up at the groove where the power core was placed that Dou Hongshan vaguely realized that he had really succeeded.

The body that had been turned into wood was not sensitive to pain, and the side effects would obviously reduce a lot of emotions, but she found that her heart was beating faster than ever and almost jumped out of her mouth!

This place is far enough away from the battlefield of level 5, and victory is just around the corner.

“Wait… wait a moment…”

Every time she opened her mouth, blood flowed out.

The power core had to be placed in the groove, but she and Xiaoyi were exhausted all the way here. Especially Xiaoyi, who had flown to this point against the turbulence of the void, and the whole puppy was trembling. The higher he went, the greater the impact of the power. If he didn't make any preparations, it would be difficult for Xiaoyi to reach the top alone.

More importantly, when she got close to the huge debris, she felt repulsion. The wheel of fate was repulsing her and Xiaoyi...

A moment later, Dou Hongshan, with only half of his body left, collapsed in front of the first piece of the Wheel of Fortune.

She held the almost exhausted puppy in her arms and placed her hands on the suspended boulder with difficulty.

"boom--"

Thick vines suddenly appeared and pierced through the boulder!

Then, vines sprouted one after another, starting from the first piece of gravel, climbing upwards, gradually building a new path...

The area under the bridge of Endless Road was not within the live broadcast range. When Dou Hongshan and Xiaoyi flew up from below, a new perspective split screen appeared in the live broadcast room. The audience almost dropped their jaws when watching this scene.

【！ ！ ！ ！ ！】

【Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh my god! 】

[They are not dead, Sister Dou and the little golden retriever are still alive! ]

[But this injury is too severe. I have to continue climbing up. Even with Xiaoyi holding me, Xiaocai can't go up! ]

[Wuwuwu, Xiaocai, stop using your skills. Look at you, you're almost completely turned into a tree. ]

[There is no other way. The wound is too severe. If I don’t seal the wound with petrification, my internal organs will fall out after flying all the way here. How can I hold on until now?]

[It would be fine if there was a road, I could drag Xiaoyi with me and stop when I got tired. ]

Unlike Dou Hongshan, whose situation has improved slightly.

Xu Zhiyan’s situation was not good.

A flash of rage flashed in Yan Chengfan's eyes. His fingertips hovered on Xu Zhiyan's forehead. With just a slight movement, he could divide the space in front of him into multiple areas and cut the people inside into small pieces.

Xu Zhiyan acted as if he didn't see it, and in his lowered hand he was still holding the item that replenished his mental strength.

It hurts so much, my sea of consciousness feels like it’s about to break.

He had experienced a similar feeling in the Soul Exploration Live Studio, when his already low mental power threshold was reduced one after another. This time was even more painful than the last time, and he no longer dared to call up his own panel to check his data.

But the teammates have only passed the most difficult hurdle and have not yet reached the summit.

Xu Zhiyan forced himself to stay alert and looked up at Yan Chengfan.

Several blood vessels in his body burst under the pressure, and the sound of rushing blood kept ringing in his ears like a torrent. More blood gushed out of his body, and his eyes were blood red. Everything was covered with a layer of red film, and even Yan Chengfan's figure was only left with an outline. All he could feel at this moment was the other party's anger.

"Get started...don't just gesture."

Although he looked embarrassed, Xu Zhiyan's words were still arrogant when he spoke.

His physical condition no longer allowed him to think about anything more, but his trust in ghosts and gods made him certain that Yan Chengfan could only hurt him at most, but could not really kill him.

This is exactly the case.

When the torn space spread to Xu Zhiyan's side, leaving a cross-shaped scar on the young man's shoulder, the skill disappeared.

The moment Xu Zhiyan was injured, Yan Chengfan could feel a power in his body that did not belong to him roaring and almost suppressing his thoughts. When he saw the blood gushing out, he even thought that ghosts and gods would be squeezed out of his soul.

"...Okay, very good."

Yan Chengfan spoke in a low voice, took one last look at Xu Zhiyan, and didn't bother to continue.

To him, the opponent was indeed very tricky, not only because of the influence of ghosts and gods. Although Xu Zhiyan did not seem to have enough energy to identify his position and skills now, if Fenjin caught his flaw, it would be a loss.

Taking his hand back, Yan Chengfan turned around and looked at the tiny figure at the end of the road.

"If I can kill one, I can kill the second."

"All the struggle is in vain."

"A dying man cannot repair a broken wheel of fortune."

When Xu Zhiyan came to his senses, the white-haired man was no longer in front of him, and even the words he had just said were blown away by the wind, making it impossible to tell whether everything that had just happened was an illusion.

He felt a dull pain in his shoulder, but without thinking too much, he took a few more spiritual power replenishing items in his hand and opened the game panel...

…

The vines leading to the center of the Wheel of Fortune have been completed.

Completely different from the previous wavering path that players had to find on their own, the new road is spacious and bright, leading to victory.

Hard dead branches spread out from Dou Hongshan's body, replacing her legs, allowing her to barely move. Although she could not run freely, at least she could stand up and walk.

The space moves from far to near, creating ripple-like traces.

Dou Hongshan glanced at the constructed road, but ultimately did not walk on it. Instead, he turned around and stared at the man in front of him.

"You're dying. You can't get on the Wheel of Fortune."

With his sharp eyes sweeping over the dying Dou Hongshan and the completely exhausted Xiaoyi, Yan Chengfan spoke as if he had confirmed something and breathed a sigh of relief.

"If you could have flown up in one go just now, you might have really won." He changed the subject and continued, "But that's impossible. The nutrient of the Wheel of Fortune is vitality. It's impossible to win with just you and this little dog."

As he spoke, Yan Chengfan began to laugh.

"You see, the main system is not much better than the mimic. It has never told you these hidden information..."

Even if Xu Zhiyan came, if the two of them each went halfway, it would probably be too late.

Because he was a little far away before, he didn't see the injuries of Zayu clearly, so he rushed over in such a hurry. Now that he found that the other party was at the end of his strength and could die at any time and anywhere, Yan Chengfan no longer had any worries.

Dou Hongshan touched Xiaoyi, put the dog on the ground, looked calm, and whispered: "You should have sensed the rejection."

"That's right. Although the Wheel of Destiny is broken, it repels all external forces. If the attackers were not also restorers, humans would be repelled even more severely..." Yan Chengfan's voice gradually faded away.

He frowned as he looked at Xiaoyi who was running hard towards the passage. Perhaps with a cautious attitude, Yan Chengfan used his skills without hesitation, and the space beside Xiaoyi began to crack.

Suddenly, golden flames appeared!

The scorching fire that represents burning everything suddenly appeared at the end of the endless road, interrupting the space-shattering skill.

Yan Chengfan was stunned. He turned back suddenly, but Xu Zhiyan was still in the same place, looking like a small black dot nestled in the ground from a distance.

He turned his head hesitantly and found that the vines on Dou Hongshan's lower body gathered together, like the trunk of a tree, deeply rooted in the ground, and constantly spreading outward. The burning flames were ignited from the several roots and branches that fell from her body.

Yan Chengfan had no time to think.

His gaze was focused behind Dou Hongshan.

Xiaoyi was running, and the moment he stepped onto the bridge, a dazzling white light burst out from his body, and an unexpected figure replaced him on the bridge.

Without looking back or looking at his teammates or opponents, Jin Sheng clenched his lowered hands into fists.

The faint light representing the core of power leaked out slightly from between his fingers.

Yan Chengfan wanted to look again, but his vision was blocked by the burning golden flames. Dou Hongshan's breath was extremely weak, but the burning flames were extremely grand, dazzling and brilliant. The wall of fire blocked all prying eyes.

"Although the process...has some...deviations."

"But you forget that we have another person."

Her voice grew weaker.

The feeling of being slowly devoured by burning embers was not a good one.

But with her power, props, skills and body as combustibles, the scale of the burning was infinitely increased, completely isolating Yan Chengfan and Jin Sheng, and creating a vacuum area between the two that no one could set foot in, not even the characteristics of space.

The fact that embers were burning far away from Xu Zhiyan was itself a threatening thing.

Yan Chengfan had suffered a loss before because Fen Jin lost half of his shoulder. If he encountered a similar situation again, he would definitely hesitate. She didn't need him to hesitate for too long, just a short while would be enough.

His consciousness gradually blurred, and Dou Hongshan forced himself to stay awake in the flames. Xu Zhiyan's voice seemed to still echo in his ears.

That was a phone call before entering the copy.

'Xiaocai, do you believe me?'

"Give up the Seed of Resurrection and use it as an offensive skill. I guarantee you will come out alive."

'It's not clear what the final dungeon will do, but our skills are very compatible. If necessary, we have to work together to build a safe space for our teammates to isolate from danger.'

'When your health drops below 10%, flames will rise...'

The scorching flames licked Dou Hongshan's body. She was somewhat glad that the woodiness would dull her senses. Even though the smell of ashes lingered at the tip of her nose, as she left the human state, everything seemed to be separated by a layer of membrane.

With a long-awaited smile on his lips, Dou Hongshan's voice was barely audible.

"There are some things I have to do."

The sleeping Ran Que was still waiting for her.

She got a lot of cute woolen bags for bird eggs from Jiang Huai Que. She wanted to take Ran Que to travel around the world after everything was over, take the friends born in the copy to see the human civilization, and finally choose a city with a warm and humid tropical rainforest climate to accompany her little bird into the cycle of life again.

The dissipated consciousness gathered again, and the flames flickered.

On the other side, Xu Zhiyan felt that he was about to die.

Unlike simply igniting the embers, after sensing that Dou Hongshan's vitality was declining, the special props did not drain all of his mental power at once to ignite the flames.

The burning based on Dou Hongshan's body is intended to isolate Kai Yan Chengfan from the Wheel of Destiny. They need time.

However, his sea of consciousness had already been shattered by the high-intensity mental increases and decreases, and now it was like cutting flesh with a blunt knife, which was even more painful than directly draining it out.

"One minute..."

"One more minute."

Xu Zhiyan staggered to sit down, his left eye almost blurred by blood, he could not see anything clearly, his brain seemed to be stirred by a shovel, the physical pain was negligible in comparison.

…

Behind Dou Hongshan, on the solid road leading to the center of the shattered wheel of fate, Jin Sheng did not dare to stop for a moment.

It was the first time he used the replacement skill in the copy. Xiaoyi, as the life beast, could exchange positions with him, but if there were external force restrictions, the exchange could only last for one minute.

The missions are constantly changing.

Everyone can pick up the power core, but once you enter the Endless Road, it can only be transferred once. Because it is uncertain who will eventually touch the Wheel of Fortune, Xu Zhiyan's initial instructions to Jin Sheng are to keep the power core safe and give it to teammates when necessary.

This is also the reason why Xu Zhiyan left the Immaculate Mother to him when he was left on the stone chessboard.

They must ensure that the power core is always in a safe place and that the person carrying the power core will not be threatened with death no matter where they are.

At this time, the plan went astray, and Jin Sheng became the last indispensable link in the plan.

32, 31, 30...

Time passes by little by little.

Jin Sheng felt that he had never run so fast before.

The road constructed by the vines has gradually dried up as the caster weakened, but compared to the gradually shrinking road, every step taken will drain more vitality from the Wheel of Fortune, and the foreseeable death seems even more terrifying.

In contrast to Jin Sheng's gradually decaying body, the power core in his hand became brighter and brighter.

26, 25, 24...

He didn't dare to stop, and he couldn't stop.

Even if all his vitality is sucked away by the power core, he must complete his mission!

19, 18...

Glancing at the back of his hand, Jin Sheng didn't have time to be surprised at his skin that became dry and dull in the blink of an eye. He forced himself not to think about the consequences of the loss of vitality.

12, 11……

He walked on the road built by his teammates with their lives, and every step was extremely heavy.

6, 5, 4...

Jin Sheng finally arrived at the center of the broken Wheel of Fortune.

3, 2, 1——

"Bang!"

At the last second, he gritted his teeth and inserted the power core in his hand, which was as bright as starlight, directly into the center of the ring!

It's over, it's all over!

Something strange happened!

Jin Sheng's body stopped in place, and the swaying flame at the end of the endless road suddenly stopped moving. After a buzzing sound, the world fell into a stillness, and even time stopped.

In the distance, Xu Zhiyan suddenly discovered that the world in his eyes had lost its color.

The pain in his body stopped as time stopped, and the skill that had been absorbing strength also quieted down. He stumbled forward a few steps and looked up at the sky which was also still.

Dou Hongshan, Jin Sheng, and even the Wheel of Fortune...

Time stopped for everyone and everything.

Only at the end of the road, Yan Chengfan's figure is still so bright.

The two were far apart and looking at each other from a distance.

Xu Zhiyan only felt his body sink, and when he came to his senses, he had reached the end of the endless road.

"The experiment was successful? Have you awakened the time characteristic?" There was no leisure in Yan Chengfan's eyes anymore. He stared at Xu Zhiyan, as if he didn't understand why the other party was not affected by the stop of time. However, he didn't sense that there was any problem with time. After a few seconds, the vigilance in his eyes gradually disappeared.

For the player, when time stops, everything is still.

Including life status and skills.

So Xu Zhiyan is just an ordinary person now and cannot make any changes.

"This is……"

Xu Zhiyan looked up at Jin Sheng who was pressing the core of power into the Wheel of Destiny.

"The situation is indeed deviant." Yan Chengfan also looked towards the center of the Wheel of Fortune, and the disgust in his voice could hardly be concealed.

After a while, he turned around and looked at Xu Zhiyan.

"I won't lose. Even if I break the rules, the Mimic will definitely become the chess player."

He will realize the utopia that belongs only to mimics.

After successfully connecting and controlling some games, he also found the loopholes that the main system had exploited.

"In the final setting of the End Dungeon, there is a contradictory loophole rule."

"When the repair power core touches the center of the Wheel of Fortune, time will come to a standstill."

Next, he just needs to walk up, take away the power core representing repair and crush it, and everything will return to normal.

Success knows no means.

He had no intention of playing fair from the start.

Thinking in his mind, Yan Chengfan looked at the fire area created by Dou Hongshan.

"This area is indeed a bit troublesome. If the fire is burning, it is almost impossible to get around it without getting hurt." But now it's different. The skill is static and there will be no damage.

He strode into the flame area, as if he had thought of something, and turned around to look at Xu Zhiyan.

"I know what you're thinking."

"Once the rules are broken, you can call Him to appear."

Although he said so, Yan Chengfan's words were full of ease, "But in your current state, it's difficult for you to even walk, and you can't control me at all, let alone put the consciousness of a ghost into a complete body."

Even though he was missing half of his arm, his condition was much better than Xu Zhiyan's.

The confusion in Xu Zhiyan's eyes faded away. He looked at Yan Chengfan, who turned around and walked towards the road after he finished speaking. His eyes became much clearer.

"Who said there is no more suitable body than you?"

He whispered, clenched his fingers around the pendant hanging around his neck and pulled it off. His nails dug deeply into his palms because he used too much force.

But Xu Zhiyan was completely unaware.

He looked up at Yan Chengfan who had stopped walking, and spoke word by word.

"Isn't there someone here who can be a container?"

The blood vessels of the devil wrapped around his heart.

He can protect him, and he can also exist as a container for ghosts and spirits.

He was one with Him in flesh and blood.