But there is no time.

"Don't cry." Riki Tsunomiya gently kissed her, then looked at Su Deng with a tearful smile. "Goodbye."

Yan Sizhan also looked at Su Deng: "We will meet again."

After saying this, he separated Riki and Acha and disappeared from there.

"Sister!!!" Acha's shrill cry pierced the sky, but there was no response.

"Acha." Su Muyue went over and hugged her like a little adult. "We'll be with you, don't cry."

"Waaaaah..." Acha cried her heart out.

Su Deng sighed, patted Acha's fluffy head, and said softly, "We will meet again."

Acha turned back into a cat, whimpering as she walked into the courtyard deep within the shrine and curled up under the sacred tree.

Then, it remained motionless.

“Acha…”

“…She’s waiting for her master here.” Su Deng stopped Su Muyue. “Don’t disturb her.”

From the moment Riki Tsunomiya left, the world began to crumble again. The mountain that stood like a pillar of heaven did not collapse, but the shrine behind it went from prosperity to ruin.

The tree withered and died, the entire shrine became deserted, and Acha turned into a stone cat statue, still standing under the tree.

As time passed and the world went from desolation to reconstruction, someone discovered a cat statue in this shrine and heard its voice. They believed it to be an apostle of the shrine's gods and built a cat shrine for it in the forest below the mountain.

The scene flashed by in an instant; this world keeps repeating itself endlessly. Riki Tsunomiya never returned, and Acha never woke up.

[Congratulations to player Su Deng for completing the "Witch God Sacrifice" dungeon. Quest failed; unable to save anyone.]

[Complete the in-game quest "Monster Chronicles" to receive 100,000 points and 10 Divine-grade materials.]

[—Rewards have been distributed. Players are advised to exit the game instance as soon as possible—]

The system notification finally appeared, including the exit prompt.

Su Muyue was already used to it and didn't bother Su Deng. After seeing her to the teleportation point, he waved to her, "Mom, see you in the next dungeon!"

Su Deng found it amusing, waved to him, and also waved to the cat club.

They will meet again.

*

Emerging from the "Witch God Ritual" instance, Su Deng found herself in the game lobby of a C-level alternate world. Many players were still coming and going, dressed in clothes from various dynasties, while all the live stream screens were completely dark.

Su Deng's appearance in the corner went unnoticed by anyone.

The God of War trapped her in a game loop, forcing her to save everyone, so why would He switch her back to the game lobby?

Su Deng squinted, half-covering her face as she left from the corner.

"Is Su Deng dead?"

"Probably not."

"Jin-jie, what do you think?"

On the way, Su Deng heard many people talking about her. She also saw Ying Rujin, Hong Ying, and others.

These are all people who survived from a D-class otherworld and entered this place.

When asked about Su Deng, Ying Rujin replied coldly, "If she could save the world and everyone but didn't, there's no point in her living. Once she dies, the Divine Court will choose the next one. There will always be someone who will save her."

Su Deng glanced at her, said nothing, and walked past her from behind.