Empty Valley (End)

No one could have imagined that this time the competition among the gods would be full of twists and turns and the situation would be so complicated.

Those who lose lose inexplicably, and those who win also win inexplicably.

At this point, Yin Tian could only swallow the bitter pill. After all, An Rou didn't just want Duo Zhu to lose the game.

"Do you think that the Xiangyang Guild can rule the Valley just by winning once? Do you think that by killing me, you can destroy the Duozhu Sect?!"

Yin Tian was not stupid enough to guess An Rou's intention.

He should have seen it earlier. Since An Rou insisted on saving those children last night, he should have guessed that things would develop to this point.

An Rou shook her head and smiled, "Killing you alone certainly won't destroy the Duozhu Sect. The Duozhu Sect may have been founded by you, but as it has developed to this day, its roots are no longer with you.

"I don't know how much influence you, Duozhu, have in reality, but in Soul Song, you've already begun to crumble."

Yin Tian gritted his teeth: "You're relying on killing me and some Duozhu members? Don't be naive!"

"Naive?" An Rou scoffed, nudging Sea Crocodile with her elbow. "Enlarge Floating Island No. 338."

Hai Crocodile was worthy of being the Lord of the Floating City. After his initial shock, he had calmed down. After all, the Lord remained, but the gangs came and went. Konggu could survive without Duozhu or Xiangyang, but his Floating City was the one he couldn't live without.

Judging from the expression he showed towards An Rou, he seemed like one of the people who set up the trap.

Without asking any reason, Sea Crocodile called up Floating Island No. 338 and zoomed in.

Floating Island 338 was originally located right next to Floating Island 339, but due to the need to make room for the spectator island, it was now further away from the competition site. The NPCs who had moved out of Floating Island 339 were temporarily relocated here.

In the hall, the holographic image of the competition site disappeared, and turned into the green, peaceful and tranquil Floating Island No. 338.

Peace and tranquility are just an illusion.

An Rou ordered the sea crocodile to enlarge the residential area, and everyone immediately heard prayers and curses.

On the street, the NPCs from No. 339 knelt on the white stone slabs, their left hands pressed to their foreheads, praying. On both sides of the street stood the natives from No. 338, their faces filled with anger, pointing and cursing at the praying people.

Some people clasped their hands together, looked up at the sky and cried bitterly.

The crowd was too dense and the voices too noisy, like countless flies gathered together, and I couldn't hear a complete sentence.

An Rou glanced at Yin Tian and said, "Do you know who they are praying for? Ghouls. Ghouls are also the gods' people. They serve as sacrifices in the gods' competition on their behalf. They envy the ghouls, are grateful to them, and swear to treat them well in the future."

Yin Tian was stunned. After a moment, he retorted, "Even if they believed your lies, no one else would believe them! Look at the others, they're scolding these stupid guys!"

"Yes, some may not believe it, but there will always be others who do. Didn't you see some people crying? Besides, in this world, it's often the most uncertain people who criticize the most fiercely. As an elder of the Duozhu Sect, you should understand this principle very well, right?"

Yin Tian didn't want to admit it, but he was speechless.

An Rou's smile faded, her voice becoming indifferent. "This is just a piece of paper faith. As long as a fire is ignited, the end of Duozhuism is not far away. More and more people are wavering in their faith. Now, Ousi, it's up to you."

Ao Yusi's reaction was just like Yin Tian's a moment ago, dumbfounded.

Yin Tian sensed the danger in An Rou's words and couldn't help but step forward: "An Rou! Do you think you can destroy the entire Duozhu Guild by killing me? The Duozhu Guild has hundreds of thousands of members. Even if the 20,000 people participating in the competition are wiped out, you can't shake Duozhu's foundation!"

"Twenty thousand people? Do you think I, An Rou, would be able to look down on twenty thousand of you?!" An Rou suddenly raised her voice, "Sea Crocodile, watch the game on the island!"

Yintian, Hai'esi and Aoyusi, the three supreme rulers of Konggu, were frightened by An Rou's burst of momentum and took a step back.

Sea Crocodile nodded repeatedly and switched the holographic image in the hall to the ten viewing islands.

Yin Tian's bloodshot eyes widened to the extreme, and he fell to his knees with a thud.

Even Ousi couldn't help but gasp.

On the circular viewing islands, the crowds were fleeing in all directions. What was chasing them wasn't in the sky, nor on the ground, but underground—a pitch-black abyss.

Every time they open their mouths, every time they leap up, countless people are buried in the mouth of the rich.

Some players tried to resist, but the ordinary skills had no effect at all when they hit Baofu's body and mouth.

Relying on the ghoul level identification function, they were able to recognize that this was a top-level ghoul, SSS level.

However, the ghoul level identification function could not tell them further that this was a top-level ghoul among top-level ghouls, and had already surpassed a certain limit.

The sudden wealth was like a giant whale swimming around. It quickly swept through an island, did not chase the few remaining people, and went straight out of the ground and jumped to another floating island.

Continue to devour.

"An, An Rou..." Ou Yusi was terrified. Even though he realized that An Rou was unlikely to harm Xiangyang Guild, he still couldn't help but want to confirm.

"Don't worry, you are useful. I will not touch the people from Xiangyang Guild for now."

An Rou said coldly, glaring at Yin Tian fiercely, "As for you Duozhu, I wish I could kill every last one of you!"

Whether it is the surviving Duozhu players or the Xiangyang players watching from afar, they will always remember this day.

-

The news of the chaos in Konggu reached the holographic command center at an unprecedented speed.

The five major guilds were shocked, and they took advantage of the opportunity of gathering together to report the news of the chaos in Konggu to their respective countries as soon as possible.

Then the headache started.

"We thought she was targeting the Rainbow of the Valley, but she disrupted the Celestial Gods' Competition. We thought she was targeting the Celestial Gods' Competition, but she used lightning-fast tactics against the Duozhu Guild? Why?!"

Faced with this problem, everyone was puzzled.

"Does Yong'an want to replace Duozhu? Do he want to place the fifth largest instance in the Valley?"

"Wrong."

As the office door was pushed open, a voice reached everyone's ears.

Erhui immediately stood up: "Shi Xizheng! What are you doing here?!"

Shi Xizheng glanced at him indifferently, his eyes falling on Yu Fengqiu beside him.

Erhui realized it and immediately looked at Yu Fengqiu. However, Yu Fengqiu avoided his gaze and lowered his head to greet Shi Xizheng, pulling out a chair at the conference table.

Shi Xi was sitting down, with his slender fingers crossed, looking at everyone at the table one by one.

After all, it was the joint team he set up, and they were all familiar faces.

Shi Xizheng smiled barely perceptible. "Your initial guess was correct. Yong'an's target is indeed the Rainbow of the Valley. The reason he didn't act immediately after arriving at the Valley is probably because he didn't fully understand the situation there and didn't dare to act rashly."

"The event will take place two days later, during today's Heavenly God Competition. They intend to use the competition to weaken the power of the Hollow Valley Rainbow and then steal it."

Erhui couldn't hear a word he said: "Shi Xizheng, you have no right to speak here! Come, take Shi Xizheng out!"

A group of people came in from outside the conference room, but they were not the special police from the command center.

They have military badges on their shoulders, chests and hats.

They quickly dispersed, turned off all the holographic projectors, and the light in the office quickly dimmed.

While he was stunned for a moment, the leading officer had already stood in front of him.

"Mr. Ruan is a senior, so I don't need to say much, right? Please come with us."

Erhui's throat was a little dry: "What's the reason?"

"Master Ruan, this is boring." The other party's tone suddenly changed. "The concealment of intelligence prevented the United Army from immediately supporting Duozhu. Duozhu suffered heavy losses, and a large number of players were disqualified from the game. The Bishop of Duozhu is already shouting conspiracy theories that our country is responsible for, and threatening to use nuclear weapons. Master Ruan, is this reason enough?"

Erhui's gray eyebrows trembled uncontrollably, his finger pointed at Shi Xizheng, and then slowly slid to Yu Fengqiu who was next to Shi Xizheng.

"It was you...it was you who secretly reported me!"

Yu Fengqiu subconsciously glanced at Shi Xizheng before looking directly into Erhui's eyes: "Erhui, I'm only considering the interests of the country."

Erhui's old body, which had been trying to hold itself together, finally collapsed. However, he couldn't return to his chair; two soldiers quickly lifted him up and carried him out of the meeting room.

Before the leading officer followed out, he paused slightly behind Shi Xizheng.

"I hope President Shi Xizheng will not forget his original intention and will not let down the trust of the leaders."

"certainly."

After the people left, Yu Fengqiu could no longer hold on. He sat down on the chair next to him and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"In a moment..." He quickly changed his words, "President..."

Shi Xizheng smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I said Wei Gang's position is yours, it's yours."

"What about Team Leader Wei?"

"Don't waste time, let the presidents of each family connect."

-

The holographic image of the floating island has disappeared.

Blood trickled down from the platform where Yin Tian stood, staining the snow-white marble floor red. There was no body on the platform, but the cries of pain and the tragic scene were still etched in everyone's mind.

Yintian is completely offline.

Sensing the movement of the people around him, Sea Crocodile instinctively retreated. However, the cold weapon and the wall trapped him, leaving him with no way to escape.

"It's all Yintian's fault. It's all the work of the Duozhu Church. It has nothing to do with me. It has nothing to do with me..."

The dagger sank into his throat, and the unfinished words he spoke turned into blood foam when he coughed up.

"An Rou!" Ousi had no time to stop him and could only watch Hai Crocodile slide down the wall to the ground.

An Rou glanced back at him and said, "Don't you think that the current situation in Konggu is unforgivable for Hai Crocodile?"

"But...but he is the Lord of the Floating City, the highest NPC manager of the Valley!"

An Rou snorted and wiped the blood off the dagger with Sea Crocodile's clothes: "Is the game short of NPCs? If Sea Crocodile is gone, there will be another Sea Crocodile."

Before he finished speaking, the NPC in charge of counting behind Ao Yusi suddenly spoke up and said with a smile, "Hello, I am the Lord of the Floating City, Hai Crocodile, the supreme ruler of the Empty Valley."

This is not a performance, nor is it empty talk.

Because the favorability notification that popped up in front of Ousi clearly stated the other party's identity.

A brand new Sea Crocodile.

Crocodile shifted his gaze to An Rou.

An Rou asked, "Is there a church in Konggu?"

Sea Crocodile looked puzzled. "Church? There's no such organization in the Valley."

NPCs don't lie.

This is a brand new floating city lord who has no idea what the Duozhu Church is.

The plan of eliminating Duozhu and killing Haicrocodile has been successfully completed so far.

Ousi was still in a daze when he saw An Rou coming down from the platform. She looked up at him, but it felt like she was looking down at him.

"Oyus, although Duozhu has lost its top player, Mia, and half of its members, the remnants are still there. It's up to you to seize the opportunity to suppress and eliminate them. You can't... even do such a simple thing, right?"

Ousi swallowed his saliva involuntarily and did not dare to respond.

He is confident, but things are not limited to the online world, they also involve the offline world. It can even be said that the offline international conflicts are the fundamental factor that determines the online situation.

Therefore, he did not dare to give An Rou a yes.

An Rou didn't wait any longer and was surrounded by Paopao and four ghouls as she walked out of the castle.

This is all she can do. If Xiangyang Guild fails to seize the opportunity, it can only be said that both the real world and the Konggu camp are beyond help.

Ao Yusi looked at her back and finally remembered something: "Aren't you going to stay at Yong'an Farm?"

An Rou looked back and smiled: "In a few minutes, I guess you won't want me to stay."

Ao Yusi was confused until the group disappeared from his sight, then he suddenly realized the meaning of An Rou's words.

——It’s not over yet.

At this moment, a deep and long roar passed through the dome of the castle and the thick walls and reached his ears.

Floating City Square.

The Xiangyang Legion and the Duozhu Legion did not know what had happened in the castle, and neither dared to kill the other.

Five hundred people against two hundred people, the ground was covered with blood and it looked tragic, but the fight has not ended yet.

The ghoul's roar caused everyone to stop at the same time, and they looked towards the center of the square in shock.

That top-tier ghoul, of unparalleled size, had appeared there at some point, rearing up on its hind legs and raising its flat, broad body.

In comparison, the spire of the hollow tower in the center of the square looks like a thin needle.

The broad bone knife, which was a hundred meters long, slashed towards the top of the tower.

Colorful light burst out, like a gorgeous firework blooming.

The high-energy of the Valley Rainbow angered the ghoul, and it raised the bone knife high again and chopped with all its strength.

The rainbow in the valley burst out with extremely dazzling light, blinding everyone in an instant.

No one noticed as the group leisurely walked out of the castle gate.

An Rou walked in front, her pupils dilated. After connecting with her sudden wealth consciousness, her eyes were completely unaffected by the strong light.

Half of a rainbow fell from the sky, and the bone knife quickly reached down, crossed it, and held the rainbow firmly.

The elemental energy that erupted from the fracture blended into scorching hot air. Unlike the hot wind in the desert, this heat was filled with the wild breath of life, starting from the floating city and sinking all the way down.

Wherever he passed, flowers bloomed, wheat ripened, and the green grass eaten by cattle and sheep quickly sprouted tender green leaves. The NPCs who were anxious because of the competition among the gods were inexplicably calmed down.

Even the anger that An Rou had been unable to let go of dissipated invisibly.

She looked back at the ghouls.

Meng Ziyu is very skilled in disguising himself as a human, so it is hard to tell, but Zhang Dahe and the two ghoul employees are extremely obvious.

Even when they were disguised as players, hidden anger danced in the depths of their eyes, but now, after being baptized by the energy of the Rainbow of the Valley, that anger was gone.

Their eyes were more peaceful than ever before.

The rainbow in the valley really does have miraculous effects.

——An Rou had discovered it a long time ago.

When she connected with the consciousnesses of some of the NPCs in the Valley who had reached the required level of invisible favorability, she didn't hear their background noises. Returning to the farm, she connected with the consciousnesses of An Younian and Heng Bobao, but she didn't hear the phrase "It's so cold" again.

It is the energy of the rainbow in the valley that silently penetrates into the depths of their "souls" and warms them invisibly.

An Rou's goal in coming to the Hollow Valley was indeed the Hollow Valley Rainbow, but her initial reason was simple—to obtain something unique to the Hollow Valley. With this discovery, she became even more determined to obtain the Hollow Valley Rainbow.

Destroying the Duozhu Cult was both a goal and a process. While supporting the Duozhu Guild in the Celestial God Competition, she also used the competition to weaken the power of the Valley Rainbow.

Twenty thousand people frequently used their skills in a short period of time, and most of the players in the Valley of Desolation used elemental weapons, and they needed to collect elemental energy from the Rainbow of the Valley of Desolation at all times.

Her guess was right.

The reason the rainbow in the empty valley extinguishes at night is to nurture and replenish energy for the day. Simply put, the energy level in the rainbow is constant. If it is frequently consumed in a short period of time, the energy level will decrease, making it easier to cut into the wealth.

With this half rainbow, the farm residents will no longer be cold.

An Rou smiled and said consciously: [Bao Bao, you can go now.]

The sudden wealth sank into the ground, and the crossed bone knives, carrying the rainbow of the hollow valley, swam across half the square. The mere marble was like tofu before the bone knives, easily cut into two extremely long and deep grooves.

But he couldn't swim to the farm.

A figure fell from the sky and landed in front of him.

"The Rainbow in the Valley is a gift from God. You cannot take it away."

——It was Mia.

She didn't look at the rich man's face that had surfaced, but looked straight at An Rou who was walking towards her.

An Rou: "What if I insist on taking it away?"

Mia: "Unless you kill me."

An Rou curled her lips: "Bao Bao, eat her."

A dark abyss suddenly appeared at Mia's feet. She hurriedly grabbed an arrow, but the sudden wealth did not give her any time to react. The thick neck jumped out of the sea like a hunting killer whale.

"Mia!" A lung-piercing voice came from high above.

An Rou raised her eyes slightly and saw a group of white pigeons swooping down like a rain of arrows, and turned into black crows halfway.

But he was too late.

The abyss instantly swallowed Mia's figure and disappeared on the ground.

The elemental energy that spewed out of the crow's mouth created deep pits in the square, but it was of no use.

The flock of crows merged into the shape of a white dove. Perhaps because it did not transform back into a pigeon first, the white dove's clothes were pure black, and coupled with its anxious expression, it looked like a foreshadowing of its transformation into evil.

He yelled at An Rou: "Let her go!"

If An Rou didn't have Paopao by her side, Bai Ge would probably have attacked her immediately.

An Rou laughed, which startled Bai Ge.

Because her smile did not contain any malice, in fact, it revealed a kind of genuine happiness.

A dark crack appeared at the white dove's feet.

"Mia is waiting for you offline. Here's the address." An Rou walked forward and handed over a note.

The white dove didn't react.

"Don't want it? Then forget it." An Rou loosened her fingers and the note fell into the crack. "It's a pity that she was brave for me once."

The words were so clear, how could Bai Ge not understand? He chased the note and jumped into the crack without saying a word.

The cracks closed.

It’s no wonder that Bai Ge needed time to digest the matter. After all, he was kept in the dark about the plan reached by the three women from beginning to end.

He voluntarily logged off from the field and gave up the fight for the S-level ghoul, but Bai Ge once again expressed his feelings to Mia.

He originally thought Mia had killed the S-rank ghoul, but he suddenly discovered that Mia's name was missing from the third position on the Destiny List. Not only that, the ID of his beloved could not be found on the entire Destiny List.

Bai Ge hurried online. By then, Mia had been killed twenty times and was nowhere to be found. When he opened his eyes, he saw the SS-rank ghoul.

It is easy for the top super god to strangle the SS level.

As for the three women's plan, it was realized after Mia broke into the farm for the second time last night.

At that time, An Rou and Princess Ban Yue stabbed each other, and blood flowed all over their bodies. The fruit knife was not a weapon prop, so Princess Ban Yue was naturally not afraid of a small injury, but An Rou was not so good, so she immediately started drinking life potions.

After discovering that Mia had broken into the farm, An Rou drank the life potion and went to greet the guests with blood on her face.

The three of them each got what they needed.

An Rou wants the rainbow in the valley.

Princess Ban Yue wants money.

Mia wants freedom.

At the same time, the three of them also have the same goal: to destroy Duozhuism.

Let Xiangyang Guild win the God Competition and complete the deal reached between Princess Banyue and Oyus.

The twists and turns in the competition were designed to allow Mia to fulfill her responsibilities as a goddess in public. Finally, stopping An Rou from taking the Rainbow of the Valley was also a show to the end.

Otherwise, who knows whether the crazy people in the offline Duozhu Church will hunt her down to the ends of the earth.

Stripping off the skin of the number one player in Konggu, Mia is just an ordinary woman in reality.

After all, Yin Tian had to thank Mia, otherwise An Rou would have killed him as soon as they met, and would not have allowed him to say so much nonsense.

The harsh light in the square has dimmed.

In front of the castle, Xiangyang and Duozhu members witnessed the two super gods being devoured by ghouls, and they dared not act rashly.

An Rou squatted down and touched Bao Fu's big forehead, and whispered: "After eating so much, can I wake you up earlier?"

The rich man looked at her blankly, not even making the usual "grunt" sound.

"Boss, it's Ao Yusi." Paopao reminded.

An Rou looked up and saw Ousi rushing out of the castle in a panic, looking at the half-missing rainbow in the empty valley in a daze.

At this moment, I must have understood An Rou's last words: "...I guess you don't want me to stay."

An Rou smiled silently and said to Bao Fu, "Let's go, the fun here is over."

The crack opened again, swallowing her, Paopao, and the ghoul employees. In the blink of an eye, a temple rose from the ground, facing the castle in the distance.

Through Baofu's ears, An Rou heard Ao Yusi's furious roar: "What are you still standing there for? Chase! Chase the Rainbow of the Valley back!"

"Oyus sent people to chase us." An Rou smiled.

"What should we do? The whole sky is full of Xiangyang players!"

Paopao was shocked. "Why did this guy turn against us after getting the upper hand? Didn't we leave him half of the Rainbow of the Valley? Boss, it's daytime now. Brother Baofu can't use Night Walk or Fly..."

"Don't you have feet?"

An Rou walked out of the crack, stepped onto the farm land, and pointed at the towering statue.

"Baobao, cut it."

Two bone knives taller than the statue were raised, crossed into a cross again, and hung above the statue's head.

It truly became a guillotine on the god's neck.

The bone knife fell, flashing with a dazzling white light. In the blink of an eye, the bone knife was retracted.

The massive statue of the main deity, Duozhu, began to crumble from top to bottom, its head breaking into countless pieces that slowly slid off in all directions.

In a crack somewhere on the farm, two pairs of eyes looked up into the sky, witnessing this scene and unconsciously holding their breath.

Mia clenched the Sun-Pecking Bow, closed her eyes, and crystal tears hung under her thick eyelashes.

This goddess Duozhu, the goddess of war in the valley, has never been so fragile in appearance, but so brave in heart.

White Dove held her hand.

"Let's go. Wait for me, I'll come find you."

"Yeah." Mia answered in a barely audible voice, her tone gradually becoming firmer, "I'll wait for you."

The statue shattered into large pieces of golden meteorites and fell downwards.

Before landing, Baofu had already carried the farm on his back and moved to another location.

Golden meteorites smashed onto the white jade square one after another, with a continuous rumbling sound, and the entire floating city was shaking violently.

The Xiangyang Legion, which was already timid, suddenly fell into chaos. Everyone thought that the floating city was about to collapse, and they scattered in panic, looking for a way to survive.

Through the eyes of the rich, Anrou looked at the rolling rocks in the square. It turned out that the base of the statue had been completely buried.

Even if the square collapsed, it wouldn't take much effort to rebuild it with gold coins. I just don't know if Xiangyang will repair the deep crater created by the statue; after all, it's the mark of the fallen god.

An Rou suddenly narrowed her eyes and focused her attention on the nearest piece of gravel.

It's stone, not mud.

Not the dark brown dirt on the farm.

She cut off the connection with her consciousness, turned around and looked at the square, her eyelashes suddenly trembling.

The central pond no longer has the main deity statue, but a pure white stone statue has been added. It's much smaller, perhaps no more than 20 meters tall. Its arms are raised, its hands folded before its chest, palms facing upward. Its posture exudes a feminine grace and elegance, yet a dashing presence.

"What are you doing?!" An Rou activated the goose feather boots and ran forward.

"Well, I saw two broken legs in the pond, so I decided to recycle them...and we just happened to need a place to house the Hollow Valley Rainbow!"

Paopao hurriedly explained and called out again, "Brother Baofu!"

He forgot for a moment that after the rich soul went into hibernation, it could no longer communicate as before.

However, this time Bao Fu seemed to understand what he meant. He crossed the distance of dozens of meters with the bone knife and placed the Rainbow of the Valley on the overlapping hands of the "stone statue".

The white stone statue is dyed with some bright colors by the rainbow. Instead of looking superior, it looks kind and gentle.

The farm residents huddled in various buildings, looking at this scene through the glass, and one after another, they involuntarily opened the windows.

“So beautiful!”

Someone said this loudly, and everyone chimed in. However, due to the farmer's previous instructions, no one dared to leave the house and come closer to admire it.

An Rou frowned and scanned their faces one by one, then her gaze fell back on the stone statue's face. After a moment, her brows relaxed.

She noticed that the statue had no facial features.

The residents' eyes and tone did not reveal any religious worship; they were simply appreciating a beautiful thing.

This made An Rou breathe a sigh of relief, and she glared at Paopao fiercely.

"Don't act on your own in the future."

"……oh."

Paopao felt a little aggrieved, so his response was naturally perfunctory, and his eyes glanced around.

They glared at each other and suddenly pointed at the air: "Boss!"

A group of thermal boats appeared in the distance, a black mass, approaching rapidly.

The United Army has entered the valley!