Chapter 157: Game Over (Updated)

The Destroyer laughed and said, "Why, are you soft-hearted?"

The priest merchant lightly kicked Jiang Xuan at his feet, and Jiang Xuan immediately jumped up and ran to the side.

Even with the Sword of Courage, the gap in physical fitness could not be made up. The World Destroyer was the best at fighting and was in the best condition. As for Jiang Yan, she really did not have the "courage" to fight against him.

Useless fight, she thought.

She tripped over the Destroyer and fell to the ground, with a knife flying towards her neck. She thought she was really finished. She looked at the priest merchant floating in the air in silence, but the other party suddenly appeared in front of her and blocked the attack.

"Don't worry, I know she will save you." While fending off the attack from the Priest Merchant, the Destroyer secretly communicated with her.

She looked back at the Destroyer who was smiling at the Priest Merchant. She didn't believe that the other party's murderous intention was real at that time. Even if he forced the Priest Merchant to take action, it would be too much.

A Lian held Liang Ji in his arms and looked at this side from afar on the grass in the distance.

Jiang Yan decided to move away from the battlefield and towards A-Lian.

The priest merchant knew that she had given Liang Ji a drug that made him fake his death, and he couldn't help but be distracted. At this moment, a figure flashed beside A Lian, and slashed at the two of them with a long and broad sword, the blade reflecting a dazzling light in the sun.

【Throat-sealing knife: One knife cuts the throat, easy.】

The corresponding effect instantly popped up in the mind of the priest merchant. He fended off the attack of the Destroyer and hurriedly prepared to provide support, but was stopped by the Destroyer.

"What's the hurry? You must have taken precautions before leaving them there."

That is also limited.

The priest merchant was so angry that he finally drew his weapon, a plasma chainsaw, and slashed at the Destroyer without mercy.

The Destroyer dodged with a smile, "You are finally serious."

On the other side, a transparent barrier appeared and blocked the knife.

Su Yunling, holding the knife, tilted his head, blue data streams appeared in his eyes, analyzing the props on the opposite side.

This is the prop provided to her by Lin Xiafang. It is very suitable for her own [Data Incarnation]. It is with it that she can avoid the attacks of the priest merchant.

[Absolute Defense: Defend against three fatal attacks.]

I see.

She swung her sword twice more, breaking her defense, and Jiang Qian also rushed to her.

Seeing Jiang Yan holding a sword in front of A-Lian, Su Yunling said calmly: "You don't want to pass the level? This is not the real world, what does the death of one or two consciousness incarnations matter?"

After all, A-Lian had just spoken up for him in front of the priest merchant. Jiang Qian said, "It's no use even if you kill A-Lian."

Su Yunling said: "If you let her put down the person in her arms, I won't kill her."

A-Lian couldn't let go of Liu Liu. Instead, he hugged her tighter and said warily, "Jiang Yan, are you in the same group with them? Why are you targeting Liu Liu?"

Really weak and clueless. Jiang Yan turned her head to look at her, then looked at Liang Ji who was sleeping with half of his body missing due to amnesia, and sighed, holding the sword towards Su Yunling, clearly wanting to protect them.

She didn't like bullying the weak, nor did she have the obsession to pass the level, so it would be nice to just stop here and go fight Ji Chengyuan.

If you want freedom, you can't give in to other factors and give up what you want to do. What kind of freedom is that? She thought.

"You came here to fulfill a wish, didn't you?" Su Yunling rushed forward and swung a fierce knife, "Are you giving up halfway?"

The collision of swords made a loud metallic sound. Jiang Qian's hands were numb from the shaking and her body was unable to adjust in time and accurately. However, Su Yunling was able to adjust her state in the first time without any emotion.

Jiang Yan noticed the gap between them and did not answer Su Yunling's words, but just focused on fighting back.

The sound of collision continued. Looking at Su Yunling's expressionless face, Jiang Qian gradually immersed herself in the battle.

Stripped of the demonic powers and physical fitness she had brought from her mother's womb, only what she considered to be a weak spirit remained. Here she was fighting for others, well, she could only even be considered half human.

What a strange experience.

Jiang Xuan's hands felt more and more sore, but her mood became more and more cheerful. Her body seemed to have broken through a critical point, and she suddenly felt that the sword in her hand was extremely light.

With a clang, the knife in Su Yunling's hand was knocked away and fell on the grass.

Jiang Yan pointed the tip of his sword at the opponent's fragile neck. He was sweating all over, but his spirits were high. "I won."

"You won," Su Yunling didn't care about winning or losing, and looked aside, "You also lost."

Jiang Qian turned her head and saw that A Lian had already taken Liu Liu to the battlefield where the priest merchant was. Obviously, that was the safe place she thought.

In theory, it wasn't a wrong decision.

"Is this your first time protecting someone? You were completely immersed in the battle." Su Yunling said calmly.

Jiang Yan looked at the two-meter-tall stuffed bear doll that appeared in front of A-Lian, and raised her big hand to slap it downwards. She had no doubt that the palm would smash both of them to pieces.

At the critical moment, the priest merchant arrived in time, grabbed its hand, and then kicked it away.

Why not use the chainsaw? Jiang Yan thought for a moment and remembered that Lin Xia was Wu Li's lost toy, and the priest merchant was also Wu Li, so he had some feelings for it. The relationship here is really a mess...

Even though the priest merchant blocked Lin Xia's furry bear paw, the two seemed to be choked by something, and A Lian lowered his head and sneezed.

poison?

Seeing that Jiang Yan looked normal and even somewhat interested in watching everything that was happening over there, Su Yunling said, "You don't seem to care whether A-Lian will die in the end."

"It's not my fault. I've done everything I should and wanted to do." Jiang Qian made a sword flower with a relaxed look. "What about you? Have you finished what you wanted to do?"

Su Yunling picked up the knife on the grass next to her, looked over there and said, "I have one last thing to do."

The figure disappeared.

Jiang Yan looked towards where the crowd was gathering.

If Su Yunling had used flash just now, she would not have been able to defeat her or save A Lian.

I let Allen and the others run away on purpose.

It's really troublesome to do things...

There should be nothing for her to do, so Jiang Qian didn't plan to get close to see what was happening over there, lest the priest merchant make her fight again.

She could just use her spiritual sense to peek.

Lin Xia didn't seem to be approaching to attack, but to sprinkle some kind of powder. A-Lian was choked, while Liang Ji...

woke up? !

Jiang Yan was shocked to see Liang Ji slowly opening his eyes.

Seeing his daughter wake up from the state of suspended animation and deep sleep, the priest merchant was also shocked for a moment. His first reaction was not surprise, but anger. He said to the Destroyer, "Do you have to do this?"

The Destroyer stood aside with his arms crossed, and said helplessly, "Time waits for no one."

"...Don't blame her." Liang Ji, who had just woken up, immediately understood the current situation and said with a pale face, "I proposed this plan."

"I offered to use myself as a bargaining chip, but I didn't do it for everyone. I selfishly wanted to test my weight in my mother's heart..."

The priest merchant frowned as he looked at the face that looked similar to his own. In the end, he still couldn't bring himself to rebuke him. He just said coldly, "Why, is it because I didn't treat you well enough that you are in such a hurry to go..."

The words she hadn't finished were cut off by the boy who suddenly pounced on her. She hugged the boy's too thin body back and was speechless for a moment.

She suddenly recalled the excitement she felt when they first met. At that time, she was walking around the floors according to her assigned duties, looking for customers to sell goods, and using the banner of a priest merchant.

In the ruins of a forgotten city, she first picked up her younger self.

She thought: She will definitely protect her.

"I'm sorry... Mom..." The boy whispered in her ear, "I hope we both have a tomorrow."

The weak force held her tightly and she did not struggle.

A cold and stinging sensation was felt, and a sharp long knife stabbed into the priest merchant's back and came out from behind Yu Liangji, piercing both of their bodies at the same time.

Feeling the trembling of the young man in her arms, the priest merchant frowned slightly, "You are showing off." She transferred her power into the other's body to help him block the pain.

Looking at the boy's pleading eyes, she said softly, like a sigh, "I understand, if that is your wish."

After receiving the answer, Liang Ji slowly closed her eyes. Ever since her lower body disappeared due to amnesia, her body has become so light that even a boy of the same age can easily hold her up. On the contrary, her soul is very heavy. At this moment, she felt that her soul gradually became erratic and light.

Did she have a soul? She wondered vaguely, maybe it just meant that her consciousness had returned to its original form.

Jiang Yan was surprised to see Su Yunling sneak attack with a knife, piercing the priest merchant and Liang Ji at the same time.

Seeing the Destroyer fall to the ground due to poisoning, Lin Xia smashed the Destroyer's heart, and Jiang Qian was shocked again.

In the arms of the bear doll, the Destroyer's face turned purple-blue from poison.

With his consciousness slowly repairing his body, the Destroyer looked at Lin Xia and said, "I'm sorry, Xiao Xia, I forgot to take you with me that year."

The bear puppet's expression remained unchanged. It looked down at the human in its arms, and its cotton-like voice seemed heavy as if it had been soaked in water. "I never blamed you, Master. I'm very happy to see you again."

"I'm still very sorry, but it's no use saying it now..." The Destroyer sighed softly and said with all his strength, "Can you help me check the time?"

Lin Xia held her hand, looked at her watch, and said, "There are still thirty seconds until nine o'clock."

…

There are still thirty seconds left. I don’t know if I will make it in time.

Finally, he found the key information among a pile of memory fragments in the cave. Ji Weihang sat down on the spot, closed his eyes and began to absorb energy.

If the "dark energy" on the sixty-sixth floor is ten times denser than that on other floors, then the "dark energy" here is a hundred times denser than that on the sixty-sixth floor. This seems to be the exit of the "dark energy".

Breaking the seal here will have a hundred times stronger effect than outside.

Her body was like a whirlpool, attracting the energy around her to rush in crazily. The darkness around her dissipated gradually, and was filled with the sudden darkness again.

The python next to her rubbed against the energy, and its shrunken body couldn't help but change back to its original size. The python wrapped itself around her body, almost burying her, and accidentally rubbed against her body. Sensing that the human body had become touchable, the python stared at her and thought for a moment, but still didn't move its mouth. It closed its eyes and absorbed the energy to strengthen itself.

Twenty seconds later, she opened her eyes, and her originally red eyes were faintly flashing with a hazy silver-white light.

The seal has been broken.

The python, which was dizzy from absorbing energy, jumped out of the crack with five seconds left.

Feeling the powerful pressure from her, the giants and tigers who were absorbing the dissipated energy retreated silently.

Due to her movements, the python's body flew up and down. It was full and sleepy, so it barely opened its eyes and looked around, then shrank its body and wrapped itself around her hand again.

She did not move it.

When the watch reached nine o'clock, she pressed □□.

layer

Jiang Qian heard nine consecutive rumbling sounds coming from the sky.

A long black crack appeared in the blue sky, almost running through the entire sky. As the crack grew larger, the foggy darkness was like a black ocean pouring down, swallowing up the green under the clear summer sky in the blink of an eye.

"..." Jiang Yan suddenly said, "One five-colored stone is not enough."

She looked around, and the Destroyer finally touched Lin Xia's furry hand and closed her eyes.

The priest merchant held Lin Xia's body and had no reaction to the outside world.

Su Yunling did react. She walked forward and ruthlessly pulled out the knife that pierced the two men's throats. No one knew where she put it.

Meeting Jiang Yan's condemning gaze, Su Yunling opened her mouth expressionlessly and said, "I will win next time."

Jiang Yan: ...? You are so persistent.

The darkness in the distance surged towards them. Jiang Yan saw that the thick black ocean had already swallowed up the fighting dolls and humans below. She couldn't help but take a few steps in the direction of the priest merchant.

She really hates black!

However, her speed was not as fast as the spread of the dark ocean.

Darkness was approaching in an instant.

When she was swallowed by the darkness, the spiritual consciousness floating behind her became her only eyes and ears.

"I don't want to save everyone, I just want to save my daughter..."

"It will lead you to death."

In the doomsday scene of the world collapsing, the mother held her silent daughter in her arms, her voice low and ethereal.

They held each other until the world ended.

When all vision was replaced by darkness, Jiang Qian felt an irresistible force sweeping up her body and pushing her under the waves. Although she did not feel choked or suffocated, the endless darkness made her feel uncomfortable.

Why can’t I pass the level yet?

As she was thinking this, she suddenly heard a familiar voice: "Jiang Yan?"

Huh? Was it hallucination? Before she could react, she felt someone grab her collar and drag her out of the dark ocean.

Seeing Ji Weihang, whose aura could not be concealed and whose red eyes emitted a strange silver light, Jiang Xuan subconsciously said, "You got promoted secretly?" Then she realized that she shouldn't say this now, "...Thanks."

She looked down and saw the dark ocean spreading to all corners. They floated above the darkness. After a moment, the black faded into nothingness and paleness. All mental illusions disappeared and they were in a space filled with faint white light.

The air around was filled with a lot of white light and a few colorful light spots.

Looking closely, the colorful spots of light are memory images, and the white light is besieging and devouring them.

"Where is this? The real world after the world is destroyed? It doesn't look like it." Jiang Xuan looked up and down. There was nothing but light here, no other things or other people. "Where are the other people?"

Ji Weihang said: "They passed the level."

Jiang Yan said, "Ah, there are only two of us?" She was a little surprised, "Why didn't you rescue others if you could rescue me?"

Ji Weihang glanced at her and said, "Others who were touched by the darkness disappeared, but you are the only one floating in the black sea."

She groaned and said complacently, "It seems that I am a genius like you."

Everyone else disappeared, and only she and Ji Weihang were left. Doesn't that mean that she and Ji Weihang are of the same kind to some extent?

Hey, look down on all the women.

Ignoring her, Ji Weihang glanced at the python bracelet wrapped around his hand. For some reason, it did not disappear, but just stopped moving, as if it had fallen into a deep sleep.

"What should we do now?" Jiang Yan said idly, "Wait forever?"

Ji Weihang pushed her and she floated away as if in water, "Stay away from me."

Ji Weihang guided and absorbed the white light in the spiritual space, which should be the true form of "dark energy".

Compared with Wu Li's memory scenes, her attraction was greater. The white lights gave up Wu Li's memory without hesitation, rushed towards her and entered her body.

As the white light disappeared, colorful spots of light quietly emerged in the spiritual space, and the space became brighter and brighter, and the colors became darker and darker.

As the spiritual space was gradually filled with colors, a prompt popped up in front of Ji Weihang's eyes:

[The game mission "Protect Wu Li from Death" has been completed. ]

Jiang Yan also saw the prompt and said, "Mission accomplished."

Countless cracks appeared in the colorful space before their eyes, and countless familiar white lights shot out from behind the cracks.

When the space shattered and the white light dissipated, green mountains and forests came into view, the chirping of insects and birds reached the ears, and the familiar concentration of spiritual energy soothed the body.

[The multiplayer game "Doomsday Blocks" has ended. 】

【Congratulations on clearing the level. 】

——

"The Admiral's mental strength is steadily increasing and recovering."

"She'll be awake soon."

"Go and notify the family."

"And... the people who planned it."

“…”

Wu Li vaguely heard someone talking in her ear, but she found it difficult to make out the meaning, and she was too tired to try. The sleepiness and fatigue pulled her into a sweet, undisturbed and peaceful dream.

When she replenished her energy in her sleep and opened her eyes refreshed, she found that she was not lying in the familiar bedroom, but in... a place that seemed to be borrowed from the hospital for a strange ritual.

There are strange patterns painted on the ceiling.

What? Feudal superstition is prohibited.

She tried to stand up with a somersault, but her body would not obey her and she just moved lazily.

What's going on? She can't control her body?

Her slight movement startled the woman lying on the bed. The woman looked up and opened her eyes. Seeing her rolling her eyes in thought, she paused for a moment and reached for the service bell beside the bed with a trembling hand.

A few seconds later, a group of people hurriedly walked into the ward. Several medical staff in white coats asked the woman to make way, and then they surrounded Wu Li and busied themselves around her, pinching this and that, drawing a few tubes of blood, and then put a talisman on her body.

What is that? Wu Li was confused, but she soon felt a warm current rushing into her body to nourish it.

When the talisman turned into ashes and dissipated, she was able to move.

It turns out to be good stuff.

"Ms. Wu, the project manager will be here soon." The medical staff packed up and said to the woman standing nearby, "You two... hurry up and have a chat."

They walked out the door and closed it considerately.

"Well...Mom, Mom." Wu Li leaned on the half-bed propped up by the medical staff, looking at the woman who stood beside him like a stone, and spoke awkwardly.

"...I'm here." The woman finally believed that this was not a dream. She walked closer and held her hand, tears suddenly falling. "I'm here."

Looking at his mother who was crying, Wu Li hesitantly raised his other hand and held his mother's trembling hand, saying in a dry voice, "I'm back."

Memories gradually emerged. She remembered that she and her companions went to behead the Insect King. When the Insect King died and the Zerg was in chaos, and they were about to leave, a silver-white object suddenly rushed out and rushed into her mind. She only heard a scream from her companion, and then she lost consciousness.

"It seems that the Insect King attacked me from behind." Wu Li said slowly. She thought of her companions and asked, "Mom, how are the others? Have I been unconscious for a long time? What day is it now?"

Wu Liang looked at his daughter and answered them one by one: "You protected them very well. They are all fine. They brought you back successfully. It has been exactly one year since you were in a coma. It is now June 6th."

June 6th is his mother's birthday. Wu Li thought of the sixty-six layers of building blocks he had forcibly built in his dream, and couldn't help laughing: "Mom, you don't know what I did in my dream..."

Wu Liang looked at his daughter's clueless face, cut her off, and said seriously, "Time is running out, I have something to tell you. In order to help you wake up, I made a deal with some people, which will make you less free, and you won't be able to see me for a long time. But I believe you can adapt to it all."

“What…?” Wu Li was a little confused. She vaguely felt that a lot had changed in the alliance during the twelve months she was in a coma.

"I have asked someone to send Anda and Li Zi there. You can see them when you go over there. A Lian is also there. When you see her, she will tell you everything." Wu Liang did not answer her question and explained quickly.

Time is running out. They will take her away soon.

"Sorry to disturb your mother and son reunion." Just then, someone knocked on the door twice casually and walked in.

The short-haired woman in the strange silver-white robe looked at Wu Li's condition and said, "It seems that General Wu Li has recovered well.

"We have awakened Admiral Wu Li as promised. Then, according to the contract, Wu Li is one of us who will be 'one and the same for eternity.'"

Wu Liang's hands trembled slightly, but his voice remained the same: "We will certainly not break our promise."

The woman smiled and said, "Why are you so scared of me? It's like I'm a bad person."

Wu Li held her mother's trembling hand to comfort her, and she examined the woman's appearance.

It was not strong, and its mental strength was not intimidating. What was special was that the material of the robe was like moonlight, emitting a moving soft glow. She felt that it could block any attack. This was not the technology of the Galactic Alliance.

I can't see anything that the mother should be afraid of.

However, the other person's face seemed strangely familiar.

"Who are you?"

The woman in the silver robe smiled, and with a little bit of light she wrote out two characters with complicated strokes, stroke by stroke.

"I'm Ying Huan, the chief researcher of Wanshi Tongchen."

"And your future boss."