Chapter 458 Broken Wheel of Destiny
It was only a few seconds from the time the golden coffin shook and the flames went out to the collector's death.
As the collector's body fell, the 231 members of the Xu family who should have died more than 20 years ago finally found eternal peace at this moment.
Everything happened so fast.
It was so over that before Xu Zhiyan could recover from that complicated look, it was already over.
Relief, relief, joy, and peace.
He didn't know who looked at him for the last time through Xu Yan's body, but he truly felt the blood relationship conveyed by it.
His eyes felt a little sore and Xu Zhiyan inexplicably wanted to cry.
He knelt on the ground exhausted, watching the Collector's body decay bit by bit, until not even the last trace of the Mimic could be found, and it eventually turned into a white skeleton, just like the other 230 corpses.
Xu Zhiyan tilted his head back, closed his eyes, and remained silent.
It turns out that he was once loved by his family.
The belated truth heals the pain of childhood.
The high walls collapsed, leaving only broken walls and ruins, and the golden ground also crumbled and turned into pieces of gold.
The Collector died thoroughly, and the level fell apart.
The audience in the live broadcast room did not expect the situation to be so ups and downs, and they were filled with emotion.
[I thought Xiaowanmei was related to the collector, but I didn’t expect it to be like this…]
[Collectors should be damned!!!]
[The Xu family, so the Xu family is the one that once existed in the world——]
【More than 200 people died.】
[I cried after watching this. I really didn’t expect that they would choose death. ]
[If even one of these two hundred people is afraid and compromises with the Mimic, things will be delayed again and again...]
Most people are still sighing, but some have realized the new problems.
[Wow, how is Jiang Huaique's sister doing? ]
[What's your sister's name... Jiang Huaiyan? ]
Time is running out and the countdown continues.
Even though Xu Zhiyan had just learned about his relatives' affairs, there were more important things to do right now, and time did not allow him to dwell on the past.
There were still fragments of the used memory release module on the palm of his hand.
Now that he had come to his senses, he had time to recall the details of what had just happened.
Wait, so how did the ghosts deliver the things to him...
Xu Zhiyan's heart tightened and he reached out to touch his chest.
The pendant pressed against his skin was icy cold, as if it had no temperature. Although there was no communication, he could feel that the ghost's consciousness was blocked even more deeply, but the blood vessels tightly wrapped around his heart did not change at all.
There are no more slices of ghosts and gods in the game. He has no container to descend into and can only be forced to consume his power and restrict himself to deeper rules.
The disadvantages of being forced to turn on the memory module became apparent.
Right now, unless there are new slices that can accept ghosts and gods, it will be difficult to wake Him up again.
Xu Zhiyan exhaled and forced himself to calm down.
The consumption of Horn's consciousness had always been in the plan, and what happened now was just an expected thing. However, the strength of the Collector was beyond imagination. Even if he had made all the plans, this battle would still be difficult.
But now that he has come this far, even if the ghosts and gods are blocked earlier than expected, he can no longer retreat.
The wound on the calf did not heal because of the end of the level. The curse of the dead still existed. After just a short while, blood flowed all over the ground again and gathered into a small pool of blood.
Just as Xu Zhiyan was supporting himself on the ground with his hands, planning to wait a while before standing up again, a hand appeared in front of him.
"Are you feeling better?"
It's rare for Jiang Huai Que to speak so gently.
Xu Zhiyan was stunned for a moment, looking at the seven or eight bloody holes on the other person's body that were still bleeding. He nodded, put his hand on the other person's hand, and used the force to stand up.
"Still alive, and looks better than you."
The movement pulled at the wound, and although the exoskeleton ensured smooth movements, the pain of having his flesh pierced after he recovered made him grit his teeth.
This is the truth. Apart from the leg injury, Xu Zhiyan's other parts are relatively intact. Jiang Huaique has always been on the front line of the battle. In order to protect Yu Xiu, he even blocked the attack of the bone sword for the other party.
Although being cursed once every three times of being injured may not sound terrible, the Collector's attack speed with eight kinds of power bonuses is no different from that of an afterimage. Even though Jiang Huaique has superb combat skills, he is still suppressed in the face of absolute strength.
"...I don't think you're any better."
The veins on Jiang Huai'er's forehead were throbbing, but he endured it and didn't hit the other person on the head.
However, Xu Zhiyan's irrelevant and teasing words effectively diluted the heavy atmosphere that had just accumulated.
The two slightly embarrassed men looked at each other and looked at the wooden cage built by Dou Hongshan at the same time.
Still alive...
By some strange coincidence, Jiang Huaique's sister is still alive.
When the two of them got closer, Yu Xiu moved his eyes away from the crack in the wood. His expression was a little hesitant, and he moved his mouth but couldn't say anything.
Dou Hongshan, on the other hand, spoke directly.
"Good news, your sister is not dead."
"Bad news. After the collector died, she calmed down briefly, but then she started to attack indiscriminately again."
But now it's much better than before.
At the beginning, Sister Jiang was controlled and entered a frenzy mode. Her fighting power was extremely high. She and Yu Xiu were completely unable to resist. Now she has recovered a lot. Although she is still in an attacking state, she is no longer so crazy.
She didn't look at Jiang Huaique, but looked at Xu Zhiyan and asked, "Do you want to let her out?"
If she wanted to keep trapping people here, she would have to use up her last control skill. She had reported all her skills before entering the dungeon.
Xu Zhiyan turned his head and his eyes fell on Jiang Huaique's face.
"Why not just leave it like this for now."
The monsters in the safe house outside the four gates of the level have finished the battle and are waiting obediently. If Sister Jiang tears open the wooden prison in the end, the monsters can stop her.
It was already a pleasant surprise that Sister Jiang's life could be saved without doing anything.
Jiang Huaique nodded without hesitation.
God knows how happy he was when he found out his sister was still alive.
As long as the person is still alive, when the copy is over, my sister may be able to return to human form...
There was no dispute, and after making the decision, the few of them stayed where they were to rest.
The tree prison has grown into a towering tree with luxuriant branches and leaves. The monsters that had finished their work outside the door started to get busy again inside. They took sacks and took away all the gold scraps scattered all over the ground around the checkpoint, not even a piece as big as a fingernail.
But when the few people who had spent money to change their fate gathered together to treat their injuries, they found that the situation seemed not good.
The curse of the bone sword could not be removed, and Dou Hongshan became the only intact player on the field. Yu Xiu's injuries were not serious. With the protection of Jiang Huai Que and his own barrier, he was injured but could still handle it.
The other two were in a more miserable state.
A vile curse corrodes the body.
Xu Zhiyan's leg injury cannot heal.
Jiang Huai Que had many wounds, eight in total, large and small. The one on his chest was the most fatal. The wound was as big as a fist and close to his heart. The amount of bleeding was huge and could not be stopped. As a result, his overall condition deteriorated sharply and became increasingly serious. If it weren't for his special physique, he would probably be dead now.
The shadow of death shattered, Jiang Huaique returned the Supreme Scepter to Yu Xiu, and took over the cane bone sword himself.
"nice one."
Even though he was stabbed by the bone sword, he still exclaimed in amazement when he got the thing in his hand.
After looking at it for a while, he threw the thing back into Xu Zhiyan's hand and said, "It's too light. It doesn't have any weight to hold. It's not suitable for a weakling like you." After that, he changed to a new weapon. It was also a sickle, but its attack power was slightly lower than that of the Shadow of Death.
Xu Zhiyan did not respond.
He knew what Jiang Huai was thinking.
The opponent is currently the most seriously injured person on the field, and at this rate of blood loss, even if there is no battle, as long as it drags on for a few hours, Jiang Huaique will lose all his combat effectiveness and die of blood loss.
Instead of giving a 3S-level weapon to a half-disabled person, it is better to leave it to your teammates to save their lives.
"...If you talk nicely, you'll die, right?"
Xu Zhiyan muttered softly and put away the bone sword.
There's no time.
If this goes on any longer, both Jiang Huaique and he will bleed to death.
Although the Collector is dead, the curse is just beginning to take effect. The longer it is delayed, the worse the overall combat effectiveness will be.
Just before the few people were about to leave, a loud noise came from the tree prison. After a "bang", a hand stretched out from the gap in the wood.
The low, hoarse roar was mixed with mumbling words. After listening for a while, the few people realized that it was calling a name.
"... Sophora japonica... Jiang Huai Partridge..."
"... Jiang... Huai Que."
Without the Collector's control, even though she was turned into a puppet with only combat consciousness left, Sister Jiang still recognized her brother's voice.
Looking at the wooden cage that was torn open and kept breaking into pieces, Dou Hongshan's expression froze and he turned to look at Xu Zhiyan.
The other party just waved at her and said nothing.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the four held their breath and watched Sister Jiang crawl out of the wooden prison.
After the battle, her body has shown various parts that are different from humans, especially her legs, which are covered with dark green scales and have nothing to do with humans at all.
Each of her steps was heavy and slow.
The eyes in the eye sockets did not seem to be original either, with only the whites of the eyes remaining and slightly bulging, and traces of stitches still remaining on the cheeks.
Yu Xiu was extremely nervous. He had not been this nervous when facing the Collector. If it was just another monster, he would have attacked without hesitation, but this monster happened to be Jiang Huai Que's sister. He had to concentrate and be ready to launch a defensive barrier at any time.
One step, two steps, three steps...
Jiang Huai Que just stood there in a daze, almost forgetting to breathe.
He watched in silence as his unrecognizable sister walked towards him, unable to do anything.
Finally, Sister Jiang walked in front of everyone.
Her hand, which had turned into a sharp claw, pressed on the wound on her brother's chest, and her lips were moving as she said something, but the voice was too muddy to be heard clearly.
After a while, Xu Zhiyan finally heard a few words from the chaos.
'Stupid, idiot.'
"Who asked you to avenge me?"
The finger split in the middle, revealing flesh-colored tumors protruding from the alien skin, with long, thin white tissues that did not belong to humans appearing like tentacles inside.
Xu Zhiyan was tense, sweat was oozing from Yu Xiu's forehead, and Dou Hongshan was also ready to fight at any time.
Only Jiang Huaique did not move. He let the creeping things pierce the skin near the wound, and then suddenly tightened. He felt an intense and vivid pain. He lowered his head and found that the wound near his heart had been sutured by his sister in a primitive and weird way.
The bleeding from the most serious wound was stopped just like that.
The next second, Sister Jiang fell to the ground, and there was no human sound coming out of her mouth, only beast-like roars. But despite this, she did not hurt anyone again.
As a result of the chain reaction of memory modules, a brief shock of consciousness made her remember her important relatives.
Jiang Huaique raised his hand in a daze and pressed it on the wound that was aching slightly but no longer bleeding. His vision gradually became blurred.
He never thought that his sister would still recognize him now.
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