"Final solution...otherwise...the stripping process...is about to begin!!!"
The piercing alarm from System 088, on the verge of collapse, exploded wildly in Su Nian's mind like a final death knell! Every word carried the static of electricity and the trembling of despair!
The final solution? What did she know about any final solution?! The system had never mentioned it! Was it that the system itself was unaware of it, or that this so-called solution would require her to pay a price she couldn't bear?!
Before her were Xie Chen's eyes, a mixture of gold and ink, filled with chaos, pain, and a frenzied possessiveness. His scalding breath burned her skin, and his words, "Never think of leaving again," bound her tightly like iron chains.
Behind her was an invisible "high-dimensional lock" from Gu Lin (or rather, the Main God Space), like a red dot on a scope, firmly fixed on her soul's coordinates! The "stripped" shadow, like the maw of a giant beast, was about to devour her!
Wolves in front, tigers behind! A desperate situation! A truly desperate situation with no way out!
Under extreme fear and oppression, Su Nian's mind went into a strange blank. All the calculations, all the pretense, all the hesitations, all became meaningless at this moment.
The instinct to survive overwhelmed everything!
Just as the golden light in Xie Chen's eyes was about to completely overwhelm the darkness, and the indifference and majesty of the "god" were about to be fully revealed; just as the system alarm in her mind shone at its most piercing point, as if her consciousness would be "stripped" and torn apart in the next second—
Su Nian made a move that was completely unexpected, contrary to her instincts, and even beyond her own comprehension!
She did not struggle, did not back down, and did not try to explain or beg for mercy.
Instead, she met his imposing body head-on, slightly tiptoed, stretched out her arms, and with an almost pious yet desperate and resolute posture, took the initiative to hug his tense and trembling waist!
Then, she pressed her cheek tightly against his chest, which was heaving violently and his heart was pounding like a drum!
This embrace is devoid of lust or calculation. It is like a drowning person clinging to the only piece of driftwood, a traveler lost in boundless darkness instinctively drawn to the only source of light (even if that light itself is fraught with danger), and even more so, a silent, complete surrender and submission!
She gave up all resistance, dropped all her defenses, and completely exposed her most vulnerable side to him (and the terrifying presence within him)!
"..."
Time seemed to freeze at that moment.
Xie Chen's pupils, which were about to be completely swallowed by the gold, suddenly contracted! The golden light and the dark color that were flashing wildly and fighting fiercely in his eyes suddenly stopped as if a pause button had been pressed!
The cold, merciless pressure emanating from the "fragment of the god" seemed to encounter some incomprehensible, unexplainable paradox when it came into contact with her unreserved, trembling embrace, resulting in an extremely brief pause and...confusion.
Her warm tears silently soaked the fabric of his shirt. The slight dampness and scalding temperature were like a drop of water falling into boiling oil, stirring up a violent and unexpected reaction deep within his chaotic and violent consciousness!
"Buzz—"
A resonance far clearer and stronger than ever before erupted like a torrent finding an outlet, through that long-existing but hidden "deep empathic connection"!
It is not a one-sided exploration, nor a passive acceptance, but a two-way, intense oscillation and fusion!
Su Nian felt as if her soul had been pulled out of her body at this moment, and violently collided and intertwined with another painful, chaotic, yet incredibly familiar fragment of her soul!
Countless, clearer, and more turbulent fragments of memory flooded uncontrollably into her mind—
It's no longer the perspective of an observer, but... the feelings of someone who experienced it firsthand!
It was the image of the young boy curled up beside his mother's cold body, filled with utter despair and helplessness...
It was the tearing pain and sense of confinement when that golden fragment was pierced into my soul...
It is that unyielding obsession, searching for a certain vague figure, that persists through countless cycles of reincarnation...
It was that indescribable stirring and confirmation deep within my soul every time I got close to her…
And then there's... the hidden extraction and utilization of her energy as the "anchor" beneath System 088's cold commands...
At the same time, Xie Chen (or rather, the fiercely struggling consciousness within him) also sensed it through this seamless connection—
It was the resentment and bewilderment she felt when she suddenly died in front of her computer before she transmigrated...
It was the despair she felt when she bound herself to the system, a despair that seemed voluntary but was actually a sign of having nowhere else to go...
It was the loneliness and fear that she couldn't shake off deep inside as she traveled through the world, playing the roles of others...
It was the complex emotion she felt when she faced him—a mixture of duty, sympathy, fear, and a subtle attraction that she herself was unaware of…
And... the true meaning of System 088's "final solution" is not some kind of attack or defense skill, but rather, in a desperate situation, actively giving up resistance, completely opening one's soul, and establishing the deepest level of primordial resonance with the "target," a resonance that transcends the control authority of the main god space!
"ah--!!!"
Xie Chen suddenly threw his head back and let out a long howl! The howl was no longer just about pain, but was also filled with endless anger, sudden realization, and a kind of... violent catharsis as if he had broken free from some invisible shackles!
The golden light that had been dominating in his eyes, under the impact of this resonance originating from the very source of his soul, was like ice and snow thrown into a raging fire, violently fluctuating and twisting, and then... beginning to retreat! The absolute majesty and indifference belonging to the "god" was submerged by a more turbulent, more primal, and more domineering emotion—a possessiveness belonging to "Xie Chen," obsessive, frenzied, and unquestionable. But at this moment, this possessiveness was strangely mixed with... a sense of confirmation and protection that was almost terrifying, as if something had been lost and then regained!
He took the initiative, holding Su Nian tightly with a force that almost broke her bones! It was as if he wanted to completely meld her into his own bones and blood, to become one with her, never to be separated again!
"It's you...it really is you..." He buried his face in the crook of her neck, his voice hoarse and broken, trembling with a sob, repeating this confirmation that transcended countless barriers of time and space, "I found you...finally..."
Just then—
"Warning! Warning! High-dimensional lock failure!"
"Anchor point coordinate signal lost!"
"The stripping process has been interrupted! Encountering resistance from an unknown force!"
"Warning! An ultra-high intensity primordial energy field has been detected! Unable to analyze! Unable to intervene!"
"System 088... suffered a severe backlash... core protocol... restarting..."
In his mind, the sharp alarm of System 088 was replaced by a more chaotic electrical noise, as if it had been forcibly interrupted, and finally, there was complete silence!
It worked?!
That "final solution"—this desperate, all-or-nothing surrender and resonance—actually managed to temporarily sever (or rather, shield) the locking and stripping of the main god space?!
In the living room, the suffocating golden pressure and the sense of being locked in by a higher dimension receded like the tide. Only the figures of the two tightly embracing remained, and the intertwined breaths that gradually calmed after the heavy panting.
Su Nian collapsed into Xie Chen's arms, utterly exhausted, her mind a blur from the overwhelming influx of information and emotional resonance. She could feel Xie Chen's embrace slowly loosening, but the restraining posture remained unchanged.
He loosened his grip slightly, cupped her face in his hands, and forced her to lift her head.
His eyes had regained their deep, dark color. But within that darkness, there was no longer confusion, no longer struggle, only a kind of clarity that had been tempered by countless years and cycles of reincarnation, as if burning with black flames, a clarity that was both unsettling and... a tenderness that was almost sorrowful.
He gazed deeply into her eyes, as if trying to see into the very depths of her soul.
He gently brushed away the tear stains from the corners of her eyes with his fingertips, his movements carrying a tenderness that was completely different from before, almost like cherishing her.
"Su Nian."
He called out her real name clearly and accurately.
It's not a question, but a confirmation.
Su Nian's pupils suddenly dilated, and her heart felt as if it were being tightly gripped by an invisible hand.
He knew. He knew everything.
However, the expected trial did not take place.
Xie Chen simply caressed her trembling lips with his fingertips, his eyes swirling with complex emotions she couldn't fully comprehend, emotions that sent shivers down her spine. He lowered his head, his forehead gently touching hers, their noses meeting, their breaths mingling.
Then, in a hoarse voice, weary as if surviving a catastrophe, yet incredibly resolute, he whispered to her lips, as if making an eternal vow:
"This time,"
"No one can separate us again."
"No matter who it is."
The moment the words fell, Su Nian clearly felt that not only had the lock on the Main God Space disappeared, but even the previously dormant System 088 seemed to have been completely stripped (or rather, blocked) from her consciousness by some more powerful force.
The barrier between her and him, built from lies, the system, and countless external interferences, seemed to be completely shattered at this moment by their shared, do-or-die spirit.
The suspense reaches its peak in the first volume at this moment—the male and female protagonists temporarily escape the control of the Main God Space through soul resonance at the critical moment of life and death, the system seems to have gone offline, and the male protagonist seems to have fully awakened and confirmed the female protagonist's identity. But beneath this seemingly perfect ending lies a greater crisis: the completely exposed "anchor point," the awakened "divine fragments," and the Main God Space, which will never let things rest... The real storm may have only just begun. Everything will continue to unfold in the next volume, "The Fallen White Moonlight of the Immortal Lord."
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