"Look, you are sweating. Come and wipe it off."

"Are you tired? How about I carry you for a while? Have some candy to replenish your energy!"

"Would you like a massage? The muscle relaxation method I learned from Harvey should also be useful for living people!"

After a brief mental struggle, Ash finally accepted the viewer's kindness.

Ash knew in his heart that Phantom Pancake was just a temporary replica, and he was prepared to kill the opponent and would never show mercy because of past memories.

Perhaps it was because he was forced into the desperate situation of Broken Lake Prison after traveling through time, or perhaps it was because his companions had always been marginalized people like Igrahavi, but Ash had actually adapted to the rules of this world without realizing it, or flexibly changed his own moral bottom line.

He has accepted the necessary killing, because fate is more treacherous than drama. Even a magician with miracles sometimes faces the choice of "not being able to live without hurting others."

What appeared before them now was just a clone, and Ash was not so weak that he couldn't lift the sword.

However, it's like you have a fat dog that you have raised for a long time. You know that the purpose of this fat dog is to be made into delicious food, and you really need this meal of fat to fill your stomach, but if possible, you still don't want to do it yourself.

So this is what it means when a gentleman stays away from the kitchen. Ash has a new understanding of this sentence.

The trial replicas were even more serious, because they had intelligence, desires, and could communicate, and were no different from normal people. However, they were still acquaintances that Ash knew, so Ash couldn't treat them as strangers at all, and couldn't even deceive himself.

If he really wants to kill his way through, it's not impossible, but after Ash returns, he may have to ask Igula to book a psychological therapy package.

The psychic is really an essential member of the team for murder, arson, and home travel...

Now that the viewer has offered to solve this problem on his own, how could Ash be unwilling? However, when the battle took place, he took the initiative to hide far away, squatting facing the wall and blocking his ears, and only chased after him when he saw the trial number on his watch change.

But he was slacking off while the spectators were doing the work all the time, and even Ash felt a little embarrassed, so he was caring and attentive throughout the journey, almost taking a cheering stick to cheer, trying to increase his contribution to the team.

Even a man like the viewer, who was shrewd and never showed his emotions, was annoyed by him. He raised his hand and hit him on the forehead with a knife, and the passage returned to peace.

When there was only one minute left in the trial countdown, Ash said, "You have to remember that although the people who appear next are copies of people we know, they are only temporary tools created for the trial. Perhaps they will not live for more than a day or even an hour, just like cicadas in summer, mayflies in the water, and clouds in the sky... But you have never seen them in person, so just treat them as phantoms."

Before every trial today, Ash would say this. I don't know if he was trying to comfort the audience or himself. It was full of assumptions, providing all kinds of excuses for them to kill the replica. They were not in the court of trial, but he tried to convince the judge of fate to break free from the shackles of guilt.

The viewer naturally didn't need this kind of weak and foolish self-consolation, but he didn't stop Ash from repeating this passage over and over again.

A long time ago, he often heard similar words. There was always someone next to him who tried to find various reasons to prove that he was right, to prove that the people he killed deserved to die, to prove that the bad things he did were good things, and to prove that his enemies were despicable beasts, as if he was an absolutely right and innocent good man... Although he still feels that this kind of argument is meaningless, perhaps because he is used to hearing it, he doesn't hate it.

At this moment, the viewer was suddenly stunned.

yes.

People who have no sense of guilt don't need to make such excuses. Death Maniac, Mirror Master, Black Demon, they would never say such weak words.

So, was she comforting me or herself?

…

…

Seeing the trial number +1, Ash quickly caught up with the viewer and glanced at the body on the ground out of the corner of his eye. Just like the previous trial replica, the body was intact, with no visible scars, and it was lying face down on the ground, so it was impossible to tell who it was.

"When we get to the Cicada Transformation Hall, remember to save the last sword for me. I want to get the kill." Ya Xiu said confidently, "My sword is thirsty!"

"Um."

"However, it will probably be a fierce battle." Ash looked at his hands. "The rewards for the last section of the trial are getting more and more terrifying. Not only has my physical fitness improved across the board, but my senses have become so sharp that I can detect some traces beyond reality. Sometimes I can see your double image, it's like..."

"To know the future."

"Yes," Ash nodded heavily, "You must have felt it during the battle, right? Time seems to have become an observable coordinate axis. I can even faintly smell the scent of the Golden River water... like the smell of Red Flame Lala Fertilizer."

That's just because you're hungry... The viewer walked forward quickly in silence.

"Gin Deng and the others are definitely not weak either. I'm afraid we'll have to fight them to pieces to determine the winner." Ash said, "But as long as Yin Deng dies, our journey to Sen Luo can also be declared over."

"Hey, what are your plans after you get out?" Ash asked. "I plan to find a way to go back to Gospel first. After all, I promised them that I would go back. Then... no matter what, I have to go to the Starry Kingdom to take a look."

"If I'm lucky, maybe I can settle down in reality. If I'm unlucky, then I'll try to become a legend and keep searching until I find a..." He opened his palms and then clenched them, "...a miracle that can allow us to meet again in reality."

"It's easier said than done. Just traveling between kingdoms is troublesome enough," Ash scratched his head. "It might be easier to travel from Gospel to Stars. After all, Liz is the Queen of Isu. It shouldn't be a problem for me to pray to Gospel to let me travel once?"

"But how do we get back to Fuhui from Senluo? The virtual passage? The Gray Fox Legacy?"

Ash was troubled for a while, then he shook off these worries, looked at the viewer and asked, "This is my plan. Do you want to follow me, or do you have other ideas?"

"I'll follow you." The viewer said perfunctorily.

"Great!" Ash happily hugged the spectator's shoulders, "I can't wait to see Igula and the others' expressions when they see you - it will definitely be very interesting!"

"Igula will probably ask all kinds of questions to identify us, and then pull me aside to let me be wary of you. It will probably take some time for him to accept you. As for Harvey, he should be able to tell you and me apart at a glance. I always feel like he can see something unclean..."

"Then we will look for the Gray Fox heritage in Senluo. If possible, we will destroy the Four Pillars Sect. If you don't want to be a regional distributor of Touch, the best way is to shut down the branch..."

"I still feel like I can't relax," Ash sighed, "I really want to go home soon."

Hearing this term that did not belong to a time traveler, the viewer couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "Go home?"

"Yes, it's the Isu Palace?" Ash blinked. "Even if I can't live in the palace, at least I can live in Nabisteen, right?"

"Have you ever thought about—"

"Liz became the queen and refused to acknowledge her relatives who had shared hardships with her. If I go back, will I be treated as a poor relative and beaten out? Of course I have thought about it." Ash smiled, "But the thing about home is that besides the other person missing you, the more important thing is that you miss the other person."

"At least at this moment, I miss Liz very much, and the place where she is is the home I want to go back to."

Ash glanced at him and said, "You too, you and I have completely different personalities. You will definitely have your own path and goals in the future. You won't be like me, who only thinks about how to make the stand work better all day long... But no matter when, as long as you miss me, you can come home."

At this point, Ash couldn't help but smile, "Just like my brother stayed in his hometown to take care of his parents, so that if I get fired one day I'll have a place to go back to."

The viewer did not respond to him, but just brushed off Ash's hand on his shoulder and walked ahead in silence. Ash was also used to his indifference, and while walking, he thought about his life plan after the trial.

After several trials, they arrived at the Gate of Light earlier than before. Ash drew out his sword in advance, while the spectator just pressed the hilt of the sword. The two of them said nothing more and stepped into the Gate of Light together.

In the Chanbian Hall, Weisser and Youlan had been waiting for a long time.

This is normal. After all, they are fighting together in pairs, while Ash is the only spectator fighting alone, so the efficiency is naturally lower.

At the moment when all the trial participants arrived, the lights in the hall suddenly flickered, and then steam suddenly came out of the circular patterns on both sides of the hall, and a strange single-person elevator rose up.

At the same time, their watches popped up detailed trial information:

"Hibernation: Trialists can only enter the Divine Fire Abyss and inherit the Divine Fire by riding a single-person cicada transformation chamber. Once a cicada transformation chamber is activated, both cicada transformation chambers will be completely closed and descend within 30 seconds."

"Cicada Transformation: The trialist will complete the final Cicada Transformation evolution in the Cicada Transformation Warehouse, but there must be a trialist of the same evolutionary level left in the hall as the final consumable for the Cicada Transformation evolution."

After thinking about the two pieces of information, Ash's face changed drastically when he understood the truth of the Cicada Transformation. However, when he looked up, he saw that Silver Light had already entered the Cicada Transformation Warehouse near them and pressed the closing button. The door closed and the red light came on.

Even through the glass window, he could see the cold pupils beneath the fox mask.

Sometimes, you just can't go on living without hurting other people.

She has made her choice.

Ash seemed to hear the silver lamp whispering: 'Now, it's your turn to choose'.

A countdown popped up on his watch, with 29 seconds left.