"Click, click", the candlelight that goes on and off, the deep and long corridor, the fragrance of wood exudes from the texture of the walls, the spotless floor is visible, the faint sound of wood rubbing is made when stepping on it, and the sound lingers in the silent corridor, if there is nothing, but it is continuous, like a dream in the depths of the night that does not want to wake up.

Dream.

Shul strolled through the familiar corridors, his fingers brushing over the old walls, the graffiti on the walls as clear as he remembered, two small figures holding hands, the smiles on their faces glaring.

In the burning candle, the familiar smell of lavender wafted, which was the favorite smell of the two, and they picked a handful of lavender to dry, stuffed it into the sachet and hung it on her brother's waist, this is her favorite job in the summer, how long has it been since she received her sachet, it seems that since the day the crack appeared, she has never received it again, every year, you can see the newly made sachet placed on her bedside, more and more year by year, but it has never appeared on her waist again.

"Oh, thank you so much, but the past is gone after all. Blowing out the candle in front of him, Shul squinted his eyes and walked forward with his hands behind his back, his steps slow and leisurely, but never stopped.

"Squeak", the door shaft turned, the door at the end of the corridor was pushed open casually, the sight suddenly opened, the spacious and bright hall appeared in front of the eyes, the front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, the cold and quiet back condensed in front of the window, the waterfall-like black hair was scattered behind him, and it hung down to the smooth ground. Outside the window, the dark red full moon still hung high, and a faint red light shone on her hair, as if covering her figure with a layer of blood.

Walking straight behind Luna, Shul never spoke, just raised his head and stared at the red moon in the sky with her, the full moon was still so clear in sight, with a bit of strange beauty in the dark red.

"I'm sorry. After a long time, Shul apologized for no apparent reason, "Lisa and Moriah woke me up together. ”

"The gods are always tolerant of believers, not looking at actions, only looking at their hearts, because mortals will always think about the gods from their own point of view and do some strange behaviors, at this time, as long as the intentions are good, we will not blame, so there is no need for me to apologize at all. Luna didn't look back, her cold voice echoing through the empty hall, "Actually, I don't want to see you today. ”

"Oh, I know, but tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, we will see you after all, unless, you cut off the connection between me and you. Shuer shook his head and laughed softly, "Since I have already thought about some things, it is impossible for me to stay out of them, and I will always come to you to ask for clarification, so there is no point in running away." ”

"You know a lot, there's no need to keep asking. The goddess Luna slowly turned around, her appearance still unperceivable to mortals, but there was a little tenderness in her voice, "You have done this step for me and that child, it is enough to repay what I did before, you can stop." ”

"Oh, I want to have tea. ”

Luna apparently paused for a moment, sighed softly, and the next moment, the tea table, chairs, and steaming exquisite tea sets appeared directly beside them.

took a sip of the hot tea, let the aroma fill the mouth, and after closing his eyes and tasting the familiar taste for a long time, Xiuer showed a familiar smile: "Everything in my hometown is always so nostalgic, you let me taste the taste of my hometown again, this is something that no one can do except you, you see, I owe you a new kindness, so how can I stop." ”

"Leave this secret to us, the worshiped gods, to settle it. "The gods are not affected by mortals, even if this mortal is playing scoundrels," this is no longer a matter that mortals can meddle in, even those mortal believers who are called legends are only helping them organize and spread the word in the mortal world, they are powerless to interfere, and you are even more unsuitable to be involved. ”

"However, I'm already involved, don't forget Lord Anika's mission. ”

"I'll explain to her that canceling that mission is too dangerous for you to do. ”

"Is it more dangerous than facing the end of the world?" Shuer asked with a smirk, "The end is coming, everyone is going to die, including you and me, in this case, it is worth taking a little risk, even if you really can't come back, it is just to advance the death date for a while." ”

"Mortals die eventually, so why try to live?" said Luna-sama, even when sarcastically speaking.

"Hehe, that's my style, and you don't like it at all. Xiuer shook his head with a smile and said, "Don't explain anything, there is a reward for paying, and the exchange of benefits is just a matter of hard work, I finally won it, can you bear to watch my hard work go to waste?"

"Well, forbearance. ”

"Hahaha, I found that you have become a lot more secular during this time, and it seems that Lisa has told you this a lot when she secretly chatted with you. Shure laughed casually, perhaps a little rude in front of the gods, but neither Luna nor himself cared, "I know, you are worried about my safety, and you don't want me to get involved too deeply, let alone have anything to do with the Great Rift, and I am very grateful to have mercy from the gods." However, this is our chance, and I don't want to give up on this mission, and since I want to carry out this mission, the more natural information I have, the safer it is, so I want you to tell me the truth, just like the gods that Oranna, Minnie, and Ferrers serve. ”

"Then give me a reason to involve you. Luna sighed and made a final effort, "You had nothing to do with this, not even Pavatiga. ”

"No, Mistress Luna, you're wrong. ”

"Ahem. ”

"Well, praise the beautiful and gentle Lord Luna, the gods are infallible, but you are still wrong, maybe as you said, I have nothing to do with Parvadiga, but I have something to do with it. Shuer said seriously, "I was smuggled here through the projection world. ”

Judging from the reason for the formation of the projection of the otherworld, the source world that formed the projection world must exist in the distorted void, and it is impossible to generate it out of thin air, so the home world of Shuer is also a part of the distorted void.

"One after another, countless creatures in the world have become extinct, and some have even erased the existence of the world, and the world that belongs to mine is also one of them. Although I already belong to Pavatiga, my homeland, my relatives, are still in the other world, and may not be affected now, but perhaps in the next moment, my hometown will be destroyed. You say, how can I have nothing to do with this, and how can I be at ease if I don't get into it myself?"

"Alas. There is absolutely a good reason, so that the goddess can only sigh helplessly, Shuer has reached this point, she has no reason to prevent him from getting involved, and she does need Shuer's existence, even if it is just to stand by her side to support, "Okay, what do you want to know?"

"Do all the worlds really exist in the dream of the creator god?" Shuer tasted the tea, closed his eyes and pondered for a while before adding in a low voice, "Is the creation god really going to wake up?"

"Hmm. ”

Luna's voice was soft, soft, but to Shure's ears, it was as loud as the sound of bells and drums, and for a moment he even felt dizzy.

Although he had been mentally prepared for the answer, Shure was still nervous when he heard Luna's answer, and his muscles tensed, and he could clearly feel his heart beating violently.

It's not because of the emotion that we are just moaning in a dream, or because of the philosophical question of whether we really exist in a dream, as a half-politician, Schul is not so emotional, he is nervous because he knows that dreams are extremely unstable.

Distortion, interference, overlapping, this is the most common thing in dreams, representing the chaos and disorder of dreams, like distorting the void, and the more you wake up, the more chaotic and unstable the dreams become.

There is no reason to talk about it, dreams are this kind of characteristic, maybe the creation gods are different from mortals, their dream states are more special, but judging from the performance of the current world, even if there is a difference, it will not be too big, no wonder there will be countless worlds in the distorted void that will perish, and countless spaces will be shattered, this is not yet the time for him to wake up, if he really wakes up......

"What happens when he wakes up?"

"The gods are omniscient. Luna's voice remained cold and calm, "But it's only in this world. ”

I see, that means you don't know.

However, according to the speculation of the Temple of the Gods, the greatest possibility is that everything will return to nothingness, and the traces of existence will be completely erased. ”

"Well, the basis of existence has disappeared, and the world that exists on the basis of dreams is even more impossible to survive. Shule sighed deeply, "Of course, of course, but what does this have to do with the Great Rift?"

"I don't know. ”

"Huh?"

"Isn't it weird? It's just because I don't know, that's why people pay special attention to it. Luna explained softly, "In the Great Rift, not only matter will be disintegrated, but even spirit cannot exist, and even the will of the gods will quickly dissipate as long as it loses the protection of divine power, so we can't use our will to peek inside the Great Rift, and of course it's impossible to know what it is." ”

"But, because it is dangerous, and, knowing from the deity you have rescued, the Great Rift is not the only one in Pavatiga, and our speculation is close to yours, that the Great Rift may be the instrument that erases all traces of the existence of the dream world and returns all things to nothingness, well, in the form of consciousness. ”

"However, the cognate of the Oasis God has been tainted by the energy transmitted back from the Great Rift. Shuer frowned and thought, "In this way, it should be full of malicious energy, and it won't be as simple as a tool." ”

"It's not pollution, it's just a kind of energy that is a negative effect for us, and recently the Temple of the Gods named it Negative Energy, which just corresponds to negative life, and negative energy should coexist with the Void Spirit, that is, negative life, but I don't know who gave birth to whom. ”

"Phew, I guess I've got it. Shure shook his teacup thoughtfully, "The gods knew about it more than a thousand years ago, and that's why they built the Temple of the Gods?, but for more than a thousand years, there has been no progress on how to fight the apocalypse, so Lord Offregen is in a hurry and wants to take a risk?"

"Hmm. ”

"What the hell are they trying to do? I heard Ferrers say, it's a ritual, what ritual solves the problem at hand?"

"A tranquilizing ritual in disguise that uses our power to spread the effects across the entire Twisted Void. ”

"Huh, are you going to sing a lullaby to the creator god?" Shuer said with a puzzled expression, "Do you want to pat him on the quilt by the way?"

"Shure, don't be sarcastic, after all, they have come up with a solution, we can oppose it, we can question it, but we can't laugh at their hard work. ”

"I'm sorry, I was wrong. With a smile, Xiu'er nodded seriously, indeed, what he said was a bit excessive, "Think about it carefully, since the root of the problem lies in the awakening of the Creation God, then directly solve the source and let him continue to sleep, although it sounds whimsical, but maybe it is really feasible, well, what will happen if it succeeds?"

"It's not going to get any better, but at least it's going to be maintained, it's not going to get worse, and it's going to be going to be for a long time, and we can use that time to find a better way. ”

"Then I don't understand why Lady Anika and Wendy would object to it, and as far as I can see, you don't approve of it either. ”

"There are two reasons, the first is that the scope of the alarm is too large, and if you want to hold a ceremony, you need at least two-thirds of the gods to join, more than 3,000 high-level believers to invest, and the full support of the mortal world. To do this, it is necessary to make the truth public, at least to the leaders of the mortal forces. Oh, there are no secrets for mortals in the world, and it won't be long before all the intelligent creatures of Pavatiga will know the truth, and then the ritual will be successful, but if it fails, I'm afraid mortals won't have to worry about the end of the world. ”

Yes, Shure can already think of the unsuccessful end of the ritual after the truth is revealed, panic, riots, turmoil, disintegration, and then the collapse of order, cannibalism, in fact, this itself is a kind of apocalypse, a man-made apocalypse.

"The second reason is that there is no certainty of success?"

"Not only is there no certainty of success, but even the outcome is unpredictable whether it will be good or bad, and no one can be sure whether it will be counterproductive, and if it is really because of rash action, it hastened the awakening of the creator god, then the gods are not only the sinners of Pavatiga, but also the sinners of all the worlds that distort the void. ”

"A dilemma. Shul sighed, "No wonder the two adults are against it. ”

"That's just my judgment. ”

"You haven't communicated with them?"

"Nope. ”

"Well, that's right. Shuer smiled bitterly, this is your style, "Fortunately, it seems that at least I didn't have good intentions to do bad things on this trip." ”

"Well, I know all about your efforts during this time, and I have really felt the increase in the power of faith, and I am very satisfied. ”

"Really?" Shu'er didn't face the praise of the gods like the other priests, but asked with a strange smile, "Since the goddess is satisfied, can you fulfill one of my wishes?"

"Huh?" Luna tilted her head humanely.

"Can you make me ......," Shul suddenly became serious, "look at your back." ”

"Shure, you've trespassed. Luna's voice instantly became extremely cold, as if she was holding back her anger, "Is it that my tolerance for you in the past few years has made you forget how to maintain reverence for the gods? ”

"It's useless for you to scold me, even if you send down divine punishment, I will insist on my request, even if you kick me out, when I pray in the future, I will repeat my request the whole time until you let me see it. Even though he couldn't see the other person's face, Shul stared at Luna and said, "I've been thinking about a question since the day the Light of Destruction erupted, why. ”

"You said that after almost a thousand years, the light of destruction in the void will visit Pavatiga once, why has it never been before that the light of destruction is almost close in front of you before it was dispelled by you? Why did it almost happen this time, not the last time 1,700 years ago, not the last time 3,200 years ago?"

"After that, I carefully searched the records in the church documents in my mind, although your church was very sluggish before, but it has not fallen to this extent, at that time, you will sometimes come down in rituals, and occasionally come into contact with other gods, since 1,200 years ago, you have become a deep and simple, and the interaction with the outside world is becoming less and less, and the contact with other gods is becoming less and less, in the last 800 years, you have not come once, not only the church is in danger, but even Lord Diana you ignore it, causing her to finally break with you。 ”

"Actually, I've been thinking about it for the past few years, what happened in 1,200 years, and it took you to start changing, until a few days ago when I learned about the accident of the Light of Destruction, and I suddenly strung all the clues together. ”

Shul suddenly stood up and fell to one knee in front of Luna, although his head was down, his voice was extremely loud: "Please let me see behind you, my lord, this is the purpose of my request to see you today, I don't care what the world will become, I don't care about the future of Pavatiga, now, let me look behind you, that's the only thing I care about." ”

"Alas. With a leisurely sigh, a hand that seemed to be real and illusory, gently patted Shuer's shoulder, and the goddess's voice was a little helpless, "Since you have guessed everything, then you can watch." ”

Shure looked up and saw that the Dark Moon in the sky was moving, no, it wasn't the Dark Moon moving, the Dark Moon was always stationary, it was the room he was in that was moving slowly.

The angle slowly changed until Shul could finally see the sky that had always been obscured by the dark moon.

In an instant, Shuer's face turned iron-blue.

A long crack opened in the sky, like a big mouth, emitting a silent mockery.

The Great Void Rift.