Dark.

When the silver moonlight washed down, Jiang Yu's perception was only pure darkness.

He knew he wasn't indestructible, but he didn't expect this moment to come so quickly.

Who would have thought that the Creator would want to destroy the world?

Who would have thought that parents would try to destroy their children?

No, it should have been thought of. Whether it's an inexplicable sense of crisis, or the movement of the gods, or the collapse of the Great Enchantment. There is so much evidence to point to this speculation.

It's just that I don't want to believe it.

I don't believe that the situation will be so bad that the gap between the forces will be so big...... Irreparable.

Silver moonlight swept through her body, and Iluvita's strength had a depth of attack far beyond the molecular level. Neither resistance nor defense is completely impossible, and if you want to fight it, the holding of the light of the mind is an absolute prerequisite. And now, there is only one end to death.

- Am I going to die?

Jiang Yu thought that the spear of cutting was only one line away from touching Adam. But even if it does, it is nothing more than activating the Rebirth Ankh held by the opponent - not buying a convenient resurrection, or forcing the exit item is indeed the biggest decision-making mistake of the Middle-earth team. And this is undoubtedly a mistake made by yourself.

If you make a mistake, you should pay a price.

Death is only the most inconspicuous of the price.

One negative score after another ringed in my head. Flesh and bones melted in the silver moonlight. Even if he tried his best, he couldn't let the spear of judgment touch Adam, who was only one step away. And the blonde young man in front of him didn't even cast a glance at himself - no, he did look at himself, but he was looking at reward points, side plots, not a target worth paying attention to.

Failure is failure, and the loser is not worthy to speak.

Last-ditch efforts were ineffective, and Eternal Darkness wiped everything out.

Die.

Consciousness dissolved, and a familiar sense of immersion came over me with an unparalleled tiredness. It was a vast and endless deep ocean, and he had floated from the depths to the surface several times, but this time, he had fallen to the bottom.

Die.

[Don't want to die......]

Thin whispers poured out of the abyss of death, seemingly from above, as if from below.

[Want to live......]

It was not Jiang Yu's voice, it was not Jiang Yu's will, he had accepted this defeat and was facing his own demise.

[One minute is fine...... A second is good ......]

He was no longer able to comprehend them, and his consciousness was no longer able to push his own thinking.

[I am so unwilling......]

Before he faded away, he heard the last murmurs.

Unwilling.

Losing is losing, losing is losing, what's unwilling?

Do you still have any hope of turning defeat into victory? Can a dead companion return to the world?

…… I can go back.

The scattered consciousness is reunited. The sinking sense of immersion is rebellious.

There is still a chance to redeem it.

As long as you don't die, you still have a chance to redeem yourself. Even if you can't turn defeat into victory, at least, you can let everyone who stepped into death due to their own decision-making mistakes return to the world.

The sound in the ear is getting louder and clearer. With the gradual increase in the sense of floating, the essence of the sound was finally understood and known by Jiang Yu.

That's the voice of the world.

It was the murmur of the world of Arda in the obscurity of chaos before it collapsed. It does not have a complete intellect, but it has an instinct to survive. Its will resonates with itself, for it has been resonating with it until it dies.

Construct divine resonance.

There is a remnant of the dying world that is not within the range of Iluvita. And the wailing of the world summons the power to allow oneself to cross death.

- I'm not going to die.

Jiang Yu thought.

If a little true spirit is not destroyed, it will not die.

Consciousness is reshaped, and the feeling of floating is dramatically amplified. The blows of the four high depths were enough to blind the true spirit, but they could not kill the true spirit. And in the deepening resonance, he perceived the world as it now became.

The Great Barrier has completely collapsed. Tides of energy from the Void are washing over this overly peaceful soil. The predators fled in fear because they saw the power of the gods, so that the beings on the earth could avoid immediate destruction.

But the earth is still full of sorrow.

Because it sees, it knows. Even though all the intellectuals who witnessed the divine might of the Creator had been wiped out in the silver moonlight, the land still witnessed the indifference and resoluteness of the Creator. It knows its fate, it knows that it has been abandoned. And its sorrow and struggle also flow in all directions with the pulse of the earth.

[Don't want to die......]

What did we do wrong......

Why have you forsaken us, my Lord and Father......

The sorrow of the earth evokes the sorrow of all beings. The imminent date of death is known to the remaining beings at this moment. They saw a huge shadow moving from far away, and they saw the reins in the hands of the gods. Some kind of metaphysical collision and damage were already generated when the world first looked forward to the warriors, and the feeling of fragmentation spread from any direction.

The world is shattering. Conceptual fragmentation.

First the concept, then the law, and then the physical entity. And by the time that last step arrives, everything will completely collapse and be erased in an instant.

This is destiny and the future. The ignorant will of the world has predicted the end. And in this moment, shape it into a concrete and clear shape.

Jiang Yu regained his sight and hearing. What greeted him was a white city, and countless people were fleeing in terror and screaming.

This is White City, Millis Tirith. A burning sky and shadows were descending from the canopy. No power could hinder the coming of the calamity, for the shadow was so great.

It was a continent, and it was the same size as Arda. Desperate warriors shoot arrows into the sky in vain, while helpless women and children pray to the gods who no longer answer them.

"Why do you want to do it! Why do this to us! ”

"What did we do wrong......

"Can you give us a chance to atone for our sins...... We just want to live......"

Their struggle is meaningless, and destruction is still falling, whether they flee or resist or beg for mercy. And in the end, all the anger, the sorrow, the pity, the supplication, the madness, the despair, all mixed in one direction.

That is weeping—the cry of despair on the eve of destruction. Men and women, warriors and farmers, the strong and the old and weak, all their voices paved a guiding path.

"Woo woo woo ......"

Jiang Yu walked along the road, and he walked into the middle of the desperate White City. He pushed open door after door until he reached the inner hall dedicated to the gods.

A figure was kneeling at the feet of the gods and praying. He slammed his head on the solid floor again and again.

Blood splattered. He didn't stop.

He was a mighty king, a wise sage, a brave warrior, and a prudent bureaucrat.

She is a busy merchant, a hard-working farmer, a poor laborer, and a tired craftsman.

He is a man, she is a woman, he is a child, she is old.

She had elven ears, he had a dwarf beard, she had the human form, and she had the savages of a beast.

He was on his knees, and the idol was dim.

"We just want to live." He said.

"Even if it's just a small group of people, just a small piece of land, we want to live." She said.

Jiang Yu approached him, and her form kept changing with Jiang Yu's steps. And when the reincarnation came close enough, it turned into a slender and delicate girl wearing a garland on her head, and she was the most pitiful of all.

"We are willing to give everything we have, and we are willing to give all our strength and resources. We can bring you back into the world, and we can make you comparable to Vera. ”

She stretched out her slender and broken hands and lifted a crown of thorns from the pool of blood that had been kowtowed a thousand times. She offered it to Jiang Yu, and this was the last treasure and essence of this world.

"Please protect us, please guide us, please don't abandon us, please give us a place to stay."

"We are willing, at the cost of everything."

She looked at Jiang Yu, and Jiang Yu also looked at her.

She knelt at Jiang Yu's feet, like a statue serving the gods.

“…………”

Jiang Yu knew what it was, and he almost couldn't help but touch it. It is the common authority of the earth and all beings, Gaia and Alayya, and if you wear it, you can become the king of the world. And as long as you don't leave this world, you can even have the equivalent of the light of the heart.

It is authority, it is power. But it is also a shackle, a contract. Once you put it on, you can never take it off, and no matter what your mind is until then, if you accept the crown of thorns, its owner will subtly follow the promise of the crown. Because this is the covenant between man and God, and to have power, you must fulfill your promises.

Jiang Yu knew that he was willing to make this promise, and knew that he needed this strength.

But he also knew that even if he became Vera, he would never be able to fight against Iluvita. And before I can take on this responsibility, I have another commitment that I need to fulfill.

- I'm the captain of the Middle-Continent team. Even if it's an agent, it's the captain.

- I...... I didn't believe that Chu Xuan would die for such an innocent reason.

"It's not time yet." So he said. "This crown will find its owner, but now, not yet."

The girl's forehead touched the blood-stained ground, and every drop of blood seemed to turn into a cry. But from her throat came only mournful prayers.

"Please...... Be sure to change your mind. ”

Jiang Yu did not answer.

He raised his hand, and the other slender hand was already on his wrist at some point. Kasumi's form crept around him, and she wasn't supposed to do it in the first place.

That's right, as long as he doesn't die, Kasumi won't die. However, Kasumi's essence completely depends on him, and Kasumi, who has not really unlocked the fourth-order genetic lock, must have a body as a carrier if she wants to manifest.

She was given a shell.

Her shell is his shell.

And this shell, in a place where it should be. A Chu Xuan stayed for a long time, but he was like Issinger, and he didn't know what he had done.

He opened his eyes.

…………………………

Cold, silent.

Jiang Yu opened his eyes.

"Yes, you woke up earlier than everyone else."

(End of chapter)