33.3 per cent for option I, 50 per cent for option two and 16.7 per cent for option three.

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[Option 2]

[Throw the short thorn in your hand into the hole and provide it to the participants as a weapon, and continue to follow the mass upwards by yourself]

……

Dangerous!

Seeing the siege vehicle crashing into the participants, Zheng Zhuo picked up the short thorn.

When he threw the first thorn, it managed to put the computer in a semi-scrapped state.

(This time, it must work...... too!) ）”

Zheng Zhuo's ankle pressed against the stone wall behind him. He took a deep breath.

“——！”

The ankle exerts force, then the body, then the wrist.

Zheng Zhuo threw back the short spike that had been brought out of the hole.

It's not just throwing it back.

He's going to throw it into the real world.

……

The spike came out of his hand and flew into the hole.

Purple lightning enveloped it, and it pierced into the darkness, and then pierced through the flowing golden light, and pierced the siege engine.

Electric sparks bounce around the room. The scene in the [real world] is chaotic again.

(I can't see clearly...... ）”

Zheng Zhuo raised his head.

The transparent clumps and girls were already faintly visible above.

You can't lose it!

He held his hand to the edge of the broken stone pavement and ran.

……

Zheng Zhuo ran up the circular staircase.

(The clump...... and young women...... ）”

Zheng Zhuo searched for their traces.

I can't see anywhere.

Due to the large hole in the interior of the castle, Zheng Zhuo's view is very spacious.

He was sure they weren't on either side, as he heard faint footsteps coming from higher up.

(It must be on it.) ）”

Zheng Zhuo rushed upward. The off-white castle interior slowly recedes on the outside.

However.

Before he could catch up with them, something happened in the middle of the field.

“…… Rumble ......"

Zheng Zhuo heard a low rumble coming from the bottom of the castle.

The voice grew louder and louder, from far to near.

He subconsciously looked down.

Having saved his life earlier, he didn't fall directly back into the beams in the hole, swaying, and slowly sliding into the big hole.

It's not all.

Like it, the countless ruins that protrude from the base of the castle are being swallowed up by large holes.

The light spots around the large hole become distorted and unstable, and the color flows faster and faster.

The hole is collapsing. It engulfs the castle above.

Boom.

With the first muffled sound, Zheng Zhuo's feet shook.

The underside of the castle began to crumble. Zheng Zhuo saw countless stone bricks being shaken off the edge and falling towards the big hole.

“…… Worst! ”

If you go on like this, you will fall back before you run out!

Zheng Zhuo gritted his teeth. He picked up speed and stumbled upward.

The shaking was getting more and more intense.

More large wooden beams and stone slabs fell downward, making it difficult to settle underfoot.

“！”

It's starting to crumble under your feet! Zheng Zhuo jumped upwards and grabbed the steps that were still stable.

“（…… Hurry up and ......! ）”

He accelerated as fast as he could. He crossed the castle floor after castle floor.

The sound of electricity and the chaotic wind came to my ears.

Zheng Zhuo didn't need to look down to know that the hole below had been completely swallowed up.

……

"Uh......!"

Zheng Zhuo finally jumped forward and jumped onto the platform on the top floor of the castle. He fell forward, sliding out of the ground.

"Hah...... Ha...... Ha...... Ahem......"

Zheng Zhuo held down the ground and propped up his body. His vision swayed, and he could see ahead.

It is a large platform with a floor covered with stone bricks in off-white color. In the distance, two figures stood.

A little farther away from Zheng Zhuo were transparent clumps. And closer to him was the girl.

In front of the two of them, there was a hole.

The hole was small. There is only one person to go high. The surrounding light spots are very dense, not as loose as the previous holes.

“……！？”

No.

Zheng Zhuo narrowed his eyes.

There are more than two people here.

In front of that small hole, there was also a transparent shadow.

It was about the same height as the transparent mass that had led them here, and it was humanoid. It's just that it's more colorless and transparent than that lump, and standing in front of the hole, Zheng Zhuo almost didn't see it.

“…… Professor. ”

The lump that the girl called "brother" spoke. In that transparent voice, which seemed to sound directly in everyone's head, he said to the transparent mass in front of him.

"It's time to stop."

“…… Research ......"

“！”

Zheng Zhuo covered his ears hard.

The newly-seen clump of transparency spoke, its voice hoarse as a rusty hacksaw. The hacksaw tugged inside Zheng Zhuo's skull, making him dizzy and nauseous.

“…… Study...... Can't stop ......"

“…… This...... Be...... Human ......"

"Humanity will arrive here one day! Now is not the time – we still understand too little about it! The previous transparent mass floated forward, "Turn off the computer, Professor!" Only you can – only you can turn it off! That computer is associated with the [subconscious world]...... If you forcibly destroy it, everyone's brains will be harmed! Everybody could be like me because of this—"

The clump is in close proximity to the "Professor". Zheng Zhuo watched as it slowly changed from an amorphous transparent mass to a figure that looked like a human figure. It was a young man, not much older than Zheng Zhuo.

One-step.

Two steps.

He is getting closer and closer to the "professor".

And then......

“————”

The "Professor" suddenly raised his head and let out a hiss!

“！！”

This scream was like a sound wave that directly pried open Zheng Zhuo's skull. He had a splitting headache and fell to the ground—

The maiden also fell.

All sorts of emotions poured into their brains.

Anger, sadness, madness, despair......

“…… Boom......"

Zheng Zhuo hugged his head hard.

His [Psychic Resistance: Insanity Doesn't Count] is activated. He barely managed to come to his senses.

The field of vision flickered on and off. He saw the maiden curled up on the ground, her figure flickering, changing in the appearance of the maiden and the young woman. He saw the young man in front of him reach out and grab the transparent mass called "The Professor", which in turn wrapped around him—

He saw the young man fighting with the "professor."

And the "professor" is slowly gaining the upper hand.

His transparent body shifted, enveloping the young man.

The two scuffled like this.

Zheng Zhuo saw that the "professor" turned to a direction closer to him.

“…… Ah......h

He moved his fingers in a hazy way.

You can still move.

Since the hand can still move, then ......

So.

……

Boom.

The flames exploded on the rooftop of the castle.

[Fireball Technique]. This spell that had been tempered in Zheng Zhuo's arm was activated. A huge wave of heat poured out of the rooftop in an instant, and those heat waves rushed towards the "professor".

The professor stepped away from the young man's body.

He stepped back. Behind it is the hole.

He......

He wants to escape through the hole?

When Zheng Zhuo realized this.

The young men also realized.

Zheng Zhuo saw him lunge forward. This time, it was he who caught the "professor"!

"Attack him!"

The young man shouted.

This shout suddenly gave Zheng Zhuo a strange power.

His exhausted body regained its energy. He stood up, an arc of flame in his hand, and rushed towards the "professor"—

The next second.

What no one expected, the transparent "professor" cracked in the middle.

“…… Miscellaneous. ”

Zheng Zhuo passed through his body.

And then.

He crashed into the hole in the professor's back.

There is no voting this time, and the voting chapter will be at noon tomorrow.

(End of chapter)