Inside the black cocoon, only Liang Shuguang was laughing wildly.
The laughter was hoarse and grating, completely devoid of joy, carrying only a sense of utter breakdown.
Hearing his increasingly mad thoughts and words, Bai Feifei was also extraordinarily shocked. She asked in her mind, her voice trembling slightly, “Lord Evil God, is what he said possible?”
Xu Mo: “...”
Xu Mo remained silent for a few seconds. He was indeed thinking about it, but in the end, he smiled and said, “It's not really possible.” There was a trace of complexity in his voice. “Liang Shuguang has basically driven himself mad.
“His own state as a lucid aberration is actually a special case, likely related to the power of the Evil Gods of the Old Days.”
He thought for a moment, recalling his general experience from his previous playthroughs of the game.
“But resurrecting such a massive group of the dead? You've got to be kidding me. Even if souls really exist, they are no longer who they used to be. Their minds have long since been virtually annihilated. If you really forced human souls into aberrant bodies, well, that scene would basically be no different from an army of the undead. Of course, in the end, anything is possible.”
Xu Mo said this, ultimately leaving a sliver of possibility open. After all, if there really was an Evil God of the Old Days related to souls, they might actually be able to do whatever they pleased.
Bai Feifei fell silent for a few seconds before finally nodding in understanding.
Actually, thinking about it carefully, if all the people who had been tortured to death over the past thirty years really survived by having their souls injected into aberrations, it would actually be another form of a tragic human catastrophe. Liang Shuguang's twisted nature had truly reached a point where it was difficult to simply judge as good or evil.
But Liang Shuguang obviously did not think he was twisted. After saying these words, the energy throughout his body became increasingly unstable.
His entire body trembled violently. Clutching his head with both hands, he roared at the sky, looking as if he wanted to tear his own skull open.
“Everyone can live... Everyone can live! Everyone can live!!”
His voice no longer held its usual elegance and calm. Instead, carrying an obsession that was on the verge of collapsing, he roared sharply, “Everyone will be fine! Everyone will be fine! Didn't we agree on this back then? What the hell are the Evil Gods of the Old Days anyway?! They're nothing! We agreed... there's always hope, there's always hope!!”
As he roared, waves of energy from his body slammed against the inner walls of the black cocoon, causing the entire structure to shake violently, even beginning to leak energy outward.
...
Outside the black cocoon.
On the plaza soaked by the crimson rain, Kong Man had just washed the survivors to the edge of the Inner City with a massive wave. Now, she was tangled in combat with the tree monster Qiu Jing, fighting and cursing at the same time.
Just then, the black cocoon in the sky began to shake violently. Liu Yun, who had been doing her best to suppress her own condition, suddenly swayed violently!
Following that, she spat out a mouthful of blood. Her presence, which had clearly stabilized just moments ago, instantly fell into chaos once again.
At the same time, she began to bleed from her seven orifices. Bright red, boiling hot blood seeped from the corners of her eyes, nostrils, ears, and mouth simultaneously, trickling down her chin and staining the collar of her purple robe deep crimson.
Kong Man: ?
“Wait... Are you okay?”
She instinctively took a step back, a terrible premonition growing stronger in her heart. If this Liu Yun, who had finally stabilized with great difficulty, suddenly had another issue, she really wouldn't be able to handle it. Was Dawn City cursed? There was such a massive talent gap, and all the top combatants had issues. Why was she the one who had ended up as the guardian now?!
Yet Liu Yun did not immediately go mad. She merely raised her head slowly, the blood flowing from her eye sockets trickling down her cheeks as she stared straight toward the black cocoon.
...
Inside the black cocoon.
The cracks on Liang Shuguang's body multiplied, and chaotic energy drifted from him. Yet, he calmed down slightly.
“It seems... it's over this time as well,” he muttered to himself, his voice so soft it was barely audible.
“Heh... hehe...” The corners of his mouth twitched, forming a miserable smile. “Hopefully... there will be other lucid aberrations who successfully transform out there.”
Standing a few paces away, Xu Mo frowned as he looked at this man who once held the supreme authority of Dawn City.
For the first time, that eloquent, formidable figure who could smile openly in front of anyone looked like a completely dejected loser, as if watching the goal he had pursued by any means necessary turn into bubbles before his eyes.
Liang Shuguang raised his eyes. Those eyes, which had lost all their light, looked at Xu Mo with a hint of confusion.
He spoke in an utterly dazed tone, “So... what on earth did you come here for this time? Was the point of coming here just to witness the destruction of Dawn City once again?”
Then he paused, the corners of his mouth twitching as if smiling, yet also seemingly in self-deprecation. “You should leave. Dawn City has indeed failed this time. I know that if you want to leave, you should be able to.”
Hearing this, Xu Mo fell silent for two seconds, feeling a bit awkward.
How did he know that he could leave whenever he wanted? Actually, other than breaking his way out through brute force, he didn't seem to have any other means of leaving...
Suddenly, the black faceplate melted away slowly like chocolate, transforming into the platinum color that represented Bai Feifei.
This meant that at this moment, Bai Feifei was the dominant personality in this two-in-one entity! In her urgency, she suddenly seized control of the body, leaving Xu Mo slightly stunned.
“Liang Shuguang,” she spoke, her voice echoing from beneath the faceplate. It was her true female voice, belonging to her alone.
Liang Shuguang seemed to sense something and raised his head slightly.
Bai Feifei immediately said, “I don't know what you've suddenly experienced, but now that things have reached this point, how do we save Dawn City?!”
Liang Shuguang froze for several seconds. It seemed utterly unimaginable to him that the person in front of him would suddenly blurt out such words at a time like this.
“Are you asking me...?” He narrowed his eyes in disbelief, then sneered in shock. “Have you suddenly lost your mind? Why would you ask the culprit behind everything such a question?”
Ignoring his shock, Bai Feifei continued coldly, “The sins you have committed are indeed unforgivable.”
She paused and took a step forward. “But only those who care will feel pain. So I think that perhaps you don't want the ending of all this to just be like this either!”
She stood before Liang Shuguang, looking down at the man sitting on the ground. “Since you just admitted your failure, before I kill you, don't you plan on doing something useful one last time?”
Liang Shuguang looked up at her, suddenly smiling as if realizing something late.
“Right now... you are Bai Feifei?” He lowered his head and spoke softly. “Not Sinking Black, correct?”
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