I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 745, Sections 2.7 and 30: La Somésmia: The Crown

The light fell on that fair face, and also painted those cool silver eyes with a vibrant color.

Mu Yegui watched the sun slowly rise on the horizon, a glistening tear sliding down her cheek and eventually disappearing into the dust.

Her pink lips parted slightly, and she murmured, "Ming Jin..."

"What do you want?" A clear, melodious voice came from beside my ear.

She blinked and found herself on a beach at sunset, a young man smiling at her in front of her, and behind her golden sand and waves crashing onto the shore, the sound of the waves pulling her back to reality.

"This seems to be the first time the two of us have spent time together without Mingxi." Mu Yegui's figure was reflected in her lake-blue eyes, which were filled with tenderness, regret, and reluctance.

“I’ve been looking forward to this for so long, but now that it’s actually here, I feel it’s such a waste that it’s just the two of us.” Mingjin paused, then continued, “We should have invited Shangxi, Shangshuiqi, Daolin, Bell, Lingtong, Fei, Isaiah… to come together…”

Mingjin recounted the names, then fell silent.

The sky gradually darkened until the last glimmer of light disappeared on the horizon.

"Ah, it's getting dark."

He gazed at the starry sky and sighed, "The stars are so beautiful tonight. I wonder if there's an imperial star among them?"

“Ye Gui…” Ming Jin’s voice suddenly became hoarse.

“I had a dream,” he murmured. “The whole world was breaking apart, everyone was gone, only you remained. No matter how I spoke to you, you couldn’t hear me, and in the end, you disappeared along with the whole world.”

"Then I tried to foresee the future again and again, but I couldn't find any way to save you and Xi. Am I useless, ending up having to cooperate with the enemy?"

"It's so unfair. I never wanted this ability to know the future, but it was forced upon me, and I was forced into a countdown to my life, constantly reminding me that my time is running out. And yet, this power can't change anything I want. It's so powerless."

Ming Jin lowered her eyes and said softly, "Then later, I had something I had always wanted to do."

Mu Yegui blinked and tilted her head to look at Ming Jin.

Ming Jin suddenly laughed, her lake-blue eyes brimming with a radiant smile. "Ye Gui, can I also be as brave and great as the protagonist in the story?"

Not waiting for Mu Yegui's reply, he shook his head and chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Just kidding. I'm not the protagonist, and I can't be as heroic and great as the protagonist. I'm just unwilling..."

"I was unwilling to accept death peacefully, so I started to rebel and act unreasonably."

"Fate played a joke on me, and then that joke turned me into a joke. How ironic."

He looked up at the night sky and thought, "Life is so short."

"I wish... I could play with you all again..."

Time passed slowly, and before we knew it, a touch of gold appeared on the horizon.

“Ye Gui… It’s dawn…” Ming Jin looked at the brilliant sunrise and the golden sun rising slowly from the horizon, and he said softly.

The light shone on his face and body, seemingly becoming one with him at that moment.

"It's dawn." A soft sigh came from beside her ear, bringing Mu Yegui back to the cruel battlefield.

Dao Lin stepped out of the tent and watched as the light on the horizon gradually ushered in dawn.

The number of skeletons in front of them was increasing, but their movements were gradually slowing down due to the appearance of the sun.

"They're here." Dao Lin looked warily at the huge black figure at the front and murmured, "The real battle begins now."

A cold clang of weapons clashing.

Mu Yegui blocked Skateh's longsword as it was about to strike Daolin. "Your opponent is me." Her cool, silver eyes were calm and undisturbed as she looked at Skateh and spoke slowly.

Skatech snorted coldly, "Fine, I'll deal with you first, then kill everyone who stands in my way. They deserve to die!!"

The two were locked in combat at a speed that was almost impossible to keep up with the naked eye.

Dao Lin frowned, his hands clenched into fists. When it really came down to this decisive moment, he couldn't help at all.

Is there anything he can do right now?

“Daolin…” came a faint voice from inside the tent.

"Finally awake." Dao Lin turned around abruptly, lifted the curtain, and ran into the tent. He came to the operating table, looked at the young man who had already sat up, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

His long, dark blue, tousled hair swayed gently as he turned his head, his narrow blue eyes meeting those slightly worried, icy blue eyes.

"Long time no see, Daolin," Shui Qi said with a light laugh. For some reason, the uncontrollable emotional state that often disturbed his thoughts after waking up had disappeared.

"It feels like so much time has passed." He reached up and touched his temple. Where there used to be a missing piece of bone, it was now perfectly intact, as if it had never been injured at all.

"Welcome back, Shui Qi." Dao Lin smiled and extended his hand to Shui Qi.

Shui Qi slapped away Dao Lin's outstretched hand and said awkwardly, "It's disgusting. Don't do that again. It gives me goosebumps."

Dao Lin raised an eyebrow, touched the back of his hand that had been slapped red, and suddenly pointed a finger at the tent entrance, saying, "Since you're awake, why don't you move around a bit and get used to your new strength? There's a group of sparring partners outside."

"Xie Qing and Lai'er have already returned the manuscript to its rightful place, and Zhu Yan has also brought the Pure Pearl back to the Cleansing Pool. Now, only this one remains..."

Daolin picked up the Destiny Tablet that had been sitting on the table to the side.

They had always stayed near the palace and never left, never straying far from the boundaries of the Destiny Tablet.

The moment the two stepped out of the tent, the sharp-eyed Skateher shouted, "Give it back to me! Give it back to me!"

"No way, it's not yours." Shui Qi smiled and took a few steps forward, blocking Daolin's view.

With a 'thud,' Skateher was thrown to the ground. Mu Yegui stepped on her head, his cold silver eyes quietly watching Skateher struggle and try to break free, like a clown.

"Damn it! Damn it! You all deserve to die!!"

Shui Qi walked forward with a smile, bent down slightly to get closer to Skateher, and asked softly, "It's been so long, why are you so sluggish?"

"Damn it!"

"Alright, stop repeating those same few words like a broken record. I'm tired of hearing it, even if you're not. Skateher, are you really Skateher?" Shui Qi asked coldly, her long, narrow blue eyes fixed on her.

"Me! I... of course I am! I am..." Her mouth was agape, her expression constantly changing, her body gradually becoming ethereal, and finally she and the skeleton vanished into thin air.

"It's finally over," Dao Lin murmured.

The endless darkness ended, and they ushered in the dawn, also thwarting the conspiracy of Queen Skateher of the Underworld's 'Shadow Kingdom'.

But I always feel like something is missing.

What is it?

Suddenly, Mu Yegui staggered twice, slowly closed his eyes, and fell down.

"Ye Gui!"