Ironclad Group Chat: Red and Black Lists Engraved with Heroic Epics

Liu Ying smiled faintly, her brows relaxed: "Although she is not my true companion, that incinerator left me a cluster of her flame."

"I never trusted you, and I left it on you during our journey—now, I'm letting it reignite, burning away a thought with ease."

She was convinced that she had used it perfectly, and that was the key to breaking the deadlock!

[Black Swan: Hmph, I told you, how could you not suffer a backlash and experience the excruciating pain of being devoured by a dahlia when you associate with it?]

[Dahlia: Oh dear, how can you say that to your good friend? I just helped everyone. I still miss those days when we could only keep warm on cold, rainy nights by huddling together. You were so much more obedient back then.]

[Silver Wolf: Whew~~ That scared me to death. I knew it! When we teamed up, your counter-surveillance awareness was much better than mine. How could you be so unguarded against a clearly obvious enemy? Turns out you were playing dumb.]

[Star: Were you just trying to mislead the Dream Master before? As expected of my Yingbao, you easily thwarted Gopher's scheme! Although we still don't know what the scheme was...]

[Fireworks: Why aren't you so evasive when you talk to me? You're always so direct and confrontational! Is it because I'm the Masked Fool? This is fate-based discrimination! I'm so angry and cold. When will Joy ever stand up again?]

[Su Chang: By the way, what if Gofemu repeats what he just said? Will that fire last a lifetime?]

[Star: No need. No matter what he says, just run him over in the Sam Mech! That's what I, Yingbao, am best at.]

Gopher was slightly taken aback, then couldn't help but applaud him, but he still didn't reveal the slightest disappointment: "Admirable, but do you really think you can beat me?"

So what if you're fearless of death? Are you so sure you can wipe me out before I unleash my swarm?

Liu Ying's gaze remained unwavering, her aura imposing: "If I can't, I won't run away. If that blow is inevitable, I will be the only one to die in this nightmare."

"Your courage shines like pure gold, however—"

Gopher turned around, still appearing calm and composed. Having said all that, he stopped wasting words and, facing the shimmering stained-glass window, recited his long-forgotten prayer, thus concluding his mission.

"11:45▇ Paradise will fall into the sorrows of the world, and when dawn rises, it will be destroyed by day. What is gold, however, can last forever?"

He glanced sideways slightly, issuing a death knell: "Then come forward and pay homage, descendant of the empire. I grant you permission to reveal to me the true face of order—"

He gazed at the fireflies and proclaimed in a high voice, "I grant you permission to create for me God (the One) with human hands!"

The firefly raised its summoning device, and its shimmering blue light transformed into the only star in the sorrowful night.

The law was activated, and the favored blue flames first ignited at the feet of the Gopherwood tree, then swept across the entire palace as he opened his arms to welcome the fertilization. The beautiful dream dissipated, and a corner of the Milky Way was revealed behind the stained-glass windows.

"The chirping of insects will once again devour everything..."

"Fill the hearts of the lost with fear."

The strike of igniting a raging torrent, fear...

Although she had made up her mind, Liu Ying's eyes still couldn't help but show hesitation. The rising terrifying aura around her made her realize that death was approaching!

"—Someone must first bring down His wrath on His behalf."

boom!

A terrifying surge of energy shattered the stained glass windows, engulfing Gopher's figure. A gigantic hand, crackling with the power to shatter dreams and blazing with malevolent flames, descended from the heavens!

"All living things," Gopher proclaimed in praise of the divine power before his passing, "none are immortal!"

The resounding chant and the undeniable power of the giant hand made it clear that Liu Ying gripped the fiery summoning device tightly and glanced at the pupa above her head.

Once it is broken, boundless disasters will befall it!

She had no reason to back down.

To see that figure again, to win, she cheered herself on in her heart: "Even so, I will still do as always..."

"I pray that I can survive."

"I can do it, right?"

To overcome her fear, she urged Sam to stand up and fight.

[Star: Of course! It definitely can…!]

Xing gritted her teeth, synchronizing her senses with Liu Ying. Staring at the enormous hand so close she couldn't fit it in her vision, feeling the fear that "one strike would be enough to crush her into dust," her eyes widened to the point of cracking, her heart pounding wildly.

We must succeed! We absolutely have to succeed! Three deaths... We will never give up!!!

She roared excitedly, but just before the sound came out, the light suddenly dimmed, and all the exhilaration and heroic determination got stuck in her throat.

Gopher's figure turned to ashes in the flames like a piece of paper, leaving only the gratified smile in his gaze and a profound yet contradictory sentence: "But the arrival of that [Death Ground] is precisely because you were among them..."

"First, seek a way to survive."

The smile that fell on the eyes of the audience carried a strange and whimsical sense of triumph over a scheme that had finally succeeded; the prophecy before its disappearance carried a strange sense of pity and lament.

Those who had chosen to synchronize their senses and become fully immersed in the role were instantly filled with dread. Although they didn't understand what was happening, their intuition told them—

This is terrible! We've fallen into their trap!

[March 7th: What happened? Didn't the dahlia's flames clearly burn away all previous memories? How can they still be communicating?]

[Yao Guang: Strange. Judging from Gofemu's "last words," could it be that Liuying's monologue before the charge was his purpose?]

The light screen lit up again in the blink of an eye.

Three systems away from the opening of the "Harmonious Music Ceremony," at the Pinocchio Grand Theatre.

Sunday's body stiffened; he sensed everything and sighed softly to the Hidden Night Thrush behind him, "Your final confession has taken me quite a surprise."

"Mr. Gopher, no... [The Last Decree]."

"From beginning to end, there has probably never been a 'deathly pupa' of a global locust plague, has there?"

"What exists in the Oak Mansion is nothing but a disguise—hidden within it is only the star core."

[Star: Cough cough cough... Huh?!]

Xing stared in disbelief, finally managing to exhale the breath that had been stuck in her throat, but it was a far from satisfying exhale.

[Star: He... he means that the rainbow curse he cast at first glance was really just to scare Liu Ying? Just a bluff? And all that wandering around before, all that talk about two destinies, about breeding and corrupting dreams to the bone marrow, was all just a smokescreen? Even Liu Ying's subsequent "I won't listen, I won't listen" was expected, a scheme to elicit Liu Ying's later thoughts?]

[Fireworks: Wow~ It's like a mille-feuille! In the end, they really tricked me?]

[Gopher Wood: No, nine parts truth, one part falsehood. Otherwise, how could a lie stir people's hearts?]