Am I going to be controlled by the players too?

The core skill of the Crash Seed is a move that forces the opponent to suffer the same damage at the cost of the user being severely injured and near death—a move that Cheng Cheng has never dared to use, but now is the perfect time.

With the blessing of "arrogance", he was able to kill Freya, who was weaker than him, in an instant!

Cheng Cheng's soul exploded from the inside, every inch of his skin cracked with fine blood lines, and pain climbed up his spine, spreading along the nerve endings to his fingertips—without system shielding, every pain nerve screamed at the same time.

He gritted his teeth and silently savored the pain.

Is this how Sylvia felt during each previous rollback?

At the same time, the girl in his arms trembled slightly, and a deathly aura crept onto her youthful face—

"stop!!!"

Villette's roar dissipated into the graves of the old world.

…………

nothingness.

dark.

There was no sound, no feeling, only consciousness floating in absolute emptiness.

How long has it been since I last came to this place...? It feels like the last time was when I was killed by the Demon of Guns... It's been such a long, long time...

After an unknown amount of time, those nostalgic white words appeared before my eyes:

"GAME OVER"

"The ending: Martyrdom"

"A perfect story shouldn't end like this, really."

Cheng Cheng took a deep breath and, without the slightest hesitation, clicked "Restart".

The darkness began to swirl and fade.

…………

Scene 1, Opening Ceremony.

Interior. Clare Manor—Night. Death. Destruction.

"Boom boom boom—!"

A violent explosion ripped through the night sky. Outside the French windows, a mushroom cloud slowly rose, its orange-red flames illuminating the entire night sky like daylight. Villette was the first to react, leaping into the air, smashing through the glass window, and flying towards the direction of the explosion. In the blink of an eye, she was outside the manor walls.

Cheng Cheng followed closely behind.

But not in the direction of the explosion; on the contrary, it flew straight west, heading straight for the outskirts of the royal city!

"Cheng Cheng, what are you doing?" Freya's puzzled voice echoed in his mind. "Aren't we going to go and see?"

Of course I can't go.

Although he didn't know how the Queen's vampire envoy found Freya, Cheng Cheng knew that at this time, the farther away from the capital the better—ideally, he should run to a deserted place and hide until Harari ascended the throne, then everything would be over!

escape!

Before Harari ascends the throne, he must not be found by the legend again!

Furthermore, Freya must not know about the Queen's death and the Prince's faked death at this time—although doing so would be somewhat unfair to her, Cheng Cheng must keep it a secret.

“With Vilette there, they don’t need us over there.” Cheng Cheng paused. “There’s a place I want to go… I hope you’ll come with me.”

Freya paused for a moment, then her voice, tinged with a mixture of shyness and joy, slowly rang out:

"Ok!"

…………

The 9th show has ended.

Exterior. Outside Walter City—night. Death. Destruction.

In the darkness, Cheng Cheng looked at Villette, who had rushed over, his eyes full of confusion: "This time I've escaped to thousands of miles away, how did you find this place?"

"The royal envoy found me and gave me an address." Vilette traversed tens of thousands of miles of void and descended before Cheng Cheng. "Your Highness, the Queen has passed away. Please return to the palace and inherit the throne."

Tsk, there's no way to escape...

Cheng Cheng gave up completely.

In the previous nine rewinds, he tried various directions, this time even crossing tens of thousands of miles—but each time he was found by Vilette again and taken back to the palace.

Therefore, every time, they had to kill Freya again and reload the game—since they had already done it once, what difference would it make if they did it a few more times?

Cheng Cheng has gradually lost the pain of killing Freya.

After all, Freya doesn't remember.

Freya panicked: "What? My mother...?"

"All right."

Cheng Cheng no longer wanted to comfort Freya—in these nine rewinds, she would have a mental breakdown every time she heard the news, and he would have to spend time comforting her, but all his efforts would be in vain the next time—instead of spending energy soothing Freya's feelings, he would rather use his brain to think of a way to break the deadlock!

Cheng Cheng sighed, extended his right hand, transforming it into a gun, then pointed it at his own head and looked at Vilette: "What if I refuse?"

"Your Highness, now is not the time to act rashly..."

"boom!"

The bullet pierced her brain, and the girl's body fell into the night.

Next time, we absolutely must find a way to break this deadlock!

…………

The 42th match.

Exterior. Silverglow City outskirts—night. Death. Destruction.

As Vilette slowly descended before him, Cheng Cheng stopped in his tracks.

There was no other choice.

In the thirty-three rewinds after giving up on escaping, Cheng Cheng tried various methods—he tried to persuade Vilette many times, but as an ordinary college student, how could he possibly be a match for a well-informed judge in a debate?

Then, he tried to kill the court envoy in advance, tried to win over nobles or Sylvia and others to oppose Vilette, and tried to uncover Prince Cornoma's conspiracy...

failure.

Every attempt, without exception, failed.

In his most dangerous moment, in order to gather information, he disregarded Freya's wishes and sat on the throne at Vilette's invitation.

Upon seeing Freya, the prince immediately abandoned Harari, leaving behind a sneer before disappearing. Meanwhile, he, possessing Freya's body, naturally gained the approval of the nobility and the people, proclaiming to the world his succession to the throne.

The coronation ceremony is called "donning armor to become a saint," which is essentially about using oneself as a vessel to receive the arrival of the source substance [understanding] after achieving the legend of the "Empress."

As the rightful heir, Freya not only has a natural foundation in terms of legal and public support, but more importantly, thanks to the royal family's thousand-year genetic modification, each queen has a body that best matches the characteristics of the source essence, naturally favored by the source essence, with a success rate of up to 90%!

This is also why the royal family has dwindled in number.

But the moment the source substance entered his body, Cheng Cheng regretted it.

He sensed that Freya's memories and personality were rapidly dissipating, being diluted and decomposed by the vast memories contained within the source essence; and his own memories and personality were also disappearing at the same time, at a speed ten thousand times faster than when Bugu modified his memories!

Fortunately, all was well and Cheng Cheng successfully committed suicide to return to the previous timeline.

But this also means that he has lost all his options.

Now, Villette has found himself again; he no longer has the desire to escape, nor does he want to escape anymore.

With a sigh, countless threads of light appeared in front of Freya, outlining the body of a young boy, to Vilette's astonishment.

"Since there's no escaping it... then let's fight!" The boy gritted his teeth and glared at Vilette, his eyes filled with killing intent. "If I defeat you, I can clear this game!"

"Insanity!"

After seeing the boy's late-stage Gold Realm cultivation, Vilette sneered, completely unconcerned.

Then, the boy transformed into a demon, raining down millions of bullets on Villette's figure!

"So, it was you who intercepted and killed the Demon of the Gun in the dungeon back then...?"

Vilette narrowed her eyes and activated her Sanctuary to block the barrage of bullets. The bullets struck the pale gold barrier, sending up a shower of sparks.

At the same time, the phantom judge behind him raised his gavel high—

"No matter who you are... I will make you understand the price of going against justice!"

…………

The 365th match.

Interior. Clare Manor—Night. Death. Destruction.

"Boom boom boom—!"

A violent explosion ripped through the night sky. Outside the French windows, a mushroom cloud slowly rose, its orange-red flames illuminating the entire night sky like daylight. Villette was the first to react, leaping into the air, smashing through the glass window, and flying towards the direction of the explosion. In the blink of an eye, she was outside the manor walls.

The nobles were all extremely surprised and began to discuss it, curious about what had happened in the East District.

Navel swirled her wine glass, completely unconcerned about these things.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, Navel turned around abruptly and found a figure standing behind her who had approached at some unknown time.

Just as she was about to launch a counterattack, Navel breathed a sigh of relief upon recognizing the newcomer and raised her glass to the girl: "It's you. I remember you're Sylvia's partner, your name is... Furina, isn't it?"

"it's me."

Cheng Cheng smiled gently, raised his drink, and clinked glasses with Navel.

"boom!"

Cheng Cheng deliberately used some force, and the moment the glasses clinked, the drinks in the glasses flew high, spilled on the ground, and splashed into the glasses of both of them.

Navel didn't care, drank the wine in her glass, and then looked at the girl with a slight puzzlement: "Frinina, why are you staring at me and smiling?"

The girl's smile became even brighter.

The next moment, Navel's pupils dilated violently, the wine glass slipped from her hand, she clutched her heart, and fell backward!

"Snapped!"

Navel knocked over the waiter carrying drinks, and the messy beverage mixed with shards of glass shattered all over the floor.