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[Fu Xuan]: "Vilvie really... has the Herrscher of Corruption completely outmaneuvered."

[Silver Wolf]: 'Alicia is about to be resurrected, and the heroes now have a rear base from which to counterattack. It's time to strike back!'

[Fireworks]: "Don't be so happy~ The final battle is coming up, don't you want to see the other heroes shatter one by one~"

[Sambo]: "Sakura has been infected again, as has Aponia. Sue may have to go find Kevin. There aren't many combat forces available to deploy now."

……Is it right?"

"Yes. All efforts are aimed at regaining its dominance. There is no other way to defeat the Law of Corruption."

"So no matter what we do... the outcome will only be... right?"

Su did not answer, but instead comforted Mei, telling her not to worry, as the heroes were just shadows of the past.

"You'll see them soon. So smile, that's what they'd like to see."

Mei's deep voice seemed to choke with emotion: "...I understand."

"...Even if it has been erased, it will still leave an indelible mark."

"Take her away."

He handed a blue flower to Mei.

"The rest will be given to you by Eden."

"Four keys, sealing away a shared past. That page that should have been turned by you, now..."

"...Let it remain in your memory once more."

"Um...of course."

Mei solemnly accepted the crystal flower. "You know my answer."

[March 7th]: "Is there really no other way? To perish together with the erosion? No way!"

[Alicia]: "There's no need to be sad. I think our farewell will be grand and magnificent!"

[Star]: "O soul, return..."

O soul, return... Drive the long whip and rein in the six reins...

O soul, return... I sing as I cross the mountains... Return... O soul, return...

Alicia…return as called!

[March 7th]: "What are you doing? Are you trying to summon a spirit?!"

[Blue Sparrow]: "By synthesizing a larger version of Alicia in Mei's memory space, Mei really does have Alicia on her mind literally~"

[Silver Wolf]: "Hurry up, I want to see how the erosion is going!"

"It's alright, I've had this experience before."

"Is it because of my identity as the Herrscher of Corruption?"

"Although she and I are not the same being, you want to use me... to do something for the past?"

Sakura recalled her last conversation with Airi and sighed with emotion:

"...Not at all."

"It seems that even after witnessing Alicia's departure, my fate remains unchanged."

"But... that's exactly what she once said to me."

Even though her body had been corrupted, Sakura still resolutely pulled the sword out of her hand towards the corruption:

"Come, Herrscher of Corruption, use your hands... use my death... to prove she was right."

"But before that, I have one more request."

Erosion looked at Sakura, seemingly bored and nonchalant, and said:

"If I could, please let me die a little longer."

Ignoring the doubts emanating from her, Sakura continued, "Do everything you can to make me feel despair, regret, and utter helplessness..."

"Only in this way can I realize just how bad I really was..."

Only then will I know how, in the end, I... managed to protect my role as the older sister.

"Sakura, you still can't let go?"

"Never, and never."

"Even so, you still want to stand here, blocking my way, instead of listening to your own heart... and continue living?"

The answer is the slowly rising blade.

"Never...and never."

With a sudden darkness, Sakura's portrait shattered, leaving only six members of the Heroic Order!

[Star]: "Sakura...my Sakura, I didn't touch your ears, don't go!!"

[Galach]: "Looking on the bright side, this time, Sakura finally upheld her pride as the older sister and faced the Herrscher of Corruption once again."

Theresa: "Six heroes remain..."

[Yanqing]: "She seems completely unable to understand Senior Sakura's will to die."

[Tail]: "Hey, why waste words with someone who'll do anything to survive?"

Chapter 275: Erosion truly 'loves' the heroes!

"My abilities... I'm afraid they'll be ineffective."

She looked down at her hands and, as usual, began to feel guilty.

"Qian Jie... used his own life as a price to allow me to touch the Herrscher of Corruption..."

"But I can only probe her... and I can't establish communication with her consciousness?"

At this moment, Aponia, as the most unique individual in this paradise, is constantly providing information to the remaining heroes through her own efforts.

She had already concluded that since the Herrscher possessed a mind comparable to that of a human, even if they were invincible as data, they still had the potential to be defeated on a psychological level.

"If I can intervene in her mind, I... might be able to control her."

"But how much time do I have left?"

At this moment, the Herrscher of Corruption's pursuers also appeared beside Aponia.

[Star]: 'The big V teacher is still C!'

[Natasha]: "I originally thought that Velvi arranged all of this under the influence of erosion of trust, but who knew that erosion never trusted Velvi."

[Vilvie]: "Isn't it all the more wonderful to perform on a stage like this, my lovely audience~"

[Raven]: "Aponia is still persisting, passing the message on to other heroes."

[Misha]: "Aponia is only able to do this because of its unique position in Paradise. Other heroes would probably have been corrupted long ago."

[Silver Wolf]: "He even wanted to 'guide' the Herrscher's consciousness onto the right path."

[Star]: "If Aponia can really do this, wouldn't corruption be considered a form of good depravity?"

[Tail]: "You're a real genius!"

"Come, Herrscher of Corruption, you... come into my arms."

After going all in, Aponia also entered the corrupted consciousness, but what appeared before her was the long-dead Thousand Calamities!?

Aponia called softly, and a thousand calamities greeted her with a smile:

"Yo...you've finally arrived, Aponia."

"Are you here to rescue me?"

"you……!?"

Seeing Aponia frozen in place, Qianjie quickly asked, "What's wrong? I thought you'd be happy to see me."

"Haha, this place is really interesting. But that's enough for now, take me away quickly."

(Why is there a hint of 'Alicia' in his tone?)

(Could it be... that this isn't a preserved consciousness, but rather a counterfeit created by the Herrscher of Corruption according to her own understanding?)

As the conversation continued, the striking resemblance to Alicia intensified Aponia's anger:

"Enough, Herald of Corruption."

“Qian Jie is my friend… If you want to declare your victory to me, you can use other methods…”

“I will not allow you to... humiliate him like that.”

"The Herrscher of Corruption? What are you talking about? Wasn't she sealed inside that box a long time ago?"

"It's me, Qianjie. Look at my face, don't you remember me?"

[Padofelis]: "Oh my god, that guy Jie looks just like Alice! What am I seeing?!"

[Padofelis]: 'This is terrifying!'

When they saw Alice's attack, all the heroes fell silent; the scene was still a bit too abstract.

[Star]: "Has the Alicia virus spread further?"

[Thousand Calamities]: "You Herrscher, you're asking for death!!"

[Silver Wolf]: "This is truly an out-of-character (OOC) situation that I've never seen even with my intense online surfing."

"Have they also been corrupted by the Herrscher of Corruption?"

This is clearly an unacceptable fact.

"So...her influence on Yingjie actually stemmed from...?"

"She wasn't lying. While we were fighting to the death at all costs, she really was just... trying to save our lives in her own way?"

The truth is no longer important. If this judgment is true, then... it is tantamount to declaring one's defeat beyond doubt.

She intended to use some kind of leverage to reshape the other person's mindset and change their behavior.

But since that was their initial intention, how could she possibly get them to turn back—even if that love had already become misplaced?

[Star]: "Tell me, is Erosion truly in love with the heroes? Aponia, are you awake?"

[March 7th]: "Who expresses love like this? It's even more abstract than the Scott family's way of showing affection!"

【Fireworks】: "Because she didn't want the heroes to die, she corrupted them; because she didn't want to be separated from the heroes, she chose to truly merge with them. Isn't this a kind of yandere?"

[Fu Xuan]: "But based on what she did and said to Ying Jie before, how could she possibly love Ying Jie?"

[Qingque]: "Master Taibu, different races in the universe have different understandings of love, although I also hope that Aponia has really misunderstood."

[The Herald of Knowledge]: "Tch, whatever Corruption's intentions, she's gone this far, just attack her directly!"

Chapter 276 What's the hardest thing in Paradise? A snake's mouth!

The gratitude exists in the world, and... it is eternal.

(Did they share the same initial intentions... yet end up with completely opposite outcomes?)

“But that is definitely not the future Alicia wants.”

"I...can't stop here..."

She suddenly realized something.

"No... that kind of strong resistance could never belong to Alicia."

"Could it be that my guess was wrong from the very beginning?"

"This place... isn't the Herrscher of Corruption...?"

Thinking this, a dark green swamp appeared before Aponia, and Aponia understood: "So... it was you..."

"This is not the Herrscher's heart, but yours."