Fantasy Clock～Dream Ruler～

The field of vision is close to the ground, and the steel cable is about to tear the internal organs.

"Tick-tick-"

At this critical moment, the rotating pointer caught my eye and caught a glimpse of the crowbar it was sweeping slowly.

I hurriedly grabbed Lin Yu's shoulder, jumped up and jumped to the short handle of the crowbar with one foot, and with the help of the soles of my shoes rubbing and sliding on the short handle, I pushed the long end of the crowbar to make it stand up halfway. Immediately, I grabbed the crowbar, pushed it hard to the ground, and used external force to divert myself from the side rope behind me.

The rough tip of the crowbar scraped against the ground and slid off. Lin Yu obviously didn't expect me to dodge in this way, and stopped before the side rope. He quickly put away his surprise, quickly changed his strategy, and simply stepped on my chest, then squatted down, grabbed my collar fiercely, pulled me up, and punched me in the face.

It went black for an instant. All the noise suddenly seemed to come from afar, only Lin Yu's voice passed by his ears very clearly.

"Su Luoyang. Do you believe in the existence of a so-called creator in this world?"

As soon as the words fell, another heavy blow fell on the cheek.

At a loss, I remembered the question that Alket asked me, but I didn't have the answer at the time, and I still can't generalize the answer now.

I just clenched my red-stained fist tightly, but I couldn't block his attack in time.

The tip of the tongue touched the loose teeth, and the strong smell of blood drilled into the depths of the brain with a painful dizziness. I struggled to stay conscious, nails digging into the scars in my palms.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Yu clasped my arms and placed them on both sides, straddled over and sat on my body. He put his knees into my hands, putting almost all of his weight on my arms. The bones screamed uneasily as if they were about to break, but I couldn't find a way to break the situation. All I could do was kick the floor vigorously, trying to get him off my body.

"If there really is a Creator in this world, then he is definitely not an all-knowing, all-powerful old man who strategizes, but a child with inexhaustible power. Otherwise... how can we explain our deliberate fate?"

The former Arquette had said similar things.

Lin Yu began to alternate his fists left and right, clinging to my face and punching me. Vision flickers with pain. On the verge of collapse of consciousness, the back pressed against the ground cried out to me for help with intensified pain.

Should I be glad that Lin Yu didn't reach for the dagger next to him?

But is his unarmed out of sympathy, or is he gradually brutal?

The more intense the pain, the slower the passage of time. The tormented world seems to be locked in the slow motion of a movie.

The audience outside the arena reveled in Lin Yu's attack, and blood splashed onto the skull helmet hanging beside the ring.

Lin Yu's eyes shone with a crazy brilliance. In comparison, my eyes must be as dull as that skeleton.

This is a battle long overdue, and we are deciding the ultimate outcome.

This is not a boxing ring at all, but a gap in a dream where both of us should have an appointment long ago.

"All our experiences so far are all predestined destiny. Maybe it is only written by the Creator on a few old draft papers, but our life will come to an end according to his random destiny. Even if we try our best Fighting against it is no better than a few sketches on paper."

Lin Yu, like me, is extremely close to the truth of this world, and even realized earlier than me that the world turns out to be so tyrannical and unreasonable.

As the Creator said, we desperately resist the absurdity in life, but only powerlessness continues with our life. Even so, we continue to fight, encounter similar tragedies countless times, and no matter how hard we try, we can only achieve the same result.

In the end, we are reduced to the cage of fate, and the difference brought about by hard work is only in order.

I vaguely recalled Lin Yu's speech that day.

【Su Ruoyang, I never dislike your personality. Whether it's the occasional dullness or the constant pessimism. Until now, I probably don't hate you as a person. Because I never hated you. 】

yes.

We, who also live in the shadow of that domination war, have no reason to fight here.

What makes us plunder each other is the fate written by the Creator.

Laughter, applause. The cheers off the court were as far away as if they came from another world.

I gritted my teeth and resisted again. Use all your strength to knock Lin Yu's body away. It wasn't enough to push him away, but it did stop him briefly.

"Our enemy is not each other, but unnatural fate, right?"

As soon as I finished speaking, Lin Yugao's raised right fist suddenly froze in mid-air, and the fist that hadn't landed for a long time was replaced by his heavy breathing.

At the same time, the already paralyzed arm felt relieved. I grabbed the gap that finally appeared, and stood up staggeringly supporting my arms that were trembling with pain.

Since the reunion, the crazy color in Lin Yu's eyes disappeared for the first time, leaving only empty pupils.

"Do you know? When you reappeared in front of me with a dilapidated fate, I actually thought about cooperating with you for a moment and repeating the struggle three years ago, even if it didn't matter. If I see the tea cat again because of this, I You can let go of your cruel fate.”

This is also the first time Lin Yu mentioned the name of the tea cat after our reunion.

When Lin Yuzai pronounced the name, his empty eyes finally became warmer. But quickly and fleetingly.

"It's just that, regarding our long-established destiny, I thought of an easier way to break the situation."

Suppressing the aches and pains all over my body, I met his gaze with great difficulty. But the focus was gradually blurred in the strong light, and the hazy spots in the field of vision made it impossible for me to recognize the expression in his eyes.

The noise off the field intensified, as if to question Lin Yu's sudden stop. Countless voices yelled at us, urging Lin Yukuai to pick up the weapon on the stage.

For us, there is only the figure of the other party in front of us at this moment.

"The reason why the Creator holds a domination war every seven years is to give the world the right to challenge the gods. I don't know how long I thought about it, but I got this answer. That evil god may have lost his control over Yiwei He is interested, so he wants to create abnormal events and play with the world in different ways. But for us, his interest is only this one opportunity.”

The heart is beating desperately, as if trying to catch up with the time that has jumped out of slow motion and accelerated, trying to prove its existence.

Lin Yu finally bent down to pick up the dagger beside him, and stood up slowly. The cheers off the field immediately erupted, and they attacked me full of malice.

The silver light spun for two weeks between Lin Yu's fingers, and was finally held tightly by him with the tip of a knife facing me.

"I said, Su Luoyang... in order to rewrite our fate, go to die?"

The words fell like thunder, the beating heart stopped in an instant, and the pain in the chest was distorted into a bone-chilling chill. His empty eyes can't see the bottom at a glance, piercing the field of vision like a dead line of sight.

Finally, the hazy field of vision gradually became clear, and Lin Yu's figure was engraved in the distorted field of vision, and the outline appeared unusually unreal.

——Use unexpected death to crush the expected fate. The tragedy carefully designed by the Creator will turn into foam at the moment of death.

I instinctively took a step back, but my steps were trembling, my bones creaking in response. Even I didn't know if the trembling was from injury or fear.

"As long as I die with peace of mind, I can overcome the fate written by the Creator, right?"

The pessimism that tried to back down was stirring inside him again.

I once again tried to figure out what Xia Yinci's words meant in my memory, and I could only compare the only way out she said with Lin Yu's confession now.

Only this way is the way out, does it mean that death is the only way out?

The inexplicable words that Xia Yinci said each time became reality in the end. She was indeed hinting at what was about to happen to me in her way.

So, this time too?

"The power to dominate reality is the pass that is entrusted to those of us who are deeply trapped in our destiny to challenge the gods. In the future, we may have to fight with the winners of previous domination wars who also possess this power, but before that, we There must be someone out there who needs to take that responsibility."

In other words, the outcome of this domination war must have a result.

At the moment when our eyes met each other, only Lin Yu was left in front of me. All scenes disappeared in the crimson sky. We stand on the huge clock, and our numbers are under our feet. The pointer swept over the "11" under my toes, and turned to Lin Yu's "12". Then enter the next round of rotation, and then pass through the rulers who are separated from each other in the sky and yin and yang.

The excitement of the past is gone. An empty dream, just the two of us.

"It means that I want to hand over the victory of controlling the war to you, right?"

"You have the right to choose, but today's battle with you has already told us what to do. Now you don't have the awareness to take on this responsibility at all, and you don't have the ability to match it. On the contrary, I have made up my mind long ago I can promise to complete all missions on your behalf, I will challenge the incompetent gods, and save all the fates that are regarded as playthings by the creator."

Lin Yu had unknowingly changed back to her previous vampire attire. Under the disheveled hair on the forehead, those blood-red eyes could easily see through my thoughts.

"You don't want to be a toy anymore and let the creator dominate your life. You also understand that no matter how hard you struggle, you will only reach the same result. In the future, you will still encounter the same tragedy countless times, and then struggle again and enter the eternal world. Endless reincarnation. You, a pessimist, already know all this well, you know better than anyone that some things cannot be undone, and stubbornness is just a laughing stock.”

Lin Yu waved his sleeves and showed me the dagger just now. He walked up to me unhurriedly, and approached the sharp dagger close to my chest.

The intentionally slow movement shows that Lin Yu deliberately asked for my opinion. But his approaching dagger has an undeniable compulsion in my eyes. Because I couldn't think of an alternative way out, the dead end for me seemed to be the only way out, cruelly snuffing out all possible light in my life.

【If possible, I really want to die in love with you. 】

The love words from the past echoed in my ears, shaking a certain idea that was blocked deep in my heart.

I may have considered the possibility that Xia Yinci might no longer be in this world, but what Xue Xueer said at the time coincided with my unwillingness to believe this possibility.

If Xia Yinci died because of me, should I respond to her original joke and die in love with her?

The pointer rotated in front of me again, and I immediately stretched my hand into the air to the left, and drew out the sickle to block Lin Yu's dagger.

"Since we are discussing who is qualified to take the victory of this battle, then we can't ignore the fact that you gave up fighting against fate three years ago, right? What if you give up because of other things in the future? What if you leave here? Still can't see the tea cat? If you can't see each other again, can you still go on like you promised today?"

I endured the pain caused by the injury, looked into Lin Yu's eyes, trying to find evidence that he couldn't be firm, but he never wavered.

Thoughts sink into the quagmire. Lin Yu suddenly backhanded my sickle, clasped my arm and threw me to the ground.

"It seems that the answer is obvious enough. Su Luoyang, I understand your fear of death, but death has another meaning for you - you will live in the world of dreams forever and ever. And your important People have fallen into an eternal sleep, waiting for you in the dream world, right? So even if you die, you can reunite with her and rewrite the future fate of the two of you."

When people are born in this world, it is always inevitable to experience pleasant or unpleasant memories. These memories form a dream, alternate reality in life, deepen or fade memory, and turn into a life answer sheet after death, recording the imprints we have traced in our lives.

"When you die, you still have sustenance in this world, and your imprint will be engraved in a place other than this world. In this imprint, live with the person you value. Even if you do this, your future will be only her, All other possibilities will disappear, but she sees you as the only light, so you should give up everything to respond to her? Besides, only in this way can we all escape our common fate.”

"You really used the ability of one person, one thousand faces...!"

Lin Yu didn't deny it, I wanted to break free from his hand, but the injury had already reached the point where I couldn't move. His fingers seemed to be glued to the handle of the scythe, and he couldn't even let it go.

"I will accept the victory of dominating the war on your behalf and complete all the missions. Whether it is the mission of driving the Creator from the altar, or the future of not seeing tea cats in the future, I will accept them all. As long as our unsolvable fate can follow the trend To get the answer, we all have to make a huge sacrifice. So, Su Luoyang, please die."

Say it. Lin Yu gently let go of my arm. I moved my bruised arm and supported my body to stand up. His words just now seemed to pierce my ears, and penetrated into the depths of my brain, stirring up the consciousness that was about to collapse. I seem to see the future disintegrating into nothingness, disappearing into a long dream, disappearing into a fate that finally promises hope.

There is no other excuse. If this is the only way out, then from the day I joined the domination war, I have no choice.

Lin Yu started to walk again, and at this moment, he turned into death, pressing on every step of the way. The sharp tip of the dagger pierced the clothes on the chest, tearing the skin bit by bit.

I made peace with myself and unconsciously closed my eyes into darkness. But in the darkness, someone suddenly knocked over the bottles and jars lined up on the dining table, and stepped over and grabbed my collar with both hands.

[Apologize to Su Huilin! Sorry! 】

[What are you talking about "abandoning everything"? Su Huilin will not accept your response with peace of mind, a promising future is her wish! 】

The bitter smell knocked him to the ground, his chest seemed to be pressed firmly against the wall, and his breath was blocked in his throat as if being robbed.

【In the same four months, I never gave up looking for a way to wake her up, but what about you? You are depressed and downcast all the time! At the beginning, you played a game like playing house in your dream, but now you are still doing nothing, even letting others impose their wishes on yourself? 】

The black shadow called death invaded the five senses, and memories wandered around in the body, drawing into the eyes like a revolving lantern.

[Su Ruoyang, do you want to abandon reality and live in a lucid dream world, just to be self-satisfied like this? 】

A clear female voice sounded from behind, with unspeakable sadness surging in her tone. I didn't dare to turn around to confirm Xia Yinci's expression, so I just kept defending.

"That's not the case. Lin Yu is a more suitable candidate than me for challenging the gods, so..."

[It is your freedom to do anything. However, if you want to escape to the dreamland alone to entertain yourself and ignore the reality, then Elus' liking for you will really become unworthy. 】

I finally couldn't hold back and turned around, but my body suddenly fell backwards. I hurriedly stretched out my hand into the darkness, and suddenly caught a ray of colorful colors, which bloomed like fireworks and turned into skyrockets. A flaming crimson. So the feeling of falling disappeared in an instant, and the petite girl was seen standing in the crimson flames.

【If you continue to be so depressed, I will wake you up with the hottest flame! It's not the last moment, how can you put on such a dejected expression? 】

The closed darkness is brightly illuminated by the flames. I looked at the girl in a daze, Elus put her hands on her waist, raised her reddish face and looked up into my eyes, the pointed hat on her head was crookedly about to fall off.

【You are the hero who brought me back to reality and saved me. 】

As soon as I finished speaking, the pointed hat fell into my hands, and the girl disappeared together with the soaring flames. I hurriedly searched for the figure of Elus, but my eyes fell into a wild, and at this moment my thoughts fell further into the bottomless abyss.

In the infinitely extended fall, a dazzling light spot disappeared behind me like lightning in the distant sky. My arm couldn't help but follow the light spot and swing to the back, but the light spot had already disappeared. When looking forward again, there are countless but passing lights all over the eyes. It turned out that it wasn't that the light spots flew rapidly behind me to form a disappearing scene, but that I was moving forward quickly, which caused the surrounding scenes to flow rapidly.

【If you can win the domination war, please bring light to my world by the way—】

The light passing at high speed fled to a distance beyond my sight, and the scene returned to stillness again, but in fact it was a slender arm wrapped around my abdomen, stopping me on the way of my fall.

[Su Ruoyang, I believe that if you become a god, this world will definitely become more interesting. 】

The slender hair hangs on my cheek, and the black cat's moving gaze falls down.

"This time, isn't it a lie? I, who can't even save the people around me, really have the qualifications to compete with fate?"

Before waiting for a reply, her figure disappeared in an instant, only the black cat hair ornament was still there, and it fell directly to the tip of my nose without support.

I closed my eyes instinctively, and suddenly felt the cold temperature of my palms, as if someone had put their arms around me from behind, covering my eyes.

[It's okay. If it's you, bro, it's definitely possible. One day, you will surely break the curse of sleep and save me from the nightmare. 】

Su Erin let go of her hand from my eyes, and hugged my neck tenderly. But the touch that reassured me disappeared in the next second, and her soft breath became imperceptible. I turned around at a loss, only to find a young man in a doll costume in front of me. He sat cross-legged on the pitch-black ground, looking at me with a gentle expression.

【Death has no meaning, it is the living who are affected and endowed with meaning. 】

During the conversation. A hazy image flashes before my eyes,

I saw Kazuhiko Sato tell me on the ruler clock that he was following the light of a senior in his childhood to live;

In a corner of the town, Kaede Watanabe let go of the thought of being sentenced to leave, and chose to return to the reality he gave up because of the behest of his younger generation;

In the world of Elus, her companions died in battle one after another, and they did their best to keep her seal for the rest of the century;

When Elus was confused, Charlotte sent a belated letter across time, pushing Elus to move forward;

In Nuclear Research's "Beyond Dreams", the mother's obsession with the truth dies and turns back into a pure baby. Father gave up resentment and set out for a new life.

Baitu Mei died in battle in front of the tavern, leaving William and Chartres with a lifelong lesson to study.

On the barren star, William and the King of Pirates of Dreams were neither fighting nor happy. The two sides unraveled the regrets that had been dusty for many years, and died peacefully and in the happiness of letting go. Charter let go of his worries and inherited his father's will.

Under the flames that engulfed the sky, Elus gave her life, using the magic that saved her once, and saved me this time.

【Your death today, what meaning can you leave for the living? 】

Sato Kazuhiko tilted his head curiously, and the doll headgear circled back and forth on his rotating index finger.

【Did you save important people? No, you know she doesn't want you to give up the future, and she is still unable to wake up from the dream. Have you fulfilled your lover's long-cherished wish? No, you don't even know whether she is alive or not, so how can you talk about dying for love. I said, can destiny be solved only if you kill yourself? 】

Elus' pure and flawless smile gradually blurred in her vision.

【Hey, Su Ruoyang, how many promises do you have yet to fulfill in the face of death? Now that you have no strong obsession with the hope of this world, it is also sustenance. You are just a hopeless and useless defeated dog. How can you carve your mark in the dream and survive? 】

After finishing speaking, Sato Kazuhiko's figure disappeared without a trace, and the doll's headgear flew out and hit my chest, making the sound of waves.

[Su Huohuo, do you still remember the agreement between you and me? 】

The blue sea of ​​stars created waves, rolled the stars to the shore, and slapped Xia Yinci's bare feet. I looked up in a daze, and the sometimes shining stars were reflected in Xia Yinci's blue pupils.

[If you still remember your promise, then please replace me and win the domination war! Maybe the road ahead will be very lonely, but Su Huohuo, please don't give up——]

In an instant, everything I saw was like a disc rewinding, quickly rewinding into darkness.

A severe discomfort gradually surged in my chest, I suddenly opened my eyes, and immediately held the dagger that pierced my chest to prevent it from piercing deeper, but I still couldn't stop the fact that the dagger had penetrated into the vital area.

Blood poured out like a fountain, infecting my hazy vision.

【—Because this is the only way out. 】

I didn't give up. Because I can't give up yet. Although the road ahead is full of thorns, I must not give up.

Because from the day the domination war started, I had no choice.

I struggled to breathe evenly as the dagger deepened its mark on the wound already left on my palm.

Before the truth is revealed, I absolutely cannot fulfill the Creator's wish. Because in the fate she wrote for me, whether my life will come to an end today, no one knows the answer. In case I was destined to die today, then everything we do is still responding to fate. The future is still within the expectations of the Creator, and it is still impossible to escape from the established circle of the world.

Yes, death cannot be the way out that Xia Yinci chose for me.

Our way out must be in a more distant place.

Lin Yu in front of him showed a look of astonishment, and then calmed down, as if he regarded my resistance as a primitive fear of death, and he gradually increased his strength. Trembling, I clenched the dagger tightly, the pain caused the scene between the dreams to disappear instantly, and was replaced by the original boxing ring.

The hustle and bustle hit the ear, like a spell whispered in the ear.

I gritted my teeth and pushed away the dagger that had torn my chest away with all my strength, my body couldn't resist the inertia and fell to the ground behind me.

The palm of the hand clutching the chest felt a sticky touch, and the blood still gushed out continuously.

The auditorium below the court burst into earth-shattering cheers in an instant.

However, Lin Yu raised the corners of his mouth in disgust, and let out a "tss" from between his teeth.

"Still, it failed..."