I became a cannon fodder villain. If I want to survive, I must take care of my baby first.

Zhong Ling Shengyin is the holy spirit of the bell tower, but before she was reborn in this identity, she had another name: Liuguang.

Perhaps she saw the shadows of herself and Hyde in Catherine and Echo, and she was suddenly moved by the scene and slowly recalled her memories of her previous life.

Two people in love are separated by their own choices. Perhaps the future is unknown. Catherine and Huiying will not necessarily repeat their regrets, but Zhong Ling Shengyin cannot just stand by and watch.

Having finally been reborn as a holy spirit, she would never tolerate tragedy happening again.

Catherine had a healthy body, a wealthy family, and was not even under the control of her parents. The echo was still there, so there was still room for maneuver.

But this requires great determination, and the road ahead is unknown. If Catherine really chooses to follow Echo, she will face countless risks.

She shouldn't force others to do something that she herself couldn't do, so she gave the choice to Catherine.

All Zhong Ling Shengyin could do was to encourage Catherine and give her the treasure that symbolized the source of his life as a talisman to ensure her safety on the journey.

The night she got the pendant, Catherine immediately decided to find Echo.

The only thing that made her feel conflicted was confessing her feelings to Hui Sheng. Apart from that, there was no possibility of hesitation at all.

It's not as simple as comforting him or accompanying him, nor is it about risking everything you have in exchange for a possible future.

She wanted to catch up with Echo, surpass him wherever he could see her, so that he could always feel her company.

This is not an adventure, but a challenge, an unprecedented challenge.

Katherine then wanted to prove to Echo that she was not either of his parents and would not make the same mistake again.

Maybe Catherine can't help Echo get out of his sadness now, but she will one day occupy his entire heart and become Echo's happiness.

It is not about replacing the mother's position in Echo's heart, but about surpassing her, so that Echo, who is sad about losing his mother, will move forward because of her.

The cruel reality binds everyone, but the wishes in our hearts are not shackles, and prayer should urge people to move forward.

Echo's only worry was that it would cause trouble for Catherine. Since this was the reality, he would try to break the shackles of reality.

Huixiang chose to leave at that time because he certainly did not want his mother's death to become a burden to him. His beloved mother should have been the great motivation for him to escape from his poor life and move towards a better future.

That's why Catherine had to take charge of her own life and become a great person, so that Echo would have to rely on herself, and one day in the future she could proudly tell him, "Feel free to rely on me."

She would never give up everything for Hui Ying, but would use him as her motivation to create more and have a brilliant and splendid life.

Catherine put on the amulet given by Zhong Ling Shengyin, packed her luggage, and headed towards the prosperous capital Yuanqi City, which was completely opposite to the border.

After Huiying and Catherine left one after another, Zhong Ling Shengyin fell into loneliness.

She often wondered what happened to those two people. Echo and Catherine must be having a hard time now, but they were also fighting for the same life without regrets. This wish was enough to support them through the most difficult road.

Shortly after Catherine left, the riot broke out.

As the point where the entire disaster occurred, Liuguang City suffered a devastating blow.

Zhong Ling Shengyin sighed sincerely, fortunately the two of them did not stay, otherwise in such a terrible disaster, even if she tried her best, she might not be able to save Catherine and Echo.

The Yang Caique family, which once ruled Liuguang City, oppressed the people and made everyone live in agony, was completely destroyed. Countless evil forces and the poor people were swallowed up in a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

The bell spirit Shengyin uses the power of her holy spirit to ring the funeral bell non-stop, so that the quiet voice that heals the inner wounds can enter the hearts of every resident of Liuguang City.

She paid a huge price and expended countless magical powers before she finally saved this town that should have been destroyed in the catastrophe.

Lin En, the second prince of the Kingdom of Aslan, used the power of the Lion Heart to temporarily seal all magic, suppress the riot, and ascend the throne.

After the disaster subsided, the residents of Liuguang City were moved by the city's tenacity, and they welcomed a new life in a heavy dawn.

Only Zhong Ling Sheng Yin knew that forcibly supporting a town that was about to fall apart was only temporarily suppressing the crisis.

Perhaps one night twenty years later, all the sin, pain, regret, sadness and anxiety in everyone's heart will be released in an instant, and the whole city will disappear in silence.

She didn't know why she chose to do this. Maybe she just wanted to keep the memories of Hyde, or maybe she was looking forward to the day when Catherine and Echo would return to Streamer City hand in hand.

But she couldn't change the fate of extinction after all. Is it really a good idea to force Liuguang City to continue like this?

The shadow left by this disaster is likely to accompany people throughout their lives, passing on from generation to generation through reproduction and inheritance, causing a worse situation.

Zhong Ling Shengyin began to doubt his own behavior.

As usual, she lay passively on the low wall of the bell tower rooftop, looking at the people who were organizing the reconstruction, and couldn't help but think about the correctness of doing so.

The difference is that a familiar music emerges from the depths of the soul.

It is Hyde's voice. Every night in the desert, when he misses his hometown, he always sings this song.

When Liuguang was in pain, as long as he thought of this song and recalled every moment he spent with Hyde, the pain in his body would be soothed.

At this moment, the unknown ballad sounded again, bringing Zhong Ling Shengyin the answer to the question she had been thinking about.

The result is important, but the process cannot be ignored.

Jungle, desert, city, the land of Liuguang City has been undergoing changes all the time. As long as it has not been destroyed by disasters, it has a reason to continue to exist.

Just as everyone is born destined to die, the world is so colorful that people can't bear to reach the end too quickly.

Although Liuguang had regrets for the rest of her life, her encounter with Hyde made her life colorful.

Preventing destruction from happening is the norm, and holding on does not require a reason.

Perhaps twenty years later, the destruction of the bell tower was inevitable, but at least they did try hard to fight.

If Echo and Catherine cannot be together in the end, they will not regret their choice.

Zhong Ling Shengyin finally understood why he had to try his best to protect Liuguang City.

Because no matter what time, this city is her home.

Met Hyde, married Neil, and was respected by the townspeople.

When you are reborn here as the Holy Spirit, you can still gain companions worth cherishing.

It is because of the memories with them that Zhong Ling Shengyin can fall in love with this city without hesitation and do her best for it.

Rebuilding homes is certainly tiring, and getting out of the shadow of a disaster also takes a long time, but compared with the disasters that have become a thing of the past, these are nothing.

For twenty years, Zhong Ling Shengyin would watch over the city below from the top of the bell tower every day.

Sometimes, she would piece together news of Catherine and Echo from the memories of thousands of residents.

One of them becomes the administrator of a great library, gains status and wealth in his own right, and keeps chasing after Echo, making his mind full of her even when he doesn't want to meet her.

The other one got the opportunity to work in the Knights Templar because of his kindness, where he shined and became a trusted colleague of his partners.

Sometimes, Zhong Ling Shengyin would feel lonely and extremely heavy in his heart.

Every time at this time, the ancient and mysterious ballad of the Orderer would ring in my mind, as if he was accompanying his lover in his own way and telling her that the suffering would eventually pass. Instead of sticking to the shadows that had long been left behind, it would be better to think about how to embrace the sunshine so as not to waste its warmth and comfort.