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The shattered gaps continue to expand along the feet, and debris-like rocks continue to fall from the top of the head.Pearl looked up at the cracked ceiling.Behind the cracked skylight, the unexpected sky appeared in the field of vision as thick as jet black.The ground under the feet is constantly loosening and sinking, giving people a shaking feeling that the world is collapsing.

Pearl smiled as the white light died.Overhead, behind the ceiling, is neither the sky nor another room.The boundless and deep darkness is so thick that it cannot be melted away, but it is not the night sky, but a future with no way forward.

The teasing smile that still existed at the corner of his mouth disappeared, and Pearl stood there looking up at the future, smiled wryly silently, and watched the landscape sinking and going away quite calmly.A wind came from the cracked gap, curling up the black hair and messing up the sight.

"I'm going to die..."

Such thoughts overflowed from the heart along with the whispered words, but it was not necessarily a big surprise.

Slightly bending her knees, she lightly landed on the gravel, and the corners of Pearl's clothes rose with the wind.The dust cleared away, and what appeared before him was a long, narrow and spacious room.The waterfall gushing down the wall is thick and lustrous, as beautiful and transparent as a curtain made of fine silk, and when the wind blows away, it will set off undulating ripples on it.The glazed glass is concealed by it, and the picture of the revolving lantern is faintly visible behind the water curtain. Even if it is not clear, it is enough for people to understand where this is.

It's obviously just a game, if you want to pay your life here, then it's nothing to be here all this time.Pearl had doubts in his heart, but he was not unwilling.This is just a question after letting go of the obsession with life and death, but it is also a question that many people still want to ask after working hard for a lifetime.

The sudden landing did not cause much inconvenience to those who were originally in this room.The winners and losers here are already clear.Pearl glanced calmly over the people who had stopped in shock.The dying man was stuck in revolving doors and obsessions, but when Pearl looked at him, he glared fiercely at Pearl instinctively.The wine-red hair was tangled with blood clots and clotted into bunches.He persistently strode towards the thing that exudes soft light in the center of the room, but he was always brought back to his starting point by the revolving lantern.

Whether to choose to die like this, or to obtain that thing to live.

Pearl looked at the crystal that glowed softly on the altar.

The six-petal prism is suspended in the golden branches, and there is no movement other than the slow rotation.Black and white crystals are embedded together, and it emits light, which illuminates the entire room.The water curtain shimmered and fluttered gently under its light.

No matter black or white, there is such a soft light.

It's almost like the slight drunkenness at dusk or at the moment of early morning.The gentle color between the darkness and the light has the coolness of the night and the warmth of the sun that has not yet risen.

Wan Lai's silence and uncontrollable turmoil before he first woke up were all in that wave-like light.

Pearl stared blankly at the crystal.He knew his gaze had been captured.The body is involuntary, the brain can't think, just take a step swaying like this.

Pearl saw himself holding out his hand.

The distance from the crystal was very far away, but the ever-spreading light made him feel that he could grasp it.

Pearl felt the light was warm and familiar.He stared blankly at the slowly rotating crystal.

Is it just a matter of catching the light?As if bewitched, Pearl couldn't help but stare at the object emitting such a radiant light, and took another step forward.

"The crystal is mine!" The wounded man screamed, staring at Pearl with blood-soaked eyes, staggering and swinging his knife.

The scimitar slashed in front of his eyes, and Pearl came back to his senses at the last moment, and his eyes recovered.

It wasn't that he came back to his senses in time, but that the opponent's strength didn't seem to have much leeway.The knife lost its strength and the speed dropped, and the hand holding the knife was trembling with panting.The wet blood on the knife was wrapped around the blade like a silk cloth, and the red liquid slid down the cold blade and dripped into the pool of blood on the ground.

Pearl lowered her head, and the pool of blood in the room flowed from one end of the room to the other, filling the entire hall.

When the blood flowed to the corner, it slowly solidified, forming a clear line with the white pool wall.Red light reflected on the wall.

Like earth and sky at dusk.

The man slashed the scimitar like crazy, but he couldn't even walk steadily, "The crystal is mine!"

Pearl only stepped sideways, and the blade landed at his feet.The knife hit the ground, spattering a line of blood.The half-dried blood was sprinkled on the embarrassed face, and it was mixed with the messy red hair.With the handle of the knife propped on the ground, he stared at Pearl with beast-like pupils,

"The crystal is mine."

This is the only sentence left in the man's consciousness.

Naosika and Dionysus stood in a pool of blood, they stood not far or close, but did not step forward to help.The eyes of those two people seemed to be looking at Pearl, and they seemed to be looking at the past or the future through Pearl.This is the magic of the revolving lantern that has been seen once.

Pearl walked towards Dionysus and the others. When Dionysus saw him approaching, he showed a complex expression that looked like fear.Taking a step back, he tried to distance himself from Pearl, but was stopped by Naosika.Naosika looked back from looking up, her eyes were calm, as if she still had reason.

But Pearl stopped a step away from them.

"Why don't you go up?" Pearl asked Naosika.He saw the distance between Naosika and the stone, and he only needed to take a few more steps up the steps, and everything was over.

"I'm waiting for you." Naosika replied calmly.

"Wait for me?" Pearl twitched the corners of her mouth, forming a strange expression, a half-smile, and the confusion between her brows could not be concealed.It's like not understanding what value he has to be waited for.

"That's right, waiting for you." Naosika nodded, "I figured it out." He turned his head, and the blond hair fell from his shoulders with this movement.Crystal white light shines on it.Gold seems to be born to be bathed in such a holy light.Naosika spoke to the crystal made of two parts,

"Whether it is darkness or light, whether it is justice or evil, there will be no salvation in this world. There is no so-called exit and salvation from the beginning."

Naosika's words caused Pearl's body to shake suddenly, and he looked up with shocked and incredible eyes.

Naosika continued as if she didn't feel the gaze,

"There may be temporary happiness, but people are destined to be dissatisfied. Because of dissatisfaction, there will be desires and evil thoughts, because human existence itself has two sides. Under the light, as long as there is an object, there must be a shadow." Naosi Ka looked down at his feet, the thick blood on the ground became deeper because of his shadow.He gazed at the color,

"If you want to erase the shadow, you have to erase yourself." Naosika snorted softly, shaking his head as if denying himself, and sighed helplessly, "Let me erase myself, I can't do it." To. In that case, let’s live.”

"But if there must be shadows and darkness in order to survive, I'm thinking... If it's you, it's not bad."

Naosika turned his head sideways, the mottled light from the water curtain fell on his pale face, but it didn't give him the warmth he should have.

"If the darkness is like you, I think I can accept it."

Where there is light, there will be shadows. There is no absolute justice in this world.When Pearl heard this sentence, he felt as if he had passed away. The first game he played was a large-scale RPG with such a setting.When I first saw it, I felt refreshed, as if the world suddenly woke up.But as the time of playing the game became longer, he began to no longer agree with such a setting.

This is just the reason why games are often used to fool players, to make everyone temporarily forget the correct world view, and to show their desires and vent their desires.

In the game, killing is to keep oneself alive, which requires no struggle or consideration.The desire to be released suddenly is revealed in the most straightforward way.

The oppression and depression suffered in reality, at the moment of fighting desperately in the game, in a fierce way, the flesh and blood burst, and the body surface was torn as the flesh was torn.

Those desires that exist in real life, those repressions that make people struggle and pain, those sorrows that cannot and do not have the courage to use death as a relief.

All were liberated for this reason.

In games, the sense of relief and gratification from someone else's or your own death can be addictive.

But is it so happy?

There is no completely pure white world in this world, and there is no completely clean faith... Do you believe it?

Would you like to believe it?

Since you think this is the only way out, why don't you go to that light, to that crystal.Pearl looked at Naosika with complicated eyes, he wanted to ask.

There was a knife wind coming from behind, and Pearl raised his toes lightly, raised a broken dagger and blocked it with a backhand, blocking the dagger that was slashing towards the back.Spinning his hand with the back of the knife, he swept the man to the side wall.The flow of water was interrupted, and then spattered the people who fell in the pool.The blood turned into swirling red smoke in the pool, and melted like fluff in the flowing water.

"Ah—" The screams went from near to far, but Pearl didn't look back.

It was howling from the past.

All things yesterday were born today.

The sufferings of the past make today's heroes.

It is the belief we have always believed in that has allowed us to endure everything until now.Although he doubted it, he didn't want to give up on him for a moment.Because as an ideal, it is so perfect and so desirable.

Absolute justice and absolute evil.Pure and clean like the sun and the night sky.

Pearl took a step forward, stood beside Naosika, and supported Dionysus who wanted to escape but fell to the ground.Dionysus' flustered eyes met Pearl's, he paused, and suddenly grabbed Pearl's sleeve, crying

"I don't want you to die, I don't want you to die—"

"I know, I know." The surprise on Pearl's face was fleeting.He patted Dionysus on the back and comforted him in a low voice.

Whether he was Pearl Mortis or not.What he experiences is his life, because it's not just a game, it's a living experience.The person in his arms is real, and the temperature of his palm is real.Even the frightened trembling of his fingertips because of fear was real.

Even death is real, what is not real.

It's all fake, it's all excuses.

"You are real, I thought so from the beginning." Holding Dionysus in her arms, Pearl walked towards the shining crystal on the altar half-heartedly.Naosika was beside him, walking together in silence. "Because it is true, it cannot be accepted lightly like a game, and it cannot be acted arbitrarily like a game."

Embracing Dionysus, who was about to slip from him at any time, Pearl walked step by step towards the high platform where the crystal was enshrined, "The process of keeping you alive and happy is simply more difficult than the challenges you encounter in reality." It's frustrating. But I don't regret it."

"Real life is oppressive and painful, but that is because we are making the right choice. The right thing will inevitably experience hardships, but because it is correct, we can endure it, and while enduring the unbearable depression, We're hoping too."

"I'm here to overthrow BADEND!" Pearl gritted his teeth and said loudly.

The brilliance of the carousel flashed before her eyes, constantly blocking her progress, and Pearl had to lower her head to face the blood on the ground under her feet.The leather boots moved in the bloody water, making circles of arc-shaped patterns, which slowly spread around.

"You believe in justice more than anyone else!" he said loudly to Naosika as he passed by.

Even if you don't look at it, the brilliance of the revolving door still has an impact on Pearl.Pearl shook her head, neither listening nor looking.The crystal's light became scorching hot as it approached.Pearl felt the warm liquid flow from his mouth and nose.

"Since this is the case, don't make excuses and say that there should be darkness. People should have higher aspirations!" Pearl helped Dionysus step on the stone steps, and Naosica fell behind.

Climbing up the stairs, Pearl could already hear the sound of flames cracking.But his eyes could no longer see the light. "It is more sublime than the sky and the earth, more brilliant than the sun, and deeper than the darkness. It is almost impossible to realize the wish, and it is almost a miracle. Because God is a person who wants to create miracles!"

Pearl shouted out what he wanted to say with the last of his voice.A pair of hands supported Pearl's body from behind.Naosika's voice came from behind. Leaning on Naosika's chest, Pearl felt a sense of peace after the dust had settled.He heard Naosika whisper in his ear,

"Obviously the last person to believe this..." Naosika supported Pearl's back hard, trying to help him walk into the light of the crystal, but Pearl gently pushed him away.Naosika stood still, his body was melting like Pearl's, but he stopped.He took Pearl's hand caressingly, and squeezed it tightly.The hoarse voice described the man he knew, "like the most incomprehensible villain in the world, interpreting all the evils in the world, neither believing in justice nor liking justice."

"But you saved me."

Holding Pearl's hand, Naosika pulled him stubbornly, "One person can't do it, but two people can persevere, so please walk to the finish line with me with your head held high." From the burning light The voice that came said firmly, "To me, you are a partner of justice."

Naossi pulled him and walked forward resolutely, "I have always believed that!"

Pearl laughed, and paused for a moment. He who was still hesitating suddenly laughed out loud, "I finally understand why I have to risk my life to accompany you people..."

Here, he saw emotions stronger than reality, those emotions that were suppressed behind rationality, strongly stimulated the numb nerves.

He also wanted to see what would happen if it was just for the pursuit of purity.I want to take a look, but I don't want to move forward for any ideal.Because, that is not his ideal.

As Pearl's words fell, suddenly, as if being burned by the sun, all the fear left along with the pain.It was like being baptized. After bathing in the holy light, Pearl suddenly felt that her legs and feet had strength again.But he knew that this was a flashback.

Supporting Dionysus, pulling away the hands that were still holding him, Pearl patted him on the back, using one of Dionysus' favorite ways, hugging like a brother, gently Shoot, saying goodbye.Dionysus suddenly came back to his senses, soberly grabbed Pearl's hand, and he clearly uttered a request from his dry lips, "...don't go."

Pearl just patted and didn't speak.

This is not his way.Whether the future lies ahead or becoming a god is not his path. From the very beginning, he has no intention of creating extreme justice and extreme evil.He could understand Naosika's ambition, but he couldn't bear it.And Dionysus, he just didn't believe that all people have lofty aspirations and can follow a path to the end.Dionysus believed that the world he wanted was a world that could only be created by absolute rule and a cruel and oppressive legal system.

But that doesn't mean he doesn't believe the world can't be a better place.

The two of them are the ones who are willing to live to endure the hardships of ideals and life

And he, it doesn't matter whether he dies after the light, or goes back, it doesn't matter even if he disappears.This is the end of a person.The end of a life.A life that can be ended is happiness, and saving all the bedends and reaching the end together with all the happiness is probably considered a kind of fulfillment.

"From now on, I have where I want to go, so, goodbye...if possible—" Pearl cut off the conversation, pushing Dionysus in the direction of Naosika, "Let's talk, go create A better world, and then proudly tell me that all good things are possible in the world."

"When the time comes, let's truly be partners together again."

Let go of your hands, relieved.After finishing what he had to say, Pearl relaxed his body, no longer resisting the scorching light, and fell down on the steps in front of the altar.Blood oozed from the skin, flowed into pools, and then overflowed again.Pearl listened to the lingering sound of the water, and the water lines vibrated as the footsteps moved away, caressing her face in circles.In the end, the light that had been burning the body disappeared, like falling into real darkness, and Pearl really fell asleep.

I don't know if my life will return to the bitter reality when I open my eyes again.Pearl thought in a daze.

In the dark, after losing temperature, the coldness of the body came from within, wrapping Pearl's whole body.Pearl trembled in the dark, trembling, afraid, enduring the pain of death and the despair of life.Hovering on the edge of life and death, what the future will be is completely a matter of choice.

To live, or to die, life is a process of constantly pressing the selection arrow.

It will lead to a completely different path because of a small choice.

What if, Pearl suddenly thought, if he persisted for a while, just for a while?

God said that being able to persist in facing the pain of death and the despair of life is the power to create miracles.Living is pain, and those who can live through pain must have direction and goals.

They will finally see the light.

In the darkness, a little bit of light fell on the broken body, and the bits and pieces were like the warmth of a spring day's inquiry.They land on that body, merge into that body.From the warmth of the heart to the limbs and torso.

The grand brilliance fell down one after another as if receiving a signal after the light spot dimmed, illuminating the whole world.

Some people trembled their eyelids and tried to open their eyes in the warmth.

The scenery as far as the eye can see is the beginning of another journey.

"This is……?"

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