Throne of Radiance

"Is there another possibility besides destruction?"

"This is asking me to play the role of the savior in the copy of the nightmare fragments? What is this, the savior training?"

The system's task settlement caused Bai Yi to fall into a brainstorm.

"No, that is an impossible task. The world where the Nightmare Fragment copy is located is hopeless, and the time node for the start of the copy is too late. If it happened before everything happened, it might be possible to change the fate of destruction, but the start of the copy At this point in time, [-]% of the world has been destroyed, right?"

"So the point is 'salvation'? "

"The task of every Nightmare Fragment dungeon comes from the deepest wish of the character. The so-called "salvation" does not necessarily mean that the character must prevent the destruction of the world..."

"It's better to say that the little girl in the dungeon may not even know that the world is being destroyed. So her beliefs and obsessions should start from her own perception of the world..."

In a very short period of time, a large number of brainstorms unfolded in Bai Yi's mind. He suddenly thought of something and couldn't help snapping his fingers.

"Aha, I thought of it, her obsession."

"——It's the mother who turned into a monster, and the mother's longing and pursuit of the sun all the time."

——If that child, in the real history, ends up wandering and running in the eternal night, and even becomes a monster, then, she who doesn't know that the world is being destroyed, her deepest wish before dying should be The mother who saw the human figure again, and she herself never wanted to become a monster, right?Perhaps, she also longed for what the sun her mother was chasing, and couldn't help but look forward to realizing her mother's vision one day.

As long as this is done, her entire world will be redeemed, right?

Bai Yi briefly summed it up: "So, what I'm going to do next is to study how to restore the slime monster back into a human form?" - this should be the core element of customs clearance.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Bai Yi stared at Bai Xiaoxi who was squatting on the quilt in front of him, and fell into a short thought.

After pondering, Bai Yi sighed softly.He pushed the non-existent glasses on the bridge of his nose, put on a serious face, and raised Bai Xiaoxi high with both hands, as if he was holding some magic prop, his movements were like the prelude to the transformation of a magical girl: "Hmph, it's Bai Xiaoxi's turn." ·Genius researcher·It's time to go out!"

"Meow meow meow! Meow meow meow!"

"Pet assistants created through special genetic codes are far smarter than ordinary humans. This is the terrifying strength of genius researchers!"

In the struggle of Bai Xiaoxi's four paws dancing wildly, Bai Yi took back the high-raised cat again.

He stared seriously at Bai Xiaoxi's jewel-like eyes: "Assistant Bai Xiaoxi, now I have an important task for you, which is related to the redemption plan of the entire nightmare world."

"……Meow!"

Bai Xiaoxi pricked up her ears, her eyes were curious and vigilant, this kind of vigilance seemed to come from the experience of being tricked many times.

"I went to that nightmare full of pollution. I feel that I have made a new breakthrough in the art of healing. Maybe it is the key element to resolve the pollution!" Bai Yi smiled and said in a brisk and lively tone, but in the next second he She pursed her lips, "Of course, this may also be my illusion..."

"So I need to really verify it."

Other types of artistic creation are time-consuming and laborious, and it is inconvenient to verify. The simplest is food art.Especially, this is what Bai Yi is best at and most sure about.

——It’s not that he intends to feed the ooze monster with food, but the essence of all art is the mobilization of spirituality. If the verification finds that food art has made a breakthrough and has made new progress in the mobilization of spirituality, then it can be used in other arts as well. Same.

"...As a smart cat who has been appreciating my food art for a long time and has an aesthetic vision that surpasses that of ordinary humans, Bai Xiaoxi, you are indeed the best choice for tasting the advanced version of food art!" The cat held it aloft, watching it with expectant, exultant eyes.

The soft body in his hand suddenly stiffened, and there was a faint tendency to run away, but Bai Yi held it firmly in his hand.Three seconds later, Bai Xiaoxi's pricked ears drooped down, and it looked into the boy's smiling eyes, and made a voice of lovelessness.

"……Meow."

"Sure enough, you're already overjoyed."

Bai Yi squeezed Mao Mao's paw.

"This is what it should be. You are about to redeem a nightmare world. Heh heh heh, the savior, Maomao, rushed to duck—!"

·

[You have completed seven consecutive kills to destroy the world. 】

[You have obtained the achievement "One Hundred Possibilities of World Destruction". 】

[You have obtained the achievement "Mourner of the World". 】

[Because your repeated actions of destroying the world left a deep imprint on the Nightmare Fragment dungeon, which cannot be completely erased even if everything is repeated, the person setting and route of your character "Day" in the Nightmare Fragment dungeon have a certain deviation shift. ]

[Your character "Day" has changed from "an ordinary little girl with no relatives and no reason" to "a little girl with a mysterious background and special powers in her body. Once she cannot get positive guidance, she may be ignited in extreme emotions and destroy the world." girl". ]

When entering the Nightmare Fragment dungeon again, the first thing Bai Yi saw was line after line of system prompts.

Surrounded by the eternal night that was extremely silent, he was lying on the soft soil, and the filthy breath kept getting into his nostrils.

Everything seems to have restarted.

Only the content of the system's narration has changed——

[This is a world shrouded in eternal night. ]

[From the day you were born, the world you have seen is only endless night.There are also monsters that lie dormant in the depths of the night and are said to devour human souls. ]

[But you've never seen monsters exist. ]

[Until not long ago, your mother who was obsessed with chasing the sun and everything related to the sun was targeted by monsters because of chasing light, and was polluted into monsters bit by bit in front of you. ]

[Only you miraculously got rid of the monster's pursuit.It even accidentally ignites the power deep in the soul, turning it into a dark day hanging high in the sky, burning away all the pollution in front of it. ]

[You suddenly realize that you are different. ]

[There are horrors deeper than monsters in your soul.Monsters destroy humans, but you can destroy monsters. ]

[——You are a higher level existence than them. ]

[When you realize this, you suddenly realize: maybe your birth is unique, and you, who are born to destroy monsters, should take on a unique mission. ]

[You can't help but think of the mother who was polluted into a monster in front of you, and the endless monsters all over the eternal night. Whose mother and whose child should they be? ]

[Has anyone ever seen the real sun, moon, and stars? ]

[Burn all the filth, redeem the human beings who have been twisted into monsters, and disperse the long-term despair and pain... Your mother has always been chasing such a "sun".It is not a big glowing ball of light, but a synonym for hope. ]

[The one who can save all living beings is the real "sun". ]

["...And these, can I do it?"]

["--I can do it."]

"Sure enough... the idea of ​​redemption is feasible."

A big smile appeared on Bai Yi's face.

He also noticed the phrase "the route of character design has shifted" mentioned by the system-has she changed from an ordinary little girl to a little girl with the power to restrain monsters in her soul?

--Great!

As for "destroy the world seven times in a row" or something?

cough cough.

The wreckage of a world that has already been destroyed, in order to redeem the human beings in the nightmare, destroy the world again in the nightmare, dreaming of destroying the world, can that be regarded as really destroying the world?

This is all necessary training before the task is cleared.

In short, although it is said that the polluted ooze monsters in the nightmare are to be redeemed and restored to their human form, Bai Yi has played the destruction ending in a very short time after entering the nightmare fragment dungeon several times before: garbage everywhere Pollution is terrible!

The most important thing is that if he wants to study how to twist the body of the ooze monster back, he will inevitably go deep into contact with more ooze monsters in the dark, find more samples, and even study the essence of the ooze monster in depth. The chaotic pollution of the ooze monster... This is more than a cleanliness obsessed with going deep into the garbage dump. It is obviously necessary to search carefully in the garbage dump and wipe every piece of garbage seriously!

Bai Yi: Yue!

Just like that, accidentally, the copy of the Nightmare Fragment was destroyed again.

Fortunately, Bai Yi's persistence is getting longer and longer each time, so new game plots can be expanded in the reincarnation of each week, taking a longer path than before, and exploring more.

For example, the marigold that he finally discovered.

—It was a small, golden flower that burned like the flame of the sun, with strands of flame burning in the core.

That faint light lit up the endless night.

Bai Yi's vision blurred for a moment in the sudden light.

He originally thought it was the illusion of seeing light for the first time because of being in the dark for too long, but after getting used to it for a while, Bai Yi finally found that the world in front of him was indeed slightly blurred, which was roughly equivalent to 100 degrees of myopia without wearing it. Glasses.

Very, very slight, but he noticed it.

Bai Yi suddenly thought of something.

...is it a negative effect of "Praise of the Blind"?

Because this body is young and does not have extraordinary power, he often uses "Praise of the Blind" to strengthen his combat power during the process of capturing ooze monsters for experiments.

And this skill will reduce vision every time it is used for a short time, and it will be restored afterwards, and there is no side effect.But if you use it for a long time and the frequency is high, it will be different.

Sure enough, Bai Yi found a reminder in the historical records.

[Your character's vision attribute has been permanently reduced a little. ]

It's just that the vision attribute has dropped a little... If he hadn't been unable to use his eyes before, he wouldn't have noticed it.

After figuring it out, Bai Yi's attention returned to the marigold in front of her eyes. This is the "culprit" that caused the mother of this body to be polluted by monsters. In this world of eternal night, it is said to symbolize death. The "light".

——Bai Yi accidentally found it in the depths of a cave.When it was discovered, it was buried under a large lotus-like leaf, and all the light was tightly covered.

Almost at the moment when Bai Yi took out the burning marigold from under the leaves, a lot of wriggling sounds suddenly sounded in the depths of endless darkness in all directions.Like an octopus that has found its prey, it stretches out its wriggling tentacles.

He quickly left the cave with marigolds.

In the golden light of the marigolds, Bai Yi saw the true face of the slime for the first time, and it was also the first time he saw the ooze monster that he studied repeatedly, and labeled it as "non-aggressive" and "can lie in place without moving." A few hours", "It's no different from a stone, the only difference is softness" and other labels, the slime monster can move so fast!

Accompanied by illogical and chaotic ravings, groups of ooze monsters swam from all directions, like a swamp surrounded on all sides, and rushed towards Bai Yi, or the marigold in Bai Yi's hand!

The triple halo of "Praise of the Blind" activates simultaneously.

The brain was running at high speed in an instant, and the figure of the little girl was like a real ghost shadow, passing through the gap between the ooze monsters in an instant, and the metal stick in his hand mercilessly pushed the ooze monster in front of him. Sweep away and rush out of the encirclement.

But Bai Yi didn't rush to escape.

Instead, he saved a file for the first time when he rushed out, then turned around, and threw the marigold in his hand towards the slime monster that quickly turned around and rushed over again.

Whoa!

It was as if a torpedo had blown up the fish pond, and all the ooze monsters fell into madness, and in the darker, farther places, there were more ooze monsters wandering in this direction.

The marigolds that glowed with the sun were overwhelmed by the oozes.

But Bai Yi who stood aside was directly ignored.

"Is that true..."

Watching this scene, Bai Yi completely understood what happened to the character he was controlling.

The ooze monster itself is indeed not aggressive, nor will it hunt humans, but humans just approach the ooze monster, just like approaching the abyss, and will be polluted by the chaotic ravings.

Because of this, there are stories of monsters hunting humans in the night in this world of eternal night, because as long as the ooze monsters appear, most of the nearby humans will be polluted and become monsters.

But the ooze itself is like a rock and doesn't like to move.So walking in the eternal night, as long as you are lucky enough to avoid the place where the slime monster is, it is safe.

The only accident is when there is "light" on the body.

That would lead to a frenzied chase from the ooze.Even if they don't attack humans, but just approach while chasing, it is already a terrible disaster for humans.

——This is the truth of "light represents death".

But this does not mean that the purpose of the ooze monster is to destroy the "light".

Bai Yi looked at the ooze monsters that were still gathering towards this side. Countless ooze monsters almost merged into a dirty swamp in front of him. In the center of the swamp, undulating soft In the mud, there is a small marigold blooming, and the sun's flame-like light is burning in the flower core.

All the oozes gather around it like a pilgrimage.

The fact is already obvious, the purpose of the ooze has never been to destroy the "light" that suddenly appeared in the eternal night, on the contrary, the "light" has infinite attraction to the ooze in the dark, they instinctively approach the light source, like a sunflower Longing for the sun.

Bai Yi quietly watched the scene in front of him.

"It is clear that all reason and emotion have been lost, and even the soul has changed its shape, leaving only empty walking corpses. Is there still a yearning for light in the instinct?"

... What a terrible and persistent pursuit this is!

... How sad it is!

"It's pathetic, isn't it?"

At this moment, a voice sounded behind him, the voice was flat and hoarse, with uncontrollable tremors.There seemed to be some kind of emotion that the owner of the voice could not control.

Bai Yi suddenly turned around, as if he had just noticed the appearance of this person, his eyes fell on the other person, with a vigilant expression.

This person who appeared suddenly was indeed enough to be vigilant. Just by his attire, he could crazily sound the alarm for others.

The person who came was wrapped in a white robe, from head to toe, without even the slightest gap, and even wore a white mask on his face, with golden patterns spreading across his mask and robe , there seems to be a special power in it, which is similar to Bai Yi's proficient healing art in some respects.

——Bai Yi can roughly see that this equipment can weaken the mental pollution of the ooze monster, which is why the opponent can get so close to this area. You must know that there are not just one or two ooze monsters here, but a large group of ooze monsters.But even so, the man stayed ten meters away from Bai Yi, and didn't intend to move any closer.

——It seems that this is the limit of this equipment.

He had almost guessed the other party's identity in his heart.

The narration of the system will not give useless information. When entering the instance for the first time, the narration mentioned three people, the character itself, the dead mother, and the person who led the mother to chase the sun—the person who appears now, Mostly the same as that person.

...Looking at this outfit, it might even form an organization.

Thinking about this in a flash, Bai Yi was ecstatic: "Good! The guide NPC of the Nightmare Fragment Dungeon is here!"

... This guy must know much more than him, right?

Moreover, this world obviously has extraordinary power, maybe this NPC can help him change to an extraordinary profession in this world?

The visitor would not know what was going on in the heart of the weak little girl in front of him, he only saw the little girl turned around quickly, glanced up and down at him, her immature face showed undisguised surprise.Seemingly frightened by the appearance of this strange person, she couldn't help but take a step back, and looked at the person who came by defensively and vigilantly:

"who are you?"

The white-robed man who appeared suddenly didn't mind the little girl's vigilance and defense at all, his eyes behind the mask were burning with ecstasy.

"It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is you."

"I came here following the guidance of the light element..." But at this moment, he completely ignored the marigold flower that attracted him, and focused all his attention on the little girl, "I found you unexpectedly."

At this point, his voice trembled more and more.

He looked at the girl who was unaffected by the swamp made up of countless ooze monsters with great joy, as if the believer had finally seen the creation of the gods described in the holy scriptures.

The strong excitement drove the white-robed man to take a step forward, but the next moment, the continuous chaotic ravings from the ooze monster broke through the isolation of his body, he staggered, his body suddenly fell to his knees, and let out an indistinct pain. Still shaking slightly with excitement.

But he obviously doesn't care.

The white-robed man trembled and raised his head, looking up at the girl who walked in front of him at some point, like a drowning man grabbing the last straw, praying devoutly and finally ushering in the coming of the gods.

"Son of the Sun……"

"The prophecy is true..."

He stared at Bai Yi, but it seemed that he was looking at another person.A non-existent illusory god on which all hope is placed.

"Son of the ever-shining sun! Have you come at last?"