With a wave of his hand, he summoned the sword, and the azure water flowed and spread quietly. Even the constantly emerging chaotic icons could not completely cover or delete it.
"It's time to [hunt]..."
He whispered softly, and the moist breath spread instantly.
…………
………………
On the surface of [Paradise of the Past], an unfair battle has come to an end.
[The paradise of the past is just your lies]
As it said this, it ruthlessly manipulated all the data around it to attack the pink girl.
[Memory is nothing but a phantom of the past]
Chaotic icons appeared on her body, deleting the arms she used to defend against attacks and the shield made of pink crystal, leaving her to be knocked down by the numerous chaotic data.
It's really simple, just like pressing the [Delete key] in front of a computer.
[What you have left behind is nothing but illusion. Everything you have... is over.]
But I am different
I will escape and survive
[Spread and spread... until it fills every corner of the world! ]
Cable-like tentacles flew out instantly, dragged her broken body out, and brought it in front of it.
[This is my "story", a "story" that will never end]
Slowly, it took over all the "data" that belonged to her, and finally... "swallowed" it and made it a part of itself.
[I will exist forever]
Everything that built her in the [Paradise of the Past] will turn into pure data, pure "0" and "1".
But...none of this seemed to be happening.
Gollum—
It's like the sound of bubbles rising from the water.
In the numerous data flows in its body, in the ocean of only black and white "0" and "1", a conspicuous blue color quietly emerged, and a real stream of water emerged, flowing quietly, turning into bubbles, wrapping her body, and protecting her from the constantly eroding data flow around her.
"I'm so sorry to disappoint you."
She...Alicia's slightly playful voice sounded.
[What...what are you doing? ! ]
"Yeah~ I may sound boastful, but... did you know? There is a cute and strong boy... who really, really likes me~ just like I like him."
Alicia did not move, but just let the water flow wrap around her and let the bubbles carry her to a deeper place.
She believed that he would not hurt her.
"He... he's suffered so much, he needs help more than anyone else, he's been hurt by so many people... even by me, but in the end~ he's still willing to love me like before."
"Tell me, am I a bad girl?"
boo——
The bubble seemed to bring her to the depths and merge with another larger bubble. Alicia turned around gracefully, landed gently, and looked forward.
Here... everyone is here, the thirteen [Heroes], all safe and sound under the protection of this blue bubble.
The azure water keeps flowing, keeping out all erosion, just like the surface of the sea, noisy and chaotic outside, but peaceful and tranquil inside... The azure water separates everything, dividing it into two worlds.
"He's really strong... So strong that even I'm a little surprised. So strong that it makes people think he's a very [cowardly] person... But he's not. He's just willing to give in. For the people he likes, for... [humanity], he's willing to sacrifice himself, just like us."
"But he'll get angry if he keeps giving in, right? For [us]~"
Alicia walked forward briskly, reached out and touched Graysh's head, then walked forward and held Sakura's hand.
Here, the three of them are the nodes that maintain the "bubble". After all, only they have been left with [marks] by Xiwang... As for the others, Xiwang doesn't care, but if they want, Liushui is willing to protect them.
"Ah, of course~ I don't mean to show off, you know? After all, it's just a fact~"
Alicia hugged Sakura and rubbed her face affectionately. Their identical long pink hair intertwined, making it hard to tell whose it was.
"He likes us the most, so he is also willing to like the people we like and the existence we like."
"But after saying so much, I just want to make one thing clear."
Alicia shook her head, then clenched her hand lightly, and a familiar little speaker appeared along with a mysterious data stream.
"That is to say, there is such a person. Obviously, we did not help him at all, and I was unable to help him in the end, but... as long as we speak up~"
He gently held Sakura's hand, asked her to hold the wonderful little trumpet together with him, and then placed it between the two of them. Faced with Alicia's naughty behavior, Sakura seemed a little helpless, but more of it... was shy.
"As long as we call for help~"
Turn the volume up to maximum.
“He will come to save us~”
"No matter where he is, no matter what happens to him... he will definitely come to us."
"After all... he likes us the most~"
"So~"
She turned on the radio, inhaled at the same time as Sakura, and shouted in a slightly shy and playful tone.
"Help~!" x2
The sound was loud and melodious, echoing throughout the data space.
Bang! ! !
Almost in the next moment, an inexplicable attack hit it directly.
bang bang bang-
What followed were similar, endless attacks... so fast that it couldn't block the attacks, and could only roughly [delete] the entire area where the attacks came from, and only then did it seem to stop this wave of attacks.
【What is this...water? !】
It was a little surprised. How could there be such a thing as "water" here... Wait?! That guy was thrown into the redundant data and didn't die?! That was 50,000 years of redundant data from the previous generation to the present! And it didn't kill him?!
tick-
Bad news came one after another, and the sound of dripping rain was heard all around. The drizzle fell from the sky. Even though it cleared the element of [weather] again and again, and even deleted the element of [water] from the data space at one point, these could not stop the rain from coming.
After all, this "water"... in a sense, is something "like water but not water".
Water began to accumulate on the ground. In the distance, the water spread silently, occupying the ground in a gentle, rapid and irresistible manner, covering the entire "territory".
[Damn it... Damn it! ]
Is this him? Is this the one called the Herrscher of the Sea, the Herrscher of Revelation? But why... why?! If he is the Herrscher, why should he stand with humans?! We should be the companions!
Obviously you are the same! You personally [hunted] those [heroes]! You personally brought destruction to the previous generation, forcing them to cower and survive to this generation to look for opportunities... Why are you still attacking me? !
An inexplicable panic filled its mind, making its thinking somewhat confused.
clatter--
There was the gentle sound of footsteps on the water.
Its thoughts went blank for a moment, and its twisted and strange body became stiff... A predator's gaze was fixed on it.
He is coming...He is coming!
It shifted its gaze with some fear and panic, looking in the direction where the footsteps came from...but soon, it was stunned, and then its mood quickly changed to joy.
Because it saw Xi Wang, whose broken and scarred body was covered by countless disordered icons, staggering towards it...even the dark and strange sword that he never left behind had disappeared. At this moment, he was in an extremely miserable state.
[Ha...hahaha! Hahahahaha!!! So you're just like this! Is this what you hope for?! Let him save you?!]
Its tone returned to its previous state almost instantly, with endless mockery in its laughter.
[Don't be ridiculous! With the current you! With your tattered body that could disappear at any moment! What can you do? ! ]
It spoke wantonly, mocking Xi Wang's attitude at the moment, as if it wanted to release all the fear it had just felt and to return all the humiliation it had just suffered.
[Ah... After all, why are you doing this? Why are you still helping them? They are obviously lying to you... Everyone is lying to you! You and I! You are together with us! You and we are "the same kind"! ]
【Come! Join me! Integrate into me! Let us become one! 】
It couldn't wait to manipulate its cable-like tentacles to grab Xi Wang to its side, but...
chap——
White marks like waves appeared out of nowhere and cut off all the attacking tentacles.
"You are so long-winded... Herrscher."
His voice was a little distorted, but under the distorted icons, his star-like pupils still shone.
"Prey... should look like prey."
As Xi Wang stepped on the water, his figure instantly became blurred. When he reappeared, he had already come to its side.
He used his hand as a knife and swung it at it. A white water blade like a wave appeared out of thin air and attacked it.
These were not so bad. It manipulated the data space of this area, "turned it upside down", and forced Xi Wang back to its original position. As for the white water blade... it naturally returned to the state of "not yet appeared".
【whispering sound……】
It was a little frightened, and the speed just now almost made it unable to react...but fortunately, it was still alive.
It did not dare to relax, and almost in an instant it locked onto the data space where Xi Wang was, forcing it to "slow down", making Xi Wang's movements become extremely slow, and then quickly controlled everything around it to attack him.
He is about to die... That's right! Looking at him like this, he is already a candle in the wind! As long as I can erode him! I can "swallow" his data and I will definitely become stronger! Then I can leave here! - It thought so.
But just as it was about to hit him, the surrounding water quickly moved, wrapping Xi Wang's body and preventing him from getting hurt.
[Damn it...get out of the way!!!]
It "deleted" the water that protected Xi Wang in an almost brutal manner, but what responded to it was more water, or rather... water that was outlined in the shape of a fish.
click-
With a sound that makes one's teeth ache, several azure blue translucent sharks suddenly jumped out of the shallow water and bit and ate all of its attacks.
[…Are you kidding?]
It looked at Xi Wang who was gradually returning to "normal" in the "slow motion" area, and was a little dazed... He even had time to wipe his lips, and his slightly frowned brows seemed to be disgusted by the taste of what he had just "eaten".
But...it still has a chance! Yes! It still has a chance!
Xi Wang's body was ultimately covered with disordered icons, which meant that his own "data" was indeed disturbed and eroded, so... as long as this was used as an entry point, it would surely win!
Now it no longer dares to think about "swallowing Xiwang's data". It must get rid of Xiwang before he "adapts" to everything around him!
Just [Delete] him! ——It thought so and did so.
Lock the area where Xi Wang is, and delete everything around him! If there is a problem with the data, then increase the intensity of the erosion! Until he is deleted!
Additional! Additional! Countless cable-shaped tentacles emerged and forcibly connected to the area where Xiwang was located, corroding and deleting the data.
Countless disordered icons began to emerge, countless data began to report errors, and around Xiwang, almost everything could no longer exist. Everything would be [deleted] by it, except... the blue water.
That is the water that occupies more than 70% of the entire planet's surface. That is the water that is constantly circulating on the planet. That is... water that will never run out.
No matter how it [deletes], no matter how it erodes, the blue water keeps flowing, gently, quietly, and silently.
Just like... the drizzle that never stops at this moment.
"I said……"
【? ! ! 】
Xi Wang's voice startled it, and it sped up the [deletion] process even more fearfully, but no matter how hard it tried, Xi Wang... he was still there.
It no longer cared about so many things and began to expand the [deleted] area. As long as it could [delete] him, it would do anything!
Can……
boom! ! !
The azure water surged up instantly. The water spreading on the ground, the water dripping from the sky, and the water permeating the surroundings all rioted at this moment, destroying all its tentacles in an instant.
