Chapter 63 Chapter 62 · “She is the fire of sin.”

 The Roselle Church in White City was built in the old times.

Two hundred and thirty-six years ago, humans spent a city’s tax revenue to erect this magnificent cathedral.

People invited the best craftsmen and painters with the most exquisite painting skills to paint brilliant portraits around the church. Every year it welcomes a large number of pilgrims.

 But with the highly developed science and technology, people have gradually become indifferent, busy, specializing in interests, advocating individualism, and abandoning beliefs that they regard as unrealistic.

 The church was abandoned.

Today, the statue of the compassionate **** is covered with dust and still stands in front of the colored window. His white arm lifts the scale, still as it was in the past. It looks down at the leaders of the two armies confronting each other below. Its lifeless eyes seem to be witnessing something. A cross-era history.

The believers used the most pious oaths, chanted the hymns of the gods, used the most gorgeous words, and the most beautiful flowers to worship the gods to satisfy their noble beliefs. For this reason, they prostrate themselves on the ground and prayed to the gods above to see them. The helping lamb.

—Now, the owner of White City who chose to abandon the church is also prostrate here like a lamb.

 “Ha, haha, hahaha…”

The miserable laughter spread throughout the empty church. Bai Xiong’s laughter was like the last cry of a wild beast.

Su Mingan pointed his sword at Bai Xiong. Bai Xiong's body formed a blue defensive shield, which could not be broken through for the time being.

 “Resistance leader, you won’t kill me.” Bai Xiong smiled.

Su Ming'an remained silent. He just kept slashing at Bai Xiong's defensive shield, trying to weaken the durability of the defensive shield.

 He even tried using annihilation, but it had little effect. It was better to save mana.

 “You don’t care about Nolia.” Bai Xiong said.

 “Nolia?” Su Mingan said, “I don’t know her.”

“No.” Bai Xiong shook his head: “—Isn’t she right behind you?”

Su Mingan was slightly stunned.

He turned back and saw Alyssa walking into the church. Her expression was full of confusion, but her right arm was raised high and pointed at Su Mingan.

The originally thin white fingers have turned into a heavy iron-gray steel cannon, with the muzzle filled with blue electric light.

"I can't control myself..." Alyssa's face finally showed waves.

It’s impossible, she can’t be Noelia, she grew up in a slum. Noelia is Shiro's mechanical creation. How could she have such a complete growth experience as Alisa?

 …How could she be Noelia?

 …How could she be Noelia?

"Well... or rather, this lady named Alisa is just one of my 'Nolias'." Bai Xiong smiled and said: "The original android Nolia was spoiled by me. She resisted me too much. She even kept trying to kill me, so I scrapped her.”

Hai Xiong stretched out his hand and took out a paper rose from his pocket, his eyes filled with light focused and blazing:

 “I realized that I needed a new, healthy version of my favorite ‘nolia’.”

"More than ten years ago, I put dozens of bionic bodies I created into different families and let them grow for more than ten years. Then I found the one whose temperament best suited the original Nolia, took it back, and implanted it. Core energy to become the perfect 'Nolia'."

“Nolia who is locked up in a glass room cannot become a normal lover. So, I cultivated a Nolia who grew up in a normal family.”

“Look, how excellent she is. She has the romance of a child and the innocence of a girl. She is simply a... perfect bride to wear a pure white wedding dress.”

 Alisa is no longer Alisa in Bai Xiong’s mouth.

Rather, it is a bride with long hair and a pure white wedding dress who is waiting to be picked and picked up like a rag doll.

 When other colors are added to the purity of love, love is no longer perfect. But there is no distinction between superior and inferior, only the unremitting struggle of reason and emotion.

Su Mingan remembered the words he heard before. People said they wanted to hand Alisa over to complete some kind of "Shiro's replacement plan."

If Alyssa is really handed over, what awaits her is to be implanted with "core energy" and become the perfect Nolia.

 Only those who are implanted with core energy can have the ability to reproduce in large numbers. However, Shiro just wants the core energy to maintain Noria's immortality.

In order to prevent her from becoming a reproduction machine, Bai Xiong would capture a large number of people from the outer city and let these people be persecuted and transformed on her behalf to replace Nolia's mission - because Noelia, who was supposed to be a reproduction machine, was To save her, more people need to pay the price to replace her and become the new "White City Hope" - a ridiculous hope that is a fertility machine.

They were driven forward by public opinion and became "successful residents" in the sense of Baicheng. In everyone's expectant eyes, they made "great" sacrifices for the continuation of civilization.

Hakuo sacrificed his life and soul for his true love, shattered all original plans, and exchanged more people's lives and freedom for a "tomorrow" for Nolia.

 A person who is the future ruler of White City, "tomorrow".

To this end, he gave up his responsibilities as the current ruler and happily cultivated her, sacrificing countless people to maintain this sick city.

 —It’s so crazy, so ridiculous, so ridiculous, so hopeless!

　　Even all the negative words are not enough to describe it.

 …It turns out that Alyssa is the "source of evil".

No.

 This world is the “source of evil”.

Hakuo is a madman.

 He doesn't even care about his own life, so how can he care about the fate of the residents of the outer city.

 “Absurd—!”

Alyssa yelled: "Absurd!!"

 How is it possible to accept such truth?

Thousands of suffering residents, out-of-towners who have lost their dignity, and rebels lying in pools of blood—actually just to satisfy Shiro’s sick love?

Cuchu shot himself before his death, Guanna smiled in the sea of ​​​​fire, countless residents struggled in suffering, and the thick list of the dead became increasingly cold...

—They died silently just for this truth?

—For such ridiculous reasons, countless people from outside the city were forced to separate their flesh and blood, break up their family ties, and become human beings and ghosts?

Hakuo is still laughing, laughing under the increasingly thin defensive barrier.

His hair was disheveled and his body was soaked with rainwater, like a madman:

“[—You should wear a pure white wedding dress and comb your long hair, like a doll, Sleeping Beauty, or a blooming white rose.]”

 He shouted, smiling, a sickly blush appearing on his pale face:

“You must be pure, beautiful, and submissive. You should not hold knives and guns, and there should be no blood and fire. You must absolutely endure the coveting, prying, plundering, and malice of the outside world. 】

“[—You shouldn’t be unique, you should get used to waiting, being patient, being silent, and finally being selected and picked up successfully!]”

"Ha, hahahaha - this is fate! This is love! The survival of Baicheng and human civilization are so ridiculous - a city-state that needs to sacrifice girls to exist. Since the world is sick, why don't I be allowed to go crazy once? "

“Resistance leader Elaven, how do you think you have seen the truth of the world? Do you still want to save these people? Everyone is crazy—me too! You are saving a city-state composed of lunatics!”

 “No, no… maybe you are the craziest…”

Bai Xiong smiled, grinning like a dying beast. He looked at Su Ming'an:

“—Elaven, you have protected Alyssa’s safety all the way, and I am grateful to you.

 As long as you quit the resistance from now on, I am willing to keep you and witness the growth of Nolia with you, and protect the future of White City!"

 …

　　【A special plot appears and the ending takes a turn】

[Do you agree to Shiro’s invitation to become an [Observer]? (Observers exist without player status and will no longer return to the main **** space. They will continue to live as a native resident of the world and become a lucky person who is beyond the game) 】

 The temptation in front of him is very touching, and [Observer] may be spared the fate of being wiped out in a year.

 …But to pass the level perfectly, the only way the player can go is.

Su Ming'an didn't have any emotions about this. He just slashed at Bai Xiong's barrier shell.

"So."

 Bai Xiong tilted his head slightly and ordered:

 “—Noelia, shoot at the leader of the resistance!”

Alyssa moved her wrist.

 “No—no!” she screamed: “Absurd! Ridiculous! Ridiculous! How could I, how could I be a machine—”

As if all her pride was shattered in an instant, she screamed in despair.

　　When Bai Xiong made her decades ago, he implanted a chip in her brain. She could not resist his orders.

 The gunfire gathered on Alyssa's right arm and fired in the direction of Su Mingan. Bai Xiong showed a bright smile.

 A **** light emerged.

"boom!"

Su Mingan heard a sharp sound, like broken glass. It's like being in a sticky rhythm.

 He turned his head and saw blood exploding in front of his eyes.

 The brilliance shattered, and the tiny rays of light danced, like crystal-like waves under the sea.

 Blue, glassy shards sparkled before his eyes.

 “Cough—!”

 Alyssa coughed up blue blood.

A heavy cannon hit the ground hard, and the upper arm it was connected to was dripping with blood, tearing at her blue flesh.

 Alyssa's hand was a "blood-red dagger" full of blood.

 She used the dagger given to her by Su Mingan to cut off her right arm and forcibly stopped the firing.

"I won't shoot him..." She laughed like a madman, and the heavy rain wet her brilliant blond hair like sunlight falling into the sunset.

 Abandoned the timidity when we first met,

 Throw away the shyness of lack of love,

Even if he laughs like a madman, his facial features are twisted in pain, and half of his body is stained with blood,

She is still brilliant at this moment,

 Like a leaping flame.

 “Shua!”

 The next moment, amidst the exclamations of countless barrages, Su Mingan braved Bai Xiong's next bullet and stepped forward decisively - piercing Bai Xiong's heart.

"boom!"

The bullet passed through Su Ming'an's left shoulder, and there was a crisp sound of bones. A large amount of blood spurted out. He and Bai Xiong stood still at the same time.

 He coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Haku male also coughed up blood at the same time.

The sound of pattering sounded outside the church, and at this moment, there was lightning and thunder.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

 White light flashed outside the window, illuminating their faces in a blur of brightness and darkness.

“…At that time, the sky was blue, there were flowers in the White City, and humans could play musical instruments…” Bai Xiong’s voice was hoarse, as if he was missing something.

Su Mingan drew out his sword and took a few steps back. The area where his left shoulder connected to his left chest was in extreme pain. A large amount of blood overflowed, and dizziness gradually began to dominate his body.

 The cold rain outside the church door blew his black hair along with the cold wind.

Hai Xiong’s body could no longer support the weight. His figure was crooked, his legs were trembling, and he slowly slid towards the coffin below—

 “Shua!”

Rotten rose petals floated up like a messy rain of flowers.

Hakuxiong fell among the rotting petals, blood dripping from his chest.

 There is no robot protection around him, and he is just a vulnerable person at this time.

He stared blankly at the top of the church - there was a composition similar to "Genesis". Huge, seated gods in various forms, together with vivid witches, prophets and slaves, formed a majestic portrait. They seemed to be watching him, who was covered in blood.

 White, devout believers once knelt here, longing for the peace of tomorrow.

Countless petals will be thrown out at this moment, reflected in the melodious evening bell of the church. Faith is rooted in their hearts, and all of them long for happiness and forgiveness.

However, at this moment, there are only countless rotten roses and a sick leader of White City.

 He does not pray for happiness, nor does he long for forgiveness.

His white coat seemed to be lit by fire, oozing with blood-red color.

 Looking at the dome like this, he actually smiled.

"We're just..." Shiro murmured to himself: "Struggling to survive in the wrong way."

“Young resistance leader, let me tell you, human civilization... is not something that can be interpreted in terms of ‘freedom’ and ‘justice’.”

“After I built the White City, I knew that sooner or later I would die like this.”

"Then-"

Bai Xiong turned his head and looked at Su Ming'an who was approaching.

"I look forward to the same ending that you and I will end up in... being spurned by all people and being killed by the people we saved."

The light jumped across the colored window and fell into Bai Xiong's eyes.

His eyes seemed to be copying countless sacred and solemn statues of gods.

 “Shua!”

Su Mingan cut open Bai Xiong’s head.

 The head of the young leader flew up, accompanied by dark, floating blood-stained petals, as light as feathers.

　　【White Sun Mechanical City·The second leader, Shiroro Rokaya, died. 】

Su Mingan sheathed her sword and turned around.

 (End of this chapter)