“Does My Darling See Me as He Did in Years Past?” / Is This a Betrothal Gift... or a Sacrifice?

But being able to score a first-encounter kill meant they were hardly weak.

At the very least, aside from the few Herrschers in the Studio, there were absolutely no players in this Blue Star world who could first-encounter kill Baiyan Mojun without using an embroidery needle.

And during the battle.

The two lines Baiyan Mojun spoke upon entering his second phase made the players even more convinced that Duck Duck's dark speculation was credible.

"Heaven and earth are heartless, treating all things as straw dogs!"

"The sages are heartless, treating the common people as straw dogs!"

At least on the surface, it was not far from Duck Duck's guess.

Baiyan Mojun seemed to be seeking the Great Sage's remaining power because he, too, wanted to avoid being controlled by others.

When My Lord Sees Me, Will I Seem as I Did Then?

After defeating Baiyan Mojun, the game entered another story cutscene.

The discussions in the Danmaku quickly fell silent.

"Mother!"

The Spider Sisters caught Zi Zhu'er, while the other little spiders gathered around one by one, their faces full of worry.

Meanwhile, in the distance.

Bajie had somehow arrived as well.

Seeing Zi Zhu'er at death's door, he did not step forward. He merely paced where he stood.

The look in his eyes was incomparably complicated.

"Ah..."

In the end, he sighed and turned to leave.

Only then did Zi Zhu'er speak faintly from afar.

"You're still the same as you were back then..."

"Such a fool..."

The seemingly inexplicable words made Bajie's breathing grow heavy.

Yet even so, he did not dare step forward to say a single word.

In the end.

Amid the heartbroken cries of the little spiders around her, Zi Zhu'er came to the end of her life.

This ending moved even Kiana and