Homeward Journey

Fair Judgment ruling:

Deathborn Aggregate, influenced by Abyssal Contamination, used the Lost as a trigger to ignite the death domain, distort dreams, and hunt residents of reality. Judgment rendered!

Judgment enhancement: 356%.

A single Court of Judgment—Fair Knight Meme was added. Damage against those affected by Mental Pollution increased by 50%, dealing a total of 261 points of holy damage.

Due to the excessive added judgment damage, the adjudicator—Chief Player Su Wen—was currently suffering from excessive spiritual energy consumption and mental overload.

As the source of the dream bore the mental burden, the azure "hyacinth" at the Origin Origin Point activated Wind of Revival.

Spiritual energy was slowly recovering.

Abyssal Contamination purification index: 98%.

Trace Pollution Source spread detected.

Analysis confirmed that the leaked nightmare contamination had come into contact with the human mental field, but would have no further effect on the mind.

In the future.

Many people sleeping around Tenth Middle School were inexplicably pulled into the soon-to-dissipate death domain by the tiny amount of scattered Abyssal fragments.

Here.

Those people vaguely saw a knight whose features were not entirely clear.

He stood tall, holding a silver spear that pinned the nightmare Pollution Source to the blood-red sky.

Compared to the disgusting surroundings.

The knight's figure appeared incomparably sacred, incomparably exalted.

Like a hero standing before endless danger in a world at the end of days.

Even a single glimpse of him.

Left these spectators with an unforgettable impression.

Likewise.

Within the game screen.

Su Wen also saw those hazy figures standing at the edge of the nightmare.

Appraisal: Due to the dissipation of the Abyss Field, an erroneous connection was made to the mental fields of Coastal City residents. (Note: The connection cannot be maintained for long and will soon be severed.)

It seemed that he had still disturbed some people in the end.

He said gently and calmly,

"Have a good dream. Good night."

In an instant.

The nightmare fragments dissipated.

Abyssal Contamination purification complete.

Future Timeline altered.

Those affected had not been interfered with by the "nightmare" trigger.

All the sleepwalkers who had witnessed the most magnificent scene at the finale of the "Tenth Middle School" death domain left as spectators.

The evildoers of the past remained here forever beneath the gaze of the abyssal will and within the sins they had committed.

The Abyssal Contamination: Deathborn Aggregate had also been eliminated.

Now.

Only the "nightmare Ground Zero" with its remnant consciousness remained on the screen before Su Wen.

A frail little girl named "Wu Shuang."

She no longer looked as miserable as she had at the beginning.

She was like the little granddaughter of Zhang Po, who lived not far from Su Wen's old house—a well-behaved child who would call him Big Brother whenever she saw him.

Su Wen was very rational.

He clearly understood that this world was neither gentle nor right.

Human history was a process of endlessly repeating past mistakes.

But precisely because of that.

If there was even a single light, it should shine upon a patch of darkness.

Just like Lighthouse 43 piercing through a storm.

Someone had to do these things.

Su Wen was not pedantic. He did not abide by so-called social customs and morals, nor did he set moral limits for himself.

He was not a holy knight of the church, only a researcher.

Therefore, he followed only scientific truth and his own heart.

Contacted Origin Knowledge fragment: Knight—Compassion.

Contacted Origin Knowledge fragment: Knight—Integrity.

Su Wen crouched down, looked at the little girl whose consciousness was gradually fading away, and said gently,

"Don't worry. It's all over."

"Big Brother, thank you."

Little Wu Shuang bowed seriously to him, then said softly,

"But I have nothing left to repay you with."

"There's no need to repay me. This is already enough."

Su Wen gently rubbed her hair as it gradually dissolved into motes of light.

But the little girl seemed to think of something.

The world background changed.

It became an art studio filled with warm sunlight.

The little girl said shyly,

"Big Brother, let me draw you a picture. It's the only thing I can do."

"Alright."

Su Wen nodded slightly and ultimately chose not to refuse.

Half an hour later.

Unlike the portraits of middle school students that had once been scattered numbly inside coffins.

In the sketch.

Beneath Su Wen's handsome features.

In his eyes.

There was an incomparably steadfast, dazzling light.

The knight accepted the painting.

His feelings were somewhat complicated.

But they finally turned into relief.

"Thank you. This gift is very precious. I like it very much."

For this final part, Su Wen did not use the computer as a medium.

Instead, he crossed time, space, and consciousness.

He truly connected to the future fragment and bid the little girl farewell.

Obtained Extraordinary Appendage (Painting): Saint Knight of Redemption.

Extraordinary Appendage description: In the autumn of the fifth year of the Origin Era, Fair Knight Su Wen infiltrated a second-tier death domain alone. He redeemed the fallen and judged malice. This painting was made in remembrance.

"I can finally go home."

The little girl waved to him.

A clear, innocent smile rippled across her face.

Perhaps.

The words "go home."

Were something she had waited far too long to hear.

The sound of waves from the Silver Sea gradually rose. The tide began to climb, and when the sun exhausted its final trace of power, silver glimmers replaced everything.

Wave after wave rolled in, carrying white foam and setting the lost upon their journey home.

Contacted Origin image: Return of the Lost.

Contacted Origin image: The sound of waves from the Silver Sea.

Everything had ended.

The game froze.

The future time node of the "Tenth Middle School death domain" had been changed.

Timeline Correction:

1. Due to the reduced rejection of the Heaven Mountain Fragment in the "Heavenly Kingdom Anthem" incident, there was a chance it would appear in the coastal urban area of the Jiangnan Area along the Pacific Ocean.

2. The beginning of the event that would trigger the destruction caused by the "Death Sleeping Girl" had been canceled. The possibility of the Night Watch encountering a large-scale Deathborn incident at the border had decreased.

3. The revival impact of the "Bronze Throne" increased from 15% to 20%.

Due to changes in the future.

The "Leave Quickly" game ended.

The Death Countdown before Su Wen's eyes stopped counting once more.

The scene before him shifted from a deep-blue starry night sky to an utterly ordinary rural courtyard.

Two weathered-looking spouses lay in the bedroom of the farmhouse.

The bedroom door had originally been closed.

But for some reason.

It quietly opened in a gentle breeze.

Then, the corners of their uneven blankets were softly pulled into a position where they would not catch cold.

Before long.

The mother woke up. She wiped away tears that had appeared at some unknown point and said to her husband beside her,

"Old man, I think I dreamed about Xiao Shuang."

"So did I."

The two looked out the window.

At that moment.

The evening breeze was gentle.

The moonlight was clear and bright.

That was the farewell Wu Shuang had spoken of to them in the dream.