Return Journey

['Fair Judgment' rules:

Deathborn Aggregate, a factor of Abyssal Contamination, detonated a Dead Zone using Sleepwalkers as bait, twisting the Dreamscape, and hunting residents of the real world. Judgment is hereby decreed!

Judgment amplification: 356%

Single application of the [Court of Judgment] - [Fair Knight] meme, increasing effectiveness against Spiritual Energy pollution by 50%, for a total of 261 points of Holy damage.]

[Due to excessively high Judgment damage, Adjudicator - Chief Player Su Wen is currently experiencing Spiritual Energy exhaustion and mental overload.]

[Due to the Dreamscape's Origin bearing the mental load, the Azure Origin Origin Point 'Hyacinth' Wind of Revival has been activated.]

[Spiritual Energy is slowly recovering.]

[Abyssal Contamination purification index: 98%]

[Trace amounts of pollution are spreading.]

[Analysis indicates that the dissipated nightmare pollution has come into contact with human mental fields, with no subsequent impact on mental state.]

In the future.

Many people sleeping soundly around Tenth Middle School were inexplicably pulled into the nearly dissipated Dead Zone due to the minute fragments of Abyss that had leaked out.

Here.

Those people vaguely saw a knight whose face was not so clear:

He stood tall, holding a silver spear, pinning the nightmare pollution to the blood-red sky.

Compared to the disgusting environment around him.

The knight's figure seemed infinitely holy and sublime.

Like a hero standing against endless danger in a doomsday world.

Leaving an unforgettable and profound impression on these viewers, even with just a single glance.

Similarly.

In the game screen.

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

Identification: Due to the dissipation of the Abyss Field, an erroneous link has been established to the mental fields of residents of Coastal City. (Note: The link cannot be maintained for long and is about to be severed.)

It seems I 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 have not been interfered with by the 'nightmare' factor]

All the Sleepwalkers who had witnessed the most magnificent scene of the final chapter of the Dead Zone belonging to 'Tenth Middle School' departed as spectators.

The former villains, under the gaze of the Abyss's will, also remained here forever for the crimes they had committed.

The Abyssal Contamination: Deathborn Aggregate was also eliminated.

Now.

In the scene before Su Wen, only the 'Nightmare Ground Zero' with its remnant consciousness remained:

A petite girl named 'Wu Shuang.'

She no longer had the miserable appearance 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 greet him with a "Hello, Brother."

Su Wen was very rational.

He clearly knew that this world was not gentle, nor was it correct.

Human history was a process of constantly repeating past mistakes.

But precisely because of this.

If there is a light, it should illuminate a patch of darkness.

Like Lighthouse 43 cutting through a storm.

Someone always has to do these things.

Su Wen was not pedantic, did not abide by so-called social norms, and did not set moral bottom lines for himself.

He was not a Saint Knight of Redemption of the Holy See, but only a researcher.

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

[Contacted Fragment of Origin Knowledge: Knight—Mercy]

[Contacted Fragment of Origin Knowledge: Knight—Integrity]

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

"Don't worry, it's all over."

"Thank you, big brother."

Little Wu Shuang bowed to him earnestly, then said in a low voice, "But I have nothing to repay you with."

"No repayment is needed, this is enough."

Su Wen gently rubbed the hair that was gradually dissipating into specks of light.

But the little girl seemed to have thought of something.

The world background changed.

It turned into a painting studio with warm sunlight shining in.

The little girl said shyly:

"Big brother, let me paint a picture for you, this is the only thing I can do."

"Okay."

Su Wen nodded slightly, and ultimately didn't refuse.

Half an hour later.

Unlike the numb middle school student portraits that had been scattered in the coffin before.

In the sketch.

Beneath Su Wen's handsome face.

In his eyes.

There was an incomparably firm and dazzling light.

The knight received the painting.

His mood was a little complicated.

But it ultimately turned into relief:

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

This last part, Su Wen didn't use the computer as a medium.

Instead, he crossed space, time, and consciousness.

Truly connecting to the fragment of the future to bid farewell to the little girl.

[Obtained Extraordinary Appendage (Painting): Saint Knight of Redemption]

[Extraordinary Appendage Description: Autumn of the fifth year of the Origin Era, Fair Knight Su Wen, single-handedly infiltrated a Tier 2 Dead Zone. Redeeming the fallen, judging malice, this painting serves as a memento.]

"Finally, I can go home."

The little girl waved to him.

A clear and pure smile rippled across her face.

Perhaps.

The word 'home'.

She had been waiting for too long.

The sound of the Silver Sea's tide gradually rose, the tide began to rise, and when the sun exhausted its last bit of strength, the silvery floating light replaced everything.

Wave after wave, carrying white foam, also carrying the lost towards the Return Journey.

[Contacted Origin Scene: Return of the Lost]

[Contacted Origin Scene: The Sound of the Silver Sea's Tide]

Everything was over.

The game froze.

['Tenth Middle School Dead Zone' Future Time Node Changed]

[Timeline Correction:

1. Due to the reduced rejection of the Heaven Mountain Fragment, the 'Heavenly Kingdom Anthem' event has a probability of appearing in the Coastal City of the Jiangnan Area along the Pacific Ocean.

2. The trigger for the 'Death Sleeping Girl' destruction event has been canceled, and the possibility of the Night Watch encountering a large-scale Deathborn Aggregate event at the border has been reduced.

3. The degree of influence involving the 'Bronze Throne' resurrection has increased from 15% to 20%.]

[Due to changes in the future]

['Get Out of Here' Game Over]

The countdown to death before Su Wen's eyes paused once more.

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

In the bedroom of the farmhouse, two weathered-looking middle aged farmers were lying down.

The bedroom door had been closed.

But for some reason, it quietly opened in a gentle breeze.

Then, the corner of the blanket that wasn't quite tucked in was gently pulled to a position where they wouldn't catch a cold.

Before long, the mother woke up. She wiped away the tear stains that had appeared sometime and said to her husband beside her:

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

"Me too."

The two looked out the window.

At this moment, the evening breeze was gentle.

The moonlight was clear and bright.

It was the farewell that Wu Shuang had said to them in their dream.