"This stage..."
"Everyone who was supposed to step on it has more or less done so, hasn't they?"
In just two and a half years, Zhao Hai had changed from a young man into an old man in the twilight of his life. His hair was snow-white, and his skin was covered in cracked wrinkles.
Even his eyes had grown cloudy.
Looking at the chessboard, the densely packed black and white pieces were scattered in chaos, evenly matched against one another.
Zhao Hai sighed.
"It is time for the curtain to fall."
He picked up the last flare in his hand and fired it with a trembling hand.
A dazzling firework rose into the sky.
But this firework was red.
In the distant Wasteland, investigators emerged one by one from the deep mountains and old forests, their expressions impassive as they headed toward God Burying City.
Upon closer inspection, these people were all veterans from the very first batch to enter God Burying City.
But as time passed, many had assumed that they had perished forever in this Wasteland.
More and more people arrived.
In the end, roughly five hundred gathered beneath God Burying City.
"Everyone."
"When we entered God Burying City back then..."
"We had already anticipated this day."
"I never expected we would have the chance to be the ones to put an end to it."
"To have known you all..."
"Has been my greatest honor."
The girl who usually looked cold and never smiled now solemnly gave everyone a deep bow.
The others merely returned the gesture, their gazes falling upon the radiant Heavenly Court generals within the formation.
There was no longer hatred in their eyes, nor was there anger.
What remained...
Was only relief.
"Everyone, let us go together."
"I only hope we have not