When that Pure White Doomsday Space fell apart, an abnormal change followed immediately in the Core Zone.
As if they had lost the support of some kind of power, all the Mechanical Constructs collapsed at the same instant.
Like drawings erased from paper by an eraser, those neither-human-nor-ghostly things slowly vanished one after another. The pipes that had nearly filled the entire Core Zone also crumbled and shattered from within, their colors gradually fading until they disappeared into the air like a faded ink wash painting.
—The severely wounded Apocalypse had been forced to withdraw.
"..."
Watching the Mechanical Constructs around her disappear one after another, the purple-haired girl raised her head to look at the sky and unconsciously clenched her fists tighter.
According to the original plan, they should have come out already. But at that crucial moment, the previous pull had inexplicably lost its effect. She did not want to think too deeply about what that meant.
From the very beginning until now, she had lost too much—so much that she had begun to feel numb. Even if she had now taken complete control of that Puzzle Card, even if she had become the highest leader of her world, what meaning was there in that?
What had been lost could never return.
Looking at the Hollow Pipe above her head, which was slowly growing blurry and seemed about to dissipate, she finally could not resist the urge to rush inside and investigate.
But just then, two figures embracing each other appeared before her.
"..."
Looking at the two people before her, especially the flushed cheeks of the Red-haired Loli nestled in someone's arms, a huge question mark slowly appeared over Ziyi's head.
What exactly had you two... done in there?
Although the process had been completely different from