A vast crowd filled the square, countless eyes raised toward the heavens as the towering steel fortress parted the endless sea of clouds, slowly rising and falling beneath the late-morning sun.
At that moment, whether they were residents of The Alliance or travelers merely passing through, all of them could not help but cast reverent gazes toward the sky.
Standing before the bridge's floor-to-ceiling windows.
Just meeting those pairs of expectant eyes made Chu Guang's heart surge with emotion.
"Xiao Qi."
"What is it, Master?" The light voice drifted into Chu Guang's ears like a gentle breeze.
Sitting on his shoulder armor, Xiao Qi swung her chopstick-thin legs as she rested her chin in both hands and studied his profile, her face brimming with a happy smile.
Chu Guang narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a smile.
"Nothing. I just suddenly wanted to call your name."
Xiao Qi said, "Hehe, Master, are you feeling really excited right now?"
"Yeah, a little." Chu Guang nodded honestly, his gaze still fixed on the grand scene beyond the window.
Watching the little sapling he had nurtured finally grow into a towering tree, the joy was simply beyond words!
Chu Guang believed it was not just him. Every citizen of The Alliance, whether player or NPC, must have been feeling the same surge in their hearts at that moment.
They had defeated the curse etched into this land!
They had defeated the threat said to be eternal and indestructible!
And turned this land's history onto a brand-new page—
Though the road had been full of twists and turns, the people living on this land had ultimately united.
Chu Guang seemed to hear the synchronized beating of tens of thousands of hearts, a sound that stirred the sincere devotion of a people united as