The Times Had Changed

After disconnecting, Oushen said nothing. He deactivated the Recognition Filter and went straight to see the Lai Anding Fairy Spirit.

The fairy spirit had been calling for him earlier. There was no need to think about it; something must have happened to the players in reality.

When he passed through the dimensional membrane and arrived beneath Lai Anding, the fairy spirit was taking the form of a mortal. Her short brown hair drifted quietly in the wind as she lit and lifted one star after another. Counting carefully, there were neither more nor fewer than ninety-nine.

"Lai Anding Fairy Spirit..."

"Today, I lost ninety-nine children."

Lai Anding knelt on the ground, gently turning her hands as Redemption Power intertwined and flowed, carrying those ninety-nine stars into the boundless depths of space.

"Even the children whose Medical Protocol had been breached and who were in the best condition only lasted four hours before falling apart. The unlucky ones even suffered Secrecy Transformation. Their names, and every trace of their existence in this world, were erased."

The multicolored stars drifted farther and farther away, gradually leaving sight. It was only unknown whether the mourning they carried had traveled with them to the fallen warriors.

"They were all great martyrs."

Lai Anding rested her hands on her knees and gazed at the starry sky for a long time.

"I am not a god proficient in battle. As the Redemption Main God, I have no ability to enter the front lines. Even a Cannon Fodder God like Lioz is far more useful than I am. Instead, I have remained in the rear, healing, resurrecting, and nurturing warriors to resist the damage inflicted by the Destroyers."

After quite a while, she said, "During the final stages of the Outer Abyss War, I received many suffering