"The Knight Er greets me every day..."
"Priest Harry, who comes to pray every day..."
"And... I also saw Priestess Miriam, who has always doted on me..."
"I saw them saying goodbye to me..."
"They're all leaving me..."
"But I can't cry..."
"I am everyone's hope; I can't show a helpless expression and let them down..."
Anna poured out her heartache while suppressing her sobs.
It's as if even if there's no one else left, crying in front of these dead comrades is a sin.
"Miriam, she..."
Su Xi felt a mix of emotions upon hearing that Miriam had also died.
"Hmm... Sister Miriam also sacrificed herself. I wanted to tell her more, but she just waved and disappeared... Did I upset Sister Miriam? Maybe I failed to be the person Miriam wanted to be, and disappointed her..."
Hearing these words of sorrow that led to self-denial, Su Xi sighed inwardly.
No matter how powerful Anna's abilities and talents are, she is still just a 16-year-old girl.
Numbness is inevitable in the face of the constant departures of those around her, but her heart is so tender that she will likely have to endure many more wounds before she becomes numb.
Su Xi was momentarily at a loss for words to comfort the holy maiden of the cult. To be honest, she had almost no experience in comforting girls. She used to appease Lin Jing by buying her things when she was angry, but in the Meta World, that tactic clearly wouldn't work...
After thinking for a moment, Su Xi could only comfort her with the words that Grand High Priest Galbraith had said to her before, "I understand how you feel... Anna, as the Holy Maiden of the Elf race, I am more heartbroken than anyone else to see life disappear."
"I often doubt whether I'm doing a good enough job..."
Su Xi's rambling ended up making Anna start comforting herself.
After receiving comfort from Anna, Su Xi was immediately amazed: Wow, that works too.
Of course, this is related to Su Xi's very deceptive appearance. Anna felt that she was under so much pressure as the saintess of the religion, so Su Xi, who was even younger than her, must have been under even greater pressure.
In particular, the Elven Empire had just gone through a war with the Fallen Ones, and they probably lost even more of their loved ones.
With this in mind, Anna felt she should take on the responsibility of being an older sister. After wiping away her tears, she began to comfort Su Xi.
The chat ended with Anna calming down, and Su Xi gaining 40 points of favor from Anna.
After leaving the Thousand Burials Garden, Kurumi talked to Anna about the pain she had mentioned.
"Judging from my memories of my past life, the Holy Capital was destroyed later. I think your little Anna will probably follow the same path as Miriam."
"The more desperate a person is, the more extreme their path will be."
Su Xi hesitated, "No way, she's an NPC with the talent of light, she couldn't possibly become a monster like Miriam..."
Speaking of Miriam, Su Xi sighed again, "Although I told Miriam not to appear in front of me again and didn't send her to her death, I still feel like I was the one who pushed her to her death."
"The fact that you can think so much only proves that you're so bored that you're overthinking things," Kurumi shrugged.
Su Xi was speechless.
Then, Kurumi and I teleported out and headed towards the mission location.
A few days later.
I've been doing the Holy Capital quests for several days in a row, and my experience points are increasing rapidly.
I also gained a lot of cult reputation along the way.
Most NPCs in the Holy Capital now know that the Elf race Saintess is constantly completing the tasks assigned by the Holy Capital.
The morning's monster-killing has ended.
All three of them went offline to rest.
Huaxia, Meta World Countermeasures Department.
In addition to helping Fu Bingqiao manage the massive player base in the Beastman Empire, this department also monitors spatial rifts appearing around the world.
Although the number of monsters that appeared after Luo'er's appearance brought a large number of monsters has been very small, it is still a point of concern that cannot be ignored.
However, apart from collecting data manually, the countermeasures department has no other effective means of detecting the number of spatial fissures appearing across the country.
Therefore, there is a lag in data statistics.
By the time the countermeasures department began to notice a significant increase in the number of spatial rifts appearing in reality, it was already too late.
Not long after Su Xi and Kurumi logged off, they received a meeting message from the Adventurer's Guild headquarters.
"Looks like something's happened," Kurumi said.
"Let's go take a look first. If it's just some ordinary monsters appearing in reality, then we shouldn't need to go."
Leaving Su Yu alone in the room, she and Kurumi went to the Adventurer's Guild's meeting room.
When the two of them arrived at the conference room, there were already quite a few people there.
Liu Yumeng came up to Su Xi and whispered in her ear, "Spatial rifts are starting to appear frequently all over the world. The authorities suspect that there may be a monster invasion of reality, just like last time."
"Is it the same in other places besides China?" Su Xi asked.
Liu Yumeng nodded.
"I see."
Su Xi looked at Kurumi, and Kurumi nodded in agreement.
The massive monster invasion that occurred in my past life is coming to life.
Of course, Su Xi wasn't sure either, because the large-scale monster invasion in her previous life happened after she was imprisoned, and it was clear that the time hadn't come yet. Perhaps this was just a hint?
Su Xi thought about it and realized it didn't make sense either. In her previous life, there were no spatial rifts at this time, Mind Net hadn't even appeared yet...
Therefore, the only answer is probably that a massive monster wave is coming.
It didn't take long.
Yan Hu and his group entered the conference room.
Walking in front of Yan Hu was a stranger wearing a military uniform with stars. Su Xi had seen him a few times, but each time he would just nod and leave. Su Xi had no idea who he was.
"The reason we have gathered you all here today is because we have recently discovered a significant increase in the number of spatial rifts within the country, which may indicate that the next wave of monsters is about to appear."
"You all have no worries in the association, and you won't be bothered by any trivial matters or conflicts. You can focus entirely on improving your strength in the game. But now it's time for you to step up."
"Whether you're playing a game, eating, showering, or sleeping, please be ready at any time. Even when you're fighting a boss, I hope you can immediately log out of the game and help deal with the monsters in real life."
"I hope everyone understands that with great power comes great responsibility, and the more you cherish your current life, the more effort you need to put in to maintain it."
"Power and responsibility are equal."