Blind City Official had said it.
There were no living legends in Gelin City.
Iwao Genyako had accepted her fate. Being able to destroy the barrier and save millions from the quagmire of repression and despair had already left her completely satisfied. She did not dare hope for anything more.
"Since Gelin City needs a legend, and no one is willing to do it."
"Then I'll do it."
Iwao Genyako's soul had nearly flown into the sky along with the firelight from the Explosive Tag's detonation, while her heart fell silent.
She felt that dying here might perhaps be the best ending for her.
If she became a legend, maybe... she could live forever in Lin Qing's heart.
But—
"I came to take you home."
Those brief words were, at this moment, like crimson-gold flames tearing through a tide of darkness, illuminating Iwao Genyako's heart.
Her silent heart pounded violently the instant her eyes met his.
"Take my hand!" Lin Qing said.
Starlight burst from Iwao Genyako's eyes.
"Yes."
Amid the impact of golden light and black tides, their hands clasped tightly together.
Lin Qing pulled hard, hauling Iwao Genyako out and into his arms.
The murky black tide was originally formed from negative emotions—violent, disorderly, and filled with a savage desire for destruction.
It had only obediently flowed into the pipes before because it was controlled by the barrier.
Now that the barrier had shattered, massive amounts of the dark tide surged backward, carrying sky-high rage, pain, sorrow, and manic emotion as they pounced toward Lin Qing, who had provoked them.
Twisted, ferocious ghostly faces emerged from the dark tide, as though all the terror in the world had fused within it.
They howled, screamed, and vented boundless fury. The entire underground space seemed to have become a ghostly