System: Finish the final mission, and I'll tell you where she is

Before Luo Li's eyes, the world was brutally divided into two completely different parts.

Part of it was the lingering, fleeting warmth of his daughters' touch in his arms; it was Castorice's last gentle yet weary smile, burning like a brand on his retina.

The other part was the empty delivery bed, the cold, lifeless air, and the sound of Zhou Wan, the mother, knocking on the door with confusion and a hint of barely perceptible panic.

"Xiao Li? Open the door! How is it inside? How... how did I suddenly get here?"

Zhou Wan's voice, like the sharpest ice pick, pierced Luo Li's eardrums, shattering his last shred of hope.

It's not a hallucination.

They really disappeared.

Moreover, it wasn't just a physical disappearance... but also the "traces" of their existence in this world were forcibly erased from everyone's Remembrance by some incomprehensible force.

Luo Li suddenly flung open the door.

Outside the door, Zhou Wan looked utterly bewildered. She glanced at Luo Li, then at the empty delivery room, her brow furrowed. "Xiao Li, are you... are you alright? Why did Mom suddenly come to the hospital? Whose name were you calling just now?"

Yang Shan and Qingqiu Ze also came over, both of them looking equally puzzled.

Yang Shan scratched his head. "Li Zi, what's going on? Why are we all blocking your doorway? What happened?"

Qingqiu Ze looked around the room and said, "Brother Li, your room is decorated... quite uniquely, like a delivery room? Are you doing performance art?"

They don't remember.

I don't remember Castorice, I don't remember she was pregnant with twins, I don't remember why they were waiting here.

Their Remembrance have been precisely cut out, leaving behind logically inconsistent gaps and confusion.

Luo Li looked at them, opened her mouth, but her throat felt like it was blocked with cement, and she couldn't utter a single syllable.

explain?

How so?

He said his wife and newborn daughter vanished before his very eyes, and you've all forgotten them?

Who would believe that?

They would only see him as a madman who couldn't handle some kind of blow and went insane.

An unprecedented, chilling sense of loneliness pierced through his limbs and bones like a million needles.

He stood there, in the little house that had once been filled with laughter and anticipation, yet it felt as if he were in the most desolate ruins in the universe.

Everyone else moved on, but he was left behind, clinging to a non-existent Remembrance, a vanished home.

Amphoreus...

He was almost certain that it was that damned world that had, in some way he couldn't comprehend, "called back" Castorice and the children.

This feeling of helplessness—not even knowing who the enemy was or how they would attack—was almost driving him insane.

Despair, like a black tide, overwhelmed him.

He staggered backward, leaned against the cold wall, and slowly slid down to sit on the ground, burying his face deep in his knees.

strength?

He possesses power sufficient to instantly kill an S-rank lord, and has countless enviable advantages.

But so what?

He couldn't even keep the person he most wanted to protect.

He was like a child holding the nuclear button, yet unable to find the direction the enemy was launching it from.

[Host detected to be on the verge of deep despair and a breakdown of faith...]

[Emergency response plan activated...]

[Redefining task priorities...]

The system notification sounded for the first time, carrying an almost cold calm, in his otherwise lifeless mind.

[Final Mission Issued: "The Purification Era"]

[Mission Objective: To completely eradicate all existing vampire lifeforms in this world (Earth), including but not limited to the incarnations of the Seven Deadly Sins.]

[Mission Time Limit: None (until the objective is achieved)]

[Task Reward: Precise coordinates of the target ' Castorice ' and her offspring ' Luo Shiyu ' and ' Luo Shiyi ' (Note: Only location information is provided; return method is not included).]

[Failure Penalty: None (The host has nothing left).]

Luo Li suddenly raised her head, her bloodshot eyes flashing with a ferocious light like that of a dying beast.

Coordinates are falling.

The system knows where they are.

[To assist the host in completing the final mission, the exclusive weapon ' Spacetime Slayer - Enma ' is now receiving its ultimate enhancement:]

[Empowerment Effect: "Endless Blood Drain"]

[Effect Description: After slaying a vampire, the weapon can absorb 100% of its life essence, soul energy, and all Remembrance fragments, transforming them into the purest Spacetime power and life essence, which is then fed back to the host, enhancing the host's various attributes and understanding of Path without any loss.]

[Warning: Excessive absorption of the essence of a high-level being, or absorbing too much of its essence in a short period, has a very high probability of triggering a ' Bloodlust Backlash '. In this state, the host will experience an extreme craving for killing and blood, with a significant decrease in rationality, and a risk of completely losing control and becoming a weapon solely driven by killing intent. Please carefully control the pace of your killing.]

100% absorption! Lossless upgrade!

This was practically a bloody shortcut to the pinnacle of power, tailor-made for him.

However, the risk of backlash that follows is like the sword of Damocles hanging high above.

Luo Li looked at the Enma who appeared before her, his blade humming and dark red light flowing around him as if he had come to life. There was no hesitation in his eyes, only a cold madness.

risk?

out of control?

So what?

Now, besides his life and the only path the system has given him, he has nothing left.

He reached out and gripped the hilt of Enma's sword tightly.

A scorching and violent power surged through his arm and into his body, carrying with it an endless thirst for blood.

"The final mission... kill all the vampires..."

Luo Li repeated in a low voice, her voice hoarse like sandpaper.

He slowly stood up, the despair in his eyes replaced by an almost obsessive, icy killing intent.

He glanced at his mother and friends, who were still discussing "why they were here" in a daze, and the last bit of tenderness in his heart was completely frozen.

They were safe because they forgot the center of the danger.

And he will embark alone on this path to redemption paved with the bones of vampires.

"Mom, Yang Zi, Brother Ze."

Luo Li spoke, her voice eerily calm. "I'm going out for a bit to take care of something. You... go back, everything's fine here."

Zhou Wan wanted to say something, but looking into her son's unfathomable eyes, which seemed to hold a storm, and at the ominous longsword in his hand, she subconsciously swallowed her words and simply nodded with concern.

Luo Li didn't linger. Holding Enma, she strode away from this place that was once home but is now just an empty shell.

He didn't care how many traps there were, or what powers Mammon possessed.

All he knew was that this was the only way to find Castorice and her daughters.

Even if it's hell ahead, he'll fight his way through it!

Pave a path to them with the blood and wails of all the vampires.

The blood-red sunset stretched his shadow long, very long, like a lonely shadow rushing towards death.

(PS: I'll be writing 6 chapters today because it's the weekend. I'm still working on the other two chapters, and I'll probably post them tonight.)

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