Chapter 63

Chapter 63: Chapter 62: "I Believe in YouThe barrage from Cloning began to scroll frantically:

"But, I refuse." Cloning’s statement was decisive.

"Huh?" Several people, including the hundreds of millions watching, were stunned.

Cloning stepped forward, and at Su Ming’an’s cue, looked up and smiled at Bai Xiong above:

"Your setup isn’t complete yet."

"Me?" Bai Xiong, resting his chin on his hand, looked lazy: "My dear Traveler from the outside world, what more of the story do you want to know?"

"Is the condition for a Perfect Pass still to deduce the secrets of the world?" Cloning squinted and smiled: "No way. It was supposed to be a forceful pass through the line of force, and yet we still need to collect all the clues? Our progress in collecting clues was interrupted because we killed you, and you want us to force a conclusion with limited clues—this wouldn’t count as a ’Force Route’, would it?"

"..." Bai Xiong turned his face slightly, his mind seemed to automatically fill in the meaning of : "Traveler from the outside world, the truth is actually very simple. As long as you can resolve everything, you will naturally obtain everything."

Su Ming’an and Qin Ze looked at their conversation with blank expressions, not understanding what Bai Xiong was talking about.

"Okay." Cloning smiled: "I understand now."

Saying this, he directly drew his sword and walked toward Qin Ze.

Then, under everyone’s gaze, he raised his sword high—

"Hey, what are you doing!" Noel quickly held him back.

Qin Ze also tightly clenched the Defensive Barrier in his hand; he had thought for a moment that Number One Player really was going to strike him, and he wasn’t sure if he could block him.

"Pass." Cloning politely explained, "The truth of this world, I think I’ve figured it out. From previous observations, I saw that in this world are not harmed; they are the future to continue the next generation—the mechanical woman outside the city killed them because a player harmed Qin Ze, and only Qin Ze’s room in the hotel remained untouched..."

"So you want to attack Qin Ze to draw out the mechanical woman?" Noel held tightly onto his wrist, preventing the sword from falling: "But, you saw what happened to those people earlier, right? That young man was sliced into pieces, it will be difficult for us to block her."

"Someone has to do it." Cloning pointed toward the stage: "Otherwise, should we directly attack Bai Xiong? Could that really work?"

Bai Xiong, noticing his actions, smiled at him.

The group fell into silence for a moment.

Brilliant sunlight shone on the silver-white tip of the sword, making it gleam instantly.

"I will."

Noel pushed him away, drew the short sword from his waist: "I have an ace up my sleeve, I’m confident I won’t die quickly."

"No." Cloning quickly stopped him, gazing at him: "You’re also one of the potential candidates for the Lighthouse, Noel, I can’t let you take risks."

"...I will." Su Ming’an, seeing this, immediately picked up a knife, looking passionately at Cloning: "Su Ming’an, you just need to keep moving forward, I will keep watching over you."

Noel looked at Cloning, believing that this boy, who had always shown great tolerance and kindness, would similarly prevent this girl full of affection from proceeding.

"Hmm." Cloning nodded at her, "Thank you for your sacrifice... Su Ming’an, go, I will remember you."

Noel felt shocked and bewildered by this person’s double standards.

The barrage of comments revealed all:

"As expected, this person has no love; he’s just a Lighthouse fanatic!"

"I’m starting to worry that if Noel fails, he might treat him the same way..."

"He only cherishes those who have achieved a Perfect Pass; the grading is too obvious, come on, what happened to everyone shining with their own light?"

"Perhaps he thinks that there are no longer any players who can achieve a Perfect Pass, so this might be considered a form of shining..."

"All they had to do was escape the Arena, why summon the mechanical woman?"

"Some people on the forum guessed what extra rewards a Perfect Pass might bring, but this is too much... sacrificing a young girl..."

"I feel bad for Yuanyuan and Su Ming’an... I don’t know why so many people on the World Forum like Su Ming’an so much..."}

"To like is to like! Clearly, such a person can stand until the end, okay!"

"I don’t think he’s purely selfish... Sometimes he’s overly humble and respectful towards those who achieve a Perfect Pass, but his attitude towards the audience is too dismissive..."

"I don’t understand, I just don’t like him, it’s inexplicable, I think the Number One Player shouldn’t be like this."

Su Ming’an walked towards Qin Ze, meanwhile Qin Ze started shouting, "Hey, hey, hey, have you considered my opinion? What if no one is drawn out and I get chopped to death!"

"I trust his consideration." Su Ming’an said, and the knife in his hand instantly fell!

"Crack, crack, crack—"

On the ice-white ground created by an aura, the arms-turned-knives Goddess Mother, like a statue, suddenly began to quiver.

Her face still looked compassionate, seemingly whispering kind words, but the twin ice-white long knives were raised high, bringing a bone-chilling breeze against the cheeks.

Su Ming’an, swinging the knife at Qin Ze, knew the mechanical woman was drawn out. A chill came from behind her, as if axes were already beside her head, and she was suddenly bound by this cold air stream, wanting to run but unable to move her feet.

"Crack, crack, crack—"

The sound of the mechanical movement was unmistakably clear.

...This feeling was too terrifying. Her grip on the knife tightened, a sharp chill passed over her nape, her entire body trembled slightly—even the fearless Devotee, when truly facing the moment of death, could not control the fear within her heart.

But in the next moment, she noticed someone lunging forward, rushing towards the most dangerous spot.

"Swoosh!" The sound of a blade hitting the ground rang out. The earth was split with a crack by the ultra-sharp blade; Cloning held the sword and swiftly advanced, meeting the incredibly dangerous mechanical woman first.

The awakening of the Goddess Mother figure also confirmed a speculation.

"Linking clues!"

"Forming a hypothesis: children will be protected and not harmed"

"Perfect Completion Progress: 40%"

Meanwhile, Su Ming’an, standing aside, had slowly moved closer to the high platform, observing Bai Xiong as if entranced.

He guessed... the mechanical woman was the original founder of this city, the "Goddess Mother" who died early in Bai Xiong’s diary. For some reason, she was transformed into the mechanical woman, becoming the knife in Bai Xiong’s hands, guarding his White City.

As Cloning and Noel confronted the mechanical woman, a white light flashed beside him, and he used Spatial Displacement directly next to Bai Xiong on the platform, his finger instantly touching Bai Xiong’s neck.

Bai Xiong slightly turned his head; the touch that came through was cold as ice, the heat of his neck nothing like that of a normal human, rather like a mechanical being.