Welcome to Rewind World Game-Chapter 1545 - 30: “How Will You Go Home?”

Su Ming’an looked down and saw that he had already lost his basic human form; most of what was "his" had flowed into the small world, merging into the world’s foundation.

"Ugh!" A giant dragon fell beside him.

He recognized... that constantly bleeding, heavily injured dragon, it was Dan Shuang.

Her eyes had lost focus, not meeting his "gaze," she murmured softly:

"You... saved us... don’t worry, I can still... fight..."

The sound of something breaking.

The sound of something fracturing.

White hair swept past his eye corner, it was Xiber’s white hair.

She activated the "Reincarnation" authority, constantly tracing back the scars of herself and others, charging forward again and again, unafraid of pain...

Because Su Ming’an had also once charged towards her like this, trying to save her.

"Su Ming’an, where are you, are you okay!" Chao Yan’s body had been shattered and reassembled more than once, and "life" kept her ever-standing; she could no longer see Su Ming’an’s position, he seemed to have already melted into the torrent of words.

An overwhelming array of words covered the World Tree, obscuring the surroundings completely, drowning out even the roar of the Star Destroyer Cannon.

Pure white, as if the original pure white.

"Howl—" The image of a sea monster shattered, Archilev, covered in flowers and leaves, knelt on the ground, blood flowing profusely.

The high-level Soul Clan possessed exceedingly long lives, yet his strength was negligible among these people, but even so, he still came.

"Father..." he murmured, gradually falling, his gaze still directed at the position where Su Ming’an once stood.

"Ding—!"

Li Mingyue picked up a golden talisman.

Tao’er, transformed into a witch, stood beside him, her face speckled with bloodstains.

Li Mingyue stared at the talisman in his hand.

He wanted to do the same thing once more.

But that child no longer gave him the chance.

"Swoosh—!" A sharp sonic boom resounded.

—At the very center, beneath the dome, was the figure of Noel Agnini.

Like Su Ming’an, Noel was no longer in human form, but a blazing sun.

A radiant sun floating with a dreamlike hue, representing destruction, collapsing at the slightest touch.

No longer could that beautiful golden hair and ocean-blue eyes be seen, only a cold, ruthless, inhuman blazing sun remained.

Dan Shuang and the Cloud City God launched the main attack, Xiber and Chao Yan assisted, Li Mingyue provided cover, Sharina and Archilev supported; even with such combined forces, they still couldn’t completely kill Noel Agnini, possessed by the Master of the End of All Things, Yuritilola, and even the Lord of Chaos.

The group was stalling for time, waiting for Su Ming’an to destroy the World Tree. The World Tree showed damage under the sustained bombardment of the Star Destroyer Cannon, and Su Ming’an was only a step away from shattering the God Ming’an.

"It’s over..." But that blazing sun would not give Su Ming’an the final chance.

Seeing God Ming’an’s state deteriorate, Noel forcibly took the full force strike of the combined crowd, enduring injuries and forcibly breaking through the defense line to stab toward Su Ming’an in the torrent of words!

Earlier, when Su Ming’an coughed blood, Noel captured the slight tremor of the fate line, and at that moment, "causality" concretized, he followed the direction of the words and saw—

Saw that same non-human form.

The fiery sun and the multicolored liquid gazed at each other, neither could see each other’s form.

—Nor could they see the eyes.

But in the instant Su Ming’an and Noel made eye contact, there was the same voice in their hearts.

—It’s over.

Transformed into a tree, Su Ming’an lost most of his direct combat power; if hidden in the torrent of words, he was invincible. But once his location was discovered, he would collapse at a touch.

Noel discovered him.

Because of their previously too close "causality." Even the vast torrent of words could not conceal that deep causality.

For a moment, Su Ming’an thought. Was Noel planning this from the start? From the beginning of the World Game, did he deliberately approach him, establishing deep causality to be able to discover him hiding in the torrent of words at this moment—

If the causality between them was a bit lighter, Noel would not have been able to discover him.

Because he had transformed into a tree, Su Ming’an was also uncertain whether his Death Rebound could still take effect; theoretically, he was no longer an individual but the world.

Ah...

If only we hadn’t met in the beginning.

If only I hadn’t turned back in the beginning.

If only... on the platform of Daylight Floating City, I hadn’t reached out to that hand with the perfect pass Pattern Mark.

If only, when the young man first smiled at him, he hadn’t returned the same smile.

But were those... really false?

Who was deceiving himself, who kept himself lucid.

"Swoosh—!"

That blazing sun swiftly approached, as if death were drawing near.

As Noel charged forward, "causality," "Sunflower," "Reincarnation," "salvation," "betrayal," "end," "fate," "White Bird"... countless familiar words swept past with the pull of causality, clanging against him.

His silhouette became clearer in this charge, presenting a human form condensed by the sun.

A long, narrow, golden scythe engraved with the sun was held in his hand, flowing with gold and red liquid.

A misshapen gold-red "monster" stabbed toward another misshapen multicolored "monster."

"Su Ming’an!"

"Father!"

"Ming’an—!"

Dan Shuang and others wanted to support, but it was too late, they could only watch as Noel’s Sun Scythe got closer and closer to Su Ming’an.

Su Ming’an saw the searing, scorching, and painful sun.

He heard the chime of destiny.

His nonexistent lips curved into a "smile."

His nonexistent eye sockets shed "hot tears."

Facing the oncoming flames, he raised the sword of words in his hand, gathering the most baffling, unwavering, and resolute words, unwaveringly raised his hand, lifted—

...

—thrust to the right side.

...

In front, was Noel coming straight.

On the right side, was the World Tree at close range.

Facing such a choice, Su Ming’an chose not to defend but to stab directly to the right, breaking the shield of the World Tree, opening the route for humanity, rather than preserving his own life.

Most of his strength had already flowed into the small world, enough to save many people, the little bit of life left for himself, let Noel take it away.

It was the least important thing.

"Swoosh!"

As the sword pierced into the World Tree, a vast ocean of words surged in, accompanied by Su Ming’an’s full force strike, as well as the continuous bombardment from the external Star Destroyer Cannon—

At the same time, the Cloud City God, still with strength left, flipped their wrist, stabbing a sword towards the World Tree!

Among all the people present, apart from Noel, only the Cloud City God could see Su Ming’an’s position in the torrent of words, due to the "Soul" authority’s positioning.

When they saw Su Ming’an choose to thrust the sword to the right, rather than forward, they immediately understood Su Ming’an’s decision, sighing silently, they did not block Noel’s path with their sword but instead turned it right, synchronizing with Su Ming’an’s sword, plunging into the World Tree.

Golden eyes flashed with a trace of grief.

...You do this, how will I go home.

How will you go home.

...

"Boom—!"

A humming sound rose from deep beneath the ground, low and resonant, like the lament of a planet overwhelmed.

In an instant, the entire tree’s structure experienced an unimaginable tilt, like the godly column supporting the sky collapsing with a crash, beginning to descend in a slow and irreversible manner.

At the same time, Noel’s scythe pierced through Su Ming’an, entering through the heart, exiting through the spine.

In front was no longer specific branches, but filled with an indescribable, pure platinum light, as if countless shattered stars were spinning, burning, exploding, containing a heat intense enough to scorch through eyeballs.

A mountain-crumbling and sea-quaking impact rolled back along the sword’s shaft. Su Ming’an’s hand grasping the sword felt as if it was holding a burning library, he clenched his teeth, gripping the invisible hilt with both hands, thrusting it ever deeper.

He saw, amidst the torn tree body, vast deep dark rifts emerging out of thin air. Through these rifts, no longer was there familiar sky, but rather a chaotic torrent of colors, rolling chaotically and without meaning. It was as if a scroll depicting the birth of the universe had a corner brutally torn open.

What was shattered was not just a tree.

But the cornerstone of world stability, the constant perception of World Consciousness.

The "world" crumbled suddenly and loudly.

Most of the people inside the tree, Xiber, Dan Shuang, Archilev... were blasted away by the sudden flood. At the same time, they realized they were ascending, automatically flying toward the ark in the sky...

[World Barrier] is broken!

"—Su Ming’an!!!"

In Xiber’s view, the World Tree had already turned into a pure white vortex, like a coiled river, like a pure white black hole, like a blank in the computation, like a collapse at the end of a game. No branches or human figures could be seen.

They shouted, but received no response.

"Huff—huff—"

And inside the pure white—an incandescent core enough to vaporize souls completely, thousands of flower petals and leaves were sent flying upwards, like a cocoon, wrapping Noel Agnini, preventing him from being swallowed by the flood.

Through the cracks in the light, Noel vaguely discerned the outline of Su Ming’an, his pitch-black robe already torn apart, leaving only fluid-like material. Perhaps it was his last glimmer; for a moment, those features became clear—a kind of tranquility near the settling of dust, a kind of clear and near-completion relief that Noel had never seen on that person’s face.

"He’s not dead!?" rang the astonished voice of the Master of the End of All Things in his mind.

Noel’s scythe undoubtedly pierced Su Ming’an; the power of "destruction" should have instantly burned away Su Ming’an’s existence. However, Su Ming’an still survived and even had the strength to fully plunge the sword of words into the World Tree.

"Is it the transfer damage of the ’Noah’s Chain’? But no, the ’Noah’s Chain’ can only be used on players, and there are no players around Su Ming’an, why..." murmured Yuritilola.

...

[Noah’s Chain (Gold Level): "Death can conquer the entire world, our love will endure, life is immortal."

Effect 1: You can select any player to share the next 3 seconds of any hostile damage for you, cooldown time is one hour.]

...

They knew well about Su Ming’an’s extremely powerful bug equipment, so they had confirmed in advance that within Su Ming’an’s vision range, there was no player to help him block damage; even Noel had turned from a player to an NPC beforehand. Then why didn’t Su Ming’an die?

The only player within the range was Su Ming’an himself. Even if Su Ming’an selected himself for the "Noah’s Chain," it still wouldn’t work. Ultimately, if you share damage with yourself, you’re still the one who gets hit, with no reason to survive.

Theoretically, this was indeed a dead end.

...Ah.

Noel’s mind echoed with the sound of a stone falling. Slowly, slowly he turned his head.

But, there was a point to break the deadlock.

There was a point to break the deadlock.

Noel Agnini turned back, looked at another standing figure within the pure white range—

That pure white, frost-like, snow lotus-like figure standing tall on the mountain’s peak.

His long hair danced in the flowing torrent, shining with a satin-like silver brilliance, his eyes still indifferent as before, ethereal as an immortal. A white robe fluttered without staining dust.

—On his chest, a golden necklace was shining brilliantly.

"There’s another ’Su Ming’an’..." murmured Yuritilola.

Indeed, Deity Ming’an isn’t a player; Su Ming’an is the only player present after all.

However, the "Noah’s Chain" has always had a second effect, rarely used by Su Ming’an.

...

Effect 2: You can select any player to share the next 10 seconds of any damage for them, cooldown time is fifteen minutes.

...

Since Su Ming’an always rushed into the most dangerous front lines, enemies always took damage for Su Ming’an. The occasion where Su Ming’an had to take damage for others was rare.

However, Deity Ming’an used the second effect of "Noah’s Chain" the moment Noel pierced Su Ming’an.

—He carried the damage for Su Ming’an, the only "player."

Golden light flickered, and from Su Ming’an’s chest, Noel’s gold-colored Sun Scythe was slowly forced to withdraw, with no blood shed.

At the same time, Deity Ming’an heavily spat a mouthful of blood, and his frost-like white robe was instantly dyed red on the chest, like a red rose blooming in the snow.

A crescent-shaped wound simultaneously appeared on his front chest and back, presenting a penetrating stance.

Remarkably, due to Deity Ming’an and the World Tree being in a "symbiotic" state, when Deity Ming’an was severely injured, the World Tree was also critically damaged, making this... the last straw that broke the World Tree.

The most shocked was not Su Ming’an, but Noel.

[World Barrier] shattered, pushing Su Ming’an’s Tree Transformation Progress to extremely high levels, Noel was unable to stop Su Ming’an and everyone from leaving—after that failed strike, Noel had no chance left. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

The situation that was very favorable initially for Noel, reversed in an instant with Deity Ming’an’s betrayal; victory and defeat were decided within moments.

Given Noel’s wisdom, he would never expose his back to someone who might betray him. His partnership with Deity Ming’an was built on his belief that Deity Ming’an would absolutely never betray him.

In the white torrents, Noel Agnini looked at Deity Ming’an, his voice extremely light and calm:

"...I can’t understand your reason for betrayal."

"Do you... wish to continue this endless cycle?"

"Do you... want to become the next ’Defender Su Ming’an’?"

Hmm?

Silence all around.

As these words were spoken, Su Ming’an’s ears buzzed, caught in a noisy vibration.

He knew that if things were normal, Noel would never speak of his long-concealed purpose, so when Noel said these words of "truth," it was when Noel himself felt the situation was beyond any turnaround.

[World Barrier] shattered, the World Tree collapses, Su Ming’an’s fate of tree transformation is inevitable, no means can stop it, the outcome was already set.

Thus, Noel no longer hides his intentions.

...Cycle?

What cycle?

"Ding-dong—"

Suddenly, a Ruby dropped out.

Originally embedded in Deity Ming’an’s robe, as his garment broke, it fell and rolled in pure white silence, rolling to Su Ming’an’s feet.

"Ding." In silence, Su Ming’an picked it up.

Some words popped up:

...

[Ruby (Cannot be graded)]

Type: Outer World Artifact

Content: This object comes from the Outer Realm; it isn’t restricted by most laws and can grant you the power to transcend everything.

Given by: Supreme Lord Tosolius]

...

Transcend... everything?

"Cough... cough!" Deity Ming’an coughed a large mouthful of blood; his body was burned to an empty shell by that strike. If he had actively defended against Noel’s Sun Sword, things would be much better. However, he took the fatal blow meant for Su Ming’an, the same lethal extent befell him.

He suddenly reached out toward Su Ming’an.

"Hiss!"

Countless white tendrils erupted, like a life-burning strike of last vitality, forcing Noel back. And Deity Ming’an instantly appeared before Su Ming’an, grabbing his hand.

In the snow-white torrents, Su Ming’an stared at the face identical to his own.

His liquefied hand was led by Deity Ming’an, reaching into the warm chest cavity.

"Did you find it?"

"..." Su Ming’an had realized, his fingers bent, touching something still pulsing: "...Heart?"

"Before his Sun Fire burns me completely... you, crush my heart," Deity Ming’an spoke flatly.

Su Ming’an did not hesitate much.

Time was running out, even though there were many doubts in his heart, but as long as he personally killed Deity Ming’an, through the "Soul Ferry" skill, all answers would come...

He didn’t even say "okay" before Deity Ming’an took the initiative to exert force.

"Boom."

Such an unexpected sound.

No chance for any farewell.

Those icy eyes slowly dimmed; he silently looked at Su Ming’an’s monstrous form for a second, then his lips curled slightly, and afterward, he fell like a river into the pure white torrent.

From beginning to end, his attitude was silent, calm, and serene.

A massive cascade of images emerged.

"Soul Ferry" triggered.

...

—It was a dramatic story.

Deity Ming’an, before becoming Deity Ming’an, was named "Su Ming’an."