The villains are redeemed, and the heroines cry and beg for forgiveness.

Oh well, if she can pull herself together, then so be it, she can be a pervert.

Besides, how can you call it perverted to do something to your lover? You can only say it's about having fun.

So Gu Ran thought about it and decided to acquiesce.

For a moment, both of them fell silent.

Although she was scolded, Gu Ran felt a warm feeling; they hadn't had this kind of romantic interaction for a while.

Suddenly, a mechanical electronic sound rang out.

"Energy replenished! Execute the elimination plan now!"

As the electronic sound rang out, the little conch's body began to etherealize.

Gu Ran's expression changed.

"Little conch! Your body?!"

Gu Ran instinctively wanted to hug her tightly, but it was as if he was hugging thin air; he passed right through the little conch shell's body.

"Gu Ran!" Little Conch also reached out to Gu Ran, wanting to hug him.

But then she stopped with a wry smile: "I remember now, Gu Ran, maybe we really aren't meant to be."

"The first hurdle I encountered was actually a test of my talent, to see if I could withstand the soul power from the powerful ancestors of the merfolk. I succeeded. The second hurdle was to test my willpower. If I could succeed, it would mean that I could control the intensity of the soul power from the ancestors of the merfolk and not lose myself."

But if I fail, it means I can't control it at all. Even if I gain the inheritance, I'll lose myself and become a mentally unstable madman. And failure means I can't safely leave the ruins; I'll become part of the ruins' inherited power.

The little conch said self-deprecatingly, "It's probably like nourishment to maintain the power of the ruins until the next challenger arrives. At the beginning of the challenge, I said my wish was to have a pair of legs, but in reality, the power of the ruins cannot immediately grant my wish. I must complete all the challenges and become the new Mermaid Queen before I can possess such power."

"So my legs and this mountain are actually fake. My current body is a creation of a part of my soul, and this mountain was also created by the ruins according to my wishes, a test of my willpower. But unfortunately, regardless of whether I actually succeeded in completing the challenge, the final result was that I was judged to have failed."

"Having been judged to have failed, I cannot continue to the third and final challenge. I will soon be absorbed by the ruins as nourishment."

The little conch gently stroked Gu Ran's cheek and said with a smile, "Fortunately, at this last moment, I saw you. It can be considered that I died in your arms. This is my greatest happiness."

After a pause, Little Conch forced a smile and said, "At the moment of being merged with the ruins, I should be able to control them for a short time. I will then help you open a passage to leave the ruins, and you must leave immediately at that time."

"I know that the person I like is a martial arts genius. If you have enough strength in the future, please help my grandmother and the others, and help me... take care of the merfolk."

"If you're not strong enough, don't try to be brave for my sake. That will only get you into trouble, and I don't want you to get into trouble because of me."

Gu Ran stared blankly as the small conch shell slowly turned into a blur and gradually disappeared.

"No! No! You can't leave me!" Gu Ran frantically tried to grab the little conch's hand, but each time it was like grasping at thin air. "You said it yourself, we'll always be together, and never be apart!"

The little conch shell looked at Gu Ran with a slight smile on its face, wanting to stroke his cheek: "You cried? This is the first time I've ever seen you cry."

"I don't know why, but seeing you cry for me makes me so happy. These are your tears for me, it means you have me in your heart."

"What I didn't expect was that I would break my promise in the end. I hope you won't blame me."

“I know you will definitely not be an ordinary person in the future. I’m afraid you will fall in love with other girls in the future because I’m afraid you will forget me. I’m also afraid you will never fall in love with other girls in the future because I’m afraid you will be lonely for the rest of your life because of me.”

"Gu Ran..."

The little conch shell seemed to have so much to say, but her voice had already disappeared. When she realized this, she was silent for a moment, then her lips moved slightly as if to say her last words, which was also her farewell.

But before she could finish her last sentence, her body completely disappeared from the spot.

Gu Ran read out the half-sentence—Farewell, my love, I'm sorry, I'll...

Farewell, my love. I'm sorry, I can no longer be by your side.

Gu Ran stood frozen in place like a statue, her outstretched hand, tears streaming freely down her cheeks.

He cried, he really cried. He thought he would never cry again after losing his parents, but unexpectedly, he cried again.

The original mountain peaks suddenly disappeared, turning into a virtual space filled with various colors of light and lines.

"The losers are being eliminated! The consciousness and blood energy of the losers are being absorbed!"

A cold, unfeeling electronic mechanical voice rang out.

Rumble!

Suddenly, a door appeared in this illusory space, opened, and revealed the ocean world outside.

Gu Ran only needs to take a few steps forward to leave this ruin space immediately.

"Non-Challenger species detected inside! Devastating physical attack to be launched!"

The electromechanical sound rang out again.

Gu Ran, however, remained deaf to his words.

Why did it end up like this?

Gu Ran murmured to himself.

Why didn't you keep your promise?

"Why, why, why!"

A large number of energy beams carrying a destructive aura appeared around Gu Ran and shot towards him.

At this moment, Gu Ran's eyes were filled with sorrow and madness!

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"Begin eliminating the intruders!"

As the electromechanical sound rang out, numerous beams of energy swept towards Gu Ran.

With such a density of concentrated fire, even the massive numbers of sea monsters and ferocious beasts that came before would perish instantly.

"what!"

The resentment that had been building up inside him could no longer be contained. Gu Ran looked up at the sky and roared, his voice filled with despair, like a wild beast that was about to die but was unwilling to accept its fate.

A powerful spiritual energy vibration, accompanied by sound waves, surged towards the "sky" of this space, causing the entire space to ripple, like a mirror lake reflecting stones.

The energy beams that were originally aimed precisely at Gu Ran all became skewed due to the spatial ripples, and most of them missed Gu Ran and grazed past him.

The remaining small portion of the energy that struck Gu Ran was immediately blocked by the spiritual energy armor on the surface of his body. Even though it was worn down layer by layer, it could not break through.

"I never agreed to let you leave me!"

I cannot accept your farewell!

Gu Ran punched empty space. After advancing to the Golden Core stage of martial arts, he was already able to break through space, but this punch only made the space vibrate more strongly, without showing any sign of being broken.

It's obvious that the space here is more stable than the outside world!

Gu Ran's eyes seemed to be spitting fire, and he threw another punch without pausing.

Since one punch can't break through, then I'll use two punches, three punches, four punches... ten punches... a hundred punches... until I break you!

Gu Ran knew that this relic was just a mechanical artifact, without its own intelligence, so it was impossible to communicate with it. The only way was to break it open by force and find its control node.

"Highest level warning! The intruder has reached the elimination limit! The intruder has reached the elimination limit! The highest level physical elimination method will be activated!"

The electromechanical sound became rapid.

Gu Ran seemed not to hear him and continued his bombardment.

The original energy beam disappeared, and the entire space suddenly fell silent, except for Gu Ran's bombardment.

The next moment, it was as if the sun was burning fiercely in the sky, its intense light spreading throughout the entire space.

As the light spread, the entire space collapsed and was destroyed!

Moreover, this was not an ordinary spatial collapse. The collapsed spatial fragments immediately formed vortexes, sweeping towards Gu Ran with terrifying destructive force!

Spatial turbulence!

If Gu Ran still possessed spatial abilities, he wouldn't need to fear such attacks at all. Even with such spatial collapse, Gu Ran could immediately open a portal and teleport out. Even if he couldn't teleport out immediately, Gu Ran could still rely on his spatial abilities to find the safest coordinates within the spatial turbulence and avoid danger.

However, Gu Ran is now a martial artist, and he has completely lost his sensitivity and control over spatial coordinates. All he can rely on is the power from his body!

An immense amount of spiritual energy flowed through Gu Ran's body and then erupted outwards.

The space in front of him could no longer hold on and shattered into pieces.

But it was no use anymore, because the entire space had been reduced to fragments, turning it into a no-man's-land that would kill any life!

Gu Ran glanced at the spatial fragments and turbulence sweeping towards him, his face remaining completely unmoved.

Although this attack was threatening, it was something he had already done before, and he didn't take it seriously at all.

This space seemed to lack spiritual energy, so Gu Ran could only frantically draw spiritual power from the martial arts golden core.

He looked at the spatial fragments and turbulence in front of him.

Waiting quietly.

Just as the spatial turbulence was about to engulf him, he gently swung his fist forward.

This punch lacked the power of the previous ones; it seemed like a casual swing.

However, his punches carried a destructive aura that seemed to destroy the world—that was a powerful strike that Gu Ran unleashed by squeezing out the essence of his martial arts golden core!

The next moment, the spatial turbulence in front of him, which was enough to kill most martial artists and superhumans in the world, absorbed the powerful spiritual energy attack that Gu Ran unleashed with his fist.

As if it had eaten its fill, the spatial turbulence that had seemed to devour everything quietly subsided, slowly calmed down, and then disappeared.