Collapse Iron: Cosplaying the Near-Death Star, but with a full destiny.

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"Don't be afraid."

A voice.

In this deathly silent black and white world, it suddenly rang out.

It has no color, yet it carries a strange temperature.

Like the only narration in a black and white film.

Hoshi stood on the back of the Star Chariot.

Her figure also turned grayish-white.

Her silver hair and black clothes blended together, making it almost impossible to discern her features.

Only those eyes.

Something seemed to be burning in those completely black eyes.

Her raised right hand was trembling slightly.

The skin on my palm cracked, but instead of bleeding, it released specks of black stardust.

This is the backlash from forcibly controlling the power of the "Void" Envoy level.

IX's power was too domineering; even borrowing it for just a moment was enough to bring her body to the brink of collapse.

But she didn't stop.

in contrast.

She suddenly spread her five fingers wide, facing the battlefield below, facing the countless lives awaiting judgment in terror.

It made a "grabbing" action.

"I anchor myself to reality."

"I draw the line at this moment with the end."

boom!

A golden ripple, with great difficulty yet with great tenacity, burst forth from her palm.

In this absolute black and white world.

This touch of gold is so faint, yet so dazzling.

It was like a golden fish that darted into that desolate ocean.

It swam over Bai Heng's body.

The water dragon swam past the red maple leaves.

The sword's edge swam past the mirror stream.

Swimming past Jingyuan's hair.

Swimming across the chests of every Cloud Cavalry soldier.

The place touched by the golden fish.

The colors were not restored.

But it had an extra layer of faint, almost invisible golden outline.

That's a protective film.

An anchor point called "existence" that separates them from "nothingness".

"Besides these people..."

Hoshino's voice turned cold.

Like the sound of a gavel in judgment.

"The rest."

"Reset everything to zero."

The instruction has been issued.

The void of a black hole seems to have received some kind of permission.

It no longer suppresses its appetite.

It began to eat.

on the ground.

Those bountiful creatures who were originally bewildered by the changing world.

Suddenly, I found my body starting to feel "lighter".

A huge, wolf-like creature raised its paw, trying to smash the stone pillar in front of it.

But its claws began to disintegrate before they even touched the stone pillar.

It didn't shatter.

It dissipates like smoke.

Its body, made of flesh and blood, turned into countless tiny gray particles in the black and white world.

There is no pain.

There were no screams.

They couldn't even struggle.

It just is...

scattered.

Then came the second one, the third one, and the ten thousandth one.

An extremely bizarre scene unfolded on the battlefield.

All the Cloud Cavalry soldiers, enveloped in golden outlines, stood unharmed in place.

And the enemy opposite them.

Whether they are enormous beasts or tiny flying insects like mosquitoes.

They all happened at the same time.

It turned into dust that danced in the air.

It was like a grand, silent funeral.

The grayish-white ashes fell like a blizzard, covering the entire land of Luofu.

All those ruins and blood-soaked streets were buried under a pure gray-white blanket.

"Oh...Oh God..."

A young Cloud Cavalryman reached out and caught a piece of falling ash.

That was the only trace left by the monstrous creature that had been baring its teeth at him just moments before.

He was trembling.

It's not because of fear.

Rather, it was because of a kind of... ecstatic joy, almost to the point of exhaustion, from surviving a catastrophe.

"Dead...dead?"

"Are they all dead?"

"We...survived?"

The cheers did not erupt immediately.

Everyone was still reeling from the shock of this miracle.

They looked up.

Watching the black vortex in the sky slowly close.

Looking at that godlike figure standing on the back of the star raft.

As the power of nothingness fades.

color.

They're finally making a comeback.

First, the sky.

The blood-red color faded, revealing the long-lost azure blue.

Sunlight pierced through the clouds again, shining on everyone's face.

Next comes the earth.

The grayish-white dust was blown away by the wind, revealing the soil below stained with blood (although the bloodstains were still shocking, at least they were the real color).

Finally, there are people.

The blue light on the armor of the Cloud Cavalry, the cold gleam on the Mirror Flow Sword, and the gold in Jing Yuan's eyes.

Everything is back on track.

Apart from......

Those evil things that have vanished forever.

And that black sun that was completely erased.

high in the air.

The sound of the Starship's engine became clear again.

Mohoshi remained frozen in that grabbing posture for a few seconds.

then.

Her body swayed suddenly.

My knees buckled, and I almost slipped off the smooth back of the machine.

"Hmm..."

She let out a muffled groan.

The right hand, which had just displayed its might, was now convulsing uncontrollably.

Black lines spread from his fingertips to his wrist, the traces of erosion left by the power of nothingness.

pain.

A pain that goes deep into the bone marrow.

It felt like countless ants were gnawing at her nerves.

But she did not collapse.

A hand caught her back just in time.

star.

This silent partner put away the flaming spear and steadily supported Hoshino's body.

She didn't say anything, but silently sent a warm current through her.

"Thanks..."

Hoshi smiled weakly.

Her face was as pale as paper, and her forehead was covered in cold sweat.

But those eyes were frighteningly bright.

"Done."

She looked up at Bai Heng in the cockpit, who was staring blankly, seemingly still reeling from the shock of the "world turning black and white."

"Hey, Miss Fox."

Hoshi reached out her still trembling hand and gently tapped on the glass.

thump.

"We've arrived at our destination."

"Get off the bus."

"Your friends..."

She pointed to the battlefield below, which had turned into a sea of ​​cheers.

"Everyone's waiting for you to come home for dinner."

Bai Heng suddenly came to his senses.

She looked at Hoshino.

Looking at that pale yet smiling face.

He looked down again at the familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar land below.

That land she thought she would never see again.

Tears.

The dam burst open.

With trembling hands, she unbuckled her seatbelt.

The canopy was pushed open.

The wind howled in, but no longer carried the stench of death; instead, it was filled with the smell of earth and gunpowder.

That is......

The taste of being alive.

"Th-thank you..."

Bai Heng cried like a child.

She wanted to hug her savior, but dared not approach because of the lingering terrifying aura emanating from him.

"You're welcome."

Hoshi waved his hand.

With Xing's help, she slowly sat down.

He let out a long breath.

"This job..."

"That's inhuman."

She silently complained to herself.

"If there's another mission like this to save the world next time..."

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