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Captain Jack remained motionless; clearly, she had just witnessed the entire process of Ning Chang'an charging towards the Powerpuff Girls.

Gao Chi's smile slowly froze.

"Wait a moment……"

"Why is Captain Jack Sparrow staring at me?"

next second.

A familiar female voice came from the speakers; it wasn't loud, but it was clear as day.

"Am I responsible for stirring up the mud and sand, breathing heavily, and rapidly depleting oxygen?"

Ning Chang'an stopped abruptly.

Gao Chi froze, and Captain Jack raised his head.

He looked at Ning Chang'an through the crowd.

"So, sailor, what are your responsibilities?"

Gao Chi's mind went blank for a moment.

Holy crap!

"Evening light!"

"She's the captain!"

"Captain and Sailors!"

He almost jumped off the chair.

"Damn it! I really fell for the movie! My knowledge is all over the place now!"

"I should have known!"

The group of people behind them who had been laughing just moments before suddenly realized what was happening.

"Depend on!"

"The answer is obvious—it's Captain Jack Sparrow!"

"Didn't we already give you a heads-up? Evening Glow has been calling himself captain!"

"Dude, you even specifically chose a sailor uniform!"

"You've obviously admitted you're wrong!"

"I told you it was definitely related to water, it must be a fountain!"

In the game, Ning Chang'an seemed to finally realize what was happening.

He turned around abruptly, as if waking from a dream, and rushed towards the fountain.

"Evening light!"

"Wait a moment!"

But just as he was about to reach the edge of the fountain...

"Ugh...!"

Suddenly, the music for the park parade started playing.

A large number of characters participating in the cosplay parade surged through the middle of the square.

Colorful ribbons fluttered, crowds cheered, and a giant toy truck slowly passed by, directly separating Ning Chang'an from the fountain.

"Get out of the way!"

Gao Chi frantically moved the mouse.

"I know I was wrong! Please give me a chance!"

"Being a good person comes at a price, and I didn't have a choice just now!"

Across from the crowd.

As evening fell, he looked down at the fountain. The coins at the bottom of the pool glittered under the lights. The two of them had first met here, jumping into the water together and retrieving the coins one by one.

She reached into her pocket and pulled out a smooth stone she had found on the seabed of Chenxing Bay.

She had originally planned to throw the stone in and make a wish together with Ning Chang'an after he found her.

Now, it seems unnecessary, so let's just stay where we met again.

Wan Zhao stood alone in front of the fountain, glancing at Ning Chang'an, who was still struggling to squeeze through the crowd on the other side.

Then he chuckled softly.

"Stupid sailor."

Then, he gently closed his eyes and tossed the stone behind him.

"bite."

The sunken starstone fell into the fountain and slowly sank along the water's surface.

When the parade finally passed and Ning Chang'an rushed to the fountain, the figure dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow was already gone.

Only ripples remained, slowly spreading across the surface of the pool.

"That's it?"

He made Ning Chang'an circle around the fountain.

There was no sunset, and no mission markers.

It seems like there's nothing there.

"Aaaaaaaahhhhhh!"

Gao Chi finally broke through the defenses.

"That's not how it works! That's not how feelings work; you have to simmer it over low heat and then reduce the sauce over high heat!"

"Why aren't you following the procedure!"

"I was so close! Why didn't you give me a chance to choose again!"

Is this game... coming to an end?

The players behind him were laughing hysterically.

"Accept reality!"

"You chose the Powerpuff Girls yourself!"

"People stand by the fountain at sunset and watch it from beginning to end!"

"The most tragic bad ending ever has been born! This plot is just too awful!"

"I got all the passwords right, but I still lost to someone whose back was itchy!"

"How cruel! I almost let you live a good life!"

"Brother, after looking at this for so long, I've realized you've only studied the *Great Learning*, *Analects*, and *Mencius* from the Four Books!"

"What do you mean?"

"You should supplement your diet with the Doctrine of the Mean, bro!"

The surrounding noise grew louder and louder, but Gao Chi continued to wail.

Ning Chang'an in the picture suddenly lowered his head.

The fountain is shallow, and the lights shine into the water.

A blue stone with silver spots lies quietly among the wishing coins.

Ning Chang'an stared at it for a long time.

Then, he slowly reached into his pocket, where there was another one.

On the day of Chenxing Bay, Wanzhao brought two stones with her, one for herself and one for him.

Ning Chang'an opened his hand, and his own sunken star stone lay quietly in his palm.

Ning Chang'an held the stone and stood in front of the fountain for a long time.

At this point, two options appear on the game interface.

[Catching up with the evening glow.]

Throw the stone into the fountain.

However, the first option has become grayed out and cannot be clicked.

Gao Chi tried clicking frantically more than ten times, the mouse clicked loudly, but there was still no response.

"We can't catch up."

Gao Chi lowered his head, his voice somewhat hoarse.

"Then let's throw it away. She probably wanted to do that too."

He resigned himself to his fate and chose the second option.

Ning Chang'an closed his eyes and tossed the stone behind him.

"bite."

A crisp sound rang out as the stone fell into the water.

Two stones from Shenxing Bay gently touched each other at the bottom of the wishing well.

A crisp sound rang out, and ripples spread across the water's surface.

next second.

All surrounding sounds suddenly faded away.

The cheers, the sounds of the parade floats, and the amusement park announcements all abruptly ceased as if the power had been cut off simultaneously, leaving only the ethereal echo of the fountains cascading into the world.

Ning Chang'an kept his eyes closed.

Fragmented images flashed wildly through the darkness.

Someone was squatting at the bottom of the fountain pool picking up coins. His wet red hair was plastered to the side of his face. After surfacing, he smiled and reached out his hand to him.

Someone stood in the smoky kitchen, holding a plate of suspiciously colored food, and confidently assured that there would definitely be no problem this time.

Someone in a diving suit sat on the side of the boat, checking the air tanks while smiling and asking him:

"Want to go scuba diving together?"

"My job was to stir up the mud and sand, breathe heavily, and consume oxygen rapidly."

Ning Chang'an heard another voice.

That was my own voice.

"Then what am I responsible for?"

The woman smiled.

The scene moves faster and faster, with the seawater churning.

Someone grabbed his hand underwater, and Ning Chang'an looked sharply at that hand.

It had no hair, no claws; it was a human hand.

Fair-skinned.

Slender.

Ning Chang'an's breathing suddenly became erratic.

More images suddenly flooded my mind.

The fountain was still there, the colored lights were still on, and the cosplayers hadn't disappeared.

But the swan's feathers disappeared.

In an instant, the Ragdoll cat's fluffy face transformed into the profile of a girl.

The brown bear in the guard booth took off its hat.

The person sitting there drinking tea was clearly a burly middle-aged man.

The person wearing the Ultraman suit was a tall, middle-aged man covered in sweat.

The Spider-Man hanging upside down by the roadside is a thin, young intern who is being carefully lifted down by a caregiver.

At last.

All the images focused on a pair of bright eyes, and Ning Chang'an suddenly opened his eyes.

The fountain is still there, the colored lights are still flashing, and the cosplay parade is still lively.

But the whole world...

changed.