Age of Heroes, 10-game winning streak

He turned around and looked at Su Ruoli with a puzzled look...Why aren't you moving?

Su Ruoli stopped daydreaming and stroked the sword tip on Chu Yao's waist: "As expected, I knew it..."

She said to herself: "It turns out that you have always been here, but I didn't notice it."

"What are you talking about?" Rose Girl frowned. She had a premonition that the situation was undergoing some unpredictable changes.

She took a step forward, and countless rose petals turned into blades and cut towards the two of them.

The next moment, Su Ruoli stabbed Chu Yao into the ground, and a blue crystal barrier rose from the earth, isolating it.

Countless petals fell on the blue crystal barrier, making a series of sounds, but not even a crack was left.

Bai Yu was stunned because this was a scene he had never seen before.

"It seems that I didn't do this before." Su Ruoli took in his expression.

"What kind of trick is this?"

"No tricks, I simply... materialized the principles of the Heroic Spirit."

Su Ruoli pressed her chest and said, "I still don't know the true name of my Heroic Spirit's Principle. I just know that it will respond to my mood and transform into what I need."

"The True Name and Spiritual Principle of each Innate Heroic Spirit are unique. They cannot be inherited or plundered... Only Samsara can bestow their blessings."

"I'm not yet qualified to be called a Heroic Spirit, but perhaps I can borrow some of its power, because the Principle of Heroic Spirits is one of the higher mysteries, and even a third-level transcendent cannot break it."

He looked at the Rose Girl outside the crystal.

The latter has already released the true power of the third level of transcendence. In an instant, the sea of flowers covered the entire crystal wall, and the rose roots were deeply rooted in it.

But just a gust of wind blew by, and the roses withered and fell one after another, but the crystal wall remained flawless, without a single stain of red.

Mystery and mystery are mutually exclusive.

The Rose Girl is not an ordinary third-level transcendent, and the roses she controls are undoubtedly a mysterious kind.

But although they are both mysterious, the principles of heroic spirits are not affected by them at all. This has nothing to do with rank and is purely a rule override.

Bai Yu was a little surprised, but soon realized that this approach could only be used to delay time.

"If we can't find a way out, we're simply trapped here... It's impossible for you to remain unaffected by the power of Heroic Spirits."

"I really can't hold on for much longer." Su Ruoli's face gradually turned pale. Maintaining this kind of strength would cause a great drain on her soul power.

"Then why bother..."

"But!" she said, "I know you'll find a way to get out... You're watching, aren't you?"

"If you've observed everything that's happening to us right now, then this isn't completely meaningless... I can delay the timeline from four and a half hours to even longer. As long as you can find a way to open the pocket, we can rescue everyone."

Bai Yu was stunned. He smiled bitterly and said, "Where do you get your confidence from? If I could find a way to leave, why would I still be..."

"Because I believe you can, and I don't need any reason to believe in you." Su Ruoli's eyes were more serious and confident than ever before. "When I tried to give up, you didn't give up... I never thought I could save everyone, but you did it... What other reason do I have not to believe in you?"

Bai Yu: "...belief is not omnipotent."

"I know, but I'd rather believe it... because this is the best choice I can make!"

Su Ruoli gripped the hilt of the sword, her voice becoming lower and softer. "I had thought that if I really couldn't escape and was caught, I would use my Heroic Spirit Principle to seal myself in crystal, at least to prevent them from succeeding... This was the worst-case scenario. I didn't even think of using it."

She held the sword, and blue crystals grew where the blade landed, covering her ankles little by little and spreading upwards along her body.

The principle of the heroic spirit made her eyes appear like a bright crystal color, crystal clear and shining.

Her eyes were brighter than ever before: "It is you who makes me qualified to make a choice..."

"Because everyone is here, it's no longer a matter of self-preservation. I no longer have any burden!"

"Because you are here, we are not sitting and waiting to die, but doing our best to survive until the last moment!"

"Crystal Frozen—what once seemed like the worst option to me has now become the best option!"

The trembling voice with a little hoarseness also resonated with the classmates. They wiped away their tears, carried the wounded, helped up the immobile people, took the initiative to walk to her side, stroked the blue crystal, let it grow along the skin, and sealed themselves in it bit by bit.

Su Ruoli's eyes looked at her classmate's determined face, and finally stopped at Bai Yu's shoulder. Looking at the young man who was as silent as a mountain, she showed a pure and flawless smile.

"So, you have to watch until the end."

"Our destiny is not the plaything of others."

"Destiny is always in our own hands!"

"Please bear witness..."

"This is my...Principle of the Heroic Spirit!"

Chapter 44 Shepherd

The crystal solidifies.

Su Ruoli looked at the young man warmly and happily, smiled and said nothing more.

She closed her eyes and let the cyan crystal transform all of them into sculptures and seal them inside.

The cyan crystal emits a bright luster, like fire.

This luster symbolizes life.

Just like there is a limit to frozen sleep, once it is exceeded, the living will become the dead.

All the students entered the blue crystal. They did not give up their lives until the last moment. They did not give up on themselves, but chose a way to preserve themselves.

Seek life, not death.

Even if they fail in the end, they can still say that they have tried their best.

As an ordinary person, as a seventeen-year-old boy, I did my best.

They have not yet become heroes or warriors and do not have that much time, but they resolutely practice their own will and become an immortal sculpture beside the heroic spirit.

Bai Yu is the only one who is not sealed in the crystal.

His gaze shifted from the crystal sculpture to the Rose Girl who was separated by a layer of cyan crystal barrier.

The latter pressed her palm on the crystal barrier, and the Principle of the Heroic Spirit released a scorching and sharp aura, emitting a series of dull roars under her palm, like countless nails colliding with the steel barrier.

Bai Yu stared quietly at the other party's useless efforts, and then heard a voice coming from his ear.

【The copy has been completed】

[Coming soon, countdown 30 seconds...]

So... that's how it was done.

So the recommended level is level 15.

'You can clear the dungeon by ensuring the key characters survive' - this hint is given from the very beginning.

The protagonist of this copy is not him, but Su Ruoli... As long as the conditions are met, she will eventually choose this way to change the course of her fate.

At the same time, after receiving the voice message, Bai Yu realized that he had lost the opportunity to restart.

The copy has been completed.

The fact of Su Ruoli's death will be erased.

The crystal ornament in Rose Girl's hand no longer exists.

But this also means that he can no longer go back to four and a half hours ago.

History is a foregone conclusion.

Second modification is not allowed.

It seemed that this was the best he could do... Even if he risked his life, there was still a gap that could not be crossed, but at least there was still a glimmer of hope.

hope?

The children placed their hopes on Bai Yu, but... he didn't know what answer he could give.

As an adult, he knew he couldn't close his eyes and pretend it was dark.

The thirty-seven lives he was responsible for included his own.

The fingertips slowly tightened, and there was still no room for escape.

When we return to reality, there will be no "again", and we will only race against time even more.

He composed himself and looked back at Rose Girl.

Bai Yu said through the crystal: "Before we meet again..."

He spoke slowly: "Remember to think of your last words."

Rose Girl couldn't hear the words, but she could see the murderous intent and contempt in the other person's eyes... That contempt was a contempt for her personality, regardless of her strength.

She didn't have time to get angry, because the scene before her made her stunned and temporarily overwhelmed her rage.

White elms are disappearing.

His figure became increasingly dim as the countdown to exiting the dungeon continued.

As if being made to look like a virtual special effect, the human body gradually decomposes and dissipates in the air, gradually returning to its source of nothingness.

He is about to exit the copy.

The next time we meet again will be in reality.

It will be a fight to the death.

He was about to close his eyes.

Just before exiting the copy, he saw a face across the cyan crystal screen.

From behind the Rose Girl, another new face appeared.

When he saw this mask, ripples appeared in his consciousness, memories surged, and he frantically searched for this familiar face.

Soon, he got the answer.

……

Outside the crystal wall.

Rose Girl said in a low voice: "You are late!"

"Something delayed me." The middle-aged man in a blue shirt wiped the sweat from his forehead. "It's not easy for me either. I heard about the accident from far away and rushed over..."

He spotted the students in the crystal wall and hurriedly took three or two steps closer. Just as he was about to approach, the Rose Girl grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and threw him back: "You want to die?"

"No, no, I just want to take a closer look." The middle-aged man suddenly burst into tears from a distance: "These are all good seedlings, how did they become like this? These children are all good children!"

After he said a few words, he suddenly started crying dejectedly.

"Alright, shut up!" Rose Girl was extremely annoyed: "I don't have time to care about your feelings. How can I complete the harvest in this situation?"

"Notify our superiors." The middle-aged man burst into tears. "What happened to the person who just left?"

"I don't know, it's a mouse." Rose Girl gritted her teeth and said, "Next time I see it, I will definitely step on it to death!"

"Poor child..." The middle-aged man blew his nose. "It's so sad that he would rather die like this than sacrifice his life."

"Are you done yet?" Rose Girl kicked the wall angrily.

"These are the children I personally raised, so of course I feel sad." The middle-aged man knelt on the ground, his expression of grief genuine. "Nothing is sadder than seeing them suffer."

"But you still want to harvest them. It's just false mercy!"

"...My dedication is genuine. I'm an educator, and I diligently care for every child." The middle-aged man raised his hands, a look of sorrow on his face. "But for a better world, some sacrifices are necessary... Soldiers will take good care of their weapons, but when it's time to use them, they won't hesitate, even if they know they might break. That's their true value... And I can better utilize their value. This is absolutely not hypocrisy!"

The Rose Girl had had enough of this nonsense. She spat, "Get out of here! I'm in a terrible mood right now. If you continue to disgust me with this body, I'll kill your sheepdog right now!"

After driving away the shepherd, the Rose Girl stood in front of the crystal wall, staring at Su Ruoli in the blue crystal.

"In seven days at most, your life will be extinguished..."

"No one can come to save you!"

……

[Cleared the dungeon 'Shadow Spider Lair']

[Fate Points +60]

[Fate Editor character level increased to level 10]