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The sound of human footsteps!

Yabulu suddenly realized that the person approaching was a person.

"It was the residents who took away the last firewood in the city and left the Crucible City!" He suddenly realized the real intention of the notice issued by His Highness Antis.

This time, fire started again outside the Furnace City.

Those who left came back.

They came from all directions, holding torches in their hands, illuminating the darkness that the light of Antis could not reach.

It also seemed to include the sunken and exposed abyss within it.

Forming another larger 'melting city'.

Another bigger 'cage'!

You know, those firewoods were originally used to light the furnace!

Under the illumination of such a wider range of fire, even the abyss monsters outside the high wall were caught in the "sandwich" just like the monsters inside the wall!

“Human power is indeed limited at times, but limited human power can sometimes produce infinite miracles.”

Li Re looked up at the Giant King who had fallen silent again, and said proudly: "Another plan of yours has failed."

Antis, standing on the furnace, also looked at the approaching flames in the distance with some astonishment. As a senior bronze player whose evolution level was close to that of a silver player, she could of course see those people holding fires and approaching, and she could also see the determined faces returning.

Why...?

Their return was not what Antis had expected - that notice was issued by Li Re in her name, and Antis really wanted ordinary people in the Crucible City to stay away from this final battle.

But now, they are back.

Moreover, the light in their hands was extraordinarily bright, which was definitely not the light that could be achieved by ordinary firewood!

"Of course it's because everyone is having a 'dream'."

“The dream of a world that is bright again after a dark and ugly era has passed.”

A voice sounded beside Antis.

A strange and hazy scene suddenly appeared, and a figure slowly walked out and said casually and sharply: "And I let them see that you are working hard for this dream - and also let them see the possibility of dreams coming true!"

"It made them believe in the existence of that dream."

——Ms. Madoka?

Antis looked in the direction of the sound and saw the beautiful figure standing in the strange and hazy mist. Lu Baixi, who had "disappeared" for three days, also seemed to understand in an instant.

This is...

"The power of strange stories?"

Chapter 400: Two Queens, Mirror Image Abyss

The power of ghost stories is the power of "belief". Believing in rumors, generating fear or worship, and then forming absurd and strange "dreams" - this is also the essence of a type of ghost stories in the supernatural.

Antis, who often visited the Ghost Shop, was of course aware that the beautiful girl with a dual personality in front of her possessed such power. As a veteran player, she was not completely ignorant of the supernatural.

Seeing the girl beside her appear in the illusory and hazy mist, she suddenly understood what Madoka said.

Looking at the unusually bright, linked flames that were drifting in the distance, she finally understood why they returned.

because...

'Believe'?

Rustling.

In the Crucible City, the fighting and killing were still going on. Alina, who was unaware of the situation outside the city, drove the armored giant, held a giant sword, and commanded the soldiers. She only felt that the abyss monsters in front of her were endless, but the increasing trend seemed to have slowed down at this moment.

No longer so overwhelming.

No longer so exhausting to deal with.

On top of the furnace above his head, the radiance of His Highness Antis, which was like the return of the silver moon, flickered for a moment like an illusion, and then returned to its brightness and purity.

Outside the Furnace City, in front of the high wall.

'High Wall Guardian' Yabulu withdrew his gaze from the distance and took a deep breath.

He looked ahead.

The monsters from the abyss still swarm in.

The number is still dense.

However - the dark and strangely twisting limbs were illuminated by the flames held high by the "citizens" who were coming from afar and from all directions of the Crucible City. Their hideous and terrifying shadows were exposed to the flames from both sides, and seemed to be ignited.

The people returning from a distance walked slowly but appeared extremely determined.

People's hearts are like fire.

It really did converge into a taller and larger furnace-like cage.

Among those people were old people, children, and ordinary young people who had no fighting ability. Facing the monsters of the abyss, they should have been as fragile as ants, and facing the abyss, they should have instinctively felt trembling.

They should not be present in this battle that represents the end of the world.

only...

dong dong dong.

The scattered and disorderly footsteps could not be called neat, let alone steady, but everyone walked forward in the darkness with burning firewood in their hands.

In the light of the fire, the deformed or skinny faces, like zombies, stared straight at the abyss and monsters in front of them that had already surrounded the once prosperous Furnace City inside and out. There was still fear in their eyes, the fear that ordinary people had for the monsters that were gnawing at the world itself.

But this fear cannot stop them from moving forward.

Because there are still people holding on in that city.

Because there are still people in that city who have not given up.

After they took away the last firewood in the Crucible City and scattered among the desolate and dark land, they seemed to see the remaining people in the city fighting hard, saw their struggle against the abyss and darkness - and also saw the bright white moon.

This is a fight of all or nothing.

Everyone already knew it from the announcement.

No one can give a definite answer as to whether this battle will be successful.

They only knew that the fire in the Crucible City was not extinguished, and every warrior who stayed behind was burning himself in the darkness. They guarded the embers of the fire and would use themselves as the final firewood to ignite it.

They are fighting.

Fighting for the Crucible, for the world.

Then what reason do I have to retreat?

Even if you have no power and no ability to fight the abyss, you should still believe in them - and use this to ignite yourself!

The future of this world should be shouldered by everyone together!

That's what they think.

And emotions are also contagious.

Therefore, some of the people who had originally fled from the Crucible City began to turn back.

Therefore, some people began to be led behind those who turned back.

one by one.

It has converged into the current situation.

One group after another.

Condensed into the brilliance of this moment.

The power of "ghost stories" allowed them to see the scenes in the Crucible City, and the power of "belief" gathered into a stronger power of ghost stories - which eventually ignited the firewood they carried and the fire surging and burning in their hearts!

The fire burned brightly.

It was like another high wall pressing down upon me.

Under attack from both inside and outside - the world seems to be completely ignited!

This time, Antis came back to his senses after staring blankly.

At this moment, Lu Baixi, who stood between the world of ghost stories and the real copy, had her skirt fluttering, like a queen living in the heart.

"Is this what you have been doing during the three days you disappeared..."

Antis couldn't help but murmur.

Using strange stories to connect the hearts of people in the whole city, the current situation was created in advance.

"If you want to thank someone, then thank that guy Ah Re—" Lu Baixi said with a look of disdain, "He asked me to do this."

"And that guy deliberately asked me to keep it a secret from you, and said he wanted to give you a 'surprise'."

"A surprise?" Antis looked at the fire in the distance again, and the figures walking towards her in the fire. She thought it was indeed a surprise. She also said, "Are, you are such a rebellious monarch."

The girl seemed to be saying this seriously, which made Lu Baixi stunned and wondered if this was a bit strange.

Then Antis, who was already standing on a high place, took a deep breath.

Her soul still burned.

The scattered bright white light like the moon still spreads far, far away.

She is in between.

In this world that seemed to be under everyone's attention, he said: "Everyone in the Crucible City and this world!"

"The end of the world has come. The disaster that destroyed the Silver Moon Kingdom in the past has arrived before us."

"I don't care where you came from or where you're going."

"But here, please fight with us."

"Use the fire of the furnace to burn the abyss and darkness!" The girl's stern voice flowed with the glow and permeated the sky and the earth, and seemed to fall into everyone's ears in an instant.

Seeing this scene, Lu Baixi was slightly stunned, and then he couldn't help but hum and laugh.

Ah Re was right about the person.

she thought.

I won't let him down.

Antis thought so too.

She raised her sword high above the furnace.

Then everyone saw her figure.

Then everyone saw it - that king-like figure.

A knight.

But in this world, she is also the 'king'.

She is the only heir of Silver Moon and the daughter of the City Builder.

It is also the last ray of light in the darkness!

This is exactly the duty that Li Re wants her to understand.

It was a surprise he prepared for her.

He said - even if she became his knight, he would not deprive the girl of her selfhood or her responsibilities.

He is not only a knight, but also a king who leads the world and opens up a new era.

Isn't that something to look forward to?

Here.

Boom!

The flames in front and behind connected.

The flames held high by the people who went and returned seemed to be connected with the flames spreading from the Furnace City!

It turned into a hotter and more powerful furnace!