Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'-Chapter 1336 - 281: Void Route: Toward the [White Wolf] Ending (6)_2

"Why did I suddenly feel like quitting the game? What a joke—if I dare quit the game, Lai Anding won't let me off."

Pfft.

At that moment, a derisive laugh echoed in the Void.

"—You?"

Xu Kefu glanced at Xides on the sword's blade, raising an eyebrow:

"What are you laughing at? That woman has only one life left, and soon enough, you too will be drained by the Black Hole Sword's power, even your soul transformed for my use. At this moment, you can still laugh?"

"No... Haha, I just think you're quite pathetic."

Xides chuckled dryly:

"You keep saying how much you love this game, yet when facing the developers, you have to kneel down like a dog—this kind of love you speak of is as cheap as your dignity."

"Shut up! You don't know anything! Lai Anding gave me life and raised me, and you rebels draw swords against Lai Anding—how dare you speak of loyalty and filial piety?"

Xu Kefu turned the sword hilt, and the Black Hole Sword spun faster. He grabbed Xides's chin and demanded:

"What did you do to me? Why did I just have the thought of quitting the game?"

"I've said, [Void] is the one Pathway that most restrains [Meteor Fall Master]."

Xides merely replied:

"My understanding of the Meteor Fall Technique is far above yours. This process of training, researching, learning, constantly exchanging with companions, and continuously refining is the essence of joy in the game."

"You cheaters can never understand, nor grasp the significance it has for personal growth."

"You must have lost, been bullied, suffered, but never been defeated. Only by rising again repeatedly from despair and defeat can you truly see your love for this endeavor."

Xides revealed, the hazy eyes gradually became clear:

"I was once selected by Lai Anding and the Will of the Starry Abyss as a Hero, sowed here in the name of Seed, hoping I would become a source of Chaos and Dominion, guiding the Starry Abyss towards colonization."

The Black Hole Sword stabbed into the chest constantly devoured his Strength, yet allowed parts belonging to the Void to infiltrate Xu Kefu's body.

"But after a series of turmoil, I lost everything, suffered humiliation in the Void without any foresight to assist. Only then I realized, so-called elites are laughable, merely possessing advanced information resources without matching Skills and Talent."

Xu Kefu vaguely sensed something was off, yet he completely misunderstood what the Void was. Even with cheats, he couldn't surpass version content in the game.

"To survive, I converted to the Void. To enhance my Strength, I tormented the masses. To seek Revenge, reclaim the so-called 'Hero' title, many died because of me. Only much later did I understand, born in the bottom layer, such Grand Narrative meant nothing to me. In this Endless Starry Abyss, to defy Fate, there's only a bloody and grim path of Usurpation."

"So, I too became a Tyrant, a dirty Usurpation Tyrant."

"—And someone like me was inevitably defeated, vanquished, absorbed by a pawn."

Xides slowly raised his hand, voluntarily grasped Xu Kefu's sword blade, letting his body accelerate to be torn apart, only relying on the Void connection to continue a series of manipulations within the opponent.

"I don't hate Li Aozi for it; on the contrary, he knew I had nothing besides the 'Seed of the Starry Abyss' identity, yet still accepted me, allowed me Continuance, merging with me."

"This is the path of Redemption he left for me."

Xides's face twisted by the Black Hole's Gravity, outer shell cracked and fell off, a body like light continuously extracted, yet he issued a relieved laugh:

"You should properly Witness the Tyrant's mercy."

"Nonsense, I can hardly understand your gibberish—uh!"

Xu Kefu's words cut off abruptly.

He raised his head, the Black Hole Sword in hand kept trembling, eventually fell to the ground, the Black Hole Blade tore through spacetime, hundreds of timelines ended here.

"Uh—oh woah! Uh uh—what the hell is happening?"

Xu Kefu raised both hands, powder-blue threads continuously infiltrating his body:

"[Redemption] Pathway's Chain of Life? No, far stronger and purer, not Damage or negative Skills, rather—could it be?!"

Pop!

Xu Kefu's eyeball was pushed open by a finger, he raised his head, opened his mouth wide, an arm thrust directly from the throat!

"Uh—"

Xu Kefu's body trembled, all nerves inside bound by the Power of Redemption, at this moment, he suddenly realized a crazy possibility:

—Li Aozi, reborn within him.

"The resurrection mechanism for Players is based on the 'Lai Anding Medical Protocol'. In theory, as long as [Redemption] Players set up Resurrection devices and beacons, Players can be resurrected."

Xu Kefu suddenly realized:

The bouts of Bashing by the Flame-Haired Girl and Xides were not meaningless.

They had been planting the Power of Redemption, embedding the Resurrection Beacon within his body all along.

To hide from him, close-combat master Li Aozi even deliberately let himself be killed twice.

And Xides went further, sacrificing his body to be devoured, continuously infiltrating with the Power of the Void to sever the connection between Paths and body.