Welcome to Rewind World Game-Chapter 868 - 865 - [ - One - White Lotus Doomsday]

The intense sunlight shone on her jet-black hair as she gazed at the violently trembling Royal City, her eyes devoid of any joy or sorrow.

"Who is she? What is she muttering? The disaster records of Louyue Nation?" People looked at her in fear.

"She’s the one who caused the earthquake. She’s an Exotic Species! These disasters are all caused by Exotic Species!"

"State Preceptor! State Preceptor!" A middle-aged man wearing a crown and dressed in a nine-clawed golden dragon robe, surrounded by guards, stumbled to the front of the National Preceptor Pavilion: "There’s an Exotic Species causing havoc here, State Preceptor! Please act quickly!"

This middle-aged man was the Emperor Kang Yu, Su Zhaohua. Slightly plump, with a ruddy complexion and dignified features, he was clearly a person of privilege, yet the excess of indulgence left him looking rather languid.

At the top of the National Preceptor Pavilion, Li Mingyue stood by the window in white robes, firmly guarding an ice coffin. Even with the fierce trembling of the tower, he didn’t take a single step back.

"State Preceptor, please act, save the Royal City!"

"State Preceptor, please slay the Exotic Species!"

"State Preceptor! State Preceptor!"

The people, like believers pleading for blessings from a deity, knelt in a row beneath the National Preceptor Pavilion. Like ignorant masses from primitive times praying for favorable weather, they knelt on the ground, calling out fervently in waves.

—And that pure white State Preceptor, like an immortal, was like a frost snow condensation by the window, listening to the suffering and wishes of the masses.

"Li Mingyue!!"

The face of the white-skirted girl in the sky began to contort: "I finally found you, give me back Su Shaoqing!"

"He is the Eldest Prince of Louyue, he doesn’t belong to you." Li Mingyue said calmly.

"He redeemed me at the Golden Phoenix Pavilion; therefore, he is mine! Did you hide him away? Give him back to me! Give him back! Give him back!!!" Her face grew more and more twisted, her voice took on a strange tone, and there was even a hint of magic in it.

With her fury, the earthquake intensified, making it impossible for people to stand steadily. The city walls of the Royal City had been sealed off by her strength, and people couldn’t escape.

Yet so far, the girl hadn’t killed anyone, though people were injured, none had died in the earthquake. Even the palace maid who almost fell into the lake was lifted by an invisible force, as if the girl in the white skirt deliberately spared others’ lives.

Rumors claimed that the power of Exotic Species was unparalleled, capable of destroying cities and villages in moments. Even though the girl hadn’t killed anyone, people still knelt, loudly demanding the State Preceptor to kill her. Since she wasn’t killing now, she would eventually kill. They trusted the rumors, not reality.

Li Mingyue remained expressionless, only saying: "White Lotus. The Eldest Prince of Louyue was born with his mission; born of the Royal Family, if the value of his death outweighs his survival, he would choose the former. Those who attempt to defy destiny will only face divine retribution. You must understand, what you have seen is already the best fate for him."

"So you allow him to be tormented—just because you don’t want him to become a ’Supreme God,’ you have him continuously suppressed and suffering! You imprison him!!" White Lotus’ eyes turned blood red, filled with extreme anger: "What kind of shitty destiny! I became an Exotic Species just to overthrow this damned fate!"

"It seems you’ve recovered your previous life’s memories." Li Mingyue said: "I thought becoming an Exotic Species would erase all memories. What triggered you? Two hours ago, weren’t you still treating Su Shaoqing as an ordinary nobleman?"

White Lotus bared her teeth, her sharp teeth gleaming at her lips.

"A minute ago. My heart hurt so much, it felt like it was being pierced through..." She placed her hand over her heart: "At that moment, I remembered who I was."

Li Mingyue’s eyes flickered. A minute ago, it was exactly when Su Ming’an stopped breathing.

"Exotic Species are indeed unique." he murmured: "Your form of existence, way of thinking... all make me very curious. As soon as he died, you regained all your memories, what is the principle behind this? It seems I have to explore it carefully."

He shifted slightly, revealing a corner of the ice coffin beside him. White Lotus’ nose moved slightly, catching a familiar scent.

Right here... he’s in the ice coffin!!

"Give me the Eldest Prince—" Her eyes shone with strange blue-purple light, as sinister tendrils began to emerge from her arms, enveloping her graceful figure.

"Give him back to me!!"

Like a purple-black arrow. Her entire being enshrouded in menacing tendrils, she rushed toward the National Preceptor Pavilion, like a terrifying torrent.

Su Ming’an floated in the air, looking shocked at the frenzied White Lotus. Her aura was immensely powerful, like a massive, broad mountain. When an Exotic Species erupts with full power, the overwhelming momentum is enough to make small humans feel like ants.

It was a stark difference in the hierarchy of life itself. Just one glance was enough to send chills down the spine, inspiring profound terror. Under her pressure, consorts, eunuchs, and palace maids collapsed onto the ground, unable to utter a single word.

In White Lotus’ pupils were emotions of pain, reluctance, regret, as a vortex twisted in her eyes, like a pot of Mengpo Soup she had yet to drink.

"Give him back to me!" she cried out in anguish, rushing toward Li Mingyue like a blazing flame:

"Give him back!!"

"—Give him back!!!"

...

["Hey? Are you the new palace maid in the Imperial Garden?"]

["Yes, which noble family do you belong to?"]

["...I’m afraid if you knew who I am, you wouldn’t chat with me. Everyone in this palace approaches me with such trepidation, as if I’m some kind of monster."]

["It’s alright, I don’t care about your identity. Since no one chats with you, you can always come to the Imperial Garden to find me. I’m often here, trimming flowers."]

...

["Sister, what’s beyond the palace walls?"]

["Out there... there are towering mountains, wide, wide rivers. There are kites flying high in the sky and little chicks and ducks running on the ground. At the street corner, there are sugar figurines and candied haws, sweet to taste, and if you need new clothes, they’re not brought in golden boxes by palace maids, but you take the fabric to a tailor yourself."]

["Sister, when can I go out and see for myself?"]

["When you grow up, and your heart includes the common folk, and you begin to wonder... if the man making candied haws has eaten well today? If the tailor is warm in what she wears? When you work to improve their lives, ensure their children can read, and genuinely love them—then you’ll be able to go out."]

...

["Sister, today Mother scolded me, saying I pay too much attention to the common people, unlike my second brother who’s more decisive."]

["It’s okay, differences have their own advantages too. Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it. But being overly kind doesn’t ensure making everyone happy. How to strike the balance between being merciful or harsh, that is your choice."]

["But didn’t you say, Sister, that I should care for the common people?"]

["Yes. But giving them bread every day makes them grateful. But if one day you don’t, they start to dislike you, even calling you selfish. So, figuring out how to provide for them without provoking resentment requires you to think deeply about the balance, little prince."]

...

["Sister, would you like to study books?"]

["I would love to..."]

["Then why not? As for me, Sister, if given the chance, you could become one of my ministers."]

["There’s no opportunity here..."]

...

["Sister, look, these are the clothes I had made for you by the palace maid!"]

["They look nice, and there’s even a lotus flower, but remember, if the emperor finds out that you warned a concubine because of someone like me, it won’t look good on you. How about I put it away for now?"]

...

["Sister, you want to study?"]

["Yes, I do."]

["Then I’ll ask the palace maid to make some clothes for you!"]

["They look great, and there’s even a lotus pattern. I’ll keep it for when I can get out of here."]

...

["Sister, it’s beautiful. What if I’m not as decisive as my second brother?"]

["That’s okay. There are benefits to being different, after all. Water can carry a boat, but it can also sink it. Whether to care for the people or curve your own way is your choice."]

["But you’re not just any palace maid. You’re my best friend. Just because you’re a ’palace maid’, doesn’t mean..."]

["...Little Prince."]

["Hmm."]

["You will definitely become a qualified, kind, and beloved ruler by the people in the future."]

["Why are you suddenly saying this..."]

["When that time comes, buy me a white lotus, give it to me, will you?"]

["Just one? I could give you the entire lotus pond."]

["No, I just want one white lotus. Ever since I was little, I thought if I could be a swaying white lotus instead of a little palace maid trapped within the palace walls, I would be very happy."]

["Palace walls are nothing, when that time comes, if sister wishes to become an eagle soaring in the sky, I will grant you that."]

["That’s a promise then."]

["Will sister always stay with me?"]

["...Yes."]

...

["Where is sister?"]

["..."]

["Your Highness, Little Lotus fell into the well, her body is badly broken, it might taint your eyes, you shouldn’t go."]

...

...

The Little Prince found a white fox.

It is said that a pure white fox was once a young woman wronged and killed in her past life. She reincarnated as a fox, longing to meet the person who saved her in her previous life.

Days passed by, the Little Prince always carefully took care of the white fox. He told the fox stories the palace maid once told. Just as the palace maid cared for him in his childhood, he cared for the white fox.

Later, the Little Prince was imprisoned, and the white fox was also killed.

Su Ming’an met a girl named White Lotus.

Her black hair was glossy and stunning, just like the palace maid once had.

Her dress whiter than snow, like the fur of the white fox.

Her eyes were very bright, sharper than those of an eagle.

"..."

Su Ming’an floated in the air, watching the wrathful White Lotus. Her strength was like a surging tide, her anger like flames blazing across the sky.

She, like a blood-stained eagle, charged towards the National Preceptor Pavilion.

He didn’t know if the folk rumors were true, whether a woman wronged and killed could reincarnate as a fox after death, nor did he know what cost the fox had to pay to become an Exotic Species.

She became an Exotic Species, all her previous memories vanished, and she carried an inexplicable Favorability System. When he finally died, she recovered her memory and immediately sought her Eldest Prince.

But the Eldest Prince was no longer there.

The one floating in the air was Su Ming’an.

Lying within the ice coffin was an empty shell.

—What defines a person as human? Is it the essence of the soul, the similarity of The Original, or the experience and past memories?

The girl in the white dress roared with black-purple smoke, like an egg striking stone, charging towards the world’s strongest, Li Mingyue, like a bird in despair.

Li Mingyue sighed, took the ice coffin beside her, and disappeared into the National Preceptor’s Tower, not directly confronting White Lotus.

Under the startled eyes of the people, the White Lotus, losing her target, furiously unleashed a great fire, burning the entire Royal City.

Blazing fire, night and day not ceasing, yet such a disaster killed not a single person. Especially the palace maids, they weren’t even choked by smoke. The Exotic Species seemingly retained a good heart, a matter almost impossible.

The magnificent buildings, the dazzling glazed tiles... all annihilated within the great flames. Flames soared into the sky, the thick smoke did not extinguish for days, painting the sky a scorched red.

The silhouette of the Exotic Species in a white dress at the horizon hence etched into the history of Louyue.

Kang Yu year 26, an Exotic Species descends, black hair, white dress, appearing youthful, with flames burning the city.

"Shao...qing?"

Amidst the flames that engulf the Royal City, White Lotus stood in the sky. At this moment, she seemed to see the drifting consciousness of Su Ming’an, yet seemed not.

Tears ran down her face filled with dreadful tendrils, falling into the burning fire.

She seemed to see some illusion, crying and laughing.

"The grand path is followed,"

"The world belongs to all."}

"Choose the virtuous and the capable, promote trust and harmony."}

"Thus men do not solely care for their own parents, nor only for their own children, ensuring the elderly have an end, the adults have use, the young grow up..."}

She recited to this point, facing the air, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Did I recite well?"

Within the vague blaze, as if amid the peach blossoms from years ago, an innocent child held a book, brows relaxed, reading to her:

"...Wickedness not within oneself, not necessarily for oneself."}

"...Therefore, plans do not arise, theft and revolt do not occur, thus the outer doors are not shut—this is called Great Harmony."}

She stood in the sky, the white dress fluttering, resembling the wings of an eagle.

The child’s voice was clear and resounding, drifting very far away.

"Sister, I wish to create a Great Harmony..."

Carried away by the wind.

...

...

"Ding dong!"

[Summarizing for you...]

[Chapter One - White Lotus Doomsday, accomplished]

[Evaluation: "Kang Yu year 26, an Exotic Species descends, black hair, white dress, appearing youthful, with flames burning the city."]

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