Chapter 282
Na Ao cursed him using the death laws contained within the Deathly Relic, sealing away most of the light power within Lori. This way, as long as Lori remained alive, other light awakeners would never reach their critical point, allowing humanity to contract in this manner.
However, what Na Ao did not expect was that Lori would show no mercy to his own descendants. He employed blood and flesh magic to strip away and gather the power of light generation after generation. In the historical corridor where his reputation soared, he summoned the Sword of the Hanging Apex using this method of sacrificial substitution.
Yet, at that moment, facing Lori's outburst, Ottofis and Na Ao remained calm, showing no reaction, as if everything was well within their control.
"The Sword of the Hanging Apex."
For in the next instant, the same call echoed from Ye Bai's lips.
In Lori's incredulous gaze, the light artifact he could barely summon with all his strength rapidly took shape in the hands of his opponent, a stark contrast to the effort it took him to call it forth.
As endless brilliance descended from the opponent's hand, Lori heard Na Ao's voice—
"I forgot to mention, among the many titles that Lord White Night has held since the beginning, one of them is the Eternal Radiance."
During the era of the God King, Ye Bai had five supreme kings of races under her command, yet she lacked a king of humanity. This was because, aside from being the God King, she was the human king who wielded the Sword of the Hanging Apex during that time.
Radiance represented identity, while Eternity signified authority.
The "Eternal King" that Na Ao and Ai Nuo Lusiya spoke of was not merely a title, but a tangible manifestation of power.
—As for what kind of power could be called "Eternal"?
Of course, it was time.
As the Sword of the Hanging Apex, like a beam of light, struck down, Lori felt himself beginning to "recede."
This retreat was not a matter of strength, but of time itself. Just moments ago, Lori had freed himself from the curse, only to be pulled back into his Lich state. Locked by the light artifact, he began to passively endure the erosion of the surrounding laws of light. Yet time continued to retreat, pulling him back to a state before the curse was activated.
But this was not liberation, for the light power that originally belonged to Lori was also being returned to the surrounding laws of light, just as he had once continuously expanded his own strength, retreating all the way back to his very beginning, to a time when he had not yet awakened the power of light.
Finally, all the power born from light, along with his life, was returned to the light at that moment.
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As the light dissipated, Ye Bai retracted the Sword of the Hanging Apex.
At the same time, the power of the laws of light that had occupied this historical corridor also vanished.
However, with the historical corridor having lost its primary function, there was no need for it to be repaired. As the power of the laws of light was reclaimed, the once "pure white" areas began to reveal the reality of the divine realm, specifically the "Lost Royal City" that Ye Bai had entered earlier.
The historical corridor began to fade, while the treasure vault that did not belong to it slowly descended into the divine realm.
[You have discovered the "Eternal City."]
The system prompt entered Ye Bai's consciousness. As the treasure vault, which held the most core information, returned to the "Lost Royal City," the knowledge maze that enveloped it dissipated, revealing the city's true name from the past.
As her gaze swept over the weathered city in history, Ye Bai's eyes reflected nostalgia. Previously obscured by the knowledge maze, she could not see the city's true form, but now, through the crumbling walls, she could clearly discern that the structure of this city aligned perfectly with her preferences and style, even finding similarities to the White Night City from many angles.
It was called the "Eternal City" instead of simply "White Night City" because Na Ao had been present when the name was chosen; otherwise, there would likely be two White Night Cities now.
Noticing her expression, Na Ao's demeanor shifted slightly, and he quietly asked Ye Bai, "My lady, should we rebuild the Eternal City?"
Ye Bai shook her head in response. "There's no rush on that matter; we have more pressing issues to address."
The "Great Annihilation," or the [Data Auto-Cleaning Program], was still being executed in the divine realm. Even though Na Ao had made significant efforts during the sealing era, as long as the divine realm continued to develop—even in a state of decline—the data volume would inevitably increase over time.
To delay it for ten thousand years was already an extremely effective measure. However, with the revival of the core of the Abyss, this measure had nearly reached its critical point.
Contracting memory could only provide temporary relief; to truly resolve the issue, memory "expansion" was necessary.
As for this problem, Ye Bai already had a solution.
Before she began to address this matter, Ye Bai recalled something and curiously looked down at Ottofis, asking, "By the way, when we first met, did you remember who I was?"
Ye Bai was not surprised that Na Ao could find her as soon as he arrived in the divine realm. When she gained console access, she had seen through the "backend logs" what Na Ao, who had once held the God King authority, had done.
Before deleting her character, Ye Bai had prepared contingencies for herself.
In addition to editing the hidden class line on her account as the sole trigger, she had even considered that her newly created character would not appear in the divine realm but in the myriad realms, binding the blueprint of the Source Well, which should not have existed, to herself.
As long as Ye Bai obtained the golden blueprint, it would automatically be replaced with the Source Well blueprint, allowing her to quickly reach the divine realm without the need to level up slowly.
It was quite the cheat, but anyone in her position would have done the same.
Moreover, aside from the God King authority, Na Ao was also the first intelligent NPC and possessed the uniqueness of a spirit. He could sense a hint of data origin, though not as intuitively as Ye Bai.
At that time, Ye Bai deleted character information, not account information, and bound multiple data points to herself. Following this logic, as long as she appeared in the divine realm, Na Ao would be able to find and confirm her.
Later, after Na Ao initiated the "Sealing Era" in the divine realm, he cursed himself to forget everything, compressing himself into a "two-dimensional" existence that even forgot his own name.
At that time, he did not even remember Ye Bai; the only information he retained was Ottofis's true name as a backup combat force, and the directive for her, the "fated one," to reach the God King's treasure vault, no matter the cost.
The main quest description for the God King's treasure vault was so simple, unlike other game quests that had various detailed task information, for this reason.
Long before Ye Bai first entered the divine realm, the pair of eyes that had been watching her were not Ottofis's, but Na Ao's.
At that time, Na Ao did not remember who Ye Bai was. Given Ye Bai's understanding of his character, he must have been assessing and judging how to get her to the treasure vault.
Ottofis arrived at the side of the "new character" Ye Bai after Na Ao.
Now, recalling Ottofis's adeptness at sneaking food from her backpack, Ye Bai seriously suspected that Ottofis had recognized her back then.
"Roar..."
Hearing Ye Bai's question, Ottofis responded with a sound from his throat, not moving much, but raising his golden "big eyes" to look at her innocently.
Na Ao coughed lightly beside her and explained, "The curse on Ottofis, aside from transforming him into a donkey, also includes dragon speech."
Ye Bai was taken aback, then couldn't help but facepalm.
It dawned on her that even now, in his dragon form, Ottofis had never spoken a word of dragon speech. If he had, as a [Dragon Language Expert], she would have heard the linguistic information.
So, before this, Na Ao, who was in charge of everything, had forgotten the backstory, only knowing that he had to achieve the goal; while Ottofis, who knew everything, simply could not speak...
However, Ye Bai thought to herself, if she had arrived in the divine realm and lost her memories, and an NPC told her that she was actually the God King, and all she had to do to reclaim her throne was to open the treasure vault, her first thought would probably be—when did divine realm NPCs learn the trick of "I am Qin Shi Huang, pay up"?!
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