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Su Mingan walked forward, her cheeks as pale as a stone statue, and only her lips remained light red.

The strange color of the starry sky sinks little by little, and the howls of strange creatures become more and more harsh. The prayers of the people of the Holy City merged into a river and poured into his ears.

Looking at this golden-blue church, he felt as if something was coming together at this moment.

An idea flashed in his mind, and he suddenly realized something.

The moment he realized this, he was so shocked that he stood still.

"Wait..." He murmured in disbelief, horrified by the fact he realized at this time.

At this time, the gods announced to all the people in the Holy City, and their voices rumbled and echoed:

"Everyone, the Holy City has risen to the sky below the stars - from now on, we will float high in the sky forever."

"Die Ying gathers all the power to try to merge ten thousand world lines in advance and completely defeat the old world. And our response method is separation. Let the Holy City rise into the sky and completely break away from the restrictions of the 'old world' .”

"At this moment, we have finished taking off."

"You don't need to panic. With the arrival of the new god, the crisis in the sky will definitely be resolved. All you have to do is continue to pray and provide strength to the new god."

"This holy city will be given a new name. We will no longer name this floating city a holy city, but will change it to a name that is more suitable for it."

"Because it is high in the sky, the clouds are misty."

"Holy City, officially changed its name to——"

Su Mingan felt her heartbeat almost jumping out of her throat.

His whole body was numb as if electrified, and he felt himself waiting for the answer with fear and anticipation——

The voice of the god is extremely dull:

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"——[Yunshang City]."

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[With the grace of light and love, may we raise the light of faith and speak our inner prayers with a pious voice——]

[May the almighty God of Yunshang City listen to our prayers on the holy city and grant the soul hunter courage, wisdom and determination! Grant Princess Tulip selflessness, justice and immortality! 】

[May you grant Praia the nourishing spring rain, prosperous trade, abundant fish catch, and the purity of marriage! 】

[The God of the City above the clouds who lives high in the clouds and never falls! The white bird will guide us, the black bird will remember us, may you prosper, may this song fly in the sky until the end of eternity! 】

【Life after life, eternity forever. 】

【Praise you! Lord God! 】

[——Praya·"Prayer of the Church of Light"]

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[Su Lin never knew who took away the source of Praia’s world. No one knows why the cloud city above Praia came here. 】

[——In the past, who lost the source of the world? Which god built Yunshang City? 】

[It seems that Yunshang City has been there since the beginning of the era. Alone, pure white, empty. The legend about "there are gods in Yunshang City" has been passed down from generation to generation. Su Lin also grew up listening to this legend when she was a child. 】

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["Young captain, look up." The siren pointed to the sky. 】

[Su Lin looked up and saw a circle of shadow floating in the sky. 】

[That is the legendary city in the clouds that is protected by gods and is not destroyed by storms. 】

[Gods lived in Yunshang City before. 】

[In the end, for some unknown reason, only an empty white holy city was left. 】

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The moment the secret was revealed, Su Mingan trembled all over.

He looked down at the floating city - and suddenly realized that the undeniable truth had fallen like a sledgehammer.

He had never thought of this possibility.

——Millions of years after the old world... When all the stories are hidden, when the people of this era completely disappear, when the story of the old world human beings using extreme wisdom to resist the double shadow is completed... Such a peaceful life for thousands of years Later...on an island...a civilization called "Praya" was born.

On that passionate, simple island, mixed with blood and fire of struggle, the next epic story was born.

——Let the god who saved the world thousands of years ago, as a new savior, set foot on the island filled with the blood of soul hunting.

The sea dwellers in Praia often raise their heads in confusion, looking at the holy city that hung alone in the sky thousands of years ago - where did that holy city come from? Which god created that holy city that will never fall?

They passed it down by word of mouth, telling a specious myth. No one knows why the Holy City is floating there. They just say that it must be the handiwork of gods.

——He is indeed a god.

Ten thousand years ago, Su Mingan witnessed the "Holy City" being renamed Yunshang City. After the story of the old world came to an end, the years passed and the sea changed. The people of the Holy City died naturally after thousands of generations, leaving only an empty floating city. It floated aimlessly, shrinking as resources disappeared...until it floated over Praia.

——A savior named "Su Lin" drove the airship of hope across Praia to the deserted island, and got a glimpse of the pollution remaining on the island... and a standing church.

A ship full of seamen died of poisonous gas. Their hatred before death made Su Lin use "emotion", a power system that comes from the same source, to become a god and become the god of Yunshang City.

He overlooks the homeland of Praia with compassion, lives in the cathedral, uses hatred to control the disputes between soul hunting and soul clans, and uses "malice" to build a storm barrier to resist the sea monster.

[Utopia] corresponds to [Storm Barrier].

[Emotion] corresponds to [malice].

——They come from the same source, so they have similar structures.

It is impossible to test how long the gap between these two stories is and how much has been experienced. But what we can know is -

Su Lin started from the very beginning when she set foot in this dungeon.

Already arrived...

[His untouchable hometown].

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[To fulfill a thousand-year wish and to avoid reincarnation for hundreds of generations. 】

[Sacrifice to the fire in the underworld, the body and soul are heavy, the kingfisher weaves red, and the scholar enters the underworld. 】

[——In the depths of Jiuyou, an old friend comes. 】

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There was silence in Su Mingan's ears.

Locking the shock in his heart tightly, he was speechless for a long time. Staring at this eternally standing church, he carefully recalled the paintings of the church in Yunshang City. After a long period of training and alternation with new gods, he could not identify the similarities and differences between the two.

He never thought of this possibility.

I never thought...it turns out that civilizations might actually be connected. If you think about it carefully, the scope of Praia is limited to a small island. Outside the island, there are many areas that players have never set foot in.

"Su Lin." He called softly. Since the start of the dungeon, it has been difficult for him to call Su Lin. But at this moment, he just shouted softly, and a person appeared beside him.

He remembered that last week, when Su Lin came to kill him, he came so quickly, as if the tower was not an obstacle in Su Lin's eyes, or... Su Lin just went home.

Although at present, even the concept of "home" has not appeared.

Su Lin took a step forward, seemingly hesitant or perhaps timid. The emotion of "cowardice" almost never appeared on his face, but at this moment, Su Mingan could see it.

He didn't know whether to be surprised or...sad.

It turned out that he had been wandering around in his "homeland" for so long, but he didn't recognize it at all. At this time, the old world was thousands of years away, and there was almost no trace of similarity. Except for this floating holy city.

"So...time is...sliced." Su Lin only said this.

From this point of view, the copy of the world game is actually similar to the situation in the old world.

Is the world game also for...

A kind of [rescue]?

The story belonging to Praia should have been observed by the gods and overlapping images. They knew that thousands of years later... there would be a civilization belonging to "Praya". Su Mingan had already stepped into that land full of scars and Hot land of blood. However, due to the confidentiality rules of the world game, the gods cannot say it clearly and can only use side means to make Su Mingan understand——

"Su Mingan has already existed in this world."

"We have seen the future - Playa".

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[Among the ruins, Su Lin holds an oil lamp and walks forward. 】

[He saw a vaguely written stone tablet with some words written on it, which seemed to be from a long time ago. 】

[Su Lin read in a low voice: "This...is...a...struggle that will lead to the loss of sovereignty..."]

["Su..." He wiped away the dust and continued to read the words on the stone tablet:]

["Su...Ming...An."]

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["People give you flowers out of reverence, and people want to put shackles on you out of fear... This is the same emotion. Your attachment and your slaughter will only lead to the same result... Because everything has already happened..." the god said. 】

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The old god Su Ming'an, the successor to the gods of Yunshang City, Su Ming'an.

——The [past] you have experienced is the [future] of this civilization.

Who said "a copy can only be limited to one civilization".

——The old world tells you how far-reaching the breadth and depth of civilization are, and how many crises a civilization will face in the process of development. And every time, it enables mankind to move forward together, unite as one, and overcome difficulties together.

Playa's demise is imminent, it's the Knight of Light who steps forward, and it's the thousands of soul hunters who risk their lives to stand in front of the Kraken.

The destruction of the old world was imminent. It was the god Su Mingan who stepped forward. It was the billions of human beings above the world line who separated themselves, stacked their bones, and swam across the ark. It is far larger than an island. Playa, an island that has not yet appeared, is only a small part of what it will be thousands of years later.

But despite this, human beings' evocative will to resist and spirit of sacrifice will never change and are passed down from generation to generation. The tens of thousands of soldiers from the old world that Su Mingan has seen so far, thousands of years from now... are likely to be the ancestors of a heroic soul hunter in Praia.

They shouted similar slogans, sailed similar arks, and raised similar swords and shields.

They shed the same blood, held the same determination, and ascended the same city.

They wrote different words and spoke different languages, but they witnessed the same God for thousands of years.

——It was called [Holy City] thousands of years ago.

——It will be named [Yunshang City] thousands of years later.

——He was called [Old God] thousands of years ago.

——Thousands of years later, he will be named [Yunshang City God].

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It was Su Ming'an who took the lead as the "long-lost god" in the myth of Praia to complete the launch of Yunshang City. Only then did Su Lin, the "God of Yunshang City", become a god ten thousand years later. Su Lin became a god. After Su Lin became a god, he wanted to find a successor, so Su Ming'an returned to Praia as the new savior, taking over the title of heir to the "despicable ones" passed down by Su Lin, and saving the civilization of Praia.

Ten thousand years ago, ten thousand years later. "God" - just for two people.

As a god, Su Ming'an became Praia's faith, leaving behind the legend that "there are gods in Yunshang City" for the young captain Su Lin. After Su Lin became a god, he looked for his successor, but the successor happened to be Su Ming'an.

Cause leads to effect, and effect leads to cause.

[Where did the God of Yunshang City go thousands of years ago? 】

The God of Yunshang City from ten thousand years ago - Su Ming'an resisted the overlapping shadow. The story ended and he disappeared.

【Who lost the source of the world in Praia? 】

——The gods preserved the source of the world through a bet ten thousand years ago. After thousands of years, civilization has undergone incredible evolution. The gods disappeared, and everyone in the holy city died naturally. The source of the world failed to last for thousands of years and was also consumed.

However, Su Mingan gave Praia a new lease of life, and it continues to live on. Sooner or later, some hero will find a way to regain the source of the world.

Pass this fire from generation to generation.

From generation to generation, mankind's heroic spirit of resistance is passed down in one continuous line.

——Gear coupling, rotating from generation to generation.

——Is this the prologue or the end of an era?

——This is the end of a copy (10th). Or is it the beginning of another copy (seventh)?

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Su Mingan walked forward, holding the Sword of Destiny.

It seems to symbolize the never-changing will of mankind.

Li Mingyue finally asked him if he wanted to look back. If he put down the sword of destiny and gave up becoming a god, he could still keep himself.

However, He just shook his head, with a pale face, and smiled.

Blue-gold light bands surrounded him, like stars. At the moment when he crossed the critical point between human and god, the pure white tentacles turned into wings and fluttered behind him, with a "swish" sound——

A head full of black hair, reaching down to his back.

"——I hope they will be happy, and this happiness is not equal to anything, it is unique."

Under the flowing black hair, He did not look back.

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[Later, I dreamed of a better ending... Lu Shu cured his illness and found new friends. Yueyue said goodbye to her family and became a famous e-sports player. Yamada Machichi wears a Lolita dress in the sun and travels happily to various countries. The road opened to the aircraft carrier he dreamed of. Aini continues to be a little nobleman with no worries about food and clothing. Mo Yan became a great painter. Su Lin returned to her hometown and walked under the sunshine over the mountains and plains... They all found happiness. 】

[As for Su Mingan. 】

【…】

【...Who is Su Mingan? 】

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