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Chapter 1273: One Thousand Two Hundred and Seventy "Si Que, you're back."

[Si Yi looked at the pen in Su Ming'an's hand in astonishment, as if she didn't understand why he had this.

"you……"】

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She is the supreme ruler of the Floating City of the Day.

——And the little magpie is her supreme master.

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Siyi floated in the white space. She felt that everything was like a drama. Reversals always surrounded her and swallowed up her pitiful heart.

You...why are you a little magpie.

Why do you look like this even though you're back?

Why are you standing in front of me but seeming not to know me?

"You forgot... the childhood monster you defeated."

"Is it gnawing at you, or is it gnawing at me?"

"Little magpie."

In her bedside table, which she never opened to outsiders, there was a bunch of wheat ears that would never deteriorate.

He was waiting for it to be given to him, as he must have not eaten wheat for a long time.

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——But he forgot the wheat.

——But is wheat no longer worthy of him?

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[Final Scene: <Golden Ears of Wheat>]

“Man is not God”

[“Qualified Portrait”]

“It’s getting harder every day”

[“I also follow my nature”]

“Conceived in the Image of God”

【——Nietzsche】

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[“Siyi, I must tell you that even in our pirated game, the contradiction between the bride and groom in terms of male and female reproduction is too sharp. You must fine-tune your story.”]

[“Ha, haha…? Really? After thousands of years, it’s still the same, still the same…”]

[“But I’ve thought about it. You change ‘groom’ to ‘adult’, ‘bride’ to ‘child’, ‘right to marry’ to ‘right to educate’, and give the power of ‘groom to arbitrarily paint and transform blank paper and select obedient bride’ to adults, then it will pass the review - because it is in line with reality. People will question why the groom controls the bride, but they will not question why the adult controls the child.”]

[“I understand… I’ve fixed it.”]

[“Well, I just have one question.”]

[“Go ahead, Tenth Seat Shen Xue. You have the right to ask me questions.”]

[“In your story…what exactly is this virus that suddenly appeared? It appeared inexplicably and suddenly took away people’s ability to reproduce. I don’t understand how it works.”]

【"Ah……"】

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Siyi told the other party the story of the purple-haired boy in the small village in the Second Era, and after slightly changing it, she told him:

In the story setting of Floating City, adults bring children into being by “writing about them”.

However, society's standards of excellence make adults only want to write templated "children" - children, you must get good grades, you must be well-behaved and obedient, you must find a good job... So, as all children become identical copies, no more "children" are born.

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[Yesterday, the village youth Oppa told Xiao Si Que that although he was only a teenager, Oppa felt that his life as an animal had come to an end... It had been a long time since he last felt happy. Oppa felt that he was just a replicant like other people, and he could see his future life from the people around him.]

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Siyi looked towards the end of the floating city. In the distance, the light of the light rail was lit up. Office workers sat numbly in the windows, looking down at their phones, like pieces of wheat being cut down. The colorful light floated across the glass in front of them, like a cage divided into complete and narrow rooms.

——What is the virus that has penetrated into the bone marrow of the floating city?
It is not any physiological pollution, nor is it any pathogen that changes cells, nor is it an external deus ex machina.

It's just...

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[… “Your Highness himself.”]

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The moment when adults voluntarily gave up the power to write colorful children and only wanted to cultivate "excellent children" in a templated way -

The "virus" has penetrated deep into their brains.

Creators have lost their colorful inspirations and can only write assembly-line templated content, so they themselves have become viruses that cannot write anything.

——The children in MapleStory are no longer willing to fly here, because there are no more sugar bowls, stars, and treasures here.

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Su Mingan raised his feather pen.

He had read everything about the story of "Floating City in the Daytime", its birth, its maturity, its supreme master, and its ending...

He finally began to use Si Que's feather pen to rewrite the story.

I want--

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[Siyi, I have arrived at the Royal City. From today on, I will start writing a diary.]

[Second Era 776, winter.]

[The snow in the Royal City is colder than in Tara Village. Perhaps it is because there are not enough bonfires. People here always prefer to use glass lamps.]

[Although I know that you can't leave the village and can't read my diary, I will keep writing. ]

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Su Mingan moved the feather pen slightly, and wrote on Siyi's head -

[Siyi did not sacrifice herself to the Mechanical Mother Goddess. She discussed with the protagonists how to solve the problem of reproduction in the floating city.]

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[Second Era 777, Spring.]

[Siyi, the sun is shining brightly today. ]

[Qiao hired a tutor for me. Everything here is great. Literature, singing, piano, history... everything is always the best.]

[The villagers settled down near the royal city. The bridge provided them with jobs and supplies, and everyone lived a good life.]

[Grandma Martha brought me wheat again. She was obviously not able to walk such a long distance, but she insisted on coming. I am very grateful to her. She is like my grandma.]

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After Su Mingan thought about it, he moved his feather pen again——

[After discussion, the clever Xiao Nuo suggested that since the foreign travelers did not have the virus, why not let the floating city fall to the ground and start accepting outsiders? ]

[Outsiders have not fallen into a numb life, they can write about colorful children, right? ]

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[Second Era 778, winter.]

[Siyi, this is the coldest winter. ]

[Grandma Martha died of illness at the age of 78. She passed away at night.]

[I finally encountered the "monster" in the bridge entrance.]

[It has no entity, is invisible and intangible, and came upon me suddenly without any signs... Maybe it was the day when Grandma Martha passed away, the moment I received the news of her death, I suddenly began to realize... I might not be a child anymore.]

[I started thinking about my mother-in-law's funeral, where she should be buried after her death, how her two grandchildren should live... I need to comfort Uncle Raman and Teacher Pearl who are crying, and Oppa who lost his job.]

[I felt the "gravity" pulling at my feet, forcing me to fall to the ground, and the "monster" began to attack me.]

[I really can’t seem to see that distant adventure island anymore.]

[Siyi... Have I grown up? ]

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Su Mingan continued to move his feather pen——

[Siyi agreed with Xiaonuo's idea, and she decided to make the floating city of Bairi fall to the ground.]

[This ever-flying adventure island is about to start facing foreign heroes. 】

[Click, click.]

[She pulls the colorful balloons of the floating city, tearing them into pieces one by one, and the floating city begins to descend little by little——]

[The candies in the jar fell to the ground one by one, and people's feet began to be pulled by the gravity of the ground. In order to face reality, their floating city no longer soared.]

「Just like──」

【“Like every child who should grow up.” 】

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[Second Era 779, Autumn.]

[Siyi, the Adventure Island in my heart has landed. ]

【However, I am still filled with them. 】

[Facing life while keeping fantasy - I am half "child" and half "adult". ]

[I have arranged everything properly, including the trivialities of life, and the initial thoughts on the "Book of the World" and "Twelve Stories"... Oh, I won't tell you about this part, it's too depressing.]

【Also, I’m coming of age. 】

[But I still have the enthusiasm of a child. I will make myself rainbow balloons and fly high. I will make myself candies and put them in empty jars.]

【The stars still hang from my ceiling.】

【And MapleStory is still the little magpie’s dream. 】

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Su Mingan's feather pen wrote a rest -

[The floating city has landed.]

[The outsiders, the Rovasha people, entered this city and changed the dry and numb fate of this place. The reproduction problem was solved and colorful children were born. ]

[The girl did not fall into an endless cycle of day and night, she welcomed the future - as a happy and free child. ]

[The protagonist also ended his adventure here and said goodbye to her. ]

[With this, the story of the floating city in the daytime ends with a happy and beautiful HAPPY ending...]

【end.】

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At this moment, Su Mingan felt that the time around him had returned to normal, and he returned to his original floating city room.

There was a buzzing sound all around, and a sense of gravity - the floating city was descending.

"You...what did you rewrite?" Siyi in front of him came back to her senses.

"I rewrote your story into a happy ending." Su Ming'an said, "Let the floating city land."

Siyi curled her lips, she didn't know whether she was crying or laughing.

The floating city began to descend.

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"What happened?" Xiao Su and Xiao Nuo, who were looking for a perfect clearance, were shaken by the sudden drop of the ground. At this moment, Xiao Su suddenly heard.

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"Ding dong!"

【You have completed a perfect clearance! 】

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"Was it... done by a friend?" Xiao Su looked towards the Colosseum: "It was obviously done by a friend, but I was able to get a perfect clearance."

Xiao Nuo looked at Xiao Su and his eyes darkened.

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Bo Ran walked among the mechanical wreckage. He looked up and found the floating city landing.

"I see." Bo Ran murmured, "One solution is to stop the floating city from flying high in the sky... It's already floating above Luowasha, so it can be saved as long as it lands."

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Ashley stopped.

“Hmm?” She looked towards the edge of the floating city: “The floating city is descending… It seems I didn’t make it to the end of the story.”

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Xiao Lu wiped the black knife.

He was resurrected by Siyi, but that's not important.

He was just wondering why he felt such intense pain and resistance when he drew his sword against the white-haired boy.

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Siyi closed her eyes, and she seemed to be floating in a white world. This feeling of loneliness had accompanied her for too long, in the second era, the third era...

In front of her, a boy with white hair and golden eyes was holding a feather pen.

He says,

“This is a story that no one appreciates, a poem that no one appreciates.”

"It belongs to you."

Although he held the quill, he did not take away her story.

The magpie still loves to eat wheat, nothing has changed.

None of you have ever been defeated by that "monster".

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【Epilogue: "Goodbye, Little Magpie"】

[Second Era 780, Autumn.]

【Siyi, today I am an adult. 】

[When I was very young, the adults in the village said that I wanted to be a brave man and defeat the evil demon king.]

[I used to scoff at this, and I still do.]

[Why must the brave man fight against the devil? The little magpie can defeat the devil with ease.]

[I have seen the World Tree, and it told me about the future demonic crisis.]

【The purpose of the existence of cosmic civilization is to achieve entropy reduction and balance entropy increase. The higher the entropy value, the higher the degree of disorder and chaos. The essence of life is a negative entropy system, which reduces entropy increase by continuously absorbing negative entropy.】

[I will stop the inevitable fall and invite a traveler from the outside world to come over. We will meet again when the time comes.]

[This is my last diary entry for you, because I am about to leave the royal city. ]

【You are the first protagonist I have ever written. 】

[May your candy jar always be full, stars hang from the ceiling, and the Adventure Island never fall... Let's eat strawberry shortcake together next time we meet. ]

【——Magpie (Just Became Adult Version)】

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【Goodbye.】

【My childhood and MapleStory. 】

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"Ding dong!"

[Congratulations - Player "Hehehe You Can't Catch Me Lululu" has achieved "TE·Fallen MapleStory"! Honor and glory are bestowed upon him, and millions of people are cheering for him! ! ]

[The second level of the Disciple Game has been completed, and the remaining surviving players are: 627182732 people. You will be sent back to your original position soon. ]

[The third level of the Disciple Game will start at 12:00 pm, please be prepared. ]

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[You have obtained Disciple Points: 200 points. ]

[You have obtained the Twelve Stories·"Part 3·Siyi and MapleStory" (completed)]

[You obtained a colored sugar cube (purple level)*1]

[You obtained a star necklace (purple level)*1]

[You have obtained the Drama Memory Lens "Little Magpie's Golden Wheat Ears". ]

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"Are you the little magpie?" Before Siyi's question was answered, Su Mingan was teleported away.

However, the floating city has landed on Rovatha, and sooner or later she will find him.

Her story has ended, and next... it depends on whether Shen Xue can keep him.

Su Mingan got a lot of rewards and returned to the original demon room, but before he could take a closer look——

Ashley stood before him, a shiny silver knife against his chest.

"You're back, Si Que." There were many figures standing behind her.

"Let's have a dinner."

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[TE4·"Will a wingless bird grow flesh and blood because of you?" Perfect clearance progress: 99%]

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