Oh no, I have become a character in the card pool?

The quiet shrine and the things that the fox once reflected
Ethereal and quiet.

This is the impression that this shrine, isolated in the mirror and standing alone in the middle of a rice field, gives to everyone who sees it for the first time.

The fox-eared priestess with crystal blue hair sat on the steps as calmly as ever.

With light golden eyes, he looked up at the sky.

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A gentle breeze caressed the soft light blue hairs on her tail.

Perhaps it is because they have lived too long, even monsters with infinite lifespans have learned to remember.

In the past.

In her former world, ever since it was affected by the polluting body of civilization, the world consciousness created the "Yellow Spring", and ghosts and demons were born everywhere.

That is the self-rescue measure of the [Demon and Netherworld].

The so-called civilization polluter is the ultimate enemy of all time and space.

Just as flowers bloom and eventually wither, people are born and eventually grow old, and the resources on the earth's surface will be exhausted once they are mined.

——Birth, aging, sickness and death, nothing in the world is eternal.

Even a great civilization, or even the world in which it exists.

No exception.

When there is massive death, decay, and decline, the lifespan of time and space itself will come to an end. These wills will give birth to pollutants that will infect the entire world itself.

This is the cancer of time and space named "civilization pollution body".

And as a youkai who embodies the nature of "recording and reflecting everything in the world like a mirror".

Xing Jian Jingli remembered it clearly.

The lifespan of the former [Demon Realm] was much shorter than expected.

It had once faced destruction, and it was a scene like hell.

The world died suddenly, the springs dried up, the earth dried up and cracked, and all signs of life disappeared from that day and that moment.

Because the world is dead, living things no longer have the conditions to survive.

But what is despairing is that.

Death is not such an easy thing.

In a world without life, the remaining humans continue to survive out of inertia, and they yearn to save themselves in a world without vitality.

It's like being sent to the emergency room, a dying person who can't even retain consciousness and can only rely on intravenous drips to maintain vital signs.

This will only prolong the endless suffering and watch death come.

Can't change anything.

The long torture drove countless souls crazy. The consciousness of the world was saddened by people's deaths, but what could it do when it had already died?

It once had a clear blue sky, a peaceful, ordinary and beautiful world, but when everything was peaceful, it was unilaterally sentenced to death.

It lost control of the world, leaving only the consciousness that it could not change anything.

If the world were to be likened to a human being, this would probably be its soul.

and so--

After the extinction, only the consciousness of the soul remained, and it watched countless humans die in pain.

Its sorrow sheds tears.

Every time a person dies, it sheds a tear.

One drop, two drops, countless tears gather into a stream, spread into a river, and become a vast ocean.

As for the dead souls in the world of the dead, they no longer have reincarnation and become wandering ghosts, resonating with the tears of the world.

The tears of the world accompany the dead lives and eventually become the final destination of all the dead.

And this concept.

It was called "Huangquan" by later generations.

——The so-called "Yellow Spring", the first dead person sleeping deep in its core is the world of [Demon Netherworld] itself.

Maybe it's because the original form has changed.

It was like a heart replacement operation, fundamentally changing the nature of the world.

In other words, in the eyes of the "civilization polluter", the [Demon and Netherworld] that created a new reincarnation with tears is no longer the same time and space as the past.

The dead world sprouted new life on its corpse.

Although very small, fragile, and bad
But the world succeeded in prolonging its existence.

however.

The price paid was that this world, which had died once and should have been completely destroyed, had become extremely harsh and terrible.

Because the original laws were broken, the sun was forever covered by a sea of ​​souls.

Only the remaining half of the endless night remains.

Even if the 'civilization pollutant' left for a short time, it left behind a poisonous chaos. The one that was most deeply infected and most seriously alienated was [Yellow Spring].

The once compassionate world consciousness died, and its corpse became an evil ghost.

The nature that once resonated with dead souls has been alienated into greed for the lives of living beings.

Many demons and ghosts were born on the earth. They inherited Huangquan's desire for souls and harbored extreme malice towards all living things.

The countless mysterious rules that target the living are the remnants of a world that was once dead and whose former order was completely destroyed.

Because the rules of the world are dead.

That’s why plants can survive without sunlight, and so the dead won’t die unless they are burned.

Huangquan changed from passively accepting souls and providing them with a place to sleep to wanting to bring all people's souls back into it.

In terms of results.

[Demon and Ghost Realm] did survive - in the form of the dead, with deeper despair.

And the fox-eared girl, Xingjian Jingli, is the most special one.

When the time and space were destroyed, all the living people died with the world, and their souls returned to the underworld, symbolizing the birth of the [Demon Realm].

The girl was created by the will of the old world, which knew that she was about to die.

She is a brand new soul.

He is the last living being in a world where everything is dead and all outside sounds are silent.

Her light golden eyes, like a mirror, reflected the still blue sky, the untrodden shrine, and the dead and peaceful world.

She walked into the shrine knowing nothing about the world.

Even though she was confused about why she was there, the girl instinctively sat on the steps and looked up at the sky.

She is a recorder, preserving the last moment of the past world like a mirror.

After that, eternal night came.

As a creation of the world, she, with a mission, took on the form that best adapted to the new world, transforming into a fox-eared demon.

——Or, she might be the origin of all monsters.

Like Adam and Eve, the original creation.

Using her as a template, the demonized souls can appear in a human-like appearance, thus retaining a higher degree of sanity.

"I should have died."

The ethereal voice of Hoshimi Kagiri sounded softly, echoing in the quiet wind in front of the shrine.

There was no need to look back, because her body was that of a fox demon, she was very sensitive to things like aura, especially the person she was most familiar with.

You can tell he's coming without even looking, just like you can smell the scent of other women on him.

She looked at the azure sky and continued calmly, "In the distant past, I was created to record the past world with one last look."

"I am the Mirror."

"This is the last move left by Huangquan before it was corroded and deteriorated. I will use my death to exchange for the life of the entire world."

Just like when you modify a program, you will copy and save its original appearance to ensure that you can restore it when needed.

Xingjian Jingli is the original file.

She was indeed a miko, but she had no deity to serve.

Her original creator is dead.

The original meaning of the term "shrine maiden" was to serve as a medium for conveying the will of heaven and to dedicate herself as a sacrifice to the gods.

——This is the meaning and mission of her existence.

Breathe calmly.

The fox-eared girl lowered her long, crystal-blue eyelashes. There was a momentary pause between her words and breathing, and a ripple appeared on her usually calm profile.

After being silent for a while, she stopped looking at the blue sky.

"Excuse me, Mr. Savior of Humanity, what do you want to do now?"

She cast her light golden eyes coldly and warningly towards the black-haired boy who put his arms around her waist as if nothing had happened.

After a moment.

The expressionless fox-eared priestess spoke calmly in her ethereal voice.

"Yeah, that's true."

"After all, since the end of that battle, you have regained your former honor and status, not to mention that you have to serve as a bridge for many [Broken Time and Space] contacts."

"The hottest topic right now should be solving the issue of normal reproduction between humans and 'contracted spirits', and further promoting the integration of time and space."

"As the one who has the deepest understanding of the Contract Spirit and the original Contract Spirit Master, you will naturally be duty-bound to take on this task."

"After all, my body is that of a youkai, one of the main types of contracted spirits in the Demonic Underworld. It's a rare opportunity for someone else to come to me, so it's normal for me to want to get down to business during the contract—Hmm!?"

The tail was touched unceremoniously, from the root to the tail and slid over.

The feeling is like a thread running through my thoughts.

No matter how high the level of her soul was, the girl's body was still that of a monster, and she couldn't help but be subconsciously controlled by her body's reactions.

He snorted lightly.

Her usually fair profile was tinged with crimson, and the tranquility of her light golden pupils was disturbed by ripples.

I could only suppress my reaction and stare at a guy who was smiling and had an expression of "I saw something good, thank you for the treat" and didn't seem to feel any guilt at all.

"If you keep telling me this kind of lie, I will keep touching you. Do you understand?"

Lin Xuan spoke leisurely, looking at her with a faint smile on his face, his clear voice sounding as if it was a matter of course.

If it was the Lin Xuan of the past.

He would definitely be forced to retreat and be helpless to deal with the cold atmosphere of Xingjian Jingli.

But things are different now.

It has been two years since Xingjian Jingli expressed her feelings to him and the final battle, and the two sides have already confirmed their relationship.

Couldn't he understand what kind of character this fox-eared witch was who said one thing but meant another?
Talk about it.

If it weren't for her awkward personality and the disguise of her natural elegance, I would have been deceived and not realized her true affection.

Lin Xuan is not a wooden man, he would have taken down this arrogant fox long ago!

"Humph"

When the young man did not feel any guilt and instead moved his face closer, Xing Jian Jingli's cold and staring eyes flickered.

He subconsciously looked away, and the pair of fox ears on his long hair drooped slightly.

He could only hum lightly again to preserve the last bit of dignity for himself.

He refused to admit that he had the initiative in getting along with others, and he was unable to see through Lin Xuan's mind, so he had already lost miserably.

"hehe."

Lin Xuan looked at the tip of the girl's tail swaying gently and smiled softly.

Fox, so cute.

He sat shoulder to shoulder next to the girl, not releasing his hands around her waist, but leaning his body closer to her calmly.

"Even after so long, are you still upset about what happened that day?"

He spoke softly.

Xing Jian Jingli did not reply. She lowered her eyes, and as if tacitly consented, she leaned her usually holy and untouchable body softly in the other's arms.

No words were spoken, as if in agreement.

What happened that day——

It refers to the resolution of the three broken time and space and the recovery of enough young girl spirits.

For a hardcore strategy player, it's like "Okay, now I finally have enough conditions to clear the dungeon. Let's go back and play the hidden dungeon."

Then, they returned to the [Broken Spacetime: Demonic Ghost Realm] where they were first summoned, ready to completely resolve the erosion here.

Xing Jian Jingli understood it very clearly at that time.

To completely solve the problem of the Demonic Ghost Realm is extremely difficult, but for Lin Xuan it is an extremely simple task.

Because Huangquan has the nature of the kingdom of the dead, it cannot be restored to stability by semi-violent dismantling like the previous strategy, relying on the strategy from Lin Xuan's past games.

The nature of Huangquan's map means that its monsters can only become stronger the more you kill them.

Even the first final battle in the mobile game that year.

Someone just suppressed it, and with a genius mechanism cracked it, deliberately refreshed some kind of "secret rule that prevents Huang Quan from summoning ghosts."

This is a bug-like method of "using one's spear to attack another's shield".

I skipped the expedition to the Demonic Realm and went directly to the end of the game to fight the final BOSS.

——However, if we want to allow time and space to coexist, and ensure that the resurrected native inhabitants do not die and can survive.

This kind of rough method is not allowed, so it is extremely difficult.

but.

Only for Lin Xuan, he wanted to truly conquer the "Demon and Netherworld".

Yet it is incredibly simple.

Because he only needs to lead others to weaken the polluted Huangquan will.
Then Xingjian Jingli will complete his mission and sacrifice himself.

The girl is a priestess who is ready to be sacrificed to the gods from birth.

Her authority and her long life that is as long as the world's, are all just to eventually become a mirror that reflects the entire world.

"once."

"When this space and time collapsed for the first time, I didn't complete what I should have done."

After a brief silence, the fox-eared witch with her eyes closed leaned on Lin Xuan's shoulder.

The fragrant breath brushed the boy's earlobes, and the ethereal voice whispered softly.

What she was talking about was the first collapse of the [Demon Realm].

The world that has come back to life, even if it continues to live on the corpse because of the underworld, has finally come to a new end.

At that time, the fox-eared priestess who had been calmly overlooking the world from its birth to its end, made a judgment.

This world is hopeless.

She was a fox-eared priestess who was not human and was an alien creature among the monsters. At that time, she had no desire to live.

Looking over the long years, all I see are creatures with vulgar and boring souls.

It is true that there are exceptions.

For example, the sword that cut off the underworld and replaced the rules of time and space with pure sword intent in the collapsed world.

In other words, when the world is about to collapse, it becomes the hope of everyone, awakening the sleeping underworld once again with its shining will.

Even if she is crazy, she still allows time and space to retain the spark of hope and continue to exist in the form of [Broken Time and Space].

——If it is these humans, it is indeed worth Xingjian Jingli's extra attention.

But their lifespans were too short. Judging from the time scale of the fox-eared priestess's existence, she only blinked an eye.

This very small number of humans have already died.

Besides.

There was nothing in the whole world that was worth her taking a second look or stopping to reflect on for a moment, so Xingjian Jingli had never been too obsessed with staying alive.

At least the pure underworld that created her was barely worthy of her re-enacting it with her death.

Gained life and gave life back.
It's just an equal exchange.

However, until the last moment of destruction, Xingjian Jingli did not wait for that moment.

Given the polluted state of Huang Quan at that time, if she really sacrificed herself.

It can be said.

That would be the end of everything. Huang Quan, who obtained the original power, could turn everyone in the world into ghosts in a matter of minutes.

So, what she had done was to watch the birth of the world like a mirror, and then like a mirror, witness the destruction of the entire world.

Calmly overlook everything and witness everything.

I did nothing and could do nothing. I recorded it again with my eyes.

“But.” The fox-eared witch opened her eyes, her pupils looked at Lin Xuan, and said quietly, “At that time, you were almost swallowed and assimilated by the weak Huangquan.”

"At that time, I just need to throw myself into the underworld."

“——Now the entire [Demon Netherworld] can be restored to its former state, which is what I originally planned to do.”

If you do that.

The threat of eternal night in the underworld will completely disappear because Huang Quan has regained his sanity.

Even if there is still a separation between time and space, a clear-minded world consciousness is always easier to communicate with than a crazy world consciousness.

If she had to choose between her innate destiny and Lin Xuan's life, she would undoubtedly choose Lin Xuan.

But at that moment, she was ready to give up her life to save Lin Xuan. In addition to feeling strange and regretful, she could also say that she felt a sense of relief.

After all, she was alone, carrying the weight of the entire reflection of the old world - although she seemed calm about it, she was aware of this heaviness better than anyone else.

"You pushed me away at that time, I can understand."

"You have always been this kind of person. You can probably sacrifice yourself for all of us, using the name of a savior to cover up your stupidity."

Xingjian Jingli looked up at the sky again, as if she wanted to look back at the day that had ended through the azure sky.

She quietly opened her thin lips.

"But what I don't understand is why the pure Huangquan who briefly regained consciousness."

"It didn't use that last bit of strength to devour me when I was defenseless?"

Frankly speaking.

The girl did not have the slightest reverence for the consciousness that created her, as a priestess had for a god.

Even if she was prepared to sacrifice her life, she only held the mentality of equal exchange, a life for a life, equality and no debt.

But at that time, Huang Quan would be able to regain his sanity by devouring her.

But he let her go.

In the end, he chose to sacrifice his last bit of clarity to allow Lin Xuan to become the new master of the Styx and gain control of the consciousness of the underworld.

This made the fox-eared priestess's mission meaningless, and even today she still finds it difficult to understand.

"Hey, every time you come here recently, at least half of your mind is in a daze. It turns out that you have been thinking about this matter all the time."

Lin Xuan shook his head as if he was laughing in silence.

"So I've said it before, to try to figure out what other people are thinking, don't always use your ability to reflect their emotions to cheat, because if you don't use your brain, you'll become stupid."

Well, no wonder the other girls who can block the mind-reading ability by various methods always like to tease the fox whenever they have nothing to do.

For example, "What? She was the first one to meet him, but she was almost the last one to reveal her feelings? Is this true? How could she bear it?"

After all, it was really fun to tease him, which made Lin Xuan hesitate a little whether to point out this shortcoming.

But the question still needs to be answered.

Besides, Xingjian Jingli could speak frankly instead of continuing to hide the matter and keeping it in her heart with an expressionless face.

Considering her character that a hundred years seem like a day, this is a historic progress!
"The answer to this question couldn't be simpler."

Lin Xuan looked at the blue-haired girl and replied with a calm smile, "The consciousness that will shed tears for people even after its own death, and gather into the underworld."

"You are its last and most important daughter."

"Is it strange that it wants to protect you?"

The black-haired boy patted his chest proudly.

"Besides," he said in a sonorous and powerful voice, "I, the son-in-law who was going to marry his daughter, was there at the time!"

"It gave me the final test to determine whether I am qualified to marry its most important daughter."

"Isn't this more natural?"

The wind at the shrine was a little quiet for a moment.

The fox-eared girl's pupils were slightly startled. The boy in front of her was reflected in her light golden eyes, but she also seemed to recall the day when she first opened her eyes.

There were no living people in the world at that time, and the clear sky was as quiet as death.

but.

Even though she had lost all life, he still brought her to the most beautiful and only well-preserved shrine in the then-depleted world.

The former consciousness of the demonic ghost world.

It didn't regard itself as a tool of the mirror from the beginning.

And this shrine has never been forgotten until now, and the memory is still clear in the depths of my mind.
It was that world consciousness that gave her the final commemorative gift.

Just when Xingjian Jingli was still slightly dazed.

Suddenly.

A pair of strong hands wrapped around her soft tail and the blue and white shrine maiden costume and picked her up.

"All right."

Lin Xuan was familiar with the route.

He carried the fox-eared girl in his arms and walked towards the room of the shrine.

".What are you going to do?" Xing Jian Jingli did not resist, but her eyes calmly swept towards Lin Xuan again, and she spoke lightly.

"of course?"

Lin Xuan's eyes were fixed on the girl in his arms, her beautiful face which was flushed with red due to his speculation, and her fox ears which were trembling slightly.

"When I summoned you, didn't I promise you that I would let you see unprecedented scenery that was worth recording?"

He smiled steadily.

Lean your upper body down.

Their faces were very close, and he whispered softly in the rare panicked look in Xingjian Jingli's eyes.

"Huang Quan's consciousness was only alienated due to being polluted. He knew that he would only bring disaster, so he chose to fall into a deep sleep."

"Now that we have eliminated the source of all evil, the 'civilization pollutant', there is a possibility that it will revive."

The moment the words fell.

Lin Xuan could feel, very slightly, that the soft body in his arms tensed a little.

immediately.

The young man smiled happily, his eyes were blazing, as if he wanted to pull the noble fox-eared witch into the warmth of the mortal world.

The voice is gentle, magnetic and hoarse.

"so what."

"In order to bring life back to the underworld, which represents the home of the dead."

"Using Huangquan's pure blood of monsters to breed new life, I think this is a very strategic consideration."

"What do you think, Jingli?"

At this moment, far away from the shrine, very far away, you can vaguely see the lights on the other side of the mountain.

The location of this shrine is no longer alone in the mirror as it used to be.

The eternal night that had shrouded the city for a hundred years dissipated again.

Even though the sun can only be seen for four hours a day, it means that the whole world is returning to its previous order.

The wind blew across the skin of the girl in Lin Xuan's arms, and she covered her face with the shrine maiden's furisode.

After half pay.

".Boring, whatever you want."

The calmness he usually displayed towards the believers was gone, and at this moment, it seemed as if the boy's emotions were reflected, spreading the heat throughout his entire body.

The witch's subtle voice retained its final stubbornness.

He spoke in a cold and weak voice: "You are just a human being. Do you think that you can have the upper hand over me after becoming a contract spirit?"

"The previous few times, I just gave you some leniency because you are just a human being."

In the young smiles of those who thought they would know after trying it.

The Zephyr compartment was closed.

The sun wisely set behind the mountain, and the sky was once again stained with its former darkness.

but
From now on, the nights in the demonic realm will no longer be shrouded in the fear of rampant monsters.

Instead, it is filled with quiet peace.

——The night is long, and the days ahead will be very long.

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ps: When my writing state stabilizes in the future, I may write the outline in the form of a separate chapter in fragments.

But I’m still preparing a new book.

And it's a bit stuck.

So in a short period of time, I should finish writing the chapter about the fox first.

(End of this chapter)