497: Chapter 497 ZERO's Defeat

He raised the rune in his hand.

The light from the rune illuminated the entire pure white space!

ZERO's shadow also gradually turned into dust, dissipating into nothingness.

His screams also grew weaker and weaker!

"No—"

"I refuse to accept this! I refuse to accept this!"

"I have schemed for ten thousand years! I was so close to success!"

"Why! Why!"

Chen Yi did not answer.

He merely watched as those shadows completely dissipated, watching as ZERO's remnant Soul turned into nothingness within the light.

Then, he turned around and walked toward Hua Liuli.

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Hua Liuli still had her eyes closed.

But her brows had already relaxed.

Chen Yi gently embraced her.

"Liuli! Wake up! Everything is over!"

Hua Liuli's eyelashes fluttered slightly.

Then, she opened her eyes.

In those black eyes, Chen Yi's face was reflected.

She stared at him blankly for a long, long time.

Then, she smiled.

That smile was more beautiful than ever before.

"Chen Yi—you finally came to pick me up!"

Chen Yi also smiled.

"Mm! Liuli, I have come to pick you up."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

But the next second, Hua Liuli's body suddenly trembled!

Her brows furrowed tightly again, and a painful expression appeared on her face!

"Liuli? What's wrong?"

"Although ZERO has been cleared, the memories he devoured—they won't come back—"

Hearing this, Chen Yi also paused for a moment.

He perceived Hua Liuli's Soul state.

Sure enough, those memory fragments devoured by ZERO had completely disappeared.

That was a part of Hua Liuli's life over thousands of years.

It was her laughter, her tears, her growth, her transformation—

It was a part of what made Hua Liuli who she was!

And now, those memories were gone forever!

Hua Liuli lowered her head.

"I don't remember, I don't remember those things—"

Chen Yi was silent for a second.

Then, he held her tightly.

"It's okay!"

"You don't remember, but I do!"

"In the labyrinth, I saw all those memories!"

"When you need to, I will tell them to you!"

"And, even if you have truly forgotten, I will use the future to complete these broken memories of yours!"

"Liuli, you don't need to be afraid. I will always be by your side! I won't just exist as a memory!"

Hearing this, Hua Liuli stared at him blankly.

Tears slid from the corners of her eyes.

These were not tears of sadness!

They were tears of being moved!

They were tears of relief!

They were tears of having someone finally willing to share everything with her after thousands of years of loneliness!

"Chen Yi—"

She choked, unable to speak.

She could only hold him tightly, burying her face in his embrace.

Chen Yi gently patted her back.

"Cry!"

"From now on, cry when you want to cry, and laugh when you want to laugh."

"You don't have to carry it all by yourself anymore."

Hua Liuli cried for a long time.

She cried until her tears ran dry, until her body was drained of strength.

But she never once let go of Chen Yi.

Finally, she raised her head.

Her eyes were red and swollen, and tear stains still hung on her face.

But her gaze was clearer and brighter than it had ever been.

"Chen Yi, thank you!"

She raised her head and gently touched her lips to Chen Yi's.

This kiss was very light, very gentle!

At that moment, she felt her Soul was more complete than ever before!

Those lost memories seemed less important now!

Because from now on, she had more important things to remember!

Remember this person's face!

Remember this person's kiss!

Remember this person's warmth!

Remember that she would never have to be alone again!

[Ding! Hua Liuli favorability + 1 point!]

[Current favorability: 100 points!]

[Ding! Hua Liuli's favorability has reached 100 points. Congratulations to the Host for perfectly capturing the heart of the Demon Empress girl!]

[Reward: Enhancement Points + 2000 points!]

[Reward: special skill—Mirror Flower, Water Moon!]

[Mirror Flower, Water Moon is the exclusive skill of the Demon Empress Mirror Immortal; the Host cannot use it!]

The System's notification sound rang in Chen Yi's mind.

But he did not pay attention to it.

He merely held Hua Liuli, feeling her warm body temperature, feeling her Soul that had finally completely opened up.

At this moment, nothing else mattered!

And just as Hua Liuli's favorability reached the maximum value, the entire Soul space suddenly trembled violently!

It was not a collapse, not a destruction!

It was resonance!

A brilliant light suddenly erupted from the center of Hua Liuli's brows!

That light pierced through the Soul space, pierced through the real world, and pierced through all the array eyes!

Deep in the Arctic glaciers, at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean trenches, in the core fissures of the Sahara Desert, at the ley line nodes of the Amazon rainforest, in the spiritual caves of the Himalayas, and at the volcanic craters on the Atlantic Ocean floor—

All of the Secret Realm array eyes lit up simultaneously!

Across the entire Blue Star, no matter where they were, whether it was day or night, everyone saw those seven pillars of light!

Everyone saw them converge in space into a massive, seven-colored ring of light!

That ring of light slowly rotated, casting down warm radiance!

And under the shining of this light.

Those Demonic Beasts wandering on the edges of the cities suddenly stopped in their tracks.

In their eyes, the blood-red light slowly dissipated, and that manic murderous intent gradually faded into nothingness;

Those Beast Tamers who had been controlled by ZERO suddenly felt a loosening in their chests; that invisible shackle that had suppressed them for months had completely disappeared.

And that Space-Time Rift, which had stretched across the sky above the Pacific Ocean, had existed for thousands of years, and which countless people believed could never be closed, also began to slowly heal!

Starting from the edges, the mouth of the rift closed inch by inch!

The purple energy that had been overflowing from the rift was no longer manic, but instead gently merged into the air.

Three minutes!

Just three minutes!

That Space-Time Rift, which had once torn the sky apart and made the entire world live in fear, had just disappeared like that!

The sky returned to a pure, clear blue!

Sunlight spilled down, as warm as it had been before!

As it happened, at the moment ZERO was slain and Hua Liuli's live broadcast feed was cut off.

Some bold Beast Tamers spontaneously organized themselves and headed to the location of the Space-Time Rift to check the situation and see what was going on!

After all, Chen Yi had said that it was ZERO who had prevented the Space-Time Rift from closing!

So now that ZERO was dead, the Space-Time Rift should be able to be closed completely!

Then, they witnessed the scene of the Space-Time Rift closing!

Then, they posted this scene online!

Then, the whole world went crazy!

Countless people poured into the streets, looking up at the vanished rift, looking up at the slowly rotating seven-colored ring of light in space—

Some knelt on the ground to pray;

Some hugged each other and wept;

Some sang loudly;

Some raised their phones and filmed the sky frantically!

"It's gone! The rift is gone!"

"Demonic Beasts! They won't appear anymore!"

"We won! We really won!"

"Chen Yi! It's Chen Yi!"

"Dragon Country is awesome! Long live Chen Yi!"

"Will we finally not have to live in fear every day from now on? Wuwuwu—"

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