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Chapter 656: Chapter 653: "L-I-G-H-T

"Click," a crisp sound echoed as the office door opened and the black-haired girl slowly stepped inside.

Stopping three steps away from Su Ming’an, she knew he was very cautious, and if she moved any closer, she would startle him awake.

She observed Su Ming’an’s face, guarded even in sleep.

A long sword was firmly grasped in his hand, his neck lit with a blue light, seemingly an automatically triggered Defensive Barrier, shielding himself tightly like a curled-up hedgehog.

She gazed at him through the blood-red sunlight that filled the room, as if a hazy fog separated them, his sleeping form still radiating alertness and distance.

...This man truly seemed like he had paranoia, fearing that someone in this safe city might still harm him.

She stood in place, staring for a long time, as memories in her mind gradually seemed to awaken. Although she had amnesia, since meeting him, it felt as though some memories were coming back to her.

"..." She suddenly heard him whispering, hearing his very low voice in his sleep:

"L-I-G-H-T."

He uttered many fragmented syllables.

—What was he dreaming about?

...

Su Ming’an opened his eyes to the sight of the azure sky.

...Had he dreamt of Acto’s memories again?

Gauging the sky’s color, at this time, it must be shortly after the Century Catastrophe, before humanity had extensively polluted the environment due to infighting; otherwise, the sky would not appear so blue.

He looked around, surrounded by ice-white buildings, reminiscent of the architecture of the City of Gods.

Acto, clad in a white lab coat, still wore his thin, weary appearance. Beside him followed Tretiya with her beige long hair.

Behind them—fire blazed into the sky, explosions constantly spreading, as if the Grim Reaper was harvesting lives just steps behind.

"Why—," Tretiya gritted her teeth, "Why must everyone demand your death—this isn’t your responsibility to bear! You have already saved them—saved so many of them, why do humans still want you to die!"

"..." Acto remained silent.

His deep grey eyes were filled with sorrow and exhaustion, as if he might close them and never wake up at any moment.

Acto mockingly said, "I foresaw today’s outcome."

He paused for a moment, a white light emerged from the back of his hand, and a Shield abruptly rose, barely blocking the increasingly intense explosions behind: "And besides, without me, there will still be eight of you."

"The eight of us? Yuan, Yuan can’t bear the weight of everything! Qi is careless, Rong Yuan only cares for himself, Xi and Beili Sier don’t understand strategy, Lin Guang is a fool, Noah looks down on humankind, and can’t help us. Without you—the eight of us are just scattered sand! How are we to maintain human order? How are we to stop human infighting?" Tretiya covered her face and cried, "Teacher... I really like you, Teacher, please don’t go. Let’s not concern ourselves with humanity anymore, let’s leave here and seclude ourselves somewhere else, shall we?"

Acto remained silent.

But Tretiya knew, if he could do as she suggested, abandon the world and ignore it, he wouldn’t be Acto anymore.

He was already so tired—why do selfish humans always want to drain his last ounce of worth?

"Boom—" A loud noise, the barrier behind shattered, and Acto’s figure leaned forward, nearly falling to the ground.

He extended his right hand, a white glow emanating from the back, moving toward the sunset—a pulsating red heart.

After the Century Catastrophe, using the Source of Civilization he had collected, he had acquired this pulsating red heart. By awakening it, surely, it could properly protect this World, propelling humanity into a new era—

This was the best he could do.

This was the best outcome within his reach.

"Please enter the Dawn Code."

A cold voice emanated from all directions.

A faint smile appeared on Acto’s face:

"L-I-G-H-T."

In an instant, a dazzling blood-red light flared up, like another sun rising, and the people outside looked up in astonishment to see the brilliance that enveloped almost the entire world.

The next moment, a loud explosion!

"Boom——!!!"

"Teacher——!" Tretiya’s hoarse scream erupted.

Acto’s figure merged with the flowing white light, transforming into a snow-white energy wave that poured into that blood-red heart.

The scarlet glow shone on her tear-stained face. Everything seemed to freeze at that moment; she raised her hands high, wanting to embrace the heart, but her hands could only pass through it, as if through another dimension.

Su Ming’an watched on as the world was enveloped in the blood-red light.

He stared at the blood-red heart, recognizing it as the Dawn System.

—The point in time he was seeing should have been just after the Century Catastrophe had ended, and from then on, Acto vanished for over thirty years.

Not until thirty-two years later, when the Dawn War began, did Acto reappear, awakening in an underground hibernation capsule.

Was this the reason why Acto had disappeared for over thirty years? In order to awaken the Dawn System?

Su Ming’an realized that the Dawn Code indeed dynamically adjusted; the code "L-I-G-H-T" said by Acto now did not match with "Caius" and "Hui" he had collected nowadays, explaining why the code differed between time loops because it was changing over time.

As for this place... it greatly resembled the City of Gods. Both the architectural style and the geographical environment were similar; perhaps, this was the City of Gods years later.

It seemed that the Dawn System was located in the City of Gods.

With so few clues, he was still somewhat confused, but at least he knew that he had to infiltrate the City of Gods and make contact with the Dawn System.

The explosion gradually faded before his eyes, the scarlet light slowly dimming, and he opened his eyes.

...

"Because you have completed a time node—fully initiated the Dawn War, you have obtained part of Acto’s memory (2/4)."

...

"You have discovered that the way to end the war is to obtain the Dawn System; you have accepted a new main quest."

"Main Quest: Gain control of the Dawn System.

Quest Tip: Head to the City of Gods and secure the Dawn System as soon as possible before the time at Kaius Tower ends.

Quest Reward: 5000 Faction Contribution Points.

Quest Failure Penalty: Failure of the Kaius Tower process."

...

Opening his eyes, Su Ming’an saw a girl with black hair and blue-green eyes sitting on a couch in the room, seemingly having waited for a long time.

Seeing him awake, Dong An’an immediately started using sign language.

"You awake?"

"Mm..." Su Ming’an, supporting his slightly throbbing head, checked the time; he had slept for an hour and still hadn’t rested enough.

"Sorry." Dong An’an signed.

"Sorry for what?" Su Ming’an asked, puzzled.

"You look like you’re very sad." Dong An’an signed, "I don’t quite understand why you are sad, but I’m sorry."

"I’m not sad because of you." Su Ming’an stood up and drew back the curtain, looking out at the diligently working people in the city.

Now that a new main quest had been triggered, he had to accelerate the progress of the war.

"Why are you so nice to me?" Dong An’an signed, "If it weren’t for your protection, I might have already died in this world."

Su Ming’an didn’t respond to her.

His kindness toward her was merely due to the nighttime Dong An’an’s TE2 progress; he wanted to raise her favorability to 100 points. The daytime frail mute, Dong An’an, was innocent. She was a second persona who hadn’t done anything wrong, simply an amnesiac young girl, unlike the ruthless Dong An’an of the night.

"I know you are from another world," Dong An’an signed. "All you see is the awful, barren predicament of this world, endless human greed and desires. I just hope... if one day you leave, you can remember the good side of this world. Any good will do."

"Mm-hmm..." Su Ming’an donned his coat and walked toward the door. He needed to focus on the main quest now, leaving no time to accompany Dong An’an.

He decided to directly attack the City of Gods.

In the previous wars, he had been intent on clipping the wings of the City of Gods, aiming to gather more faction contribution points, but now he couldn’t wait; continuing like this would stretch the front line too long.

On the thirteenth day of replica activation, all legions of the Freedom Faction were thrown into war.

Su Ming’an and Su Rin led the charge, bombing from high altitude, and few cities dared to resist.

During the war, some cities of the Deity faction were conquered, their high-ranking officials were dragged out, and numerous people watched remotely as these wicked officials were executed.

Seeing the members of the Deity faction who routinely slaughtered residents executed, people were elated, dragging out the bodies of the high-ranking officials to vent their anger.

The evil-doers, shunned by their own, were swallowed by public rage. Never had the flames of war in the Freedom Faction burnt so fiercely; people laughed and cried, throwing away their red-shelled books of faith and declaring their allegiance to the Lighthouse.

Su Ming’an’s technology from the Three Domains, along with his personal combat power, pushed the war progression smoothly.

By evening, time in Caius Tower moved to the 49th year of the Catastrophe.

The comprehensive war that lasted seven years left the land scarred, with bones lying unburied everywhere.

Su Ming’an, based in the Second City, received an alliance letter from the City Lord of Hope City, which had always been a tough bone on the march route. Now, Hope City recognized the dire situation and bowed to the Freedom Faction.

However, through information from the AI Yeah, he learned that Hope City only feigned the alliance; their real intention was to use the route established post-alliance to cut off the Beacon Legion’s resource supply.

He immediately commanded Hope City to turn around and attack the nearby Eighth City, cutting off their channels of communication and catching Eighth City off guard. The battle between them drew vast attention.

Later, he and Su Rin stormed into the headquarters of Hope City, leveling the entire complex, forcing Hope City’s feigned affiliation into a real surrender. Then, he led the surrendered forces of Hope City to attack the Eighth City.

The floating cannons, trailing behind Acto like transparent jellyfish, became the nightmares of many. Residents only remembered the sky’s brilliance accompanied by golden swords and brilliant artillery fire as their city headquarters was razed to the ground.

Once a city fell, the Lighthouse Church infiltrated everywhere. Everyone was compelled to undergo brainwashing.

Upon entering the command center of the Eighth City, Su Ming’an saw the deputy city lord pinned to the ground.

Edward, the cunning hare with eighteen burrows, used the Eighth City as a front. As soon as Su Ming’an charged in, Edward fled, leaving only a deputy city lord who went willingly to his death.

The deputy city lord, pinned to the ground, could only see Su Ming’an’s approaching boots.

"Lord of Acto City," the Deputy City Lord gave a bitter smile, "It’s only because your personal power is too strong, and your AI has intercepted our information channels. Otherwise, if it were a matter of tactics, we might not have lost to you."

"A loss is a loss," Su Ming’an said coldly.

With a single-handed swing, the Amber Knife flashed brightly, and a spray of blood burst from the Deputy City Lord’s neck.

"How beautiful..." The Deputy City Lord gazed out at the dazzling blood sun, sighed, and fell to the ground, head severed from body.

[Faction Contribution Points: 5809 points.]

...

Su Ming’an opened the system interface and exchanged for a Passive Skill Potion.

He prayed that the skill he would acquire this time would be better and not useless like in the Seventh World.

...

"Ding dong!"

[You have acquired a Passive Skill (Spatial Rhythm)]

[Spatial Rhythm: Each of your physical attacks will now have an added effect of spatial oscillation. The higher the physical damage value, the stronger the spatial oscillation effect.]

...

Su Ming’an was convinced in his heart that this was a useful passive. With this, even in the Bright State, he could have a certain control effect.

Now that the Eighth City had also been captured, only the last defensive line remained before they could attack the City of Gods.

He sheathed his knife, then heard Lu’s voice.

"Su Ming’an," Lu hurried inside, his sea-blue hair in total disarray, "There’s trouble at the Beacon Legion—Lin Guang has appeared!"

"I’m on my way," Su Ming’an immediately said. Luna, Yuanyuan, and Che were all at the Beacon Legion; he couldn’t ignore it.

Over the years, Lin Guang had barely appeared. But once Lin Guang did appear, Su Ming’an had to rush over, otherwise, it would be a massacre for the legion.

"Take this way," Lu said. "There’s a spatial teleportation device here."

They hurried to the experimental area of the Eighth City, where in the center lay a glass column-like teleportation device. Su Ming’an stepped in, the teleportation initiated, and intense white light soared.

Suddenly, he saw Lu smile at him.

Within Lu’s gentle eyes, a vivid blood-red gradually emerged.

"Have a good journey," Lu said with a smile.

"..." Su Ming’an blinked, and in the next moment, the teleportation white light completely enveloped him.

He opened his eyes.

Blinding sunlight poured into his eyes.

This was the highest rooftop of the City of Gods, from which he could see the scenes of several nearby cities.

He had not been teleported to the Beacon Legion; this was the City of Gods.

"You’re here."

Hearing the teleportation sound, the white-haired young man turned around and gave Su Ming’an an incredibly natural smile.

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