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Chapter 747 - 744 - "Fly Up.

Chapter 747: Chapter 744 - "Fly Up.

Ruler’s Skill... Can it really be freed from one’s own willpower?

Su Ming’an looked into Noah Cheng’s clear pupils, like spotting a ray of sunshine falling into the ruins.

"Boom—!"

Noah gave him one last smile before pressing a button beside him.

The next instant, a steel door fell before Su Ming’an’s eyes, separating him from Noah. Noah completely sealed off the room containing the Dawn System, cutting off his own way out, to ensure that the remaining invasion progress went undisturbed.

Su Ming’an hesitated no longer and immediately used Spatial Displacement to leave the corridor. One second later, the spot where he had been standing was swarmed by the oncoming Mechanical Army, pounding frantically on the iron doors and blasting holes in the metal with their cannon fire, crowding outside the door like zombies besieging a city.

Su Ming’an could no longer see what was happening in Noah’s room. What he needed to do now was to get to the control room as quickly as possible—before Noah completely ran out of strength.

"Patter, patter—"

His footsteps splashed through the rainwater, as if running through sticky mud. Along the way, the downpour seeped through broken glass, mixing blood and rain all over his body. Every breath he took was laden with a thick iron odor.

From this height, in line with the large screens of distant skyscrapers, he could see the image of Yasa Acto’s gentle smile. It seemed to be watching too—the firefly-like, dim yellow light flowing through the streets, soldiers fighting desperately following the commands of Mu’s team and Bi.

"..."

The smile Noah had shown earlier still lingered in Su Ming’an’s mind.

Brilliant, like the smile of a Sunflower—was that smile really born from breaking free of the system’s constraints? Or was it an aftereffect of the Ruler’s Skill?

Previously, he subconsciously thought that everything Noah did was the system’s doing; he was unwilling to believe in his own potential, and found it hard to believe that someone could love him that much. Because the Game System doesn’t lie, but he has seen human duplicity all too often—people profess love now, but in a few years, they wish you were dead. The Ninth World has seen too much of this.

—Even though everyone is fighting desperately, shouting until they’re hoarse, you deserve to be loved.

Tretiya always muttered "I love you," Bi said "you’re indispensable" before she jumped, and Noah said "you’re worthy." But someone who has never been loved, if betrayed once, will fear love for a lifetime. He still remembers the heavy rain following the night’s bonfire when he overheard people plotting to push him off the edge of the World.

So when it comes to "love," he has always subconsciously shied away, instinctively avoiding "hurt." But Noah’s radiant smile seemed to remind him—

Could his perception of affection from others and himself also be trapped by the skill setting?

"Whoosh—"

The rain became increasingly blurred.

Transparent threads flashed by the edge of the building, and as Su Ming’an reached the end of the corridor, several long metal strips were delivered in front of him by the threads.

—This was a pair of metal wings.

Made of steel and bearing the distinct texture of machinery, the metal joints resembled the skeleton of a bird, and the feather surfaces were engraved with mysterious and arcane patterns, like bluish-purple phantasms.

...

[Spring Day Angel (Blue Level): "Fly, go, fly away."]

Type: Temporary Flying Prop, automatically disintegrates after a set duration.

Durability: 5/5

Maximum Payload: 100kg

Equipment Requirement: None

Remark: Player "Lu" crafted this temporary flight device, a hybrid of science and arcane technology, capable of flying in the rain.]

...

[Mu’s team (21:23): The wheelchair has run out of energy. This is a temporary flying device made by your teammate. Wear it to pick up Xi. All Nine Thrones have the authority to access the control room, and now only Xi can help you.]

...

"Understood," Su Ming’an had already sent Ai to pick up Xi, and they should be very close to the building by now.

Among the Nine Thrones, two had fallen early on, Tretiya was dead, Rong Yuan had defected to Ta Wei, Noah was in the room of the Dawn System, Beili Sier’s whereabouts were always unknown, and Lin Guang was unreliable. Only Xi could help him now.

He quickly donned the steel wings, and a "clack clack" sounded from behind. Metallic bones spread out to either side, glinting with a sharp, dark golden hue. They could be controlled through a pair of handles beneath the ribs for flight.

Through the leaky window in front of him, he broke the glass and leapt out!

"Whoosh—"

The moment he plunged into the rain, the downpour instantly blurred his vision, and the wings "clacked" open behind him, large like those of a goose. He flew unsteadily toward the direction pointed out by Commander Mu, resembling a black crow in the rain.

As expected of a temporary contraption, its quality was very "temporary." Su Ming’an struggled through the rain, teetering and nearly losing control, almost plummeting from over twenty meters high.

Rain and cold wind filled his robes. After a minute of flight, he saw a figure at the edge of the high-speed train station. Her black hair wildly danced in the rain like disheveled seaweed, and her eyes still shone brightly in the dark night, allowing him to spot her instantly.

Like most people, she was fighting, her body covered in bloodstains, dozens of remnants of the Mechanical Army encircled her, forming a small hill.

"—Little Handsome! I’m here!!"

Upon seeing Su Ming’an in the sky, Xi shouted and waved, with fresh blood trickling down the cuts on her face.

The soldiers beside her roared just as loudly:

"Chief! Xi is here!!"

"Chief! Xi is here!!"

Anxious not to delay Su Ming’an for even a second, they shouted with all their might, as though they were trying to hold Xi up high in the sky.

As the buckle "whooshed," Su Ming’an’s wings lowered and he plummeted in altitude. Coincidentally, Xi leaped up from an advertisement board at the high-speed train station—

and collided into his arms.

Like a black hawk catching a rabbit that had leapt up, the two of them executed an incredibly swift exchange. No sooner had Su Ming’an descended than he was able to swiftly lift off again, touch and go.

And below, the soldiers kept up their fierce fight. Not a single one asked Su Ming’an to help them clear out the Mechanical Army, for they knew—what the Chief was going to do was the hardest, most dangerous task. Even if they were to sacrifice themselves here, they couldn’t waste their Chief’s time.

For freedom and civilization, humanity had paid too high a price.

"Little Handsome."

Xi nestled into his ear, her breath hot against the back of his neck:

"I heard about Noah from Ai."

As they sped through the torrential rain, Su Ming’an’s heart thumped wildly, adrenaline fueled by anxiety and exhilaration.

"What?"

Su Ming’an’s voice was faint in the storm, and he still remembered Noah’s sunflower-like smile.

The wind buffeted them aggressively.

Her voice was like the wind.

"You are... warm."

Her icy hands held tight around his shoulders and neck, clinging tightly and murmuring in a low voice, as if making a promise to him:

"We love you."

"We love you."

"We love you..."

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