Doomsday Jigsaw Puzzle

Chapter 446: Chapter 63: Memory and the Door

The Pursuer looked at the trembling Xiaoyugan and felt somewhat puzzled at this moment:

"Are you afraid of death?"

"Afraid... not afraid, I’m not afraid of you, afraid! Not afraid!"

Xiaoyugan maintained a position ready to retreat at any moment but also tried to make herself look a bit more imposing despite her fear.

The Pursuer sensed the fear emanating from the woman:

"For seven hundred years, although I have been continually hunting you, the impression you’ve given me is that you’re not someone who has lived comfortably. Death might well be a form of release."

"I don’t want to die, leave me alone."

The Pursuer wasn’t going to leave.

Xiaoyugan genuinely did not want to die either.

She could wait forever for Bai Yuan, be saddened by his abandonment, and endure great pain for him.

But she was not the type to give up on life just because someone else died. Feeling the murderous intent of The Pursuer, Xiaoyugan knew she couldn’t escape her fate, but that didn’t mean she was ready to meet her end without a fight.

She raised her hand, and vortex after vortex appeared.

But the next second, The Pursuer showed a fierce and angry look. Karmic Fire instantly surged out and directly enveloped the vortexes that Xiaoyugan used to escape.

Xiaoyugan knew she couldn’t run away, so she stopped right there.

She was very afraid.

Although The Pursuer was a hunter, he also knew that this woman was not simple, that destruction is much easier than creation. In his view, Xiaoyugan was not a prey that could be easily captured.

For seven hundred years, he had obtained many strange and wonderful abilities from countless memory bodies, but Xiaoyugan had always managed to elude him.

"Do you really have to kill me? Can you go kill someone else first... The outside world is already in chaos... there are many people you want to hunt."

At the brink of life and death, Xiaoyugan indeed learned a bit of the art of verbal evasion.

But The Pursuer sneered:

"How do you know I have not been outside?"

This was a critically important piece of information. Since The Pursuer had touched Xiaoyugan, he had gained a portion of her power.

Memory was no longer lost.

So Xiaoyugan’s understanding of The Pursuer was also very limited, unable to use memory to analyze this person.

"What do you mean... You’re clearly right here."

The Pursuer didn’t offer further explanation, just stated:

"Your time is up."

Xiaoyugan thought about how she could get this person to reveal more truth. But she couldn’t come up with anything, afraid that whatever she thought might slip out of her mouth.

And as the Karmic Fire surrounded The Pursuer once more... Xiaoyugan knew that all she could do now was fight.

She spread her arms, and her face, always so delicate and charming, now also showed a determination and resolve.

"Die!"

"I don’t want to die!"

The Karmic Fire swept through, the insane flames looking as if they were about to devour Xiaoyugan. Compared to her initial encounter with Bai Wu, The Pursuer seemed even more adept at wielding this power!

But something strange happened.

Xiaoyugan’s body stayed in place, this time she overcame her fear and stopped running away; instead, she decided to use her power to confront the enemy.

The powerful Karmic Fire was unexpectedly compressed by some unknown force!

Not only that, but the whole space was collapsing!

It was like a liquid being directly squeezed into a solid by some force!

The terrifying spiritual power allowed The Pursuer to feel that the vast world was shrinking at a visible rate!

The powerful Karmic Fire, compressed into a red-black fireball, then the trajectory of the fireball twisted, heading towards The Pursuer.

"Truly astonishing spiritual power... to directly use spiritual power to cause such an exaggerated distortion and dramatic change to space and energy."

The robust physical body of The Pursuer was also affected by this force, immobilized, he could only watch helplessly as that destructive condensed Karmic Fire... sped towards him!

But at this moment, as Xiaoyugan displayed overwhelming power, The Pursuer whispered:

"It’s over."

Black vines suddenly burst from the ground, wrapping around Xiaoyugan’s ankles with thorny vines.

These thorns pierced Xiaoyugan’s skin, leaving her alabaster-like ankles bloodied.

And the vines kept climbing up, like pythons entwining their prey!

Karmic Fire was powerful but obstructed by a crack!

"Spiritual power too strong, combat experience too scarce, prey is ultimately prey."

Xiaoyugan, with angry eyes, lost focus due to the intense pain.

The collapsing space, just like a compressed toy... began to slowly restore, bit by bit.

Suddenly, hundreds of Condors appeared in the sky, their eyes like those of wolf-eagles, staring intently at the woman not far away.

Flocks of birds swooped in!

In agony, Xiaoyugan shouted loudly:

"Get away!"

The Hell’s Vultures, capable of instantly devouring flesh and blood... turned into black smoke in the moment of Xiaoyugan’s fright and anger...

But as The Pursuer said, Xiaoyugan’s combat strength was impressive, yet her combat experience was pitifully lacking.

To prevent Xiaoyugan from dealing with the vines, he summoned the Hell’s Vultures for a feint attack.

Another opponent would certainly have realized this, but Xiaoyugan did not.

Her legs covered in blood, she finally lost her balance and fell to the ground.

At the same time, The Pursuer also felt that he had acquired more of Xiaoyugan’s abilities.

He was like a hunter from ancient times, drawing a strange blood symbol on his chest.

Then bone pierced through his palm, like a spike!

"The sacrifice begins, become my offering, for I am the twisted vessel!"

The beast-like, sharp white bones aimed at Xiaoyugan’s skull, and in that moment, Xiaoyugan could no longer resist. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

"I... don’t want to die... I want to see Bai Yuan and... Bai Wu."

The fear of death brought drastic changes to the entire Memory World.

At that moment, one after another, memory beings appeared before Xiaoyugan.

"Let her go!"

K, wearing a mask, seemed to traverse time and space to arrive!

A golden power transferred Xiaoyugan elsewhere, and at the same time, he drew a sword!

"If it were your real body, I really wouldn’t be your match, but you’re just a memory being!"

With the abundant power acquired from Xiaoyugan, The Pursuer didn’t even need to make a move against the memory being.

Countless memory beings obstructing his path, even those of The First Generation... were obliterated with a mere gesture.

In the vast space, once again, there were only the Hunter and the prey.

Xiaoyugan, filled with fear, shed tears:

"Go away! I don’t want to die!"

The vines wrapped around Xiaoyugan once more, this time... targeting her arms, creeping up towards her throat.

Death approached step by step. Xiaoyugan had thought... that Bai Yuan might never come back... but she could always wait, it seemed this endless waiting would continue, and the future might hold a sliver of possibility...

But now, she realized she might not be able to wait after all.

The world began to transform abruptly. The Hunter furrowed his brow. The sky seemed to become a vast scrapbook of memories.

Memories floated of the past events with K and Bai Yuan.

In another space at this moment...

Bai Wu, who had just slain the memory being of Jing San, saw the same scene as well.

The original night... turned into a scene from a distant time and space at that moment.

The heroes who battled in the city, Gu Qingyu, Lin Wurou, Yan Zizai, Zhao Yue... these twisted yet corrected memory beings, also stopped fighting, looking up at the sky, unsure of what was happening.

A bad feeling arose in Bai Wu’s heart, but at that moment, he... couldn’t find where the exit was!

"Bai Yuan! Get out here!"

The battle had already ended, yet the crimson flames exploded in an instant.

Bai Yuan appeared slowly, yawning:

"She’s dying, but her mission is complete. Jing San has been transformed, and you’ve learned the fatal weakness of the Well Level. It has been a perfect journey. Now, just wait for her to die and for the Memory World to shatter."

"Where is the exit!"

"Are you worried about her? There’s no need. Tools exist for such purposes. You have many tools around you too. I hope when the time comes for you to discard them, you can be like me. Maybe you will go even further?"

Bai Yuan’s face remained calm as he watched Bai Wu with a smile that was not quite a smile. Bai Wu swung fiercely with a punch but hit nothing but thin air.

"The exit, where! is! it!"

In the sky, what appeared was the experience of Bai Yuan, The First Generation, and Xiaoyugan, akin to a life flashing before someone’s eyes at the moment of death.

As one of the creators of this world, Bai Yuan naturally knew how to create an exit using spiritual power.

"According to your and her understanding, a new exit can be created by distorting and eliminating this place. That’s how it’s supposed to be, but you’ve realized something, haven’t you?"

"The distortion is coming, my child. That phrase wasn’t meant for Jing San; it was meant for you. Jing San’s memory entity has become the source of the distortion in this world, and its target to distort is you."

"It just miscalculated that you have already been twisted. But it has blocked the way to leave this world."

"This is an unexpected change, but your eyes have told you, kill it, and you can happily leave. After all, you have me. I can help you leave. But right now is the best part of the show, why not enjoy it with me?"

As he watched Bai Wu’s angry expression, Bai Yuan seemed to find the situation even more interesting.

"Why bother saving a worthless tool? Let’s chat for a while, shall we? Ah, this scene is from right after leaving the farm," Bai Yuan said, looking at the sky.

In the immense vision in the sky, Xiaoyugan, dressed in hospital attire, was timidly following Bai Yuan, clutching the corner of his clothes.

The First Generation laughed and said:

"Why don’t you follow behind me?"

"You’re ugly..." Xiaoyugan thought she was being quite tactful.

The First Generation huffed and walked away.

Xiaoyugan felt amused but couldn’t laugh. Bai Yuan, as ever, looked indulgent, letting Xiaoyugan lead him, as if he was an unbreakable shield in her world.

The scene shifted, and Bai Yuan didn’t care how much Bai Wu shouted, saying:

"This is her first encounter with a stray kitten."

Xiaoyugan, by a garbage can, saw a cat with a white body and dirty fur, its eyebrows looking like inverted eights:

"It looks like me, but its eyebrows look like K."

"I’ll be damned... even when looking at a cat, I have to take the bullet lying down."

The First Generation’s blood pressure rose; what’s wrong with being ugly? Without these scars, I would definitely be a handsome guy.

Then, Xiaoyugan said something with sincerity, which The First Generation would remember for a very long time:

"Because I couldn’t think of anyone else to compare it to, you two are the only ones in my world."

In the vision, Bai Yuan looked at the overcast sky:

"Let’s go, it’s about to rain."

"Can I take it with me?"

"No, it’s of no use to us."

"Oh..."

The vision in the sky changed once again, and Bai Wu’s tone even contained a hint of pleading:

"I need to save her, Bai Yuan... tell me where the exit is..."

"Don’t rush... She’s not dead yet. Of course, I also don’t know; I’m guessing. After all, the world hasn’t been destroyed yet. Ah... this is when we were preparing to build the Ark."

Bai Yuan pointed to the sky.

The surprising scene in the sky showed the three of them standing by the sea.

The First Generation’s silhouette appeared somewhat desolate.

"You have already decided... so is it necessary to be this pessimistic?"

"I’m not being pessimistic; to charge into death with fanfare is something your kind does, not me. I only wish the game could go on indefinitely."

"What about Xiaoyugan?"

"Ah, K, are you calling me?"

Xiaoyugan had been playing with sand on the side, her little ears perked up as they caught the keyword, and then she hopped and skipped over.

The Bai Yuan in the scene still wore a charming smile and stroked Xiaoyugan’s head while saying:

"Xiaoyugan, Xiaoyugan, what do you think will happen to you in the end?"

"I’ll follow you in the end, stick with K, and the three of us will always be together."

Bai Yuan smiled and remained silent as The First Generation turned away, his figure looking somewhat desolate.

The scene changed again.

Bai Yuan said:

"Oh, this is before departure, it looks like she’s really about to die."

Just as Bai Wu speaking had no sound, Bai Yuan watched all this and spoke as if oblivious to Bai Wu’s feelings:

"What a pity, she still doesn’t know her mission."

In the sky, the woman began to cry:

"Bai Yuan... will you really come back? I don’t want you to go, I don’t want you to go..."

Every one of her thoughts was about wanting the two of them to stay.

Be it saving the world or escaping danger, as long as the three of them were together, her world would be complete.

"I will, you just stay here properly. I’m just going out to take a look."

"Okay, I’ll wait for you here, I won’t go anywhere..."

She didn’t go anywhere until one day, K also came to terms with his impending death, and she briefly left this place to bid farewell to K.

She did not realize that this farewell was a farewell forever, still naively asking:

"Will you guys come to find me?"

K’s reply at that time was the same as Bai Yuan’s.

During the long seven hundred years, drifting through the memories of countless people... Xiaoyugan finally understood they would never return.

Now she was about to die.

As The Pursuer’s vines locked down all her possibilities one by one, Xiaoyugan’s consciousness became muddled.

"Bai Yuan... K... Bai Yuan... K... Bai Yuan... Bai Yuan... Bai Yuan... Bai Yuan..."

In the end, her soul was tied to a long-abandoned name.

As if that tiny bit remaining in her life was the only thing she desperately sought to grasp at the brink of death.

The hospital gown was stained red with blood, her body as if soaked in blood water, with an exceptionally pale face.

And with that scene, the myriad memories shattered abruptly, turning the sky, interwoven with recollections, back into blackness.

Bai Wu froze, thinking that the poor girl had died.

At that moment, a red flame seemed capable of burning down an entire city.

And an emotion never felt before built up in his chest, like a wild beast about to tear through its cage.

Countless memories belonging to Xiaoyugan seemed to flood into the entire Memory World, into the minds of all memory bodies.

After the scene in the sky shattered, in a fleeting yet extended moment... Bai Wu experienced the original events of the three people.

A girl, all alone, stayed in a world that was bustling yet deathly silent, drifting through memories filled with joy and sorrow, waiting for two people who had long since died.

She always believed they would return, but at the moment of death...

Not even a single person was there to watch over her, so she could only die carrying their names.

What profound sadness and loneliness, her seven hundred years of longing memories seemed to transform into boundless emotion at that moment.

Bai Wu let out a howl of intense pain, like a despairing beast.

In the midst of the roar, all emotions seemed to turn into some blue energy, contrasting with the red Karmic Fire.

Bai Yuan disappeared, like an unfinished movie, with only the feeling of a bored spectator leaving their seat.

However, the exit to a certain world now appeared before Bai Wu.

(There should be more tonight.)