Chapter 1472

"This is too much to ask of anyone, isn't it?"

"97 days," Night Moon said. "You spent 97 days traversing every corner of the world, and it's regrettable... no one could see you, and you couldn't interfere with anyone. Just like the Rememberers shedding their flesh, turning into memes. You now... are a ghost unknown to anyone."

"But I can't just do nothing... this world... is too terrifying." San Yue Qi Yue Yue Yue Yue Yue said anxiously. "Star and Dan Heng have already set off; perhaps in the next second, the Astral Express will appear on the horizon..."

"Then, become the new sacrifice." Night Moon took up her words.

After passing through that door, San Yue Qi Yue Yue Yue Yue Yue witnessed countless sacrifices from beyond the heavens—the silhouettes of the deceased surged like tides in her mind, rising and falling endlessly, making her increasingly anxious.

""

San Yue Qi Yue Yue Yue Yue Yue lowered her head, recalling Xilian's warning to her before she passed through that great door.

"In the long stretch of time, I could only watch helplessly as people entered the Door of Memories. They couldn't see me, nor hear my calls. The voice from beyond the heavens always promised safety, but I've never seen anyone return unharmed..."

San Yue Qi Yue Yue Yue Yue Yue's face grew solemn: "They, are all people lured here..."

Night Moon's expression remained calm: "Unlike the Soul Society, these people's 'memories' have been tampered with."

"How cruel—was it the Memory Thieves who did this?"

"I don't know. I only possess 'your' memories." Night Moon slightly lifted her head. "They all failed to break through the Sky's blockade. Wengfaluo Si's obscurity might also stem from its own dangers, I suppose."

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Spirit Cage.

"I was wondering why Night Moon's aura felt somewhat familiar, yet I couldn't place it—turns out I'd seen her before!" Shan Da slapped his forehead, suddenly enlightened. "Has it really been this long? I actually thought the true hibernating insects had fooled everyone!"

"I thought you were fooling us, but it turns out you weren't fooling us—doesn't that still mean you fooled us?!"

Bai Yue Kui was also startled by this scene, lowering her head to recall: "I remember Night Moon saying back then, 'I am the complete San Yue Qi Yue Yue Yue Yue Yue, possessing all her forgotten memories'... now it seems, she wasn't lying."

"She hid it so deeply, didn't she?" Xu Tong stretched out his fingers to count. "Ke Ke Li Ya, Hu Lei—these crises, even if she didn't act, it's fine, but when facing envoys like Huan Long and God Lord Ri, she also didn't act. Yet this time she appeared to help—does this also mean... the danger they face this time is different from before?"

"No no no! You're making me nervous saying that!" Xia Dou quickly covered her ears. "Stop spreading panic here—didn't you hear Screw Gum say? Now the forces across the universe have already united, planning to jointly face this Iron Grave Crisis!"

As the saying goes, "When the sky falls, tall people prop it up"—among all these Path factions like Harmony, Storage and Protection, Hunt... surely there isn't a single "tall person" to prop up the Iron Grave?

She doesn't believe it.

After all, this concerns the entire universe's crisis—those Path factions should also bring out their trump cards by now? If they don't act now, there'll be no chance left!

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Sword Art Online.

"Put differently, Wengfaluo Si is actually equivalent to a bait—first, the Rememberers' people were lured in, then they tampered with others' memories—similar to those of Star and Dan Heng, the travelers beyond the heavens—letting them enter Wengfaluo Si, and finally all perished here."

Asuna, after clarifying the above context, also felt a secret dread toward the Rememberers' actions—they came themselves, that would've been fine, but why drag other innocent people into this? It's too awful, isn't it?

The Black Swan didn't tamper with their memories, but also caused the Astral Express to go off course by accident, dragging it into an event capable of altering the fate of the entire Galaxy.

"What exactly do the Rememberers want to gain in Wengfaluo Si? They've dispatched wave after wave of people in here—yet until the end, they still couldn't discern Wengfaluo Si's true nature."

Kirito could tell that Night Moon also didn't get along with the Rememberers. It's not hard to infer that within the Rememberers, there are also various big and small factions; the Black Swan likely belongs to those who split from the core power, leaning toward the fringes, like scattered soldiers and wandering warriors—so even what the Rememberers want to do in Wengfaluo Si isn't very clear.

Or perhaps, within the Rememberers, attitudes toward Wengfaluo Si also differ greatly—radicals want to rush in and seize, while conservatives like the Black Swan take a relatively mild stance, conducting flexible persuasion toward the Soul Society members, with relatively noticeable effects.

"The Rememberers of Flowing Light care about nothing but 'memories,' but are Wengfaluo Si's memories really worth them pouring in this much manpower and resources?"

—

"So, returning to the original topic... we look exactly alike, you must know something, right? Like my origins, hidden power..." San Yue Qi Yue Yue Yue Yue Yue gritted her teeth, a rare flash of resolve crossing her eyes, "Tell me, how should I act, to protect Star and Dan Heng?"

Night Moon smiled faintly: "Before discussing methods, have you weighed the weight of the two words 'cost'?"

Xiao San Yue was visibly shaken by those two words, slowly lowering her head: "'Cost'..." but immediately, a hint of a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth as she raised her voice to retort: "This line—shouldn't I be the one saying it?"

"... Oh?"

"You've hidden in my memories all along, refusing to show yourself. Only when I fall into crisis do you consent to appear... is it because you also don't want to be discovered by the Rememberers' Surveillors, right?"

"..."

Night Moon merely smiled, offering no rebuttal.

"Here there's no one else—you help me, I'll help you."

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Xiao Lin's Dragon Maid.

"Has San Yue Qi Yue Yue Yue Yue Yue become smarter?"

Xiao Lin stared at San Yue Qi Yue Yue Yue Yue Yue, who suddenly became this smart, and for a moment he really wasn't quite used to it.

Parted for 97 days, when shall we look at each other with new eyes?

But she also had to admit, San Yue Qi Yue Yue Yue Yue Yue's role reversal from guest to host is truly handsome, precisely perceiving where Night Moon's concerns lie.

"Not wanting to be discovered by the Rememberers' Surveillors—does that mean there are actually some people inside the Rememberers of Flowing Light who are seeking and monitoring these 'memory children'?"

Xiao Lin recalled the earlier scene on the Sky Curtain: the Divine Body of Star God Fu Li shattered, its crystal wrapping Xiao San Yue inside. If the Rememberers were monitoring them, what would their purpose be? To prevent these 'children' of Xiao San Yue from recovering their past memories?

"I also feel the Rememberers have hidden many secrets." Tuo Er lay on the sofa, slightly lifting his head, "But as long as their goal is 'Reshaping' the universe, it's equivalent to adding an extra layer of insurance, unrelated to those Four Paths that lead to the universe's end."