What? What was she saying?
Bai Cha's spirit lifted, and in her shock, she tried to stand up. But the pink chains on the stool suddenly rose, securing Bai Cha to the chair.
"The audience must watch the play until the end before they can leave."
"Freya!"
"Alright, let's continue."
Regardless of Bai Cha's shock, Freya's stop-motion animation continued.
"Yes, at this moment, the pink maiden also remembered. She was born from the world's origin of good, using it to deceive the heavens and combine with the life force of Earth's dimension. She specifically chose the godhead and soul of the Goddess of Love, after all, isn't the Goddess of Love and the origin of good a perfect match?"
"Then why didn't you look for the origin of evil?" the girl asked. She understood that good and evil were equally important, and the Dragon Mother wouldn't have created her with only half of the origin of good.
"It turns out the Dragon Mother originally invested two forces. This chaotic power was intended to be her second clone, to silently devour this branch and gradually spread to gnaw at Earth's dimension.
But it underestimated Earth's dimension too much. As soon as this chaotic power approached the branch of Earth, it was split in half by Earth. One half descended upon the godhead of the Goddess of Love, helping it transform into a human, while the other half descended upon an infant."
At this point, Bai Cha's expression finally changed completely. That infant, even if Freya hadn't said it, Bai Cha could guess the aftermath.
"The Dragon Mother initially thought Earth would kill this infant, as extreme evil is so unstable, destined to be filled with sin. But Earth was soft-hearted. As its former self as a human, it ultimately couldn't bring itself to do it.
However, the Dragon Mother didn't rejoice for long, as it soon discovered that this origin of evil was completely beyond its control.
This infant's conviction was too firm. The Dragon Mother had never seen such a strong soul, or perhaps she had good parents? They had given this infant sufficient conviction and love. This infant not only failed to become a great demon but instead turned the tables, using this power to protect Earth. With Earth's help, this origin of evil had begun to belong to her, and her connection with the Dragon Mother grew more distant.
In the stop-motion animation, Bai Cha's character was drawn very cutely, but Bai Cha couldn't smile at all. She even had a bad premonition.
"Forget it, I'll go guide the origin of good. Although she has no evil thoughts, she's a blank slate. I can guide her to be obedient," the Dragon Mother thought.
But the Dragon Mother miscalculated again, because just as it was about to succeed in guiding, the origin of good and the origin of evil met. The moment the pink sprite met her black queen, good and evil attracted each other, and the sprite fell in love with the maiden almost uncontrollably.
The origin of evil was extreme evil, it would numb human emotions. Even though this child used her strong soul to control the origin of evil, this power still made the child dull and indifferent uncontrollably. But how fortunate, this child's parents had taught her strength and warmth, and the pink sprite had also given all her love.
Fortunate, and also unfortunate. The star of destiny deviated from its orbit, and the child who carried the burden of responsibility swayed in the wind and rain. To stand firm, she needed absolute power.
"So, my audience, my Chacha, my everything, my love is all for you. You must walk this path well."
"Freya!" Bai Cha finally broke free from the pink chains, her face already looking grim, a sense of fear rising in her heart.
"Chacha, do you love me? You don't know, perhaps I don't know either, because the forces representing good and evil within us are attracted to each other. Is this love? Or a hallucination caused by the resonance of power?
But I really love you. I want to be with you at all times, even if it means sacrificing everything.
"Freya, stop talking, none of this is important. Where are you now? Let's find our way home!" Bai Cha ran frantically in this world, but the stop-motion animation before her was like the sun in the sky. As Bai Cha moved forward, it moved backward, and Bai Cha could never reach it.
"So, my Chacha, accept me. If there's any way for you to survive, it can only be absolute power, right? Then I am willing to give everything, including my life."
The pink figure suddenly appeared, but it was just a shadow. This shadow was so ethereal, as if it would shatter the next moment. Freya hugged Bai Cha from behind, smiling so sweetly.
"I really wish you loved me too."
"Freya!" Bai Cha was already terrified. She turned her head, and Freya's illusion shattered like wind. The world rapidly withered, and every flower and blade of grass seemed to suddenly lose its vitality and wilt.
This wasn't some illusion, this was the small world she had given to Freya! This world was fused with Freya's token of love. As long as the token was not destroyed, this world should not wither!
This was her gift to Freya. How could Freya let it wither?
In the real world, Bai Cha suddenly stood up from her chair. She stood up so abruptly that the chair fell backward. Everyone around looked surprised, clearly not noticing Bai Cha's "mini-theater" or sensing any abnormality.
"Master?" Lucifer asked confusedly. He could sense Bai Cha's distraction just now, but why did Bai Cha suddenly lose her composure?
Where is Freya?
Bai Cha's chest heaved violently, as if she had been greatly startled. She looked around but still couldn't find Freya. Bai Cha couldn't stay any longer and ran out like mad.
Her room, no. The training ground, no. The dining hall, no...
There was no trace or even scent of Freya anywhere in the Z-country area. Bai Cha, angry, smashed a cup and turned towards the rest area by the balance beam.
Where is she? Where?
"Freya!" Bai Cha pushed open the door to the rest area. The hall was empty, very tidy, with no scent of Freya ever having been there. That sweet scent had not lingered at all.
"Freya! Where are you? Answer me! Stop playing, I don't want to play hide-and-seek right now!" Bai Cha shouted, her voice hoarse. She had already panicked, her eyes turning hot, making her choke.
Bai Cha ran like a madwoman, running through every corridor, bursting into every room, and then stopping at Freya's room.
There was still no scent of Freya here, only coldness and silence. The pink door was engraved with Freya's name in crystal, each letter so beautiful.
Fear and panic echoed in Bai Cha's heart. There was no scent here, yet Bai Cha was afraid. She had a bad premonition, and the "evil" power within her actually had a reaction.
No way, how could the scent disappear?
Bai Cha felt like she was going crazy. She finally couldn't help but push open the pink crystal door.
The smell of blood hit her, and Bai Cha's pupils suddenly dilated. Her body couldn't help but tremble. Her legs had gone stiff, and she stumbled forward, nearly falling to the ground, kneeling before the girl nailed to the cross.
The girl before her was very beautiful, cute and charming, but her eyes were tightly shut, her complexion pale and greenish. Her slender limbs were nailed to the cross with golden nails, like Jesus, betrayed and nailed to the cross. Her heart was pierced by a golden spear, firmly nailed to the center of the cross.
Blood flowed from her heart, down the shaft of the spear, dripping from the other end, drop by drop, stinging Bai Cha's eyes.
Bai Cha's stomach convulsed violently. She coughed uncontrollably on the ground, her vision turning crimson.
No, how could this be?
This is a wicked joke, right? You always joke with me like this, this time you're just scaring me, right?
You won't die. You said you would stay with me, you said you would take me away. We agreed that after the world competition, we would leave together. You must be joking. You just asked me to love you, and I haven't even responded yet!
It's almost over, there's only one last match left. You play against me, and I'll admit defeat directly. I'll give you the world number one, and then we'll leave.
We'll go see the aurora, go to the highest snow-capped mountains, go to the most beautiful grasslands. Wherever you go, I'll go with you. If you don't want to bring anyone, we'll just go, the two of us. If you want me to respond, I will respond. Please don't scare me.
Bai Cha wanted to say many things, countless things, but these words swirled in her mind, only to be blocked in her heart, leaving her unable to utter a single word. Fierce words raged in her mind, causing Bai Cha's temples to ache.
"Get up! Smile at me! You're not dead, this is all fake, right?"
Bai Cha didn't speak, but her spirit soared to its peak at this moment. These words actually echoed throughout heaven and earth, clearly heard by Lucifer who had rushed over, startling the birds around the collapsed houses.
Lucifer, who had followed Bai Cha in a hurry, was startled. The malevolent aura on Bai Cha at this moment had reached its peak. The dense dark red aura had formed a sharp hurricane. In the center of the hurricane, Bai Cha knelt on the ground, bleeding from all seven orifices, with terrifying black lines on her face.
"Master!" Lucifer hurried forward. As soon as he reached out, his skin was cut by the dark red hurricane. Lucifer gritted his teeth and stepped forward again, letting the hurricane cut his body as he hugged Bai Cha tightly from behind.
"Master! Calm down!" Lucifer shouted loudly, "Master, don't be controlled, calm down!"
Perhaps it was Lucifer's shout that awakened Bai Cha, or perhaps Lucifer's blood falling on Bai Cha's face that brought her back to her senses.
Bai Cha trembled all over, and the surrounding hurricane disappeared instantly. Bai Cha turned her head. For the first time, Lucifer saw confusion and helplessness on Bai Cha's face.
"Lucifer, this is fake, right? How could she die? This is impossible!" Bai Cha grabbed Lucifer's shoulder. Lucifer could see the bloodshot veins in Bai Cha's eyes. "No, Lucifer, how could she die? She called herself the cutest girl in the world. Even in death, she wouldn't die like this! She's so vain, how could she die like this?"
Lucifer was speechless. He glanced at the girl cruelly murdered on the cross and couldn't say anything. However, Bai Cha seemed to have finally regained her senses, scrambling to get up and removing all the nails and the spear from Freya.
This must be fake, these must be props!
Bai Cha refused to believe it, but every sharp tool was so keen, and the cold blood stained on them made Bai Cha's heart sink to the bottom. Bai Cha desperately hugged Freya, but the charming girl had lost her smile and was no longer warm.
"Freya, stop playing, I beg you."
Lucifer had never seen Bai Cha so humble before. But the proud girl in front of him, holding the body of the pink sprite, sobbed with a choked voice. Her eyes were dry and couldn't shed a single tear, yet even so, Lucifer could see madness in Bai Cha's eyes.
Bai Cha shakily took down the crystal flower that Freya had given her and placed it on Freya's chest. The crystal flower had not yet extinguished, so there was still hope, right?
But hope was ultimately just hope. Just as Freya and the crystal flower touched, the crystal flower seemed to come alive, quickly dimming with the death of its owner and losing all its vitality. Bai Cha's heart finally sank to the bottom.