While Focalors was explaining her plan.
The plot on the Narzissenkreuz Ordo side was also progressing simultaneously.
Forging the holy sword had not been without cost for Jakob.
His strength was completely exhausted, and he could no longer maintain his Abyss form.
He had always known about this side effect, but he would never speak of it aloud.
Everything was for Master's plan.
He lay weakly on the ground. "Now, Oceanid, you! Please take all of my emotions and memories."
"Ah?!"
Jakob didn't explain much. He simply hoped the pure water would preserve everything about him.
So that he could reunite with everyone in the new world.
Mu Yang really couldn't stand watching anymore and told him that the doomsday would not come.
Master's plan had missed a critical variable.
No matter how he calculated, he could not have predicted that Lumine, this outsider, would hold the holy sword and change the story's ending.
However, Jakob's faith was extremely firm. He didn't believe Mu Yang's words at all.
He wouldn't even listen to An's persuasion.
He simply sat there collapsed, looking up. "The time of the pact has arrived. It seems the century on the clock was still a little too fast."
"What's going on?!"
"I have already reversed the Covenant of the Compact. The Holy Sword of Rationality has been forged. The correctness of the world-formula has been verified. Everything will be liberated."
"Next is the time for Master—no, Rene—to return!"
"He will break through the seal and grasp the Fountain of Life, the self-sustaining water of life. He will flood the world with the writings from his book, and a new universe will be born from this!"
"All souls will be preserved forever. The Sword of Will shall sink into the ocean. And from there it will fall into the hands of its rightful owner."
"I have already foreseen the end of this body's fate. [It is over. The hour hand descends.]"
Jakob proclaimed Rene's return like someone reciting a final prayer.
"Hehehe, Master might need some effort to find my will again in the new world. But don't worry, we shall meet again in the new world!"
Immediately after, the massive Doomsday pointer fell straight down, and Jakob died.
The impact of the pointer smashed through the ground of Gestalt.
Looking through the cracks, there was a terrifying bottomless abyss inside.
Caterpillar hesitated whether to go down.
Mu Yang also felt that rushing forward recklessly wasn't appropriate.
After all, the owner of the Narzissenkreuz Holy Sword was Lumine.
She was not here at this moment.
However, events developed extremely quickly and gave them no time to think.
Water element kept surging and bursting out from the rift…
"Looks like time is urgent."
Mu Yang reacted quickly.
The other three would split up to find Lumine. She was most likely at the Palais Mermonia or the Opéra Épiclèse.
Mu Yang himself would go alone to face Rene.
Considering combat strength, this was the only way to allocate roles.
Caterpillar felt it was a bit improper. Since the area below was the Ordo's territory, even if the Abyss currently blocked the view.
There was a high chance many mechanisms were hidden there.
It would be safer for him to follow down.
Besides, his speed was indeed not as agile as An and Seymour's.
Thus, Caterpillar followed Mu Yang into the interior of Gestalt.
As expected, after passing through the barrier, they saw various mechanical mechanisms of the Narzissenkreuz Ordo.
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Guinaifen started complaining again.
"Oh come on, the plot even brought Caterpillar along. Can't you let him solve the puzzles by himself?"
"Do I still have to do it personally?"
[Host is such a lazy dog]
[If it's really not working, just look up a guide. I just want to get into the plot faster]
[True, watching the host play gives a kind of edging pleasure]
"??? Don't post random nonsense like that, okay? If you want to blame someone, blame mhy. Can't we just jump down and fight the boss directly?"
[Hello, no you can't]
[You guys just had your Hydro energy overflowing. You need to calm your emotions a bit, understand or not]
[Mr. Understand, you've understood everything for us]
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Although Mu Yang himself wasn't very familiar with Fontaine technology from several hundred years ago.
He was familiar with Liyue's mechanism arts, so cracking these was no problem.
With Caterpillar explaining on the side, everything was solved in one go.
The security mechanisms along the way were even less likely to be his opponents.
Soon, they reached the deepest bottom level of Gestalt.
It was a vortex. One look at the water and it was clearly not normal.
Mu Yang told Caterpillar to wait above for Lumine first. He himself leaped down, advancing continuously along the ocean current…
Deeper in, the scene was no longer an ordinary sea.
Here there was a rich aura of life.
It was very likely the Primordial Sea inside the planet.
"The day of return has arrived!" A massive water elemental creature suddenly appeared, blocking Mu Yang's path.
This was Narzissenkreuz, Rene's form after liberation.
"You have… the aura of [Rationality] on you…"
He paused for a moment. The person before him didn't seem to be carrying the holy sword.
"Are you a successor of the Narzissenkreuz Ordo, or a hound of the gears?"
"You are Narzissenkreuz?" Mu Yang didn't like others answering questions with questions.
But that didn't mean he wouldn't do it himself.
"Since you have heard my name, you should naturally understand the righteousness of my path to salvation. Since you have heard my name, there must be the seed of salvation within your consciousness."
Mu Yang said no, but before the person he was waiting for arrived, he didn't mind exchanging a few moves with Narzissenkreuz.
Because he looked very strong, and he couldn't be killed, so Mu Yang could go all out.
Such an opponent was hard to find.
[Listen to what this guy is saying — is that even human speech?]
[Poet holding]
[Rene: Why did someone even crazier than me show up?]
[Fits the character. No wonder he jumped down without hesitation]
[You think your Brother Mu has deep feelings for Fontaine? He just wants to find someone to fight]
"You point your blade at me. You must have been deceived by lies. At such a critical moment, I don't want to waste too much time either."
"Be surprised, cheer. After everything ends, I will provide the answers. I will demonstrate."
"I have already sensed the existence of the Holy Sword of Rationality."
"Once the holy sword returns to my hand, everything will be saved!"
Mu Yang had an attitude of "say whatever you want, it goes in one ear and out the other."
On Rene's side, after saying "save everything," he entered a brief pause.
"I have sensed it. Although the four quadrants have been reversed, the full map of the Tree of Flowing has not been completed."
"There is no longer any way to save everyone. I will extend my mercy to the greatest degree. I will overdraw my life."
"If I can only save fifty percent of the people, I will do my best to save sixty percent."
"Now, make way. I am going to retrieve the holy sword."
Mu Yang finally waited until he finished speaking.
"No need to rush. The holy sword will be here soon."
"For now, let me test how many moves you can block from me."
With that, a faint intent to freeze actually appeared within the Primordial Sea.
The dragon roar of an ice dragon echoed through the space, then swallowed Mu Yang in one gulp…
After completing his outfit change, Mu Yang exhaled a breath of cold air. "Let's begin, Narzissenkreuz."