Arknights is too real, right?

Some people say that the difference between dreams and reality is that sooner or later, dreams will wake up.

If this is the case, if the artificial dream can continue indefinitely, then in a sense, the people trapped in it will feel that the dream is reality.

"Ding!"

With the sound of silver coins falling to the ground, the dream that Styx had weaved for him woke up.

He didn't do anything, not even leaving Hyakki Gai at the last moment in 1096, but at the same time, he had done everything.

It turns out that the magic weapon buried underground in Rutland is not the real key at all, it is just a tool to change the world.

The real key is "no regrets".

When Xia Feng walked out of Styx's home, he already understood everything.

It is now the end of the year 1096 of the Terra Calendar, and it is also the world he has reached without regrets after countless reincarnations.

Is he back again?

No, he didn't move forward at all, he just had a dream at home in Styx, a dream that made him really "wake up".

To be precise, this man-made dream is not illusory, but real. All the experiences in the dream are memories that actually happened.

However, after experiencing countless jumps, he has forgotten these things.

The stripped "Xia Feng" succeeded. He really escaped from the shackles of three years and returned to the ancient era tens of thousands of years ago.

In that civilization at the pinnacle of technology, he obtained the highest authority of the Red Asia Federation and buried the magic weapon in Rutland.

Using the remnants of his powers, he wants to go back to the future.

He had met the shepherd boy, he had founded Qingyun Gate with Xiao Li, and he had written "Earth and Wind" with Xina in that bell tower.

But in the end, "Xia Feng" who successfully returned to 1093 in the Terra Calendar did not integrate with the real him, and those memories were dissipated in the long river of time along with the stripped soul.

He understood, he finally understood, he finally knew what the sense of disobedience in the dream was.

It turned out that when he first found the silver coin on the table of Styx's house, the divine weapon from ancient times had already been buried in Lateran.

No, not necessarily that time, maybe earlier.

It may have been when he first heard about the shepherd boy's accident in a class at the Royal Academy.

Maybe it was when he first met Mr. Xiao at the port of Shengdi City.

Maybe it was the first time he read the book "Earth and Wind" at Sister Mira's house.

Or, earlier, as early as when he met Skadi for the "first time", Cross for the "first time", and Veina for the "first time".

Styx had long known that "Xia Feng" had buried the world-destroying divine weapon underground in Rutland, but he didn't know who had the authority to activate the divine weapon.

Until that day, he and the four turtles came to Baigui Street for the first time and rented Sister Li's house.

At this point, the fragmented memories Styx inherited from the ancient stone [Styx] have also been successfully connected.

At the same time, the memory of the "Xia Feng" that was stripped away and disappeared in the long river of time was captured by the power of [Styx].

At that moment, Styx finally remembered that the real Ring of Möbius was not the Terran calendar 1093-1096 at all, but the Red Asian Civilization-Terra Civilization.

This is the true eternal prison.

All the opportunities to change the world were already in place, but Xia Feng, who traveled to this world for the "first time", had no idea what his other self had done.

If Styx had told him when he decided to challenge the God of the Deep for the "first time" that there were ancient divine weapons buried underground in Rutland that could completely eliminate natural disasters and source stones, and he had the only authority to open them, then, this The world has long been changed.

But Styx didn't.

the reason is simple.

Looking at the entire history of "Summer Wind", it is easy to find the answer.

In fact, what he did was not at all to change the world selflessly.

What he really wants to do is to save those people who are insignificant to the world but irreplaceable to himself.

Even if the natural disaster really disappears and the God of the Deep Sea is really killed, as long as he still has regrets in his heart, he will reset the world again sooner or later.

In fact, from a higher perspective that even Styx didn't know, he had done this countless times.

Recalling all the awakened memories, Xia Feng understood everything Styx had said to him before.

He understood why Styx asked him again and again at the last moment whether he had any regrets and whether he would die without regrets.

Because as long as he still has regrets, no matter what changes are made, the world will be reset one day in the future before he dies.

Yes, he is this kind of person who is different from normal people and likes to be unique.

On the contrary, only when he truly says "no regrets" from the bottom of his heart, will Styx help him awaken the memory left by another "Xia Feng", which is the dream he experienced before.

This sounds reasonable and subjective, and Styx himself said it to him.

But it wasn't until Xia Feng walked out of Styx's house that he realized one thing.

Maybe Styx is right, but from an objective perspective, whether the world changes or not, whether it falls or not, whether it is reset or not, has nothing to do with Styx himself.

The reason why the man who seemed to be dying at any time spent so much energy to weave this dream for him may have only one real purpose.

That is, Styx wanted him to gain true liberation.

Live Huo Yu Xia Feng's life in a world where there is no loss of companions, no despair, and no regrets.

This is the true tenderness in the heart of the seemingly emotionless person.

To this day, Xia Feng still cannot be sure whether the Li Ming River in the Red Asia Alliance is the Styx River in Baigui Street, because the scenes seen in dreams may not be true.

So, that question also has an answer.

The silver coin was given to him by Styx in his dream, and he also gave it to Li Minghe in his dream.

Maybe it was all a dream, or maybe he was still in a dream.

The reincarnation in our eyes is about to be completely broken, but it is possible that even this world is a small cog in a larger reincarnation.

However, that kind of thing no longer mattered to him.

He doesn't have an infinite lifespan to think about this kind of thing. Now, he just wants to spend the rest of his life happily with the people who are most important to him.

For him, that's enough.

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Walking out of Styx's home, Xia Feng had a bright smile on his face.

The gloomy sky miraculously revealed golden sunlight, shrouding the cold wind-whispered Baigui Street in bright brilliance.

At this time, Turtle, who still hadn't left, threw herself into his arms with red eyes, sobbing.

"Da Fengche, I don't want to go to Kjerag. I don't want to wait for you there. I...I have a feeling that if I go, I will never be able to wait for you, woo woo woo~"