Su Mo: “Idiot, what age do you think this is? Still going for duels? Are you starring in a cowboy movie here?”

He waved his hand: “Brothers, get him!”

The Edge Mercenaries on site rushed in, dragged Ou Chenyu out of the water, and surrounded him for a beating. Punches and kicks flew in frenzy.

The most enthusiastic was Dongdong; she cursed while swinging a baseball bat wildly: “That’s for bullying KK! You uncivilized Edge dog! That’s for bullying KK!”

Ou Chenyu got beaten up until his face was covered in blood, his teeth shattered. He struggled like a dejected stray dog, continuously letting out angry howls.

“Get off! All of you! If you don’t want KK to get blown up, get off quickly!!!” Ou Chenyu pushed everyone away fiercely, took a detonator out from his body’s storage slot, and raised it high into the air.

Coughing up blood incessantly, his wide-open eyes were filled with bloodshot lines: “KK! Where’s KK? Show yourself!!!”

KK walked out from the crowd, saluted Ou Chenyu playfully: “Grand Captain Ou! KK reporting for duty, please advise~”

Ou Chenyu laughed bitterly: “You’re good, you made monkeys out of me and Cao Yilin, I accept…”

Then he raised the detonator and said loudly: “But don’t forget! There’s still a bomb planted inside you! That bomb is impossible to dismantle!”

“Su Mo, you wouldn’t want to see your brother blown to pieces, right? Then let’s make a deal, my life for his! Nobody has to die this way!”

Panic surged like a flood on KK’s face, he knelt on the ground with a thud, clutching Su Mo’s leg, crying out: “Big Bro, save me! I don’t want to die! Wahhh…”

Su Mo burst into laughter, patted KK on the back of his head: “Still not fed up with acting yet? I’ll sign you up with Yueska for a contract and let you act to your heart’s content!”

Under Ou Chenyu’s stunned gaze, KK stood up again, with a mischievous grin, looking at him mockingly.

Su Mo shook his leg lazily: “Go ahead, press it, hurry up, not pressing makes you a wimp.”

Ou Chenyu’s eyes were full of confusion, gradually, a ruthless expression emerged on his face, and he pressed the detonator hard.

“Beep.”

The sound of the detonator being pressed echoed.

Nothing happened.

Ou Chenyu froze.

He pressed the detonator again.

“Beep.”

Nothing happened.

“Beep.”

Nothing happened.

Ou Chenyu almost smashed the detonator, KK still stood intact, looking at him like he’s out of his mind.

“This is impossible…” Ou Chenyu’s eyes widened, trembling voice said, “The anti-dismantling device of that bomb is the most advanced model in the world today… How could you dismantle it…”

Su Mo took out his phone and waved it around: “After facing off against each other, I’ll satisfy your final curiosity.”

He dialed Future’s number and put it on speaker: “Hey, Little Panda, remember that bomb inside KK?”

Future: “I remember, what’s up?”

Su Mo: “Our Grand Captain Ou is asking, how did you dismantle the world’s most advanced anti-dismantling device?”

Future: “Ah, isn’t it just using hands? Couldn’t be someone really smart thinks ‘anti-dismantling’ means ‘can’t be dismantled’, right? Surely no one is that dumb?”

Ou Chenyu’s gaze completely dispersed.

Future: “Boss, you called just to ask this petty thing? Oh, you’re really free, I’ll hang up first, I’m doing experiments.”

She hung up the phone.

Su Mo raised his eyebrows at Ou Chenyu: “Have you no idea about the caliber of our Edge engineering chief?”

Ou Chenyu collapsed where he sat, eyes full of dead gray darkness.

He looked at Su Mo sorrowfully: “I don’t understand… Though we have some grudges between us, why are you driving me to death? Did I offend you that much?”

Su Mo smiled, gesturing for everyone to back off before he walked solo towards Ou Chenyu.

Su Mo squatted down in front of Ou Chenyu, leaning his mouth close to his ear.

“Boom!” Thunderous light swept into Su Mo’s pupils, endless arcs intertwined.

Su Mo: “Because someone will ultimately step onto the Peak of Dawn in this world, and that person can only be me.”

Finishing his words, Frenzied Corpse Rigid Bone formed sharp spikes on his fist, striking upwards.

“Squelch!”

Su Mo pierced Ou Chenyu’s heart, shoving him all the way forward, finally pinning him dead against the cliff wall.

Ou Chenyu’s heart was destroyed, his whole body trembled uncontrollably, yet his survival instinct still drove subconscious resistance, prosthetic limbs kept flailing at Su Mo.

However, this “protagonist’s” fate was exhausted.

Even if destiny was at one’s disposal, in the face of an inevitable death without chance for reversal, even the chosen child is useless.

“Squelch!” Su Mo raised his hand, stabbing another spike into his skull, destroying the brain to complete the kill.

With the last twitch, Ou Chenyu’s body finally went silent, blood dripping profusely down, dead-fish eyes never closing even at death.

Su Mo withdrew the spikes, tossing Ou Chenyu’s corpse to the ground.

He thought: Looks like reality isn’t a game after all, the plot armor in game stories where the protagonist survives impossible danger doesn’t exist.

The surrounding Edge Mercenaries gathered around, overlooking this fierce opponent entangled with the Grand Captain for a long time.

Dongdong asked: “Boss, how to deal with this guy?”

Su Mo looked at Ou Chenyu’s shattered body, shook his head: “What a waste of good prosthetics. All blown up, can’t be repaired… First, give him a five-minute execution by shooting, then burn the body with thermal grenades, finally use chemical reagents to completely erode the ashes away.”

Ou Chenyu got his head blown this time, definitely dead.

But after all, he’s a “protagonist.” What if he pulls a V-shock move like getting his head blown off and still survives, then where would you find reason?

You must scatter the ashes thoroughly, so much so that even God shakes His head.

The Edge Mercenaries obeyed orders, together with Su Mo, thoroughly scattered Ou Chenyu.

Ou Chenyu died.

The “protagonist” who had troubled Su Mo from the beginning of the crossover, the nemesis who kept him on guard day and night, finally died.

At this moment, there wasn’t the imagined ecstasy, Su Mo only felt a unique calm…

Or rather, a feeling as though passing through worlds.

Time seemed infinitely stretched at this moment, everything around slowed down, like a dream.

Until the heavy rain gradually ceased, dawn light seeping through the night, cheers for victory arose around, Su Mo suddenly snapped back to reality.

“Big Bro~” KK bounced in front of Su Mo, grinning happily, “All this time I had to keep a straight face around you, now I can finally smile.”

Su Mo showed a knowing smile, hugging KK and gently patting his back, said softly: “Good brother, you suffered during this period of time.”

KK shook his head and laughed: “For Big Bro, not suffering!”

Suddenly, Su Mo felt someone jump on his back.

Dongdong hugged Su Mo’s neck from behind, hanging onto him, sweetly smiled: “Boss, after doing such a big thing, can’t avoid having a party, right?”

“Absolutely! We’ll organize one once we’re back, party all night, have endless fun!” Su Mo lifted Dongdong’s legs upward, spinning her around, causing her to laugh out loud.

At this time, Su Mo remembered something: “By the way, where’s our White-haired War God?”

Dongdong looked around, scratched her head: “You mean the girl with the mask? Seems like she hasn’t come down.”

“Ding dong.” Su Mo’s phone chimed with a message alert.

He opened it; it was from Nuobai.

[I’m heading off now, time to go home and feed the cats]

[I wish you a bright future]

[Until we meet again]

This scene reminiscent of that summer afternoon when Su Mo first bid farewell to Nuobai, when he had just arrived at New Moon City.

Su Mo smiled, responded with the same phrase:

[Until we meet again]

After sending the message, Su Mo looked toward the eastern horizon, the night had receded, morning light was rising.

Golden light adorned the outlying fields, darkness dissipated like ink dripped into water, the unique tranquility of dawn soothed the restless heart, bringing unspeakable calm.

Dongdong rested her head against Su Mo’s, together watching the sunrise, softly muttered: “Finally, it’s over, huh…”

“Over?” Su Mo’s face was filled with vigor, he pointed towards the boundless sky, sunlight danced like golden elves around his fingertip.

“This is just the beginning!”

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