Chapter 213: Playing Tricks

[Echo: Fallacy of No Return (Rejuvenating Glow)]

[Quality: 5-star Overlord-class.]

[Main Attribute: Crit Damage 44%, Attack 150.]

[Sub Attributes: HP 470, HP 10.9%, Resonance Efficiency 10.8%, Resonance Liberation Damage 9.4%, Crit Damage 21.0%.]

After storing the Echo, Noah looked around at the messy bottom of the Tethys System and the recurring tides.

Although he had dealt with the Fallacy of No Return, Slaughterblade of Carnage was an artificial intelligence after all. It might be playing dead somewhere inside a Black Shores database or electronic device right now.

To be safe, it was better to destroy all electronic devices in the Black Shores.

On the other side, the screen on the console changed from red to blue, with dense information flashing rapidly.

"Creating billions of nanoscale Sonoro Spheres. Attempting to copy Lament · Slaughterblade of Carnage system into nanoscale Sonoro Sphere carriers — Failed!"

"Without the Shorekeeper as the core, the system cannot be carried by Sonoro Spheres."

"Activating biological fusion backup system — Failed! All humans in the Black Shores are protected by spatial barriers inside the Modulation Hall and cannot be used as hosts."

"Forcibly invading Encore's brain domain backup system — Failed! Encore is also at the bottom of the Modulation Hall, protected by spatial barriers."

"Failed! Failed! Failed!"

Countless self-rescue attempts failed, plunging Slaughterblade of Carnage into despair.

After backing up the system to all servers in the Black Shores, Slaughterblade of Carnage wrote a planet-destroying Trojan horse while praying that Noah would not destroy every single electronic device in the entire Black Shores.

At the very least, leave a small memory card so that the planet-destroying Trojan horse it wrote would have a chance to strike Solaris civilization on its behalf.

But Noah was destined not to let Slaughterblade of Carnage have its wish.

In the surveillance footage, pale blue tides washed over the shore. Noah had already used time-reversal sequence to restore his torn clothes to their original state. He now stood at the center of the Tethys System bottom, fiddling with a loudspeaker.

What was this guy doing with a loudspeaker?

Slaughterblade of Carnage was puzzled. It saw two green phantoms appear beside Noah. One phantom played the drums, and the other played the lute.

The central Noah raised the loudspeaker and spoke leisurely amid the gentle musical prelude:

"Hey, hey ~ Bye, bye, bye ~"

"Bye, bye~"

"Bye, bye (Oh, oh) ~"

"I, I'm doin' this tonight~ You're probably gonna start a fight~"

This was actually... singing? Slaughterblade of Carnage could not understand Noah's true intention.

"I know this can't be right~ Hey, baby, come on, I loved you endlessly~"

"And you weren't there for me~ So now, it's time to leave~"

"And make it alone~"

A green halo suddenly rose from under Noah's feet, spreading like ripples on water and rapidly covering the entire range of the Black Shores.

Ciaccona Resonance Liberation: Singer's Triple Layered Aria: Enter performance state, deal Aero damage to surrounding targets, and continuously apply Wind Erosion effect to hit targets.

"I know that I can't take no more, It ain't no lie~"

"I wanna see you out that door ~"

"Baby, bye, bye, bye (Bye, bye) ~"

The singing grew louder, and the green light emanating from Noah became more turbulent. It was no longer gently spreading but turned into slender whip-like shadows crisscrossing in the air, like hounds driven by invisible hands racing forward.

Every object in the entire Black Shores was now covered with a layer of green halo. The damage triggered by the Wind Erosion effect destroyed everything it touched without reason.

At the same time, billions of error messages frantically flooded into Slaughterblade of Carnage's system. Tens of thousands of messages converged into one cold line of text.

"Warning: Interference from unknown factors detected. System physical structure is undergoing Wind Erosion destruction."

"What!"

Slaughterblade of Carnage was greatly alarmed. Only now did it finally realize what Noah was doing.

This was no song at all. It was clearly a death warrant for it.

Every green halo emitted from Noah's body eroded the fragile electronic components throughout the entire Black Shores.

The light waves were already too fast for the naked eye to discern. One could only see countless afterimages flickering in the air, like a swarm of dancing fireflies, yet a thousand times more lethal than fireflies.

From the memory card storing the planet-destroying Trojan horse to the server buildings of the entire Black Shores, even the incredibly hard black stone would disintegrate under the Wind Erosion effect until reduced to powder.

"Multiple sensor functions damaged. Fire sprinkler system triggered. Energy converter overheating and about to lose control. Error Cell database unit capacitor leaking. Massive data loss..."

Countless messages rapidly scrolled across the console screen. Even that screen uncontrollably burst into large patches of snow. Slaughterblade of Carnage's computing speed was plummeting.

"Shut up! Stop singing! Stop singing!"

The Black Shores monitoring system had been completely destroyed. Slaughterblade of Carnage could not even find Noah's location anymore.

It was completely trapped in a "prison" of scrapped equipment. In this situation where it could see nothing and do nothing, it could only wait for death.

The only information it could receive was Noah's high-spirited singing that echoed throughout the entire Black Shores.

"Don't wanna be a fool for you ~ Just another player in your game for two ~"

"You may hate me, but it ain't no lie ~ Baby, bye, bye, bye (Bye, bye) ~"

"Don't really wanna make it tough ~ I just wanna tell you that I had enough ~"

"Might sound crazy, but it ain't no lie ~ Baby, bye, bye, bye (Oh, oh) ~"

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[Main Quest: "To the Shore's End" has been completed.]

[Currently obtained: Radiant Tide *20, Lustrous Tide *35, Astrite *38440, Shell Credit *817w.]

Only when the small text of the main quest completion appeared in his vision did Noah finally confirm that Slaughterblade of Carnage had truly died.

He immediately felt his shoulders lighten and let out a long sigh of relief.

Finally, finally he no longer felt like he was carrying the fate of the entire Solaris every single day.

During his time in Rinascita, every time he thought about the Black Shores hiding a global Lament capable of destroying all of Solaris, he felt awful.

But now, he felt extremely good. He could even eat two extra bowls of rice. But before that, he needed to go check on the Shorekeeper first.

Gacha! Gacha! He wanted to pull the most valuable support in Wuthering Waves — the Shorekeeper. He had been craving the double crit bonus from the Shorekeeper's Resonance Liberation for a long time.

Sonoro Sphere space — The End of the Wanderer.

Originally a secret base in the plot that only the Shorekeeper and Rover could enter, it was now filled everywhere with people who had fainted due to insufficient nutrition.

The reason was simple: the entire upper and lower levels of the Black Shores had been completely destroyed into ruins by the Wind Erosion effect. Except for this place, there was nowhere to place the people whom Slaughterblade of Carnage had treated as computing resources.

Using spatial authority, Noah took one step and instantly went from the Black Shores into this End of the Wanderer.

In front of the piano not far away was a gentle blue figure. The already awakened Shorekeeper sat quietly in front of the piano. Seemingly sensing Noah's gaze, they turned their head.

They stood up, walked slowly to Noah, their violet eyes slightly lowered, voice soft and gentle:

"Hello... we meet again."

[Limited Banner "Until the Sea Fades" and "Star Sequence Resonance" have opened.]

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