But just as Nivalis was about to run, the sound of waves rang out once more.
BS Rita ca back!
She ca to pick her up!
Nivalis looked at her tearfully.
Everyone else also turned to look over again, assuming sothing had been forgotten.
They saw BS Rita raise her right hand upward in a sweeping motion.
Lightning shot into the sky and exploded high above Quiet Mountain, transforming into a golden river, just like the previous Starsea gathering.
Then they heard her say:
"This looks much better."
After her companion lightning upgraded, her control and understanding of lightning had beco far more than simply twice as strong.
She had already touched the essence of lightning itself.
At this point, not only could other beings' lightning no longer harm her, she could even reverse control any lightning that touched her.
If Quiet Mountain Mojie wanted to devour her lightning the way he had before, that was no longer possible.
And now, the Starsea thunderlight she spread across Quiet Mountain's sky would not dissipate even after she left, as long as she wished it.
After doing all this, Rita finally departed.
Nivalis: "..."
She suddenly felt she should've copied B80 and welded herself permanently onto Rita's shoulder.
After returning to Graveyard of Bones, Rita headed straight for the miniature clock at the center.
Although she had forcibly tied Quiet Mountain onto the sa ship as Starsea to face that unknown destruction together, it did not change the fact that both sides were still enemies and competitors.
She understood that Quiet Mountain players had no other choice.
Either the pendulum crashed into Starsea or it crashed into Quiet Mountain.
Weren't Starsea players also desperately fighting to win the ga?
If she had not been able to drag worlds out of the invasion sequence and bring them to Quiet Mountain, Rita's choice would definitely have been to survive at all costs, then defeat Quiet Mountain in the final match so the next epoch's pendulum would stay far away from Starsea.
As for where it struck instead?
As long as it wasn't Starsea, that was enough.
And besides, the ones who caused the pendulum to strike Starsea this epoch were not the current batch of copies.
Hatred had cycled through epoch after epoch.
So Starsea beings carried grudges against each other that were hundreds or thousands of tis more complicated and intense than the hatred between Starsea and Quiet Mountain.
All of these were objective truths.
But for Rita, there was another even more important objective truth.
She had to beco stronger.
Still not enough.
She needed to beco even stronger.
What she wanted was this:
The mont she appeared, whether it was Quiet Mountain players or Quiet Mountain gods, regardless of their situation or emotions, every single one of them would instantly calm down and abandon any thought of fighting her.
Thinking of such a scene, Rita silently sighed to herself.
She truly seed incapable of ever feeling satisfied.
She wanted to never fear Eclipse again.
To surpass Lightchaser.
To defeat Quiet Mountain Rita.
To beco stronger than every god.
Her ambition and greed had never known restraint.
Rita once again stood beside the miniature Order Clock.
At this mont, the Starsea and Quiet Mountain at the clock's base could no longer maintain distinct forms.
The blue fragnts of stars intertwined together, forming a Möbius strip.
The pendulum at the center swayed chaotically in every direction, as if drunk, or as though so unseen hand kept knocking it around so it could never regain rhythm.
Just like before, she reached out to touch the blue fragnts.
The Adjudicator mark lit up in her palm.
She wanted to see whether she could trigger a new reward.
[New event has been recorded in Order Clock... New event has been recorded in Order Clock...]
But that was the only notification.
No new reward appeared.
Slightly disappointed, Rita prepared to withdraw her hand.
But just as her fingers curled slightly, her eyes suddenly flashed with realization.
She thrust her hand deeper into the Möbius strip.
The fla at her forehead ignited.
She attempted to use the order level Flower of Deceit to turn it into a golden apple.
Vines could be eaten.
Remnants of worlds could be eaten.
So why not Order Clock?
The instant she did this, the Möbius strip began violently flowing and twisting.
The apple failed to form for a long ti, but the blue fragnts were trapped inside her palm, unable to escape.
Rita imdiately poured in more soul fire.
Two points wasn't enough.
Then four.
Eight.
Sixteen...
Finally, after investing nearly all her remaining soul fire, a tiny golden apple the size of a kumquat finally condensed into existence.
At the sa ti, an incredibly tiny gap appeared in the Möbius strip.
If Rita had not been staring directly at it, she never would have noticed.
And after only a single breath, it vanished again completely.
Like before, the golden apple displayed no information.
But Rita did not imdiately eat this uniquely strange apple.
This apple differed from previous ones.
She could not judge whether it was good or bad.
Just like when she redeed pendulum rewards earlier, she needed to use Load to return to the earlier second phase state before eating it.
If it turned out to be a poison apple, she would imdiately reload and reset the result.
If it turned out beneficial, she would wait until her soul fire fully recovered, then save over the previous file.
Having nearly exhausted all soul fire, Rita did not linger there.
Instead, she returned directly to Cat's Ideal stationed in Quiet Mountain.
Under the resentful gazes of several Starsea players, she leaned against the ship's side holding the apple and closed her eyes to rest.
She needed to recover soul fire.
She had not truly rested in a very long ti.
Ever since entering Graveyard of Bones, she had practically never slept.
Even though she was far stronger than before, occasional sleep still helped her maintain sharper focus.
At one point Lightchaser even woke her up midway.
She directly piloted the ship carrying an entire vessel full of gods back to Graveyard of Bones, waited for Lightchaser to disembark, then sailed back again.
Only after waking this ti did she realize nearly six hours had passed.
Her soul fire had recovered twelve points.
She imdiately spent five soul fire to load her save.
In an instant, her long hair deepened into near black ocean blue.
The white Flower Crown Murder once more transford into blue gold.
Her eyes beca Brilliance's sapphire gemstone pupils again.
Without hesitation, Rita bit off over half the apple in one bite.
[You have plundered a trace of order. Soul fire limit 7.]
Rita's eyes widened instantly.
Her gemstone pupils sparkled brilliantly as she stared at the remaining apple in her hand.
She imdiately stuffed the rest into her mouth and swallowed it whole.
[You have plundered a trace of order. Soul fire limit 3.]
[Incomplete Divine Talent: "Sovereign"] (Current Progress: 90%┃Soul Fire: 7/123)
Her soul fire limit had genuinely increased by ten points.
No.
At this rate, how long would it take?
Who knew whether the Möbius strip beneath Order Clock might change later?
Or whether she could even still enter Graveyard of Bones after the ga ended?
Too many uncertainties existed.
Relying on others was inferior to relying on herself.
Even though countless Starsea gods were present now, and given her current status, if she requested it, every Starsea god here would willingly let her summon thunderstorm curtains to transfer soul fire into her.
As long as she had enough soul fire, why worry about being unable to create more apples?
But the thod Rita considered first was still solving this using her own abilities.
And beyond that, she could also take advantage of currently being in second phase state to test sothing...
Her expression turned serious.
Then she vanished from Cat's Ideal once more.
At the sa ti she disappeared, the "BS" bullet that had been orbiting around her since her appearance disappeared alongside her as well.
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