Under the heavy rubble, buried in the deepest corner, Marika was struggling to support the weight of hundreds of thousands of tons of building ruins with her arms. Because of the incomparable weight of the building, her feet kept shaking in pain, and the muscles of her arms screamed at her brain as if they were about to collapse, even with the assistance of bio telekinesis and magic circuits. She now felt like her teeth were about to break from the pressure.

Half a million tons, this is the weight Marika must support now. Even if she is an empyrean, this weight is enough to crush her. It was clear that Marika could escape using golden teleportation, but she chose to stay and bear the weight of the collapse of the entire office building. Because now, under her are two innocent lives. A teenage girl and a little girl.

"H-hey! Are you okay?"

Through clenched teeth, Marika struggled to speak out and asked about the status of the two of them.

"Huh?"

The children and girls who had closed their eyes in fear opened their eyes. When the whole building collapsed just now, they were sure that they were certain to die, so they closed their eyes and prepared to die. The child is still young and does not fully understand death. She only knows that darkness is what follows next. The girl named Nangong Ling'er felt regretful. On the one hand, she would never see her most cherished family again, and on the other hand, she felt guilty for the strange woman who rescued them. If she hadn't come to rescue them, she wouldn't be here dying with them.

But now, this strange woman is holding up the ruins like a miracle, giving them a place to survive. In this small space, everything was so dark that one couldn't even see their fingers. But she could feel that the blond woman in front of her was doing her best to support and protect them.

"Why? Why did you save us?"

The shocked Ling'er murmured in confusion. Unreasonable, completely unreasonable. Why would this stranger who they had never met risk her life to save them?

'Why? Huh, why am I doing this in the first place? '

Marika asked herself this.

'Why waste my hard-earned second life?'

Obviously in this second life, she has loyal friends she can trust, children of her own, an ideal she can be proud of, and someone she likes for the first time in her life.

Why give this up?

"Because-because you still-have family-people waiting for you."

Marika replied. Although her voice shook with pain, it held a calmness to it.

'Yes...my family left early when I was young, and I have always been alone. Marika too. Our parents, our past have been taken away from us. Our past only remains in memory, and no one remembers us. But things are different now. We have our own families and our own homes. As a mother, pregnant for ten months, give birth to your children, and watch them grow up. Even though it is not my memory, that love is always in this body, my heart. The same goes for these two children. Their mother brought them into this world with love for the future and love for them. Although I am not a hero who must save the world, as a mother, I will not ignore the two innocent lives in front of me. '

Marika dispersed a small amount of the magic power and spirit that had been used to hold up the building with all her strength, and condensed it into a portal for the Gate of Babylon. A mage staff sticks out of the portal. Trying to spare her attention while maintaining support with her arms, Marika struggled to gather her energy and aim at the direction where the ruins seem the most thin. Under her control, the staff emitted a thick beam of mana blast, forcibly burning out a temporary tunnel large enough for Ling'er and the girl in her arms to crawl out. At the end of the tunnel, sunlight pours in from the hole, making it impossible to see the outside world clearly.

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"You guys, hurry up! Use that tunnel!"

"What!? Miss Marika, what about you?"

Hearing Marika's request, Ling'er's eyes widened in surprise.

"Don't worry about me, I will figure it out myself!"

Marika tried her best to show a confident smile and asked the girl not to be so sad.

"No! I can't leave you here! You will die!"

The girl's voice was filled with tears, and tears flowed out unsatisfactorily. It's obvious that the two of them have nothing to do with each other, and it's obvious that the other party has saved them twice, so why should she sacrifice herself again?

"Don't worry, I will figure something out. I always do!"

This is a lie, and Marika knows it. She had no extra strength, mana or spirit to escape from this steel tomb. Just supporting the ruins weighing hundreds of thousands of tons has cost her everything. The girl may have noticed this too.

"But-!"

"Go quickly—! Your brother and grandma are still waiting for you! And the child in your arms, just do it for her sake, okay?"

It was clear that she was about to be crushed, but Marika still used the gentlest tone to persuade Ling'er to take the little girl and run away first.

Ling'er gritted her teeth and cried, hugging the girl in her arms tightly.

'Yes! And my brother, and this little girl!'

If she dies, then only his careless brother will be left to take care of grandma alone. A friend asked her to be their daughter's nanny for a day. Before her friend left, she vowed to take good care of her.

'I am just an ordinary person who can't help. There is no use crying here. The longer I stay, the more the girl's chance of survival will be reduced.'

She will live up to the sacrifice of her savior.

"I will never forget your sacrifice today! If there is a next life, I will definitely repay you!"

Ling'er wiped away her tears with her dusty hands and solemnly thanked her benefactor, but her tears still didn't stop. At this time, the little girl finally stopped being silent and whispered:

"Thank you, big sister."

"Go ahead and get out of here!"

Marika said to them calmly and with determination. The briefest words contain such heavy hope.

Using all her willpower, Ling'er forced herself not to look back. Holding the little girl tightly with one hand, her eyes kept sobbing, and she used her hands and feet to move forward toward the white light that represented life outside the tunnel. Even though her hands and feet were cut by the twisted steel and gravel, she kept crawling. She couldn't waste the opportunity that Marika had fought for her.

Marika watched the girl's progress with her eyes until she disappeared into the white light.

"You did it..."

Marika murmured to herself, and the hands that she had been struggling to support gradually became weak, or she no longer exerted any strength. The ruins crushed her body bit by bit.

"I'm such a selfish woman... There are obviously people I cherish waiting for me, but I'm wasting my life, trying to be a hero here."

Why give up? Is it to atone for those who have been harmed by herself and her past self? Perhaps. She made the Lands Between a mess, her wars caused sons and daughters never able to return home, and caused her own sons and daughters to fight each other. Maybe now she just wants to atone for her sins with her own death.

"But even a miserable woman like me still wants to be a hero once in a while..."

At this time, the ruins had already pressed her to the ground. Marika closed her eyes, as if giving up resistance and letting fate, this steel tomb, devour her.

[Recommended BGM: Mobile Suit UC Unicorn OST-Unicorn]

"Hey! Are you giving up?"

At this moment, the system's familiar, jester-like voice sounded at the last moment.

"System?"

"If you're going to show off like that, then you should keep your word and break free at the last moment like Superman, right?"

"Heh, now that is some old cliche..."

Marika couldn't help laughing to herself.

"But now is the time for the old cliche to come into play!"

"Then what should I do? I'm not strong enough—"

"Fuck you, you're not strong enough!? Are all the power ups I gave you fake? Don't tell me you can't even handle some steel and concrete?"

The strong consciousness of the system hit her mind. Marika suddenly opened her eyes that were supposed to be shut, and the ruins that were slowly crushing her body stopped abruptly. Brief fragments of friends and family flashed through her mind.

"You're right, I am a New Type too! Come on! As long as I can channel that power—!"

After regaining her willpower and recalling her relatives and friends, she used this emotion, this emotion of "love" to drive her power. But love alone is not enough. When using emotion to push her power beyond its limits, her mind is also running wildly, thinking, combining power, and trying her best to make her existing power stronger. For a moment, the ruins were slowly pushed back bit by bit!

"It's just reinforced concrete! Yes...I...I-!"

Marika no longer sees the peace of accepting death, but the desire for life and the courage to continue living! Ruins weighing hundreds of thousands of tons were pushed back by the power of one person! Marika slowly stood up from her half-kneeling position. Unexplainably, powerful force continued to flow into her muscles, strengthening them to an incredible level!

"I'm fucking Marika!"

As Marika pushed with all her strength, the ruins above her head were completely pushed up, allowing her to stand completely upright. Miraculously, the magic circuit on her body emitted a bright green light at this moment. Magical circuits began to spread throughout her hands, feet, and body, some even reaching her cheeks.

'This mana reaction! Her magical circuits are actually multiplying! And the readings on her psycho reaction, how could it be? ! Could it be that-! '

As System observed Marika's physical condition, he was surprised to find that her body was undergoing changes that even he could not explain. But no matter what happens with this change, this new power can help Marika get out of this entrapment!

At this time, Marika's consciousness became extremely clear, as if her consciousness had been extended. She had only felt this kind of spiritual emanation the first time she connected to the Psycho mu plates! Her mind gradually no longer felt the pain of supporting hundreds of thousands of tons of ruins, allowing her mind to be liberated.

"I can't give up yet! I still want to see everyone again! See Bedivere, see Morgott, see Melina, see my other children, and see my friends!"

As she thinks of her family and realizes her power, Marika's magic circuit has been explosively improved! This improvement is reflected in the light on the circuits. The green warm light was seen getting brighter and brighter, until the light escaped like a torrent, illuminating the entire bottom layer of the ruins. But these lights are not just beautiful, these lights are actually helping Marika, helping her push the seemingly unshakable huge ruins above her head!

"She is actually using the magic circuit as a makeshift psycho frame! Some imagination you have! HAHA! This is insane!"

The system was greatly surprised by this. If this momentum continues, Marika will definitely be able to get out of trouble! As her mental power became stronger, Marika pushed up hard—!

"Just you watch, I'll push back those worthless gravel!"

It's floating! The ruins floated up under her psycho energy!

"That's it! Use this momentum to push this damn thing into space!"

The system encouraged her with gleeful excitement. Sure enough, his trust was not in vain! Marika did it! She successfully defied gravity by herself and lifted up the ruins of a building weighing hundreds of thousands of tons with her mental power! This is a miracle! It's the light of miracles!

And that's not the end! The green light continues to carry the ruins high into the sky, like two giant invisible hands pushing them, pushing the entire ruins through the clouds, through the atmosphere, and directly into the universe!

"I did it, hahaha, I fucking did it!"

Standing on the ground, Marika couldn't feel the terrible weight that was trying to crush her, she had successfully escaped! The relief from certain death made her laugh hysterically like there was no tomorrow.

"Congratulations to the host for successfully escaping!"

The system's good news came to her inside her head.

"Yes, thanks to your words. Thank you."

"Thank me later! Did you forget someone?"

"Lin Fei and the disciples of the Murong family!"

After being reminded by the system, Marika only then remembered that she had forgotten the originator of this disaster!

"Damn! I almost forgot to give those punks a lesson!"

Although she had just completed an almost impossible feat, Marika forced her tired body to take action to find the whereabouts of Lin Fei and the Murong family disciples in order to get the mission reward and give them a good beating for the trouble they put her through.

Following the traces of qi energy, Marika soon found Lin Fei surrounded by Murong family disciples near the ruins.

Noticing Marika approaching them, a female disciple stepped forward and stopped her advancement with a thin sword.

"The Murong family is doing business here, no one else can come near!"

The female disciple said with a serious face. But she felt an inexplicable uneasiness, like a pressure is put upon her. The woman in front of her was in torn clothes and covered in dust. She was obviously a citizen who had escaped from the building when it collapsed. But it was this injured woman who made her feel threatened!

"Step aside."

There was no anger, no emotional fluctuations, just a calm "get out of the way", but it made the female disciple's hair stand on end.

"You-!"

The female disciple thrust out the thin sword in her hand. She didn't know why she would attack someone who was not a threat. But she felt that her intuition was right. If she didn't make that thrust, something she would regret would definitely happen.

But the moment the sword was thrust out, Marika grabbed the sword with her right hand!

"What?!"

Taking the sword with one's bare hands! ? This is a technique that only a high-level master can perform. There is indeed something wrong with the woman in front of her! The female disciple tried to pull out the sword, but found that the sword did not move at all in the woman's hand, as if it was clamped by two steel plates!

"Idiot."

Marika sneered. Weapons of this level were like baguettes to her. With a slight push of his thumb, the tip of the sword was broken in front of the female disciple's horrified eyes. The pieces fell to the ground with a crisp metallic sound. Marika then moved her hand down and broke off the lower part of the sword.

At this time, the female disciple was so frightened that she could not speak. Her sword had been released from her grip and fell to the ground.

Her companions next to her were too frightened to move as well. A person who can break a musha's sword with her bare hands is definitely not an ordinary person.

"S..senior, my apologies if I offended you."

The female disciple finally managed to blurt out a sentence of begging for mercy, but the response was Marika's approaching of fists.

…

When Fang Bao, Nangong and Ling'er circled back to the ruins to look for Marika, they only saw Marika sitting with her legs crossed on a pile of people stacked into a hill. Everyone was beaten until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen, and they were wailing again and again. Although these people destroyed the building and almost killed hundreds of people, after all, these people were just dealing with personal grudges, and they were not as serious as those two idiots who were clamoring to rule Zhong Yuan, so Marika decided to spare them their lives.

"Big sis, are you okay?"

When Fang Bao came up, he ran to the human mountain and asked. After following Marika for the past few days, both of them have become accustomed to her extraordinary abilities.

"Are these people disciples of the Murong family?"

Nangong Min noticed that these people were all wearing Hanfu that he was familiar with.

"It's them, they were the ones fighting in the building just now."

Ling'er explained, with contempt for the disciples in her eyes. After all, these people almost killed her and the colleagues she worked with day and night, so it was impossible for Ling'er to look at them favorably.

"You sure this is fine, big sis?"

Nangong worked at Murong's house before, so he was a little embarrassed when he saw his former boss.

"Well...They won't cause any more trouble ever again, right guys?"

After saying that, Marika kicked one of them in the head.

"Y-yes ma'am!"

All the disciples answered quickly. They had already suffered enough beatings at the hands of this female devil, and they had completely lost the toughness they had just shown.

"Speaking of which, Ling'er, where is that little girl?"

"I have returned her safely to her family!"

"Really? That's good."

Hearing that the little girl was safe and sound, Marika let go of the last knot in her heart.

At this time, Nangong Min stepped forward solemnly, bowed and said:

"Big sis, thank you very much for saving my sister. I, Nangong Min, will never forget what you did for us today. Thank you very much!"

Nangong Ling'er also bowed and thanked her.

Marika just smiled and said:

"There's no need for that. But if you don't mind, can you treat me to a meal? Lifting an entire building is quite the work."

After hearing this, the Nangong siblings also raised their heads and smiled.

"So, big sis, I wonder if you would be willing to come to our house for dinner?"

"I am glad to."

So the three people, together with Fang Bao, set off back to the Nangong sibling's home. It was turning into night when they arrived at their simple little apartment.

Nangong walked to the door, took out the key and opened the door. As soon as he entered, he saw an amiable old lady running out with a worried look on her face:

"Ming. I saw on TV the building where Ling'er works—"

"Grandma, don't worry, Ling'er is fine."

Nangong Min showed a gentle smile and turned around to reveal his sister standing behind him.

"Ling'er!"

"Grandmother!"

When the two saw each other, they rushed forward to keep each other together. They are the few family members he has left in the world, and knowing that each other is safe and sound is the greatest happiness.

Malika looked at the happy reunion of this little family with satisfaction. But the thought of whether there were any civilians that she had not saved during the battle gnawed at her mind. If she had missed anyone, then such a heartwarming scene would have turned into another tragedy in this world. At this moment, Marika could feel how fragile people in this world were in front of mushas.

Withn the three of them were reunited, Nangong Min extended his hand to introduce the guests he had brought:

"Grandma, let me introduce you. This is Fang Bao, my good brother! And this is Big sis Marika, the person that saved my life the other day! It is also thanks to her for rescuing Ling'er from the building today!"

Grandma saw clearly the savior of her two grandsons, showed a grateful expression, bent her somewhat crooked waist, bowed sincerely and said:

"Oh! Miss Marika! I thank you from the bottom of my heart! As a lonely old woman, the only family I have are these two grandchildren. Thank you very much!"

"It's okay, Ms. Nangong. I just did what I thought was right!"

Marika quickly stepped forward to help the old lady up. The old woman was even more moved when she saw that her grandson's savior was so humble and polite. The old lady quickly made a "please" gesture with her hands and said:

"If you don't mind, please come to my humble house for a meal! This old lady made some home-cooked meals today, please come in and have a taste."

So under Grandma Nangong's kind invitation, the group entered.

Although the Nangong family's apartment is not very big, it is still a cozy little home big enough for the three of them. The home-cooked dishes served by grandma also look simple and delicious.

But while eating, Marika was a little absent-minded. Marika feels troubled every time she thinks about the state of the world.

"Ms. Marika, the meal isn't anything fancy, perhaps you find it unpalatable?"

Grandma Nangong noticed Marika's somewhat depressed expression and asked.

"Ah! No, no, the food is delicious. I was just thinking of something."

Although Marika denied it, Grandma Nangong, who had rich life experience, still noticed her inner feelings. So she said with a knowing smile:

"No matter how sad and troublesome things are, people will still be hungry, so Miss Marika, don't be polite, eat well!"

Hearing the old lady's words, Marika felt a small warmth in her heart.

'Yeah... Everyone who can be saved has been saved. There is no way to turn back time. If I stop moving forward, I won't be able to protect the person in front of me. '

Looking at the people laughing and laughing at the dinner table, Marika deeply felt that the people in front of her were not props in a novel to highlight the power of the protagonist, but living people with blood and tears. The food in her hand suddenly became more delicious.

"But having said that, it seems that the three of us have not eaten together like this for a long time! You two are usually busy at work, and when you come back at night, you are so tired that you go straight to bed! You can't even eat well."

At this time, Grandma Nangong suddenly sighed.

"It seems so! Yeah~ I'm sorry, grandma!"

"Eh-it's okay, it's okay! Just come back on time, it'll be okay!"

The crowd burst into laughter again.

But Marika then suddenly felt a strange sense of isolation. It's like she doesn't belong here.

'Is it because I am a passer-by after all? That's right, I just came to this world for the mission. Once I am done, I will be gone without a trace.'

While Marika brooded silently, she also thought of her family in her world. She has always been dealing with war or political affairs, and never really has the chance to get along well with her children. Perhaps…

"By the way, big sis, tomorrow is the official opening day of the Wulin League master Competition. If we get there early in the morning, we can help you register!"

Fang Bao said suddenly at this time, his eyes flashing with anticipation.

"No thanks for entering the competition, but I am fine with spectating."

Marika replied. If she participates in the competition, there is no telling if she will get rope into another earth-shattering battle with a qi master, and the common people will be involved again. However, if she enters as a spectator, the system will definitely be able to identify Gary Stus from the contestants, so that Marika can hunt them down directly after the game to harvest the mission reward.