My Endless Life.

Chapter 611 Old Man
"The fourth warp... has already escaped that sea of ​​debris."

Recording the coordinates of the passage after his warp jump, Li Qi casually jotted down the warp jump record in the ship's logbook.

After four jumps, covering a total distance of over 500 light-years, Li Qi finally escaped the sea of ​​debris.

To be honest, this is a little scary.

Although the area spanning over 500 light-years is not entirely filled with debris and includes many open spaces, this is the first time Li Qi has ever encountered a situation where everything is completely empty and nothing can be seen.

This means that the 'ocean' composed of debris spans at least four hundred light-years.

More than 400 light-years, a distance that light would take more than 400 years to travel to reach the end of, so many debris scattered in this area... So where did these debris come from?

At first, Li Qi thought these wreckages came from the Misty World.

But after the second warp jump, Li Qi abandoned this absurd idea.

Let alone the Mist World, even if you dismantled the entire star system where the Mist World is located into pieces, it would still not fill such a large area!

These remains definitely have another origin!

We just don't know where these wreckages came from.

"Let's put all that aside for now. If we let Ronnie and the others continue in this direction, I don't know how long it will take... and I don't know if there's a warp device on the Ark."

Putting aside the question of the wreckage's origin, Li Qi looked at the coordinates he had recorded and the distance to the Ark, falling into a long period of contemplation.

Even if the Ark had the ability to travel at the speed of light, it would still take them more than 500 light-years to cover the distance.

Moreover, the Ark doesn't even exist yet.

Even the current speed limit of the Ark, a speed of a few thousandths of the speed of light, requires a very long time to accelerate to reach that speed.

If you increase the speed to the limit all at once.

It's unclear whether the ark can withstand the pressure, but the people on board certainly couldn't.

Such a long distance cannot be covered by flying alone.

This requires relying on warp portals, but are there warp portals on the Ark?
The time gap was too long, and Li Qi couldn't quite remember the Ark's abilities, only recalling things like gravity manipulation, environmental modification, and waste disposal...

"If it doesn't work, we can modify the Ark. But modifying such a large spaceship, I don't know how many materials it will take."

If you're going to help, you should go all the way. Now that I've come all this way, it would be a bit unreasonable not to help these former relatives and friends.

Li Qi planned to explore the area and, once he confirmed it was safe, return to modify the warp system on the Ark.

"Let's take a look around here... wait, what do you think of a planet with life?"

Whether it was Li Qi's good luck or the Ark's good luck, the set direction of travel happened to lead to a planet with life.

Anyway, after radar exploration, Li Qi discovered that this was actually a relatively mild star system.

The star appears to be very young, and the planets within the galaxy are positioned to meet the conditions for the emergence of life.

Given the planet's location, even if life hasn't fully emerged yet and natural disasters are frequent, Li Qi could still transform it into a planet suitable for life.

When that time comes, the people on the Misty Planet will be able to successfully complete their interstellar migration.

The spaceship flew toward the life-bearing planet that Li Qi had seen.

But as they approached the inhabited planet, Li Qi's expression turned serious, and even the spaceship slowed down until it came to a stop outside the inhabited planet.

A life-bearing planet is indeed a life-bearing planet with a complete ecosystem.

Judging from the outer atmosphere, this place at least has the conditions for the emergence of life.

The problem is that most of the planet's surface is shrouded in a white mist, with only a small portion revealing the green ground with buildings.

At this point, the 'identity' of this planet is already quite obvious.

That's right.

This is a world shrouded in mist.

It's a misty world that's extremely similar to... even exactly the same as the planet Ronnie and his crew escaped from!
"call……"

Upon seeing a planet remarkably similar to the Misty World, Li Qi leaned back in the cockpit and exhaled a long breath.

He remained motionless for a long time, just leaning there blankly, gazing up at the starry sky above.

The starry sky was quite beautiful, with endless points of light decorating the dark expanse and twinkling incessantly, just like the lyrics of a children's song I heard as a child, "Twinkle, twinkle, little star."

But these 'sparkling' things seem incredibly fake to Li Qi now.

He couldn't help but wonder if these twinkling stars were actually similar, misty planets.
Does the Misty Planet really exist?

Does this universe even really exist?

Li Qi began to doubt the existence of this 'small world'.

"...Let's go down and take a look first."

Li Qi’s past experiences told him that he had probably encountered something else strange.

Having experienced the Black Dragon, he shouldn't have gone down to investigate. After all, the situation was unknown, and any being capable of transforming an entire small world's universe into this state was definitely a powerhouse far surpassing the Black Dragon in strength. But... his intuition told him that there was no danger here, and he should go down and check it out.

After much deliberation, Li Qi decided to choose the latter – whether to rely on his experience or his intuition.

……

The small spacecraft entered the atmosphere, burning with flames as it crashed.

Li Qi piloted the spaceship to one of the few areas on this planet that was not shrouded in mist.

A city under construction.

The spaceship activated its stealth mode and hovered above the city. Li Qi left the spaceship alone and arrived in the city, which was still under construction.

Upon landing, Li Qi saw the people who lived there.

But the people here are like wax figures, standing there motionless with expressions that are either smiling, angry, or sad.

Walking through it, Li Qi felt as if he had stepped into a wax museum.

Among these 'wax figures,' besides Li Qi, the only moving object is an old man.

An old man with gray hair, wearing glasses, and dressed like a craftsman.

He was there, using something like a chisel to sculpt the unfinished wax figure in front of him.

Li Qi watched him without disturbing him until a minute later, when the old man finished sculpting the 'wax figure' and turned back.

"Hmm?" The old man turned around and met Li Qi's gaze. He adjusted his glasses, looked at Li Qi with great surprise, and then said:

"It's you? You're back?"

"???"

The old man's first words left Li Qi momentarily stunned: "...You know me!?"

"Of course, of course I know you... You caused a huge ruckus in the world I created, completely ruining my original settings, and then you just walked away... Hehe, I have a very deep impression of you."

The old man pushed up his glasses and said to Li Qi with a smile.

Hearing what the old man said, Li Qi's heart tightened: "You mean... the world you created? What do you mean?"

"Stop pretending, you've already guessed it, haven't you? In your previous world, there was Ronnie, Emma... Carol, and... Chris and Gel."

The old man named each of the names one by one, and with each name he said, Li Qi's anxiety grew.

Creating the world?
Creating a world out of thin air is different from transforming the world through various means.

At least for now, Li Qi simply cannot create a world and life with his current abilities.

Because he cannot create souls!
And Ronnie and his companions have souls! This means that the old man before them not only created life and the world, but he also created souls!
Damn, this is another big shot!
Li Qi immediately thought of the mysterious expert he had encountered before who left him a legacy.

Could this being before me be on the same level as that mysterious powerhouse?

Li Qi remained vigilant, even though the other party looked like an ordinary person and posed no threat whatsoever.

But this is actually the most dangerous aspect when it comes to someone who can create the world.

However, he still can't compare to that big shot from last time. That big shot was like he didn't exist once Li Qi closed his eyes.

The old man in front of me is no match for that big shot.

"What? Are you scared?" The old man seemed to see Li Qi's wariness and said with a smile, "Don't be afraid. If I really wanted to do something to you, I would have done it when you messed up my settings. I wouldn't have waited until now."

As he spoke, he turned around again, reached into the space beside him, and took out a lump of mud.

The old man threw the lump of mud onto the ground, and it quickly took shape, becoming like a human figure. Only then did the old man say:
"Besides, I don't have much time left, so there's no need to cause any trouble. I can't afford to offend a powerful person who left their aura on you."

Zelia?

When Li Qi thought of a powerful figure who had left their mark on him, the first person that came to mind was Zelia.

If this old man is afraid of Zelia, does it mean that the other party's overall strength is actually only at the peak of the eighth rank or the early stage of the ninth rank?

If that's the case, then there's really no need to worry too much.

Feeling slightly relieved, Li Qi walked over to the old man and saw him sculpting clay figures like Nuwa creating humans. Curious, he asked:

"What are you doing?"

"Can't you tell? I'm creating a world."

The old man didn't turn his head, concentrating on sculpting the clay figure. After finishing, he took out a brush and brushed it on the figure's face a few times, instantly turning the brown clay into fair skin.

Li Qi looked around, examining the 'wax figures' around him, and then asked:
"This place looks a lot like the Mist World... Are you planning to create another Mist World?"

“No,” the old man replied immediately, and explained, “I am creating ‘memories,’ trying to create a world from my memories, but unfortunately… over the years, I have created countless worlds, but I can never find the world from my memories.”

"So I can only try to replicate the world in my memory over and over again, and I don't know if I will succeed before the end of my life."

The old man spoke with a tone full of sighs and lamentations.

(End of this chapter)