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Chapter 131 Fantasy Rhapsody - Q
Dynasties rise and fall, and prosperity and decline are ever-present.

Those once invincible emperors and generals, those once stunningly beautiful women, those once heroes whose names are etched in history…

Ultimately, they all turned into a handful of yellow earth in the long river of history, becoming topics of conversation for future generations.

Their struggles, their glories, their loves and hates...

In the face of the immense power of time, we appear so small and insignificant.

Immediately afterwards, the scale of the illusion was expanded again.

Li Zhe's perspective was elevated to an unprecedented level.

He looked down over the entire blue planet, watching the evolution of life unfold like a fast-forwarded movie.

He witnessed the brilliance of the Cambrian explosion of life and the stumbling arrival of Devonian fish on land.

We witnessed the wildness of the Jurassic dinosaurs reigning supreme, and also the despair of the Cretaceous apocalypse when meteorites fell.

Anomalocaris, holoceratops, horseshoe crabs, Dunkleosteus, Heterodontosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex...

One by one, the overlords who once ruled this planet were eliminated and replaced by the ruthless natural selection, eventually disappearing completely into the long river of history, leaving only cold fossils to silently tell the story of their former glory.

In this grand epic of life's evolution, humanity is but a drop in the ocean, fleeting and transient.

Whether it's the rise and fall of dynasties or the evolution of species.

Whether it's a tiny individual or a vast civilization.

None of them can escape an ultimate fate—

death.

Death is the fairest law in the universe, an insurmountable end for all life.

All struggles, all efforts, all love and hate, will vanish in its presence.

This profound sense of destiny, like a cold tide, gradually overwhelmed Li Zhe's consciousness.

He felt his body gradually becoming cold and stiff.

That once passionate and fighting spirit gradually cooled and died out in the face of this endless nothingness.

Since everything will eventually return to dust, what is the point of everything I am doing now?

Resist the abyss? Save the world?
It was nothing but a self-deceiving farce.

In the end, wouldn't they all inevitably die?
Rather than...

Let's just give up.

In this eternal silence, sleep begins...

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Just as Li Zhe was about to be completely swallowed by this void.

In that endless darkness, a warm orange light quietly appeared.

The lights seemed to possess some kind of magic, dispelling the cold silence and bringing a faint warmth.

Li Zhe's consciousness was uncontrollably drawn to that light and slowly drifted over.

He returned to a familiar yet unfamiliar scene.

Saw it...

Mother?

The face was blurry, but it was a kind face...

"Child, are you tired?"

His mother's voice, tinged with heartache, gently brushed the dust off his shoulders.

"The outside world is too complicated. Those grand narratives and heavy fates should not be borne by you alone."

"Stay here... This will always be your home."

Behind her was a warm and inviting scene filled with the aroma of everyday life.

The setting sun cast a warm golden glow through the windowpanes, bathing the entire room in its light. A gentle and virtuous wife, wearing an apron, was preparing dinner for herself in the kitchen.

The aroma of food mingled with the cooking fumes, filling the air.

It was a smell he had never experienced before, a smell called "home"...

A lively and adorable child, taking unsteady steps, stretches out his little hand towards him, babbling and asking for a hug.

His image was reflected in those clear, watery eyes, filled with pure dependence and love.

A boring soap opera was playing on TV, unfolded clothes were piled on the sofa, and crayons with children's scribbles were on the coffee table...

All of this seemed so ordinary, so trivial.

But it is precisely this ordinariness and triviality that constructs a fatally tender picture that can melt any steely will.

"Stay..."

"Give up..."

"You've done enough..."

Countless voices echoed in Li Zhe's mind.

It was no longer the resentment and temptation of before, but a heartfelt and gentle comfort.

He felt his heart, which had grown cold from witnessing too much grandeur and emptiness, being gradually melted by this warm current.

yes……

Screw the rise and fall of dynasties, screw the evolution of species.

What do those things have to do with me?
Isn't this all right before my eyes, this warmth within reach, this simple yet genuine happiness, what I should truly be pursuing?

He slowly reached out, wanting to hug the child running towards him, wanting to respond to his wife's gentle call.

He felt his body getting heavier and heavier.

It felt as if we were about to be completely swallowed up by this quagmire called "comfort".

In the very last moment before his consciousness was about to completely succumb...

"Commander! Wake up!"

"Commander! That's not reality!"

Hoshino and Kazuko's anxious and concerned voices, like two thunderclaps, suddenly exploded deep within his soul!

Li Zhe's body trembled violently.

A glimmer of clarity returned to those eyes that had previously become somewhat confused.

"Hoshi... Kazuko..."

He muttered to himself, feeling a splitting headache.

Two completely different memories collided and intertwined wildly in his mind, almost tearing his consciousness in two.

"Commander, you should be aware of this as well."

"This is an illusion created by the Sessho-seki! It is using the deepest part of your heart and your biological nature as a human being—your obsessions, regrets, and DNA instincts—to try to imprison your soul in this illusion forever!"

"Commander! Cheer up! You are our commander! How can you be deceived by such a false illusion!"

The voices of the two ship spirits were like two beacons, guiding him in the darkness.

But at this moment, Li Zhe still has that part of "human" inside his body.

I still feel immense pain and struggle.

"But... everything here... is too real..."

He looked at the girl who was still smiling at him, and at the child who had reached out his hands to him, and his heart was filled with a sense of longing and reluctance...

That's when.

The illusion shifts once more.

The heartwarming scene before my eyes vanished bit by bit, like a shattered mirror.

Instead, there was a sea of ​​countless pink petals, full of beauty and allure.

Hoshi and Kazuko, two stunningly beautiful figures, appeared before him.

They were no longer wearing clothes that were full of technological or classical charm...

(End of this chapter)