Bengtie: My death fueled their madness.

The words Amu uttered completely shattered her.

The girl lay in the rubble, her eyes unfocused, yet conveying a plea for him to leave, not a cry for help…

In that world of raging rain thousands of years ago, she first met Amu.

He gave up, but because of her question, he regained his desire to live.

Just a few decades later, she plunged into an irreversible void because of a few words from him, and he completely lost the will to live.

Why...

Why do they have to look so alike?

The vanished shadows once again covered half of Ruan Mei's face.

The next moment, she collapsed to the ground, covering her head with her hands, feeling as if countless ants were gnawing at it.

Both of them adopted children, but Amu did a better job than her as a teacher.

A million times better...

He didn't ruin the child; instead, he gave the child an excellent future.

Now that Yelena is grown up, her heart belongs only to Amu.

When Amu grew up, his heart belonged to himself.

But... but...

I personally crushed this heart into dust.

"Hehehe...hehehahahaha..."

Ruan Mei laughed softly, then her laughter grew louder and louder, as if she were going crazy. No one had ever seen her like this before.

As he laughed, tears welled up and streamed down his face, dripping onto the ground.

She had never lost her composure like this when she learned of Qi Zhimu's death and the truth of the past.

Ruan Mei didn't hear a word Qi Zhimu said afterward, nor Ye Lina said anything, as she was lost in her memories of the past.

Thousands of years of accumulated regret, longing, and guilt shattered her reason.

Suddenly, she drew a sharp blade and slashed her wrist, leaving a long, bloody gash.

Blood was flowing freely.

Not enough...not enough!

This pain is nothing compared to even a fraction of the heartache Amu felt when his heart was shattered!

Yelena bid farewell to Qi Zhimu and left, but Ruan Mei seemed not to hear her, and the bloodstains on her forearm increased.

Only when blood stained his clothes and the ground did the sharp blade in his hand finally fall to the ground.

I want to be tormented by Amu, I want to so much so much so much so much so much so much—!

I really want to...

She felt a sense of comfort only when Amu treated her in the most rude and merciless way.

……

the next morning.

Hei Ta lifted the hem of her dress and twirled in front of Qi Zhimu.

"How is it?"

Black Tower's eyes shone brightly, and the look of anticipation on his face was so obvious.

Qi Zhimu immediately learned from the puppet that had activated its autonomous thinking mode and praised the Black Tower.

Hei Ta found the cloying praise he usually heard so pleasant.

Indeed, a million words of indifference are not as valuable as a single word from a loved one.

"Darling, come here."

Hei Ta wrapped his arms around Qi Zhimu's neck, stood on tiptoe, and kissed his lips.

Two minutes later, she reluctantly let go and flicked her hair.

"This genius is quite satisfied with this farewell kiss. See you in three days."

"I'll wait for you to come back." Qi Zhimu smoothed out the wrinkles that had been pressed into her dress during their earlier intimacy.

Soon, Black Tower boarded the company ship and quickly disappeared into the horizon.

After watching her leave, Qi Zhimu went to work as usual.

A few days ago, Heta read the letter brought by Toppa and reached a cooperation agreement with the company.

I was invited to visit their technology research and development department to exchange some technical ideas.

Of course, "communication" is a nicer way of putting it for the company, but "guidance" is a more accurate term in practice.

When Qi Zhimu arrived at the space station, he could hear people talking about it everywhere; it had obviously spread quite a bit.

Because Black Tower had reached a cooperation agreement with the company, the entire interstellar civilization had heard about it. The staff members were not surprised that Black Tower was invited to go out, and treated it as a topic of conversation after dinner.

There weren't many people coming for a consultation today.

During his lunch break, Qi Zhimu, unusually, didn't stay in the clinic eating the communal meals; instead, he planned to go home and prepare something better for himself.

Unexpectedly, they encountered Estádio and Hoshi on the road.

"What a coincidence, Zhimu! Estella and I were just about to go out for dinner. Want to come along?"

"You're treating?" Qi Zhimu asked with a smile.

"I can treat you today, but Estella can treat me another day."

Xing said no problem.

"Sigh, Black Tower is away on a business trip. Today, the simulated universe test was conducted without her nagging, and I'm not used to it."

"Aren't there also Screw Gum, Stephen, and Ruan Meiyao?"

"...If I may correct you, it's only Mr. Screw Gum." Xing waved his hand.

Stephen?

Even though Ruan Mei is nowhere to be found, it's not difficult to find her; you can occasionally encounter slices of her in the simulated universe.

Stephen had absolutely no information; he only heard from Black Tower that the boy really didn't want to see anyone and preferred to hide away and steal moments of leisure.

Only Screw Gumm works diligently, testing the simulated universe every day, and is 100% present.

Xing finally understood why many people said that there weren't many normal people in the genius club.

The most normal thing is not a human, but an intelligent machine.

I believe that if I said these words to Black Tower, she wouldn't have any objections; on the contrary, she would quite agree with them.

"Not surprising."

"Not surprising."

Qi Zhimu and Aisda smiled in unison, sharing a deep sense of empathy.

"Oh right, Zhimu, didn't you have a key hanging from your waist? Why do I only see the jade pendant and sachet?"

"Leave the key hanging here." Qi Zhimu picked up the necklace hidden inside his collar.

"Won't it feel uncomfortable?"

"These are all minor issues," Qi Zhimu said with a smile.

Amidst laughter and conversation, the three arrived at the restaurant.

Xing said it was a treat, but when they arrived, they discovered that this place was exclusively for VIPs and ordinary staff members were not allowed to set foot here. Only Estella usually came here.

Pulling out the menu screen, Xing scrolled down for several minutes without reaching the bottom, and couldn't help but sigh, "Rich woman."

No wonder he's the kind of person who can just casually offer to give her a Star Destroyer.

It goes without saying that the price of that thing is definitely in the hundreds of millions.

There are no prices listed for any of the dishes, but just by looking at the names, you can tell that the ingredients are definitely precious.

"Order whatever you like, I'm usually the only one here anyway," Estádio said with a smile.

"Is it unusual?"

"Lady Black Tower, but her true form has only been here three times."

"...Three times a year?" Xing asked again.

"Since I became the station commander, it has only happened three times."

"My problem is that I forgot she wasn't interested in the space station."

At this point, Xing suddenly looked at Qi Zhimu and couldn't help but tease him.

"If Zhi Mu hadn't been here, her true form would probably have left Azure Star long ago."

"I agree."

Estelle nodded.

Although it is unknown how good their relationship is, judging from Qi Zhimu's expression and aura, they must be deeply in love.

She didn't dwell on the topic; as an employee, one shouldn't gossip about one's boss's family.

"Star, have you encountered anything interesting during your recent tests of the simulated universe?"

"It was quite fun to wreak havoc inside, especially after encountering Ruan Mei's fragments. Unfortunately, in reality, I don't have that kind of power at all."

Xing felt a little regretful.

"A slice of Ms. Ruan Mei?" Estella was taken aback.

Xing: "Well, I don't know how the slice is implanted into the simulated universe. I only know that she will give me rewards and raise my upper limit in the simulated universe."

"Once I encountered a horde of bugs that wiped out my health bar. Luckily, Ruan Mei gave me a blessing, which allowed me to take down that huge swarm of bugs."

"As long as you enjoy the test."

Suddenly, Ruan Mei's familiar voice rang out.