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A torrent of scalding energy surged wildly between Li Haotian's palm and the enormous heart, the alarm blaring so piercingly it seemed to tear eardrums apart, and the entire space trembled violently, crumbling apart. Above, massive metal plates shattered one after another, crashing to the ground with unstoppable force, kicking up clouds of dust. The inverted pyramid's self-destruct sequence had entered its final countdown.

However, Li Haotian ignored this. In his world, there was only the familiar yet strange presence transmitted from his palm, and the gentle yet resolute thought in his mind.

"No." He practically roared the word, his voice hoarse as if two pieces of metal were rubbing against each other. Instead of letting go, he used the last of his strength to press his entire body against it, trying to use his own flesh and blood to completely imprison the heart that was about to explode. "I'll take you away! I said we'd go together!"

He couldn't accept it. Throughout his journey, he had been ruthless and decisive, willing to become a demon, all for the sake of protecting her. If the final outcome was losing her, then all his previous perseverance and victories would have become meaningless.

"Silly Haotian..."

Lin Mo's voice rang in his mind again, this time with a hint of indulgent laughter, as if he were soothing an unreasonable child.

With that sound, Li Haotian was horrified to discover that the golden heart beneath his palm was beginning to become…transparent. The energy, as rich as liquid gold, was transforming from a solid state into a pure, intangible state of light. He could even see through the outline of that heart the wall opposite, twisted and peeling away from the explosion.

wrong!

He looked up abruptly, and in the very center of his heart, Lin Mo's silhouette slowly emerged. She still looked the same, wearing a white dress and barefoot, but her body had become almost completely transparent. Her body and the heart were merging into one.

"Silence!" Li Haotian's eyes widened in horror. He frantically tried to reach out and grab the dissipating silhouette, only to find that his fingers could only futilely pierce through the light and shadow. He couldn't grasp anything.

"I...I'm here now." Lin Mo's shadow smiled at him. It was a smile of utter relief, a smile of unparalleled radiance, devoid of any sadness, only a calm and joyful relief. She looked at Li Haotian, her eyes filled with starlight, gently embracing all his madness and reluctance.

"It's so quiet here. For the first time, I feel my own existence. Not anyone's vassal, not anyone's weapon, just Lin Mo."

Her words, like the sharpest knife, pierced deeply into Li Haotian's heart. He understood. From the moment she willingly merged into that heart, she had already made her choice.

"Come back!" he roared, his voice filled with pleading. "I command you! Come back now!"

He tried to win her back with his last stand, with the vague sense of subordination between them. But this time, the thread that bound them together was gently severed from the other end.

Lin Mo's image faded, but her smile grew clearer. She slightly opened her mouth, silently saying something. Li Haotian understood the shape of her lips—"Goodbye."

At the same time, a thought, so gentle yet so clear, was imprinted directly into the depths of his soul.

"Thank you... for letting me... make a choice..."

The moment her words fell, her transparent figure vanished completely, transforming into billions of golden specks of light, more dazzling than stars and gentler than fireflies. These specks of light did not scatter; instead, like birds returning to their nests, with a sense of resolute destiny, they reluctantly circled Li Haotian once, before all flowing into the energy core that had completely transformed into a pure white sphere.

Li Haotian's outstretched hand froze in mid-air. His face was filled with rage and despair as he watched helplessly as the last ray of light disappeared into the blinding white light.

she left.

She experienced both rebirth and end in her own way.

He lost. He lost to her choice.

hum-

A long roar, seemingly from the very beginning of the universe, resounded. After absorbing Lin Mo's last consciousness, the pure white energy core suddenly shone brightly! All the energy was instantly compressed to its limit, and then began its most thorough and violent release.

At this moment, the entire inverted pyramid base couldn't even muster a moment's struggle. Space was torn apart, time was distorted, and matter was decomposed. An irresistible, pure destruction erupted, spreading out in a spherical shape from the heart as its center.

Li Haotian remained in the outstretched position, silently hovering before the pure white light. He neither dodged nor fled. Because he knew that, deep within that light, her eyes were watching him.

He slowly turned to face the light that was about to engulf everything, and gave a smile that was more painful than crying.

Goodbye... Lin Mo.

The next second, an indescribable, annihilating white light engulfed his vision, his consciousness, and the final cage built of pain and wailing.

The whole world turned pure white.