Collapse Iron: The Five Heroes of the Clouds Won't Let Me Go

In recent days, Dan Heng has been under Dan Feng's care during his cultivation, while Bai Lu has been studying diligently within the Dan Ding Division.

These days are so wonderful that Cheng Xiao now has time to lie in a rocking chair and enjoy the afternoon.

"Something terrible has happened—!"

Cheng Xiao started to have a headache.

Bai Heng rushed back from outside in a hurry.

"Slow down, don't rush. You're a grown man, why are you in such a hurry?"

Bai Heng took a deep breath and said nervously:

"Xiaolang, there's a purple guy outside looking for you. He's very arrogant and laughs 'hoohoohoohoo'."

Cheng Xiao was taken aback and pondered silently.

[Purple...and it even smirks...]

When did Frieza arrive?

"I'm going out to take a look."

Cheng Xiao strode out the door and immediately saw the Black Tower.

Turns out it was this guy; I thought some real person had made a cameo appearance.

"Why are you looking at this genius with such a disappointed look? Is there a problem?"

"No, I was just thinking about something happy."

Black Tower: "?"

Cheng Xiao asked frankly, "I wonder why our very busy person has personally graced my humble abode?"

Black Tower sighed, hands on his hips. "Do you think I wanted this? I could have contacted you using just a projection, but you're carrying that Screw Gum thing, so ordinary methods can't pinpoint your location."

"Didn't you ask ScrewGumm to give you the necessary permissions?"

"Sigh, I wonder what that guy is doing. He took a phone call and then left. It must be some new project."

Cheng Xiao was somewhat surprised: "I thought you guys would always be together."

Black Tower said irritably, "Please, every genius has their own space, okay? Geniuses are inherently lonely. Screw and I are friends, but we each have our own lives and research."

"If it weren't for your shared research project, Screw and I wouldn't be able to meet up so often, let alone Ruan Mei. She's a reclusive person who lives alone, and getting her to come out is second only to meeting the Machine Head in difficulty."

Cheng Xiao sighed, "You've really had a hard time. Come, come in and have a seat."

"No need, I'm here to talk to you. Come with me right away."

"Well... I need to tell my family first."

Black Tower glanced meaningfully at Bai Heng beside him and casually said:

"Hurry up, my time is precious."

After reporting to Jingliu and the others, Cheng Xiao followed the Black Tower back to the space station.

As soon as he disembarked, Cheng Xiao remarked with emotion:

"Why do I feel like you're spending more and more time on the space station? Aren't you going back to your old secluded home?"

"Huh? That place is my personal little privacy. I go there frequently these days, and I don't want to be targeted by the mysterious and memory-based people. Besides, the space station is convenient enough, and I have a bunch of subordinates at my beck and call. Isn't that wonderful?"

"Besides, if I don't stay on the space station, you won't be able to find me immediately if you need anything, right?"

Hei Ta looked at Cheng Xiao with an expression that said, "What a worrying guy."

Cheng Xiao felt a little embarrassed, but there was nothing he could do. His genius friends were just too reliable, and he would ask them for help whenever he couldn't figure something out.

"Alright, alright, let's stop discussing these trivial matters. This time, I really have something very important to discuss with you."

Driven by Cheng Xiao's curiosity, Hei Ta led him to his laboratory.

More than a dozen different black towers are all here.

When Cheng Xiao appeared, they all looked at him with strange eyes.

Even the fictional version of the Great Black Tower looked at him with surprise.

"What's wrong? Why are you all looking at me like that?"

The Black Towers exchanged glances, and it was the little Black Tower, whom Cheng Xiao was most familiar with, who stood up and said:

"Cheng Xiao, who exactly are you?"

"What do you mean?"

Little Black Tower took a deep breath and said:

"I checked, and in my timeline, there's no one named you. You said you were on the Cangcheng Immortal Ship in Star Calendar 6300, right? And then you went to Luofu, but I've looked, and there's no one named you!"

Another adult version of the Black Tower said:

"When I was first resurrected by you, the time in my world was 7250 in the Stellar Calendar. Fifty years later, the Shuhu Rebellion occurred in Luofu. The Cloud Cavalry suffered heavy losses, with only one in ten surviving. Teng Xiao died in battle. In the end, at the cost of Bai Heng, one of the Five Valiant Warriors of the Clouds, the Shuhu Rebellion was successfully defeated."

Another large black tower said:

"My timeline is a bit later, around 7340. In order to revive Bai Heng, Long Zun Danfeng misused the Dragon Transformation Technique, which eventually led to the evil dragon causing chaos. Jing Liu killed it, and the Five Heroes of the Clouds completely fell apart. Jing Liu became a demon, Jing Yuan was forced to succeed as general, Long Zun forcibly shed his scales, and Ying Xing was imprisoned."

"But you are nowhere to be found in anything, as if you never existed."

Little Black Tower said:

"Only here do you exist, and all tragedies cease to exist. Things go smoothly, which is reassuring, and you can sleep soundly all night long."

All the black towers looked at Cheng Xiao as if they wanted to devour him.

Only the original Black Tower said helplessly:

"See? This is big trouble. Explain yourself."

Cheng Xiao's palms were damp with sweat. He frantically racked his brains, but couldn't figure out how to explain it. Should he just be honest?

"May I ask you a question first?"

"Go ahead and say it."

"How did you find out?"

Little Black Tower said irritably:

"I can only do experiments and research after you've recovered, which wastes a lot of time."

"So this genius thought, since I'm going to ask you to do research anyway, why don't I just go directly to Cheng Xiao from my own world?"

"And what did I find out? There was no such person as you."

The other black towers each said:

"We each went to verify the history of the Immortal Ship in our own world and found that you were nowhere to be found. Your master, Yaofeng, died on the Bountiful Battlefield not long after Jingliu learned to use the sword, leaving Jingliu alone in the courtyard practicing swordsmanship, like a walking corpse."

"The Immortal Boat Alliance doesn't really cooperate; they each sail independently, but there are still the Five Valiant Warriors in the Clouds."

"And most importantly, in my world, Danfeng and Yingxing are men!!!"

One of the big black towers complained:

"After seeing the female versions of them, I couldn't accept the male versions from my own side at first."

Daheita took out a photo, which she had secretly taken of Danfeng and Yingxing.

That's exactly how they look in the normal storyline!

Cheng Xiao stared in shock at the massive black tower before her, her expression one of utter despair.

"They're only men in my world, and now my status in the other Black Towers is plummeting."

Cheng Xiao can confirm it's the authentic Black Tower!

Should I tell her about some things that will happen in the future?