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"..."

Xiang Yu didn't know what to say; he felt that the truth of this world was somewhat cruel to An Ling.

And now he knows who the demon who destroyed the world is.

"The demon that destroys the world... is An Ling, right?"

He spoke slowly to the system.

Congratulations on completing side quest 2!

The system displayed the following message.

After learning the truth, Xiang Yu didn't feel excited. He just sighed and looked at the main quest.

Main Quest 3: Help the Child of the World master her unique abilities.

Will Anling fully master the ability to reverse time...?

"Brother Xiang, we need to evacuate the crowd quickly. Although I succeeded this time... I may not be able to succeed next time..." An Ling struggled to stand up when she saw that Xiang Yu was not speaking.

"It's okay, I think I know the key to reversing time." Xiang Yu's tone was not joyful, but rather calm and indifferent.

"Really! Brother Xiang, tell me quickly! If we can really master this, we can try and fail countless times and never be afraid of failure again!" An Ling's eyes sparkled with excitement, her face full of anticipation.

Should I tell her?

If you tell her, everything will proceed as usual until the world suffers an irreversible catastrophe. In the end, she realizes that the apocalypse is actually herself, and in despair, she resets the world to before the apocalypse.

And then everything just keeps repeating itself, endlessly repeating.

But even if you don't tell her, she'll eventually realize it and reset the time.

Ultimately, the conditions for her to reset time were not particularly difficult.

After hesitating for a moment, Xiang Yu chose to tell the truth.

"It's regret. As long as you feel a strong sense of regret, you can go back to the past," Xiang Yu said, gripping An Ling's shoulders. "The key to your time travel is regret."

"The reason you could demonstrate time reversal to me was because you felt the regret of 'no one else understands me'; the reason you couldn't do it later was because I could see your time reversal, and that regret was fulfilled by me."

"The reason you were able to turn back time just now is because you witnessed Li Yiheng's death, which gave you a strong desire to turn back time."

"So we can deduce that the greater the regret, the stronger the power of regression, and the longer the regression period."

"And if... a regret can be so great that it can be traced back to the nineteen days before the end of the world, then that regret is the reason why I came into this world on December 12th."

"That is, the reason why this world was created."

An Ling's eyes widened. She didn't quite understand what the other person was saying, but she was deeply shocked.

After a long silence, she murmured, "So... as long as I feel regret, time can go back to the past?"

"Mm." Xiang Yu nodded gently.

"Isn't that great?" Anling suddenly became confident. "As long as we keep going back to the past and keep changing everything, sooner or later we'll achieve a perfect world where everyone can survive!"

"..."

Xiang Yu shook his head.

"No, in the situation you described, you have to go back to the past with your memories intact." Xiang Yu stroked An Ling's head. "But it's obvious that you don't have any memories from before... This means that you can't go back to the past ten days ago with your memories intact."

As for why...

It's very likely because of that thing.

Xiang Yu thought of that red ghostly figure...

Don't look back.

Its rules will likely become stronger over time. If one were to travel back in time with memories, they would probably be killed by that ghostly figure before they could even rewind.

Then he would definitely think that before the rules of the red ghost become too strong, he could just go back to the past.

The problem is that Anling cannot accumulate so many regrets before witnessing the complete destruction of the world. Without regrets, she cannot return to the past.

So Anling from the future found a way: to discard her memories and return to the past when the world ends.

But in order to prevent the past from repeating itself and to find a way to defeat the Red Ghost, she sent back a diary from the future.

But clearly, she failed.

This world may have cycled countless times—but it may also be the first time. After all, it involves the concept of time, so it would be naive to say which time was the first time. It is very possible that every time is the first time and every time is the second time.

The most likely model is actually the ouroboros, with no beginning and no end, where all cycles occur simultaneously, influencing and intertwining with each other.

For me, this is my first time in this world, but for this world, I have been here countless times, and all at the same time.

For this world, living itself has no meaning anymore.

Does an endless cycle of existence still have any meaning?

So, if you want to break the cycle...

Congratulations on completing the main quest!

[Main Quest 4 Unlocked!]

Main Quest 4: Provide end-of-life care for this world.

"I have to kill you, Anling."

Xiang Yu suddenly spoke up.

The sticky, ghostly sound outside the door drew closer; in just a few more seconds, it would kill everyone in the morgue, just as it had done in the world before time reversed.

Hearing this, Ai Baiwu, who was lying nearby, was taken aback and quickly said, "Big brother, could she be the hidden final boss? Will we clear the game by defeating her?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Zhuo looked at Xiang Yu in shock, feeling as if Xiang Yu had become a completely different person.

"Section Chief Xiang, what are you doing?!"

An Ling looked completely bewildered. She didn't seem to realize for a moment that Xiang Yu was serious. After a brief pause, she whispered, "Brother Xiang...why?"

Xiang Yu took out the diary and placed it in An Ling's hand: "You still remember it, right? It was written by your future self."

"Think about it, if your future self witnessed the end of the world, what would you choose to do?"

"...I will choose to reverse time." An Ling said almost without hesitation.

"So this is actually what your future self wrote; everything has already gone through countless cycles."

"So..." An Ling's voice began to tremble.

"Therefore, the world will never reach the year 2000."

And there's another important point, but Xiangyu didn't choose to tell the other party.

That is, the world itself may not be real.

It could even be just a loop of time constructed around Anling's memories.

But it's too cruel to say such things. For those who live in this world, this world is real.

Ji Zhuo is still desperately trying to save the world for his daughter.

Although such pity may be unnecessary, Xiangyu chose not to expose this secret.

It was only then that Xiang Yu realized what "end-of-life care" really meant.

Let this world perish in hope.

Xiang Yu clenched his fist, and energy slowly gathered at the tip of his fist, slowly moving towards An Ling.

At the same time, the morgue door was slowly pushed open by a red ghostly figure, and blood-red threads crawled into the morgue door.

Seeing that Xiang Yu's mind was made up, An Ling didn't know what else to say, if everything Xiang Yu said was true...

she……

She also agreed with the other party's approach.

She closed her eyes, waiting for the final moment to arrive.

But after a long time, the imagined nothingness did not arrive. She opened her eyes with trembling hands, only to see a figure from behind.

Xiang Yu swept past An Ling and rushed straight out of the morgue, like Don Quixote, charging towards the red ghostly figure outside the door!