Collapse Iron: I just transmigrated! You want me to save the Black Tower?!

Silver Wolf glanced at him.

"It's just playing a game together. I'm not going to take her to destroy the world. Why worry about it? Let's start it."

Upon entering the game, a gunfight immediately begins.

After being teased by Silver Wolf three times for being bad at the game, Jiang Jiu immediately used his ultimate dodge to engage in close combat with the opponent.

It's a competitive game where you not only have to pass levels, but also prevent others from passing. In other words, the monsters, bosses, and players from other teams are all enemies.

After taking down the first wave of enemies, Xing went wild.

"So," Silver Wolf suddenly spoke, his eyes still fixed on the game on the screen, "you came all this way just to play games?"

Jiang Jiu maneuvered his character to dodge a trap and replied casually, "Of course not, but does it matter?"

Silver Wolf snorted and didn't ask any further questions.

Halfway through the game, Jiang Jiu suddenly asked, "Speaking of which, has Eriol mentioned me?"

Silver Wolf's actions clearly paused for a moment; her character was almost hit by the monster.

Why do you ask that?

"Just out of curiosity," Jiang Jiu said casually, while simultaneously unleashing a precise combo attack. "After all, people like me who aren't part of the script are quite rare, right?"

Silver Wolf glanced at Jiang Jiu, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

“Elio’s script…” Silver Wolf began slowly, but then suddenly stopped. “Never mind, let’s finish this round first.”

Jiang Jiu nodded and didn't ask any further questions.

Silver Wolf seems to care more about winning this game than the script.

The game ended in their victory.

Silver Wolf looked at the rankings on the screen with satisfaction and finally put down the controller.

"The technology is good; let's meet up whenever we're free."

Suddenly, a voice came from Xing's side.

After a period of noise.

Xing: "I'm done playing, I have to log off. Let's meet up again next time."

Silver Wolf: "...? Wait! We've only played one game!"

But Xing has already gone offline.

Alright, the game is off, Silver Wolf sighed in disappointment.

"Okay, Jiang... what was Jiang again?"

"Jiang Jiu."

Silver Wolf nodded, it was unclear whether he remembered or not.

She took off her headphones, got up and tidied herself up, then kicked Jiang Jiu out of the room.

"If you have something to say, go talk to Kafka or Elio directly. I'm busy with some other daily tasks in other games, so I won't entertain you any longer. Goodbye."

Jiang Jiu stared at the closed door, lost in thought.

Even discarding a used tool shouldn't happen this quickly, right?

"Don't worry about it, that's just Silver Wolf's personality."

Jiang Jiu turned his head and saw Kafka standing not far behind him, her arms crossed and smiling gently.

"Come over here, I've prepared some hot tea for you."

Kafka didn't care or ask Jiang Jiu why he was there. She simply led him to a reception room and pushed a steaming cup of black tea in front of him.

"...Kafka, you don't seem surprised at all by my arrival."

Kafka hummed in agreement.

"Don't worry, we have the same goal. The galaxy has not reached the safest outcome, but that doesn't mean this path is without end."

She poured herself a cup of hot tea and took a small sip.

"You may have already seen the worst-case scenario, but that doesn't mean..."

"There is only one ending for the future."

Jiang Jiu remained silent for a while, and then he knew that these prophets knew something.

"What did Elio say? What should I do? And what do you know?"

Kafka simply drank her tea calmly.

"Don't rush, you still have plenty of time."

The Star Hunters' targets are never just star cores; they see further than anyone else.

But what does this sentence mean?

Sufficient time... If we look at it from the perspective of the galactic timeline, it hasn't been long no matter how you look at it, right?

"Can I see Eriol?"

The prophet was right in front of him, and Jiang Jiu really didn't want to miss the opportunity. What if there was a better way?

But Kafka just shook her head.

"What you need is not to predict the future, but the future can be changed."

Chapter 22 Listen to Me—

In conclusion, to sum up.

Jiang Jiu still failed to meet Elio as he wished.

But Elio gave him a few words, perhaps a chapter from a script.

It looked very high-end, but Jiang Jiu didn't understand a single word of it.

"A solo dance with music, a stage for the ignorant."

"A funeral dirge for death, a prelude to self-destruction."

"A symphony of destruction, an end of nothingness."

"And, the games of the future."

This is unbearable, what is all this nonsense...? Are all of Elio's scripts riddles like this?

But who can understand this? Is this some kind of deliberate targeting?

I'm out of ideas, I'm offering a hefty reward for a translation, I'm waiting online, it's urgent.

These sentences are anything but friendly. Although I didn't understand them, they're clearly not good stuff.

Nonsense, funeral dirge, solo dance, ignorance, death, self-destruction, annihilation...

[Oh, I see. Singing will kill you, dancing will kill you, ignorance will kill you, suicide will kill you, self-destruction will kill you, and those who march towards destruction will die.]

【nm】

Let me tell you something that people know.

[I know, I know, the prophets are at work, this universe is doomed.]

"Hey, hey, you can't just say things like that."

Jiang Jiu looked at the comments and felt speechless for a moment.

Can't they give any useful feedback?

Throughout the entire encounter, Kafka acted as if she were hosting a very close friend; her purplish-red pupils held no brilliance, but rather a faint, almost imperceptible smile.

"Have you finished reading, Jiang Jiu?"

Jiang Jiu shook his head: "I don't understand. Onfaros, will you Star Core Hunters get involved?"

Kafka simply smiled slightly.

Listen to me—"Try it boldly, don't be afraid of the consequences."

Jiang Jiu was stunned for a moment.

As he was leaving, he couldn't help but mutter to himself.

No wonder everyone says Kaffa is a bad woman, who can resist her...?

Regardless of the circumstances, Elio didn't want to see him, and the path of becoming a Star Core Hunter was definitely not going to work.

Perhaps they will lend a hand later on, but Jiang Jiu cannot gamble on any of that.

After thinking it over, he decided to go back to the space station to find Black Tower first. After all, at this time, he didn't know anyone and had no evidence to tell others what kind of crisis the galaxy was facing.

......

He had just returned to the space station and opened a door to look for the Black Tower when he was suddenly pounced on by Pepe, who was running around everywhere.

Estella chased after him, panting, while Pepe charged forward, howling.

"Huff...no...stop running, I have no strength left..."

She leaned against the wall, breathless with exhaustion.

Jiang Jiu glanced at Peipei in his arms, then at the exhausted Aista, and took Peipei into his arms.

"What's going on here? A marathon race on the space station?"

"Ah..." Estella was instantly excited when she saw Pepe suddenly appear in her field of vision. She took Pepe and was about to thank her when she looked up and saw Jiang Jiu. "Um, it's like this, Pepe just accidentally ate a strange object, and I wanted to help her get it out, but she thought I was playing with her, and then..."

Jiang Jiu was stunned for a moment.

"Huh? You accidentally ate something strange? Then you'd better hurry up and get it before it's digested."

"it is good!"

Estella hurriedly hugged Pepe and quickly disappeared from Jiang Jiu's sight.

"It's quite lively," Jiang Jiu commented, resting his chin on his hand as he watched the scene.