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

Walter Young took the mask. Seeing that Jiang Jiu hadn't mentioned any conditions, he didn't ask any questions and instead prepared to study it himself.

Jiang Jiu didn't ask what had happened to the train crew here before; he went straight to asking, "Uncle Yang, can you leave the Glazed Light Belt now?"

Walter Young paused for two seconds, then shook his head: "To be honest, Lord Shi Jin, there is a star core on this planet, and we are trying to find and seal it."

Jiang Jiu: "."

Is the Star Core a must-farm item in the main storyline?

"What if we disregard the star core? What if I told you you were going to die? Would you risk your lives for this star system?"

Walter Yang pushed up his glasses, the reflection in the lenses obscuring the emotions in his eyes: "Lord Shi Jin... what do you mean by 'dying'?"

"Literal meaning."

Walter hesitated for a moment: "Lord Shijin, do you know what 'pioneer' is?"

"Stop, stop, stop."

Jiang Jiu interrupted Walter Yang directly: "I'm not here to listen to grand principles. I only have one question: if you don't leave now, you will die at the hands of the Annihilation Lord Burning Wind. Are you leaving or not?"

"I mean everyone, including everyone on the train."

Just as Walter Yang was about to speak, a voice interrupted his thoughts.

"But it's too late."

Fu Ruo sat by the stage, helplessly spreading her hands: "This star field only lets in but never lets out; we've been stuck here for a long time."

Chapter 212 Why does Lezi God like you?

Sensing the other party's murderous intent, Fu Ruo raised her hands and said, "Hey, hey, don't kill me! It wasn't me who did it."

Fu Ruo sat innocently on the edge of the stage with her hands raised, her eyes curving into crescents. She kept saying "Don't kill me," but there was no fear in her eyes.

She wasn't afraid at all.

Jiang Jiu glanced at her but did not make a move immediately.

"Who else could it be but you?"

"I really don't know." Fu Ruo spread his hands, looking completely innocent. "I'm just an ordinary masked fool, the kind who's been pretending to be a mourner for three years. This blockade of the star field is clearly not something an ordinary envoy could do. How could I possibly have that ability?"

She paused, looked at the dazzling band of light in the distance, and her expression became serious for a moment, which was rare for her.

Although it was only for a moment.

"However, I do know one thing: this star field started acting strangely about half a month ago. People can get in, but they can't get out. The mournful musician himself has been trying to find a solution, but it's no use."

"If you don't believe me, ask a few of them. They should know, right?"

Jiang Jiu glanced at Uncle Yang and, seeing that he didn't refute her, knew that the situation was pretty much as she had described.

"Then why don't you run?"

Fu Ru blinked and then laughed: "Run? Run for what? This is so much fun~ A trapped star field, unknown enemies, and you interesting guys~ How could I miss out on such a great show?"

"By the way, do I need to remind you of something?"

"The shimmering light belt... wasn't it created by a Great Lord of Annihilation himself?"

After Fu Ruo finished speaking, seeing that Jiang Jiu had no reaction, she shook her head in disappointment: "Why is there no reaction? Isn't this news surprising enough?"

Jiang Jiu did not answer.

...The dazzling gray-white band of light not far away seemed to him like a vague warning.

When did this happen?

Fu Ruo tilted her head: "Well... I'm not too sure about the exact time, but what's certain is that the Great Lord of Annihilation never intended to let this place go from the very beginning."

She stood up and patted off non-existent dust from her clothes.

“The mourners thought they had found a place where they could grieve to their heart’s content, but in reality they had only moved into a giant cage.”

"And the owner of the cage..."

She looked at Jiang Jiu, her smile deepening.

"We're watching you."

Fu Ruo smiled happily, as if she herself was pleased to see this scene.

"Do you think you can escape? If the Burning Wind comes, everyone will die... including you." Jiang Jiu looked at Fu Ruo and questioned her calmly.

"Oh! This~" Fu Ruo smiled even more happily, "Because of pleasure."

"You think death is interesting?"

"Do not."

Fu Ruo became unusually serious: "Because of pleasure."

She raised her head, looked at the pale lights, and at the actors weeping on the stage, and spoke softly.

"Do you know what the God of Joy saw when he climbed the Tree of Existence?"

Jiang Jiu remained silent.

Of course, Fu Ruo didn't need his answer.

"He saw all things return to nothingness."

"The end of destiny is nothingness, the end of existence is nothingness, the end of the universe is also nothingness. Everything will vanish, everything will return to nothingness."

"He stood there, gazing at the eternal silence, at the nothingness that had no sound, no color, no meaning..."

Then He heard the cry of a baby.

Jiang paused for a moment.

Fu Ruo looked at him and suddenly smiled.

"That was just a cry, the cry of a newborn, who knows nothing, just because he has come into this world."

The sound rose from the silence, like...

"Life itself mocks nothingness."

Jiang Jiu: "..."

Fu Ruo continued, "Aha stood there, listening to the cry, and then He smiled."

"It's not a triumphant laugh, nor a mocking laugh, nor a laugh that says you see through everything."

Instead, he burst into laughter.

"That was pure laughter, born from existence itself."

She looked at Jiang Jiu: "Pleasure is not vulgar jokes, not malicious pranks, not something that those self-proclaimed clever people use to amuse themselves. I wouldn't go to that lousy place, the tavern!"

"Joy—is the sound that life chooses to make even in the face of nothingness."

"Do you understand now... Time's End!"

"You think the mourners are grieving here?"

"No, of course not!"

"They are laughing."

"Laugh in a sad way."

Jiang Jiu looked at her for a while, then nodded calmly, his eyes completely expressionless: "Oh, so what? Why are you telling me all this? Are you going to tell me why you want to die?"

Jiang Jiu felt that Fu Ruo's behavior was somewhat... inexplicable.

It's really inexplicable, I'm just bored and have nothing better to do, so I'll talk about the origin of the God of Fun.

He ignored Fu Ruo and turned to say a few words to Hei Ta.

"you sure?"

"There's a high probability that the star core is interfering with the train's warp drive. I'll deal with the star core. You take a few of them back to the train. No matter what, we have to get on board."

"Leave this to me. Come back alive!"

Once the logic holds true, there's no time to hesitate.

Walter Young's intelligence was similar to what the two geniuses had guessed, so he quickly contacted the three kids and headed straight for the train.

Jiang Jiu had come into contact with star cores before when he met Xing Xiao, so he had some understanding of them.

Having determined the general direction, Jiang Jiu decided to go directly to solve the problem of the star core.

In any case, we cannot let that little guy Xing be tainted by even a trace of nothingness.

"Time's End!"

Jiang Jiu paused, then clicked his tongue: "If you really don't want to live anymore, I can send you off first—"

Don't you want to know why the God of Fun likes you?

Fu Ruo stared at Jiang Jiu and said, word by word.

"It's because in His eyes, it's the process of your struggle, the effort you put in to protect those who are unrelated to you, the moment you chose to try again even in dire straits..."

"They are the most brilliant light of life."

"Those are the most powerful mockery of nothingness!"

Jiang Jiu clicked his tongue and didn't linger.

As Fu Ruo watched Jiang Jiu's retreating figure, the smile on her lips slowly deepened.

"Go for it, Shi Jin."

She spoke softly.

"Let me see what your pleasure is like~"

"By the God of Fun~ The show is about to begin—"

After saying that, she transformed into a mask and fell to the ground with a thud.

Then it exploded into a wisp of mist.