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

Tsk... another lunatic.

The world is being pushed step by step toward its end by these extremists.

He couldn't help but sigh, but suddenly he was getting used to it...

He wouldn't say, nor did he have the right to say, that these people did anything wrong, but not being wrong never means that they were right.

"So, this is why you froze the entire universe? Don't you think that's too cruel? To trap everyone in the past forever just to preserve memories?"

After hearing Jiang Jiu's words, Xi Lian paused for two seconds, then smiled softly.

"No, she's not the kind of person who would freeze the whole world at the drop of a hat."

She gently raised her hand, and some jumbled fragments were forcibly crammed into Jiang Jiu's mind.

He paused for a moment, then subconsciously pressed his temples.

...It's so messy.

...It's so noisy.

Countless images flashed through my mind: the Golden Blood, fighting desperately, met their inevitable end; the Galactic Alliance suffered a crushing defeat; Star... March 7th... Danheng...

Death, death, death...!

Images of death flashed by, death, death, and more death!! Everyone died in the past in unexpected ways!!

The Iron Tomb is about to be crowned; memories cannot kill destruction. In the moments before the world is about to enter its end, memories leave everyone in the past.

At this point, whether the driving force is "love" or "hate" is no longer important.

A morbid love, an extreme hate.

Can it still evoke pity?

he does not know.

The memories of death are too vast: Onpharos, Screw Star, the company, the fairy ship, Pinocchio, the space station...

The machines on Screw Star lost power, the little girl selling flowers withered along with the flowers, and the researchers turned to ashes in despair.

Dead, dead, dead... All dead. Everything in sight is death, oppressive, suffocating. No living thing remains.

Then he saw the Black Tower...

He saw—she was completely consumed by some kind of force.

Buzz...!

Jiang Jiu's mind went blank for a moment, the chaotic images were forcibly interrupted, and his vision returned to normal.

He instinctively pressed his hand to his heart.

...Something called "existence" exerted its power, forcefully pulling him out of these chaotic memories.

He then realized that he had almost been drawn into these memories and lost in them.

"terribly sorry......"

Xi Lian said softly, having become a Star God, she had no concept of her own power, and naturally assumed that an existence capable of reversing the end could probably withstand the memories of cause and effect...

Seeing the emotions in Xi Lian's eyes, Jiang Jiu inexplicably added a voiceover for her.

Sorry, I didn't expect you to be so bad.

You can't even handle this little bit? I'm sorry, I'll be more careful next time.

Jiang Jiu: "..."

Why are you showing me these things?

His voice was calm, so calm that even he was somewhat surprised.

Xi Lian remained standing in the middle of the wheat field, calmly watching him.

In those pale purple eyes, there was still the familiar gentleness.

That kind of tender affection when looking at a dog.

"Because I want you to understand."

"Understand what?"

"I understand that it's not that I chose to freeze everything, but... that I had no other choice."

She lowered her head and looked at the ice-blue flower in her hand.

That flower was frozen in memory into an eternal form, forever frozen at the moment it bloomed.

"I... had no other choice..."

If Jiang Jiu and Xi Lian were both accustomed to despair, under the influence of nothingness, Jiang Jiu's testimony could be ignored and forgotten, but Xi Lian's could not.

Instead, she is memory; she remembers everything.

Jiang Jiu crossed his arms and thought for a moment.

"So, this line is anchored and the Iron Tomb will definitely be born? Then will the universe be frozen in memory? If this is also anchored, there will be no way to undo it."

An unprecedentedly clear worldline.

Everything was clear enough; there were only a few key points where action could be taken.

Does it sound easy?

Xi Lian looked at him and suddenly smiled.

Her smile carried an emotion that Jiang Jiu couldn't decipher.

It was neither bitterness, nor sadness, nor relief.

Instead...expectations?

"Jiang Jiu, do you know, the moment I became a Star God, I saw everything."

"All timelines, all possibilities, all the paths you've walked."

“I saw you die again and again, restart again and again, and stand in front of the end time and time again, blocking the future that should not happen.”

"I saw you risk your life to save a stranger."

"I see you wandering through the past and the future in search of the optimal solution."

"I also saw you holding the corpse of the Black Tower, making the whole world pay for her death..."

“I saw…”

She paused.

"Time and time again, never give up."

Jiang Jiu remained silent.

Xi Lian looked at him, and finally, something different appeared in his pale purple eyes.

It's not gentleness.

It is a clear, very clear expectation.

"In your past... I saw a different future. Onpharos wouldn't face destruction, nor would it be forgotten. Everyone lived into the future, and everyone became the person they wanted to be..."

They are all alive, they are all living well, and they have become the people they wanted to be.

Within that line, there is no reincarnation, no death, no despair.

Only... a bright and glorious future.

Onpharos can live, the Golden Clan can have a future, they don't have to be trapped in the past forever...

Including... "me".

Xi Lian took a deep breath.

So... I've been waiting for you.

I've been waiting for you since the moment I became a Star God. Aren't you trying to stop the end? If I were the end itself, would you come to stop me?

If you had the power to change the future... if you could overturn the predetermined ending...

So, can I expect you to stop me?

Chapter 226 What to do if the savior seems to have gone mad? I need help urgently!

"...Wait for me? Wait for me to stop you?"

Jiang Jiu glanced at Xi Lian, then pointed to himself, and said speechlessly, "Get this straight, you are a Star God, and I am at most an ordinary envoy. Do you think I can overturn the actions of a Star God?"

"Aren't you overestimating me?"

Xi Lian paused for a moment: "But you clearly..."

"Did I kill them?" Jiang Jiu shrugged. "You didn't mention a word about the contributions of the Destruction Star God and the Amber King? Did you selectively ignore the fact that we were ambushed by Lan?"

He looked at Xi Lian and mercilessly exposed what she had hidden.

"You know very well, don't you? The 'Xi Lian' standing in front of me now, the so-called one who still has feelings, who still cares about them enough, is just a memory, isn't she?"

"You yourself are a star god, but what are 'you' thinking?"

"Can you guarantee that He also wants to be overthrown?"

Jiang Jiu chuckled softly, at a loss for what to do.

Are you suggesting he directly take on the Star God? Does he even have that kind of ability?

Xi Lian lowered her head and did not refute.

The lack of rebuttal meant that Jiang Jiu was telling the truth. She was indeed terrified of forgetting her obsession, which was why she tried her best to preserve this memory as a lasting connection to meet her destined savior.

After a long while, she gave a bitter smile: "Oh dear... no wonder you're a genius, you're really amazing. Even though I tried so hard to hide it, it was still seen through so easily."

Jiang Jiu looked at her, feeling somewhat helpless.

In Xi Lian's eyes, there was bitterness, relief, and a little... a sense of relief.

"So," Jiang Jiu began, "what exactly do you want to say by bringing me here?"