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

Jiang Jiu was pushed back half a step by her, but his face didn't show any anger. Instead, he smiled even more. He sat down on the edge of the bed, took the glass of milk from Hei Ta's hand, and put it aside.

“I’m not kidding,” he said, his voice lower than before, with a slight morning hoarseness. “I’m serious.”

Hei Ta looked into his amber eyes, which were empty and clean, containing only her.

She turned her face away, her ear tips still red, but her tone had returned to its usual nonchalant manner: "...So cheesy."

Jiang Jiu smiled without refuting her. He simply reached out and tucked a strand of hair that was hanging down her side behind her ear. When his fingertips brushed against her earlobe, Hei Ta's eyelashes trembled, but she did not flinch.

"Jiang Jiu, is this what you originally looked like?"

She has black hair and her eyes are amber in the light; she's very beautiful.

Jiang Jiu smiled and asked, "Do you like it?"

“I like it,” Black Tower said directly. “I really like it.”

After cuddling together for a while, Hei Ta seemed to suddenly remember something and turned his head to look at Jiang Jiu curiously.

"Are you a Star God?"

Jiang Jiu blinked: "Isn't it a little too late to think about it now?"

"Late? I don't think so?" Hei Ta leaned closer to Jiang Jiu, his eyes crinkling into a smile. "Then would you say I've won over a Star God?"

"Yes, and this star god is completely obedient to you."

Black Tower was delighted.

After sorting things out, she happily pulled Jiang Jiu aside and said she wanted to do something exciting.

Jiang Jiu was also very curious.

...and so he was taken to the underlying code of the simulated universe to record its existence.

Jiang Jiu: "..."

Disappointing, but it's reasonable, what should I do?

"Black Tower, would you like to become my first Commander?"

Black Tower raised an eyebrow: "Isn't it said that it's very difficult to traverse the path of existence?"

"It's not difficult at all. The existence of a star god doesn't require looking at anyone. Existence is existence, and everyone can step onto the path of existence."

Jiang Jiu leaned closer to the black tower and chuckled, "But you're different. I'll give you special treatment. Do you want to become the first Commander of the 'Existence' destiny?"

"No, I want pure beauty."

The Black Tower rejected your existence and chose pure beauty.

Jiang Jiu was silent for two seconds: "...I'll go find Idrisla for you."

"Hey, just kidding."

"Ding—Task completed."

The fourth timeline—Onfaros—in the name of "love," she cherishes everything that has passed until the end of time; memory becomes the fourth kind of "end."

Solution: Comprehend "existence" within nothingness, ascend to divinity, rewrite the final anchor, overwrite cause and effect, and reverse the future.

"Analysis shows that the universe is returning to normal along this timeline."

『Task Rating: ∞』

Jiang Jiu was startled when he suddenly heard the system's voice.

Black Tower noticed his movements and looked at him curiously.

"what happened?"

The system's voice continued.

Current mission progress.

The first timeline—the ocean planet "Lusaka".

Completed

The second timeline—the agate world of "Merustan".

Completed

The third world line—the Lapis Lazuli Belt "Patrevinizia".

Completed

The fourth timeline—Onpharos.

Completed

"Congratulations, host, you have completed all the final line reversals."

"Thank you for your hard work, host. Rewards will now be distributed."

Reward: "Going home."

"Using this reward, a permanent two-way portal will be opened between the two worlds for the host, allowing the host to bring important people with them when traveling back and forth between the original world."

This reward is permanent, irrevocable, non-tradable, and non-transferable.

Usage conditions: None.

Please believe that the host's authority is paramount.

"..."

Hei Ta waved his hand in front of Jiang Jiu's eyes and asked curiously, "What's wrong? What happened?"

Jiang Jiu was in a daze for a moment, then suddenly hugged the Black Tower tightly.

Although Heita was a little puzzled, he still gently patted him on the shoulder.

"what happened?"

"Black Tower...do you want to come home with me?"

Black Tower blinked: "What kind of place is that?"

“It was a free, equal, and just world,” Jiang Jiu said earnestly, looking at the Black Tower. “There was no destiny, no star gods, no power beyond technology, but… it was wonderful.”

"Would you like to go and see?"

Black Tower raised an eyebrow.

"of course."

Chapter 269 The Present World (End of Main Text)

"Weren't we going to your house? Why are we at the flower shop?"

Jiang Jiu bought a bunch of daisies.

It's not a rare or precious flower; its white petals and pale yellow stamens are clustered together, small and inconspicuous.

The florist helped him wrap it up in very simple packaging.

"Or is it for your sister?" the proprietress asked.

Jiang Jiu paused for a moment, then belatedly realized that he had been here many times before, so he chuckled and nodded: "Yes."

"She'll like it." The proprietress smiled and didn't say anything more.

Heita stood to the side, looking at the bunch of daisies without saying a word. Her gaze lingered on the few small white flowers for a moment, as if she were studying something, or perhaps just looking at them out of simple curiosity.

"Do you like this flower?" she asked.

"My sister likes it." Jiang Jiu took the flowers, bent down and smelled them. It was a very faint fragrance that dissipated with a gust of wind.

Heita didn't ask any further questions, but simply followed him out of the flower shop.

The sunlight on the street was lovely, filtering through the branches and leaves of the roadside trees and casting dappled patterns of light on the ground.

“This is your world,” Black Tower said, not in a question, but in a statement.

"Hmm," Jiang Jiu said, "It's pretty ordinary, isn't it?"

Black Tower thought for a moment, then shook his head.

“It’s not ordinary,” she said. “A place without destiny is inherently extraordinary.”

Jiang Jiu smiled but didn't reply.

They walked across the street and turned into a quieter alley, lined with sycamore trees whose leaves had not yet all fallen, rustling softly in the wind.

At the end of the road stood a white building, not tall but large. Several words were written above the main entrance. Hei Ta didn't look at them, but she knew what it was because she could smell disinfectant.

Jiang Jiu led Hei Ta upstairs, turned left, and, as he had done countless times before, instinctively stopped in front of a hospital room.

In that ward, there was a person. He paused for two seconds, then reached out and gently knocked twice.

"Come in." The voice inside was very soft and weak, as if it had no strength.

Jiang Jiu pushed open the door.

The room wasn't big, but it was very clean. Sunlight streamed in through the window and fell on the bed next to it. A young girl was sitting on the bed, wearing a blue and white striped hospital gown. Her hair was a bit long and draped over her shoulders. She was pale and her lips were almost bloodless.

But her eyes were bright; the moment she saw Jiang Jiu, her eyes curved into crescents.

"elder brother."

Jiang Jiu walked over, placed the daisies on the bedside table, and then sat down on the edge of the bed. He reached out and gently ruffled her hair, his fingertips touching her forehead, which was icy cold.

"How are you feeling today?" he asked.

Jiang Yin tilted her head and thought for a moment.

"It's alright," she laughed, "it's just a little boring. I've finished reading the book you brought last time."

"Then I'll bring a few more next time."

"No need," Jiang Yin smiled. "It's good that my brother is here."

Her gaze shifted from Jiang Jiu to behind him. Hei Ta stood at the doorway, not coming in, but leaning against the doorframe, quietly watching everything.

Jiang Yin blinked, somewhat curious.