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

[Screw Gum: ......]

[Screwgoom: As far as I know, the hunter's arrows are effect-based, transcending the law of cause and effect. In other words, regardless of whether you are in the past or the future, if you are targeted by the hunter's arrow, you will definitely be hit.]

The conversation between the two geniuses successfully drew everyone's attention back to Jiang Jiu.

wrong......

I was so distracted by the Black Tower lady's matter that I almost forgot what I had just seen.

Something seems off...

Was Jiang Jiu instantly killed by the hunting mechanism that reverses cause and effect...?

Those who realized this now felt terrible.

[Himeko: So... our savior, who seems to possess the ability to travel through time, is currently facing a dead end?]

Himeko had already been led astray and started calling him the savior.

Such an obvious stance clearly indicates an attempt to save those timelines that are destined for the end.

Walter: ......

Walter adjusted his glasses, sensing a potential predicament.

[Star: So, he just came back to life, and then he was killed again?]

[Danheng: Moreover, it's uncertain whether this ability has limitations, whether it can be used freely, or even whether there will be a next time.]

[Star: ...So, is he still alive?]

Danheng didn't know how to answer.

If you die as soon as you're resurrected, are you still considered alive?

he does not know.

Just as the various forces were speculating, the image suddenly lit up again without warning.

This scene is not any known unknown.

Instead, it was a pure white space, empty and devoid of anything.

In the very center of the image, a person kneels on the pure white floor of the system space, head bowed, weakly supporting himself on the ground.

At first glance, all you can feel is despair.

There were no other sounds in the video except for the very clear sound of heartbeats.

"thump......"

"thump......"

Then, the heartbeat stopped abruptly.

Jiang Jiu remained in that position, motionless.

Time seemed to lose its meaning; the scene lasted for so long that some began to wonder whether it was a picture or a video.

[March 7th: Why isn't he moving? Is he stuck?]

[Star: It might be a bad internet connection.]

[March 7th: Is this the time for jokes?!]

[Star: I'm not kidding, look, the screen really isn't moving.]

[Dan Heng: ...It's not that the image stopped moving, it's that he didn't move.]

[Gold Placer: Where is this? A time warp? A narrow passage of fate?]

[Jadeite: It looks more like a crack in time.]

[Jade: Judging from this, it seems he has some ability to jump between timelines...?]

[Jiaoqiu: His condition... seems a bit bad.]

[Natasha: A prolonged state of stillness, emotional breakdown, low consciousness, and unresponsiveness can be medically termed... emotional numbness and psychotic stupor following recurrent trauma.]

[Natasha: Under intense psychological shock, the body enters a state of deep inhibition, consciousness becomes blurred, there is almost no response to external stimuli, and the body remains in a fixed posture.]

[Natasha: Simply put, it's the body's self-protective mechanism after a complete mental breakdown—only this protection seems even more powerless than the breakdown itself.]

[March 7th: Such a great major... So what do we do now?]

[Fireworks: We're just spectators.]

"What...did I just do?"

"Why go to Azure Star... Why bring disaster to that planet?"

"so......"

Why am I here?

"Again and again...tasting utter, meaningless, worthless failure?"

"I......"

He tried to make a sound, but his voice was slightly hoarse.

It was very light, but very unfamiliar, so unfamiliar that it didn't seem like him.

"Really...can you do it?"

Through Jiang Jiu's vision, everything in front of him began to blur. The pure white space was no longer dazzling, but instead turned into a meaningless gray that was gradually being assimilated.

"This is... a complete and utter dead end."

A muffled voice emanated from the image, sounding like a heartfelt sentiment, or perhaps a sense of despair.

Did he do something wrong?

"Is the wrath of the Star God something an ordinary person like you can withstand? Even if you are an Envoy, so what?"

"The gap between a Star God and a Commander is like an insurmountable chasm."

"There is no solution."

Did you select the wrong location?

"No, perhaps from the very beginning, this game was never designed with a path to completion."

"What so-called savior, what reversal of the world line, it's all just a cruel joke, right?"

"A joke that keeps him trying but never sees the end, leading him step by step to collapse."

"Right?"

"Why did he save the world... again?"

Memory is like paper soaked in water; the words on it slowly blur and become indistinct.

"It's important...it seems like there's something...that's very important..."

"Who said what? Who expected what? Or did he himself...promise something?"

I can't remember.

A blank gray space in my memory.

He lowered his head, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw a few strands of hair hanging down in front of his eyes. Starting from the ends, the color faded little by little, losing its luster, and finally turning into a lifeless, hopeless gray-white.

The color... is disappearing.

Starting with his hair, the color on his entire body began to fade.

Along with the real feeling of his existence, and some of his thoughts, they faded away.

[Natasha: ...The color is fading? What is this? Some kind of stress response? Or...]

Bronya: Natasha, have you ever seen anything like this before?

[Natasha: No, this is beyond my medical knowledge.]

[Seele: He's no ordinary messenger; we can't judge him by common sense.]

Bronya: I know, I just...

March 7th: Don't cry...

[Bai E: Don't give up so easily. Since you've decided to save the world, you'll inevitably face countless moments of despair...]

[Aglaia: Do you believe him?]

[Bai E: Yes, it will succeed...]

In the scene, Jiang Jiu was kneeling there, motionless, the gray-white hair at the ends of his hair still spreading silently.

After an unknown amount of time, comments from the underworld slowly appeared.

[Huang Quan: ...self-destruction.]

Huang Quan easily uttered what no one dared to say.

The chat was silent for a moment.

[Star: Self-destruction? What does self-destruction mean?]

[The Underworld: The erosion of nothingness, when it reaches its end, leads to self-destruction.]

[Huang Quan: It's not death, it's something far more terrifying than death.]

......

(Was the reaction to the part about the Black Tower's home base being blown up a bit exaggerated...?)

(The next chapter will be longer, consider it a make-up! Please forgive me!)

Watching a Movie (18) - Praising the Star God of Joy

[Huang Quan: Under the corrosive influence of nothingness, you will forget who you are, what you care about, and why you are standing here. Then you will even forget the act of "forgetting" itself.]

[March 7th: But...but...in this situation...who can save him?]

[Black Tower: Jiang...]