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

The girl smiled, her eyes crinkling. She carefully placed the crystal back in its place, then reached out and took off another one.

"This piece belongs to the big uncle."

She spoke quickly, her voice trailing off with a soft, gentle tone, unable to hide her joy.

It's like after a long period of silence, finally finding someone to confide in, and being eager to share all the precious memories you've kept.

"He is an exceptionally skilled craftsman, truly remarkable! This crystal contains his most prized work... Look at these patterns and structures, aren't they exquisitely crafted?"

“This one belongs to Grandpa Lin.” She picked up another crystal, “He always loved to tell stories at dusk, and this is his favorite story, it’s about…about…”

The clear, crisp voice suddenly stopped.

A look of bewilderment flashed across the girl's face, and she froze slightly.

"...What was it about again?" She blinked, frowned slightly, and looked somewhat conflicted. "I clearly remembered it from yesterday."

[Gui Naifen: Oh dear, I forget what I was going to say. I often do that too.]

[Su Chang: Others forget how to write characters, you forget how to say your lines!]

[Gui Naifen: I not only forget how to write characters, but I also forget how to say the lyrics!]

[March 7th: What a heartwarming scene! This little girl is so cute. Perhaps we could visit that planet sometime?]

[Danheng: ...While I could consider almost anywhere for development, ...what's so cozy about this place?]

March 7th tilted his head in confusion.

[March 7th: Isn't that right? I think it's fine.]

[March 7th: After all that fighting and killing, we've finally arrived at an ordinary planet, isn't that great? Listening to a story like this for a while wouldn't be bad!]

[Fireworks: As expected of March baby, so optimistic!]

Hanabi sighed.

If it were just a simple, heartwarming story, why would Tianmu (the screen) be shown?

March 7th: ?

The little girl didn't dwell on these things for long. She shook her head, put the crystal back, and picked up another one.

"It's okay! Look at this one, it is—"

She continued speaking, her pace quickening, as she enthusiastically recounted her story to Jiang Jiu.

One crystal after another was removed and put back.

One name after another was mentioned, and then put down.

The girl's voice echoed in the small space, sometimes with laughter, sometimes with a touch of pride.

—Look, I have many good things here, and I am protecting many things.

[March 7th: This little girl... is so cute! She speaks so enthusiastically, her eyes are always sparkling, and she's so lively!]

[Star: March, are you sure this is liveliness and not morbid enthusiasm? She's been alone on this wretched planet for who knows how many years. It would be strange if she didn't seize the opportunity to say a few more words to everyone she finally meets.]

[March 7th: Although that's what they say, she's just a child. She's been waiting here alone for so long, and now that someone's finally talking to her, isn't it normal for her to be happy?]

[Dan Heng: ...One of the universal laws is: never judge a person's age by their appearance alone.]

[Walter: Actually, what I'm more concerned about is her statement that "rising and setting have disappeared," which suggests that this planet once had a day-night cycle.]

[Walter: What happened afterward? The shifting of stars? The shifting of planets? How long did she guard the place, and how long did she live?]

[Star: I guess she's older than March!]

[March 7th: Older than you!]

[Star: Another mistake!]

[Black Swan: As someone who remembers, I can say with certainty that "memory" can be stored, retrieved, and even altered. But the concept of "memory destination"... I have never seen it explicitly in any Memory Court literature.]

[Dahlia: So, this "place of memories" isn't from the same school as the Flowing Light Memory Garden?]

[Black Swan: Judging from the name "Tomb of Oblivion" alone, their philosophy seems to be about allowing memories to rest in peace, rather than making them last forever.]

[Topa: Would you call this... a clash of ideologies?]

[Gold Placer: Whether there's a conflict of ideas or not is unimportant; is that the focus right now?]

[Jade: Actually, finding out this is incredibly simple; we just need to send someone to take a look now.]

It's no big deal.

[Cang Gang: Not cooperating?]

[Jade: If all else fails, why not just buy this planet?]

Jade says so.

[Topa: ...As expected, there's still too much money.]

The comments were a jumbled mess, covering all sorts of topics.

The little girl spoke for a long time in the sky.

Jiang Jiu lost count of how many crystals she had introduced.

At first, it was just a very subtle abnormality.

After saying a name, she would subconsciously pause for a moment, as if to confirm whether she had said it correctly.

She stopped halfway through a story, looked at the crystal in her hand with a blank expression for a moment, then smiled and skipped over to the next one.

She mentioned what her father said, but then she couldn't remember what he had said.

The pauses became more and more frequent, so frequent that even Jiang Jiu, who was usually slow to notice, realized that something seemed off...

Jiang Jiu's gaze fell on the ice-blue crystal that she had initially held in her arms, which she had placed beside her. The crystal that belonged to her had been covered with a very faint gray layer at some point.

And the girl's own figure, illuminated by the faint light of the crystal, seemed to have a hint of...

transparent?

[Su Chang: Huh? Why is her memory worse than mine?]

[Gui Naifen: Yes, a little. Her speech is a bit hesitant. Does that mean she's old for her age?]

[That Moment Xia: ...Foolish.]

[That Moment Xia: I can't stand it anymore. What is that blue crystal? Can't you see anything wrong? Based on what I know about Huanyu, this kid is probably in trouble.]

[March 7th: What's the problem? Is she about to turn into a six-phase ice demon?]

[That Moment Summer: ......]

Xia fell silent at that moment.

In the scene, Jiang Jiu was about to say something, but the girl suddenly stopped talking and turned to look at him.

"By the way, what's your name again?" she asked with a smile.

Jiang Jiu paused for two seconds, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "...Jiang Jiu, as I just said."

"Oh." The girl nodded, then smiled. "Sorry, I don't think I have a very good memory."

She turned around to remove the next crystal, but suddenly stopped.

She stood by the wall, her hand hovering in mid-air, looking at the crystals embedded in the wall, and pondered for a while.

After a few seconds, she slowly lowered her hand.

"...Which one was I thinking of taking?" she said softly.

Jiang Jiu: "..."

The girl stood there, her back to him, her small figure outlined in a blur by the faint light of the crystals.

Her features seemed to have become blurred.

"I think..." Her voice was very soft, probably talking to herself, "Huh? What was I just saying?"

The room was silent for a few seconds.

Then she slowly turned around and looked at Jiang Jiu.

"...Oh, sorry, let me think about it."

[March 7th: ...Huh? How could she forget again? Her memory is terrible!]

[Danheng: March, haven't you noticed yet? This isn't a matter of bad memory.]

[March 7th: Huh? What's the question?]

[Danheng: ...Her memories are fading.]

March 7th: ...?

March 7th paused for two seconds.

[Himeko: Those pauses, that confusion, probably aren't because of a bad memory, but because what she remembers is slowly disappearing...]

[ScrewGumm: Strictly speaking, the boundaries of her existence are blurring.]

[Estella: But she hasn't even set foot on her destiny's path, so how can the boundaries of her existence be blurred?]

ScrewGumm was silent for two seconds before typing two words.

[Screw Gum: Nothingness.]

All the comments paused for a moment, and then ScrewGumm added.

[Screw Gumu: To be precise, it's the power of the Void Destiny. As a Void Destiny Walker, Lord Jiang Jiu himself is a vessel of nothingness. Ordinary people who are exposed to this power for a long time will have their very existence slowly eroded.]

[Huang Quan:.......]

[Huang Quan: He's right. The power that accompanies those who walk the path of nothingness can easily taint ordinary people just by getting close. And Jiang Jiu... he's gone too deep into the nothingness.]

Jiang Jiu did not actively release the void, nor did he mobilize any power of destiny.

But he just stood there, emanating an aura of nothingness... which made her gradually forget herself.

[March 7th: What do you mean? You mean... this little girl became like this because of Jiang Jiu?]

[March 7th: But, but how is that possible? He's met other people before, and none of the people around him have turned out like this.]