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

For example, the post-destruction rebirth.

For example, the last resort for memorization.

There is also a miserable end that repeatedly goes against the current, trying to prevent itself from being born.

[Yao Guang: However, theoretically speaking, we won't live to see that time.]

Jingyuan: ...Maybe not.

After all, it's enough if it dies young.

"..."

In the video, Jiang Jiu seemed to be thinking about a lot of things.

But rather than the universe simply dying, he was more concerned with whether the Big Crunch was the end of harmony. The universe did not die according to the definition.

...Having seen so many apocalypses, what are you thinking about all the time...?

Just then, Aha suddenly appeared beside him, and the smile on his mask turned into a crying shape.

"Is it beautiful?" He asked.

Jiang Jiu did not answer immediately.

He watched calmly for a while, until the universe returned to silence and death, before he spoke softly, his tone tinged with doubt.

"This is... what you call fun?"

It's not funny at all.

What is the meaning of death?

"Hmm? Of course not, Aha doesn't like this kind of violent destruction."

Aha gestured for Jiang Jiu to look up at the singularity.

Jiang Jiu raised his head.

That singularity remained alone in the void, smaller than any star, yet heavier than any star.

All light, all matter, all galaxies and life that have ever existed, are compressed into that one point.

Jiang waited for a long time, so long that he himself forgot the time.

Then he heard... a heartbeat.

"Thump."

March 7th: A heartbeat...?

[Star: Wow... Even with the universe shattered like this, how can it still have a heartbeat?]

[Fireworks: Why not?]

[Yanqing: Rebirth after destruction... Death is the norm in the universe, and so is rebirth...?]

[Gui Naifen: It's complete chaos, everyone.]

[Gui Naifen: It's bad enough that the death of intellect leads to a harmonious end, but now they've even dragged in the concept of destruction. This is truly a tangled mess.]

[Su Chang: Not bad at all?]

[Gui Naifen: What's wrong with it?]

[Hanabi: Actually, I have a very bold idea, a really bold one.]

[Yao Guang: Aha...maybe you're trying to help Jiang Jiu find that path.]

In the video, Jiang Jiu seems obsessed with that heartbeat.

He instinctively pressed his hand to his heart.

Boom, boom, boom.

After three heartbeats, their heartbeats briefly synchronized.

The singularity formed by the collapse of trillions of stars trembled violently, and the sound of a heartbeat grew clearer with each beat. Just as the heartbeat was about to materialize, it abruptly stopped.

Jiang Jiu paused for a moment while pressing his hand against his heartbeat; at the same instant the singularity exploded, his heart also burst open.

The fiery singularity suddenly expanded, tearing the galaxy apart at an insane speed.

Particles collide wildly in the high temperature, the first elements are born in the flames, dust condenses, chaos differentiates, and the newly formed nebula slowly rotates in the residual heat.

That was not the embers of destruction, but... the rebirth of the universe.

[Fireworks: After destruction comes rebirth—isn't this the ultimate truth of the path of destruction? Even Nanook would applaud!]

[Qingque: So Aha dragged Jiang Jiu over here not to see how the universe died, but to see how the universe lived?]

[Fu Xuan: The Great Collapse of the Universe is the end of Harmony, but the heartbeat after the collapse... is not the content of Harmony; it is the rebirth after death of a annihilated destiny. The death of the Venerable Master Bo Shi triggered the end of Harmony, but the end of Harmony is the rebirth of destruction.]

[Jingyuan: Rebirth after death is not necessarily something that is destroyed.]

[Danheng: These two ends are connected, one ending is the beginning of the other, so the end is never the end, but a cycle?]

[Feixiao: What about the End of Memory? If the collapse of the universe is another manifestation of the end, what is the relationship between the End of Memory and the collapse of the universe? Are they parallel? Or sequential?]

[Jing Yuan: Perhaps it's not parallel, nor sequential. How does the end of memory occur? What happens after the collapse of the universe? What Aha showed Jiang Jiu was the complete version, from death to life, from the end to the restart.]

[Yao Guang: So here's the question.]

[Yao Guang: If rebirth follows the end of the universe, then... what about the end of memory? Who will answer the question of the universe's death and rebirth?]

[Black Tower: Jiang Jiu.]

Watching a movie (150): Home is where the heart is.

In the video, after everything has fallen silent.

Jiang Jiu opened his eyes, but all he could see was darkness. He paused for a moment, then instinctively reached out and grabbed at his eyes, only to find himself holding two hands.

Hei Ta covered his eyes with one hand and hugged him from behind with the other, pressing his whole body against him.

"...Black Tower."

Jiang Jiu called out.

Black Tower ignored him, but didn't let go of his hand.

Realizing what was happening, Jiang Jiu stopped moving and simply let her hold him quietly.

After a long time, so long that he thought he was going to fall asleep, Black Tower finally spoke.

"When you were unconscious in two systems."

"Your vital signs are normal, but your consciousness is fluctuating abnormally. I cannot detect any thought activity in you. You are not in a dormant state, not in a coma, there is nothing there."

She paused, then continued, "...I thought you'd ruined yourself."

Jiang Jiu remained silent for two seconds, looking somewhat helpless.

"It was the God of Pleasure who made the move; He showed me some things."

"what?"

"newborn."

Jiang Jiu thought for a moment and added, "The beating of a heart, the birth of the universe."

"It doesn't feel like the future of the universe; it's more like a rebirth after a brief death."

Black Tower took a breath, his voice returning to its usual nonchalant tone: "Freshmen? Why is Aha showing you this?"

[Fireworks: Ascending to godhood!]

[Fireworks: Does Aha want you to replicate his path to godhood?]

[Fireworks: Legend has it that Ah-ha climbed to the highest branch of existence, witnessed the cries of life, and suddenly realized the true meaning of joy. What about Jiang Jiu? What will existence be like for him?]

That Summer: All things exist...

[Qingque: When Aha took Jiang Jiu to see the collapse of the universe, was the Black Tower watching your vital signs for a full two hours?]

Fu Xuan: Maybe.

[Fu Xuan: At this point, they are already very important to each other.]

[Qingque: Ah...of course I know they're important to each other, to the point where...they'd perish with the world if the other didn't exist...how terrifying is that?]

[Yao Guang: Sigh... let's think about it from another angle.]

[Yao Guang: The Black Tower hasn't done anything particularly outrageous. Jiang Jiu's actions were merely about finding a better ending after saving himself.]

[Qingque: Of course I know. I would never repay kindness with enmity. I'm not that stupid or foolish.]

[Gui Naifen: Unconditional trust? How enviable!]

[Topa: So when Aha took Jiang Jiu away from the two systems, was it to let him see the complete cycle of the universe from death to life? Was this teaching? Or inspiration?]

[Gold dust: It serves as a guide.]

[Jade: Master Boshi has been trying to tell Jiang Jiu something, but ultimately failed. What is the final answer? Jiang Jiu must experience it firsthand to know whether some things are right or wrong.]

[Jade: Ahab has always guided Jiang Jiu in a permissive way. He doesn't tell Jiang Jiu what is right or wrong, nor does He tell him what he should do. Instead, He gives Jiang Jiu all the power of choice and then guides him step by step, leading him forward.]

Opal: To be precise.

Opal: Bodhidharma showed him death, Ahab showed him new life.

[Topa:.......]

[Topa: Damn it, I'm the one who knows the least.]

Outsiders know the outcome and the future, so they tend to approach the issue from a higher perspective.

But those inside the situation only see a fog of mystery.

The universe collapses, a singularity emerges, a heartbeat begins, and a new life begins.

What exactly did Aha want to tell him? Was there still hope for this relationship? Or was there no hope at all? Jiang Jiu didn't know, and it was difficult for him to figure it out.

All he knew was that his mind was in a mess. He felt like he knew something, but these vague and ethereal things flickered by, and he couldn't grasp anything.

Just then, Black Tower slowly loosened his grip.