Tonight, Alice joins the hunt.

A dagger pierced her from behind, sinking into her heart! To her astonishment, she discovered that all her healing methods, all her secret arts, and all her knowledge were rendered useless at that moment!

This is a knife... specifically designed to kill her!

But who could it be...?

"Sorry, I have a resurrection item." Cheng Xiao's cheerful voice rang out from behind her, and at that moment she finally realized where she had made her mistake.

"Everything you did in Chaldea, in the Sixth Singularity... was all an act for me!?"

“It’s not acting anymore.” Cheng Xiao twisted the dagger in his hand forcefully. “I really didn’t want to be manipulated by others, and my feelings at that time were genuine. But trusting teammates and accepting their help is a different matter from being manipulated by enemies I dislike. I trust my teammates as much as they trust me. Ha, I have to thank Miss Zhan Lan for that. If it weren’t for her smoothing things over, you might have seen through the clumsy acting of those two guys, Ba Wang and Xiao Honglu. After all—”

He whispered in Sesshouin Kiara's ear.

"—Do you really think Miss Alice wouldn't notice that you've left a spy in Chaldea?"

He twirled the dagger in his hand half a circle again.

"This dagger was made by Miss Patchouli, specifically to kill you. And you, from the very beginning, were food that Miss Alice arranged for me. After all, you and that Miss Artoria are both reincarnators with a karmic connection in this world of the month, whose very existence can attract resources."

"In Miss Alice's original plan, if Miss Artoria hadn't broken her promise, I would have killed you at this moment to absorb resources and advance. Although Miss Artoria broke her promise, I didn't kill her; instead, I figured something out and advanced on my own. But well..."

"When doing something, you should always see it through to the end, shouldn't you?"

He drew his dagger, watching as the girl, transformed into Sesshouin Kiara, collapsed, lifeless. Then, a pre-prepared spell erased all traces of the girl.

everything is over.

Minutes before arriving here, he had witnessed the return of the pale knight king girl on the other side of the stealth ship. And now, it was almost time for him to leave.

He walked to the window of the submarine and looked out. In the deep space, only the lonely Earth was endlessly wandering in the abyss.

It began with The Wandering Earth and will end with The Wandering Earth.

With a beginning and an end, the journey of the reincarnators comes to a brief dash here.

Very good, very good.

Side Story: The End of the Journey

From the moment she stepped from Earth into the Abyss and sailed toward the distant void, Flora became a true goddess.

She didn't rely on trade with other realms, nor on any inexplicable fortuitous encounters or treasures. Instead, she became the sole guide through her own will and strength. Because only she was so powerful, only she alone possessed the true light of the soul.

She did not reveal that she was the only true 'human.' Instead, she shouldered her responsibility, unifying the remaining life on Earth while controlling the merging of ten continents into one as it glided through the abyss. She knew this would be a long journey, one with no end in sight.

"But where should we go, Senpai?" Fujimaru Ritsuka asked her in confusion. After surviving the greatest crisis, this girl, who had become stronger through many trials, was now lost.

“Keep going forward, until the end of the abyss,” Flora replied.

"But where do we go after we reach the end?"

"Keep moving forward until you reach another habitable new world."

Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't ask how long it would take to reach the New World. Even if she did, Flora wouldn't answer. After all, the journey was far ahead, and there was no need to think about such distant matters now. Besides, a clear goal and an imagined hope were far better than simple confusion and uncertainty.

Ritsuka then departed with the answer. She would serve as Flora's assistant, helping her manage the many creatures on Earth and allocating its dwindling resources. After all, in this era of annihilation, conserving resources required starting with the smallest acts of kindness.

She decided to transform the Earth into a hollow sphere, inhabited inside, and heavily encased on the outside by thick layers of rock and her own divine power. This would ensure that the Earth's matter and energy wouldn't leak out. As for internal air circulation and ecological balance… she felt Tiamat could easily handle such minor matters. Even if she couldn't, she felt that dealing with these miscellaneous tasks wouldn't be difficult for her.

Her prediction was correct; the reshaping of the Earth took less than six days. During this time, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Olga Marie, along with Roman, who had regained his Solomon status, formed an administrative body as her agents, together with the remaining life on Earth. The population was recounted and submitted to Flora, who served as the central authority.

—After Adam's Human Completion Plan was executed, the total number of people still alive on Earth was 54,611,309.

Not a small number, but not many either. And objectively speaking, after losing over 99% of the population, the remaining less than 1% is indeed easier to manage. The resources required are also relatively less—since the dead cannot be brought back to life, at least their deaths should be described in a way that has some value.

Flora pondered this as she successfully replicated the memories extracted from Luo Ji's experiences on the tenth day, creating the March System, which orbits and powers the Earth. Only when the bloated Earth began to slowly advance in its celestial orbit at a stable speed that wouldn't disrupt the operation of its internal ecosystem did Flora finally breathe a sigh of relief.

She breathed a sigh of relief because she knew this was her only chance to relax. The days ahead were long, filled with trials and tribulations—but she was prepared to face them. Because that was why she stood there, and… her trusted servant, Tomoe, had always been by her side.

She will not admit defeat.

The first test that Earth will face will come four and a half years from now.

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"Senior, the phenomenon of neonatal intellectual disability has occurred three times in a row. I think you need to look into this." — As Flora awoke from a meticulous navigation operation, Fujimaru Ritsuka, already displaying a commanding presence, handed her a well-organized intelligence report. Attached to the report were numerous analytical reports and discussion plans, allowing her to grasp the entire situation from the very first glance.

Neonatal agnosia refers to the phenomenon where newborns, after the onset of homelessness, exhibit no intelligence whatsoever, displaying only conditioned reflexes—symptoms resembling a disease. Their brains develop normally, but are completely incapable of functioning. Medically speaking, they are like a mass of neurons in a fleshy mass, utterly incapable of existing independently as intelligent life.

This was a serious problem, and after Flora used her powers to investigate and examine it repeatedly, she finally found the answer in the temporary underworld constructed under the control of Ereshkigal.

The vortex of origin no longer exists. Without the collision of energy and concepts between the origins of the universe, no new souls will appear. The dead can still be reincarnated through the underworld, but once the number of newborns exceeds the number of the dead at the same time, the newborn baby will be a moving lump of flesh.

In other words, the total human population is fixed at 54,611,309. It will only decrease, not increase.

The situation was very familiar, similar to the newly established Immanuel. After some deliberation, Flora decided to reincarnate all the dead. In other words, marriage and old social relationships would become meaningless. Because everyone could gain eternal life through reincarnation in artificial bodies, unless they insisted on having all memories erased after death and being reborn like a real newborn.

Thus, humans became an immortal species—this was necessary because immortal humans could save the resources and time of relearning knowledge after each reincarnation. This allowed them to contribute to this wandering Earth, which was gradually moving towards becoming a fortress on a cruising planet—because life would only get harder, and everyone should do their part to get through the long and difficult times ahead.

Ereshkigal was quite pleased with this, for she was finally freed from her duties as the mistress of the underworld and could now roam freely across the land. Although souls still needed her abilities to reincarnate, this level of labor posed no problem for her.

And so time continued to pass.

Society has undergone significant changes as a result. Many old customs and regulations have been eliminated, and many new orders have been born in this brand-new society of immortals. Flora does not intend to interfere with the changes in civilization, because the entire Earth is now on a unique and lonely path, and the path to take needs to be explored by the entire civilization itself.

She returned to the main control room where she belonged, continuing to fulfill her duties. She was both the navigator of progress and the maintainer of the organization. And after that, Earth passed through a not-so-short period of time without incident.

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One hundred and five years later, the Abyss reached its end. With its protective orbit lost, the twilight of the end of the era finally descended upon Earth's civilization for the first time. Regions on Earth's surface began to disintegrate, but Flora detected their presence at the very first signs of this disintegration and protected Earth with her divine power—

—Only she can do this; no one else can interfere. Because she is the only one who does not belong to this universe, while all other people, gods, creatures, or inanimate objects will vanish into nothingness along with the entire universe.

This is because it originates from the corruption deep within the soul, something that no creation of this universe can resist, nor can it find a way to resist. For a fleeting moment, Flora even considered bringing Earth back into the Abyss, but she knew this was merely escapism.

Because the power of the otherworldly gods is not truly immortal, in the long void, even the Heavenly Abyss will eventually turn into nothingness. And if one wishes to overcome this calamity, the only way is to seek something infinite. And in this current cosmic ruin, there is only one thing that can be considered infinite.

That was her light, the light of her soul. And after careful consideration, she realized that there was no other way but this option.

"It's nothing, didn't I prepare myself from the beginning?" she whispered to herself.

And so, she ignited the light within her soul.

It really hurt, like flames rising from every bone marrow, licking flesh and tearing at nerves, as if—or rather, tearing her body apart molecule by molecule, only to have it heal and cycle back and forth under her self-healing power.

However, there isn't much difference, since once she unlocked the genetic lock at the middle stage of the fourth tier, her essence naturally transformed into the light of her soul. This is also the greatest reliance that allows the 'Wandering Earth' project to operate.

She could no longer leave the main control room, because she had to ensure that the warm light emanating from the main control room could fall evenly and with appropriate intensity on every corner of the Earth's interior, rather than causing erosion due to uneven density or inappropriate intensity.

This means she must remain alone in the original location of the Earth's core, and nothing capable of thought, including even her followers, can be within a hundred kilometers of her—well, that is indeed somewhat lonely. However, the situation isn't the worst; at least she can still monitor the world and communicate with others through the display screen.

"It's a pity we can't connect to the network of consciousness anymore," Flora muttered with some regret, then continued sailing into the void with Earth.

Many more years have passed.

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In the nine thousand four hundred years, something delightful happened. She accidentally discovered another vibrant planet in the void. For a moment, she thought she had successfully arrived in a new world. However, after calming down, she found that this planet was filled with a familiar power, originating from 'Mangottlund,' or rather, Miss Margot Lloyd. And on the surface of this planet, there was nothing but an endless sea of ​​flowers.

This appears to be a wonder erected in this universe by an otherworldly goddess to commemorate some event. Its only function is to replenish Earth's resources. However, it also provides something else for humanity.

That is hope.

For the immortal race, hope is a priceless thing. After Flora spent considerable effort adjusting the obscuring range of the Light of the Mind, a grand celebration unfolded on this garden planet. During the celebration, Fujimaru Ritsuka, the chief ruler, and her adjutant Mash Kyrielight formally entered into marriage before a great crowd.

For long-lived societies where newborns don't exist, marriage doesn't really mean much. But for a former human society, the marriage of its supreme leader (Flora was considered a goddess) was of great significance—people reveled on this garden planet, and the revelry lasted for a whole month.

After that, Flora reclaimed the garden planet and replenished Earth's resources. Then…

She continues to lead the Earth forward.

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Fourteen thousand years later, Flora discovered another trace left by an otherworldly god. It was Ur, which Fujimaru Ritsuka had once visited. Zheng Zha left behind the Dragon's Legacy there and then moved them to the other side of the starry sky before the war began.

Then they all died.

They were ultimately just mortal beings born in this universe. Even if they became dragons, even if they became extraordinary beings, they were still merely a part of this dead universe. After the universe died, they persisted for thousands of years, relying on the power and path left behind by Zheng Zha. However, when Flora arrived here, all that appeared before her eyes were decaying stars and petrified dragon bones that, even after being mostly disintegrated, were still as massive as mountains.

They failed to follow the path Zheng Zha had opened for them, so they all turned to stone.

Flora retrieved them, preserving the record of their final moments, etched into the hardest stone with their last strength. She knew that she and her Earth were now likely the last remaining civilization in the universe, and she didn't know how much longer she could go on.

But it doesn't matter, we'll just keep going.

There was a slight hiccup when she discovered an interesting record while recovering Ur's relics. It stated that approximately ten thousand years ago, a male and a female, seemingly antagonistic drifters, visited this dragon kingdom. They didn't reveal their names, nor did they possess the strange wristwatches characteristic of otherworldly gods. After a brief stay, they both vanished into the infinite void.

"I hope they survive." Flora offered her blessings to the strangers adrift, and then she carried the Earth onward.

Many years have passed since then.

Forty thousand years later, the first death in tens of thousands of years shocked the entire Earth.

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The deceased was an ordinary engineer whose life story was clearly documented. It wasn't suicide, nor was it murder. He simply closed his eyes one day and then faced the utter annihilation of even his soul.

—It turns out that souls also have lifespans, and that constantly transferring bodies does not grant immortality. Within days, the number of deaths on Earth surpassed double digits. A week later, it surged to nearly ten thousand.

There is only one way to get through this disaster.

Flora was still hesitating. However, while she hesitated, Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was shrouded in abnormal protection, appeared before her despite the erosion of her spiritual light.

"Senior." Fujimaru Ritsuka placed the prepared plan in front of her and smiled. "Everyone has already agreed through the online vote. Let's turn everyone who's still alive into Servants."

“A Servant is just a living record, what’s the difference between that and being dead…” Flora suddenly looked up at Fujimaru Ritsuka, and in Ritsuka she saw a truth that made her shudder.

"You...turned yourself into a Servant!?" Her eyes widened in shock. "What about Mashu! And why—"

"Because I can't hold on any longer, senpai." Ritsuka was still smiling, but for the first time, her smile disgusted Flora. Because she was no longer herself, but a pseudo-object formed from aggregated energy, possessing the knowledge and memories of the individual Fujimaru Ritsuka, but one that would never grow or change again!

“Don’t make that face, it’s so unlike you, Senpai.” Ritsuka shook her head slightly. “Although the last one of me is completely dead, this one is better able to govern this country for you. I will never be weak again, I will never hesitate again, and…”

"...As long as you're still alive, senior, humanity isn't extinct, is it?"

She put away the documents placed in front of Flora and got up to leave.

"I will issue the decree for the conversion of all humanity into Servants. Senior, you only need to..."

“No.” But Flora grasped her hand. “I led humanity here. I guided humanity in this direction. So, I shall also be the one to make the final decision and bear the fate of humanity!”

Her expression became solemn and dignified.

“I will issue this decree and I will carry it out. This is what I should do and what I want to do.”

The Servant Ritsuka bowed deeply to her and left. Seconds later, a decision from the main control center resounded throughout the Earth, which was wandering in the void.

Human civilization came to an end with the full-scale launch of Servant transformation. Within three days, over ten million people, like Fujimaru Ritsuka, who were close to their limits, were transformed into Servants.