I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

But the story of the floating city is nearing its end, so what are you still holding back for?

Duke pursed his lips, while Carol, after once again pulling out her go-to excuse, looked at the time diary in Duke's hands before Duke could, seemingly more curious than Duke about what had happened to her back then.

So the two of them continued watching:

"Five days of rainy nights."

"There's no need to enter the Quantum Cloud too early. Even if I enter on Rainy Night 4th, the extra day won't give me any advantage. The best time is the early morning of the 5th, because at that time I can bring both Lady Fei and Date, who are currently fighting, into the Quantum Cloud."

"But I can't actually bring them in. Their existence is too special. If I bring them into the quantum cloud, it will cause a drastic change in the quantum cloud. The previous hunting angels and ancient sun gods appeared because of their existence. So what I need to do is very simple: 'tread on them without going in'."

"While they expand the entrance to the quantum cloud, I will go to the core cabin of the floating city, activate the star map system mode of the floating city, and use the star map system to directly interfere with the quantum cloud."

"The previous times took too long and we failed to decipher the core magic machine, but this time it's different. I have the code directly, so I don't need any time to decipher it."

"Before the quantum cloud destroys the floating city, before the old woman dies."

"Deconstruct and reconstruct her possibilities!"

Duke raised his eyebrows slightly.

The words "possibility deconstruction and reconstruction" gave him a sense of something unusual. A thought was running through his mind, telling him that this was the key to solving the amber problem.

"Six rainy nights and six days."

"I succeeded!"

"I reconstructed the old woman's possibilities, and then reconstructed her in the macroscopic world as someone who escaped the fate of death!"

"I rescued the old woman!"

"No, I didn't succeed, she..."

"She...I..."

"Floating City..."

The diary had turned into a huge mess of messy handwriting. Not only Duke, but even Carol herself couldn't recognize what she was writing. Duke quickly turned the page and saw long passages of peaceful and serene daily life diary entries.

Among the garbled text and the normal daily diary entries, only one sentence was decipherable.

Duke looked up and met Carol's gaze, who had just looked up as well. Both of them showed expressions of surprise, because they had both seen this passage.

"Month X, Day X".

"I don't know who is reading this diary. Maybe it's myself, or maybe it's one of my other close friends."

"After rescuing the old woman, I realized something—I ruined her plan. Her death was her own doing; she was prepared to sacrifice herself to save the floating city from its doom... That's right, the floating city was destined for destruction from the very beginning. In that apocalypse, countless alternate dimensions would invade the floating city and our world."

“I rescued the old woman, I rescued my master, I rescued Ms. Ruby, the ‘Space Witch’… but I didn’t rescue her whole. A part of her important self is almost forever lost in the quantum cloud. I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s a memory? Or something even more important. In short, the fate reconstruction of the pirated star map project is not trustworthy. No external thing can replace the true legendary destiny.”

“I will take up her mantle and fight against the fate of the floating city’s destruction, and save it. No matter how many times time cycles, I will continue to strive. I must pay the price.”

"I am just a mortal, and the possibilities I have are ultimately limited."

"But thankfully..."

Duke's gaze lingered on the line of text, and at that very moment, a voice, seemingly murmuring to itself, rang out:

"But thankfully..."

Duke and Carol looked up almost simultaneously. This was Carol's city lord's office, which had also been Ms. Ruby's office. In front of them, a Carol appeared out of thin air, sat at the desk, and was writing something. She didn't notice Duke and Carol, as if they didn't exist in this world.

As she wrote, she continued to mutter to herself, reading aloud what she had written in her diary:

"I have found the real star map system."

In that instant, Carol saw herself, and Duke saw himself in the same way.

Behind Carol, a male phantom that looked 99% like Duke appeared behind her, one hand on her shoulder and the other on the desk, leaning intimately against Carol.

"Carol" didn't notice Duke and Carol in front of him, but the "Duke phantom" seemed to have noticed their presence. He, who was originally holding "Carol," raised his head, smiled and greeted them, then reached out and tapped his heart, and mouthed something to Duke.

Duke stared at the man who looked almost exactly like him. He could read lips, and even if the illusory figure didn't make a sound, Duke could still tell what it was saying:

"A Soul Requiem".

The moment Duke understood his lip movements, his soul requiem began to play uncontrollably, resounding throughout the entire world of possibilities. He couldn't stop it at all, yet a strange thought swirled within him: he didn't want to stop this soul requiem.

The phantom was still speaking, and Duke, watching its lip movements, continued to decipher it:

"Legendary Destiny".

Carol's legendary destiny, which was beside him, also started uncontrollably after he silently uttered this line. The world's time stopped, and even Duke was affected by Carol. Although his soul consciousness was not stopped, his body could not move at all. However, Carol and the phantom on the other side were not affected by the time stop.

A spatial fluctuation pierced through the constraints of time and spread around Duke, but in the end, this power was not enough. No one drove it to rescue Duke, and Duke did not drive it to escape from this place.

As for Duke himself... after the phantom uttered those words, he felt something stirring within his body and soul, about to burst forth, but then something forcefully pushed it back down.

The phantom showed a somewhat regretful expression, shrugged, and uttered its last sentence.

Duke stared intently at his lips, trying to see what he uttered, completely unaffected by the time stop:

"Star Map System".

The response to his words was not from the system within Duke's body, but from Duke himself.

His soul essence responded to this call and underwent a kind of transformation... or rather, returned to its original form.

The next instant, the world of possibilities shifted.

Chapter 480 The Song of Destiny Comes to an Abrupt End

Duke has always had a slight doubt about the Witch Game.

Why is it that he can find the prototype of most of the witch games in the floating city in his past life?

From wooden figures to candy castles, from Cinderella to Sleeping Beauty, from the world of ants and Tyrannosaurus Rex to the Little Mermaid VR game world... there are just too many examples to list.

Duke's success in conquering witch games was due to two main reasons: his own exceptional qualities and the powerful items provided by the witch conquest system (star map system). However, there was another crucial reason: his deep understanding of many original witch game texts.

Duke is a very suspicious person, and although he has been reaping the benefits of this, it doesn't mean he can easily put his doubts aside.

However, it is true that Duke has never found the answer to this question.

But looking at it now...

Duke lowered his head, placing his hand on his heart, where the soul-soothing hymn engraved still resonated, a deafening song of destiny filling new worlds of possibility. They had arrived in a world where nothing existed; neither Duke nor Carol could discern where they were.

He opened his mouth, then swayed slightly, almost falling to the ground—just as he was about to lose his balance, Carol, standing beside him, nervously caught him and quickly asked:

"Duke, are you alright?"

"I am fine."

"really?"

This "possibility Carol" may not be telling the whole truth. She's certainly not completely ignorant; she might not know many crucial secrets, but she definitely knows what the real Carol is planning to do. Previously, she maintained a calm and carefree attitude, even when Duke was exhausted, overdrawn, and vulnerable to the extremes of change in the world of possibilities, she still maintained an air of "everything is under control."

However, after experiencing the previous possible world, her state changed somewhat. Clearly, she did not expect to meet that version of herself and that Duke!

Carol nervously supported Duke, wanting to reach out and check on his condition, to help him stop the still-singing Soul Requiem, but Duke managed to straighten up and reached out to stop her.

"...Duke?"

Duke ignored Carol, his attention was entirely focused on himself.

The "Duke" in the previous possible world was very strong, so strong that he, being a fellow Duke, could not comprehend it at all—you must know that he now wields the Star God Flame, which is at least legendary-level combat power, and he was once a true god, so his vision is no different from that of a real legend or god.

Even so, he still couldn't understand just how strong "Duke" was; he could only vaguely sense that he was very strong.

Regardless, Duke appreciated his kindness, because the three sentences he gave him helped him achieve his goal for the trip.

"A legendary destiny...?"

Duke placed his hand on his chest, where the soul-soothing melody was playing, and listened with his eyes closed to the music he knew so well.

The voice of destiny echoed throughout the world, and resonated within his own heart.

Soon, he heard more than just the Soul Requiem: The Symphony of Destiny. He heard the voices of countless destinies, constantly changing in the quantum cloud of infinite possibilities, like mayflies that live and die in a day, or even more dramatically—these destinies constantly perished, were born, condensed, and dissipated with each breath, depending on the changes in the quantum cloud and the observer.

Duke, with his eyes closed, searched quietly.

In the quantum cloud of countless possibilities and destinies, I search for a unique destiny that will not fade away with time.

The fate of amber.

Duke quickly came to a conclusion—Amber's fate permeated the entire quantum cloud. Clearly, her situation differed from that of the first Space Witch, Ruby. When Carol repeatedly cycled through time, attempting to save her master Ruby, she found a different Ruby in every possible world, but Amber was nowhere to be found in any of those worlds they experienced.

It's very likely that the amber was never able to remain intact in this quantum cloud in the first place!

Amber does not exist in any possible world, yet it is also omnipresent, existing in every possible world.

Duke slowly exhaled and seemingly casually hummed the tune of a soul-soothing requiem.

The music of the Soul Requiem gradually faded, and the music that had enveloped the entire world of possibilities disappeared silently, leaving only the tune of the Soul Requiem hummed by Duke.

If Alice were here, she would immediately realize one thing—Duke is humming the Song of the Soul…or rather, he is humming something that is similar to the Song of the Soul, the tune he is humming may be inspired by the last legacy of that post-apocalyptic world, but the level of power is far higher than the Song of the Soul.

It's as high as... legendary destiny.

Fate is a legendary destiny.

The Song of Destiny.

Realizing this, Carol quickly widened her eyes and stared intently at Duke.

This was precisely part of her plan, and the most crucial part at that. Duke needed to comprehend a legendary destiny within the Quantum Cloud—not only was rescuing Amber requiring a legendary destiny, but saving the Floating City also demanded it. However, a legendary destiny alone wasn't enough; it also depended on whether his own legendary destiny truly lived up to "his" expectations…

Just then, Duke opened his eyes. Carol, who had been lost in thought, subconsciously looked at Duke, whose eyes had opened, and their eyes met... Carol was slightly taken aback when she saw Duke's gaze, because she did not see any will or intelligence in his eyes—she saw nothing, as if she were looking at a puppet being manipulated.

Or... you saw a "god" who was detached from this world and completely devoid of humanity.

Carol felt a sense of fear.

But soon, a spatial fluctuation distorted the space around Duke, and a destiny was unraveled and gathered before him. These destinies formed a petite girl dressed in a maid outfit, with pointed ears and a pair of eyes reflecting a beautiful amber color.

Duke.

Amber reached out and grabbed Duke, pulling him into her arms.

In the girl's warm embrace, He transformed back into Him.

The possibilities of the microcosm collapse into the facts of the macrocosm as the observer redefines fate.

And so, the song of fate came to an abrupt end.