Open an alt in the world of Star Dome Railway

Antiphon was in high spirits, his words full of satisfaction and anticipation.

According to him, the establishment of the Star Torch was only a success in the initial stage. The current connection to the Star Sea was only the most basic function, and there were still many things for him to continue researching.

Heita wanted to get involved, but this guy was mysterious and wouldn't let her participate, saying that if she was willing to wait, she would receive unprecedented gifts and get answers to all her questions about the Astronomican.

Humph, if you don’t want to tell me, then don’t tell me. You’re keeping me in suspense.

I want to see what interesting things you can come up with in the future. If that gift doesn't satisfy her, she will teach this guy a lesson.

"Go, help me get something to eat. I'm hungry."

Antiphon was speechless. He began to reflect on whether he had been too accommodating to Black Tower, as he had to do such a thing.

"It's really extravagant of you to have a top scholar as your cook."

"You volunteered." Heita curled his lips, raised his delicate chin, revealing his snow-white neck, and struck a victorious pose. He then gently kicked Antiphon's calf, "Go quickly, don't keep me waiting."

Antiphon rolled his eyes: "Okay, okay, there's really nothing I can do about you."

“…”

The black tower in front of the screen watched the whole process in silence, but her hands couldn't help but clench, and her heart began to churn.

As smart as she is, she can understand a lot of things just by looking at it without saying much.

[How do you feel? Do you like this gift? Hahahaha! ]

While the smiley mask on the screen was still laughing, Heita reached into the screen and pinched the mask out.

The entire mask deformed in Heita's hands. Her expression became incomparably cold, her purple eyes gleaming with a cold light as she spoke word by word, "Give me the answer."

【happy! 】

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I originally wanted to update Star Core Hunter, but after seeing the Thousand Stars video of Black Tower, I changed my plan and started a new series of if lines. In simple terms, this extra series is the bad ending world line of the main text. What do you think?

This extra chapter is purely for fun and does not participate in the main storyline.

In addition, Antiphon is scheduled to be the intellectual ceiling when the main storyline begins.

The various functions of the Torch will also be revealed at the beginning of the main storyline.

Extra: Vest and character stories: if: Ruan Mei's life that cannot be retrieved

"..."

The delicate body gradually sank into the dead and boundless space like a lifeless doll, and her body gradually became illusory, as if it was about to disappear.

Ruan Mei's previously beautiful eyes became extremely empty and out of focus, and the hand she stretched forward was the last struggle of a drowning person.

"Really? I've already told you that life shouldn't be crossed so easily. Xiaomei, you just won't listen."

"But fortunately, I still found you."

A voice with a hint of helplessness appeared in this dead silent place, adding a bit of vitality.

Jiang Man came to Ruan Mei's side, stretching out his arms like a blooming flower. He slowly tightened his arms and gently embraced Ruan Mei in his arms, like a soft cloud, gently supporting all her weight and passing on her warmth.

Ruan Mei leaned on Jiang Man's shoulder, feeling her warmth in her arms. Her breath filled all the gaps, and her body began to gradually solidify. She closed her eyes in relaxation.

Looking at her best friend who was sleeping soundly, a smile appeared on her beautiful face, mixed with a little helplessness towards her friend, but more of it was gratitude and concern for herself for having caught her.

She stroked Ruan Mei's hair and said softly, "I'll take you back, Xiao Mei."

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"......"

Looking at the erroneous experimental data in her hand, Ruan Mei looked dazed.

She shouldn't have made these mistakes, but...her thoughts were like a tangled mess of lines, unable to calm down. Using experiments to divert her attention didn't seem to work, and it only made her realize that her abnormality was more obvious.

Ruan Mei silently tore off the page and threw it into the trash can.

"Xiaomei, what's wrong? Are you tired? I made some cakes. They're delicious. Come and try them."

Seeing Ruan Mei looking so tired, Jiang Man smiled brightly, came to her and handed her some delicious pastries, trying to replenish her energy with pastries as usual.

Ruan Mei opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but the words could not come out. She had no choice but to gently pick up one of the pieces with her slender fingers and put it into her mouth.

However, at this moment, Ruan Mei's eyes widened slightly, and her trembling hands became unstable, causing the pastry to fall to the ground.

Ruan Mei held the wrist of the hand that was pinching the pastry, pursed her lips, and her bangs on her forehead blocked her eyes, leaving a shadow.

Another, another 'I' dies.

They still have the power to abandon themselves, but what about her? What can she do?

"Xiaomei! What's wrong with you? Are you okay?"

Seeing her like this, Jiang Man reached out his hand anxiously to comfort her.

Snapped!

"Do not touch me!"

Ruan Mei slapped away Jiang Man's outstretched hand, and her voice became uncontrollably excited.

Following her move, Jiang Man also stopped and looked at her silently, with no doubt in his eyes, as if it was natural for Ruan Mei to do so.

Ruan Mei's chest kept rising and falling as she gasped for breath. She said in a trembling voice, "Don't come near me. You are not her..."

Even though she had used her most sophisticated technology to make every physical data of the guy in front of her perfect, every piece of skin, every drop of blood, every cell, were consistent with Xiaoman's data, and the way of thinking instilled in her was the same as that person, allowing her to replicate words and actions...all of them looked like her, but Ruan Mei knew that this was definitely not her.

She was just a fake created to match her memory. In her memory, Jiang Man looked like this, but it was not her after all.

Because there is more to Jiang Man than just her in her life. Her understanding of life, the newborns she takes care of, her research, the steps she takes... It is all these things, like drops of water merging into the sea, that make up the complete person Jiang Man.

So it is not her, it is just an experiment that Ruan Mei used to try to fill the void in her heart. It cannot and absolutely cannot replace the her in her heart.

She only wants the only her.

"From my sight...completely disappeared."

Following Ruan Mei's gritted teeth order, Jiang Man in front of her closed his eyes calmly, and his body quickly disintegrated and disappeared.

Ruan Mei covered her face with her hands, touched the sweat on her forehead, and her eyes revealed a hint of confusion.

She couldn't understand why she had become what she was now. As a genius in the field of life, she clearly understood how her body worked. She could even achieve perfect control over her body and mind by regulating every cell and hormone in her body.

However, no matter how she adjusted herself, she would eventually become uncontrollably the strange appearance she is now.

Obviously, her problem was not with her physical body, but with a higher level of life, where she was missing a big part.

Ruan Mei has a new topic in her life, but she can't make any progress on it.

The other selves could not help her. Some left her to live in seclusion, some were more concerned with research on how to completely resurrect a person, and some were still assisting her but were also stuck by the difficulties... I made different choices in each different time period, but the ending was always failure.

She needed someone to help her, but the person who could help her was no longer there.

“Hmm…”

A faint voice came from below.

Ruan Mei looked in the direction of the sound and saw a dough puppy, a creature she had created casually. She had originally intended to throw it into Xiaoman's ecological park to be destroyed, but Xiaoman kept it and gave it a name. She respected and loved all life.

It came to the place where the fake object had just disappeared, stretched out its soft little hands to feel around on the ground, a crying expression appeared on its face, and its voice was sad and anxious.

With its low intelligence, it could not understand what had happened. It only knew that its two masters became very strange after they came back. The two people who were so good friends before became people it could not understand. Even now, the master who created it actually killed the master who loved it the most with his own hands.

It doesn't understand, but it's really sad.

"..."

Ruan Mei fell into a long silence, and the whole room was filled with only sad whimpers.

Finally, she stretched out her long legs, stepped over the dough puppy, and left the laboratory.

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"Here, what you want."

Heita handed a sealed box to Ruan Mei.

After confirming that everything was correct, Ruan Mei wanted to turn around and leave.

Heita glanced at Ruan Mei. She had never seen her like this before. This genius in the field of life had completely lost her arrogance and could only feel the sadness from the bottom of her heart.

Heita curled his lips, not wanting to see Ruan Mei's current state, so he said to her, "You don't look like a genius at all."

"..."

Hearing this, Ruan Mei stopped walking and said calmly, "Come back and talk to me when you find the person you're looking for."

"What did you say?!"

Ruan Mei ignored the black tower glaring at her from behind. She just wanted to finish her research quickly so that she could reunite with Xiaoman. She didn't want to wait a moment.

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Ruan Mei threw the data tablet in her hand to the ground. Her body seemed to have lost all strength, and she knelt on the ground, holding onto the test bench.

“Why…why…”

Ruan Mei's eyes were extremely dim and dead, and her whole body had lost all color. She mechanically repeated three words.

Why is it like this? All the steps are correct and the plan is going smoothly, but why can't this last step be completed?

Obviously, all traces of her life can be found on the tree, but why can't she find the most important node? Why is that?

"Is it Xiaoman that you don't want to see me?"

Ruan Mei said with a sob, tears falling from her eyes and wetting the cold floor.

She had never been as fragile as she was now. It turned out that she was not much different from other lives.

She also feels sad and cries, mixed with regret.

How great it would have been if she hadn't started the experiment at that time, how great it would have been if Xiaoman hadn't come to find her, but there was no way, there was no medicine for regret in this world, she could only desperately carry out one useless effort after another.

She now truly understood what was most important to her, she only wanted Xiaoman!

When the dough puppy saw Ruan Mei so sad, it stretched out its little hand to comfort her, but then it was startled by a burst of joyful laughter.

[Ahahahaha, look, Aha has found another fun thing! ]

Looking at the smiley mask that appeared on the data board, Dough Puppy hid behind Ruan Mei in fear.

"Aha..." Ruan Mei said the visitor's name in a voice trembling with sadness: "What are you doing here?"

[Hehe, what else could it be? Of course, it's to see some genius crying and making a fuss after losing his friend~]

[Oh my, what a pity! The experiment was going so smoothly and was on the verge of success, but something went wrong at the very last step. After all the effort, we still couldn't find the person. How pitiful!]

"..."

Ruan Mei held onto the lab table with a slight force, a piercing cold light flashing in her eyes. The atmosphere around her was terrifyingly low. It was the first time she knew that she could be so angry.

The dough puppy next to it was about to shake into a puddle of water.

[But… since Ah Ha is kindhearted, he can’t bear to see his friends separated~ That’s why Ah Ha came here with a gift~]

【Let me show you where your long-missed good friend is! 】

As Ruan Mei stared blankly, the data board changed for a while, and another her appeared.

However, she in the video is obviously different from her now. The other her has a temperament of indifference to everything, which she only possessed before she lost Jiang Man.

She conducted all the experiments in an orderly manner, and no matter how difficult or rigorous the steps were, she could not be overwhelmed.

Ruan Mei just watched quietly as the other her did everything.

After finishing the experiment, she felt a little sleepy and fell asleep directly on her laboratory table.

This is something Ruan Mei cannot do now. She adjusted her body so that she no longer needed sleep. While avoiding nightmares, she spent all her energy on the experiment to find Xiaoman.

And at this moment, something happened that Ruan Mei could not have imagined.

As the laboratory door opened, the figure that Ruan Mei had been looking for appeared before her. It was Xiaoman, her Xiaoman!

Ruan Mei's fingers were so excited that they were about to crack the data tablet in her hand.

She could recognize him at first sight. He was the person she had spent countless efforts to find, not the fake one she had created before.

Jiang Man tiptoed to Ruan Mei's side, looked at her sleeping soundly, shook his head and smiled helplessly.