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"And most of those keys to godhood—the 'Star Cups'—were taken away by the defeated and exiled Old Gods at the end of the Age of Gods, and brought to the Threshold of Blazing Heaven."

"However, a small number of Star Cups were lost during the Mythical War at the end of the First Era... and thus lost their trace, scattered in some corner of the world, becoming ownerless authority."

"The Death God's Star Cup was previously in a similar state. Although it now has a new owner... but besides the Death God's Star Cup, there are other Star Cups that are lost in the starry sky."

"for example--"

"The Star Cup of the Judgment sequence."

"And I just happen to know the exact coordinates of the Judgment Star Cup deep within the starry sky."

Gray stared at the blonde girl lying on the hospital bed in front of her for a long time.

"If you can contain the ownerless 'Star Grail: Judgment', then it means that you have the possibility of becoming an angel of the 'Judgment' sequence."

"However, Xiao Ai, with your current frail and broken body, it is impossible for you to bear the power of the Star Grail. Therefore, your body must be replaced. Using cutting-edge technology, a mechanized body will replace most of your flesh and blood, preserving only your original human soul..."

"Becoming a true mechanical life form, or a humanoid weapon."

"Of course, such a transformation process would be incredibly difficult, beyond imagination. The technology for mechanical transformation is still in its experimental stages and far from fully mature... let alone creating an artificial life form capable of carrying the power of the Star Grail, a 'Mechanical Angel.'"

"To say the success rate of this type of transformation is a 90% chance is overly optimistic. It's more accurate to say it's a 100% chance."

Gray paused. "Even if everything goes smoothly, the creation of a mechanical lifeform, an 'artificial angel,' is far from complete."

"The process of containing 'Star Grail Judgment' is the greatest difficulty."

"As the authority of the gods and fragments of the world's laws, these star cups possess extremely strong exclusivity."

"The Star Cup normally lies dormant, but if you attempt to contain it, it will instantly activate... The laws of that world, the magnificent will known as 'Heavenly Principle,' will awaken within the depths of your soul, possessing your body and becoming its servant."

"And you must use your own will to fight against the laws of the world, not becoming a slave to 'heavenly law', but making it prostrate at the feet of a mere mortal."

"In short, this process will be far more dangerous than you can imagine. Even I narrowly escaped death when I was promoted to an angel."

"Perhaps you will die painfully during the mechanization process..."

"Or perhaps you will be devoured by the revived Judgment Star Cup, becoming a slave to Heaven's law, a living corpse..."

This information, whether it is the exact coordinates of "Star Cup·Judgment" deep in the starry sky or the mechanical life form technology of "Artificial Angel", is the intelligence that Gray obtained from the infinite future tributaries when she made her first wish to fate.

In that infinitely vast future divergence, Gray and the human civilization of the Sixth Epoch have tried almost every method... the possibility of defying the laws of nature and surviving the end of the era.

This naturally includes finding the lost "Star Grail Judgment" from the starry sky, and using mechanical transformation technology to create an ultimate weapon to fight against the end of the era, the possibility of an artificial angel.

Of course, since Grey fell into despair when she made her first wish, it means that the end of this future divergence is still a dead end - even if technology is used to create the most powerful weapon in the history of human civilization, the mechanical angels of the Judgment Sequence, it is still impossible to prevent the arrival of the end of the world.

But, at this moment.

Gray once again picked up the "Artificial Angel Project" that had been proven to be a failure -

Only this time, she was no longer trying to save the civilization of the Sixth Epoch.

It was to rewrite the fate of a young girl, to redeem this little girl who still looked up at the stars even when she fell into the abyss.

……

While saying these words, Gray kept a close eye on Amy's expression and mental fluctuations.

Once she sensed the slightest sign of retreat or fear in Amis's expression or mental fluctuations, she would end the topic without hesitation.

Every "angel" is an existence that has broken away from the long river of time and stands above history.

Therefore, even Gray, who is a person of destiny, cannot observe a clear future involving angels, and cannot assert whether Amis's "mechanical angel" plan will succeed.

But she was certain that, whether she succeeded or failed, it would be an experience worse than death, a torture hundreds or thousands of times more painful than all the tortures in the world.

For a little girl who is ignorant of the world, rather than enduring such a long torture... perhaps dying like this is the more merciful thing to do.

However, throughout the entire conversation between the two, Gray never detected the slightest fear in Amy's eyes.

Such a peaceful expression made Gray almost think that she saw the black-haired boy again.

She just listened to Gray's statement calmly and nodded slightly.

"I understand."

"As long as the 'Artificial Angel' project succeeds, I'll be able to see him again...right?"

"Ah."

Gray nodded. "A mythical creature of the angelic level possesses an extremely dominant 'uniqueness of time and space.' Regardless of time, place, past or future, there will only be one 'Amis.'"

"If you could become an angel, then that virtual, artificial Fluctlight would become a part of you, indistinguishable from the other."

"And I will use my third wish to help you and Brother Rast... Rast, survive the apocalypse of the Sixth Epoch and return you to your original time and space, the world that belongs to you."

"If everything goes well, then... you may be able to meet again in the distant future."

"Just, are you really sure you want to do this?"

Gray issued a final inquiry.

"Containing the Star Cup and becoming a true angel... this is definitely not as simple as I say."

"Even if you succeed in the end, the process of containing the Star Cup is bound to take an extremely long time, perhaps a thousand years, perhaps even ten thousand years..."

"Your entire life so far has only been a short dozen years... Compared to the vast span of time, it's just a drop in the ocean."

"By that time, perhaps the world will have changed drastically, and none of the people or things you are familiar with will exist anymore."

"Or perhaps you've already forgotten all your memories of the past—becoming a wandering ghost, possessing the status and power of an angel but having forgotten your past."

"Even so, you won't regret it?"

"No regrets."

On the hospital bed, the thin little girl shook her head gently.

"Sister Grey, please let me participate in the Artificial Angel Project."

"Is this so..."

Gray's voice couldn't help but sound a little dazed.

She looked at the little girl on the hospital bed in front of her, as if she saw herself many years ago, who had made a vow on the cliff in the rain that she would bring her brother Last back no matter how many years passed.

"In that case."

"Then I understand."

……

In the light curtain, the bright and spacious hospital bed and the thin and frail figure of the little blonde girl on the bed gradually faded away until they disappeared into nothingness.

"This is the reason why the 'Artificial Angel Project' was born."

"Brother Last, the 'Third Mechanical Research Institute' you're currently in was built specifically for the 'Artificial Angel' project and is used to house mechanical angels."

"Xiao Ai should be sleeping deep inside the Mechanical Research Institute right now..."

"This is the Star Grail that houses Judgment. The process of transformation into a true angel will take a very long time."

"And if this plan truly succeeds, then Amis will become the new demigod, the Angel of Judgment."

"And then, Brother Last, you will be able to reunite with Xiao Ai in the world that belongs to you..."

"So, that's what you, Brother Luster, want to know... the complete picture of the truth."

The image on the light screen dissipated, and Gray's voice also gradually weakened.

"What a shame! I clearly predicted your arrival, Brother Rust...but I can only meet you this way."

"Although there are still many things I want to tell you, there are still limits to what I can say in the form of a recording."

"I've given you, Brother Last, the highest level of authority in the Watchtower database, and I've also explained your situation to the head of the Third Mechanical Research Institute—"

"So, if you have any information you're looking for, Brother Last, just check it out at the Third Mechanical Research Institute..."

Gray's clear voice sounded slowly, carrying a farewell tone.

Obviously, the recording she left behind would come to an end here.

However, in the watchtower.

Last stared at the slowly fading light curtain and suddenly spoke softly.

"Well, what about you?"

"In the future you've imagined, where is your place?"

Chapter 213 You Will Wander in the Deepest Part of the Starry Sea (Two-in-One)

"In the future you describe—"

"Where is your own place?"

Last's words echoed in the empty library.

Hearing this, Dean Yin couldn't help but gently sweep Last's cheek with his tail.

What does this gesture mean? Are you crazy? Have you forgotten that the little Grey in front of you is just a recording, and you actually want to have a conversation with her?

However, the next moment.

According to Gray herself, this was just a video she had recorded in advance and stored in the watchtower, which would automatically play when Rast's arrival was detected.

However, when Last's words rang out, Gray's voice actually paused slightly.

"My own place?"

"Sure enough, I knew you would ask this question, Brother Rast."

She smiled, as if using the power of "fate" to observe the future when Rast would ask this question.

"Honestly, I don't know..."

"Brother Rast, you once told me that all the gifts bestowed by fate have already been secretly marked with a price."

"'Equivalent exchange' is the only universally accepted legal principle in the supernatural world, even for angels."

"So, every wish I make to fate will inevitably come at a price—the more grand the wish, the more unattainable the miracle... the greater the price."

"As I record this moment, I haven't made my third and final wish yet... Therefore, I don't know what the price I will pay for it."

"Even though I've traveled through all the future's branches, this future alone remains unclear to me."

Gray's voice, as clear as a wind chime, carried a strange meaning.

"I don't know where I will be after making this third wish. Perhaps I'll be banished to the cracks of time and space, the abyss of dimensions... Or perhaps I'll wander forever in the deepest reaches of the starry sea, never to see you again, Brother Rust."

"That's why I kept this recording and video."

"It's both to explain the truth to you, Brother Rust... and to say goodbye to you, Brother Rust."

"After all, no one knows when we will meet again. Maybe in a thousand years, maybe in ten thousand years—"

"Or maybe, forever."

……

“Is it really worth it?”

Last spoke softly as he looked at the light curtain that swayed slowly and rippled like water waves.

"You were such a scared person when you were little."

"Leaving this mortal world, exiled to the rifts of time and space, to the deepest reaches of the sea of ​​stars, aren't you afraid?"

He recalled the little girl he saw alone on the street of the town next to the watchtower long ago when he entered the Echoes of History for the second time.

As the sun sets, warm orange lights shine through the windows along the street. Gray walks alone on the street, as if she is in two different worlds from the lights of thousands of homes around her.

That look reminded Rast of the little match girl.

And at this moment, the original scene is repeated again.

The little girl who was afraid of loneliness at that time now chose to separate from this world and plunged into the lonely deep space.

"Of course I'm scared..."

It was clearly a silent whisper from Lust, but at this moment it seemed to have really crossed time and space and was transmitted to Gray's ears.

"I know very well what a coward I am. Without your support, Brother Rust, I can't do anything..."

"It was like this then, and it's still like this now—it's just that during these days of separation from you, Brother Last, I had to constantly disguise myself with a tough exterior, pretending to be independent, strong, powerful, and mysterious in front of outsiders."