I really didn't want to burn it.

Li Ang quickly comforted his black cat.

"Really? So your journey ends here?"

Ying Zheng originally wanted to ask questions or dissuade him, but in the end he just showed a calm smile.

He had sensed this day was coming long ago. Ever since Li Ang descended from the sky, Ying Zheng had a premonition that he would eventually return to "heaven". He just didn't expect that the final parting would end like this.

"It's not the end, you should say it's a new beginning," Li Ang corrected him.

"So, you've said goodbye to your backyard?"

"Well... I might need to trouble you with this." Li Ang's expression turned a little awkward.

"Hey, I'm not your mouthpiece."

Even so, Ying Zheng did not refuse.

"Can the Qin Dynasty truly last forever?"

After a pause, Ying Zheng suddenly asked in a soft voice.

“There are no dynasties that last forever in this world,” Li Ang replied. “You and I have done everything we could. The rest depends on whether our descendants work hard.”

"Tch, you talk like you have offspring."

"Godsons count too."

"..."

"..."

After a moment of silence, Li Ang and Ying Zheng suddenly burst into laughter at the same time.

"Really... Li Ang really hasn't changed at all."

"You are one too, Lao Zheng from Shaanxi."

Before Ying Zheng could complain about the new nickname Li Ang had given him, Li Ang hugged him first.

"..."

Ying Zheng felt a moment of disorientation, as if he had returned to the scene where he and Li Ang had a heart-to-heart talk late into the night about important national affairs.

"Farewell, my friend..."

After a long while, Ying Zheng let out a long sigh.

"I'm so glad to have a friend like you. Let's work together again next time."

After saying that, Li Ang released Ying Zheng.

"By the way, I've already put the modification plan for the Penglai on the bridge, and I believe you'll be very interested in it. I'll leave my long-cherished wish to you, Zheng."

"The sea of ​​stars, huh? That's really your style." Ying Zheng chuckled softly.

"Then..." Li Ang's figure began to slowly disappear.

Goodbye forever, my friend.

Li Ang's voice and figure faded into the air.

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On this day, humanity finally took its destiny and future into its own hands, and they finally gained the freedom to follow their own path.

Chapter 382 Epilogue

Years later, in Xianyang, the capital of the Qin Dynasty, at the imperial palace.

Snapped.

Emperor Fusu reluctantly placed the pen in his hand on the pen rack beside him.

"Father, you rarely come back, don't you have any elders you want to see? What's the meaning of lying in my office?!"

"Huh?...Ah!"

Ying Zheng sat up from the floor with a sigh and patted his shoulder.

"No way! You have no idea how tiring interstellar travel is. I need to rest."

The technical blueprints provided by Li Ang enabled the Penglai to conduct interstellar travel.

Thus, the three parallel worlds of Qin, Greece, and Britain-Rome formed a three-nation alliance interstellar exploration team to regularly explore the universe, searching for resources that Earth does not have, or to eliminate alien civilizations that are not friendly to Earth.

Yesterday was the day the Alliance returned to Earth, but for Fusu, that was not a reason for his father to be lying in his office area.

Fusu pointed to the door and said, "Your bedchamber is over there!! Please go and rest as soon as possible!"

"Don't be so heartless," Ying Zheng chuckled. "You're becoming less and less adorable, unlike Yu'er who's always such a cute and silly girl. That guy almost forgot his oxygen mask again on this expedition."

Fusu showed no interest in laughing at his father's teasing.

"I'm not worried about Xiang Yu; Athena and the other goddesses are taking care of him. I'm more worried about Shirou. Will he be able to handle his first interstellar trip?"

"What's there to be upset about? He was possessed by a heroic spirit, so his physical condition is excellent," Ying Zheng said, shaking his head. "That's why they say sons grow up and leave home. They care about everyone else but don't care about their own fathers."

“Father, if you’re lonely, just say so. You don’t have to act like your teacher all the time. Actually, I miss him too,” Fusu said gently.

Ying Zheng paused, looking somewhat embarrassed. Then he turned his head away, muttering something like, "I'm not imitating him," and swayed out of the room.

"I see you're not getting any younger. Hurry up and hand over the throne to your son so you can be free sooner. It would be so much more fun for the two of us, father and son, to go to outer space and kill bugs."

After a while, Ying Zheng's voice slowly came from outside the door.

"Is this what it means to be a childlike old person?"

Fusu sighed helplessly, rubbing his forehead, but a faint smile unconsciously appeared on his lips.

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Chaldea, control room.

As the radiant light inside the capsule disappeared, it marked the completion of the spirit particle transfer.

"Miss Da Vinci, please bring me a special refreshing drink!"

Pepe, who had climbed out of the cabin, shouted impatiently.

Debit, who climbed out a few seconds later, looked gloomy as he took off his combat suit and threw it halfway down.

Kadoc, who was last in line, first sent their heroic spirits to rest, and then sighed.

"This is troublesome, where did he go?"

"Cardok asked in a murmur."

"I don't know," Pepe said helplessly. "We've searched the seventh parallel world already, and there's still no sign of Kilshtalia. Where is he?"

"Hopefully she won't take me to outer space."

Debit said something rather irritating.

Because of their good performance in the war, the members of Group A were no longer held responsible for destroying humanity, and they continued to remain in Chaldea to serve as combatants alongside their Heroic Spirits.

Since the crisis of humanity was resolved, Chaldea's work has shifted from saving humanity to hunting down the Beasts. In that war, apart from Koyanskaya, Phil, and DD (Goetia) being taken away by Leon, and Fou remaining in Chaldea, all the other Beasts escaped from the Temple of Time before the war ended and hid in various parallel universes.

Chaldea's mission is to hunt down these escaped Beasts and ensure they no longer pose a threat to humanity.

However, these Beasts are very cunning, and Chaldea often fails to encircle them nine out of ten times.

And there's absolutely no news about Kirshtalia, which is of most concern to Group A.

Kadoc shook his head and said, "Hopefully he's still clinging to life by the alien god. I wonder if Li Ang resurrected him back then."

"Pepe, Kadoc, and Debit, thank you for your hard work."

Ophelia walked in carrying a large tray with several prepared drinks on it.

"Why is it you, Ophelia?" Pepe asked casually, grabbing a glass of wine. "Where's Miss Leonardo da Vinci?"

"Uh……"

Ophelia blinked and said with a hint of helplessness, "Da Vinci is in the garage with Ritsuka and Chloris."

"In the garage again?" Pepe raised an eyebrow. "Are they messing with Shadow Bord again? Trying to find the timeline where Leon is?"

Ophelia pursed her lips and remained silent.

"Hehe, it would be best if we could find that bastard."

Kadoc took a sip of his drink and said gloatingly, "That guy disappeared without a word, leaving only a note. That kind of scumbag deserves to be chased forever!"

Peipei smiled and nodded: "Indeed, Mr. Li Ang did a really bad job of leaving the ladies behind."

Kadoc laughed and said, "Pepe, how many parts do you think will be left of Li Ang after they catch up with him? I bet an arm and a leg."

Ophelia smiled slightly: "Then I bet that there will only be one head left, and then Mashu will set sail with Leon's head in her arms."

Pepe waved her hand dismissively: "You two are too violent. I bet Mr. Li Ang only kept that indescribable organ down there."

"..."

Debit quietly sipped his drink, clearly having no intention of joining the gossip discussion.

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Chaldea, garage.

"Finally finished!"

Miss Da Vinci wiped the engine oil off her forehead and proudly announced to the group of girls present.

"After two years of joint efforts, we have finally completed this Shadow Bord Ⅳ MaxProV.!!"

"What the heck is that long string of stuff that follows?"

Skadi rubbed her head and complained in dissatisfaction.

"Well, the name doesn't matter." Chloris gently stroked the side of the chariot. "I just want to make sure this thing can find him."

"Do not worry!"

Leonardo da Vinci gave a thumbs up.

"In order to break through the barrier between the Root and other worlds, I have conducted countless experiments, and now it is time to verify my theory."

Ritsuka's eyes lit up as she excitedly nodded her head: "Oh, I don't understand it, but it seems really impressive."

But Ryougi Shiki, standing to the side, poured cold water on the idea while holding her long sword, saying, "Your theory makes me very uneasy. If my eyes were still working, I would have cut through the barrier myself."

Da Vinci hummed and puffed out her rather large chest: "But without Li Ang's coordinates, even if you cut yourself open, you wouldn't know which world you'd end up in, right? But my chariot is different. It records Li Ang's coordinates and can use Li Ang's body as a guiding target."

"Anyway, we can find Li Ang using this brand new Shadow Bord, right?"

Mashu nodded firmly.

"Great, let's go!"

“Shouldn’t we inform the girls in Britain and Rome?” Skadi asked, tilting her head.

Chloris quickly explained, "Let's talk about it after we actually find Li Ang. They are the rulers of a country, and they are both quite busy. Let's talk to them after we are sure we can find Li Ang."

"You probably won't tell him when you actually meet Li Ang, right?"

Ryougi Shiki, standing behind Chloris, exposed her lie, but Lady Flora pretended not to hear.

"Everyone!" Leonardo da Vinci shouted, raising his right hand. "Let us set off for a new world we have never encountered before!!"

"Oh!" *N

The girls in the garage all raised their right hands, just like Leonardo da Vinci.

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The start of the new semester at a university in China.

"So, what do you think of this place? It's pretty good, isn't it?"

"What's so great about it, Your Majesty? This third-rate school is simply not worthy of you!"

"Well, I didn't do well on the college entrance exam back then, so I could only come here to drift through life."

"And this time? Didn't do well on the test either?"