Collapse Iron: After watching the simulation, they all turned to the dark side.

It wasn't that Lu Qing didn't want to help him up, but he was such a big lump, I couldn't possibly lift him up.

"No problem at all, watch me! Magic trick, activate!!!"

Chapter 18 I finally remembered what she looked like.

The projection showed a girl with long, flowing black hair that reached her shoulders. She had a gentle and graceful demeanor, but she didn't speak. Instead, she quietly looked at the giant in front of her, but then quickly vanished without a trace.

"I have finally remembered her face again," the giant murmured to himself.

"Now, can you let me pass?"

"Of course, my friend. This is a thank-you gift for you; it's the most valuable thing I own."

The giant reached out and handed over a purple ring, which looked like it was worth a lot of credits.

[March 7th: This method of measurement is too much! This is a gift! The sentiment cannot be measured!]

Lu Qingping usually likes flowers and plants, and he recognized the flower pattern on the ring.

The flower is called Mirror Lotus.

The flower's meaning is: love that will never be lost.

"Brother, I'm a man, and I like women. I'm sorry, I can't give you a gift like that."

[Aista: He likes women, and I happen to be a woman. We're a perfect match, and he has feelings for me.]

[Alan: Miss, I feel your comment is really embarrassing.]

The giant chuckled, "This is the ring I used to propose back then. It's indeed very precious, but it's useless to me now, because I'm already dead..."

Lu Qing also noticed that the giant's form became increasingly transparent after seeing his former wife. If nothing unexpected happened, his current state was probably just the convergence of his obsessions.

Alas, the stubborn giant, forever trapped in his own memories, but fortunately, he has no regrets.

[March 7th: Wait, what exactly is his obsession?!]

[The Great Black Tower: It must be to see his wife one last time.]

"Little one, I hope you can give this ring to someone you like."

The giant laughed loudly, as if he had finally put his mind at ease, but his body quickly turned into dust and scattered into wisps of blue smoke, leaving no trace.

"Someone I like? I haven't found anyone yet."

[Alan: @Estella, Miss, what's wrong with you?]

Pushing open the door and stepping inside, the signal was reconnected.

"Hey!! Are you dead? Are you alright, you little rascal?!"

"No, if you can't speak, then don't speak. If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute."

Sigh, her emotional intelligence is worrying.

However, she doesn't really need to care about things like emotional intelligence.

Even world-renowned geniuses don't really need these things.

"The simulated universe suddenly lost connection. Are you alright?"

"Don't worry, I'm not dead. Can I withdraw now?"

"OK."

Lu Qing's vision went black, her head spun, and the connection was lost.

When I opened my eyes again, I was met with a stunningly beautiful sight.

The Great Black Tower looked down from its lofty position, its eyes filled with confusion. It poked its crimson lips with its jade-like finger and asked, somewhat perplexed:

"What just happened? I didn't see it."

"I met a strange person who gave me a ring. Also, you're standing too close."

Did you bring the ring with you?

"I brought it out."

"What about the ring?"

"I didn't say I was going to give it to you."

"You...you...you!!! Then...then...I beg you."

[Silver Wolf: @BigBlackTower, look what you've been done to!]

[Fireworks: @Daheita, you wouldn't want your research to be forced to stop, would you?]

Looking at the seemingly aggrieved Big Black Tower, Lu Qing, who already knew its nature well, raised a middle finger.

"Exchange of equal value."

How many credits do you want?

Lu Qing's eyes flickered: "Do you think I'm the kind of person who only cares about money?"

"Then what do you want?"

"I have a question."

"Okay, ask."

"Why did you just make me choose the path of abundance?"

"Actually, there's no particular reason. I just felt that I would feel very sorry if you died, so I wanted you to live a little longer."

"Is that so?" Lu Qing nodded slightly, seemingly having made up her mind.

"Alright, you can have the ring."

"I will return it to you after I have studied it."

"No need." Lu Qing casually picked up his black nylon coat and walked out the door without looking back.

Black Tower watched his figure disappear, then turned his gaze to the ring in front of him.

It seems this ring has some effects I'm unaware of; I guess I need to investigate it further.

[Star: Does anyone remember that the giant made Lao Qing give the ring to the person he loved?]

[Estella: He must have forgotten, hehe...]

[Fireworks: Not forgotten.]

[Ruan Mei: @Daheita.]

[The Great Black Tower: To be honest, even now I don't really understand human emotions.]

[Ruan Mei: But that's normal. I've specifically studied immortal beings, and most of them become less sensitive to emotions over time. It's a kind of self-protection mechanism.]

[March 7th: Even though I can't understand anything, just smiling is enough.]

[Xing: Wait, is this considered a confession? But why did Lao Qing leave?]

[Mirror Flow: Because he is a short-lived species, that's the only answer.]

[Jingyuan: So, what does this mean?]

[Mirror Flow: Remember that giant? He once said something about being alone, about being in pain. Perhaps Lu Qing just didn't want her to experience similar emotions in the future.]

[Fireworks: @MirrorFlow, I understand now. People who have experienced the loss of a close friend are just different. So, Bai Heng's death must have been very tragic, right?]

[Mirror Flow: Suddenly you're about to act all cute and whiny, do you want to eat Teru Tetsuwan River?!]

[Danheng: (???)]

【Blade: (σ｀?д?)σ】

[Jing Yuan: ?]

[Fireworks: Oh dear~ Look, you're in such a hurry again.]

[The Great Black Tower: I have a question. Why do you think I would agree? I... at most... just don't dislike him that much...]

[Fireworks: Oh my, I can't wait to see how the Black Tower will regret it in the future.]

[Star: Xisuo, do you know the inside story? @Fireworks]

[Fireworks: Of course, I'll send it to you privately.]

[Star: Yay!!!]

[Star: Wait, why is it a video of sows lining up and falling into the river! You've deceived my feelings.]

[Fireworks: Please be patient. If this is a spoiler, then it's no fun.]

Ciallo～(∠?ω＜)⌒☆······（Divider Line）

Chapter 19 Hunting

Time flies, and years pass by.

Although you conduct simulations of the universe every week, you have never received the attention of the Compassionate Medicine King.

However, these adventures and battles weren't boring at all; in fact, they were quite interesting.

[With the knowledge gained from your past life, you have developed many novel products, and the Black Tower Space Station is no longer short of funds.]

But in reality, you didn't have much time to see the Black Tower.

For a genius, perhaps ten years can pass while researching a single problem.

Perhaps after a good night's sleep, the people around you will have changed completely.

You don't seem to care, but there's always some lingering, impure residue inside your body that causes a dull ache.

Finally, you grew old, thirty years after your first meeting with Heita, and you submitted your resignation to her.

"Have you thought it through? Perhaps next time you'll be able to see the Pharmacist." Black Tower was somewhat puzzled; she couldn't quite understand how someone could refuse the opportunity for immortality.

"I'm getting old, and I can't keep up with the pace anymore," Lu Qing said frankly.

The Black Tower remains exactly as I remember it, unchanged, still incomparably beautiful, but still just as unforgiving as ever.

"That's true. You'll be dying soon. I've approved your resignation." Black Tower rubbed his temples, looking a bit of a headache.

[March 7th: They really don't hold back! It sounds like an auspicious saying.]

[Star: Starting at zero frames, it's impossible to defend against.]

[Seele: Indeed, aside from zero-frame start, only an extremely long wind-up can rival it.]

She hated the trivial matters on the space station, so she always left them to her little assistant.

If Lu Qing leaves, we'll have to find a new stationmaster, which will cause a lot of trouble.

"Hey, can't you just keep working yourself to death?"

"You really are self-centered!"

Do you have any suggestions for the new station manager?

"Let Peony do it. She's been following me and has learned a lot. She knows almost everything I know."

"Okay, yeah, so what are you planning to do next?"

"Staying on the space station to retire probably means just chatting with people and taking a stroll around when you have nothing to do."

"Oh, I see. So... you'll still cook for me, right?"

[Fireworks: Lu Qing: You really are all you think about, aren't you?]

[Silver Wolf: This is a second time.]

Lu Qing nodded indifferently. Cooking for one person is the same as cooking for two people; there's no difference.

It is worth mentioning that peonies are not short-lived species, but rather appear to be a sub-long-lived species, with an average lifespan of about four hundred years.

She is now at the age where she still retains her charm.

As night fell, a gentle breeze blew.

Outside the space station, a dazzling meteor shower streaked across the sky. Black Tower, having not taken a long time to do so, came to the place where Lu Qing was resting.