I am the savior, but I am being asked by Alicia and the others to pay me back.

The expressions of the two foodies looked like they were about to ascend to heaven.

"I'm so happy~! I feel like my body and mind have been healed!"

Kiana, who drank three bowls in a row, said happily:

"As expected! With Mei here, it's like having the power of a hundred people~!"

"Hum..."

Hearing Kiana's sigh, Ye Ming suddenly laughed proudly.

"What a shame, I got exactly twice as much power as you did."

"Huh? Then I'm three hundred!"

"I have four hundred!"

Ye Ming and Kiana started quarreling like elementary school students, while Mei, who was standing next to them, looked at them with joy.

She scooped up some broth with a spoon and brought it to their mouths, saying: Ah~~

"Ah~!"

Kiana and Ye Ming were like koi fish fighting for food, leaning close to each other face to face. Their intimate and funny look made Mei and the audience laugh together.

At this moment, the video gradually dimmed, and in the black screen, only Mei's happy monologue could be heard:

"Ye Ming, Qiana...you are the most important people in my life."

The black screen, the enlarged white subtitles, and Mei's ethereal voice...

The presence of this sentence almost overflows from the screen.

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"Did my plan...work?"

When the screen brightened again, Ye Ming was sitting on an empty street, his face pale and looking very haggard.

He is completely different from the previous him who always played and joked with Kiana.

——It worked. As the karma you bear continues to increase and your power continues to grow, its attack on your existence is weakening.

"Weakened..."

Ye Ming pursed his bloodless lips, his eyes filled with fatigue.

"So, it hasn't been completely eradicated yet?"

——If you want to be completely immune to its attacks, you are not strong enough.

——But on the other hand, if you continue to strengthen yourself by absorbing the power of the Valkyrie.

——The load transferred from their bodies can also kill you.

"If I didn't do that, that unknown guy would still kill me."

Ye Ming did not regret his choice. He just wanted to protect the one he loved from this precarious world within a limited time...

Kill that guy by the way.

"Speaking of which..."

Speaking of the person he loved, Ye Ming suddenly thought of something.

"Hasn't the branch of the world line where Jizi is located been able to be reunited yet?"

Whenever Ye Ming travels through dimensions, interferes with time, and thus changes the predetermined fate, the world line will shift.

The changed world is like an independent island, and it will take a long time to be integrated into the main world.

——Regarding this, I have something very regrettable to tell you.

——The stability of the current dimension is getting worse and worse, and it is difficult for the branches of the world line to integrate into it.

"Poor stability? Why?"

——Because this dimension is very fragile and may be destroyed at any time.

——It’s not just the collapse, but also our enemies who are above it.

If the trunk of a tree is destroyed, then the branches growing on it will naturally have no meaning to exist.

——If we want Himeko to return, we still have a lot to do.

"Kiana..."

After realizing this, the first person Ye Ming thought of was Kiana who was on the verge of collapse.

"I have to stay with her."

Having said that, he had no means to contact Kiana.

In fact, there are only a few people who can contact her at present.

"Ye Ming?"

Just when Ye Ming was worried, a familiar voice came to his ears.

"Mei? You... ow!"

Before Ye Ming could speak, Meiyi threw herself into his arms, and she asked in a crying voice:

"Where have you been all this time!"

"I……"

Ye Ming didn't know how to answer Meiyi. Crossing dimensions, traveling through time, overcoming despair... these things could not be explained to other people at all.

Only you can understand the loneliness and pain.

So, Ye Ming simply answered half-truthfully:

"I am also looking for Kiana's whereabouts through various channels."

The real part is that this is indeed my top priority at the moment.

And the false part was... that he had always been by Kiana's side, and only chose to leave in order to change the destined tragedy.

But I didn't expect that after going through so many things in the middle, the changing world line could not be settled, and I was also subjected to terrible targeting.

"Then why did you leave without saying goodbye? Why don't you join me?"

Mei cried and said:

"Do you know how I spent the time when you and Kiana disappeared at the same time?"

"Feel sorry……"

Ye Ming hugged Meiyi tightly. He could feel her tears slowly soaking through his clothes, transmitting the bitter temperature to his skin.

"Ye Ming, let's not separate this time, okay?"

Mei pleaded with tears in her eyes:

"Let's go get Kiana back together, and then everything will be back to normal."

"Eat together, study together, and fight against the collapse together."

"As long as we're together, nothing's going to change, right?"

187. We who failed to become Tagore

"Mea Yi..."

Even though I saved Ji Zi, I don’t dare to say “everything will be the same as before”, let alone hope that nothing will change.

But Mei in his arms still wants to get back the good old days.

"I understand. Let's... bring Kiana back together."

Ye Ming suddenly realized that he was the same as Mei.

Because I can’t burn all the memories to make the dream transparent, and I can’t throw away all the yesterdays to make my steps lighter…

That's why he challenged his predetermined fate like a fool.

But because of this, Ye Ming also realized that Mei was as fragile as himself.

I can’t let go of the past like Tagore, nor can I be strong enough to accept the future.

Ye Ming knew very well that this fragility would sooner or later make Mei pay an irreparable price.

Just like myself at this moment, who has not much time left.

"Ye Ming... I can finally be with you again..."

Meiyi was unable to notice the worry in Ye Ming's heart. The reunion with her loved one was the only thing she could be thankful for in the past few months.

My heart, which was about to be crushed by despair, never wanted to return to the dark clouds after feeling the warmth of the sun.

"You've changed a lot... You've become so haggard. What on earth has happened during this period of time?"

After calming down a bit, Meiyi discovered that Ye Ming's body was covered with scars, but they were not very serious...

It's like when the body is injured, it can't heal itself, so the wounds accumulate more and more.

If you look more closely, you can still find faint bloodstains that have not been wiped clean in many places.

"Nothing, I just didn't get enough rest and I'm a little tired."

"Then let's go back to the camp and rest."

On the way back, Meiyi told Ye Ming that they were cooperating with Anti-Entropy and it was still safe for now, so Ye Ming could rest assured and recuperate.

"By the way, let me help you cook."

Mei suddenly thought of how much Ye Ming longed for fresh, hot meals when they were fleeing in Changkong City.

Judging from his pale face, he must be malnourished.

"There are plenty of supplies here. I'll make you a feast."

Thinking about what she could do for Ye Ming, Mei showed a bitter smile for the first time in such a long time.

Although this smile was not bright at all, it was still much better than the countless times of crying before.

"Supplies are sufficient..."

Seeing Mei running to the kitchen to busy herself, Ye Ming, with a slightly trembling body, immediately got up and sneaked out.

He came to the pharmacy in the camp and asked the pharmacist there to open a bunch of bottles and jars. He also found a backpack and put the medicine in it.

After returning to Meiyi's residence, Ye Ming couldn't wait to find a glass of water, sprinkled a handful of pills on his hands, and drank it all along with the water in the glass.

As he let out a long sigh, his tense body finally relaxed slowly.

"Ye Ming...are you taking any medicine?"

"Oh, I'm taking vitamins."

After Ye Ming put away the medicine bottle, he said calmly:

"As you can see, I've been lacking in nutrition recently and have been producing carbohydrates, so I'll open a few bottles of vitamins to supplement it."

"Then I'll make you more meat, eggs, milk, fruits and vegetables, and less staple food."

Not long after, Mei brought out a big meal.

There was a fruit and vegetable platter with salad dressing, an omelette rice, teriyaki chicken and pork soup.

In the past, Ye Ming, as a foodie, would have his eyes shining and his mouth swallowing saliva continuously.

"This is... really tempting..."

But now he just smiled faintly and ate a little symbolically.

"Is the food not to your liking?"

Mei was used to Ye Ming and Kiana eating and drinking recklessly, so she felt very unfamiliar with Ye Ming being so "gentlemanly".

"No, Mei, your cooking is the most delicious~!"

Ye Ming wanted to pretend to be eating heartily and shovel a few mouthfuls of food, but his stomach was too restless to fight such a high-level game.

So he could only make an excuse:

"I've been eating too much carbohydrates lately, and I'm having trouble digesting them."