There are no tombstones next to the earth.

After cooling, the gravel will wander aimlessly and aimlessly in the cold, pitch-black space with a slight gravity.

What once existed, no longer exists.

All that is in the past is no longer important.

Li Quan came back and learned all about it.

He found himself not surprised.

He stood in the void, staring at the empty vision.

A lunar-shaped solitary shadow in the distance.

Space is silent.

He froze, froze......

Time seems to have lost its meaning.

A vague figure of a girl appeared behind him.

"Are you...... Beautiful jade? System, is that you? Li Quan felt that this girl was a little strange.

"I'm your previous host." The girl replied.

"Oh. So that's ......"

When he returned, he found that he had lost contact with the system. The last thing the system does, he knows. Suddenly there were more people in the system space, countless people.

Then, the system is gone.

no longer answering his call.

"Unexpectedly, Lin's former host was a girl."

"Strictly speaking, I'm just a piece of that person's spiritual consciousness. And that person has long ceased to exist. ”

"Then you ......"

"I'll tell you a story."

A long, long time ago, maybe in the last plane reincarnation, maybe even earlier.

The host of the Heart of the Forest is a simple and optimistic girl. Like Li Quan, she eventually became a planting expert. She can also create life, not just by her own strength.

Perhaps the final ending of every true story is full of malice.

The girl and the heart of the forest fail. They lost to the others in that duel of countless Source Heart Association hosts.

The Heart of the Forest should have perished with the Power of the Source after that.

At the last moment, the girl chooses to abandon herself and let the heart of the forest survive.

A part of the girl's spiritual consciousness has been integrated into the heart of the source and has also been retained. That's what Li Quan saw.

"That guy is stupid. For the sake of the system, but at the expense of himself. The girl's voice was sarcastic: "Lynn's awakening is precisely because it fuses part of that person's consciousness." Now, she has once again chosen to abandon herself! What a fool......"

"What the hell is going on here?"

"You still don't understand? Lynn sacrificed herself, using the full power of the system world, to move the stupid humans. The earth is gone, and humanity is alive. Isn't the current system world inhabited by that group of waste? The girl was furious.

"At the expense...... She ...... herself."

"yes, what a fool, both are fools. And you, you're the biggest fool! The girl scolded.

Her figure was blurred, so it was impossible to see her face.

Li Quan stretched out his hand and touched his arms, staring at the cold, silent branch in his hand in a daze.

The girl leaned over, bent down and looked at the branches, and said, "Yes, that's what it looks like." The system is dead. No, it shouldn't be said that. Maybe it's asleep. But who knows? I'm just an ordinary former host. A loser's group, that's all. ”

"But, why ......" Li Quan's eyes twitched, "why did Lin do this?" ”

The girl was silent for a moment.

The void was silent.

Suddenly, I heard her sigh faintly and said, "Because only in this way can she have the meaning of existence." ”

"The ...... of existence Significance? Li Quan suddenly remembered a lot.

"yes, the meaning of existence. As hosts, the meaning of our existence is probably to let the Heart of the Source be carried forward and realize the meaning of their existence. And what is the meaning of their existence as Source Hearts? ”

Li Quan's gaze trembled even more.

"So, the fools saved the world. Saving it is the meaning of their existence. Because, that's exactly what you want as a host! ”

Li Quan clutched the cold branch, and tears gradually welled up.

The girl stood quietly behind him and looked at him quietly for a moment. With a sigh, the girl's vague figure gradually collapsed......

……

Time, as if completely lost its meaning.

Li Quan stood in the void. Motionless.

Until there was another noise behind him.

"There's no point in continuing to be depressed." A man's voice sounded behind him.

A wry smile appeared between Li Quan's eyebrows: "I just don't know what to do next." ”

"Oh, why do you say that?"

"All along, it was the system that guided me and made me know my purpose clearly. But now, Lynn is gone, and I ......."

"I see. It seems that a lot has happened during this time. The man looked around, it was empty, and he shook his head: "I thought I was in the wrong place." ”

"Ge Wei, what are you doing?"

"I'm here to take you away."

"Last time......

"That's right. Calculate the time, it should be almost over, and here I am. It's just that I didn't expect the ending to be so ......" Ge Wei scratched his head and looked around again, not knowing what to say.

"I want to say, 'It's so miserable.'" Li Quan smiled bitterly again.

"Pretty much." Ge Wei nodded, "Although I don't know what went wrong with you here, but looking at your appearance, there is still the following?" ”

"All are alive. Moments before the destruction of the Earth, it was moved to the system space. ”

"That ......"

"The system is gone. My Heart of Source...... He's dead. Li Quan turned to face Ge Wei and said.

Ge Wei fell silent.

Li Quan smiled bitterly and muttered, "I think this result is my own fault." When human society was far from mature, I gave them excessive strength. Human society is not ready to embrace this force. A child with a gun has no idea how powerful he really is. And a teenager with a gun has no idea how dangerous he is to others. Desires are deceived by the power they suddenly get when they are easily inflated. By the time you get it, it's too late. ”

Ge Wei nodded. He also sighed and said, "Understood...... I can totally understand how you're feeling right now. But I don't think it's entirely your fault. ”

He looked at Li Quan and said seriously: "Human greed is the same even for children. Greed for materialism, greed for power, greed for life. Even if you are dead, you will be greedy for something. It's not so much a deception as a lie about humanity itself. Who is savage? Both? Or was civilization inherently barbaric? ”

"Too much philosophy." Li Quan smiled bitterly.

"yes, too much philosophy." Ge Wei smiled: "But, you know what, if you need more enlightenment, there is something I can tell you. ”

"What's the matter?"

Ge Wei smiled mysteriously: "Actually, you don't need to be depressed at all. The Heart of the Source can be resurrected. ”

"Resurrection?" Li Quan's whole person was shocked: "Really? ”

"I have no reason to lie to you." Ge Wei smiled: "I have resurrected a Source Heart myself. So, I think I know what to do by and large. ”

"So what are you waiting for?"

Li Quan felt that he was more desperate to do something than ever.

"Don't worry, wait until I'm done." Ge Wei shook his head and smiled, "First of all, you have to know that after all, it is the Heart of the Source, not a stall that can be repaired casually." Each Origin Heart represents the Origin Power of an entire plane. ”

Hearing this, Li Quan quickly calmed down. After a moment's hesitation, he nodded and said, "What do you need me to do?" ”

Ge Wei also nodded, and said with a straight face: "According to my experience, you need to have three kinds of things that represent the power of the source, and the three must have the same attributes. Use them to reactivate your Source Heart, and the success rate depends on how much Source Power you have. ”

"Can you be specific?" Li Quan asked, "For example, what kind of things are needed?" Does the power of the source I need, the plant energy I get from the system, count? ”

"Absolutely. That's the power of your Forest Heart. What is needed, let me think about it...... Since you have the Warcraft plane, the World Tree should be fine. In addition to this, two 'progenitor' plants are required. The three are different in nature, but have the same attributes, so they can coexist. I guess using them to reactivate your heart of the forest shouldn't be a problem. Ge Wei said with a smile.

Li Quan suddenly realized and nodded.

"Don't rejoice too soon, though." Ge Wei's expression became serious again: "I can feel a very pure form of energy from you, which should be the unique origin power of the heart of the forest. However, the magnitude is too small. ”

"Magnitude?"

"You're too weak." Ge Wei said unceremoniously: "In my opinion, you are really weak. With the Origin Power you currently control, I don't think it's enough to meet the minimum requirements to reactivate your Source Heart. ”

"What then?" Li Quan's brows tightened. He knew that he must be so weak compared to the person in front of him. The only thing he can do now is ask for more advice.

"The World Tree or something, it shouldn't be difficult. What you lack is your own strength. Know the tokens, right? Ge Wei said and suddenly asked.

"Derivatives?" Li Quan thought for a while and nodded: "I have some impressions, the blue fin is still what you said." Referring to us in the parallel world? ”

"That's right. Have you ever heard of beheading three corpses? Ge Wei asked again with a smile.

"Three what?" Li Quan was confused.

"It's a cultivation term. From the Xiuzhen plane. Ge Wei explained: "Cutting off the three corpses means that after the cultivator reaches a certain stage of cultivation, he must take the initiative to cut off the insects of his three corpses and remove the filth. It is for: to behead three corpses, that is, to prove the true immortal. Taoists believe that attachments should be eliminated, while Buddhists call it 'breaking attachments', believing that everyone has different attachments. ”

"Xiuzhen?" Li Quan became more and more confused.

"In other words, you get the idea. The so-called derivatives, us in the parallel world, relative to the perspective we are in, that is, whenever some of our actions appear, a branch world will inevitably arise in the opposite direction. That is: all possibilities are happening at the same time. I won't talk much about quantum science or something, because I don't really understand that stuff either. We just need to know that every time a token appears, a portion of our power is dispersed. ”

"Scattered?"

"Or to say it separately, it would be more accurate to say that." Ge Wei said: "The so-called beheading of the three corpses of the cultivator is actually a derivative. Kill three self-derivatives and regain a part of the power, that is, become a true immortal. ”

Li Quan racked his brains, a little unable to keep up with the rhythm.

Not to mention that he wants to kill himself in three parallel worlds, this logic alone makes him very confused.

"Why do you get power by cutting off three tokens? Is it the devouring of power? Wrong...... What you just said was, regaining power? Belch...... What's going on? ”

"Bluefin explained to you the form of the Great Plane. Later on, I also told you about derivatives. So, let me teach you another lesson. Ge Wei smiled: "As I said earlier, from the perspective we are in, derivatives are parallel worlds that are 'derived' from our actions. However, if we look at a higher angle, in fact, every parallel world we see is a projection of a large plane at a higher latitude. You, me, and our derivatives are all projections of two beings in the higher dimensions. To put it bluntly, for each additional token, there is less power distributed from that 'Higher Being'. And if we reduce one derivative, we will be one point closer to this high-dimensional individual. ”

"Seems to be a little understood......"

To use an analogy, you should be able to understand it thoroughly. We are the shadows of that high-dimensional being, and according to common sense, the more shadows an object diffracts, the fading the shadows will be. If there is only one shadow left, then it completely occupies all the shadows, and it is a complete body. I call it the 'detached'. It is the only individual in all planes. ”

"But, even so, it's a bit ...... for me to kill the rest of myself."

"Can't get it?" Ge Wei nodded: "Do you need time to think about it?" Psychologically, this hurdle always has to be passed. Our original agreement will always be valid. In fact, the enemy I'm going to face is actually our common enemy. ”

"A common enemy?"

"Hmm. This enemy is far more powerful than you know. Ge Wei patted Li Quan with a smile and said, "Think about my suggestion!" Kill three corpses, that is, prove the true immortal. All in all, before I can face that person, I also need you to resurrect your Heart of Source. I'll do my best to help you. Of course, it's up to you to decide whether you want to do it or not. I'll give you some time to think about it. ”

Li Quan fell silent.

He glanced again at the dark and empty void in his field of vision, and at the lonely moon. The heart said, "yes, I don't think I miss it, right?" ”

He turned away and stopped looking.

"Don't think about it. Get started today. He said.

Whatever happened here, it doesn't matter. Now he had only one obsession: to bring Lynn back.

Ge Wei smiled and stretched out his hand to him: "Welcome to join." ”

……

(End of book)