Ryan's vision blurred. Difficulty concentrating; Darkness lurked at the edge of his vision, and his power left him. He couldn't even feel his legs, and his whole body was cold.

Maybe it was the blood loss, or the injuries he sustained in the battle with Pluto. Maybe this was the behavior of Uglen Henry, as the cat teleported right in front of Ryan. The cat looked down at the trapped genome, silent, like a guide to the underworld.

"Fate!"

Above the waterfall, a frightened atomic cat holds her sister in her arms, blood pouring from her chest. Pluto's body fell from the waterfall with a hole in his forehead. The river dragged the "lower boss" to her final residence; Her curse was lifted, and the forest returned to normal, albeit at a cost.

Fortuna took a shot and was lucky, but even luck could not escape the punishment of death.

"Fate!" Felix shouted, trying to cover his sister's wound with his hand to prevent her from bleeding. Ryan knew enough about medicine to know that it was useless. If he had the tools and energy, he might be able to save her.

He's going to save her. Next time he'll get them all out.

In the end, only Ryan was cursed to live forever. Only he can carry this burden.

As he begins to lose consciousness, Ryan notices a metallic shadow moving upstream. A mermaid in power armor crosses the river to save him.

"Rihanna!" Lunn shouted in horror as he rushed to his side, immediately pushing away the debris that was crushing him to the ground. "I'm here! I'm here!"

Le

……

Always by his side when he loses everything.

"I have to go now."

For a moment, the courier thought he was talking too loudly, until he realized where the disembodied voice was coming from.

Something spoke through Eugene Henry, in Ryan's own voice.

"For the rest," the cat stared into the courier's eyes, its cat's gaze glowing purple and twinkling with the wisdom of the stars, "it's up to you." ”

A purple light flashed through Ryan, and he lost consciousness.

When Ryan opened his eyes, it was the tune of "International."

The ceiling is crimson, and he faces portraits of Marx and Engels. An intravenous device injects anesthetic into his right arm, next to a steampunk wheelchair made of leather and tin.

Damn, did he wake up again in a hidden Soviet laboratory? One time is enough!

Ryan's gaze wandered around him, and his body felt heavy; He had trouble breathing and itchy chest. On top of that, he doesn't feel anything from the waist down, including his most dangerous weapons. Even the vampires died on their own turf.

He was lying in a hospital bed with a TV and a window that opened onto the dark abyss. Little Sara sat in a chair in front of him, reading Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth. She didn't notice that he was awake.

Ryan turned his head and looked at the other bed next to him. The atomic cat was lying half-covered under the sheets, staring at the ceiling with vacant eyes. He was covered with bandages and had his own intravenous system.

"Felix?" Ryan's voice startled Sarah, and she hurriedly closed the book. "Kitten?"

Nothing.

Atomic Cat didn't even respond. His gaze is a void, empty abyss, a gaze from a thousand miles away.

"He's been like this since Mommy brought you in." Little Sara said with a frown. "When people call him, he doesn't respond. I've seen that look in Rusty Town. His heart is broken, and he won't come back. ”

"He will." Ryan knows this from experience. "Eventually, when it finishes chewing on you, the abyss will spit you back."

Of course, the courier may go back in time before the atomic cat completes the healing process. Even if she annoyed him, he couldn't let Fortuna continue to die. After she gave her life to save her brother.

"Now you're awake and out of bed," said little Sarah, who hasn't yet realized it's obvious. "I mean metaphorically. How do you feel?"

"No legs, like Christopher Reeves."

"I don't know who it is."

"That's why I can't stand you."

"At least I still have—" Little Sara stopped suddenly, she connected the two things. "Oh, wait, I see what you mean!" Can't stand it!"

"Now, if you could give me a wheelchair," Ryan said, glancing at his new Plymouth Fu

y。 "I'll let you dictate to me, but please don't speak ill of me behind my back."

"Do you want me to help you find a parking lot?" Sara Jr. replied as she put the book aside and helped Ryan in his wheelchair. As he expected, the rest of the Courier's body was not spared. He had almost as many bandages on his body as Egyptian mummies.

"It's a start, but you need training in puns," Ryan said. "How long have I been unconscious?"

"Mom brought you here last night," she replied, grabbing the rod of the IV system and strapping it to the wheelchair. "The other orphans bet your death. Most people say you can't do it. ”

"I want you to bet on me."

If he could believe her smile, she would. "yes, you're too bad to die, Mom...... If you don't wake up, mom will be sad. Sara glared at the courier. She cried when she brought you here. ”

"I wasn't going to do that," Ryan said with a sigh. "Can you take me to her?"

"Of course." Sarah pushes the wheelchair to the door of the "hospital", and Ryan takes one last look at the atomic cat. Felix no longer looked at the ceiling, and now he looked blankly at the abyss beyond his roost.

Ryan can't blame him. His own parents signed his death warrant, and one of his sisters, he left behind, died for him. It will shake anyone. "Felix ......"

"I don't want to speak," the kitten said suddenly, his voice emotionless.

Now is not the time. Probably not.

Sarah pushes her wheelchair through a steel corridor and ends up at Ryan's studio. Ryan finds his best friend tinkering with her diving armor, which she has used to cable with ch-s

o

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Adis and Dy

AMIS's brain technology is connected. Some parts of the spacesuit were replaced with replicas of Jessamine's design, including the helmet. Perhaps due to a lack of resources, Ryan seems to have decided to repurpose her existing equipment instead of manufacturing new ones.

Yugeney Henry stands on the server like a sphinx.

"Relily......" The ease on Lunn's face was almost palpable. You're awake. ”

"Did you ever doubt it?" He joked.

When "The Genius" backed down, Ryan realized he should keep his mouth shut. "Yes, I did," she said with a frown. For the first time, he noticed the red shadows around Ryan's eyes, as if she had repeatedly wiped away tears. "I thought...... I thought I was too late......"

"You're a bastard," Sarah said as she glared at Ryan. "If it weren't useless, I'd kick you in the leg."

"You can still pinch my arm if you want," Ryan replied, and she did. "Ouch!"

"You deserve it." Sarah said, then looked at Ryan with concern. "Mom, it's time for you to rest. I can get you a cup of hot chocolate. ”

"No, it doesn't matter. Thanks, dear. Ryan forced himself to smile at Sarah. You can...... Shall we talk about it separately?"

The little girl clearly did not want to obey, but did so anyway. The door to the studio closed behind her, leaving only Ryan and Ryan.

"I'm sorry," Ryan said right away.

Len looked away. "I can't save her. The girl. She has been drowned in her own blood, when ...... When I ......"

"She died before you arrived." Ryan pushed the wheelchair forward, a hand on Ryan's arm. To his surprise, she didn't immediately stop physical contact. "Shorty, it's not your fault."

She pushed his hand away. "If I had arrived earlier......"

"You're going to die," Ryan said. "Who told you where we were?"

"I ......" her expression changed from sadness to embarrassment. I hacked your phone. After you turned it off, I had to walk to find you. ”

He should be angry with her for this, but the NSA strikes first. Ryan looked at the device, then at Eugene Henry. The cat seems happy to see its owner again, but his gaze returns to its original blue color. "Have you completed the consciousness transfer device?"

"I think so," Len said with a frown. "But it's gone."

"What's gone?" Ryan asked, frowning.

"Your cat's energy readings. They're gone. He's a normal cat now. Lunn shook his head, and Yugeney Henry showed them his noble ass. Whatever had caused his teleportation jump before, it stopped. ”

An entity of the "Purple World" possesses Yugeney Henry like a doll and leaves the building.

Why? Why does it do this? What's the point? Ryan doesn't understand, but he will. "How's it going on the ground?"

Len immediately frowned. Obviously, the situation is only going to get worse. “Ri

i, do you really want to know?" You've just woken up. ”

"Yes, I want to go."

Ryan slowly walked over to a computer connected to the server, typed on the keyboard, and showed him the screen.

The droplets covered the camera that recorded the image, so Ryan thought it was from a sea-based probe. But the quality is enough for the courier to see the disaster in its full glory. A very familiar disaster.

New Rome had been turned into a war zone, with Augustus' genome and power forces openly fighting in the streets. Helicopters of private security companies fire bullets at super-powerful gangsters, who return fire with fireballs. Flames engulfed buildings, including the headquarters of Il Migliol, which Vulcan and an armored squadron bombarded with missiles. A group of controlled, enhanced dinosaurs quickly emerge from the power tower and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the attackers. The panda leads the charge.

Wyverns are pinned to a building by countless spears and sharp weapons, while Mars duels a giant plant monster on the rooftop. Tears of space split around the centurion, and swords and spears rained down on the abominable plant. However, the creature retaliates with truck-thick vines and pollen large enough to melt steel. When Wyve

When you break free of yourself, Ma

S jumped from roof to roof, using the shield under his feet to dodge her.

The strip was flooded by the tide, and the corpses were washed up on the artificial shore only to strike Dy again

Facilities at AMIS. Neptune, the god of the sea, rampaged through Rusttown, shaping massive amounts of water into the shape of giant squid. A living laser severed one of its tentacles, and soon the devil joined in. However, despite their best efforts, the liquid elemental quickly pulled itself back and continued its way towards the junkyard.

The villa on the top of Augustus turns into a smoking crater above which two lights are dueling. The scorching sun, the crimson lightning. Their fight was by far the most terrifying, and both men were moving so fast that even the cameras were hard to keep up with. Powerful lightning and plasma fell from the sky, destroying the area around the mountain.

The camera provided a panoramic view of the disaster, which eventually reached the port. Mortimer, Lanka, and the rest of the genome casually fire at an unseen form, which almost gives Ryan a headache on screen. a terrifying elven mascot with swirling tentacles on his beard, large black wings, and webbed hands; A terrifying hybrid of squid and human, worn by a stupid genome that can't control its public-domain-driven darkness. The abominable monster let out a scream, and Ryan's frantic mind managed to make sense of his garbled words.

“CTHULHU FHTAGN !”

The wardrobe brought the Apocalypse Dress. It's just that bad.

"It's like that all over the coast," Lunn admitted, and she sat down in her chair. "It's not just New Rome. There are also Sicily and Sardinia. ”

This is the end of the last cycle, and here it all over again. Destroying the superpowers only delays the inevitable end. As long as things continue to follow the current trajectory, Dy

amis、Ca

Ival and Augusti are bound to collide with catastrophic consequences.

His perfect run looked so far away. "I'm sorry, Shorty, it's Lab Sixty-Six's turn next time."

"Yes," she replied with a frown. "Is that so?" Last time?"

"It's not that scary, but the result is the same. Adam had just offered a bigger match – "The computer beeped. "What's the matter?"

"A phone call," Len said, frowning as he typed on his keyboard. "Vulcan".

Ryan's heart skipped a beat. Is this a silver lining in another bad ending?" Open the channel. ”

The screen changes from a post-apocalyptic vision of New Rome to a young woman sitting in a chair.

But that's not Jasmine.

"Ryan," Livia said relieved as her face appeared on the screen. "Thank goodness because I can't see you, so I ...... I'm not so sure. ”

Ryan's face turned angry, but Ryan was calm. "If I die, princess, this terrible gift will come to an abrupt end."

"Yes, but I'm afraid that maybe you didn't tell me the whole truth." Livia replied with an unhappy smile, and then her smile stopped completely. "Fortuna, she's ......"

"Dead." Ryan admits that Livia's expression turned lifeless, to deep sadness. "Felix is alive, but deeply shaken."

Livia was completely silent, her expression lifeless and her eyes looking down. "I ...... I expected that," she said to herself, holding back tears, "but I hope ...... I wish I ...... It's my aunt......"

"Fortuna died to protect her brother from Pluto, and your late aunt would have killed Felix if she had done so." While the phrase is blunt, Ryan thinks she needs to hear the brutal truth now. "Your father gave the order, and Pluto did not hesitate to carry it out."

"I never thought of this," she said, fingers clasped together. "Never have I ever...... I never thought things would get to this point. ”

Even Ryan's expression turned to sympathy, even though she clearly didn't like Livia; Maybe it's because she empathizes with the situation of the mafia princess.

Ryan sighed. "I'll fix it," he said, his tone softening. "I'll make it up."

Livia finally looked up. "Is there really no other way?" She asked, her voice choked up. "No one will remember. No one but you. If no one remembers...... If no one remembers, it will happen again. ”

Ryan glanced at Ryan, who shook his head. She guessed what he thought and disagreed with him. Livia was keenly aware of their uneasiness. "You have a plan to solve this problem," she guessed.

"We can't tell you," Ryan said before he could speak. "We ...... Sorry, no. ”

"You're a diver, aren't you?" Le

Larch pine. Livia regained her composure, focusing on the dwarf, putting on a poker face. Perhaps she has begun to use her abilities to observe and predict geniuses. "You know everything."

"Yes," Len admitted. "And...... I'm against him telling you. ”

"I understand why you don't trust me, especially in ...... After my aunt did that. Livia's fingers fidgeted, and the young woman couldn't hide her shame. But I swear, I never wanted that to happen. I did everything in my power to stop it. ”

Le

And was not impressed. "But you can't."

"Nope. No, I can't. Livia closed her eyes and bit her lip. This little gesture reminded Ryan of Ryan, and it was very special. "My father...... He usually listens to me. But not on this issue. In my opinion, there is no reason for him to reconsider. His hatred for Hargraves runs too deep. ”

"Where the hell are you?" Len asked with a frown. "How can we be sure that others aren't listening?"

"I was in a safe place outside of New Rome, next to Narsinia. This is a private call, I assure you. Vulcan's private phone, she was too busy to listen. Livia cleared her throat. It's because she's so busy that I'm calling you right now. ”

"How do you know...... How did you know Ryan was here?" Le

Go on. "You say your powers don't work for him."

"It didn't, but I can still see the results after his actions. I wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Ferris, always using this phone. I don't even know where you are. ”

Ryan cleared his throat. "Shorty, I think that's enough. We're not going to stop there. ”

But Lunn couldn't hear anything. "She told you that she could convince her father not to...... Don't do stupid things. She couldn't. What if she revealed our affairs to Augustus? Relily, she's a bomb-"

"I was wrong, okay!"

Livia's outburst frightened everyone.

"I was wrong," said Duchess Augustus, her expression distorted into a mixture of remorse, sadness, and disappointment. "I miss Dad...... I hope Dad doesn't commit this kind of vandalism. But I was wrong. Even Na

ci

ia……”

"You shouldn't trust Augustus," Ryan said. "It's written on the wall."

"Don't you trust your parents?" Livia asked bitterly. "When your parents tell you something, do you not believe everything they say?"

Len winced, as if he had been slapped in the face. That sentence was so to the point.

"Look......" Livia took a deep breath. If there is an opportunity to correct these mistakes, I am willing to help in any way I can. My family has caused me so much pain, and now it's up to you to make amends for them. Now I understand the burden on your shoulders, Ryan. I... I'm not blind. I can see your wounds. You've sacrificed so much to help me and Ferris, and I want to repay you. I told you on the phone. You are not helping an ungrateful person. ”

"So you're finally believing me?" Say we are not enemies. Ryan asked, and Livia nodded in reply. I gave it a try. ”

"I know it might be too late, but ...... I'm just scared, okay. Livia looked at the courier. I'm afraid of you. You're horrible, Ryan. You know so much, but you can erase everything we do at will. You've done it countless times. My superpowers don't work against you. They work for Daddy, they don't work for you. ”

Since you say so...

Ryan didn't say anything, instead turned to the silent Ryan. The messenger could have forced him to ask the question, but the dwarf was always there for him, no matter what the difficulties. If she doesn't trust Livia enough to get her involved in their plans, then he has to respect her wishes. Even if he doesn't like it.

Finally, Le

The dilemma and Rya

Bounce to Ja in the previous loop

e confides in the same as when he confides in his heart. Adventure is open; For the sake of an uncertain future, risk betrayal and disappointment. If you dare to say it, you will never take it back.

"We are ......" Len hesitated, but finally spoke. We are working on developing a system that can send someone's consciousness back in time. ”

"Really?" A glimmer of hope appeared on Livia's face. "How can I help?" Can I help?"

"I created my own memory map," Le

Admit. "It will transport my memories to my former self. But with my system, I can only send one person back in time. At least not yet. I'm not even sure... I'm not even sure if it works. I modified one piece of armor according to Ryan's design, but there was no spare. There's no way for sure it's going to work. ”

"You have one," Livia said at once, anxious to contribute. Her guilt consumed her like a festering wound. "I may not be able to keep my memory, but I will keep a detailed diary. I can save the information and pass it on to Ryan in the next iteration. I can record the design of your machine. ”

"No," Len protested, still suspicious of Princess Augustus and unwilling to give up something so valuable. "No, not a machine. Never use a machine. ”

"Then look at the memory map." Livia calmly proposed.

Ryan's heart skipped a beat. "Can you record it?"

"It's all data, isn't it?" How many lines of code?" Lunn nodded cautiously and answered Livia's question. "Then I can take a picture. If the transfer fails, you will have a backup. ”

Then the genius turned to the messenger and looked him in the eye. This is much less risky than providing a blueprint because brain maps are large amounts of incomprehensible data with no original machine or Le

Own technical ...... But this means that Livia can take the memories of the elf hostage. "Rihanna?"

After a moment, Ryan nodded in reply. In the best-case scenario, they won't pay anything; In the worst-case scenario... In the worst-case scenario, this could change everything. He wanted to trust Livia. The messenger thought that this time, he could rely on someone on the other side of time. He won't be alone when he starts over.

"Thank you. You two. Livia bowed deeply and formally. I swear, I won't let you down. When will you be able to turn back the clock?"

"I suppose as soon as I teleport back the dwarf's consciousness, it will happen, right?" Ryan asked, glancing at his friend.

"Yes," Len replied with a nod. "My system should end early when the message is sent."

It's a polite way to put it, and it's going to kill Ryan.

"Yes......" Livia cleared her throat, trying to find the right word. Can I say a word to Felix beforehand?"

"I'll link your video to his TV," Ryan said. "I'll send you the memory map too."

"Thank you," Livia said with a wry smile. "Thank you."

Ryan interrupts the conversation, and the screen goes black. "You don't like it," Ryan said.

"No, Rihanna. No, I don't know. If something goes wrong, my life is in her hands. If I fail, I'll be her hostage, and she might use me against you. Do you understand, Reli?"

"I did." He narrowed his eyebrows. "Why do you tell her if you don't trust her?"

"Because I believe in you, Ri

i，”Le

Reply. "And...... I was afraid of you, too. But I was wrong. ”

"Thanks, dwarf." Damn, he has sand in his eyes. "If the world were just, you would remember these words."

"No," she said, looking away. "But...... I hope I'm wrong. ”

The courier glanced at his cat, which was now lying on the server. "It says it's all up to us now," Ryan said. "It helps, but for now, it's all up to us."

"I ...... I don't understand. ”

“Euge

e-He

y。 It says it has to leave and the rest is up to me. Now, Ryan sees it clearly. While the messenger was considering giving up, the entity sent him a chrive

o

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Adio's message encourages him to meet Livia early on his escape and subtly serve Le

Help was provided. Locate Fortuna and ask her to save Ryan's life, and indirectly convince Livia to help. "It set in motion a series of events, so this meeting was possible."

"That means...... That means it deliberately sent Fortuna to death," Ryan pointed out suspiciously. "Should we believe in something that uses human life so carelessly?"

"I just want to see the best in people. Even if it's a horror across dimensions, it's unbiased. ”

Lunn wasn't convinced. "Sometimes, there's no good part. Some people are rotten to the bone. ”

"Yes, I've seen Big Fat Adam," Ryan replied with a shrug. "But I still want to see the best."

Look for the stars in the night sky.