Xingtetsu: You are not included in Elio's script!

"Lin Yu! Don't be fooled!" Aha's voice suddenly pierced through space, and the light butterfly exploded in pure white, illuminating a small area.

"That warmth is not an illusion, it is real!"

"And me!" Huang Quan's voice also came, entangling Lin Yu's consciousness.

"You said you would break the cage of higher-dimensional rules! You can't go back on your word!"

The familiar words struck Lin Yu like a thunderclap, jolting him awake.

He recalled Aha's smiling face as he said, "It's just a minor injury," and the tacit understanding the three of them shared as they fought side by side. These were not empty words, but the "meaning of existence" he wanted to protect.

Lin Yu opened his eyes, and the light of seventeen different destinies shone simultaneously within his body.

"You're wrong! The end is not nothingness, but part of the cosmic cycle! Just as dawn follows the night, and spring follows the winter, a new origin will follow the end! Protection is not meaningless; it is precisely because there is something to protect that the cycle has value!"

He walked toward the source of the cold voice and reached out to touch the core of the void.

"I accept the cycle of the end, but I will not accept the devouring of nothingness! I will control the destiny of the end, protect the traces of every civilization's existence in the cycle, and not let them disappear silently like in these scenes!"

"Boom!" The consciousness space trembled violently, the void core was shattered by the light of the seventeen destinies, and the pure white space began to dissipate.

Lin Yu felt a thick yet gentle energy surge into his body, coexisting harmoniously with the seventeen destinies.

This is the true power of the final destiny, no longer devouring, but rather like a warm membrane, enveloping other destinies and conveying the wisdom of the cosmic cycle.

When Lin Yu's consciousness returned to the abyss of nothingness, the core echo had dissipated, and the black altar was slowly turning into black smoke.

He opened his eyes and saw Huang Quan and Aha looking at him anxiously.

"Resonance with the final destiny successfully detected!" The voice of the Venerable Master Boshi rang out.

"Lin Yu, the current number of Destiny Paths has been updated to 18! There are 2 remaining Destiny Paths: Origin and Rules."

Lin Yu moved his fingers and could clearly feel the fusion of the final energy with other destinies.

When the path of destiny carries the energy of the end, it can more easily sever objects. After the path of destiny is integrated into the end, it can resist the erosion of nothingness, balance the intertwining of the path of destiny and the end, and even slightly adjust the local cycle rhythm.

He looked at Huang Quan and Aha, and a long-lost smile appeared on his face.

"I succeeded! I have control over the ultimate destiny!"

Aha excitedly pounced on him, enveloping him in joyful energy. "Great! We're one step closer to collecting all twenty Destinies! Learned One, quickly deduce the location of the Origin Altar. Let's strike while the iron is hot and get our hands on the Origin Destiny too!"

"The Origin Altar has been located 500 kilometers deep in the Abyss of Nothingness, with an estimated flight time of 4 hours." The vertebral lines of the Venerable Bodhidharma projected a clear route map, marking the dangerous areas along the way.

"There is a 42% chance of encountering the remnant soul of the Last King along the way. He can control small 'end fields,' so you need to prepare defenses in advance. It is recommended to restore your energy before continuing."

Huang Quan walked to Lin Yu's side and said, "Don't rush. You've just taken control of a new destiny, and your energy is still unstable. Let's rest on the floating platform for half an hour and wait until we're in the best condition before setting off to avoid being devoured by remnant souls."

Lin Yu nodded, leaning against the ruins of the altar, and manipulated the two destinies of abundance and balance.

Abundance repairs the subtle depletion in the process of resonance, while balance and purity regulate the fluctuations of the eighteen destinies, keeping them stable.

He could sense a faint connection between the point of resonance between the End Path and the Origin Path, like an invisible thread guiding him toward the Origin Altar.

In the pitch-black abyss of nothingness, the floating platform was temporarily suspended in mid-air. The floating remnants of civilizations slowly swept by, but they could not hide the determination in the eyes of the three people.

The Origin Altar ahead not only holds new clues to one's destiny, but may also help one recover a portion of the memories lost in the Yellow Springs, and even encounter the remnant soul of the Last King. However, none of these are reasons to back down.

After all, their goal has never been simply to survive, but to break free from the cage of higher-dimensional rules, reverse the doomsday prophecy of the Last King, and allow all civilizations to have the right to choose their existence in the cosmic cycle.

Half an hour later, Lin Yu stood up, his energy having recovered to 90%.

"Let's go to the Origin Altar."

Aha put away his playful expression, while Huang Quan gripped his katana tightly, ready to deal with any unexpected situation.

Bo Shizun was hidden nearby, and the data stream was updating the route information in real time.

The floating platform started up again and flew towards the depths of the abyss of nothingness.

Outside the barrier, countless remnants of civilizations drifted by like weightless ghosts.

The surface of the wreckage still bears scarlet energy patterns, intertwined with the lingering echoes of the end, exuding an unsettling aura.

"Master Bo Shi, what kind of energy are those scarlet patterns?" Lin Yu raised his hand and pointed to a piece of metal debris that was drifting closer.

"It feels like it's fighting against the end, but it's even more...manic than the end."

The Venerable Master, hidden in the shadows of the floating platform, slowly emerged, projecting a pale blue data stream that swept across the metal debris before his pupils suddenly lit up.

"Energy feature matching in progress... Match successful: 92% similarity to Honkai energy features."

"This energy originates from the Collapsed World Bubble, and its core attribute is an accelerator for the increase of cosmic entropy. It belongs to the same category of existence and dissolution as the final fate of this World Bubble, but its manifestation is more destructive. It will directly cause the collapse of the material structure, rather than slowly dissolving."

"Honkai energy?" Huang Quan's hand holding the katana trembled violently. The void energy suddenly fluctuated violently, and even the blade trembled slightly.

A crimson image flashed before her eyes.

Burning St. Freya Academy, broken Valkyrie armor, and a familiar figure charging towards the "Herrscher" radiating Honkai energy, wielding a greatsword.

"This name... I feel like I've heard it somewhere before..."

Her voice trembled slightly, and her temples throbbed. The fragments of memory that had been eroded by nothingness were beginning to loosen with the mention of Honkai energy.

Aha immediately stopped his usual playful antics, and joyful energy quickly enveloped Huang Quan, like a soft cocoon of light, gently smoothing out her disordered energy.

"Don't force your memories to return! Master Boshi said that your memories have been deeply eroded by the void. Forcibly waking them up will trigger a backlash of consciousness. Only when you reach the Origin Altar and use Origin Energy to guide them can they be safely restored."

Lin Yu also stepped forward quickly, and the faint light of balancing destiny gently covered Huang Quan's shoulder. The gentle energy flowed along her meridians, suppressing the stinging pain brought by the fragments of memory.

"Stay calm, we're almost at the Origin Altar. Not only will we get the Origin Destiny, but we'll also help you regain all your memories. Don't rush."

Huang Quan took a deep breath, forcing himself to suppress the surging memories, and the void energy gradually returned to stability.

But at that moment, a red warning suddenly popped up in the data stream of Boshizun.

"Warning! Three remnant souls have been detected approaching. These remnant souls carry Honkai energy and are expected to make contact in 120 seconds!"

In the darkness in front of the floating platform, three twisted black phantoms slowly coalesced.

Sure enough, the final energy swirling around the remnant soul contained wisps of crimson Honkai energy. They roared like enraged beasts, their crimson eyes fixed on the floating platform.

"Outsiders... defile the end times... sinners... and reek of decay!"

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