Set up a funeral service team in a foreign land

Li Chu opened his eyes blankly, his newly gathered consciousness still a little confused.

...Where is this?

She looked around. Countless stars were twinkling above her head, a river of stars was winding under her feet and flowing into the distance, and in the distance there was also a sea of stars with no end in sight.

As far as the eye can see, countless real and illusory stars shine together, flickering in the silent darkness.

She subconsciously raised her hand to touch the stars, but she felt nothing and touched nothing.

Li Chu tilted his head, confused and began to think. His thoughts gradually became clearer, and he finally remembered.

She was inexplicably drawn to him.

She entered a room in the library.

Later, I vaguely saw Teacher Catherine.

She has already gone out, so why is she still here?

Li Chu touched her eyes, feeling even more puzzled. Was the Eye of Prophecy suppressed? Otherwise, how could she see such a brilliant and magnificent sea of stars?

She was unaware of the time, direction, or purpose here, and all she saw were the stars that she could not touch.

"Which senior summoned me here?"

Li Chu spoke tentatively, but after he finished speaking, the surroundings remained silent.

She frowned in confusion. What was summoning her?

The feeling of summoning and pulling has disappeared and can no longer be found. She now feels more like she is lost here.

She thought for a moment, her eyes fixed on a bright band of light.

The only thing that guides us here is the galaxy.

Li Chu raised his feet and walked along the direction of the galaxy for an hour, or a day, or half a month, or maybe even longer.

Her perception of time gradually became numb, and she no longer knew how long she had been walking.

The sea of stars was silent. She walked in it and after looking at it for a long time, she suddenly felt that it was difficult to breathe.

Li Chu stopped and felt that the stars were inexplicably brilliant and... terrifying.

Why am I here?

She was even more bewildered. It seemed like the Eye of Prophecy had failed. She couldn't even predict the current situation.

She thought for a while, looked at the galaxy below her feet, but still couldn't find the end.

Li Chu stared at the starry sky, thinking about the twinkling stars.

What are they, really, pure stars?

Professor Catherine said that most of an astrologer's power comes from the stars. Based on their perception of the stars, astrologers construct the so-called destiny star map in order to interfere with the stars through the stars.

The equivalent of this is interfering with destiny through destiny.

A strong astrologer can manipulate destiny, while a weak astrologer can only be a translator of the star map.

"This invisible thing isn't a star...it's..."

"destiny."

Li Chu muttered to himself, his eyes suddenly widened, shocked by his own guess.

Is this where fate intersects?!

"'A person's destiny actually corresponds to only one star, but why is there more than one on the projected fate chart? The reason is that our destiny is not independent, but the node where countless destinies intersect.'"

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"'These intersections can be as grand as the passage of an epoch or as minute as the passing of one person by another. This is all the astrologer can see.'"

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"'After investigation and experimentation, I've come to the following conclusion: With the exception of a few special races, humans are more susceptible to perceiving the starry sky and grasping the trajectory of fate than other races. This is truly an intriguing discovery worthy of further investigation. I've decided to make it the next 100-year topic for the Divination Department.'"

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Li Chu thought of some records in Dean Iris's book "Star Chart Examples" and his expression changed slightly.

The place where destinies intersect... If she gets completely lost here, there's a good chance she'll never be able to return.

Li Chu stared directly at the vast sea of stars. Here, she was as small as a speck of dust, and the light from a few stars could easily drown her.

She couldn't help but take a step back.

Li Chu closed her eyes, adjusted her mood, and looked at the star closest to her. That star was emitting white light, and its brightness was brighter than the ones next to it.

She concentrated her strength and tried to see the destiny represented by the star, but unexpectedly, the star dispersed and turned into nothingness the moment she invaded.

At that moment, she captured a scene: countless corpses scattered across the land, and at the edge of the battlefield, the blood of humans and aliens flowed like streams.

War, fighting... Is this... the era of strife?

She opened her eyes in surprise. Why did she see the era of conflict?

Switching to another one to investigate, she saw the withering of a treeman.

She walked forward a few steps and chose one to explore again. What she saw was the mermaids of the Lost Sea facing the moon, but the sky was gray and the moon was already cracked.

"These are all scenes from the Age of Strife. Their destinies intersect in the Age of Strife..."

Li Chu murmured, her eyes slowly filled with fanaticism. If this starry sky represented the Age of Conflict, could she use it to get a glimpse of the ancient secrets?

This is definitely a temptation that no astrologer can refuse.

A faint sigh came from the void, but Li Chu could not hear it.

"Little Iris, is this why you asked me to watch over this starry sky..."

Li Chu was immersed in the exploration and couldn't extricate herself. She saw many nodes where destinies intersected, and these nodes, without exception, showed the cruelty of the Age of Conflict, which was like a meat grinder.

Races are constantly being born and dying.

She saw an astrologer adjust the horoscope of fate, leading an alien to death and thus changing the course of the war.

She saw that the vampires and the Holy Church were deeply in hatred, but one of the vampires let a cardinal of the Holy Church go. The vampire's words, "The so-called Son of God is nothing but a lie," planted the seeds of the cardinal's collapse of faith.

She saw a race called leeches bathing in blood. They spread their four wings covered with web-like veins and cast their scarlet gazes towards the Elf Forest that was no longer peaceful. An Elf King fell in this way.

"Could it be that an astrologer is secretly promoting the Age of Strife..."

Li Chu keenly sensed that there was something unnatural about these fates.

But the gods were still alive at that time, and they were not useless people. Is there really an astrologer who can avoid the chaos of an era directed by the gods?

Li Chu pondered, it seemed that the prophet goddess Gulveig had ignited the war among the gods. What if the driving force behind the war was a god?

She thought for a moment and sighed softly, "The Age of Strife can only be described with one word: chaos."

She continued to wander in the sea of stars, picking up the fragments of good things from the Age of Strife.

The lonely girl was tireless, and the feeling of having the Eye of Prophecy no longer restricted made her even more excited.

She was completely unaware that the stars in front of her seemed to be connected and woven into a boundless net, which was enveloping her bit by bit.

Just as she was absorbed in exploring the veins of the era, a golden light suddenly caught her eye.

She followed him with a puzzled look.

Far away from her, a golden meteor fell rapidly from the sea of stars and then disappeared without a trace.

"...Meteor?" Li Chu's voice was a little hoarse and difficult.

Meteors represent warnings, turning points, and new beginnings.

A being changes or is changed.

She no longer paid attention to the stars, whether bright or dim, and chased after the meteor without hesitation.

In the void, a vague voice sighed again: "The Eye of Prophecy's power is truly terrifying, able to glimpse fate for so long... She is resilient, and her consciousness has not disappeared."

"She noticed the shooting star just like you did. It's a shame you didn't have time to analyze it. It's a shame. This child is your student's student, so it's fate."

After a moment, the voice murmured again, "This successor may not be a good choice. I'm sorry, little Iris."

outside world.

Professor Agatha was examining Søren Argerich and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that she was temporarily fine. This way, when the parents came to visit, they would probably not be so angry as to tear down the academy.

Søren Argerich sat there expressionlessly, braiding her floor-length silver hair bit by bit, ignoring Agatha's worries.

Duke Mel would be crazy to argue with the academy for himself, and it would be almost like he is extorting some benefits from the academy.

As he casually braided his hair to the end, he casually looked around Agatha's private secret clinic, and his bloodshot eyes suddenly froze.

"Professor Agatha, is she...was she awake?"

Agatha was watching Seren braiding her hair with great interest, and she turned around suddenly when she heard this.

Li Chu, curled up in the huge water ball, opened his eyes silently. His pair of pure black eyes were without any luster, like the most ordinary stone.

Agatha was stunned. She spread out the water ball, laid Li Chu flat on the bed, and then began to check him.

The light from the fingertips invaded her forehead. After a moment, she moved her hand away in disbelief: "Where is her soul?!"

She had clearly been there the entire time! Who could have quietly taken her soul right under her nose?!

Agatha's expression tensed, with doubt in her eyes. She turned to Seren Argerich and said, "Seren, please help me find Professor Catherine."

Seren frowned and looked at the girl who looked like a corpse with only a skeleton left. Just as he was nodding, a woman's low voice came from outside the door.

"Don't bother, I'm here." Professor Catherine, wearing a black gauze dress and lavender glasses, walked into the cabin and said calmly, "I know where her soul has gone. There's no need to look for it."

"She is the one chosen by fate, and the starry sky will be her only home."

Agatha paused, frowned, and looked at her without saying a word.

Catherine held her forehead and translated helplessly, "She was taken by the old man in the library to analyze Teacher Iris's 'treasure'."

Agatha was surprised. She didn't know much about the secrets of the neighboring system, but she knew what existed there. She couldn't help but frown. "Her Eye of Prophecy has been overloaded. If this continues, her body will be drained and collapse sooner or later."

Catherine sighed. "There's a saying in the human race: 'Do your best, and leave the rest to fate.' You do your best, and leave the rest to her. I believe my promising student won't give up any chance to survive."

"..."

Agatha glanced at Seren Argerich, who was quietly listening to their conversation, and began to think with some sadness about the possibility that the academy would be demolished by the Yinglong Guards of the human world and the Grand Duke of the Blood Clan.