Simulated Star Iron: Miracles are yours, death is mine

[At 28, you and Raiden Mei, as the only remaining sane sword masters, have retrieved all ten other swords.]

As for the other sword masters who had already become demons, without exception, they all died by your blades.

Some of the imperial edict swords were broken, while others remained intact.

The energy of a void destiny evenly enveloped every part of Izumo Star.

Now, Izumo has completely fallen, with only a very few survivors hiding in remote, uninhabited areas.

You both know perfectly well that the complete destruction of Izumo is only a matter of time.

But clinging to a last glimmer of hope, you prepare to depart for Takamagahara.

Gaotian Yuanxing

The dilapidated city ruins have been silent for many years, but today, they welcomed two unexpected guests.

A man and a woman, hand in hand, wandered around the ruins.

"Yuan, is this the world where the gods reside?"

Raiden Mei looked at the city ruins before her with suspicion.

This style is somewhat different from the building's height.

Apart from that, it is not much different from Izumo.

At the very least, it wasn't beyond their comprehension.

She looked up at the sky again; the dark yellow clouds blocked out the sunlight, making it hard to breathe.

It is exactly the same as Izumo today.

If Lin Yuan hadn't said that this was Takamagahara, the abode of the gods...

She would only feel that this place was still Izumo Star.

Lin Yuan's face turned deathly pale. He had just used the power of the Imperial Decree Blade to teleport himself and Mei Yi here, which had cost him a great deal of energy.

Even his own demonic transformation progressed much faster.

But he was quite certain that this was Takamagahara: "Yes, we've arrived at Takamagahara."

The concentration of void energy here is also much higher than that of Izumo Star.

No wonder the gods of Takamagahara fled like madmen, wanting to invade Izumo Star.

If a normal person stayed here, they would turn into a ghost in less than two months.

Raiden Mei tenderly took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat: "You should rest for a bit, I'll keep watch around here."

"Okay." Lin Yuan didn't stand on ceremony and quickly took out food and water to replenish his strength.

Maintaining physical strength and good condition is of paramount importance on this unfamiliar planet.

Meanwhile, Raiden Mei searched the area, hoping to find something useful from the ruins.

A moment later, she actually found something.

Some things that look like electronic products and books.

She took out the Imperial Edict Sword [True] and analyzed it, quickly figuring out the general situation here.

The Takamagahara civilization was indeed a step above the Izumo civilization.

But because it was closer to the dark sun, the destruction was also faster.

The pitch-black sun overhead is essentially a black hole, or more precisely, a god of nothingness.

A misty haze enveloped Takamagahara and Izumo, and the two planets danced around it until they were swallowed up.

This is an eternal cycle that has lasted for countless years.

Civilization is born, develops, and then perishes due to nothingness.

In order to survive, one of the planets will launch an invasion war against another.

As for who is Takamagahara and who is Izumo, it depends solely on who initiates the war.

Raiden Mei knelt on the ground, sobbing softly.

She could already imagine that after Izumo and Takamagahara were completely destroyed, perhaps a new civilization would be born on their corpses.

Then, this tragedy was repeated.

It turns out that what those Takamagahara deities said before they died was true.

The two civilizations have been struggling in a vicious cycle, not knowing when it began or when it will end.

Lin Yuan walked over and hugged her, comforting her, "Why are you crying?"

"So, the path to salvation doesn't exist at all... Yuan, we are all just insignificant beings in this cycle of reincarnation, and we are destined to perish."

If this were just a one-time occurrence, it might be acceptable, but this tragedy will continue until the end of the universe.

A feeling of powerlessness gripped her body, making it impossible for her to breathe.

Lin Yuan embraced her, letting her cry and talk, and whispered words of comfort.

After a long while, Raiden Mei raised her head, her eyes slightly red.

"Yuan, what should we do?"

Looking at the surrounding ruins, Lin Yuan knew the chances were slim, but he still hoped to find some other clues.

"Let's wait and see. We've come all this way. Takamagahara is technologically advanced; is there really no other way to deal with the erosion of the void?"

“Okay, let’s look again.” Raiden Mei didn’t object.

She is now at a loss and has completely lost her direction in life.

For many years, they have considered saving the world as their mission.

But now, it's a complete lie.

The rescue was just a lie.

Lin Yuan took her hand again and began searching throughout Takamagahara.

By analyzing the remaining information in the ruins, they have basically learned the language and script of Takamagahara.

Unfortunately, it's completely useless.

Because no one communicates with them.

Raiden Mei looked at the empty city ruins, puzzled: "They should have become ghosts too, but there's nothing here."

On the ruins of Izumo City now, large groups of ghosts roam, waiting for the living to come to them for a meal.

“It’s very possible that ghosts are not the end of nothingness…” Lin Yuan replied after thinking for a moment. “Completely disappearing from the world may be the end.”

Finally, guided by a map and other means, the two arrived at a building, which is the most important research center in Takamagahara.

Through its collapsed exterior, one can see that this place was once the pride of the world.

But with the passage of time, this place has also fallen into ruin.

Once inside, the two discovered something that resembled a ghost, devoid of consciousness, repeating the things it had done in life.

"Yuan, will we become like this in the future?"

Lin Yuan shook his head: "This form won't last long either; it will eventually turn into nothingness."

But these ghosts still provided them with some useful information.

The general idea is that before its destruction, Takamagahara had many plans to avoid the void.

One of them is to try to upload the consciousness of a living person to electronic devices and the Internet.

In the form of digital life, they escape the flesh and blood that will be eroded by nothingness.

"Transferring consciousness?" Lin Yuan stood still, staring at the documents in deep thought.

Could this be the solution to break the deadlock?

He didn't know, but at the moment, it seemed to be the only somewhat reliable method.

“I don’t think it will be of any use.” Raiden Mei analyzed with utmost calmness, “Under the shroud of nothingness, everything, regardless of its form, will eventually turn into nothingness.”

Otherwise, the digital life forms in Takamagahara would have noticed our arrival, wouldn't they?

Lin Yuan may have been because he knew the ending was imminent and that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't change it.

He gave a wry smile, then relaxed: "That's true, this plan has obviously been underway for some time."

There was no movement at all.

Unless none of them have charged their devices and the servers are all shut down.

However, Lin Yuan still managed to put a large number of files related to digital life into his personal space when Raiden Mei wasn't paying attention.

Since there's no other way to go, we might as well give it another try.

As for other science and technology documents, if they had been issued three to five years earlier, they might have caused a great stir in Izumo's scientific community.

But now, none of these are needed; their main purpose is to burn them for warmth.

Finally, Lin Yuan and Raiden Mei found a way to forge a better imperial edict sword.

They will forge the last two imperial swords, hoping to once again offer Izumo a glimmer of hope.