People are in Xingtie, and I am their dead white moonlight?

"Black Tower, use the communication facilities in the escape pod to contact the company and have them prepare a large restraint device and come to help!"

"What about you? What should you do—"

Before Heita could finish his words, the hatch in front of him closed without any warning.

The huge roar not only cut off the Black Tower's questioning, but also cut off the buzzing sound made by the quantum tide devouring matter.

The roar caused by the closing of the hatch also caught Jiang Mo's attention. He looked back in surprise at the black tower that was slamming the hatch hard, and a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.

But soon, this hint of doubt turned into relief.

When he saw the scarlet data stream representing Polka Kaka's purpose, he expected that all kinds of inexplicable accidents would stand in his way.

But he didn't expect that this crazy woman would come so soon.

But fortunately, Jiang Mo had already made all the preparations, and he could deal with it calmly even when facing the threat from the "Lord of Silence".

Almost in the next second, the control panel in Jiang Mo's hand, which was originally flashing with blue fluorescence, suddenly turned into a heart-pounding scarlet.

Several garbled program codes suddenly appeared on the control panel, eventually condensing into two creepy sentences.

"I told you I'd let you watch her die right before your eyes—that thieving cat will die in the escape pod's malfunction, suffocating painfully from lack of oxygen."

"And you, my dear little dried fish, I will take you away before you are completely swallowed by the quantum tide, and you will return to my side in despair."

Looking at the threatening statement that appeared on the control panel in front of him, which was too lazy to even act out, a sneer appeared on Jiang Mo's face.

"Do you really think that I have no guard against you? Or..."

"Do you really think I've been doing nothing but experiments for the past year?"

Jiang Mo said coldly while looking at the control panel in front of him.

Then, his fingers began to move in the scarlet, and a reverse command pierced the scarlet net like a sharp sword.

However, the next second, the sword was broken in an instant, and the scarlet net once again covered the "backup plan" that Jiang Mo had prepared long ago.

The rose mark on his right collarbone was slightly hot, and a scarlet light emanated from it. Polka's voice, cold but with a hint of madness, once again rang in his mind.

"You don't think... that I stopped monitoring you during these days of silence, do you?"

"You want to trap me with that discarded experimental data? Don't even think about it! For me, I can clean up that junk data in the blink of an eye."

"Everything you do is under my watch. Do you think... I'm unprepared for the little tricks you've prepared?"

"Since I've said I'll make that thieving cat die in front of you, then I absolutely won't give in in the slightest. Do you understand?"

Hearing this, Jiang Mo subconsciously turned around to look at the escape pod behind him - the black tower that was just banging on the hatch door and shouting his name was now banging on the hatch door breathlessly, with a hint of confusion in its crimson eyes due to lack of oxygen.

As if provoking, the control panel in Jiang Mo's hand displayed the current status of the escape pod: the oxygen circulation system was completely scrapped, and the ejection system could not be activated for unknown reasons...

In addition, there was another piece of data that made Jiang Mo's heart tremble: there were 3 minutes and 14 seconds left before the oxygen in the warehouse was completely exhausted.

Looking at the data and error codes on the control panel in front of him, Jiang Mo fell into a brief silence.

If this continues...Heita will suffocate to death in the escape pod, and this is exactly the result she wants to see.

"Polka, you're a complete lunatic. How could a lunatic like you become an Envoy of Intellect and possess the ability to control the chain of cause and effect? ​​It's truly unacceptable."

Jiang Mo's tone was extremely calm, and at first glance it sounded as if he had no idea how to deal with the current situation.

But the truth is, Polka has murdered the Black Tower and is once again using his abilities to interfere with reality...

That's when his plan officially began.

Chapter 89: Black Tower: Don’t leave me alone! Come back!

"Madman? So what? In two or three minutes, that thieving cat will die in the escape pod, and you... will inexplicably survive this quantum tidal wave that's powerful enough to destroy the entire planet."

"Not only did I block the reverse control program you designed, I also blocked the laboratory's original emergency self-destruct program. Now... you only have one last option left—and that is to return to me obediently."

There was an inexplicable anxiety in Polka's tone, as if she was already looking forward to life after Jiang Mo returned to her side.

For her, monitoring Jiang Mo every day was necessary, but monitoring Jiang Mo meant watching him and Heita's affectionate interactions...

Although it was a very torturous thing for her to see Jiang Mo and a thieving cat being intimate here, it also made her feel a little bit of anticipation in her heart.

She was looking forward to what life would be like after Jiang Mo was tied to her again.

Whenever Polka thought of this, she felt her heart surge.

"..."

Facing Polka, this devilish hell, Jiang Mo chose to remain silent.

He raised his head slightly, glanced at the quantum tide that was gradually approaching him, then looked back at the black tower who was still struggling in the escape pod, and a hint of tenderness flashed in his eyes.

When Heita's consciousness was hazy due to lack of oxygen, she saw Jiang Mo's lips moving clearly, and then she opened her eyes wide, trying to figure out what he was saying through lip reading.

"sorry?"

Almost at the moment when she said these three words, Heita's slightly unclear consciousness exploded, and she instantly understood why Jiang Mo apologized.

On that morning of howling, Jiang Mo made a vow to her - he would never leave her.

And now, he's apologizing to himself because he's going to break his promise.

"Jiang Mo! Come back! Don't leave me alone again!!!"

She tried to muster up her limited strength, slammed the explosion-proof glass in front of her, and screamed at the top of her lungs.

Jiang Mo seemed to understand her words, and a hint of apology appeared on his face, but he still moved towards the source of the quantum tide without hesitation.

It is precisely because he feels sorry for Black Tower that he has to work hard to protect Black Tower's future.

He did not belong to this world in the first place, and what's more, for him, his death in the memory bubble was not a real death, so he was not afraid at all.

Although this is Memory Bubble and everything here can be regarded as fictional, Heita's love for him is real.

He would not watch the girl who loved him and whom he loved die in front of him.

Instead of waiting to die, it is better to risk your own life and try to keep the black tower in the memory bubble alive.

Thinking of this, Jiang Mo's walking speed increased slightly, and he moved forward bit by bit against the violent quantum tide.

Since the instructions didn't work, he turned himself into the instructions to help Heita gamble on that glimmer of hope.

He had to go back to the control room and personally press the instantaneous detonator that had been designed for this situation when the laboratory was first created.

The raging quantum tide eroded his body bit by bit, causing an indescribable burning sensation on his skin. His brain sounded an alarm at this moment because of the severe pain all over his body.

But Jiang Mo did not stop, but continued to move forward step by step, just to return to the laboratory and press the button that determines his fate.

"You don't think... that I would soften my heart because of your suicidal behavior, and choose to use my power to protect you and give up strangling the Black Tower, right?"

Polka's voice, cold but with a hint of teasing, rang in Jiang Mo's mind. At this moment, she felt like she was watching a clown show.

"I know you have the ability to manipulate the chain of cause and effect, but you can only control the probability of an event, not something that will definitely happen."

"Besides... your ability to tamper with cause and effect can only affect one thing at a time. Otherwise, you would have caused the Black Tower and I to die in an 'accident' on the spot."

Looking at the skin being eroded by the quantum tide, Jiang Mo said calmly without changing his expression.

"This means...if I want to break the deadlock, I have to force you to make a choice!"

"As long as I step into the eruption point of the quantum tide, my chances of survival will be pitifully small, even close to zero."

"But this is not enough, because as long as there is a chance of survival, you can still use your ability to let me survive in a strange way."

"But if I can use mechanical manipulation to detonate the entire laboratory in an instant, reducing the probability of survival to zero, your abilities will be useless against me."

Jiang Mo lowered his head slightly, looking at the arm that had been eroded to the point of white bones by the quantum tide, and a bleak smile appeared on his face.

But he did not stop because of this, but continued to move forward firmly.

"As the guardian of the borders of the 'Unknown Realm', you act according to the 'time' calculated by the Lord of Knowledge. When my chance of survival becomes zero, the Lord of Knowledge will immediately calculate the 'time' of my death."

"By that time, even you, as the Commander, will be unable to reverse this outcome."

"In that case, this gamble concerning Black Tower's life has been established: either you give up modifying the cause and effect of the escape pod and watch me be torn to pieces by the tide and explosion; or you use all your strength to protect me and give up the right to hunt Black Tower."

"..."

After hearing Jiang Mo's words, Polka Kakamu fell into a brief silence.

Amid the roar of the quantum tide, Polka's data incarnation suddenly materialized, and its pale fingers slowly rested on Jiang Mo's shoulders, as if hugging him from behind.

"You're still as clever as ever, planning to weave 'self-destruction' and 'saving the Black Tower' together to create an extreme either-or situation..."

“You’ve made your own life into Schrödinger’s cat, but have you ever thought about…”

"I'd rather have a corpse than accept failure?"

At this moment, Polka's voice was slightly cold, making people feel cold all over.

You can tell that this crazy woman finally lost her patience.

"Of course I've thought about it." At this moment, Jiang Mo had already arrived in the control room, revealing an unprecedented bright smile.

"So I said it at the beginning - this is a gamble. I'm betting that you can't stand the torture of 'never being sure whether I have a backup plan'."

After saying this, the smile on Jiang Mo's face became even brighter. Even though his body had been eroded beyond recognition by the quantum tide at this moment, he could still laugh in the midst of great pain.

He was very happy, not only because his plan had been perfectly executed, but also because he had set an impossible-to-win bet for an envoy.

For an ordinary person to win the game with the envoy by his own strength is a happy thing in itself.

Looking at the smile on Jiang Mo's face, Polka's breathing suddenly became rapid.

In just a moment, she had made up her mind - she wanted to change Jiang Mo's fate and let him survive.

As for the Black Tower...it just ran away, it was just a cat that stole fish. As long as Jiang Mo was by her side, it would be fine.

Moreover, in the current situation, the laboratory was destroyed, the Azure Star was on the verge of destruction because of her experiment, and her lover disappeared in this accident...

Blows of this magnitude come one after another. Even a person with a strong will would retreat in the face of such a situation, let alone a little girl in the Black Tower?

Thinking of this, Polka immediately removed the causal chains wrapped around the escape pod, and then gathered them together again, intending to keep Jiang Mo safe in this disaster.

However, just as she was about to do so, Polka's icy face, which had remained unchanged for almost ten thousand years, showed a look of surprise for the first time.

Her chain of cause and effect completely lost its direction at this moment - as if Jiang Mo did not exist in this world at all.

Chapter 90: Black Tower: Why did you abandon me...

Polka's breathing paused slightly, and she was a little bit unbelievable for a moment.

How could there be someone in this world without cause and effect? ​​Even an envoy would leave traces in this world, so why would Jiang Mo——

She closed her eyes in a hurry, intending to use the power of the messenger to observe the fluctuations in Bo Shi Zun's thoughts, find the "moment" belonging to Jiang Mo, and then take action from there.

Sensing the solitary wave that flickered at a fixed frequency against the imaginary background, Polka tried his best to capture Boshizun's thoughts, but...

"No... No, no, no! Something must be wrong!"

"Why! Why are you standing here alive? Why is there no trace of you in the moment of Boshizun!?"

"Even you, a former Order Envoy, couldn't do this! How could this be possible for an ordinary person like you?!"

Polka's expression changed from confusion to madness in an instant. She didn't understand why this happened.

She had hunted countless geniuses and many people who tried to cross the "unknown realm", but none of them was as strange as Jiang Mo.

As long as a person lives in this world, there is no way there will be no cause and effect, but why...

Why wasn't her causal chain able to lock onto Jiang Mo, and why wasn't he even visible in the "time" calculated by Boshizun?!

What on earth had he been through during all those years since he left me? How many incomprehensible things had happened to him?

"Ha...Polka, perhaps this is the punishment from the Lord of Knowledge—punishment for taking advantage of His time to satisfy your own desires!"

"I've said before, the Lord of Knowledge never assigns anyone to do anything. His calculations don't require anyone's interference!"

"Remember the universal locust plague? Even the mysterious Star God 'Myth' tried to interfere with His calculations, but ended in failure!"

"And you are His messenger. If you want to interfere with the results He calculated... forget it!"

A hint of sarcasm appeared on Jiang Mo's face, and then he did not hesitate to use his broken shoulder to hit the red button on the control panel.

In an instant, a huge amount of imaginary energy slowly rose from under the laboratory. Once this simple mechanical trigger mechanism was activated, there was no way to stop it.

At this moment, Jiang Mo suddenly felt that his time had become extremely slow, and even the imaginary energy roaring under his feet entered a state of almost stagnation.

"So... this is what it feels like to face death..."