Collapse, survive

Oh wow.

She wants to drag everyone down to destruction.

In contrast, Mebius was less extreme. At most, she thought she might be in danger of Fang Jie's life, and felt that it was difficult and that she needed someone like Vervi (extreme evil) to provide cover and buy time.

The time was too short, the new life too new, and she was too obsessed to overlook any details, to the point that her infiltration was somewhat aboveboard. She could only find another dangerous companion to share the pressure.

Vilvi (extremely evil) was very good at hiding.

And Mebius...

Like a hidden creature.

But there is no way around it.

In such a short time, the truth of life could not be solved, yet they successfully merged... This is just like the miracle that happened to Kevin back then, where human will defied the impossible.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it the protagonist's halo, but it's clearly different in Fang Jie's case.

He's more like...

Wishing machine.

Call upon it, receive a response, and your wish will be fulfilled.

Of course, the way it's achieved involves some magic and some idealism.

So no matter how human he resembled, Möbius wouldn't see it that way. She tried to explore the truth beneath the angular outline, the expression of his life, at any cost...

Let the evil Virvi (Virvi) be released.

Himeko, being a teacher, after the initial passionate and ambiguous relationship, is now looking at Kiana with doting eyes, whose breasts have shrunk and whose belly has grown bigger.

"Himeko-sensei, you should try this too, it's delicious."

"No, Kiana, I need to maintain my figure. This guy is very fickle."

Himeko chuckled and nudged the flames.

"Hey!"

Fang Jie's reputation was damaged, and he quickly tried to defend himself.

"How could I be fickle and easily bored?"

"No? Then what are you daydreaming about?"

Gan Weierwei (extremely evil).

Can you say that? Fang Jie had no choice but to give up on treatment: "It's just a small problem, not a big deal. Everyone in the Paradise of the Past is a talented person, so there's no need to worry."

"You're making me look forward to it."

Himeko shamelessly forced Chongchong to drink alcohol; after all, she was an adult now, and it was a strange feeling, but they had already become familiar with each other very quickly.

Chongchong also found it strange and said, "Fang Jie, right? I never thought there would be aliens like you outside the solar system. I'm actually looking forward to going out and seeing them."

Her eyes were filled with longing, clearly indicating that she had not yet encountered another cosmic hero.

"It's best not to have too high expectations. The solar system has its advantages, and the Milky Way has its tragic aspects. If you really want to see it, I can take you there in your current form, but you yourself should..."

Fang Jie also felt a bit numb.

These two timelines are not simply parallel timelines; they transcend time and space.

"Is the Milky Way tragic?"

The insect tilted its head, and Himeko was also a little curious.

She was always very curious and fascinated by aliens, especially after she met Fang Jie as her partner.

"For example, your sister, that Star Core Spirit, is currently experiencing a galactic tragedy—a global locust plague."

"A global locust plague? What's that?"

Kiana had no problem with her sister Xing, who was both strange and kind, and looked forward to Fang Jie telling the story.

Fang Jie then said: "The extreme love and loneliness of the beasts that thirst for love and are foolish give birth to the extreme hatred and death of all sentient beings in the universe. The swarms of insects flap their wings and hiss, and all beings wail and suffer."

It was an unprecedented catastrophe, which first descended upon the Parasite Star System, dominated by swarms of insects.

When the Silverfish Clan was massacred and nearly wiped out, the last survivors of the Coleoptera ascended to godhood, and then became a nightmare that swept across the entire universe.

In this global locust plague, faced with the overwhelming swarms of insects, life yields to its most primal instincts—love, loneliness, the pain of survival, and the confusion of self. These exist in every individual, becoming nourishment for the Taizyuros and its offspring.

Unrestrained self-replication led to locust plagues that swept the globe, turning every planet they passed into a battlefield filled with smoke or a breeding ground for the insects.

Even the homeland of the [Destruction] Star God [Nanook] is no exception.

Or perhaps it was the devastation caused by the global locust plague and the imperial wars that led to the devastation that shook the world.

That's not what Fang Jie is going to talk about right now. He's just telling the story of the Milky Way in a rather 'not scary for children' way, telling how all the planets used by the insect swarm for reproduction have become terrifying insect hives and hells; telling how life descended again, and all of it was insects; telling how the machines completed production, and what appeared were insects; telling how the concept of 'reproduction' was distorted and altered, and how the phenomenon of entropy increase can also turn into insects...

Even if breeding fails, the situation cannot be improved.

Only by completely eradicating the residue with various methods can we prevent future problems and painstakingly purify the pollution.

Even so, the swarm remains a major natural disaster in the galaxy.

It's hard to say what Ji Zi is thinking, but this has shattered her hopes for aliens, especially after the appearance of such a gentle, considerate, and kind alien as Fang Jie.

And Kiana—

"Wow, I thought the extraterrestrials were troublesome enough, but this insect plague is another one."

She couldn't help but take another bite of food, her eyes deep and unfathomable: "The three great calamities? What else?"

"The first is the Legion, the minions of [Destruction]; the second is the Bountiful People, the Undying Calamity of the Universe. Both are new disasters that have just emerged in the galaxy in recent years."

Fang Jie's tone was not wistful, but rather calm and composed, indicating that he had long been a member of the Milky Way and was not afraid of these hardships.

"In earlier years there was the Imperial War, but now we have made peace with the Omnics. As for the Twilight War and other ancient events that plunged the universe into chaos, as well as the Interstellar Energy War, which did not involve the fall of a Star God and is generally not considered a major event, but it had a wide impact, it is generally unknown to the public."

But the aftereffects still linger to this day.

He didn't even talk about those trivial matters, but rather the ubiquitous and ever-present wars within or between star systems, such as currency wars, corporate market development, and so on.

Kiana choked a little: "Cough cough cough, the outside world is really... magnificent."

She's learned to be tactful now.

"You can be more direct. It doesn't matter if there are many disasters and hardships. This is our worldview."

Fang Jie managed to keep his composure, which shows he was quite carefree.

Himeko was stunned. The story Fang Jie had told her earlier, about the clouds, was already quite tragic; but when he recounted more…

How did you galactic people survive?

It depends on looks.

Every moment, every second, countless lives and worlds are perishing. Especially with the collapsing solar system, a primordial world that is both 'inherited' and 'full of life', as a reference, Fang Jie sometimes discovers even more terrifying things.

For example, parallel worlds.

In the Collapsed Solar System, the World Bubble, the Sea of ​​Quanta, and so on, there are real parallel worlds that Durandal can even carry on her back; they truly exist.

A person can exist in different times and spaces, not just someone like Fang Jie who manipulates time and space, or someone like the Milky Way who has similar experiences.

Rather, it is a real and undeniable fact that both pre-civilization and current civilizations can observe the existence of similar yet different people in a specific space-time.

But only the solar system is different.

In the Milky Way, people's understanding of parallel universes is: exactly the same.

The Academy of Knowledge has explored this topic and invented an observation device that people suspect is infiltrated by a masked fool, such as the "Parallel Universe Walkie-Talkie".

It is said to be able to detect minute discrepancies in spatiotemporal changes, establish a connection between the two most recent points of divergence, and enable information exchange between them.

—But all the user hears is their own echo coming from the walkie-talkie.

In response, Dr. Dewey, the project leader, stated that this precisely demonstrates the high degree of similarity between parallel universes, to the point that even the ideas of the two parties in the dialogue are completely consistent.

But it's not like that in the solar system. Here, the Imaginary Tree is constantly giving birth to 'multiverse', and it's perfectly clear that the solution connects those extinct world bubbles based on the World Tree system.

He can observe the differences.

In the Milky Way...

Based on the research of the Black Tower and the insights gained from the computing power of the 'First Realm', Fang Jie confirmed that terrifying thing: all parallel universes were anchored.

This is a well-worn topic: the power of the machine head.

Yes, Fang Jie generally respects the Star God, even the Destroyer, but after understanding this matter, he calls the Learned One "Machine Head".

He was starting to lose his composure.

In the solar system, people are willing to save those world bubbles on the verge of extinction, whether it's Durandal's burden or the captain's efforts.

In the Milky Way...

To put it simply, theoretically, Huang Quan's hometown could have different endings.

The machine head's observations are anchored to a single point, there are no more variables, and there are infinite possibilities of annihilation. It plans all parallel worlds to have the same outcome, which is what it calls the optimal solution.

That's why the Milky Way didn't directly study and observe the Sea of ​​Quanta, the Tree of Imaginary Numbers, the World Bubble, and other parallel worlds, because they are all exactly the same.

Galaxy Killer King Machine Head: There seem to be too many extraterrestrial civilizations.

Fang Jie couldn't hold back his anger. His view of the pharmacist was even more extreme than that of the Immortal Boatmen. He had a new idea about the machine head.

—I am the captain, and I will be in charge of the engine!

Compared to that, Fang Jie was more willing to tell the children about the global locust plague and the disasters brought by the Star God. He was even happier that the insects appeared before his eyes.

Very good, I didn't destroy other timelines, but rather added new possibilities.

That gaze made Chongchong feel complicated; it seemed like he really liked her.

My irresistible charm is simply irresistible.

With business at hand, her eyes were firm: "The outside world is terrifying. When will you take me out to see it? Mr. Walter is with you, right?"

Clearly, she had her own ideas.

—I am the Heavenly Emperor Qi, and I shall suppress all enemies.

"Wait a minute, let's discuss this further."

Himeko stuffed a pork knuckle into her mouth, forbidding her from saying anything unnecessary. Didn't you hear what he said? How terrible is the outside world?

She felt a little numb, watching Fang Jie grind his teeth. He had killed his own hopes; connecting with the Milky Way was too early for the solar system, so let's wait and see.

Fang Jie kissed her.

"Are you afraid? Don't be afraid. A new war of gods is brewing. This time, the solar system has nowhere to escape. You, all of you, and I will all face that future."

Bug, you're here just in time! No matter which timeline, let's fight together.

Fang Jie thought unscrupulously that Xing would inevitably have to fight the Star God sooner or later in the future, and the opponent might not even be [Destruction], but she would definitely need help.

Fang Jie made up his mind: if we can't beat them, I'll lead you all away. Hmm, let's run away to Er Bengzi.

If all else fails, follow Fanes' example and go to Genshin Impact or Reboot Zero World.

"You sound like you have a solution, so I won't ask any more questions. I trust you."

Ji Zi gracefully returned Fang Jie's kiss, then pushed him away, grabbed Chongchong, and walked back towards the direction of Paradise.

"Kiana, you idiot, why are you still so reckless? I'm going to teach you a lesson today..."

She was also giving Fang Jie some free time to deal with the...accident that had been troubling him before?

Vilvi (Extreme Evil) has begun to stir.

Möbius was also feasting, getting closer to the new planet...

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P.S.: Ah, I'm alive again, and I'm finally not feeling so bad anymore. I'll also update the living world a little bit while I'm at it.

By the way, it wasn't just Honkai Impact 3rd that had the "Immortal" dog backstabbing me; I also saw the new robot head design, Onpharos, and Emperor Wars...

Emperor, you are right, you truly have no free will!

Damn it, it exploded on the machine head!