Collapse, survive

Watching the roof, which he had 'stepped' on, continue to collapse until it ended at the gap between the upper and lower floors of Belleburg.

This is normal. Even a Stormtrooper capable of kicking the deck of a spaceship can't easily destroy the Builder's Beloborg, otherwise it would have been destroyed long ago.

"You still have to practice."

It then slowly flew out of the deep pit, stirring up the hot air and causing it to spread out.

As Seele rushed over from the garden, she felt the warmth and involuntarily opened her mouth wide and stared wide-eyed.

"Are you alright...? I mean, what... what the hell are you?!"

She had already overestimated Fang Jie as much as possible, after all, he had been traveling with lightning speed and had miraculously helped her plant trees, but now he was showing his 'angry' side, and Xi'er was really afraid that Fang Jie would be captured and used as firewood.

She wanted to catch them all, even if she couldn't beat them.

Fang Jie understood the meaning behind her gaze; it was terrifying.

He didn't mind.

Generating electricity, boiling water, and providing energy are unique features of the Milky Way; the Emperor's Bow and the God of Fate have done all of this, and have been doing it all along.

His lips curled into a smirk:

"Seele, what do you think people lack most right now?"

"Um, plant a seed?"

Seele was still thinking about this, because without any other seeds as a genetic blueprint, they could only keep using that 'birch' to repeatedly divide and grow, and there was no hope of getting grass or anything like that.

Fang Jie shook his head: "It's not the warm climate, not the abundance of food, and not even God, but the heart that believes."

"..."

Talking weird again.

It's not strange, but believing is very difficult. Cocolia is like that, Natasha is too... How can she believe that Fang Jie is really here to help her, and that he has the ability to help her?

"Seele, let's do something big, something big! We need to do something big!"

He clenched his fist with one hand, and a high-energy background music played all around him—

"Boom~, thump thump thump thump thump, boom boom boom, wah wah wah wah wah~"

It wasn't ventriloquism; it was quite pleasant to listen to.

Spiritual projection is not such an inconvenient thing. After absorbing the information of the automatic mechs eroded by the Jizo's Soul, Fang Jie made rapid progress in mechanics.

But why are you suddenly so passionate about something?

Seele didn't understand, so she simply said, "You tell me what to do, and I'll follow along!"

She's a very simple person; she doesn't need fancy or complicated explanations.

But Fang Jie ignored this and continued his speech: "I know a noble person whose ideal is to allow ordinary people to live with dignity, without having to sell their conscience and dignity and exhaust all their strength just to survive. Ordinary people can also pursue their dreams, thus achieving true equality for all. People can die happily, instead of dying in pain, resentment, and regret."

Xi'er was listening, but instead of mocking Fang Jie's nonsense, she grabbed him and objectively questioned, "Are you talking in your sleep? I've never even dreamed of such a thing."

"Yes, it was something he said in a dream, so it's sleep talking, which is quite amusing. But that doesn't change the fact that he was a noble person."

Fang Jie watched as Xi'er naturally ran over and grabbed his hand, like a righteous person. There were many people like this in Bellberg, each different, but all equally beautiful.

I'm the kind of person who, unable to remain anonymous, must embark on the path of pure beauty! Damn you, Midway [Void]!

"who knows."

Seele pouted, unwavering, determined to hold him tight, glancing reluctantly at the garden:

"What's next? I'm really exhausted. Should I go back and get some sleep?"

You look like you don't want to go back at all.

"Can't keep up, Seele?"

Fang Jie loudly mocked Xi'er's weakness at this moment, that she actually wanted to go back like this: "Don't worry, I'm not a dream you're having, you won't suddenly wake up."

"Nonsense, I can follow you wherever you want to go!"

Seele cannot tolerate provocation.

"Very good, as I said, continue to do great things, great things that will turn things around."

Fang Jie's gaze extended beyond Rivet Town, reaching deep into the Rift Realm. It even connected with the Upper Zone and beyond Beloberg, across a frozen planet.

I feel very tired, but also very energetic, as long as I... relax and restrain my thoughts.

It means being mentally exhausted, yet not daring to relax, or at least not relaxing casually—leading to a barrage of thoughts of destruction.

Once you embark on your destiny, how should you live it?

The explanation is that it signifies the destruction of one's destiny.

Xue Laogong?

No, no, no, I only watched Nanuk's videos, so I should be better than him.

Learning about the antimatter legion?

Forget it, they're a bunch of losers who'll fall apart sooner or later. They're just experience points in the process of Star Core Essence's growth.

Even learn from Nanook?

The same applies: the star must be struck and destroyed!

Therefore, there's no need to learn about destruction. Don't let fate bind you. What you become is not important; what you accomplish is what matters.

But there's no need to blindly resist; learn from Seele—

"Let's go, let's go. Passive defense isn't my style. There won't be any monsters coming here anytime soon. There's plenty of room in the outside world."

Fang Jie was in high spirits.

Seele understood; she was on a hunting route.

Having just experienced the power of creation, Fang Jie led them out into the world, not even worried that wanderers would devour this garden full of trees.

"You sound so excited, but don't come crying and begging me to drag you back half to death halfway there."

What, are you trying to poison me?

How can someone with such soft hands have such a stubborn mouth?

"I think you have absolutely no understanding of numbers."

Chapter Thirty-One: Isn't this also a kind of fire-stealing wanderer?

The world is over. Welcome to Belloberg.

This is a dangerous world ravaged by the mysterious calamity "Rift," where old civilizations have perished and order has been buried. Fortunately, a city still exists that is capable of dealing with the "Rift" disaster.

Within the "rift" environment, spacetime becomes chaotic and disordered due to unknown effects, and various dangerous alien creatures will emerge. If ordinary people get lost in it, their situation will be extremely dangerous.

Therefore, maps are very important, and beings that can use their talents to guide people safely out of the rift are called—

"You're crazy."

Fang Jie was originally happily taking Xi'er down the dungeon, enjoying the smooth gameplay and the joy of playing with a girl.

"Black Fox Ah Ling, you're really obedient like this."

He gritted his teeth, pressed his hand against the Jizo Soul, and felt the corrosive phenomenon on the body of the 'Fire Burning Disaster Shadow' in front of him. It was a monster covered in imaginary fire, wearing a shuttle similar to the Silver Mane Iron Guard. It was an old phantom in the rift, imitating the human body, with its facial features replaced by ashes. At first glance, it looked like a fire fist, wandering and attacking any living being it found.

But it was eroded, and not just it.

Ah Ling did not actually attack Belloberg's people, but...

"never mind."

Fang Jie sighed, finally understanding how she had guided him through one rift after another.

After all, he's doing the same thing!

There was no way around it; the space of the rift was too chaotic and disorderly. One second it was the rooftop, and the next it was the kitchen of a room, with the kettle still on the stove, meaning there was no fuel to boil water.

The monsters couldn't stop him, but the map itself...

So he took action, using Jizo's Soul to directly lock onto the core monster of each small rift, and defeating it would break the spatial disorder for a period of time.

They can even command them to lead the way.

Then he discovered new erosion phenomena on these rifts, and it was obvious who was responsible.

Fang Jie also dried up, continuing to erode along the path left by A Ling.

If you think it's stupid of him to dare to compete against her with just a Jizo Soul, remember that there was once a Herrscher of Corruption who tried to corrupt the 'Will of Honkai'.

Then he easily eroded it as well. Fang Jie didn't think it was because of his innate superhuman strength. If he wanted to restrain A Ling, he would have to take a roundabout approach.

"How will my life expand?"

But I raised my sister myself, and I had to finish raising her even if it meant tears.

I still have a future, start, start, start everything.

"Seele, I need your help in my cultivation—"

"Ha, taking on an apprentice."

She couldn't understand what he was muttering, but that didn't stop her from applying what she had learned.

……

……

The windows were covered with rags to keep the hot air out. The house, constructed of mud and stone, did not look like it had been eroded at first glance. The craters outside, where the snow had melted, were filled with muddy water. The sky in the distance was still burning, but it was fading into the distance.

"Cool!"

Seele stepped out of the dilapidated house, flicked her head deftly, and water droplets splashed from her purplish-black hair.

She roughly patted her bottom. She wasn't wearing many clothes: super short shorts, a crop top, and a glamorous cape. If you had to define the fabric that barely covered her navel as a crop top, then it wouldn't really be considered a crop top, but the cape was undeniably cool.

So handsome, Seele is so cool!

However, this also left me soaked; the little fabric I had was completely saturated, and I couldn't pat it dry. It felt sticky and uncomfortable.

This didn't dampen Seele's good mood. She actually managed to traverse so many rifts, as if divinely aided, and saw the outside world. Outside of Beloborg, there was this novel sauna...

The novelty of so many first times invigorated Seele's weary soul, making her feel refreshed.

"This is the world you described as outside? It's really nothing special. There's not a soul in sight. I was hoping to give those higher-ups a good beating if we ran into them."

The world was a pale white, everything was swallowed by snow, the frost was biting, the snow was falling in a flurry and then melting away, making it even colder. Fortunately, there was a 'big furnace' not far from Seele.

He's very big!

Everything in sight seemed to be on fire, burning the sky and boiling the sea. The sea was freshly boiled. He told Seele that it was just a lake—a burning lake of fire.

"It's really not that good. I also hate landscapes that are always covered in snow. No matter what the cost, they have to become beautiful."

The voice coming from Fang Jie, who was already far away, sounded somewhat 'overlapping', muffled, hoarse, and mechanical. This was because the high temperature and roar always tore apart the medium that transmitted sound, making everything blurry and distorted. The conversation was conducted using a 'walkie-talkie'.

This didn't affect his good mood; he continued to radiate warmth.

“Seele, you have to admit that there are beautiful flowers and not-so-beautiful flowers.”

"ok I admit it."

Seele stopped approaching; the temperature was already too hot for her. So she found a broken, cracked black stone on the dark, somewhat ugly, barren land and sat down.

A furnace hangs high, melting everything, turning ice and snow into water, turning the earth into crystal, and then all of it merges into a mudslide, spreading rampantly...

Of course, if you get too close to the furnace, you will vaporize directly and gather into everything that is burning, leaving no ashes behind.

She doesn't think about what to do if there's a flood; she doesn't have that concept. She only sees earthquakes as avalanches and mining accidents. As for the gradual alternation of hot and cold, the birth of hurricanes, and the rain falling and then vaporizing and rising... isn't that what the world above is like?

She was just thinking that if she still had the strength, she should plant some flowers on this ground.

Unfortunately, she was really out of energy and needed to rest.

"You're even more... good at fighting than I imagined."

This scene cannot be described as simply "capable of fighting," but for Seele, "capable of fighting" is the highest praise.

She watched as Fang Jie continued to burn; the Rift Monsters could not stop this combination of one with a mechanism and the other with numerical values, rampaging and killing indiscriminately.

Not to mention the town of Rift Rivet, which was destroyed again and again, the combination continued to expand outwards, with Fang Jie constantly accelerating, flying at low altitudes at Mach speed to sweep away... He was best at cavalry tactics, flying up and killing monsters.