Collapse, survive

——【Beginning and End】

—Why hasn't everything disappeared yet?

—Activation confirmed.

Strange, terrifying!

Fang Jie even heard a sharp, explosive sound, as if he were terrified and panicked: [? ...! ...! ! ...]

Who?

Forget it, it doesn't matter.

What kind of efficient integration are you giving me? Stop—stop it now!

Finally, Fang Jie took over the automatic artificial stigmata, switched it to manual mode, and adjusted its power, which... at least blocked the [Void] perspective, and the pioneering power of Mingming Valley should be blocked.

They're back, everything's back. It's not so vast anymore; the real world is colorful again, with burning fire, falling rain, and cold snow...

Even if the vision of destiny is no longer closed, at least through the perspectives of "expansion" and "destruction," we can observe the cosmic island that is more clearly visible and within reach.

In short, these countless chaotic yet orderly, intertwined and entangled abstract worlds have faded slightly, and the world of form has returned, together constructing a new 'vision'.

Kids, don't transform randomly, or you might just burst out with everything you've got.

At this moment, Fang Jie delved into the essence of the world. A massive influx of information was processed, and although his consciousness was momentarily disrupted, causing his perspective on destiny to revert to nihilistic instincts and touch upon more philosophical concepts, he eventually regained his senses.

That's so clear-headed!

Uncle Yang, have you also become nihilistic?

Instead of thinking about it, Fang Jie doesn't want to explore it, automatically filtering out and ignoring those things, focusing his perspective on the more 'human' aspects.

With the artificial stigmata activated, he now possesses two perspectives.

One is the physical space, where the eyes can see extremely far.

One is the imaginary space, the small island of his destiny in the universe.

Everything is synchronized with consciousness, not like a game with a God's-eye view and a small map in the upper right corner, but everything is 'seen with one's own eyes', without any sense of incongruity.

The artificial stigmata successfully realized the original concept of the stigmata, directly connecting human will with the imaginary space.

As for whether it can withstand the load after being connected...

This is neither Honkai Impact 3 nor Honkai Impact 2. Although there are many demons and monsters in the imaginary space of the galaxy, the places that the Fate Walkers connect to are still protected. Star Gods generally do not harm Fate Walkers.

Fang Jie's will flows in the pure and free imaginary energy, which is pioneering. The pioneering in the image of his abstract destiny, the 'Destiny Star', is the only part that powers and connects the stigmata.

"Thank goodness, I almost turned into a zombie Misakamon."

With a deep breath, Fang Jie's joy returned, and he began to write his own cheat applications—this was 'evolution'.

So what did it bring?

—The Sacred Mark Space, open!

He raised the Jizo-myo-mitama high and plunged it into his chest.

A strange thing happened. As if melting, the Jizo Mitama disappeared from his chest without a trace—not to mention the Jizo Mitama, he could even fit Rin inside!

Fang Jie is also getting better. He has his own Eightfold Village, or rather, a magical cave.

Similar phenomena to the Milky Way, and even the techniques used to construct them, are countless. This is also recorded in the local customs and traditions of the "Beloberg Ancient Martial Arts".

The Destiny Space now has a stable portal, allowing free access to the portable... Cosmic Island, a place where the three Destiny Forces intersect, each with a different proportion.

And the choice of landing point—

"I've decided on you, little broken ball. Let's just open this one for now and find a place for me to use as my Dust Song Pot."

Fang Jie looked at the abstract three-star system, wondering when it would reach the Eternal Era. As he explored it further, the little broken ball also underwent new changes.

It's raining, with an astonishing intensity that seems to last for two million years, as the sky shatters and stars fall.

Fang Jie didn't rush in to experience it, but instead chose to place the Jizo Mitama on the ground in the rain.

Then, it was projected into reality, and a Jizo-myo-no-Mitama appeared in his hand, which he completely refined into the World-Burning Blade—[Ghoul].

"So easy, incredible."

Therefore, the Valkyrie Armor's boost to the level rating is too strong, especially after the Time Fracture System is added. Switching to the Godslayer Armor makes it even more outrageous.

That's the significance of equipment.

With the aid of the Holy Mark, Fang Jie drew his sword for the first time and easily replaced the world within the range of the reality distortion field centered on himself... In a sense, the rain that was swirling around him at this moment, which did not vaporize when it came close to him, was a kind of projection, which did indeed exist in the world encompassed by his force field.

It is not a mental projection that is limited to things that must be eroded first, but an intervention and operation that reaches the 'world' level. In other words, it can completely replace real and imaginary numbers, turning the icy and snowy Beloborg into a moon that can self-destruct at any time.

Hmm, let's explore other avenues instead...

Fang Jie fell silent, staring at the relentless rain on the 'Destiny Star.' Was a downpour any better than a blizzard? Should he switch to a map with a world-ending mix of rain and snow?

"What I wanted was a sunny day, not a rainy day team. Trailblazers, this must be because they're not pioneering enough!"

He suppressed the rain that was constantly projecting down in reality, and contracted the reality distortion field to cover only himself. There was nothing to replace it; it was one with him, and thus possessed a certain degree of 'immortality'.

Then came the expansion.

Fang Jie's pioneering path can already be quantified; it has the affix of blessings, even though there are only two lonely blessings... That's why he needs to pioneer!

His greatest strength lies in taking action to develop himself.

The fully upgraded capabilities have removed the prefix, are no longer limited by the erosion restrictions, and have reached the realm of mental image manifestation. And mental image—he can completely rewrite reality.

At this moment, the burning sea scene before his eyes appeared on the 'Destiny Star', enriching the material library. It also projected the gradually extinguishing sea in reality back into the sky, reigniting the inextinguishable flames, but the consumption was reduced by more than 70%.

Even before the trial began, the power of the artificial holy mark was already so strong. Fang Jie continued to expand his power, and ice and snow appeared on his destiny star, constantly condensing at the north and south ends, bringing new turmoil.

The real and the unreal, the left foot stepping on the right, intertwine repeatedly like a spiral, reconstructing the world.

He became so engrossed in it that he even played "Angel Reconstruction".

"Can she do it?!"

Pointing.

To explore more happily.

I've come to understand what Uncle Yang wanted to convey—

What you possess is not just power, but a belief.

It represents the path you've walked, and its power comes from the accumulation of experiences from the worlds you've witnessed.

……

……

Large mining area.

It was getting late, and the situation in the lower district was becoming increasingly unpredictable. The original unrestricted fighting tournament in the mining area had been diverted to other areas due to new options, so the conflicts were not as intense as before.

The Star Train pioneer team suppressed the riot more easily, causing the wanderers and miners to cry out in protest.

During this process, they also encountered some special robots.

"Weren't we here to find that Earth Fire Leader? Why have we been fighting people the whole way?"

I took down a robot on March 7th, and I'm feeling quite down.

"We fight wherever we go, and after a whole day of fighting, now we're even fighting robots. I hope we won't encounter any super-sized robots or highly intelligent robots coming to fight us in the future."

Looking for Oleg?

Seele glanced at March 7th: "He took a group of people down into the mining area and said he planned to drive away the invading robots. As for the super-large robots you mentioned, I don't know about them. As for the highly intelligent ones, well, you'll see them soon."

"what?"

Xing feels this scene is so familiar. March 7th, what do you think?

"Oh? There really is one."

March 7th didn't feel familiar; she was just speechless, and that's what she said casually.

"It must be that big shot."

Danheng understood what Xier meant. Along the way, they had also gleaned some information from the homeless people and miners they had beaten.

Is this kind of expansion somewhat inappropriate?

Danheng wouldn't think that much about it; it might not be useful for finding the star core, but it would be very useful for understanding the situation in the lower zones.

"Yes, ordinary robots do not have their own will. Their purpose is actually the same as the boss's, which is Schwarz's purpose."

Seele nodded. "Swarovski appeared suddenly after the Silvermane Iron Guards were transferred. He claims to be the guardian of humanity, and all the unclaimed robots obey his orders. However, they occupy the core nexus and do not allow anyone to approach. They are basically the local tyrants of the lower districts."

You could tell she was resentful because she couldn't beat them.

It's ironic that robots have taken over such a central place as the furnace, while so many people are starving and freezing... What kind of guardians of humanity are these? What have they even protected?

"A human guardian who can command robots? I've never heard of such a thing."

Bronya, who had been recording everything in the lower levels in search of the answers she sought, was also surprised to hear this.

This is no ordinary robot; it doesn't even exist in the upper levels. Fighting monsters relies more on the Iron Guard commanding the mechs and replenishing their own flesh and blood.

Seele snapped at her, "There's a lot you don't know. Do you really think that City Builder is all-knowing and all-powerful?"

"you……"

Bronya had been targeted the whole time and was already furious. She frowned and thought, "You scoundrel who slapped my butt!"

Rogue Star Core Spirit remained silent, but March 7th said, "Do you two have to bicker over every single word? What time is it? Let's talk about serious matters first. The mining area is so dangerous right now, are we even capable of going in?"

"Don't worry, it's much safer now."

Seele spoke to them gently: "You are all quite skilled. If everyone in the Earthfire had your skills, they wouldn't be so thoroughly suppressed by Schwarz. Now those robots are just scrap metal."

Especially the Star Core Essence, it's incredibly efficient when you're tapping it.

As a result, they were efficiently blocked by the road conditions. Collapsed mine shafts and damaged mine carts blocked the way completely. Even if they could jump or fly, it wouldn't help because there was no way forward.

A baseball bat can't solve this problem, at least Star Core Spirit doesn't think so.

"Damn it, if Uncle Yang were here, he could have swept all these roadblocks away with a single black hole!"

"It's a pity Uncle Yang isn't here."

What about Danheng?

Meeting the gazes of the husky and the Samoyed, Danheng refused: "I am just a guard, I don't have that kind of power."

have to.

What else can we do but get to work?

Work brings joy and exploration.

At this time, you'll usually pass by a guy who's so arrogant he doesn't recognize his own family.

"Who puts whose soul into whose body, who turns whose body into a prison to imprison themselves... Which rose has no thorns... Don't let anyone change you, you can be yourself or just be yourself, someone will love you wholeheartedly..."

He held his head high, puffed out his chest, hummed a song, swayed from side to side with his legs raised high, and looked down at people. His movements were like those of a poor man who had just caught a big fish, but was so confused that he didn't even know where he was going and got lost everywhere.

He looks so arrogant!

Before being stopped and asked for directions or "How did you know...?", Star Core Spirit subconsciously scratched her face. An irrepressible urge surged through her; she pulled out her baseball bat, then put it away. Looking at her long, strong legs, she nodded and followed.

"I'll fight."

Hearing the noise, she turned around and saw that her legs had been grabbed and she was in a restricted position, with her legs raised high until... her shorts were exposed under her skirt.

"Hitting everything will only hurt you."

Fang Jie was arrogant and ruthless, and he dragged me down!

This isn't cruel; Xingbao's flexibility is actually terrifying, doing the splits is a piece of cake for him.

But the scene was...

On March 7th, he rushed forward to help.

"I'll fight!"

"In March, do you also want to dance?"

They then engaged in a fierce battle.