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Chapter 2

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:32:36 +0000

Chapter 2#

A foul stench of blood wafted between the drooping sky and vast earth.

From all directions came muddied noises astir, and the air was suffused with rot and decay.

—Zombies had besieged the city; the undead army had surrounded the human base.

The human army was in formation; helicopters were suspended mid-air. Tanks in front, the infantry behind, and the fort in-between like an island within a raging storm. It was dead silent ahead, and even the sounds of breathing could barely be heard.

Chapter 3

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:37:31 +0000

Chapter 3#

The shout reverberated across the battlefield for a very long time.

The captain spun around angrily. Under the gloomy sky, amidst the billowing smoke, there was indeed a person standing behind him. Or, better put, a humanoid lifeform.

Black windbreaker, boots, short hair, a face that could freeze people over; even should those facial features burn into ashes, he would recognise it.

—Yu Feichen. The mercenary that their team had hired, providing the service of ‘guaranteed clear’ through instances.

Chapter 4

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:37:31 +0000

Chapter 4#

When the mission was judged to be completed, they would automatically be transferred back to Paradise.

The reason for the long delay of their return was, naturally, because there was still a zombie alive. Once it died, the instance would end; it was very simple logic.

After the voice fell, pure white light suddenly enveloped their vision.

The world dissipated into nothingness and solidified again.

People were talking not far away; their boisterous voices slammed into Yu Feichen’s ears.

Chapter 5

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:37:31 +0000

Chapter 5#

When his last word fell, the voice suddenly went silent.

Many times, sudden silence hid something brewing under. But Yu Feichen wasn’t afraid. Although a vast majority of Paradise’s inhabitants were believers willing to go through flood and hellfire for the Supreme God, there wasn’t a law that expressly forbade disrespect to the gods.

Finally, that voice rang out again, no longer as deafening as before.

Chapter 6

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:37:31 +0000

Chapter 6#

The line moved forward again. When passing by that black military vehicle, Yu Feichen subtly checked it out.

He could see the silhouette of a young man inside.

The man’s back was straight and upright, visually pleasing as he leaned slightly against the black, leather seats.

He wore snow-white gloves on his left hand. On his right, the glove was removed, with which he used to wipe down the barrel of a silver gun.

Chapter 7

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:37:31 +0000

Chapter 7#

There could be many reasons behind the sudden disappearance of the dripping sound; perhaps the limited water supply here had been cut, or the copper pipes had frozen over in the deep night—however, the surroundings were too silent.

All of the minute sounds both inside and outside the cell had vanished. It was dead silent.

Yu Feichen sat up with his back against the wall, taking out his lighter.

Chapter 8

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:54:51 +0000

Chapter 8#

After a quick wash, each prisoner was given breakfast. It was a cup of greyish-white paste, like flour that had been cooked in hot water.

No one touched the food at first. Their heads were all bowed in prayer. The contents of their prayer were of a rich variety, but as Yu Feichen carefully listened to them, the majority were to ‘Yuryllia’.

The gist of it went like this: in the stormy past, ice had frozen over the earth. The ancestors of Yuryllia cut through thorns as unyielding as steel, climbed past rocks as jagged as knives, trudged across rivers of ice and gushing tide, finally arriving at the sacred land of Korosha, where Spring blossomed. A land overflowing with bread, milk, and fresh flowers; where people lived happily ever after.

Chapter 9

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:54:51 +0000

Chapter 9#

The short-statured man stayed seated on the straw mat the entire time. He stared at the open iron gate, his lips quivering, but his body never moving.

Yu Feichen didn’t force him. Raising the light, he led the other five men out.

On their two sides, the iron gates on some of the cells were still locked, some were nominally closed, and some were even wide open. The beddings inside were in disarray, as if people were just sleeping there a while ago.

Chapter 10

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:54:51 +0000

Chapter 10#

The chief warden looked into the cell from which a person had inexplicably vanished, then at the captain who asked to be locked in as well. He smiled darkly.

“I was still thinking that we should gather them all together and interrogate them by torture.” His fingers fiddled with the brass lock. It clanged against the bars. He said, “They must have dug a tunnel somewhere we don’t know; how else could a person disappear from the room for no good reason?”

Chapter 11

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Chapter 11#

It wasn’t quite a lie to call it strained.

To Yu Feichen, as long as he was still clear-headed, nothing could be considered a serious injury.

Furthermore, he had already arrived at the outcome of his plan. A group of people could only carry out a coordinated movement if there appeared a leader. He had to convince the Koroshan prisoners to trust him.

But this didn’t mean that he was willing to let others know the fact that he was practically half-crippled now.

Chapter 12

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Chapter 12#

The rest of them abruptly paused in their steps. They gazed into the darkness ahead, bewildered.

What lay ahead?

The two corpses had appeared out of nowhere in the cell. If so, what about everyone else? Where were they? Could anyone guarantee that in the lit areas ahead, what appeared before them wouldn’t be their own corpse? Could anyone guarantee that they wouldn’t disappear in the next moment like the short-statured man for having seen their own corpse?

Chapter 13

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Chapter 13#

Yu Feichen examined Gerold’s corpse.

The shape of the burn wound on Gerold’s right hand was extremely irregular. The wound went deeper nearer the core of the wound, eventually so deep that bones could be seen, and the flesh and bone were completely charred. As there weren’t any blisters, it couldn’t be a burn from fire but from corrosion.

—exactly the same corrosion as the mouth of the canister.

Chapter 14

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Chapter 14#

Those pale, ice-green eyes reflected the glow of the glass lamp. Three seconds later, his eyelashes lowered marginally.

“The time warp in the cell started on January 15,” Anfield said.

Yu Feichen, “You know this?”

“Two prisoners disappeared from here on the morning of January 15.” Anfield spoke indifferently.

“I received some testimonies during the day,” Anfield said. “One of the two prisoners who escaped was an architect. He had once tried to dig a tunnel to break out and had continually received many unreasonable punishments for this infraction. At 1 a.m. on the 14th, he was even brought out of the barracks by a drunk guard to write a work report for him.”

Chapter 15

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:15:52 +0000

Chapter 15#

Works fine by him.

All his life, what Yu Feichen did best was minding himself. Further, his curiosity was as lacking as his memory; he wouldn’t harp on a certain question.

He didn’t say a word. In the cell, aside from breathing, the only sound was the slender, delicate ticking of a pocket watch.

The glass oil lamp was extinguished. Five minutes later, at midnight, it was lit up again. Anfield was the sole person not blindfolded because no matter how the logic went, an esteemed captain from Xiyun wouldn’t die in a cell purposed to hold prisoners.

Chapter 16

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:15:52 +0000

Chapter 16#

This cloak—or cape, perhaps—was very light.

Yu Feichen reached out, grabbing the edge of the wool fabric. The texture was fine and thick, a luxurious component of the uniform for senior officers to keep out the cold.

However, even the finest uniform cape was no match for a blanket. In the past two nights, even with the cape, the senior officer still kept coughing from the cold.

Chapter 17

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Chapter 17#

Unlike the oak mountains to the south, the northern mountains only had a sparse few oak trees, while the remaining were birch and beech trees, and dense shrubbery.

According to those assigned to the expansion of the concentration camp, there was now a high demand for wood sleepers to lay railway tracks.

In the depths of winter, cold winds howled. Only a few foremen came down the trucks to keep an eye on them, while the soldiers stayed in the driving compartments. When the inspectors came down from the fourth truck, a soldier stuck a megaphone out of the window and gave them a stern talking to. After that, even the foremen hid out in the trucks.

Chapter 18

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Chapter 18#

“Yu-ge.”

“Yu-ge.”After the successive, non-stop calls came Yu Feichen’s turn of his head. He turned over to look at Bai Song. Bai Song not only didnothave the enlightenment he hoped for, but his face was also flooded with bewilderment and puzzlement instead.

“Yu-ge.” Bai Song’s expression was anguished. “I don’t understand, please explain further.”Yu Feichen considered it for a while.“He moved quite a few times,” he said. “But if you listen carefully, he only moved two corpses.”“Two?” Bai Song was astonished. “Is this something that humans can tell?”

Chapter 19

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Chapter 19#

“Afternoon, Koroshan.” After the initial scowl, No. 1’s expression didn’t turn to rage. Instead, he smiled. He undid the flask of alcohol by his waist and pulled off the cork. “I’ve come to drink with you, boy.”

“Have you forgotten?” Yu Feichen said indifferently. “I don’t want to drink.”

The last time, he poured no. 1’s drink onto the ground.

“I’ve come to drink with you.” No. 1 repeated his words.

Chapter 20

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Chapter 20#

The train whistle was piercing, especially abrupt amidst the silence that shrouded the vast land under the skies.

A rumbling tremor immediately followed. Everyone stopped what they were doing to look towards its source. A black steel train slowly peeked out of the northern mountain range.

The crowd broke out in whispers.

Everyone here had a deep impression of the train—because the train that brought them to Oak Valley Concentration Camp was precisely a black steel train, just like this one.

Chapter 21

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Chapter 21#

The truck wove through the entire concentration camp, moving from the north gate to the south gate. By then, the twilight glow had emerged, hanging over the ravine as fog curled over the horizon, turning the distant mountains into looming shadows. An electric light bulb hanging from the doorway thrashed around amidst the fierce gales, striking the shadows of the senior colonel and his squad against the carriages of the black train that quietly slithered like a long snake on the tracks.

Chapter 22

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:09:08 +0000

Chapter 22#

Smiling Gas · 18#

The moment the gunshot sounded, a dark burst of blood blossomed across the colonel’s forehead.

He remained frozen mid‑turn, halted in the stance he had taken when the madman shouted. He must have heard the bullet pass by before it struck, because his eyes protruded sharply, his face frozen in disbelief.

It was the same expression worn by the old Korosha man who had been killed on their first day at Oak Valley for refusing to undress.

Chapter 23

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:09:08 +0000

Chapter 23#

Smiling Gas · 19

The doctor’s movements froze for a moment. Then he swept his gaze swiftly across the surroundings.

Of course, aside from Yu Feichen and the chemistry teacher Gerold, there was no one else. All the soldiers had either gone ahead to block the Koroshan people’s escape or were standing at the south gate with gas pipes, ready to release deadly poison gas toward the fleeing crowd.

Chapter 24

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:09:08 +0000

Chapter 24#

Smiling Gas · 20

Four hundred meters in two minutes—under normal circumstances, it would be nothing.

But now their path was nothing but rubble and shattered concrete, every step risking a twisted ankle or a sharp edge tearing into skin. Smoke rolled toward them in heavy waves, and the fire devoured the surrounding oxygen. Each breath drained their strength that much faster.

And on top of that, they had a six‑ or seven‑year‑old girl—and a superior officer in questionable health.

Chapter 25

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:10:00 +0000

Chapter 25#

Smiling Gas · 21

When the sky began to pale, the fire which had been burning through the entire night, finally began to die down.

As the temperature inside the truck slowly dropped, Yu Feichen felt a faint pressure on his shoulder—Anfield, asleep, had unconsciously leaned against him. His soft, lightly wavy hair fell with the movement, brushing across Yu Feichen’s shoulder and chest.

And not only that—Anfield’s left hand was resting on his left arm.

Chapter 26

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Chapter 26#

Smiling Gas · End

This was a border town belonging to Sasha—not prosperous, but untouched by war, peaceful and quietly content.

Yu Feichen was an unfamiliar face. His appearance drew attention, though his clothes were dusty from travel, and people noticed him the moment he entered the town. Fortunately, he was with a pitiful looking little girl, which greatly eased the townspeople’s wariness.

Koroshans traded everywhere, and were not hard to find. Yu Feichen asked at the nearest shop whether any Koroshan guilds were here, and the shopkeeper’s wife pointed him to an address.

Chapter 27

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Chapter 27#

At Creation · II

Yu Feichen turned around—and far behind him stood a colossal, pitch‑black gate reaching infinitely into the sky.

Darkness spread in all directions, and this gate seemed to merge seamlessly with the endless night, stretching forth from immeasurable distance.

Twisting over its surface were layers of deep gray‑violet totems, overlapping endlessly—forms both familiar and alien, countless abstract creatures he had seen and never seen. Interwoven with them were intricate, indecipherable runes, each rune emitting faint, ghost‑like motes of light. The gate was split into two halves, and along the lightning‑shaped fissure between them flowed shifting streams of gray.

Chapter 28

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:10:00 +0000

Chapter 28#

At Creation · III

After he answered, the Gatekeeper did not speak for a long time.

Yu Feichen turned back. In that dim, pale glow, he saw Claros in his black robe staring straight at him.

The hood obscured the upper half of the Gatekeeper’s face; Yu Feichen could not see his eyes.

Yet intuition told him clearly—those hidden eyes were fixed deeply on him.

He had been wary from the beginning, but at that moment of being watched, his alertness spiked sharply. His gaze remained calm, meeting the stare without flinching.

Chapter 29

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Chapter 29#

At Creation · IV

The Painter said that when a person suddenly arrives in Paradise from the world they came from, the first things they feel are overwhelming unreality and unease.

Although admitting one’s own confusion and unease is difficult, the Painter wasn’t wrong.Back then, he’d looked into the distance at the vast, snow‑white tower rising before him. A vortex pressed down from the sky, and the ground shimmered with iridescent light—everything in that scene spoke only of illusion.

Chapter 30

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:10:00 +0000

Chapter 30#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 1#

The light around them suddenly shifted.Yu Feichen looked up. A round moon hung low in the oppressive sky. In front of it stood a brightly lit square building, its outline sharp and clear. And he was standing on a long white stairway leading upward. The steps had sharp but not very hard edges—limestone.Moments later, a sound came from behind, followed by a loud “AHHHHH!”“Shut up,” Yu Feichen said.From that panicked tone alone, he knew it was Bai Song.Sure enough, the person behind him said, “Brother Yu?”Bai Song quickly came up beside him, and they finally saw each other. Yu Feichen tugged aside Bai Song’s collar slightly and indeed found the same mark, ‘A1407’, on his collarbone.Bai Song told him, “Brother Yu, your appearance has changed a bit from when we were at Paradise, but the general look is still the same.”Yu Feichen didn’t care much and only grunted. Bai Song’s features had changed somewhat as well, and both of their outfits were now completely different.—Not just different, even somewhat extravagant.Yu Feichen now had short blond hair and wore light knight’s armor woven from metal plates, silk, and gold thread. At his waist hung a gem‑inlaid longsword, and an elegant embroidered platinum cloak draped over his shoulder.This wasn’t battlefield gear. It was more like attire for a banquet or formal assembly.Bai Song’s outfit was similar but lacked the cloak, and was overall simpler in detail.Bai Song drew his longsword and examined it carefully. “This is so cool, Brother Yu. My childhood dream was to be a knight. Are we really going to go into battle as knights this time?”Yu Feichen looked around.Aside from the building above, illuminated by the pale moon, everything else was swallowed in misty darkness. No details could be seen—only faint undulating outlines at the horizon, like a ring of mountains enclosing them in shadow.Overall, it felt unreal.Before they came in, the Gatekeeper’s hint had been : Intensity 4, Amplitude 7, out of 10.If “Intensity” referred to power levels, then “Amplitude” was likely the degree of chaos. Higher chaos meant this was probably not a complete world, but a small fragment with limited terrain.The Gatekeeper had described fragment worlds as dangerous hunting games, full of the unknown and full of death.After he explained his guess to Bai Song, the young man immediately abandoned any knightly dignity he should have had on his first day and clung tightly to Yu Feichen’s arm.“Brother Yu, please carry me.”(T/N : Not literal carry, means bring the noob with him to clear the mission with YFC doing the heavy lifting)Carry him he would—but this was also Yu Feichen’s first time in such a world.He scanned their surroundings again, confirmed there was nothing else nearby, and said, “Let’s go up.”That brightly lit building seemed to be the only thing here of value.The stairway was long and steep. As they approached the top, the outline of the building grew clearer.In the moonlight, tall white pillars encircled the building. Each bore a statue of different form, tilting slightly inward as though guarding the structure.A thick religious atmosphere washed over them.At the top of the stairs, outside a limestone wall gate, stood an old man with a hooked nose, wrapped in a black cloak, holding a bright lantern.“Knight Commander Yu Fei, Knight Bai En, you have finally arrived.” The cloaked elder welcomed them in. His voice was hoarse yet resonant. “Everyone has been waiting a long time.”Yu Feichen, cautious, stayed silent. The old man turned and led the way, and the two followed. The corridor was lined with round pillars and torches. After two turns, they entered a square hall whose walls were packed with lit candles.The overlapping candlelight softened all shadows to the faintest blur.A long marble table stood in the center. More candles burned upon it, along with several serving trays covered with metal lids. Eleven high‑backed chairs surrounded the table; three were already occupied, all on the left side.Yu Feichen and Bai Song were seated on the left as well, Bai Song inside, Yu Feichen outside, just around the corner. As he sat, Yu Feichen felt the weight of probing gazes from around the table.He remained expressionless as he surveyed the others. Next to Bai Song sat a middle‑aged man in judge’s robes. Further in was a man dressed like a scholar, and at the innermost seat was a young woman shrouded in black robes.All looked solemn; the scholar’s posture even betrayed a trace of unease.After seating them, the cloaked old man left again.Soon, through the walls and hallways, his distant voice carried in: “Lord Jude and Lady Djuna from afar, you have finally arrived. Everyone has been waiting a long time.”Faint voices followed, the wordunclear. Moments later, he led a man and woman into the hall and seated them on the right side.‘Lord Jude’ wore a chestnut suit and held a cane; the dark‑haired woman wore a matching gown, a veil, and carried a parasol.But the man’s hand trembled slightly on his cane, and the woman’s face beneath her veil looked pale. Their steps were unstable, breaths short, the climb had clearly drained them.The old man departed once more.“What is this place? Who are you all? How did you get here?” Jude asked anxiously, questions spilling out one after another.Lady Djuna wiped her eyes with a lace‑gloved hand and whispered, “We were just playing a holo‑game… then suddenly ended up here…”No one answered. Silence blanketed the table.Until Jude, unable to endure it, twitched as if ready to slam the table.The scholar cut him off.“Behave,” he said in a deep, cold, intimidating tone. “Don’t do anything stupid.”His voice silenced the couple. They exchanged uneasy looks but said no more.Bai Song nervously scratched the table until Yu Feichen gave him a mild glance, and he instantly withdrew his hand.Yu Feichen recalled the Gatekeeper’s words: there were three types of outsiders in fragment worlds.He and his partner.Other visitors with unclear motives.And innocents captured by accident.In other words, unexperienced newcomers like him and Bai Song, experienced veterans, and regular people who had stumbled in unknowingly.This lord and lady were clearly the third type. The others were the second.The old man’s voice came again. This time, a rotund man in resplendent robes and a crown entered, addressed as “His Esteemed Majesty King Schiller.”After he sat calmly, the next was “His Esteemed Majesty King Shadi,” a rugged young man with curly black hair.Now only two seats remained—one on the left, and the one at the head of the table.About ten minutes later, sounds finally came again.“Ruler of Casablanca, Her Exalted Majesty Empress Elisaveta, you have finally arrived. Everyone has been waiting a long time.”The clicking of heels echoed in the corridor. Two entered this time. Leading was a tall woman in a dark red gown with long gloves, flaxen hair pinned up beneath a silver crown—clearly the Empress. Behind her was a plain gray‑clad male attendant.The Empress took the last left‑side seat—directly across from Yu Feichen. The attendant stood behind her.Yu Feichen sensed that the atmosphere at the table tightened noticeably as the two appeared.Only the head seat remained. He reviewed the lineup.He and Bai Song were Knight Commander and Knight. On the right: judge, scholar, and a nun‑like woman.On the left: a lord, lady, two kings, and an empress.These were roles from a primitive medieval setting. Their hierarchy was unclear, but it rose steadily from lord to emperor.If so—what role would sit at the head?This time, the wait was much longer.No one spoke. Only the lord and lady glanced around nervously.Finally, half an hour later, a voice rang out again—“Messenger beneath the Sun, Protector of Casablanca, His Exalted Holiness Pope Ludwig, you have finally arrived. Everyone has been waiting a long time.”A brief silence. Then came new sounds.A heavy creak. A dull thud. The metallic clank of a bar being locked.—The main gate had closed.Then the final guest entered. Everyone lifted their heads. Yu Feichen also turned.—First appearing was long silver hair, then dark‑green eyes and slightly pale skin.The newcomer was far younger than expected—only around twenty‑five or twenty‑six. Tall and slender, wearing a black high‑collared robe embroidered with intricate silver patterns, and holding a scepter.Perhaps due to his cool features and detached expression, his bearing was especially noble and composed. Though an outsider like them, he truly looked like a young pope with real power.The old man guided him to the head seat. “Please sit, Your Holiness.”Everyone was now present.The old man then walked to the end of the table where no chair stood. He cleared his throat.“To summon everyone so urgently at this hour is because a grave, urgent disaster has struck the temple.” His expression was solemn, face pale. “The Holy Son has been gravely wounded.”He paused, scanning the room, as if expecting shock.But beneath these shells, everyone was an outsider. No one reacted as they should. They only looked thoughtful—except Lord Jude, who managed a confused, “…Huh?”The old man seemed not to notice. Like an NPC following a script, he continued with rising tension:“He suffered cruel torture by evil spirits, and the temple physicians say he has only three to five days left. If the Holy Son dies and no one offers prayers, the entire Casablanca will cease to exist.”“You are the noblest, wisest, and most learned people in Casablanca. You must help the temple overcome this crisis.”The scholar asked, “How do we do that?”The old man either didn’t hear or ignored him and continued passionately:“Right now, the priests are deciphering the recipe for the ‘Elixir of Life.’ Starting tomorrow, they will decode one ingredient per day. When they do, please help search for the required items.”“Secondly, within the next three to five days, we must—absolutely must—find the culprit who harmed the Holy Son!”“Otherwise…” The old man shut his eyes in fear. “The gods will punish us.”“Because this happened suddenly, the temple has only prepared a simple supper. After eating, please rest in the next room in order. I will return after breakfast tomorrow.”“And lastly, since the culprit has not been caught and the evil spirits remain hidden, please be cautious. Do not wander around the temple at night.”With that, the old man left.“Hey!” Lady Djuna stood and shouted after him. “What is all this? At least explain it clearly!”He walked off as though deaf.“Hey!” she shouted again.Yu Feichen glanced at Bai Song from the corner of his eye.Bai Song sat properly, eyes darting slightly but otherwise obedient and quiet.—Not bad.“Shut up,” King Shadi said irritably. “Low‑level NPCs don’t respond to people.”Hearing that, Lady Djuna suddenly relaxed, even laughed, and smacked Lord Jude. “Idiot! Itoldyou, you picked the wrong game!”Then she looked around the hall, let out a soft hiss, and said, “Still… the details and lighting arewaytoo good. This is creepy as hell, I really thought we got transported to another world. Scared me to half to death.”As she gestured and turned, her movements stirred the air, making the candle flames dance and her faint shadow flicker across the opposite wall.“Madam,” Pope Ludwig spoke suddenly.His voice was soft, but each syllable was clear; cool in tone with a hint of huskiness, ethereal and elegant. At the first sound, Lady Djuna froze.“Silence is a virtue,” the Pope said gently. “Since you are here, sit down.”Lady Djuna looked bewildered. Her eyes stayed on him as she gave a blank “oh” and slowly sat.A moment later she seemed to gather herself and whispered to Lord Jude, “Let’s just play by the rules for now.”Lord Jude rubbed the table edge repeatedly, pale‑faced, and muttered a vague “Mm.”Yu Feichen took in the whole scene. He also noticed the Empress across the table first observe coolly, then curl her lips in faint amusement.Those who entered the fragment world clearly kept to themselves, cold toward others. Djuna and Jude had been noisy from the start, and though the scholar and King Shadi had spoken, it was only to scold or warn—never to assist.The Pope was a slight exception.Yu Feichen wasn’t sure if the Pope spoke simply because he was annoyed, or if he had subtly stepped in to rescue Djuna.Either way, silence returned.The Empress gave a graceful yawn. “Let’s eat.”

Chapter 31

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Chapter 31#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 2#

The light of hundreds of candles gathered together, filling the entire long table with a warm, bright glow.

Lifting the brass lids revealed their dinner. There were two kinds of dishes, a fruit salad and vegetable salad. In front of each person was a glass filled with juice of some unknown fruit.

Yu Feichen ate a little of whatever looked the least strange, and no one else seemed very interested in eating either. Before long, everyone set down their knives and forks.

Chapter 32

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Chapter 32#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 3#

Lighting candles and placing them into a candleholder.

Anyone with hands could do that.

Even if they weren’t tall enough, the stepping stool was right by the bed. Just drag it over to the wall and climb up.

‘Knight Commander Yu Fei’ might indeed be the Pope’s knight, but Yu Feichen was not.

And he did not consider himself a particularly helpful person, especially not in a place like a fragment world.

Chapter 33

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Chapter 33#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 4#

The Pope slept all the way until morning.

He slept very deeply, rather than resting, it was more like unconsciousness.

Yu Feichen stood at the bedside waiting. Sunlight streamed in, and when those dark green eyes opened, they landed directly on him, carrying the faint, hazy confusion that all people have upon waking from a heavy sleep.

Yu Feichen said directly, “Anfield.”

Chapter 34

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Chapter 34#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 5#

Thinking this, Jude first froze completely, stopping all movement, then slowly, very slowly, lowered his gaze to his feet.

Beneath his two feet, his shadow was still attached.

A breath escaped him. The shadow was still there; so it had been another illusion just now.He slowly turned his head, looking at the full shape of the shadow behind him.

On the green grass lay his black silhouette. It rested quietly there—head, torso, limbs—all present.

Chapter 35

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Temple of the Burning Lamp 6#

It was now noon. Sunlight shone straight down through the “well mouth” above, illuminating the surroundings of the temple so brightly that every shadow shrank to its smallest.

But correspondingly, the shadows cast by the colossal screen over the rest of this world grew even denser and darker. Looking down from the mountaintop, it seemed as if the world were a pitch‑black circle, with only the place where they stood shining like a single bright point.

Chapter 36

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Temple of the Burning Lamp 7#

Where were they going?

Naturally, to the central courtyard—the place where the monks and nuns had just been summoned by the bell.

They exchanged a glance. Bai Song didn’t understand, the scholar’s gaze was filled with doubt. Ludwig, however, gave Yu Feichen a small nod.

After a brief silence, Djuna said, “Then let’s go.”

The minority followed the majority, and they moved immediately.

Chapter 37

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Chapter 37#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 8#

Yu Feichen had already sprinted to the end of the long corridor. His left foot struck the ground and he twisted mid‑air, veering behind the courtyard wall. He had barely taken a few steps when messy footsteps and rough breathing sounded behind him, just as expected.

They had caught up!

He quickly glanced back, estimating how long the courtyard wall would block him from sight. Then he turned toward a visual blind spot, carrying the salt tray. There was a half‑open small door there. He slipped inside and found a courtyard overgrown with weeds. The house door was tightly shut, and the windows were smooth and bare, offering no handholds.

Chapter 38

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Chapter 38#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 18#

Perhaps using salt to make the lizards cry was not the ‘intended’ answer at all.

Killing people, taking blood—very likely killing one’s own companions—and then feeding the lizards with copious amounts of blood until they finally formed crystallized blood‑salt hearts… that was the method most ordinary people would naturally think of. That was what this fragment world wanted them to do.

So this was how a fragment world encouraged killing? Truly as sinister and twisted as the ritual they had witnessed.

Chapter 39

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Chapter 39#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 10#

“Ssss——”

The flame was swallowed by the scalding wax. A thin wisp of white smoke drifted upward. All the candles in the room went out.

In the dimness, the moon hung at its highest point. Pale moonlight filtered through the window lattice, casting shadows over everything inside the room.

A long shadow suddenly stretched across the empty corridor wall. Then it began to move forward, and the sound of shuffling footsteps rose.

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Chapter 40#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 11#

During breakfast, to be safe, Molly continued to hide in their room.

The old man assigned the task as usual: the second ingredient for the Elixir of Life — the Eye of the Goddess of Fate. According to the order they agreed on yesterday, it was the Empress’s team’s turn to look for it. Yu Feichen’s group would investigate inside the temple, searching for the truth behind the Holy Son’s injury and uncovering the real culprit.

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Chapter 41#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 12#

These words left Yu Feichen momentarily unsure how to respond.

“You—” He had meant to scold Ludwig the way he used to scold his employers. He got as far as one word, but when he saw Luther’s right hand still resting on the badge on his chest, not yet lowered, his voice unconsciously softened a little. “Why are you tired?”

He had personally witnessed Ludwig sleep through three‑quarters of the day, unconscious the entire time, and even looked surprised to see Molly appear in Bai Song’s room—almost like he couldn’t believe that Yu Feichen had rescued someone.

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Chapter 42#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 13#

Yesterday they killed all the nuns and used salt to bathe the Holy Child. What were they going to do today?

Should they follow—or not?

Bai Song looked at Yu Feichen. “Should we follow and see?”

Yu Feichen nodded. They didn’t necessarily have to take part in the ritual, but he wanted to see who would be entering it this time.

Yu Feichen noticed that when he turned down Ludwig’s collar, the black‑leather book had somehow ended up in Ludwig’s hands. Ludwig returned the book back in its original place but kept the golden thorn‑rose bookmark.

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Chapter 43#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 14#

How inseparable were the true Pope and his Knight Commander, really? Even the nuns of the temple were asking such a question.

Yet the moment those words left the nun’s mouth, Yu Feichen knew his earlier suspicion had been correct. The Holy Son and the Popedidknow each other. If not for this assumption, he would never have walked so directly to the Holy Son’s door.

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Chapter 44#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 15#

“I cannot answer you,” the nun said after a long silence.

Yu Feichen didn’t press further. From their previous interactions, he had already come to understand the lives of these nuns. Raised in the temple since childhood, they were illiterate and learned neither knowledge nor poetry; their entire existence revolved around praying for blessings and caring for the Saint. This environment had left them with an innocence and simplicity that stood in stark contrast to ordinary people.

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Chapter 45#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 16#

No cattle or sheep, no other living creatures; only humans could provide the fat.

“They wouldn’t be refined from human corpse oil, would they? How many corpses would that take?” Bai Song’s reaction was particularly visceral; he looked like he wanted to vomit.

“Look on the bright side,” Quna said to him eerily. “There might be lizard oil in there too.”

Indeed, there was another kind of animal in the back mountain: lizards.

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Chapter 46#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 17#

After saying that, the old man left. This time, no matter what they said, he did not respond again.

The dining room fell into a dead silence, with only the light of the nearly burnt-out candles flickering slowly. After the silence, the Empress was the first to speak.

Yu Feichen looked at her. In the candlelight, she pursed her lips and looked down. Although these body movements were disguised, they still revealed her nervousness.

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Chapter 47#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 18#

That night, first Bai Song and Molly kept watch, then the Scholar and Qiu Na.

Thought it would be a night full of crises, and no one slept deeply, but unexpectedly, nothing happened. It was terrifyingly quiet.

A third of the night passed peacefully. When the shifts were changing, Molly said timidly: “I… I want to go to the bathroom.”

Once these words were out, everyone was stunned. Yu Feichen also opened his eyes. Everyone else in the room were men. Being a woman herself, Qiu Na spoke first: “Can you… hold it a bit longer?”

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Chapter 48#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 19#

The smell of the sea breeze was salty, mixed with a bit of iron rust, like blood.

He was in a grey corridor, covered in rust, dust, and bullet marks, where he could faintly see that the original wall was silver-white. On the side, there were broken slogans: “Defend the Third Air Route, Dedicate to the Blue Sea and Blue Sky”.

The Empress said that as long as you walk far enough on this road, one day you will return to your broken home.

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Temple of the Burning Lamp 20#

The Empress’s room.

The gray-clothed male attendant stood quietly at the door like a door-keeping ghost. From outside the door came the voice of that little knight, rambling on that they should go out right now.

“Fool!” The Empress glared at the conflicted King of Shadi: “If you don’t want to die, don’t even think about going out!”

The King of Shadi said: “But don’t you think what he says makes a lot of sense?”

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Chapter 50#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 21#

“I still think we should leave.” The King of Shadi frowned deeply.

The Empress sat on the chair with her eyes closed, clutching her abdomen, restraining the hunger that almost made her want to rush out and eat people. She said irritably: “If you want to die, go find it yourself.”

“Also, haven’t you noticed? The candles are burning especially fast. Our candles won’t hold out.”

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Temple of the Burning Lamp 22#

Wisdom of the Wise?

Following the process of finding the previous ingredients, they would first have to find a “Wise Man” and then obtain his “Wisdom.” As for what “Wisdom” is, given the style of this world…

Across from him, Bai Song pointed to his own head and sent a questioning look toward Yu Feichen.

Yu Feichen nodded.

In this world that uses human bodies as raw materials, what else could “Wisdom” be? Other than the brain, there were no other thoughts.

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Chapter 52#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 23#

The sunlight was intense, but no one in the field felt hot; instead, everyone had their own thoughts.

Molly’s choice was something Yu Feichen hadn’t expected. Furthermore, neither he nor Bai Song could speak for her. Once they said that they, not Molly, had discovered the secret door, Molly would face the temple’s punishment for lying.

If they didn’t speak, Molly would fall into an extremely dangerous situation.

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Chapter 53#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 24#

“The Knight Commander must possess extraordinary decisiveness,” the old man in the cloak said. “The temple will listen to your answer with all its heart. However, the decision must be made quickly.”

Yu Feichen spoke with a smile: “The most true Wise Man must be selected to ensure the Holy Son can be successfully resurrected. But the Wise Man may not necessarily be born from among us guests. I believe you are the true Wise Man.”

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Chapter 54#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 25#

A crisp sound of shattering rang out. The bone china bowl split into three pieces in the middle, and the magic potion inside spilled onto the ground.

Eerily, even as it spilled on the ground and became a puddle, it remained red on one side and black on the other, like a grotesque artistic rug.

“You’re crazy!” the Empress screamed. The Scholar’s expression changed greatly, and he took a step forward. The others also looked surprised and anxious as they looked at the magic potion on the ground.

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Chapter 55#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 26#

“Of course it’s because there’s a force wanting to break the balance and make this world completely collapse!” the Empress said. “That character is the true villain. Once the Holy Son comes back to life and provides us with more specific clues, we can find them!”

She made it sound very good. However, looking at the entire temple, besides these outsiders, there were only two and a half living people: two white-robed nuns who were illiterate and could only shed tears of distress for the Holy Son, and a half-dead Holy Son.

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Chapter 56#

Temple of the Burning Lamp: End#

Clearly, having only spent three days in this world, it felt like having been away from the Paradise for a long time.

As the system voice fell, the grey space expanded around Yu Feichen again. This time, the grey mist constructed the blurry outline of the temple.

And unlike last time, there was an additional person beside him: Bai Song.

Bai Song: “What is this!”

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Chapter 57#

Five of Creation#

The world shifted. The pitch-black temple receded in that single faint flicker of candlelight, and the humid, bloody scent that had constantly surrounded them gradually disappeared. The countdown hit zero, and a sacred halo descended around them.

The landing spot this time was no longer the thirteenth floor of the Tower of Creation. Instead, as with Yu Feichen’s previous missions, they were teleported directly back to a random location in the Ice Crystal Square upon completion.

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Chapter 58#

Six of Creation#

The patterns on the back of the cards shimmered with a mysterious silver light. On the other side, the guide began to whisper to Bai Song about the so-called “card drawing.” Everyone who enters the Paradise has a chance to draw three prophecy cards from the hand of the God of Time, and this chance occurs only once in a lifetime.

Time is the most mysterious and just thing. The imagery on the three prophecy cards will tell you what kind of person you are and what kind of person you will become.

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Chapter 59#

Gears of Fate 01#

The night wind blew. The air around was filled with the scent of dust and copper rust, and the sky was heavy with thick fog.

“Phew—” Bai Song let out a long breath, no longer squirming like a maggot.

Yu Feichen also adjusted his breathing and heartbeat. The gods of the Paradise were indeed different from ordinary people; just now, the God of Time’s so-called “Arrow of Truth” was almost the most powerful attack he had ever seen. When his heart was targeted by the long arrow, he had a sensation—that everything about him would be annihilated along with this burning rocket, disappearing from this world without a single speck of dust remaining.

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Chapter 60#

Gears of Fate 02#

Attempting to understand what’s going on in Bai Song’s head is no different from turning oneself into someone with a twisted train of thought. Yu Feichen had already learned to ignore Bai Song’s thoughts, and now he naturally ignored them again.

Yu Feichen’s ignoring was equivalent to tacit consent in Bai Song’s eyes, causing him to fall into a state of daze for quite a long time.

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Chapter 61#

Gears of Fate 03#

At the end of the suspension bridge, behind the gate of the inner fortress, was a dim tunnel lit by several yellow gas lamps. The gas lamps pierced through the fog to illuminate a gargantuan object in the tunnel—something that looked like a train, its entire body made of brass-colored and red metal. The locomotive was cylindrical, with an exquisite griffin relief at the very front, and even the chimney was carved with a lifelike copper snake.

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Chapter 62#

Gears of Fate 04#

The manual had a total of 30 pages, in a 4-fold size. The first 6 pages were 3 sets of basic part diagrams, followed by 14 component breakdown diagrams totaling 20 pages, and finally the finished product assembly diagram. The content was detailed and rigorous, not at all perfunctory like the teaching just now, and wouldn’t lead to another report.

The only bad thing was—it was too complex. Yu Feichen went to other workbenches to flip through the manuals. Fortunately, everyone had the same machine in their manuals, which meant they could help each other and completion was possible.

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Chapter 63#

Gears of Fate 05#

In the face of irresistible giant mechanical force, human existence is exceptionally small. In the blink of an eye, they were already far away from that place. The wind howled as the iron seats carried them rapidly along the metal tracks, like a dozen or so small steel balls rolling in a giant castle.

Eventually, they stopped in front of another deep metal tunnel entrance. The tunnel was carved into the mechanical wall, like a deep cave carved into a mountain wall. Walking into the entrance, there was a small circular hall. The ceiling of the small hall was very low, equipped with a fireplace, a wall clock, and an exquisite metal tree-shaped lamp. There were several square riveted doors on the walls, but they were all tightly closed. In the center of the hall stood a rusty metal table, with a dozen or so seats beside the table.

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Chapter 64#

Gears of Fate 06#

The dormitory had no windows. In the place where a window should have been hung a conceptual painting of a machine puppet. No one would object to calling the desk a workbench; the tool box was piled with many small parts.

After entering the room, Anfield sat in the high-backed armchair in front of the long desk. It was a swivel chair, and with a gentle turn, he faced Yu Feichen’s side.

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Chapter 65#

Gears of Fate 07#

The bed in the dormitory was not spacious, but Yu Feichen’s adolescent body was not fully grown, and Anfield was even more slender; the two people and one rabbit were barely sufficient.

When he woke up, he had already forgotten what dreams he had had, only remembering fragmented content and chaotic, intense emotions. When his consciousness returned, Anfield was still sleeping against his chest, his blonde hair scattered on his shoulders, rising and falling with his shallow breathing. At some point, his right hand had firmly gripped Anfield’s left arm, looking like it had been for a long time; the pale skin was pressed into a bruised red area.

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Chapter 66#

Gears of Fate 08#

The teaching time this time was a bit longer than last time. After the broadcast stopped, no one spoke for a while, all thinking about the meaning of the words.

Among the twelve people, the one with the most somber expression was Xue Xin. Just now, he had used the knowledge he learned in class to give a long speech, speculating on the possible teaching content of the “power course,” but he didn’t expect the principles of this place to be completely different from those in books, even worlds apart. This was a magic academy—directly skipping the step of boiling steam with a boiler and turning it into burning magic crystals.

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Chapter 67#

Gears of Fate 09#

With each person equipped with an empty bucket as a buffer, even a misplaced stone could be recovered. Under such layered safeguards, if something went wrong again, it would be a waste product slipped through without anyone noticing—the person at fault wouldn’t even know. What one didn’t know wouldn’t cause panic.

Yu Feichen returned to his position. Anphiel beside him had already resumed sorting, and Ko An worked with her head down. When Anphiel made that gesture, she had avoided the angle where Yu Feichen could see it, and Yu Feichen had no intention of bringing it up. Anything could become a weapon that harvested lives. Good intentions could turn into misfortune. Parables could become prophecies. A fragmented world was such a place.

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Chapter 68#

Gears of Fate 10#

There were also some exposed rotating gears on the cafeteria ceiling. Anphiel sat with his eyes closed beside Yu Feichen, resting.

After a period of recovery, not only had Yu Feichen worked out the details, but the others had also formed their own ideas. Xue Xin and Zheng Yuan believed they should prepare themselves to face the curriculum and graduate early. Bai Song and Lingwei thought they should find the person manipulating the mechanical city from behind the scenes. As for Big Brother Chen Tong, he wanted to smash that brass loudspeaker.

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Chapter 69#

Gears of Fate 11#

After pushing open the dormitory door, Yu Feichen saw Anphiel tinkering with components at the desk. With Bai Song’s affirmation, he stopped questioning the rationality of everything and instead began treating Anphiel based on intuitive inclination. So he sat in a nearby swivel chair and saw this person still fiddling with that lame-legged rabbit from yesterday, attempting to repair its missing leg.

A stack of blank papyrus sheets was piled on the desk, with a quill pen and ink beside them.

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Chapter 70#

Gears of Fate 12#

After waiting a few more minutes without the door opening, they reached a consensus to go check. After pressing the door button, the door opened to reveal two people against the wall—no one on the beds. Lillia’s small face was pale, hunched in the corner muttering spells, wrapped in a blanket with a sleeping Zheng Yuan cradled in her arms. Hearing the door open, she suddenly looked toward them. Seeing it was her companions, tears streamed from her eyes.

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Chapter 71#

Gears of Fate 13#

Five minutes after everyone else got off the train, when the whistle sounded again, the metal plates on the ground suddenly opened, and all the seats sank down and disappeared without a trace. Each train car became an empty corridor.

Yu Feichen was very familiar with this configuration—a coal car. The moment the word crossed his mind, he immediately made his way toward the engine room at the front of the train. Of course, he didn’t call Vincent along, and Vincent remained where he was, gazing out the window. Where he looked, his teammates were walking up an exquisite, elegant metal staircase. Warm yellow lights glowed at the corner of the staircase, making everything golden gleam brilliantly.

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Chapter 72#

Gears of Fate 14#

Yu Feichen and Murphy on the train didn’t have a good time.

After loading a full car of ore, the train slowed considerably. This caused problems when going through curves and steep slopes—it could no longer pass quickly like before. It transformed from a roller coaster into a climbing vine. The ore crashed against the grating with thunderous noise. Centrifugal force wasn’t enough to pin them to the wall. Sometimes they had to move to the same corner to avoid falling in the engine room.

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Chapter 73#

Gears of Fate 15#

The number of people exiting the classroom hadn’t decreased, and their gait was quite relaxed, especially for Chen Tong and Bai Song. These two walked in front, waving happily upon seeing Yu Feichen in the train car, and came over to report.

Then Bai Song recounted their spell lesson. They had to study an entire bookcase of books within class time, synthesize the knowledge, then apply it according to lesson requirements—namely, writing a spell collection. They expected to crash and burn on these incomprehensible symbols. Surprisingly, the people skilled at drawing found it as easy as drinking water.

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Chapter 74#

Gears of Fate 16#

After returning to the dormitory, Anphiel continued studying spell patterns while Yu Feichen organized his thoughts.

Today was already their third day here. The fortress’s constraints on them were gradually strengthening. The breakfast and dinner weren’t human food but more like mechanical energy sources. On the dormitory wall directly across from him hung a mechanical dummy decoration—one could hardly call it anything but a hint. He suspected if they kept drinking like this, they would physically become mechanical dummies. But if they didn’t drink, without energy the machinery would stop, and they wouldn’t have a good outcome.

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Chapter 75#

Gears of Fate 17#

The slideshow continued. In the next image, the shadow of crystals appeared as expected.

The image’s main body was still a complex large machine, but this time the power source was no longer human. The original power crank became an abstract representation of bi-colored crystals. Black was shown as empty circles, red as filled circles. The small people from the previous image who had labored at the crank were now scattered across various machine parts, in twisted, grotesque poses.

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Chapter 76#

Gears of Fate 18#

When the hour hand became perpendicular to the ground, class ended. They submitted their notes to the tray and walked out together. The moment they left this only somewhat normal human classroom with desks and blackboard, the mechanical world’s cold silence enveloped everything again.

The loudspeaker bid them farewell with a sweet voice.

“I won’t call you a stupid loudspeaker anymore,” Chen Tong muttered. “As long as you let us all pass.”

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Chapter 77#

Gears of Fate 19#

Behind him, the mechanical hall continued slowly repositioning. Regular clicking sounds echoed, but Yu Feichen’s senses were gradually fading. Everything felt distant like a dream. Facing the high-backed chair with its back to him, he slowly blinked, trying to clear his vision.

—This closing of eyes never reopened.

Darkness overwhelmed him. He frowned slightly, took two more steps forward, then his consciousness suddenly shot away like a machine abruptly shutting down. Sounds grew distant. Touch was the last to fade—caught in someone’s embrace, soft hair brushing his neck.

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Chapter 78#

Gears of Fate 20#

Bai Song didn’t understand what Yu Feichen meant, but he straightforwardly drew a conclusion: “Yu-ge, you got lied to?”

Yu Feichen gave him a quiet look: “No.”

Only the two of them remained in the corridor. Bai Song pressed: “Explain more.”

Yu Feichen didn’t elaborate. Bai Song mulled the phrase himself: “But if you don’t listen to people’s lies, how do you expose them?”

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Chapter 79#

Gears of Fate 21#

Arriving at the fourth workshop, Yu Feichen disembarked. Last time here, he’d only observed from the train. This time he could examine carefully. Mountainous gray ore was engulfed by the magical apparatus’s interior. Bizarre humming echoed endlessly. After a while, snow-white magical liquid finally dripped onto patterned metal plates.

This wasn’t a conveyor belt. Once accumulating to a certain amount, the drops would definitely be transported elsewhere by other means.

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Chapter 80#

Gears of Fate 22#

The moment the words fell, a cluster of dazzling flames suddenly ignited at the center of the three-meter-tall heavy machinery, burning so intensely that it became nearly pure white. This temperature could easily melt most metals into molten iron, much less human flesh.

Confirming it was coming for him, Yu Feichen thought—he’d only been lying here a moment. How did he become waste? Next second, he looked at the mechanical dummies busily working around him and felt he truly deserved to be called industrial garbage and destroyed.

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Chapter 81#

Gears of Fate 23#

Only after confirming the steam engine blocked his line of sight did Anphiel open his eyes.

Upon opening them, he saw Yu Feichen lounging casually beside a smoke duct, gazing at him intently.

Yu Feichen’s emotions seemed somewhat unusual. Perhaps it should be attributed to the monotonous mechanical world tiring this person. From what Yu Feichen liked, he preferred fresh, varied environments.

Anphiel: “What’s wrong with this place?”

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Chapter 82#

Gears of Fate 24#

Back in the main control room, the group finally gathered completely.

They didn’t attempt anything immediately. Instead, Anphiel spent considerable time studying the three spell readers they’d brought, meticulously writing spell after spell. Jililigulung assisted him from the side, occasionally making strange vocalizations that somehow conveyed meaning. The two worked in perfect synchronization despite the language barrier—whenever Anphiel paused, Jililigulung would supply the next idea.

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Chapter 83#

Gears of Fate 25#

“These stacks’ functions are respectively reversing key spells, extracting other steam engines’ energy, and balancing magical power.”

Lillia withdrew her gaze from Jililigulung, suppressing a smile as she added: “All must be completed through the third spell reader. Takes very little time, takes effect immediately.”

“We’ve also installed and tested the mechanical arm and torque,” Xue Xin pointed at the newly installed machinery. “We replaced the original arm with this. There’s a lever button here—pushing forward is normal rotation, pushing back is reverse, middle is stop.”

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Chapter 84#

The Gears of Fate: End#

The top level.

Through the burnt-through crevices, the view downward was clear.

Yu Feichen watched everything happening below from his elevated position. He saw Bai Song squeeze his eyes shut, muttering incantations as he dragged Anphiel out through the gate. The speed was such that even Chen Tong at full sprint couldn’t match it.

Though too distant to see Vincent’s facial features, his rigid posture suggested his face had turned green.

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Chapter 85#

Genesis Seven#

Yu Feichen originally didn’t know why Claros needed to find someone to accompany him to a meeting. Upon entering, he discovered it wasn’t a meeting at all, more like a tea gathering. The host of this gathering was Iskadila, the Goddess of Rituals and Celebrations. This official’s appearance was that of a good-natured elderly man, with beard and white hair curling like a Christmas gift-giver’s.

In a glass flower corridor overgrown with white roses, the officials conversed in small groups. Some Yu Feichen recognized; others he’d never seen.

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Chapter 86#

Genesis Eight#

A unicorn drew the carriage to paradise’s edge. Paradise’s sky remained forever the same twilight scenery across centuries—snowy white and pale gold connected without bound, occasional orange flowing clouds drifting as decoration.

Leaping down from the edge, upon leaving paradise’s vicinity, the scenery suddenly transformed. The sky was overcast and gloomy, dark clouds pressing from above, as if violent wind and storm would erupt the next moment.

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Chapter 87#

Genesis Nine#

Yu Feichen had no pain to numb. The drowsiness grew deeper. He blinked. In the soft light, everything before him blurred and faded. Faint lullaby melodies seemed to drift to his ears.

As he began to topple, Yu Feichen felt his forehead graze the crystal coffin’s edge. But under the eternal sleep flowers’ effects, even collision pain transformed into gentle caresses. His consciousness slowly dissipated into the faint fragrance.

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Chapter 88#

Genesis Ten#

The Tower of Genesis, thirteenth floor.

Claros also had a window before him, its view showing the Sunset Plaza’s Resurrection Day ceremony.

Yet he didn’t look that direction. Instead, he sat high in a black iron throne, one leg crossed over the other, chin resting on hand, gray-purple eyes fixed on the Door of Eternal Night.

The Door of Eternal Night trembled.

Forces from outside surged like sea waters, crashing against the magnificent pitch-black gate again and again. Wisps of power seeped through the cracks, wandering across various totems like countless malicious serpents.

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Chapter 89#

Genesis Eleven#

“I don’t understand,” Xiatei said. “Why would anyone say they don’t want to see you again?”

Night descended upon the hall, shadows of pillars perching like butterflies on the deity’s shoulders.

It said: “That’s his nature.”

“Yet you are the most calm and powerful deity across countless epochs. Before today, I never saw you troubled.” Xiatei hesitated as she spoke: “Getting along harmoniously with believers shouldn’t be harder than establishing paradise itself.”

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Chapter 90#

Genesis Twelve#

Yu Feichen: “When did he arrive?”

“Several days ago,” Bai Song’s expression became besotted. “He’s really good.”

Yu Feichen: “?”

“The beautiful guy asked me where you went and when you’d return. I didn’t know, so he said he’d just wait for you here.”

Yu Feichen: “He’s been here the whole time?”

“No, during the day the beautiful guy goes to Sunset Street to stay in a tavern, just staring down at things in a daze. He also took us to a few places few people know about to see the scenery. Oh, and the beautiful guy listened to the guide’s gossip with us and even corrected a few details.”

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Chapter 91#

Genesis Thirteen#

The deity cries. Yu Feichen knows this.

He once saw Pope Ludwig with his back turned to the Holy Child, and knows that Landenworth’s people often mark teardrop moles beneath their eyes to commemorate the deity’s first tear.

Yet he never imagined It would cry because of him.

Yet the supreme deity simply watched him, and when Yu Feichen looked back, new tears quietly accumulated in Its eyes, clinging to dampened eyelashes.

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Chapter 92#

Genesis Fourteen#

Sunlit Street isn’t a true street in the conventional sense—or rather, it’s many streets.

This street might be an actual street, or it might be a whale’s back, a starship, or a misty jungle. Besides selling various goods, they double as showcasing those worlds’ vistas and entertainment. Goods from similar-type worlds sometimes cluster on the same street, sometimes mix. Purchased items can be used personally, brought to task worlds, or sent back to one’s homeland during Homecoming Festival—in short, maximum freedom.

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Chapter 93#

Distant Star Reflection 01#

However, Yu Feichen had no time to lament the supreme deity being unable to unwrap the gift box, because the opening of the Door of Eternal Night was an extremely brief process. The sensation of being torn from paradise felt like his entire body was vacuumed. Yet this time differed slightly from before.

In the eternal night, what a person could see correlated directly with their possessed power. Only those possessing power could perceive other power. This time, Yu Feichen didn’t see blankness. He clearly sensed himself transforming into a tiny light point leaving the eternal day’s territory, like a spark splashing outward from the sun.

Chapter 94

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:52:40 +0000

Chapter 94#

Distant Star Reflection 02#

In the back seat, the driver and secretary turned pale from excessive speed and sharp turns, exchanging glances. Of course, not because the duke drove poorly—he drove impossibly well. This made them deeply uncomfortable.

“What’s wrong with the Duke?” The driver finally sensed something amiss.

“You know about alphas’ lucid intervals before complete mania?” The secretary spoke loudly enough Yu Feichen could hear though intending otherwise. “I suspect the Duke entered this phase early. Guess what he searched on the terminal?”

Chapter 95

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:52:40 +0000

Chapter 95#

Distant Star Reflection 03#

Yu Feichen was, of course, obedient.

He loosened his grip slightly. But he found that rather than letting Tan Per arch his neck pretending constraint, it was easier keeping him gripped like this.

To prevent sound from being recorded, Yu Feichen leaned close to Tan Per’s ear: “This time, do I need to help the rebels overthrow the church?”

Unlike the chaotic fragment dungeons, complete worlds operated with self-consistent rules and rigorous logic. Yu Feichen hadn’t forgotten the Door’s requirement: deconstruct fragment dungeons, occupy complete worlds. Once believers changed a world’s destiny through their own power, paradise could assume control.

Chapter 96

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:52:30 +0000

Chapter 96#

Distant Star Reflection 04#

The secretary led the way. Both he and the driver were familiar with the Isabella’s internal structure. According to the secretary, this was one of three transition-capable fortress ships the empire owned. He frequently took it back to the Landon star system to handle family affairs.

“But you very much dislike transition ships. This is your first time aboard the beautiful Isabella.”

Yu Feichen: “Do you know you’re talking nonsense?”

Chapter 97

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:52:30 +0000

Chapter 97#

Distant Star Reflection 05#

Unlike Anphiel, whom he could lift casually, Tan Per was already an adult with slender build. Fortunately, though Losh Landon’s mind was hopelessly broken, his body was in peak alpha condition, and combined with Yu Feichen’s inherent physical enhancement, carrying him was effortless.

Reaching the cockpit by navigating the chaotic corridors, though the starship teetered precariously, it hadn’t completely lost control. Yet Father Hope and subordinates had hands off the operations panel, their bodies trembling like autumn leaves in wind, as if descended into hell itself.

Chapter 98

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:52:30 +0000

Chapter 98#

Distant Star Reflection 06#

Tan Per responded to Yu Feichen by pulling the nearby blanket over his face.

Yu Feichen considered if he’d said something wrong, concluding negatively.

The covering obstructed breathing. He wanted to pull it away, yet realized this experience was his first. Recalling the dungeons passed, the supreme deity rarely performed actions toward him, even less frequently displaying emotion.

In a moment of distraction, he remained covered longer, nose suddenly catching the tranquil ethereal scent—like eternal sleep flowers.

Chapter 99

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:52:30 +0000

Chapter 99#

Distant Star Reflection 07#

The snowman—a strange natural phenomenon, at least according to the knowledge library’s introduction. It had no physical form, no fixed shape, appeared without pattern, without cause. A low-probability event. Yet once appearing, anything the white shadow overlapped with necessarily vanished without trace.

Yu Feichen pondered for a while. So far, everything else in this world seemed reasonable. The snowman differed. Many worlds circulated eerie ghost stories—phantoms, shipwreck routes—half-truth, half-fiction. Yet the “snowman” had actually appeared before his eyes, nearly destroying the entire ship.

Chapter 100

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:52:30 +0000

Chapter 100#

Distant Star Reflection 08#

“You are indeed first in succession, Duke,” the secretary said.

They were riding an airship directly from the mid-air Violet Aviation Port toward the cathedral’s location—according to navigation, called the Holy City.

Tan Per had awakened, sitting across from Yu Feichen at a table by the window.

“However, imperial succession doesn’t follow linear order. Allow me to elaborate,” the secretary said.

Yu Feichen nodded. Thrones don’t fall from heaven.

Chapter 101

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:52:30 +0000

Chapter 101#

Distant Star Reflection 09#

Omega triggered responses came from two sources: external changes and psychological fear and pressure.

First, this place was pristine—no external stimuli. Second, Tan Per simply arrived at the cathedral’s entrance, was asked one question about characteristic values, psychologically nothing qualifying as pressure—if claiming the eternal day deity was frightened by the holy city’s arrangement, Yu Feichen had never heard such absurd jokes.

In conclusion, the person tried using triggered state to evade issues. Yu Feichen couldn’t be bothered. Not only couldn’t be bothered, but reached over, taking the milk cup beside Tan Per and drinking several sips.

Chapter 102

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:52:30 +0000

Chapter 102#

Distant Star Reflection 10#

Tan Per inhaled sharply the moment Yu Feichen’s teeth gripped his neck, retreating backward.

Yet Yu Feichen’s arm lay across his back. After retreating ten centimeters, the arm pressed forward again, locking tighter.

Yu Feichen felt Tan Per’s entire body trembling, heart pounding violently, arms with nowhere to go collapsing to embrace his shoulders.

Yet he showed no intention releasing. This angle offered poor leverage. He pressed the person against the sofa.

Chapter 103

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:52:30 +0000

Chapter 103#

Distant Star Reflection 11#

Sporting equally poor complexions was His Holiness the Pope. However, probably due to his elevated status, his composure recovered faster than the general’s. He quickly returned to normalcy.

The general’s expression remained like someone cursing an unfilial son, as if never anticipating Yu Feichen would gather every available noble to publicly fabricate such biologically implausible lies.

Others displayed various reactions, but none particularly surprised—after all, anything Losh Landon did hardly merited astonishment.

Chapter 104

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:52:30 +0000

Chapter 104#

Distant Star Reflection 12#

Not until Yu Feichen suspected Bai Song had hung up did a faint pleading voice transmit.

“…Give me a hint?”

Yu Feichen considered: “Find me several documents. Handle the rest yourself.”

Bai Song, replacing Bishop Kayan’s identity, held certain authority within the cathedral and the Holy City bustled these days—many opportunities available.

First, he wanted Tan Per’s universal language materials—ideally the complete system. Tan Per’s original was forcibly deleted, yet the cathedral might secretly retain backups. Second, research and data related to “snowmen”—an odd natural phenomenon appearing both on his airship and coincidentally evaporating the empire’s sole emperor. Suspicious indeed.

Chapter 105

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:52:30 +0000

Chapter 105#

Distant Star Reflection 13#

Tan Per raised his head, eyes plainly stating “I don’t agree.”

Yu Feichen received Tan Per’s feedback yet gave none in return. He meticulously poured alcohol over his right hand. The environment dimmed, cold breaths spread through air, transparent liquid flowed from fingertips downward, seeping into white carpet without trace. The atmosphere was crafted like horror film opening—as if he didn’t extract blood but dissected flesh.

Chapter 106

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:30:45 +0000

Chapter 106#

Distant Star Reflection 14#

When Yu Feichen first began tasks in paradise, he felt unfamiliar with most worlds.

He had countless things to remember, many phenomena to observe. So he constantly learned. This continued until he handled unexpected situations in any environment instinctively. Later, even with novel occurrences, their underlying patterns held no novelty.

Yet today, he encountered heat cycle omega for the first time.

Also first time knowing those ice-clear distant eyes could transform into dewy water.

Chapter 107

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:30:45 +0000

Chapter 107#

Distant Star Reflection 15#

The alpha section wrote: omega’s fear stemmed from external world. Alpha’s fear stemmed from uncontrollable self.

Their behavior driven by inner heart, yet inner desire remained uncontrollable wild beast. They fixated on leaving observable marks upon external world, thereby concealing panic facing themselves. These marks sometimes manifested as glorious achievement, sometimes as slaughter and destruction, yet essentially resembled how madmen confirmed existence by scratching diagonal lines on walls with fingernails.

Chapter 108

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:30:45 +0000

Chapter 108#

Distant Star Reflection 16#

These materials were compiled by Bai Song. Rather than sending via monitored cathedral networks, they directly handed him a storage chip.

A technologically advanced civilization could lack an emperor, naturally could lack a pope. Yet it required abundant materials and endless energy sources—countless planets in the universe served as this world’s materials and energy. Ownership of vast star systems was nobility and lords’ most precious property.

Chapter 109

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:30:45 +0000

Chapter 109#

Distant Star Reflection 17#

Pheromone response came quickly. Soon Yu Feichen heard their breathing becoming uneven.

Yu Feichen called: “Anphiel.”

Anphiel slowly opened their eyes. Yu Feichen turned on light. Those pale ice-green pupils squinted slightly at the sudden illumination, the motion lazy, even peripheral vision glimmering brilliantly. This person remained silent—tacit consent. When lifted, their skin, separated by thin silk fabric, touched Yu Feichen’s fingers—temperature and sensation so real they resembled lies. Like deities should be intangible drifting smoke while Yu Feichen should be a temperature-less puppet.

Chapter 110

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:30:45 +0000

Chapter 110#

Distant Star Reflection 18#

Yu Feichen certainly noticed that glance. Few things existed in the world surprising to the supreme deity.

He recalled his and the deity’s appearance, reaching no conclusion. Yet the deity had mentioned Windsor’s special nature—perceiving through appearances, grasping essence’s vague nature.

“Resemble?” Yu Feichen said flatly, “What about me and Kayan?”

Windsor: “Not alike.” Finishing, he sighed. “No wonder your characteristic values matched perfectly. Though now’s hardly the right moment discussing your relationship.”

Chapter 111

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:30:45 +0000

Chapter 111#

Distant Star Reflection 19#

Tan Per stared at the graph, saying nothing.

Additionally, more crucial evidence existed.

——Rest periods 3:00 AM to 8:00 AM, extinguishing-star trials ceased. Simultaneously, “snowmen” vanished without trace, reappearing ghost-like after 8:00 AM.

Tracing back when “extinguishing stars” technology was invented, indeed, shortly after, scattered discoveries of “snowmen” appeared.

Facts proved conclusive: “snowmen” phenomena constituted byproducts from cathedral’s newstar extinguishing.

Initially, Bai Song said mirror stars projected deathstars onto newstars—so Yu Feichen recalled witnessing that snowman aboard ship firsthand. Its appearance resembled humans, movements too, only material differed—resembling a living person’s projection.

Chapter 112

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:33:47 +0000

Chapter 112#

Distant Star Reflection 20#

Beneath the glass dome, the banquet hall blazed with light, yet remained utterly silent.

The pope sat elevated at the hall’s head. Age had whitened his hair and beard, his features rounded from years of privileged living. Yet long inhabiting this position, his face had become directly synonymous with authority. Only hearing the pope ask gravely: “What occurred?”

Bishop Kaven possessed slim stature, rigid features, yet trembled uncontrollably from excitement, facial muscles contracting unnaturally.

Chapter 113

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:33:47 +0000

Chapter 113#

Distant Star Reflection 21#

These words brought complete silence.

Cathedral clergy naturally understood the implied meaning, while nobles, though not grasping specific principles, possessed education in language and logic. After hearing this sentence, who couldn’t imagine the danger their world faced?

Space fractures scattered in unknown places. Perhaps stepping forward meant never returning, perhaps without acting snowmen could emerge from twisted fractures approaching. The most terrifying thing was always unpredictability.

Chapter 114

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:33:47 +0000

Chapter 114#

Distant Star Reflection 22#

Cardinal Simons instantly froze from head to toe.

How could someone bring a gun into the Holy City?

Could it be——

He turned with difficulty, yet couldn’t discern the silhouette in darkness. The ice-cold gun barrel against his head felt painfully clear, yet no gunshot followed. Rather than threat, it resembled torture.

Simons exhaled—at least the intruder wouldn’t kill him immediately.

His voice hoarse: “…Who are you?”

Chapter 115

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:33:47 +0000

Chapter 115#

Distant Star Reflection 23#

Electoral conferences followed complex procedures.

Day one: secretaries compiled all legitimate heirs’ lifelong experiences and achievements, distributing to electors and the prime minister for review. The eleven electors couldn’t meet or communicate.

Day two: anonymous voting, results announced.

Day three: results presented to the pope. Pope’s agreement confirmed the emperor’s person, selection date set for coronation. Should the pope exercise veto power, the candidate was deleted, procedures reset until confirmation occurred.

Chapter 116

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 116#

Distant Star Reflection 24#

“Sharing dinner” constituted customary etiquette in this world, not limited to merely dinner. Invited guests arrived before mid-afternoon.

When the shuttle stopped at the Holy City’s entrance, both nearby guards and distant passing clergy observed without expression. Reasons obvious—just as Duke Landon was widely known among nobles, Bishop Tan Per remained universally familiar throughout the cathedral.

They possessed exceptional talent, achieved remarkable results, once considered His Holiness’s most beloved student, yet for unknown reasons became neglected. Red cardinals typically received appointments assisting major noble heirs, lifelong collaboration. Tan Per was assigned Landon—a less-than-ideal partnership.

Chapter 117

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 117#

Distant Star Reflection 25#

Security checks came first. Cathedral members’ checks proved perfunctory, yet exterior people faced stringent examination. Yu Feichen’s carried pistol was confiscated—the one Tan Per had personally assembled yesterday.

Others carried no lethal weapons, except Windsor. Duke Windsor appeared respectable, yet proved a dangerous gun-carrier. Surrendering his weapon, he seemed losing security, drifting behind Bai Song. Bai Song followed step-by-step hanging behind the pope, seeming following the pope, actually following Yu Feichen.

Chapter 118

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 118#

Distant Star Reflection 26#

As the cabin door thundered shut, Bai Song tumbled half-voluntarily, half-kicked down the elevator. Standing immediately, guards converged from all directions: “What happened inside?”

Bai Song’s heart raced wildly, yet he trusted none among them. Struggling swallowing, he said: “Following…the pope’s orders, I must depart…personally delivering messages…to Cardinal Simons.”

Guards exchanged glances, their movements uncertain.

Their orders today proved vague—maintain everything here regardless incident, awaiting papal command. While exchanging looks, Bai Song urgently said: “No time!” Gripping his communicator, he sprinted toward exit. Guards didn’t pursue.

Chapter 119

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 119#

Distant Star Reflection 27#

Perhaps Yu Feichen proved good. Yet they weren’t.

Rebels had just endured soul interrogation, painfully pondering life. Guards suddenly learned the ships entered self-destruct mode—they’d soon perish. Windsor’s wrists cuffed painfully, gun directed at his head. The noble duke heir’s greatest suffering previously was restless nights at his beloved omega brother’s wedding. Now experiencing subjugation for the first time.

Yu Feichen noticed the blood-thin wound line on Tan Per’s neck, regarding Windsor: “What happened to you?”

Chapter 120

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 120#

The Distant Star’s Reflection Ends#

Space was folded by the mirror-star, and the passage opened. Human eyes cannot perceive the structure of a wormhole. The ship leapt out of the invisible channel like an insect passing through a doorway, arriving in another world entirely — the surrounding scenery changed in an instant.

After three seconds of vacuum-like silence, the near-derelict ship appeared above the Holy City. Beneath pristine white mist, the magnificent Holy City stood at the center of the capital star, like a self-contained kingdom unto itself.

Chapter 121

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 121#

Creation Fifteen#

“Conversion beginning.”

“War won.”

“Please select a believer.”

— These were the Tower of Creation’s built-in system prompts: mechanical and cold.

“Gatekeeper Warm Reminder: The time elapsed for this adventure was — Target World: 17 days; Eden: 10 minutes. Your occupation time in this world was exceptionally short, surpassing 98.3% of all Eden travelers. Excellent work — keep it up!”

This was Claros’s system — cheerful and lively. It continued broadcasting:

Chapter 122

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 122#

Genesis Sixteen#

Murphy could tolerate it no longer.

Raising his eyes, he looked at Yu Feichen, nearly losing control of his hand reaching for the Arrow of Truth.

——Since this person appeared, troubles followed one after another. Even an Outside God could be openly brought back to Paradise. What couldn’t possibly happen?

The atmosphere tensed to its breaking point.

——Until Windsor blinked.

“Is this an ominous card?” he asked.

Chapter 123

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 123#

Genesis Seventeen#

——Do you want to see?

The answer was self-evident.

“You take Windsor back,” Yu Feichen said to White Pine.

White Pine nodded obediently: “I’ll help Windsor get familiar with Paradise.”

Windsor waved at Yu Feichen: “Have a pleasant time here, Langton.”

The two figures disappeared behind the closing elevator door. The thirteenth level fell into deeper silence, with only the Gate of Eternal Night and the black iron throne standing mutely.

Chapter 124

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 124#

Genesis Eighteen#

Many days ago, when Yu Feichen left, Paradise was holding celebrations for Resurrection Day and Wishing Festival.

Now he had returned, and Paradise was still continuing celebrations for both festivals. The tavern on Sunset Street was still offering discounts. The Godhead had given these people far too long a holiday, he thought.

On the way back to the Giant Tree Inn, he was even sprinkled with petal and leaf rain twice, approached three times asking if he wanted to join the celebration parade, and stepped on by a delivery pigeon once.

Chapter 125

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 125#

Creation Nineteen#

The vine was still in its infancy, its vitality limited. After playing for a little while it slowed down, crawling lazily back to the Chief God’s wrist, hooking one end around the other like a tail curling inward, and settled there without moving — its current length couldn’t manage a second loop. The thing even breathed, its leaves rising and falling in the smallest of rhythms.

Chapter 126

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 126#

Creation Twenty#

Outsiders called the Chief God’s domain “Eternal Day.” His subjects called it the “Divine Realm.” The believers of Eden considered the Tower of Creation to be the center of the world. But within the Divine Realm, it was Landenwaren — the “Land of Sacred Redemption” — that was the holy place worth aspiring toward for an entire lifetime.

It was vast, rivaling a kingdom of sweeping territory. Viewed from Eden looking down, Landenwaren looked like a snow-white flower blooming across the surface of the Divine Realm. And traveling through it overland, past mountain ranges and rivers, they found themselves in a resplendent place of endless variety.

Chapter 127

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 127#

The River of What Was — Part One#

The vine had heard something that interested it, which was why it had perked up. But Yu Feichen had no interest in what made the question interesting — he only wanted to hear the answer.

“The power is still there, and it is unusually calm,” Anfei said. “Every order has resumed running. Eden is more stable than it has ever been.”

Chapter 128

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 128#

Of Things Past · II#

“Good and evil both meet their end.” The squad captain — the one who had once fallen out of a tree under Yu Feichen’s watchful gaze — muttered to himself: “I actually feel a kind of joy right now, like a great grudge has finally been avenged. Yu-ge, so this day has come for you too.”

“But Mr. Anfei really is so good-looking,” Xia Sen said dreamily.

Chapter 129

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 129#

Of Things Past · III#

Yu Feichen rarely thought about much of anything.

But in these recent days he had found himself often thinking about Anfei — and occasionally about himself.

Facing the vision of a god, the suffering seek release, and the guilty seek forgiveness. He was neither. He didn’t quite understand what he wanted from a god, but something had already taken root in his chest — a desire to be closer to Anfei.

Chapter 130

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 130#

Of Things Past · IV#

Anfei repeated it quietly: “The ritual day?”

Xia Sen had mentioned it in that last call too, but neither of them had paid it much mind at the time.

“The ritual day is — it’s when—”

Another girl chimed in: “It’s when everyone in town goes to climb that mountain over there! Outsiders aren’t allowed. We spend the whole night on the summit, and the town is empty, and lots and lots of big monsters come walking through — it’s so scary.”

Chapter 131

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 131#

Of Things Past · V#

Midday. The sun blazed at its height, and not a wisp of cloud crossed the sky.

The first townsperson to lead the way had already reached the top of the cliff face and was waving down at those below.

Yu Feichen and Anfei arrived at the base of the cliff. Two sturdy vine ladders hung down to serve as climbing aids, and the townspeople had also chiseled footholds into the rock. Even so, the ascent was a strenuous undertaking for nearly everyone, and the procession moved with painful slowness. Yu Feichen glanced sideways at Anfei, climbing alongside him.

Chapter 132

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 132#

Of Things Past · VI#

— When an outsider comes to Jonah, something terrible will happen.

The wind spun in eddies through the streets, lifting ash into a haze that drifted across the hills and finally dissolved into the endless sky above.

The visitor rose and walked back to the road he had come by. He had arrived alone; he left the same way. But the road was now lined with the dead.

Chapter 133

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 133#

The Past — VII#

The Chief God steadied himself against the stone altar and slowly straightened, opening his eyes.

“I can no longer resurrect any more of them.”

The Painter released his hold and watched Him in silence.

He had witnessed everything this deity had done.

“If you loved them, you should not have destroyed them. If you did not love them, you should not have resurrected them. Perhaps when you destroyed them, you had already come to terms with this.” The Painter said softly, “Do not grieve. All the suffering of this day was the price you were destined to pay, because what you sought to do was something impossible.”

Chapter 134

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 134#

The Past — VIII#

“I don’t understand.” That was how Sather had answered him.

“You don’t need to.”

“Suit yourself.” The elf said languidly. “I’m sleepy.”

And with that, reached out, asking to be gathered into his arms.

He didn’t move. So Sather took the initiative, looping both arms around his neck and pressing against his chest.

“I love you.” The elf said. “You’re very beautiful, and you smell nice.”

Chapter 135

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 135#

End · Dusk#

The Tower of Creation, ninth floor.

Mophy was polishing his hourglasses and birdcages with fine silk cloth, making each one gleam as clear as crystal.

From time to time he glanced out at the Radiant Ice Stone plaza below. At the center of the plaza, the largest hourglass in all the Paradise had not yet begun to flow — meaning the Paradise had still not resumed its normal operation for a new era.