Chapter 22: Crafting a World of Pure Beauty That Exists Only in Dreams

Unaware of it, Himiko had already been piloting the Stellar Express through the stars for several years.

Though it may seem only a short while has passed for Hermes, countless things can happen across this cosmic galaxy.

Sometimes, one discovers that decades or centuries have passed in this star system, only to find upon contacting friends that mere days have elapsed on their end…

This is actually quite normal.

For instance, in the game, the love story between Loki at the Herta Space Station and astronaut Leslie, whose timelines became displaced due to the “Stellar Quake” phenomenon.

One lives in the past gazing toward the future, the other waits in the future for the past…

Such cases are not frequent, but neither are they rare.

On this day, the Stellar Express completed Herta’s mission, carrying the entrusted item, and set course once more toward the Herta Space Station.

“Huh?! Liangmuta Jizi?”

Over these years, Jizi had frequently contacted Hermes online; their relationship had changed beyond recognition, worthy of being called friends.

Just now, Hermes had sent her a familiar photograph.

Had she not been certain she had no twin sister, she might have believed the person in the image was her long-lost sibling.

“What Liangmuta Jizi? Sister Jizi, do Itachi have ‘Liangmuta’ as your surname too?”

Hearing Jizi’s murmuring, March 7 put down her camera and asked curiously.

“Liangmuta Jizi?!!”

Walter, who had been contemplating the superposition and fusion of the Path and the Law of Reason, suddenly felt his heart stop for a breath, his pupils contracting sharply.

Liangmuta Jizi…

This was a permanent regret in Walter’s heart.

He had once been close friends with Liangmuta Jizi’s father, Liangmuta Ryusuke, but due to ideological conflict, he was forced to kill him in sorrow.

Later, burdened by guilt, he served as Liangmuta Jizi’s university professor, yet indirectly caused her to join Honkai as a Valkyrie because of her father’s fate…

Walter had once sworn to protect this child, yet in the end, he could only watch as she fought relentlessly on the front lines, gradually crumbling under Honkai’s corruption…

In the end, Liangmuta Jizi suffered grave injuries while saving her students and fell into the Quantum Sea…

This was Walter’s eternal guilt and pain.

“Jizi, where did Itachi hear the name Liangmuta Jizi?”

Walter hurried over, breathing heavily with urgency.

“Wow! I’ve never seen Uncle Yang this anxious before!”

March 7 widened her eyes at Walter’s uncharacteristic state.

Even Dan Heng and Jizi stared in surprise at Walter’s agitation.

Could the ever composed Old Yang really look like this?

“Old Yang, Hermes just sent me a photo. The person in it looks exactly like me—her name is ‘Liangmuta Jizi.’”

Though surprised, Jizi did not tease him, speaking directly in explanation.

“Lord Hermes? Strange—how did he get a photo of Jizi?”

Walter felt doubt stir within him.

According to his estimation, his student Liangmuta Jizi’s injuries, even under the best medical care, should have been unsurvivable, let alone her falling into the Quantum Sea!

As if sensing Old Yang’s question, Jizi did not conceal anything and continued: “It’s because Hermes discovered an extremely unique planet in the cosmos—Blue Star.”

…

“Thus, under the unification of Hermes’s Authority of Dominion, the fragmented Quantum Authority of Blue Star was far more efficiently retrieved from the Quantum Sea, finally pulling up the [Liangmuta Jizi] buried deep within.”

“A genius experiment?”

Walter Yang understood at once.

Indeed, only those geniuses whose intellect transcended human comprehension could accomplish what even their utmost efforts could never achieve.

“Quantum Sea, Authority, True Creation Universe Experiment…”

One unfamiliar term after another made March 7’s eyes spin, yet she quickly rallied: “Sister Jizi, can we go to Blue Star and see it?”

“I’m also curious—what kind of person is this Liangmuta Jizi who looks exactly like Itachi?”

Glancing at Walter, whose face was etched with anxiety and anticipation, Jizi couldn’t help smiling inwardly, but after a moment’s thought, she sighed: “Hermes’s plan has only just begun; some arrangements remain incomplete.”

“The world Hermes painstakingly created to isolate Path powers is not yet ready for us to intrude upon.”

“I see.”

March 7’s spirits sank; Walter also grew gloomy.

“Wait a while longer. By the time we leave the Herta Space Station and complete our expansion of Yalilo-VI, the timing should be right.”

Jizi compared the time flow of Blue Star with their own, calculated carefully, then gave a definitive answer.

In truth, even if March 7 and Walter had not mentioned it, she herself was eagerly anticipating this journey to Blue Star.

She had already learned some of Liangmuta Jizi’s life trajectory from Hermes.

She was a woman whose early life, education, and dreams were nearly identical to her own.

But then, she encountered the Stellar Express and began exploring the stars.

Meanwhile, Liangmuta Jizi’s path diverged sharply in the opposite direction—becoming a warrior and a teacher.

“That’s wonderful, Sister Jizi!”

“Thank Itachi, Jizi.”

…

After ending the communication with Jizi, Hermes could still hear Walter’s stunned voice echoing in his ears.

“Still, two Jizis—double the joy.”

A faint smile curled his lips; his mood was excellent, and even his thought processes felt slightly faster.

Under these circumstances,

Within just a week, the Destiny Star System completed its first phase and was ready for practical application.

“By the way, Lord Hermes, how did Itachi come up with the idea of creating this system to become the world’s mainstream?”

The Great Benevolent Tree King, Buer, now grown into a young woman, asked with a hint of curiosity.

She had already reviewed the archives of the Heavenly Principle.

She knew well that the Heavenly Principle had once attempted to construct multiple cultivation systems, all of which seemed quite impressive.

“It’s simple, Buer.”

As Hermes spoke, his gaze carried a faint trace of nostalgia: “My mother once hoped that when I grew up, I would walk the Path of Pure Beauty, blessing my future with the same purity and goodness as Idylla.”

“I disappointed her—I first walked the Path of Exploration, then the Path of Knowledge…”

“So I have forged for her a world of pure beauty, existing only in dreams.”