Chapter 1341

No, I think the answer is probably not as complicated as you imagine.

Zhan Tu slowly stood up and walked to the whiteboard in the lab, then with a marker he drew a heavy circle over the word 'Destruction' that had been written beforehand.

"Destruction" Pathwalker." Zhan Tu lightly tapped the whiteboard, "This is the identity Xing obtained while on the space station, and also the first Path she embarked on. If Laigushi is currently conducting an experiment concerning 'Destruction', and at this moment two people accidentally entered the Imperial Scepter, one of whom happens to be a Destruction Pathwalker, what do you think the probability is that this person and he are kindred spirits?"

Long Wo suddenly had an epiphany: "Oh oh...! Zhan Tu, do you think Laigushi mistakenly thinks that Xing and it are allies?"

"Not necessarily." Zhan Tu shook his head, "But one thing can be confirmed: since she is a 'Destruction' pathwalker, and even received a glance from Nanuku, she must have progressed some distance along this path, understanding the truth of Destruction better than ordinary people—at least, as a mechanical being who has never interacted with her, I think it's quite normal to have this stereotypical impression of Xing."

Zhan Tu paused, then continued: "When those few Extinction Sovereigns appeared in the firmament earlier, I began to suspect. Since the Iron Tomb has already brought great disaster to the universe, why can't it free itself from the scepter, break out of its shell, and expand this disaster? Long Wo, have you thought about this?"

"Hmm... maybe there are still some places that aren't up to standard? Like insufficient training?"

As a former fighter, Long Wo subconsciously projected his own past experience. If the universe is a huge fighting arena, the Iron Tomb is a fighter about to enter the ring; if we don't do various trainings and countermeasures in advance, we will definitely be knocked out as soon as we start.

"Hmm, your guess is close to my thought. The Iron Tomb is still lacking something, which prevents its birth. Otherwise, as the mastermind behind the scenes, Laigushi, does it not want the Iron Tomb to emerge, or is it unable to?"

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"Xing passed through the gate, and the scenery before her eyes was indeed extremely familiar."

"（The Heart of the World‑Creation Vortex… indeed this is the place. But…… what exactly is this……）"

"Laigushi slowly stepped out from beside her: 'Life is nothing but a walking shadow, a poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.'"

""The Heart of the World‑Creation Vortex, the beginning and end of the world, as a stage for the curtain call there could be nothing more fitting. My lord, I implore you to continue forward, holding aloft your lively curiosity.""

""As an existence that is desirable yet unattainable in a man's heart, you have accompanied him through countless years, and naturally you also have the right to survey the long river of time, to witness each absurd and tragic ending that awaits him upon reaching this place.""

"Xing slowly walked toward the vortex core, only to see countless human shadows suddenly appear beside her."

"Tibao, Sai Feier, Xiadie, Na Kexia…… they seem to have all accompanied Bai'e to this place before, witnessing the outcome together with him."

"In the empty vortex core, the voices of Bai'e and Xilian sounded again:"

"It's fine. The cruel Fire Pursuit Journey has already made me abandon fantasies; the future cannot be a utopia bathed in the west wind, waiting for us to step into it……"

"This must be a different kind of romantic story…… you think so too, right?"

"Xing lowered his head, striving to recall that conversation which was so familiar to him."

"Is this… the continuation of Bai'e and Xilian?"

Laigushi nodded: "Yes, in the man's memory, such a scene plays out repeatedly. Although there may be slight variations, the essence remains unchanged: 'All will part with one person, and that one person will behold the miracle.'"

"... A total of 33550335 times."

As Laigushi's voice fell, countless memory crystals suddenly appeared, floating in the heart of the creation vortex.

They are all fragments of the river of time, signifying that from now on he embarks on a long journey, or, put another way...

Endless reincarnation.

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Honkai 3.

Three, over thirty million times? This Fire Pursuit Journey has been repeated over thirty million times?! Kai, Kevin boss, this...

Parado could barely speak anymore, her body trembling at a frequency visible to the naked eye. She trembled so violently that even Eden felt she hadn't noticed the fur on her tail had already stood on end.

Over thirty million times, meaning that Aglaea, Sai Feier they died, they died...

——Over thirty million times. Suddenly Kevin spoke.

This string of numbers is unimaginably huge.

Bai'e... together with those who perished in the Fire Pursuit Journey, the golden lineage, they all collectively experienced over thirty million cycles of reincarnation—how many fifty-thousand-year periods is that?

When he first entered Weng Faluos, the sunlight he saw, the cheerful Bai'e... had actually already experienced over thirty million deaths, right?

Kevin felt his heart as if being smashed hard by a heavy hammer; the intense dull pain made his breath catch. He clenched his fists tightly, as if trying to press this painful truth deep into the depths of his chest.

"Kevin, does that mean Weng Faluos actually has two kinds of reincarnation?" Ailixiya fell silent for a moment, then immediately looked up at Kevin.

Eden turned his head to look at the girl beside him: "Two kinds? Aili, what do you mean?"

"Like Demigods such as Gnaeus, Calypso, and Caelus entering the Bai'e's 'New World' through Recreation of the World, that is one kind of reincarnation. Then, Bai'e and they repeatedly undergo reincarnation in the 'New World'... This reincarnation has continued for over thirty million times."

"The point isn't here." Kevin lifted his head, gazing at the countless memory crystals deep in the vortex's heart in the sky, "How much longer will this reincarnation continue?"

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Re: Starting Life in Another World from Zero.

"Over thirty million times...... ending in death, then endlessly repeating? Endless?"

Upon seeing the words "Endless reincarnation," Ang's face instantly turned deathly pale, and fine beads of sweat instantly sprang from his forehead.

Since crossing over, each of his deaths would also let him "return" to a certain time point before his death; along the way he has already experienced countless deaths, but even so, he deeply knows that his number of deaths is still far from even a fraction of over thirty million.

"'In a man's memory, such a scene repeats over and over,' this also means..."

Bai'e remembers each of his deaths, and also remembers having arrived here countless times.

Natsuki Subaru swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his constricted pupils continually trembling.