Chapter 1344: Weng Falos 3.4 (379)

"There are still many unresolved questions. But, please allow me to step back for now; with applause, let us welcome a more suitable candidate: he will reveal the answer to you and present the conclusion of the 33,550,336th Fire Pursuit Journey—"

Laigushi bowed slightly, and as his voice fell, Xing rubbed his head, realizing he had returned to the Eternal Return he had experienced.

"He is the master of the countless memories just now, the other distinguished guest stepping into the vortex at this moment, who has burned himself to charcoal—the Fire Thief Walker!"

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Marvel Universe.

"Fire Thief Walker? All the memories of the Fire Pursuit Journey spanning thirty million ages… all belong to it?!"

"How could that be…?"

Tony took off his sunglasses, his face full of astonishment. He stared unblinking at the sword‑wielding Fire Thief Walker, his eyebrows knit together, forming deep furrows at his brow.

"If the Fire Thief Walker is indeed the master of these over thirty‑million‑age memories, then that means its true identity is…"

The first participant in the Fire Pursuit Journey… Bai E?

Steve Rogers took several deep breaths, and now his heart pounded like a drum—"dong dong"—with great force.

Impossible.

Steve almost instinctively rejected the thought that had just arisen.

How could a human soul possibly endure thirty million reincarnations? He instinctively believed that only the "program" Tony created, akin to artificial intelligence, could execute this endless cycle flawlessly.

Each Fire Pursuit Journey is a millennia‑long ordeal; even counting the long ages of the Golden Age and the Age of Strife before the journey began, thirty‑plus million times… in Steve's view, any human soul would go mad under such an immense timescale.

"Captain, thirty‑plus million… could anyone really traverse that many reincarnations? Would they still be human? Even a commander would go insane at such an almost infinite timescale, right?"

Sam frowned; he understood what thirty‑plus million meant—if each reincarnation captured only the thousand years of the Fire Pursuit, thirty million cycles amount to three hundred billion years!

The Earth itself is only 4.6 billion years old.

Can human will truly be that resilient?

——

With a "seng" sound, Laigushi's head was sliced off by the Fire Thief Walker in a single stroke!

The head, its eyes flashing red, rolled onto the ground with a "gulu‑lu" sound, sizzling with electric sparks.

"It seems you have finally succeeded… executioner."

Qinshen slowly materialized from Bai E's hand; for an instant, his figure interlaced with the Fire Thief Walker's, one bright, one dark, like shadows under light.

"Burn yourself as firewood… for the dawn of the next world… ignite the fire."

"Again… open everything…"

Facing the raging Fire Thief Walker, Bai E had expected a hard battle, but contrary to his expectation, this time the Walker lacked the usual oppressive aura; it not only did not spawn multiple clones, but even its true form…

Bai E wasn't sure if it was his illusion, but he kept feeling the Fire Thief Walker's strength had waned considerably; the fight was not as arduous as he imagined, and after only a few exchanges, the Walker was already at a disadvantage.

The blade of "Qinshen" ignited with fierce flames; this final strike would decide victory or defeat.

"It's over; I will use your corpse—to ignite the dawn!"

In a flash of electric light, the bright and dark silhouettes collided thunderously in midair.

"Crack—!"

Accompanied by a crisp cracking sound, the Fire Thief Walker's twisted mask flew up, then "pop" onto the ground, shattering into several pieces.

Bai E instinctively turned and swung his sword, but at the moment of the swing—

his blade tip hovered in midair.

Opposite him stood a severely shattered "Bai E", its whole body riddled with web‑like cracks, resembling a broken deity statue, its hollow eye sockets filled with violet flames that continuously burned its form.

"How could that be…"

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Honkai 3.

"How, how could… the Fire Thief Walker… be Bai E!!"

"Boss Kevin! It's Bai E!!"

Pado darted behind Ailixiya, only her trembling ears visible, her voice quivering: "A‑Ailixiya sister, Boss Kevin, what on earth is happening? How can Bai E cross thirty million reincarnations? And its appearance… so terrifying…"

Kevin remained stunned for a while; the shattered "Bai E" left him dazed, and after a moment he raspily said, "I don't know what exactly happened. Could something at the end of the first Recreation of the World have caused Bai E to decide to cross thirty million reincarnations and slaughter its own comrades?"

"But Kevin, how did Bai E manage to do that?" Ailixiya suddenly asked.

"I can only make a rough guess, based on my experience…" Kevin turned, looking solemnly at the pink‑haired girl beside him, "…perhaps it's related to Xilian."

Hua pressed his forehead, gritting his teeth: "But Kevin… I don't understand. Bai E clearly values his comrades so much, yet why would he personally kill the companions he cherishes most? Saifei'er, Wandi… they've fought side by side through life and death!"

"Hua, it's actually easy to understand." Meibiwusi crossed her legs gracefully, her green serpentine eyes narrowing slightly, "Do you remember how the Fire Thief Walker treated Saifei'er back in Stikokisia? He could have caught her at any moment, yet he let her go again and again. What he always wanted was the fire seed, not his comrades' lives."

"…I remember that."

Hua fell silent for a moment, offering no rebuttal.

"So, as long as he can gather fire seeds and prevent the Recreation of the World—if that condition is met, he won't kill his comrades. That may also explain why he spared Wandi, Bai E and others several times before; until the final moment, this man neither wants nor will raise a slaughter blade against the Fire Pursuit Journey's allies."

"But that also means the fire seeds… he would rather kill Golden‑blooded comrades to collect them, and that is Weng Falos's hidden key."

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Genshin Impact.

"Bai E… could it really be him?"

"That can't be right, can it? I recall that child being quite kind; how could he raise a slaughter blade against his own comrades?"

Watching the shattered "Bai E" in the sky clash swords with Bai E, the three immortals on Mount Ao Cang were all dumbfounded. If not seen with their own eyes, who would dare believe that Weng Falos actually has two Bai Es?