Chapter 6

Before the formation of the Luofu Xianzhou, a general clad in heavy armor and wielding a Burning Great Sword brandished his weapons like a war god, cutting the charging Abundance Offspring into fragments.

Suddenly, he furrowed his brow, his piercing gaze sweeping across the void, as if he had sensed some secret, malicious scrutiny.

"What kind of demon dares to spy on the battlefield?!" the Tengxiao General snorted coldly, his sword aura growing threefold more tyrannical.

At the same time, deep within the Blood-yellow Giant Tree, a languid voice tinged with playful amusement let out a soft "Huh?"

The Abundance Envoy Shuhuo, whose originally nonchalant expression tightened slightly, turned his plant‑vasculature‑like eyes toward a certain direction, a flicker of doubt crossing them.

"Interesting…… besides the Xianzhou, there's another bug mixed in? Carrying…… a different unpleasant aura."

"I found it! But…… it seems I've been discovered!"

Heimu snapped his eyes open, feeling a buzz in his head, and at the same moment was sensed by two veteran envoy‑level beings; even if only for an instant, it was utterly unpleasant.

She saw the countdown on the System Panel already into the last ten seconds!

"Screw it! Let's go all out!"

She locked onto the Star Chariot rushing toward Destruction, and the Fox Pilot inside who had prepared for sacrifice.

Command: Coordinate marking, target replacement activated! Activate Strange Artifact Doll: Bai Heng Template!

On the System Panel, a doll's illusory image identical to Bai Hang inside the Star Chariot, down to the resolve in her eyes, flickered past.

Just as Bai Hang pressed the button, the blinding white light was about to engulf the Star Chariot, and at the critical moment when she would sacrifice her life to deal a heavy blow to Shuhuo——

Hum!

A barely perceptible subtle ripple swept past.

The Star Chariot remained, the destructive energy from its self-detonation erupted as before, the white light devouring everything, just as expected dealing a heavy blow to Shuhuo's origin.

The distant Tengxiao General seized this fleeting opportunity, his flaming great sword carrying Luofu's wrath and resolve, and he came down with a fierce slash!

Everything seemed no different from the historical records.

Hero Bai Hang, at the cost of her life, secured victory for the Xianzhou Alliance in the Shuhuo's Battle.

Inside the System Space, everything was pure white.

The Black Curtain Lady sat imageless on the ground, gasping heavily—though she didn't need to breathe, she felt she had to make a gesture to express the feeling of having survived a catastrophe.

She patted the skirt hem stained with cosmic dust, feeling a pang as she looked at a scorch mark where the energy ripple had grazed the edge.

"What a loss, what a loss—this skirt looks expensive at a glance......"

Before her lay a comatose woman with light purple hair and a gentle face—none other than Bai Hang, who should have been turned to ash in the explosion.

"Hah... finally got hold of it, barely made it in time." Heimu let out a breath, feeling even more exhilarated than when facing Bolka's little knife, "This firefighter's job is no work for a human."

The Luofu Xianzhou, after confirming Shuhuo had been slain and the Abundance People's Allied Army began to collapse, the surviving soldiers let out a earth-shaking cheer.

The joy of having survived a catastrophe permeated every warship.

No one noticed that, in the cold corner of space far from the battlefield, within the shadow of an asteroid belt, a figure silently appeared.

She seemed independent of all light and detection, her visage blurred, only a vague outline discernible.

She silently "watched" the starry expanse where the battle had just subsided, especially the Luofu Xianzhou celebrating victory, and the Blood-yellow Giant Tree's remains beginning to slowly disintegrate.

Existing only for a few seconds, as if merely confirming something, the figure known as Polka Kakamoku (Silent Lord) vanished like it had never been, silently dissipating into the cosmic background radiation without raising any awareness.

Besides, a certain Black Curtain Lady who had just finished the feat of "stealing the beam and replacing the pillar" was anxiously checking her new clothes for damage.

The System Panel suddenly flashed a yellow warning sign:

【Warning: Detected remnants of a high-authority concept scan, source marked as 'Polka Kakamoku'. Traces have disappeared.】

Heimu's motion froze, she slowly lifted her head, looked at the panel expressionlessly, then, in a tone she deemed most fitting for her attire, uttered a single word:

"... Damn."

Bai Hang felt she had had a very long, beautiful dream.

In the dream, she and Jing Liu sat side by side beneath an unknown flowering tree, pink-white petals drifting down slowly.

Jing Yuan, with a touch of youthful vigor, was arguing with Yingxing about something, while Dan Feng, as usual, stood aside with arms crossed, a smile playing on her lips.

On the table lay fragrant fine liquor, everyone chatting freely about future plans—where to go adventuring, how to brew better liquor…… laughter drifted far away.

Suddenly, Jing Liu turned and gently embraced her.

Bai Hang was a little surprised, then she also laughed and returned the embrace.

Jing Liu whispered in her ear, voice very light yet carrying an indescribable heaviness:

"Live on......"

The dream, like a water surface struck by a stone, shattered suddenly.

All light, sound, and temperature instantly faded away.

Bai Hang blinked open her eyes in a daze.

What met her eyes was an endless expanse of pure white, with no up, down, left, or right, no sense of gravity, yet she was indeed "lying" on some solid plane.

"Where...... is this?" she propped herself up, blankly looking around.

The last of her memory was the blinding white light that almost blinded her as she rushed toward the Giant Tree's root, and the pain of her body and the Star Chariot being torn apart together……

Shouldn't she already be dead?

She instinctively lowered her gaze to her body—unharmed, and even her familiar clothes were clean and undamaged.

But…… she lifted a strand of hair that fell to her chest, originally a lovely light purple, now turned pure white like fresh snow.

"Eh?! My hair......?"

Her movement caught the attention of a figure not far away.

The Black Curtain Lady faced the black-purple panel emitting a faint glow before her, gritting her teeth as she whispered: "... Say that again? What do you mean by 'make them submit'?"

Just then, she heard a sound behind her and instinctively turned her head.

Their eyes met.

The air seemed to solidify.

Heimu's dull purple‑black eyes stared intently at Bai Hang's unusually conspicuous snow‑white hair, and at the white fox ears trembling slightly from nervousness.

Her brain short‑circuited for a moment.

No……she had only exchanged a few words with that broken system?

How come, when she turned around, the rescued fox‑person girl had run off to dye her hair that… avant‑garde color?

This after‑sales service isn't included!

Could it be the aftereffects of the transmission?

Or……is this one of the 'irreversible effects' the system mentioned?

Bai Hang also felt a little nervous under Heimu's gaze.

This woman before her was truly……unique.

Her gray‑white hair, delicate yet expressionless face, deep purple‑black eyes, and a black‑purple Lolita dress that was gorgeous and mysterious, exuding an aura both dangerous and elegant.

Who is she? Where is this place?

An eerie silence spread throughout the Pure White Space.