Chapter 704: Lei Na, will you come with me?

Zhang Jie died, and that day the Evil God took his corpse away; after that, no one knew what happened.

The only difference was that the mimic named Mother God became a true Legendary Investigator, which was an enormous blow to all of human society.

It was no less than a bolt from the blue; at the time everyone thought the world was doomed—who knew whether Mother God would keep her promise?

You have to know that to them, humans were just a bunch of monsters with tentacles growing on their faces and features in disarray.

The huge rift in the Star System Cornea kept spewing scattered insect disasters, but for some reason Mother God actually helped them completely eliminate those insect disasters.

Three days later, the Evil God fell; before dying, he released an exponentially growing contamination, the Star System Cornea completely ruptured, and from this star system onward, contamination—no, higher-dimensional energy—exploded completely!

It will self-replicate and spread until it spreads throughout the entire universe!

Yet the mother planet at the eye of the storm suffered no harm whatsoever, because Mother God was shielding this planet.

Countless mimics rushed to every corner of the planet, using themselves as a medium to convey Mother God's power across the whole planet, forming a barrier akin to a magnetic field.

Just as one would resist a solar storm, they resisted this outbreak of contamination.

And only now did people finally see what existed in the starry sky—an endless insect tide.

They covered the starlight, swallowed the starry sky, blocking out the heavens and the sun.

And after the Star System Cornea broke, those scattered insect disasters continued to carry the contamination forward here, making people's scalps go numb.

If it weren't for Zhang Jie resolving most of the insect tide, then right now the entire mother planet would probably be doomed.

"Praise Mother God!!"

"Praise Mother God!!!"

Soon a voice arose among humanity, praising Mother God—just like before, except this time someone was genuinely praising her from the heart.

And at this moment, Lei Na gazed at the barrier in the sky that was like a magnetic field, her eyes vacant.

Her world had not changed at all since that time.

This "dream" proceeded without hindrance, never changing again, never becoming so bewildering.

Lei Na just kept waiting like that, and only after everything ended, in the second year when the mimics began to integrate into human society, did she finally awaken.

Her world... would never change again.

It was like a story that had been constantly revised, now finished—there would no longer be a world that changes after a nap, nor would unfamiliar things happen again.

Her master.... might truly never return.

As for whether Qi Yu was Mother God, it no longer mattered; she had never liked Qi Yu, she had no parents, and although the memory of those two damned scumbags suddenly improved somewhat, Lei Na still felt a sense of disconnection.

Her memories had also been altered...

She had no bonds, no attachments; the only person who had pulled her out of the mire was now dead, and even his corpse could not be found.

At this moment, she stood before the monument that people had symbolically erected, and finally broke down.

"Master! Master... where exactly are you!"

"Take me away! I don't want... I don't want to stay here!"

"Take me away...."

At this moment, how she wished her world could change again—at least then there would still be new hope.

She just lay there beneath that symbolic monument for an entire night.

"Sigh...."

A voice suddenly came from the void; Lei Na jerked her head up, continually looking around.

"Master? Is that you? Master?"

That voice was very familiar; it rekindled Lei Na's hope.

"It's me."

The voice said that, and Lei Na froze for a moment, then her eyes burst forth with an incomparably splendid radiance.

A figure tore through space and appeared before her—it was Zhang Jie.

"Silly girl, don't cry."

"Your crying makes even me unable to bear it."

Lei Na gazed at the other's exceedingly familiar face, and tears instantly filled her eyes.

"Waa waa waa! Master, where did you go? Master!"

"They all say you're dead!"

"Is it an illusion? It must be an illusion, right?"

Lei Na muttered to herself, and the next moment that hand gently wiped away the tears on her face.

"Silly girl, I really did die."

"I died thoroughly; my corpse was even devoured."

"But you've always known, haven't you? There's a second me in this world, an observer me."

Zhang Jie crouched before Lei Na and spoke softly.

Lei Na startled, gazed at his cheek, kept wiping her tears, and kept saying.

"Yes... yes... I know, I just knew!"

"Was it your guidance back then, and all those things I experienced afterward, the ever-changing world each day, that you were modifying?"

Zhang Jie nodded and smiled.

"I've long known you're smart; I never expected that only you in the whole world would be unaffected by these."

"Exactly, it's me—I'm the one constantly revising the course of the entire timeline."

"I know you therefore feel estranged, but it's fine—this world has already ended, in the most dignified way, which is correct, the most correct way."

"And I am surely the one you know best."

Lei Na gazed at Zhang Jie, could no longer hold back, and threw herself into his arms.

Sniffle... Master! I miss you so much!

Sorry. I made you worry, but I'm fine.

Lei Na, I'm asking you: are you willing to go with me?

Zhang Jie suddenly asked; Lei Na froze for a moment, then nodded firmly.

I'm willing, Master. In this world I have no attachments, only you...

Hmm, I know, I've always known.

Zhang Jie took Lei Na's hand; in the next instant, the world before her eyes underwent a tremendous change.

She saw countless timelines, golden timelines, all of them entwining around Zhang Jie's hand, tightly gripped in his palm, converging into a thick torrent.

Is this... everything you've experienced?

Did you unify the timelines?

Truly clever.

Zhang Jie laughed, and then, under Lei Na's eagerly anticipating gaze, he pulled her up.

Lei Na, are you willing to change a timeline that belongs to us together?

It is a timeline that allows us to live normally, enough to sustain us until we grow old and die.

Lei Na had already nodded firmly.

I'm willing, Master.

Hmm, but before that, you need to do me a small favor.

Lei Na was puzzled, but still obediently nodded.

What is it?

Go pull my past self up.

Huh?

Zhang Jie violently pulled her into space; as a strong light flashed before his eyes, when Lei Na opened her eyes again, the sight made her widen her eyes.

That was a person, it was Zhang Jie, but different from the one just seen; at this moment, his whole body was entwined with chaotic lines, like a wrapped cocoon.

He struggled desperately forward, trying to reach that final thread, but no matter how hard he exerted or struggled, it was utterly useless.

Lei Na seemed to understand what Zhang Jie had said, and tears once again flowed uncontrollably.

She rushed over, grabbed that radiant timeline, and in the face of his utter shock, she smiled.

Master, it turns out you were this miserable at that time.

She laughed and laughed, just as she wiped away her tears, they fell again.

Master, I'm handing you the timeline—quickly catch it!

This is a battle of fate, reversing cause and effect!