Chapter 907

Christina really wanted to reach out and grab back her shattering and withering body, but reason made her withdraw her hand, lest the situation become even worse.

She still had unfinished business, but her body couldn't hold on first.

Wait... the singularity, in order to maintain its own existence, attracted all the time radiation of the entire universe...

"So that's it..."

Isn't the "Black Hole Furnace" a super-large Reality Anchor?

The moment she crossed the "Storm Wall," her life began to count down; hundreds of years of time would soon return, letting this "centenarian" "die of old age."

Christina tried to twitch her fingers.

Sure enough, as the tendons disappeared, her ring finger and little finger had lost function, and only three fingers on her left hand could move.

Hold on a little longer...

Christina became increasingly exhausted; it seemed a voice rose from the bottom of her heart, lingering in her ears, urging her to fall asleep quickly.

After that, there would be eternal peace.

Just a little while is enough... she told herself.

Catching her breath, Christina took off her helmet to remove some weight.

Then, she moved her legs with difficulty and walked toward the huge building.

……

Alice stood by the gate, connecting the terminal to the permission verification system with a data cable.

After the terminal issued a verification successful prompt, she hurriedly put it away and waited for the site gate to open.

With a "beep," the red light on the door frame turned green.

In the heavy humming sound, the long-silent hydraulic pump extracted oil, the oil flowed through the pipes, giving power to the entire system, and the heavy hydraulic steel pipes operated accordingly, slowly raising the thick alloy gate.

And it seemed that it had not been used for too long and lacked maintenance and care.

During the process of the gate rising, there was always a tooth-aching friction sound, as well as a stuttering clicking sound; from time to time, electric sparks could be seen at the door frame.

Fortunately, the gate opened smoothly without any accidents.

Alice breathed a sigh of relief and walked straight inside.

The moment she stepped into the gate, the green light turned red.

The sound of the pipeline bursting sounded dull, and the heavy gate let out a shrill cry, pressing down with the momentum of a thunderbolt, like a giant sword guillotining Louis XVI.

Alice's heartbeat accelerated instantly, but she couldn't make any reaction in time.

Just at this critical moment, a crisp metallic collision sound rang in her ears, followed by a muffled groan.

"Ugh—!"

At the same time, Alice felt she had been hit solidly, knocked forward, and she staggered two steps and fell to the ground.

She climbed up, turned around, and saw Christina using her arms and back to struggle to hold up the gate.

Like Atlas carrying the sky.

The exoskeleton on Christina's body had twisted and broken, metal fragments fell to the ground, and electric sparks splashed.

Noticing Alice's gaze, Christina looked up and showed a smile she thought was cheerful.

Miss Alice... you're safe now...

It's just... really... so tired...

Is this how it feels... after a person gets old...

A deeper sense of powerlessness, like a tide, surged wave after wave, trying to drown her.

Christina hated this feeling.

However, she saved Miss Alice's life again... this makes it fair...

On the side, Alice saw Christina trapped by the gate, unable to move, and felt anxious.

Her gaze wandered near the door frame, desperately looking for the host or an available terminal.

Even seeing the hydraulic device would be fine.

Just then, Christina called out to stop Alice:

"No need to bother, Miss Alice."

Alice was stunned when she heard this, her gaze moved to Christina, not having time to ask what this meant.

She noticed that the other party's body was breaking down, crumbling inch by inch, and dissipating.

Boom!

Alice's brain was blank, her surprised expression first froze, then turned into urgency and panic.

How could this be...

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She reached out, wanting to do something, but only reached halfway before retracting her hand.

This is the curse of time, and she has no way to deal with it.

Even the Foundation can only let them avoid this terrible phenomenon by performing transformation surgery on selected people.

Once caught up by lost time, how can it be recovered... The Foundation in the apocalypse did not give an answer.

This is actually the answer—humans are powerless against this.

Alice could only watch helplessly as Christina's body dissipated bit by bit.

She could only watch in despair as Christina's life returned to the Grim Reaper bit by bit.

"No..."

"Don't be sad, Alice."

"Is this the price for you using the Reality Anchor? This shouldn't—"

"It's not, Alice. It's because this is the 'City'."

Christina shook her head, the amplitude very small.

Even such a tiny movement required her to concentrate all her will to barely complete it.

And the sound of her speaking also became smaller and smaller.

"Did you forget what 'The Wanderer' said? This is the place where the time radiation of the entire universe is the thickest."

"The 'Storm Wall,' this natural barrier, probably appeared for this reason."

Suddenly, the gate trembled, seemingly wanting to continue pressing down.

Christina's body paused, then slowly straightened up; the metal of the exoskeleton made an unbearable sound, and sparks erupted from the joints one after another.

She paused, feeling very tired, then looked up and opened her mouth:

"This is a journey of gradual loss."

"We are always losing something, aren't we?"

"Losing goals, losing family, losing 'The Wanderer,' losing... me."

Christina's appearance hadn't changed significantly, but half of her face had already disappeared.

She squeezed out a little smile and raised her left hand, wanting to touch Alice's face.

However, before it even touched, the entire left arm flew away completely, like sand blown by the wind.

Looking at the empty exoskeleton of her left arm, Christina felt a bit regretful, but she couldn't make any expression anymore.

"... But these losses must have meaning, Alice."

"This is the end of the world in the true sense. Only you and I are left... soon only you will be left."

"I can see the machine inside, it's big and complex. You have to go in and turn it on."

"It is the source of everything, our destination, the place where everything begins and ends."

Alice leaned forward, reaching out toward Christina's body.

"We have to go together. We must go together, you can't—"

"Alice, take my share and witness it together, okay? Witness the... of this world."

Before she could finish, the gate closed with a bang.

The exoskeleton was completely crushed by the gate, leaving only mechanical wreckage on the ground, and gray-white debris that used to be flesh and blood floating in the air.

……

Alice leaned against the gate, sitting dejectedly, beside her was the proof that Christina had existed.

She looked up, eyes closed, but couldn't let the tears flow out.

After a while, she suddenly lowered her head and woke up the personal terminal, wanting to see the information left by "The Wanderer" again.

Just then, she suddenly saw a video created late last night. ===== CHAPTER 909 =====