Meanwhile, on Earth.
"Space" shatters and "time" reverses.
Northern Africa, World Serpent Headquarters, Outer Base.
Or, to put it more precisely: a place that used to exist.
A moment when the world is changing.
"!!!"
The seven people—Raiden Mei, Kiana, Bronya, Fuhua, Delisa, Yulandelle, and Rita—who were previously in a broken world but unharmed, were suddenly engulfed in a blinding white light.
Each one was "chosen" with eerie precision and deep intent.
Them.
The pain they were to suffer truly begins now.
Traveling against time (exile) is no warm team-building experience.
One by one.
"Xier!"
"Sister Bronya!"
Previously, there had been ten combatants who arrived at World Serpent Headquarters.
Now, only seven remained—each forcibly issued a one-way ticket to the ancient Pre-Civilization Era.
Ling Ke never asked for their consent.
Just like those arrogant figures from the past, he didn't care about what "disposable pieces" felt inside.
The divine white light completely severed the world.
This was the most helpless and cruel farewell Ling Ke could arrange for his "guests (enemies)."
"No, don't."
Bronya reached to grab Xier's hand.
Like always, she had pulled her from the Quantum Sea.
She had taken her to see sunsets by the sea.
In those days, smiles lit up their faces.
For a moment, it truly felt like they had escaped the darkness.
But even bathed in the setting sun, after that… came the night.
Just like now.
Not only Xier.
Rosalia, Lilia… her "sisters."
They were right in front of her eyes, absurdly close, and yet—despite seeing and hearing them—Bronya could not reach them.
So close, and yet, it was the end of the world.
What comes after that?
Heaven and man forever apart.
For a moment, in a daze—
Bronya recalled the words of the Avenger who had crossed "hell" and returned from the "abyss" to the world.
"Then I'll leave you alone again."
"!!!"
Bronya completely panicked.
To her eyes, Xier, Rosalia, and Lilia were still trapped in the past, about to die along with it.
Suddenly.
As if she foresaw the end.
"Sister Bronya…"
"You must… live well."
Such a kindhearted girl, too naive.
She didn't know that those unconscious farewell words—
—were in truth the cruelest curse.
Its name: Solitude.
Its meaning: Eternity.
"No, no…"
At the last moment, she seemed to realize.
She knew she had made a terrible mistake.
But it was too late.
There was no time left to take it back.
Bang~
Ling Ke was truly ruthless.
At the critical moment, just like a mirror, Xier—who had wanted to say one more thing—was completely shattered from this world (era).
A broken mirror—how can it be whole again?
Humans, after all, are not omniscient gods.
All of it, before Bronya's eyes.
Silence~
Terrifying silence.
For a long while.
"Ah~"
"Ahhh~"
The expressionless girl, who had only recently recovered her emotions, now cried like a baby babbling its first words—as though she had lost the ability to speak.
Tears streamed down her face. What she let out wasn't a wailing scream,
—but a dull, muted sound, even more chilling.
Bronya stared blankly at everything before her.
Is "nothingness" really just darkness?
Why was what she saw a pure white more terrifying than any black?
See how close and gentle the darkness is.
There, you see nothing.
But in this pure, shattered whiteness, she was forced to go against time.
Even after losing everything, she saw her lonely self—
And only herself.
Meanwhile.
Wow~
Standing among the ruins of the Destiny Headquarters, someone opened a special container shaped like a dormant cabin. Inside were the "Void Manzang" and the "Seven Thunders of Sin Purification." Nearby stood the suspected "Thousand Realms One Vehicle."
Otto.
He too was enveloped in white light.
However, if one looked closely, not far from him, "Raven" and "Jackal" lay in a pool of blood.
On the other side.
After "Dominator Doll Ling Ke" entered the Elysian Realm, Kevin—who had been guarding the only exit through the "Skyfire Sacred Blade"—stood his ground.
With the entirety of Purana Earth.
Everything was "illuminated."
The "ticket" with reversed timing had been issued.
At this moment—
Perhaps the interaction of reversed "time" and twisted "space" had unexpected side effects.
Or maybe…
Sigh~
It was a "pioneer (enlightened one)" who had already ascended, unable to interfere with the world by normal means, and could only sigh helplessly.
So, for a moment—
Ling Ke and all those he had specifically chosen saw something.
It was a clear morning sky.
In a classroom at St. Freya Academy.
Sunlight filtered through the curtain gaps, casting silky ribbons of light.
Bang!
"Ow!"
A piece of chalk hit Kiana's forehead precisely.
She leapt from her desk, drooling at the corner of her mouth.
Before even opening her eyes, she mumbled sleepily, "Aunt Himeko, I know, the answer is C."
Beside her, Mei—who shared the desk—held her forehead in exasperation.
Bronya turned her head away in disgust.
At the podium, a voluptuous woman smiled brightly while talking about fill-in-the-blank questions.
Not far away—
The only boy in the room rested his cheek on his hand, watching the daily scene unfold, the corners of his lips lifting into a faint, unconscious smile.
Yes, Kiana was told to stand outside the classroom.
Until the end of class.
"Kiana, did you stay up late again last night?"
"No, not at all—"
"Bronya can confirm that Kiana the idiot played all night."
"But we were playing together—why only blame me?"
"Bronya has undergone professional training since childhood. Her perseverance is beyond that of the idiot Kiana."
"What do you mean! And—don't call me an idiot!"
When the "black-haired boy" exited the classroom, he saw the white-haired girl stamping her feet: "Anyone who calls someone an idiot is the real super idiot!"
And then she saw him.
"Ling! Come have dinner at our place tonight!"
Mei smiled and took the initiative, "I've learned some new recipes—Chinese cuisine taught by squad leader Fu Hua."
"Would you like to come?"
"Sure!"
The black-haired youth smiled and nodded, "I'll be on time."
They spoke naturally.
But Kiana, seeing how close he was to Mei, suddenly grew anxious. She darted in between them like a kitten guarding its food, baring her teeth.
Seeing this, Bronya rolled her eyes.
Still, despite the playful chaos, the four of them walked out of the teaching building laughing.
Suddenly, the scene changed again.
The group was on a mission to the Oceania branch. Cocoria arrived with Anti-Entropy's mecha force, trying to remotely control Bronia to attack Wendy.
But at the critical moment, the black-haired youth leapt into the air—transforming, impossibly, into a nearly twenty-meter humanoid mech.
He called it: Freedom Gundam.
With a "colorful cannon," he blasted all Anti-Entropy mechs back, scooped his teammates into a robotic arm, and successfully rescued everyone.
Above the clouds, the girls spread their arms in laughter and defiance.
That was true "freedom."
Another scene.
At Destiny HQ, Otto had planned to act against Kiana.
But one night, he met an unexpected guest.
The two struck some kind of deal…
From then on, the former "Heavenly Tyrant" did a complete 180.
He became a kindly grandfather to Delisa and a frequent visitor to "Karen Fantasy," a children's theme park where he often played with younger generations.
He halted all inhumane Destiny experiments and turned to social welfare.
He bowed 90 degrees before Yolandele and confessed everything.
He began traveling the world, visiting everyone he had once harmed—
To atone, to repay, without asking for forgiveness.
Because, as the mysterious man said: Once, there was a "Winter Soldier" who did the same.
Later, Otto stepped down as Destiny bishop.
He became the right hand to assist "that woman."
After she slapped him across the face, he had a personality awakening and started doing everything he could to build a better tomorrow.
He was, at that time, a truly kind "priest."
Though "great things are reliable, small things are a mess." This discreet priest secretly begged the mysterious man not to tell "Bai Yueguang" that a certain "fox woman" had also been revived.
He said: "Sister reunions take time. Outsiders should keep quiet."
But the man knew exactly what he was planning—
Because the final boss of "Karen Fantasy V" was also a woman with fox ears.
Time passed again.
A slightly purplish-haired girl found a new family.
Her birth mother was reborn. Her childhood playmate returned.
Xier, trapped in the Quantum Sea, was able to return.
World Serpent acted from the shadows. The Sky Dome City crisis was lifted safely with everyone's efforts.
Later… Coral Island, Taixu Mountain… and more.
Almost every sorrow-turned-to-joy incident involved that black-haired youth.
Everyone got used to relying on him, chasing him, walking with him.
In their view, his smiling face was always there.
As if, with him around, their hearts were at peace.
Then, they entered the "Elysian Realm," met "Flamechasers," righted the regrets of the old era, and crossed the "end" with billions of blessings.
Human civilization on Earth and in this world finally saw a new dawn.
Even the destroyed Pre-Civilization now existed as a "neighborhood" to the current one—made real by the black-haired youth.
Not a bubble world, not subspace—but truly real.
Two eras began exchanging existence.
Nothing escaped his gaze.
Always present.
Then, one night—
Bang bang!
In the celebration hall, Kiana and Delisa were popping streamers and laughing.
In the kitchen, Mei cooked with Bronia, Xier, and Wendy.
Lilia was (>_<)
Fu Hua carried a three-year-old Li Sushang with a giant bun in her mouth. Cheng Lixue, calm as always, and the "Flamechasers" just walked in carrying all kinds of gifts.
Alicia secretly filmed everything with a speaker, grinning like a criminal.
Eden and Aponia exchanged helpless glances.
A grumpy old man stormed into the kitchen, faced off with Mei—and sparks flew.
He let out wild laughter. Thank goodness it was a single-family home or someone might've called the police.
Meanwhile, Padot—pretending to nap on the sofa—accidentally touched a very furry someone beside him.
Sakura sneezed violently from cat hair allergy.
"Ling" gently patted her back and handed her a warm glass of water.
Klein, Danju, and Cangxuan wheeled Mebius in.
Cosmo (?) and Daisy Dobiah used telekinesis to hang banners.
Graciel fumbled around the fireplace until her smiling parents walked up, and she tried to charm her way out.
Kevin, Sue, and May gossiped casually. Rita set the table.
Then Yolandele came downstairs with her biological parents, Siegfried and Cecilia.
A family of three.
Yolandele no longer used her old name. She now liked "Bianca Atagina."
She had two little sisters—Kiana and—
Celine. Who didn't like Joyce, Lao Yang, Elias (Yang's father), Einstein, Tesla, and the dozens of "history's greatest scholars."
Especially that Dr. Chicken-Head and Dr. Lobster, who always wanted her to study, study, study.
Hiding behind Bella didn't work—she fled.
And as she passed a certain spot, she saw a drunken red-haired figure sitting on the shoulders of the unkempt black-haired youth, laughing wildly.
Behind them, on the wall, two banners:
"Congratulations to Lt. General Himeko on her honorable retirement!"
"Congratulations to Rear Admiral Ling Ke on succeeding as new captain of the Hyperion!"
In the final moment of the photo, Vil-V used her strange camera to capture it all.
She preserved those beautiful moments.
Every second.
Suddenly—
The frozen moment, at the center of the frame—
The fiery red figure drunkenly placed a white naval cap on the black-haired youth's head, barely standing.
A faint voice could be heard:
"You saved everyone."
"Well then, from now on, I'll save more people—more civilizations, more eras, more worlds."
"I can do it."
"After all… I'm a 'Save'."
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