Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 248 is purely for entertainment.

"What are you doing? I'm straight, I have a husband!" Chu Hongge jumped back several steps, crossed her arms and gave her a cold look. If it weren't for the fact that they were both women, she would have already attacked her.

"Didn't you say you were a projection?" So you do have a physical form after all.

“Who says a projection can’t have a physical form!” she said, her lips twitching. “I’m special. Even if I stay, it won’t cause any trouble. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have left my projection here.”

"What do you mean?" Qiu Ci didn't understand and continued to ask, "You've been waiting for me? Why are you so sure I would come here?"

Although her sea of ​​consciousness was hers, and she knew that her sea of ​​consciousness was a sea of ​​stars, if it weren't for the incident of waking up Youming last time, she would never have imagined that Blue Star was hidden in her sea of ​​consciousness. After all, no one would bother to examine every blade of grass in their own garden.

“I saw it,” Chu Hongge blurted out.

“See? How could you…” Qiu Ci paused, then widened her eyes as if she had just realized something, and said, “You can foresee the future.”

"Well, you could say that." The other party nodded noncommittally. "After all, I have already ascended. From my original perspective, there is no such thing as past, future, or present. Everything is the same, and you will definitely come here at this time."

"You mean... the people of Earth no longer have a concept of time?" Qiu Ci asked in shock.

“Not entirely.” She shook her head, thought for a moment, and then said, “The word ‘time’ is a concept created by man, just like cause and effect, fate, etc. Although these still exist after ascension, they are no longer concepts.”

"What do you mean?" Qiu Ci, her hair covered in dew, clearly didn't understand.

"Let me put it this way..." she sighed and explained, "You should know that the ascension of Earth was actually a dimensional leap. Right now, my true form and you are like you reading a two-dimensional comic. You can choose to start from the beginning or skip the middle and go straight to the ending."

"So, has Earth ascended to a higher dimension?" Qiu Ci asked in shock.

"You could say that, or you could say that it isn't." Hong Ge didn't nod, but continued, "The concept of dimension is also a human creation; it no longer exists after ascension."

"Then what else exists?" Qiu Ci was a little confused, feeling completely bewildered. "If you know the future, then why did you leave me here alone?"

She had always thought that it was an accident that Blue Star had missed her; after all, with a population of over seven billion, it was normal for someone to be overlooked. But according to Chu Hongge, she knew all along that she would be here, which meant that Blue Star knew she had been left behind, and had even allowed it to happen.

“We didn’t try to keep you here.” Unexpectedly, the other person shook their head. “Your presence here is entirely your own choice.”

"What?!" Qiu Ci's eyes widened in disbelief. "This is impossible!" How could she possibly become an orphan on her own initiative?

"It's true." She simply waved her hand, conjuring a piece of paper and handing it to her. "Look."

Qiu Ci took the paper and saw that the first line clearly read "Voluntary Residency Agreement".

The agreement was signed by Chu Qiuci in the lower right corner, and he even put his fingerprint on it.

"This is... my signature?" How could this be? When did she sign something like this? But it is definitely her signature.

"You signed it voluntarily."

"Impossible! How could I sign this..." She was halfway through her sentence when some images suddenly appeared in her mind. Although she didn't remember these things before, it was as if a corner of them had been unlocked, and they felt inexplicably familiar.

"Have you thought this through? Do you really want to stay?" A man in military uniform looked at her with a serious and earnest expression.

“Yes, if it’s inevitable, then I’m willing to try,” she replied. “But that’s too difficult. You’ll be very lonely, and we’re not even sure if it’s really true,” the man said anxiously.

“But those things happened, didn’t they?” she said with a smile. “Everything we have now is the best proof of that.”

"That shouldn't be you either. I'm a soldier, it's not up to me..."

"Xiaoxing, you know it can only be me," she interrupted directly.

The man remained silent, but his entire being screamed resistance.

She patted the other person on the shoulder and comforted them, "Alright, I'm the elder, listen to me."

"Grandma..."

These images flashed by and disappeared, and my memory of what happened afterward became hazy again, though it seemed like I did sign something.

Qiu Ci was utterly shocked. It really was her own choice to stay. But why? What was the cause? What were the reasons? Why couldn't she remember anything?

Is this... really her memory?
She began to doubt herself, vaguely feeling that the man in military uniform looked familiar. After a while, she remembered that she had indeed seen him before. Wasn't he the image in the dragon scale back in the Abyss Continent, the one who represented Blue Star in signing the agreement with the Beast Race? It seemed that the other person also shared the surname Chu. Was this just a coincidence?
Qiu Ci stood there, stunned, feeling as if she had forgotten many things, yet she couldn't quite recall them.

The red singer on the other side didn't disturb them. Instead, he turned around and tapped the instrument next to him. Instantly, the originally empty hall was filled with practical furniture such as sofas, coffee tables, tables, and chairs.

As she casually sat down on the sofa, she beckoned to her and said, "Come, come, sit down and let's chat. What would you like to drink? Black tea, green tea, chrysanthemum tea? Never mind, you rarely come all this way, so have some milk tea."

After saying that, she pointed directly at the coffee table, and an extra-large cup of milk tea appeared on it. She picked it up and shoved it into her hand, then pulled out a straw from somewhere and shoved it into the cup with a "plop." "Drink up, you haven't had this in a long time."

Qiu Ci was stunned for a moment before lowering her head and taking a sip. Instantly, the sweet and milky aroma filled her mouth. It had indeed been a long time since she had tasted it, and even Mu Mu's mind seemed to clear up a bit.

"You said you've been waiting for me here. Is there something Blue Star wants to tell me? Or is it to guide me to ascend as soon as possible?" she asked curiously.

"None of those are true." Chu Hongge shook her head.

"Why is that?"

"My projection appearing here is purely my own doing," she chuckled, taking a big gulp of her milk tea. "I'm just a little curious about you."

"What are you curious about?"

"Of course I'm curious about what you look like!" She suddenly narrowed her eyes, glanced at her from head to toe, and her previous casualness vanished, replaced by a look of resentment in her eyes. "Curious... about what kind of person is it that has caused me so much suffering."

"Huh?" Qiu Ci looked completely bewildered.

"Never mind, considering you were at least half my matchmaker, I'll let it go." She shrugged, looking relieved. "When my true form ascended, I knew you would appear here, so I decided to leave this projection behind. I just wanted to see how you fared, since I had nothing better to do anyway. But you look much worse than I did back then, hehehe."

"..."

So you left the projection just because you were bored and wanted to watch the show?