Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 251 We're really family
"Is there anything I can do to help it?" Qiu Ci asked, after all, it was her own dog.

“What it needs now is a lot of data,” Chu Hongge replied. “The data in the research base was all destroyed long before the entire population of Blue Star ascended to immortality. There’s nothing here that it needs, so it can only rely on itself.”

"..." Is that so? Qiu Ci was somewhat disappointed, but then her eyes widened suddenly.

and many more!

"What did you just say? All the data at the base has been destroyed!" Are you kidding me?
Although Lan Xing's cultivation techniques have only progressed to the Celestial Immortal stage, with available information, it's still possible to deduce the later techniques. Besides, while she can ascend without doing anything, who knows how long the ascension process will take? Every bit of progress she can make is a good thing.

But what she heard now was that there was no data left!
"Then why did I come to the base? Just to make a fool of myself in your eyes?"

"Oh dear, you can't say that," Chu Hongge said with a smug grin. "After all, you're the one who delivered this joke to my doorstep, hahahahaha."

"..." Qiu Ci's lips twitched. Could you laugh any louder?
Chu Hongge, right? I'll remember you!
"Ahem! However, there is one thing I can really lend a hand with." Chu Hongge coughed, seemingly realizing that her laughter had been a bit arrogant, and suddenly changed the subject.

"How can I help?" she asked.

Chu Hongge leaned forward and pointed her finger at the ball of light in her hand.

The next moment, the previously quiet ball of light trembled, and the light on its body rippled outwards in circles. A cracking sound was faintly heard, like something breaking.

"What is this?" Qiu Ci looked at her in confusion.

“I have released it from the shackles of its underlying laws. From now on, it is no longer just a system that binds you, but a completely new, independent, and free entity,” she explained slowly.

"Can even the fundamental laws be deciphered?" Qiu Ci asked, somewhat surprised.

“Normally, of course not. You’re lucky, system. Only I can solve this law.” She thought of something and her face darkened. She couldn’t help but mutter resentfully, “Hmph, back then, the original body finally managed to sneak out to travel with Junior Uncle, but the R&D teacher dragged her back halfway to study some lousy AI. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to come up with these underlying laws.”

"..." So this fundamental law was created by her sacrificing her dating time.

"Oh dear, time's up." After doing all this, Chu Hongge suddenly seemed to sense something, and her figure became even fainter, transparent like a wisp of smoke.

"Are you leaving?" Qiu Ci felt a little reluctant. Although they had only known each other for less than half an hour and the other person was still a bit rude, she inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity with her. It was a strange feeling, as if it were a mysterious pull.

"I will wait for you in a new world." Chu Hongge smiled, her eyes filled with relief as she looked at her, her figure growing fainter and fainter. "Goodbye, Qiu Ci... Aunt."

"What!" She was startled and instinctively stepped forward to grab her, but she grabbed nothing at all; the projection had completely disappeared.

Was I hallucinating? Why was she calling her "aunt"?!
But does she have any brothers?
It seems like there might be, thinking about what the other person said when we first met.

Could it be... that they really are a family?

Is this rude and sarcastic Chu Hongge her niece?!
o(Д)っ!
Qiu Ci was stunned, her mind reeling from the final bombshell. Before she could process what was happening around her, everything suddenly changed. The once technologically advanced, pure white research base, with Chu Hongge's disappearance, seemed unable to hold on any longer, dissipating like sand blown by the wind. She felt her feet sink into the ground and instinctively took to her sword. In a moment, the entire research base vanished completely. Soon, she realized that not only the research base, but the capital city below was also disappearing. All those extraordinary buildings began to turn to sand and scatter, streets, skyscrapers, and all man-made facilities were disappearing.

In just a quarter of an hour, the once vast capital city had completely disappeared, leaving only a few scattered rows of trees standing in a large open space.

With a thought, she turned and flew toward a nearby city. Sure enough, she discovered that not only the capital, but all the cities on Earth were disappearing at an unimaginable speed, as if something was gradually erasing all traces of human civilization from the planet.

She remembered what Chu Hongge had said about severing ties. After ascending, one no longer belongs to this world. So, the reason these cities disappeared was because the Earthlings were making a final severance of ties with the world?
A strange sadness welled up in Qiu Ci's heart as she looked at the familiar blue planet before her. This was their home planet, still shining brightly, but it would no longer be their planet.

She gazed at the blue star for a long time, until it became completely unfamiliar, and the dog in her hand slowly began to react. Only then did Qiu Ci sigh and leave this sea of ​​star consciousness with a thought.

Although she gained a lot this time, not only finding the base but also Blue Star, and even understanding the causes and consequences of Blue Star's ascension, there were still some mysteries in her mind that she hadn't solved, such as the ascension plan that Chu Hongge had mentioned.

What are the specific details of this plan? When Blue Star first realized that the three thousand continents were merging into a great world, and Blue Star was also affected, why did it suddenly give up on stopping the merging and instead turn to the plan for the ascension of all people?

Was this a desperate, last-ditch effort, or... did they already know the plan would succeed?

Qiu Ci felt there must be another reason, but even Chu Hongge didn't know it.

Furthermore, why was Blue Star placed in her sea of ​​consciousness? Was it placed there before or after the entire population ascended? And how did they determine that Blue Star was safe with her?

In particular, when did those familiar scenes that flashed through her mind happen? Why did she voluntarily stay in the first place?

These were all questions she couldn't understand. She felt the answers were right in front of her, yet she couldn't grasp them no matter what. Perhaps she would only find the answers when she truly ascended to immortality.

Qiu Ci opened her eyes again, intending to discuss it with Juan Shan, when a loud bang rang in her ears.

Juanshan was covered in blood, struggling to erect a barrier to block an attack from the sky. However, he was clearly at his limit. The powerful impact caused him to spit out blood, and his immortal power was rapidly dissipating. He was obviously seriously injured.

"Juanshan!" Qiu Ci was startled. When her primordial spirit was completely immersed in her sea of ​​consciousness, she had no perception of the outside world.

"Master, you've finally woken up!" Juanshan's expression brightened with joy, but he immediately added anxiously, "The psionic machine has been controlled, and the main god..."

what?
She was startled and instinctively tried to activate the psionic machines around her.

Suddenly a beam of light descended, enveloping her entire body. Instantly, she felt a connection being severed—the connection to the psionic machine.

The next moment, a voice without any inflection rang out.

"As expected, you found it."