Bengtie: My death fueled their madness.

Spring has passed and autumn has come; it has been 57 years since Qi Zhimu passed away.

Durand died peacefully in his sleep.

Black Swan, as the daughter, bid farewell to her mother under the name Clarisse, and left her homeland to collect memories across the galaxy.

Occasionally, he would return to Qi Zhimu's bamboo house for a short stay and rest.

Only the anniversary of his death returns punctually year after year, never forgotten.

……

Qi Zhimu passed away 203 years ago.

The components of the dolls he left behind aged and began to malfunction.

For years, this mechanical doll has been repeating the same specific task.

At specific times of the year, plum groves are cultivated, plum blossoms are picked to make wine, and the wine is sent to the place where Ruanmei lives.

They regularly clean Ruan Mei's home and reinforce the bamboo house with special materials.

The path leading to Ruan Mei's house was never properly vegetated.

Yu Qingtu saw everything and not only did not stop it, but when he saw the doll malfunctioning, he even had the idea of ​​repairing it.

Seeing that the dolls can maintain themselves and produce replacement parts inevitably evokes mixed feelings.

She felt sorry for Qi Zhimu, but she also knew that she could not interfere with all of this, but rather had to facilitate it.

The reason is simple. To put it simply, everything Qi Zhimu did was subtly building up a buff.

—A buff powerful enough to pierce the heart of a willing person and cause them to collapse.

……

Qi Zhimu passed away 276 years ago.

Many major events have occurred in the universe.

In recent years, conflicts have been ongoing between various groups of wealthy people who make a living by plundering and the Xianzhou fleet, and the war has intensified.

Many forces in the galaxy are speculating that sooner or later, the two sides will engage in a bloody war that will shake the entire world.

Even worse... there might be another spaceship crashing.

Most people are not optimistic about the Immortal Ship Fleet, as this emerging force is too young.

Although the level of the abundant blessings it received was high, it was originally an ordinary human primate with questionable combat strength.

If one lacks the ability to preserve the miracles of bountiful blessings, one is nothing more than easy prey in the eyes of the other powerful and bountiful people.

The different peoples, mainly the Wing Makers and the Stepping People, have almost always won against the Immortal Boat Alliance.

The turning point came with the ascension of the Star God.

After the Star God "Lan" repeatedly appeared on the Immortal Ship, the people of Fengrao finally realized that a rash attack on the Immortal Ship's main vessel could result in a bloody price.

Shortly thereafter, the Fox Clan, who had also suffered from the plunder of the Abundant People, and the Wisdom Clan, who had lost their homeland, joined the Immortal Ship Fleet, and the three formally formed an alliance.

The Star Hunter began to become the undisputed orthodox faith of the Immortal Ship Alliance, surpassing even the Preservation God.

Lan opened the power of destiny to the entire Immortal Ship Alliance, and seven powerful successor envoys were born, known as the Seven Heavenly Generals of the Imperial Bow.

From then on, the alliance possessed the strength to confront the Abundance faction head-on, and was no longer suffering more defeats than losses.

However, even with their newfound power, the Immortal Boat Alliance was still unable to overwhelm the bountiful people.

Their foundation is still shallow, and they need time to develop.

The main fighting force, the Cloud Cavalry, were originally just a group of mortals or fox people who had received the blessing of abundance and longevity.

Compared to the wealthy people who already possess special abilities, their combat strength is significantly inferior.

While the Vidyadharas, who rely on molting and rebirth, are physically strong and have outstanding combat power, they cannot reproduce and are all non-renewable resources.

Unless it is a matter of life and death, the Alliance would never send a large number of Ming Clan members to the front lines.

In the year 4274 of the Star Calendar, the Cangcheng Immortal Ship annihilated a large army of the Fengrao people, winning this bloody battle.

General Cangcheng, suffering from permanent psychological trauma, was no longer fit to fight and thus abdicated in favor of a more capable leader.

Two years later, the general married a member of the Luofu Immortal Boat Cloud Cavalry who had come to reinforce Cangcheng.

It is said that the guard's name was Qi Chengyou, and he settled in Cangcheng after the war.

He led a small elite squad of less than a hundred men to guard the entrance to the refuge cave amidst the flames of war, saving hundreds of millions of ordinary people from disaster.

The story spread throughout the Immortal Boat Alliance, and the combination of the retired general and the valiant guard became a legend passed down through generations.

……

Qi Zhimu passed away 488 years ago.

In a remote corner of the universe, in a deserted place.

On this planet devoid of civilization, a cataclysmic earthquake erupted.

Once the disaster subsides, the planetary ecosystem that had rapidly evolved due to external forces will cease to exist.

It seemed that only Ruan Mei's manor and basement laboratory remained unaffected throughout the entire world.

The laboratory doors, which had been closed for many years, slowly opened.

A woman with flowing black hair and a graceful demeanor emerged from among them.

The destruction of the planet's entire ecosystem did not cause Ruan Mei the slightest emotional fluctuation.

Her research, which had lasted for many years, has once again hit a bottleneck, and this time it has lasted longer than ever before.

To move into the next stage, something is always missing...

To take this step, she has not stepped out of the laboratory for more than 30 years, but she still has not been able to achieve her goal.

Back at the manor, Ruan Mei saw ten jars of plum blossom wine piled up at the designated location, the dolls yet to be moved to the underground laboratory.

That's the amount for this year; each jar is enough for her to drink for more than a month.

This is also the only special contact that Amu has with her each year, indicating that the teacher-student relationship has not been completely severed.

Ruan Mei subconsciously calculated the time; it was... the day Qi Zhimu completed his apprenticeship.

"Exactly six hundred years."

Unexpectedly, quite a bit of time has passed.

The research has been stalled for so long, I might as well go see Amu...

Having made up her mind, Ruan Mei was about to contact Qi Zhimu when she realized that the earthquake had completely destroyed the interstellar signal receiving base station outside.

This planet could only communicate with the outside world through base stations, and now even that is no longer possible.

So be it.

A large crack appeared in the ground, and the spaceship rose from it.

As Ruan Mei sailed towards the starry sky, she remembered something else...

Centuries have passed, and she has no idea where Qi Zhimu is.

They returned to the manor and found the mailing address for the plum blossom wine, finally discovering its exact destination.

The name of that planet seems familiar... I think I visited it at some point in time.

It wasn't until they entered the planet's orbit and saw its face that Nguyen Mai Na, whose memories had been out of touch with the times due to her immersion in her research, finally recalled some things.

The house she moved out of through special means after her parents' accidental death a long time ago, a house that had long been torn apart, is right here...

After only a short stay on this planet, they set off for the Milky Way to find suitable research samples.

Qi Zhimu's hometown world is the first example.

After that, she found Qi Zhimu and brought him back to live with her for a few years.

After recovering from their illnesses, they left together for the next sample planet, which was a deserted place, and hundreds of years passed in the blink of an eye.

Over time, the matter was temporarily forgotten.

How did Amu end up back here?