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In the dead of night, the city streets and alleys have shed the hustle and bustle of the day and are fast asleep.

The empty sidewalk was dimly lit, with only a few streetlights casting a faint glow.

A lone figure wanders aimlessly through the streets.

Just a minute ago, Chu Ge had returned to the land of Eternal Star from Witch Star.

The cool ground pressed against her skin, and her fair toes instinctively curled up slightly.

The familiar touch spread up from the soles of my feet, carrying the warmth etched into my memory.

Yet the unfamiliar night scene around me exuded a strong sense of alienation.

This is the hometown where the girl has lived for more than ten years.

Yet it evoked a complex mix of emotions within her, a sense of trepidation at the prospect of returning home.

The three separated the moment they landed.

The Gluttony Witch stated that she was going to find someone.

Chu Ge and Xu Wan didn't linger. They said their goodbyes in tacit agreement and each headed towards the home they remembered.

Before parting ways, Chu Ge thought of something and couldn't help but ask the Gluttony Witch.

"How is Li Yi now?"

A strange glint flashed in the Gluttony Witch's eyes, and she sweetly replied, pulling on her arm:

"Oh dear, don't worry... Li Yi is doing very well now."

"You'll meet again someday."

After hearing this, Chu Ge nodded gently, suppressing all his doubts.

She chose to believe him.

After taking a few steps forward, Chu Ge slowly stopped.

She stood quietly by the roadside, gazing up at the endless, empty, and desolate street, lost in thought.

With her current cultivation level, she could use her spatial abilities to teleport home immediately after landing.

But she hesitated to take action.

Nearly five years have passed since we left Eternal Star, enough time for the world to undergo earth-shattering changes.

Back then, hundreds of nuclear bombs fell with a deafening roar, destroying the entire sea area; the impact was immense.

In everyone's eyes, she had already perished in that explosion.

The entire internet was flooded with public opinion, and the whole country knew about the uproar.

She has become "famous" all over the world.

Chu's parents must have seen all the news as well.

Will they feel sorry for themselves?

Will he still harbor resentment because of the enormous disaster he caused back then?

After so many years, will my sudden return frighten my family whom I haven't seen in so long?

A thought quietly popped into my mind.

Five years is too long.

Perhaps Mom, Dad, and my brother have already slowly moved on from their grief.

Perhaps they have completely let go of themselves.

Even at home, there are new children who have taken her place.

Chu Ge was unsure of the answer.

Just like now, standing on a familiar yet unfamiliar street, she has no idea whether she should embark on the journey home.

She suddenly felt a strong urge to ask Xu Wan a question.

But she had no idea where Xu Wan lived.

The two separated as soon as they landed, lost in the vast sea of ​​people, nowhere to be found.

After much hesitation, Chu Ge finally made up his mind.

Come back home.

Even if things have changed, she still wants to see it with her own eyes.

With her mind made up, she raised her hand and tore through the void in front of her, following the remaining memories deep in her mind, and used the power of space to teleport away.

But the moment he landed, Chu Ge froze.

She was suspended 100 meters in the air, with a brand-new residential area below her.

The building style, the layout of the community, and the surrounding environment were all completely unfamiliar.

It was clearly a newly built residential area in recent years, and it had nothing in common with the home she remembered.

Chu Ge assumed that his memory had become distorted due to being away for too long.

She steadied herself and used her spatial abilities to relocate several times.

But every time I teleported and landed, the surrounding scenery was completely wrong.

Neither her own residential community nor the Tomson complex where she used to live in seclusion could be found without a trace.

The coordinates in my memory have completely failed, and all the familiar places have disappeared.

The sense of alienation she felt towards this land that gave her birth and nurtured her grew stronger and stronger.

But she was absolutely certain.

This is Eternal Star, there's no mistake.

Chu Ge sighed softly in his heart.

After several years apart, I returned home but did not know the way back.

Finally, she withdrew her powers and landed on the street, intending to ask someone for directions.

Even late at night, a few passersby still walked by.

She politely approached and asked, and the passerby opened their phone's navigation app and patiently pointed her in the right direction.

After expressing his gratitude, Chu Ge activated spatial teleportation once again.

This time, the teleportation went smoothly.

The neighborhood beneath my feet finally perfectly overlaps with memories that have been buried for many years.

The number of buildings, the road layout, and the location of greenery are all the same as before.

Late at night, the entire neighborhood was quiet.

Most of the floors were dark and silent, with only a few apartments still lit.

A figure could be vaguely seen moving slowly behind the floor-to-ceiling window.

Chu Ge landed and walked to the familiar front door of her home, raising her hand to gently knock.

dong dong dong.

A crisp knock echoed through the quiet hallway.

She stood quietly outside the door, waiting for a long time.

The door remained closed.

Chu Ge remained calm, showing no surprise.

With her current perception far exceeding that of ordinary people, she had already figured out the situation inside the house the moment she stood at the door.

The house was empty.

"never mind."

With a soft sigh, Chu Ge stopped waiting.

With a slight sway, he stepped across the doorway and teleported into the living room.

The curtains inside were drawn tightly, making it completely dark.

The entire room was plunged into deep darkness, oppressive and desolate.

Chu Ge walked to the switch on the wall and pressed it lightly with his finger.

Click.

The crisp sound of the switch flipping rang out.

The living room lights, however, did not turn on as expected.

She persisted and pressed the button several times.

The lights remained dim.

She then tested all the switches in the room one by one.

After a moment, Chu Ge confirmed the current situation.

power cut.

Touching the switch and the wall with your fingertip reveals a thick layer of dust.

It was obvious that the place was now empty and deserted, and had been uninhabited for a long time.

Chu Ge stepped into her bedroom.

The interior furnishings were as they always had, only covered in dust.

She opened the bedside table drawer and pulled out a spare cell phone that had been lying idle for a long time from the deepest part.

The old SIM card was still inserted in the SIM card slot, but the phone was out of power and the screen was black, with no response to powering on.

Holding her black-screened phone, she turned and walked out of the empty house.

……

The streets were dimly lit late at night.

Chu Ge followed the street signs and entered a 24-hour fast food restaurant.

The girl with white hair and red eyes was too striking in appearance.

She quietly walked to the corner seat in the store, plugged in the charging cable, and quietly charged her phone.

A few minutes later.

The phone screen, which had been black, finally lit up and automatically powered on.

Looking at the successfully lit interface, a faint look of joy flashed across Chu Ge's eyes.

After being left unused for so many years, the battery is still working perfectly.

She entered her lock screen password and unlocked her phone.

Back then, to avoid trouble, she prepaid for twenty years' worth of phone bills in one go.

Many years later, the phone card is still in good standing and the internet connection is working normally.

It's just that so much time has passed, and many software versions are outdated and cannot be opened normally.

Chu Ge opened the app store and patiently updated WeChat.

The moment you log in to your account.

Ding Dong!Ding Dong!

A barrage of message notification sounds rang out in quick succession.

The overwhelming number of unread messages popping up almost completely crashed this old phone.

On the screen, countless contact names flashed by rapidly.

Dad, Sailor Moon, Chu Hong, Aunt, Classmate...

The barrage of messages scrolled across the screen for a long time before gradually subsiding.

Chu Ge suppressed her anxiety and first opened the "Dad" chat interface.

The very first message at the top is dated December 7, 2026.

That was the day after she celebrated her birthday at home.

This also marked the beginning of Zhu Rong's uncontrolled Nirvana and the subsequent catastrophe in the East Sea.

The message was simple; it was what Chu's father would send her every day.

[Little Ge, did you have a good day at school?]

Hours after this message was sent.

The chat history has changed.

The screen was filled with voice messages, all of them.

His tone was full of panic and apprehension.

Every question was about her whereabouts, whether she was safe, and whether she was injured.

Chu Ge patiently listened to all the audio messages one by one.

In just one day, Chu's father's emotions changed from gentle admonitions to fear and panic.

Until the nuclear bomb fell, the news that she had perished on the deserted island was officially announced across the internet.

The content of the chat history is now frozen in time.

In the days to come.

Chu's father did not ask any more frantic questions.

Every single day, the same message would be sent on time.

Little Song, Mom and Dad miss you so much.

Nine simple words, repeated day after day without interruption.

This message, which had been circulating widely for several years, finally came to a close three years ago.

Since then, the chat box has been completely silent, without any further activity.

Upon seeing this, Chu Ge felt a sudden pang in his heart, and an unprecedented pain spread throughout his body.

She barely hesitated before pressing the dial button and calling Chu's father.

Beep beep—

A cold, mechanical tone quickly came through the receiver.

The number you dialed is currently switched off. Please try again later.

Once, twice, three times.

I dialed repeatedly, but the result was always the same.

She then opened WeChat and initiated a video call.

The screen remained open, but no one answered.

Chu Ge closed his eyes and opened them again, took a deep breath, typed a line of text, and sent it out.

"Dad, I'm home."

The message was sent successfully, and the interface remained silent without any response.

She took a deep breath, exited the chat window, and opened the contact with the name "Sailor Moon".

This is Mom's number.

The first message was sent around the same time as Chu's father's.

His gentle and sweet tone was full of doting affection.

My dear daughter, Sailor Moon misses you so much today too.

Do you miss Sailor Moon?

What followed was an overwhelming barrage of questions, concerns, and countless missed calls.

Chu's mother sends messages far more frequently and is more emotional than Chu's father.

Every word and phrase reveals an unconcealable worry and panic.

Chu Ge slowly slid his finger down the screen, his heart growing heavier and heavier.

All communication lasted only a day before it completely stopped.

There were no further short sentences expressing longing, no continued questioning.

Clean and tidy, then abruptly stopped.

In an instant, Chu Ge felt a strong sense of unease.

She dialed Chu's mother's number repeatedly.

The result was still that the phone was switched off and no one responded.

She suppressed her panic and continued to open the "Chu Hong" chat box.

The entire interface shows only one lonely unread message.

【wait for me. 】

The message was sent a month later than that sent by Chu's parents.

Chu Ge immediately dialed Chu Hong's number.

This time, the notification tone on the receiver finally changed.

The user you dialed is not in service area. Please try again later.

This means that Chu Hong's phone was neither damaged nor turned off.

However, he was in a special area with no signal coverage whatsoever.

Chu Ge suppressed the heaviness in her heart and finally opened the "Auntie" chat box.

News about Lin Xueli is scarce, and this one was sent after her accident.

The two sentences are concise and to the point.

Are you alright?

[My sister and brother-in-law and I have been picked up and taken to Dachang City.]

Upon seeing these two sentences, Chu Ge's heart skipped a beat.

Without hesitation, she immediately dialed Lin Xueli's number.

The call was answered almost instantly.

On the other end of the receiver came a clear, urgent, and incredulous female voice.

"Feed?! Little Liuli, is that you?!"

"It's me, Auntie."

Lin Xueli, on the other end of the phone, experienced a sudden surge of emotion, unable to conceal her excitement.

"It really is you! You really didn't die!"

The moment she confirmed Chu Ge's identity, she immediately pressed him for answers.

Where are you now? I'm coming to find you right away!

The phrase "You really didn't die" allowed Chu Ge to grasp the key information.

Lin Xueli seems to know that she is not dead?

She didn't press for an explanation over the phone, but simply replied softly.

"I'm at a fast food restaurant in Donghai City. Send me your location and I'll come find you."

"Can."

Lin Xueli immediately agreed, and a few seconds later, a location was sent over.

Location: [East Sea Divine Order Bureau]

"...The Divine Order Bureau?" Chu Ge was slightly taken aback, and countless doubts arose in his heart.

A moment later, she packed up her phone, followed the location, and went there.

……

The gate of the East Sea Divine Order Bureau is solemn and dignified, with dedicated guards standing at the entrance.

Looking from afar, a familiar figure stood at the entrance.

The woman was dressed in a white research lab coat, her hair neatly tied in a high ponytail, and she had a tall and capable posture.

It was my aunt, Lin Xueli, whom I hadn't seen for many years.

Several years later, Lin Xueli has become more composed, but her appearance hasn't changed much; she's still as radiant as ever.

"Auntie."

Chu Ge called out softly.

Before she finished speaking, she moved swiftly and instantly appeared in front of Lin Xueli.

Its sudden appearance was too abrupt and bizarre.

Even Lin Xueli, who was used to all kinds of extraordinary scenes, was startled by this sudden commotion.

The two members of the Divine Order Bureau standing guard at the entrance immediately tensed up.

The two simultaneously activated their inner magic power, awakened their divine order, and instantly entered a state of alert for battle.

His expression was tense, his eyes sharp, and he stared intently at Chu Ge, who had suddenly appeared.

"Mr. Lin! Back off immediately! This man is of unknown origin and extremely dangerous!"

Both of them were peak B-level Divine Order practitioners, with a vision far beyond that of ordinary people.

No matter how hard they tried to sense it, they couldn't determine the depth of the white-haired girl's cultivation level.

The other party's aura was unpredictable, and a sense of oppression was overwhelming.

Lin Xueli snapped out of her daze and quickly raised her hand to stop the two from their wary posture.

"It's alright, it's alright, we're all on the same side."

"This is my niece. She came here specifically to see me, so you don't need to be nervous."

After saying that, she ignored the guards, grabbed Chu Ge's wrist, and quickly left the door.

The two guards exchanged a glance, simultaneously breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly withdrew their magic.

A layer of cold sweat had already quietly appeared on my back.

Fortunately, the other party was not an enemy.

If the white-haired girl intended to attack, the two of them wouldn't be able to stop her at all.

Once the two had walked away, the guard post area returned to quiet.

After a long pause, one of the team members lowered his voice and spoke hesitantly.

"Hey, don't you think Mr. Lin's niece looks familiar?"

The other team member frowned, carefully recalling the figure and appearance from just now.

With white hair and red eyes, his appearance is highly distinctive and memorable.

But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't recall where he had seen it before.

"It does look familiar... but I just can't remember where it came from."

The two whispered to each other, but ultimately had no clue, so they could only suppress their doubts and continue their duty.

the other side.

Lin Xueli didn't take Chu Ge back to the dormitory, but instead drove her directly to the beach.

The sea breeze was cool in the dead of night, and the bright moonlight spread across the sea.

The shimmering waves rose and fell with the tide, and the layers of waves gently lapped against the beach.

The two walked side by side along the empty coastline, their steps slow and quiet.

After a long while of listening to the sea breeze, Chu Ge finally suppressed all the restlessness in his heart and took the initiative to ask.

She stopped and turned to look at Lin Xueli beside her, her eyes serious.

"Auntie, how are my parents doing now?"

Lin Xueli stopped and stared at the churning sea for several seconds in silence.

After a long while, she slowly spoke.

"They left Eternal Star."

Upon hearing this, Chu Ge's heart, which had been hanging in mid-air, eased slightly.

The Chinese people have always been straightforward in their speech.

Either say it directly, "The person is gone."

Or just say "I'm leaving".

That is, being separated by life and death.

The fact that they left actually meant that both of them were safe and sound.

She quickly followed up with a question to confirm her suspicions.

"Auntie, you mean they're still alive?"

"right."

Lin Xueli nodded emphatically, her tone calm, yet filled with countless sighs.

"He's alright, he's just not on this planet anymore."

In the following time, Lin Xueli slowly began to speak, recounting the aftermath of the nuclear explosion.

When the nuclear explosion on the deserted island in the Eastern Pacific ended, the entire internet was filled with criticism and condemnation of Chu Ge.

A deluge of insults and calls for accountability swept across the entire internet.

The turmoil was so great that even family members were implicated.

Chu's mother watched the news unfold across the internet and witnessed her daughter being condemned to infamy and perishing in the flames.

The immense blow and extreme grief exceeded the limits that ordinary people could bear.

The severe psychological trauma completely overwhelmed her.

Overnight, she developed psychogenic amnesia.

This illness caused her to forget everyone and everything.

All the grief over his daughter, all the everyday memories, were sealed away in his brain.

In order to protect the safety of the two of them, and also to treat the sister's illness.

Lin Xueli immediately took Chu's parents to Dachang City and protected them properly.

Over the years, she has been searching for Chu Ge's whereabouts while devoting all her resources to treating her sister's psychological trauma.

She has been deeply involved in scientific research for many years, developing countless gene drugs and overcoming various intractable diseases.

She has the ability to intervene and heal 99% of the world's illnesses and injuries.

But she was helpless when it came to psychogenic amnesia caused by such severe emotional trauma.

After listening to her aunt's story, Chu Ge trembled slightly.

She finally understood.

Now I understand why my mother only sent a message for one day before completely cutting off contact.

Seeing her dejected look, Lin Xueli continued to recount the subsequent events.

"Three years ago, the Fourth World merged with Eternal Star."

"A month after the fusion ended, a special being found me."

"The other party has no physical form, only a floating light and shadow, which calls itself 'Apocalypse'."

After Apocalypse appeared, he directly showed Lin Xueli a vision of the future of Eternal Star.

The scene depicts a massive invasion by a high-level cultivation civilization from beyond the realm.

His cultivation level far surpasses all local combat power; those with technology, magic, and divine order are all powerless to resist.

The flames of war spread across the entire planet, causing immense suffering and devastation.

The end was nothing but bloodshed and desolation, with no hope of survival.

Lin Xueli was completely puzzled at the time.

Today, the magic of Eternal Star continues to revive.

Technology is rapidly advancing, magicians are awakening in large numbers, and those with divine orders are constantly rising in power.

Its overall strength is getting stronger year by year.

Even when facing external forces, we should not be powerless to fight back.

She immediately questioned him.

The sigh of the Apocalypse is cold and realistic.

"The rise of Eternal Star has been too short."

"No matter how fast the development speed is, the accumulation in just a few years is far less than that of the ancient civilizations in the myriad worlds that have existed for hundreds of thousands or millions of years."

"Compared to those top-tier powers that have existed for countless ages, Eternal Star is as insignificant as an insect."

After recounting the future catastrophe, Apocalypse revealed his purpose for coming.

He wants to take Chu's parents away.

Without much explanation, he simply left two sentences.

"You don't need to stop me, I won't hurt them."

"I will cure your sister's amnesia. When we meet again, they will have the ability to protect themselves, which is better than staying on Eternal Star."

Back then, Lin Xueli naturally couldn't easily believe in a mysterious being that appeared out of nowhere.

She immediately mobilized all available forces in Dachang City.

Firearms, magicians, and divine beings were all mobilized.

But all the attacks landed on Tianqi and couldn't even cause a ripple.

The other party didn't even retaliate.

All the participants in the battle collapsed to the ground without a sound.

At that moment, Lin Xueli fully realized the gap between them.

Even if all the forces of Eternal Star were mobilized, they could not shake this mysterious being in the slightest.

She was powerless to stop them and could only watch helplessly as Tianqi took Chu's parents away.

Before leaving, Apocalypse left behind a promise.

"When the first quasi-emperor is born on Eternal Star, I will return once more."

A gentle evening breeze blows by the sea, and the story slowly comes to an end.

Chu Ge remained silent for a long time, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

After a long while, she looked up at her aunt and asked the second question that had been on her mind.

"Auntie, why did you say on the phone that I really wasn't dead?"

Lin Xueli appeared calm and composed, without hiding anything.

"What I calculated and what I judged."

"After your accident, I accessed your physical data and kept a physical sample of you."

"I am well aware of your physical strength."

"That explosion involved a total of 365 nuclear bombs."

"This power is enough to kill you, but not enough to completely destroy all your bodily tissues."

"After the nuclear explosion, I sent people to search the entire deserted island and the surrounding sea area."

"We used all our equipment and searched for a whole month, but we didn't find any human remains."

Lin Xueli's eyes were firm, and her tone was extremely serious.

"I'm a researcher; I only believe in evidence, not rumors."

"I will not consider you dead until the body is found and the remains are confirmed."

These words were spoken with resounding force.

The bitterness that had been building up in Chu Ge's heart slowly began to dissipate.

It turns out that during the five years when everyone believed she was dead and gone.

Only my aunt firmly believed that she was still alive and never gave up searching for her.

She composed herself and asked one last question.

"What about your brother? Do you know where Chu Hong is right now?"

When Chu Hong was mentioned, Lin Xueli shook her head slightly, her eyes filled with helplessness and regret.

"I don't know."

"After I took your parents away and settled them in, I checked on Chu Hong's situation immediately."

"After the news of your accident spread, he was depressed for a long time, but he remained well-behaved and did not do anything impulsive."

"But after school let out for the holidays, he suddenly disappeared completely."

"The people I secretly placed around him couldn't find any trace of him; they had no idea where he went."

"Over the years, I have never stopped searching for his whereabouts."

"To this day, there is still not a single clue."

The sea breeze blew again, ruffling the white hair around the girl's ears.

On the empty beach, only silent contemplation and lingering longing remain.

Family members are separated, and the home is empty.

Returning home after five years, all that remained was the changed appearance and the loss of people.

Chu Ge then recounted his experiences on Witch Star over the years to Lin Xueli.

After listening, Lin Xueli pondered and nodded, then suddenly remembered something and looked up at Chu Ge:

"By the way, I've figured out the results of my research on the half coffin plank you entrusted to me back then, and that piece of Tai Sui."