Oh no! I'm surrounded by female ghosts!

Su Ming rubbed his forehead.

After a long pause, he finally asked, "But before I came to 2020, you gave me a paper star."

"The message from the star told me not to worry too much about this apocalypse and to give myself a break."

Wen Qi nodded: "Indeed, there's no need to worry too much about it."

"I came to see you to remind you of this matter."

A smile played on her lips, but her tone carried a hint of weariness: "We have no idea just how terrifying they are."

"In past doomsday scenarios, we could only record the trajectory of the world's collapse, piecing together fragmented clues to speculate on their existence and purpose."

"But this time, I will let you see for yourself their true cleansing mechanism."

The moment the words "cleanup mechanism" were uttered, Su Ming's pupils suddenly contracted.

He finally understood.

No wonder when he told everyone the truth he had glimpsed from their level, only Wen Qi remained calm and showed no surprise whatsoever.

It turns out that she had also briefly been one of them and knew this truth.

Wen Qi's gaze was calm as he continued, "When someone ascends to His position, it is a sign that the cleansing mechanism has been officially activated."

"This mechanism was already activated during the world's first update in 2026."

"You should know that, right?"

Su Ming remained silent.

He knew.

He didn't say it before because the truth was too despairing for him to say, so he chose to deliberately hide it.

After a long while, Su Ming spoke in a slightly hoarse voice.

"They cannot understand humans, just as humans cannot understand them."

"Thus, the Ring of Destiny entered the world and transformed into true humankind."

"He will continue to grow and become complete until he returns to His place, taking with him all that he knows about humanity, and completely eradicate it, so that the universe may return to eternal order."

"I," Su Ming looked up, "am the human form that the Ring of Destiny transformed into."

He revealed this unspoken secret for the first time.

Yet his eyes remained clear and resolute, without the slightest wavering.

Looking at him, Wen Qi's eyes filled with a sense of relief and deep affection.

This is the predetermined ending of the original main timeline.

Su Ming will eventually shed his human form, return to his original position in the Ring of Destiny, and begin the ultimate cleansing, erasing all variables in the world.

"After the Ring of Destiny fell into slumber, the rest of them sensed the change."

"Because they influence humanity, and humanity also influences them."

"In an absolutely constant cosmic order, variables are not allowed to arise."

"It was precisely because of this variable that they, who should not have felt fear, experienced the emotion called fear for the first time."

"To prevent any unforeseen circumstances, they activated a second, fallback cleansing mechanism."

"No matter what deviations occur in the first cleaning process, the normal operation of the second cleaning mechanism must be ensured."

"Therefore, they chose a human being to help him ascend to His throne and become the sharp blade to carry out the cleansing."

"After layers of observation and selection, they chose Chen Zhiwei because Chen Zhiwei had always longed to become one of them."

"On the day the world was renewed and the abyss descended, we encountered a temple."

"It's called the Twisted Temple, a manifestation of some unknown forbidden knowledge."

"The sole purpose of the Twisted Temple descending upon the first level of the Abyss is to guide Chen Zhiwei."

"Once Yu Mengnian's descent of the gods is over, the next thing to descend will be the ultimate cleansing brought by Chen Zhiwei."

Su Ming only learned of Chen Zhiwei's whereabouts after he briefly became one of them.

She wasn't found dead; rather, she was taken away by their tangled, materialized temple.

The second cleaning mechanism is unstoppable and the most unsolvable.

Even if Su Ming doesn't end the descent of the gods, they will still take action.

The blurry city in Yu Mengnian's fragmented memories was their creation.

They not only want to eliminate the threat of Yu Mengnian, but also to completely stifle humanity's boundless imagination and cut off all possibilities for the emergence of variables.

Wen Qi nodded: "And what I'm going to demonstrate is the second cleaning mechanism."

"The doomsday line of 2020 is a unique exception."

"Because you can completely sever this doomsday line by killing Xu Qinghe and terminate the cleansing mechanism ahead of schedule."

"And what you need to do is observe with human cognition and thinking."

"Next, I will completely relinquish my ego and become the pure Him."

"The moment I return to human form, this memory of cleansing will become a blank that I cannot explore or understand."

"Only you will remember what happened back then."

Su Ming nodded solemnly.

He understands this all too well.

After his return from His position, most of the truth He carried became blank.

It's not that I can't remember, but rather that it's simply incomprehensible to humans with their way of thinking and understanding.

Even incomplete fragments are enough to overturn the world's established understanding that has lasted for thousands of years.

"it is good."

"But…"

Wen Qi knew what Su Ming was worried about.

She winked playfully, gently allaying his worries: "Don't underestimate me."

"I had arranged everything before I even met you."

"Even if the purge mechanism comes, humanity is not entirely powerless to resist."

"It will first come to the old world."

"Xu Qinghe has returned to the old world."

"She broke free from the shackles of the flesh, and this place was born because she listened to her heart."

"Therefore, she is currently in a stable state of being personified."

This is a very special situation.

It belongs neither to humans nor to them; it exists only in the space between them and humans.

The same applies to anthropomorphism.

The former is ascension to His throne, while the latter is falling to earth and returning to ordinariness.

"Chen Zhiwei knew of my existence as early as sixteen years ago in the old world."

"For the past sixteen years, she has been drawing closer to them."

"And then there's Yu Mengnian, whose emotions are unusually intense."

"Emotions are the core catalyst for the growth of dreams."

"That's why the purge will be especially wary of her, and she will be the first target of the purge mechanism."

"She should have mentioned to you that a blurry city appeared in her fragmented memories."

Su Ming nodded repeatedly; he had heard Yu Mengnian mention it before.

"Could it be related to you?"

Wen Qi nodded in acknowledgment: "I gave Yu Mengnian the fragments of her memory."

"She will remember all the future apocalyptic scenarios."

She raised her hand and gently stroked Su Ming's cheek, her eyes filled with tenderness and regret.

"I'm sorry, I can't always be by your side."

"But she can."

This is human warmth, and human emotion.

Su Ming also realized that Wen Qi had reincarnated alone countless times in the original timeline for this moment.

He also recalled the virtual panel he had seen deep within his soul.

The memory bar at the bottom of the panel is an endless, densely packed string of zeros.

From the boundless end of zero, a unique 1% was forged.

This 1% represents the whole truth, and also that faint possibility.

Although Wen Qi's memories are reset every time the original timeline cycles, returning him to the starting point and starting all over again.

But this is not a fluke; it is the deepest and most desperate persistence.

Because you don't know how many times you've been reincarnated, nor how many more times you'll be reincarnated.

But every time she starts over, she goes all out without hesitation, giving it her all.

In the original timeline, Wen Qi is the true protagonist, daring to defy fate.

"It's alright." Wen Qi leaned down slightly and gently kissed his forehead, her voice as soft as the wind: "I had forgotten."

Just because something can be forgotten doesn't mean it never happened.

It has long been etched into the flesh and blood of time, and cannot be erased.

"Now, I find it very difficult to maintain enough humanity."

"That city is what I left behind."

"It grows from the sea of ​​human memory, and its sole purpose is to seal off all human imagination and variables."

"It won't disappear just because Yu Mengnian disappeared."

"Because it is itself part of the cleaning mechanism."

This is basically consistent with Su Ming's previous guess.

Wen Qi's instructions continued.

"Every change in the new world will simultaneously affect the old world."

"Chen Zhiwei has now grasped the new world, and she knows what she should do."

Su Ming opened his mouth.

In other words, the object of Chen Zhiwei's declaration of war against the heavens was actually Wen Qi, who had become Him.

Now, all the fog has lifted and the truth has come to light.

However, Su Ming still had a few doubts in his heart.

He asked, "Sister School Beauty, since everything I experienced in 2020 was deliberately arranged by Xu Qinghe, why was Cheng Yao the first person I met?"

At the time, he thought it was just luck, but now it seems that's not the case.

Wen Qi explained, "That's because you need to plant a seed in Cheng Yao's heart."

"If you help her, she will develop a strong liking and trust for you."

"And this deep-seated obsession will be reflected in Cheng Yao of the old world."

"She was the most unique existence in the old world, the only one who had a chance to fight in the Vietnam War."

Su Ming had heard Yu Mengnian mention this before.

Cheng Yao's awakened ability is called Killing Intent Field. The stronger the killing intent, the stronger the combat power, with no upper limit and unlimited potential.

"So, after the cleansing begins, there's a possibility that beings at the level of a turbid god might appear here?"

Wen Qi nodded: "I will refer to all the corrupt gods of the old world as evil gods."

"With Cheng Yao by your side, I can truly feel at ease."

"After all, Yu Mengnian also has the potential to become alienated."

Su Ming remained silent for a long time.

He had to admit that Wen Qi had arranged everything perfectly, from all the unexpected events and risks to all the possible escape routes, and even his safety was ensured to be absolutely safe.

"One last question," Su Ming asked, "Under what circumstances should I kill Xu Qinghe and sever this doomsday line?"

Wen Qi smiled and said, "When she shows up in front of you again..."

"Even if she doesn't appear, Chen Zhiwei of the new world has a way to kill her."

In a word.

Su Ming should eat and sleep as usual, and not worry about this doomsday line.

His sole purpose was to witness the cleansing mechanism brought about by Wen Qi.

Even the final step in killing Xu Qinghe might be carried out by Chen Zhiwei from the new world.