Oh no! I'm surrounded by female ghosts!

Su Ming gained the highest level of access to the back room.

This back room cleaning mechanism has now come to an end.

Meanwhile, in the City of Eternal Silence in the Deep Sea, they were suppressed again by Wen Qi, Shen Wanyu, and Xu Qinghe.

It can be said.

The second cleanup mechanism is on the verge of failure.

As for whether a third cleanup mechanism will emerge, Su Ming believes that the possibility is extremely slim.

If it is an old era, and the first cleansing mechanism fails, a second, a third, and so on will appear until all variables are completely eliminated.

But the old era has ended, and the new era has officially begun.

The universe today is no longer just a variable involving humanity.

Even they began to descend upon Earth in anthropomorphic form, becoming a new variable.

This is an unprecedented and enormous change.

The old order has been overthrown, and a new order is being established.

From this day forward, the cleanup mechanism has lost its purpose.

Su Ming led Bai Xinglan away from the back room.

He looked up at the sky, but his thoughts were on Chen Zhiwei.

Chen Zhiwei ascended to His throne in the Old Mandate Era.

She became the executor of the second cleanup mechanism.

Her traces remain everywhere, in the eternally silent deep-sea city and the harem, imprinted with her will.

Especially her back room, which has a very strong personal style.

The living network known as the Gate of All Things is very likely her creation.

After all, when she was human, she was the most outstanding scientist on Earth.

Therefore, Su Ming became even more curious about the identity of the head of the harem.

The first thing to do upon returning to Earth.

Su Ming gently stepped on the ground.

A blurred gate rose from the ground.

The woman imprisoned inside was the former mistress of the harem.

Looking at the door in front of him, which he could not see clearly no matter what, Su Ming did not rush to go in, but had a strange feeling.

He lightly stomped his foot on the ground again.

A gate of flesh and blood rose from the ground.

The third light tap.

The Gate of All Things also appeared.

Activate the cross-shaped vision and rewind time to March 22, 2026.

The gates of the past then appeared.

Four doors, visible only to him, appeared side by side before him.

The Gate of Obscurity, the Gate of Flesh and Blood, the Gate of All Things, the Gate of the Past.

Four doors, leading to four different endings.

Behind the blurred gate lies a false, perfect ending to the world line.

Within the gate of flesh and blood lies the fate of a pseudo-human, whose cognition is distorted, twisted, and alienated, yet who still maintains the order of humanity.

Within the gate of all things lies the end of abandoning clarity, allowing new life to be born without wisdom, thereby sustaining all things in the world.

Within the Gate of the Past lies the return to the old era, the restart of the cleansing mechanism, and the restoration of the universe to its eternal state.

Having traversed only five apocalyptic storylines, he had already unlocked four endings.

These four endings are the ones that were relatively acceptable, chosen from among countless possible endings.

But to be honest, Su Ming didn't like it.

Let's walk around some more and see.

Today, both humans and all beings are searching for different outcomes and entirely new paths.

They will reveal all the endings they have found to Su Ming.

Ultimately, Su Ming could only choose one, thus determining his final destination.

I pulled myself back to reality.

Su Ming raised his hand and pushed open the blurry door, stepping inside.

This was his second time entering the Gate of Obscurity.

What comes into view is still that strange city with disordered and distorted shapes.

It's as if all the buildings in the world have been forcibly and haphazardly pieced together, revealing incongruity and absurdity everywhere.

This time.

The wind carrying that vague memory did not appear.

Instead, a figure appeared out of thin air in front of Su Ming.

It has a standard human physique, but there is no distinction between male and female.

Its face was blank, without eyebrows, eyes, nose, or mouth, like an unfinished doll, appearing empty and eerie.

When it appeared in front of Su Ming, its blank facial features gradually grew out, and its form began to transform into that of a woman.

Soon, the figure's appearance and physique became exactly the same as "Chen Zhiwei".

Su Ming's eyes darkened slightly, and he said in an unpleasant tone, "If you're not Chen Zhiwei, then don't stand in front of me pretending to be her."

The "Chen Zhiwei" before him countered, "Why do you say that?"

Su Ming pointed at it and said with certainty, "If Chen Zhiwei were to descend upon Blue Star in an anthropomorphic form, she would never choose a purely human form."

This is the old law that Su Ming set beforehand.

This old law is absolute.

Anything that humans designate as a source of pollution must not set foot on Earth in a purely nonexistent form; it must rely on a tangible, concrete carrier to descend.

Chen Zhiwei has ascended to His position and become the source of pollution.

Based on Su Ming's understanding of Chen Zhiwei.

If she were to descend, her physical form would inevitably shed its human form.

Because throughout her life, she longed to be them, not to be human.

From the very beginning, she held an extreme pessimism toward humanity.

Therefore, she will never descend upon Earth in human form again.

Looking at Su Ming's resolute expression, the master of the inner chambers sighed and admitted, "You are right, I am indeed not Chen Zhiwei."

As soon as he finished speaking, its appearance changed again.

It still looks like a human, but no longer resembles Chen Zhiwei.

Seeing this, Su Ming laughed a few times.

These anthropomorphized beings, in the end, are tainted by the myriad aspects of human life, giving rise to emotions and aesthetics unique to humankind.

Aesthetics, for those who are truly pure, have no value or meaning.

Today, the cost of anthropomorphism has already emerged.

Once they have human form, they develop human emotions and do things that they once considered meaningless.

The mistress of the harem looked at Su Ming, her eyes filled with incomprehension and resentment.

"You were once one of us too."

"Why did you choose humans, and not us, as the vessel for this new life?"

The mistress of the harem asked her question.

Su Ming found the question absurd.

He is human now.

If not humans, who else could they choose?

His gaze sharpened immediately, and he stared at the mistress of the harem, demanding an answer.

"Before you ask me any questions, you have to answer a few questions for me first."

Tell me, where is Chen Zhiwei?

The descent of the gods has disappeared.

Logically speaking, Chen Zhiwei should definitely arrive.

Even if she doesn't descend, she will still leave some traces.

But after so many days, not even a trace of Chen Zhiwei has been found.

Upon hearing Chen Zhiwei's name, a distinct expression of anger suddenly appeared on the beautiful face of the mistress of the harem.

"I have no idea."

"But she lied to me."

The voice of the empress dowager carried an undisguised hoarseness and despair.

"She told me that as long as I descended to Earth in an anthropomorphic form, I would be able to truly understand and comprehend humanity."

"Human imagination, joy, anger, sorrow, love, hate, greed, and desire—these were once the unknowns we were most curious about and most eager to explore."

"It wasn't until after I was born that I discovered I loathed humanity, loathed lingering emotions, loathed rampant desires, and loathed everything I had once been so curious about."

Seeing the mistress of the harem going crazy, Su Ming laughed until tears almost came out.

He knows this feeling all too well.

They were once without desires, without sorrow or joy, without greed or thought; only the curiosity of the unknown could move them.

But once they descend upon Earth in anthropomorphic form, human cognition, emotions, feelings, and desires will inevitably emerge.

Thus, they came to understand loneliness, experienced fear, developed anxieties, and gave rise to obsessions and desires.

From these emotions arose, they also gave birth to regret.

Over time, their accumulated regret gave rise to hatred.

As hatred accumulated layer upon layer, suffering was ultimately born.

This is something they have never experienced before, and it is the price of anthropomorphism.

The closer they get to humans, the greater the cost, and the more difficult it is for them to bear.