Is Kiana in Onphalos?

Only if she dies can a new instance be created on the basis of the stuck system, then a new re-creation, a new pursuit of fire, and finally a new cycle of reincarnation be completed.

"So, he's one of us?" Wan Di stared intently at Hei E.

"Correct."

Kiana nodded.

"The original Bai E killed the original Xi Lian, and then, carrying Xi Lian's ritual sword, went to a new cycle of reincarnation."

"And the original Xi Lian, although dead, was not completely dead. She gained the favor of memory and became the daughter of memory. Now, she is trapped in a place."

“From then on, all Xi Lian were both her and not her. Every Xi Lian made the same choice, willingly letting the past Bai E kill her.”

She looked at Hei'e, then at Bai'e, and said, "That's right! Hei'e is the Bai'e of the past, and Bai'e is the Hei'e of the future."

"In the beginning, Bai E tried countless methods and explored countless possibilities, but in the end, all he got was failure."

"He knew that his task was actually to use the re-creation to delay the system's progress. As long as he could keep delaying, there would always be hope."

"Xi Lian has always firmly believed that many people and entities in the outside world will eventually turn their attention to Onfaros. As long as external variables are truly introduced, they will be able to usher in a real turning point."

"Is he me?" Bai E looked at Hei E.

His feelings became even more complicated.

If it were him, he would never kill Xilian. But as Kiana said, if there really is no other way and he has to kill her, he might actually do it.

It's true, I will bear everything!

My wish is to fulfill everyone's wishes!

“Perhaps, this is your flaw?” Wan Di seemed to understand something and patted Bai E on the shoulder.

"Initially, Bai E interfered with the journey of chasing fire in various ways, trying to contain all the fire within his own body and use his own body as a container."

Kiana said slowly, "Because only in this way will the fire not be offered to the Black Tide, and will not be turned into nourishment for the Lord of Annihilation."

"Although the fire gave him great power, it also eroded his humanity in the cycle of reincarnation. With each chase of fire and each spark of fire, he embarked on the most cruel journey."

"Is every spark within his body...?" Aglaia had already understood.

Before him stood the pitiful figure of Hei E, resembling a corpse on its deathbed.

It is probably the result of the fire burning.

One spark may not mean much, but what about hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, or even more? What would happen?

it goes without saying!

Moreover, the number of fire seeds within Hei E's body after those more than 30 million reincarnations is far beyond what can be described as tens of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions.

Over 100 million!

"That's too much!" Xia Die murmured.

She looked at Blackie.

"How painful... this must be..."

"He's held on all this time?" Bai E had a premonition when Kiana was telling him about Onpharos's secret that Xi Lian's death might not be so simple.

But now, this has been confirmed.

He couldn't imagine what kind of feelings he had to endure constant separations, even to the point of killing his childhood sweetheart with his own hands, and then carrying the torch, wandering the world alone like a ghost.

He even admired him a little.

"actually."

Kiana smiled. "The initial Bai E only lasted for four million reincarnations. But it wasn't like that later on."

"The White Calamity of the previous cycle became the Black Calamity, transforming into the Fire Thief. In the end, he entrusted all his power, memories, and fire to his present self."

"The present self, having completed the relay, will continue the fire-stealing in the next generation."

She pointed to Black Eer.

"Therefore, the one you see is only from the previous cycle, not the original one."

"Even so! In each cycle, there are 12 fire seeds, 33550336 cycles, and more than 400 million Titan fire seeds. He was burned to nothing but a shell by the fire seeds as soon as he received all the remnants of the previous Black Calamity."

Kiana pointed it out directly.

"In fact, precisely because the current cycle of reincarnation is a lie, whether or not there is another creation is not important. What is important is that the spark must not be given to the Black Tide by the Golden Clan."

"Therefore, in the end, Hei E will also storm into the heart of the cosmic vortex, seize all the sparks, and give them to Bai E."

She looked at Bai E jokingly, "Brother, if you stab him, you'll have a max-level account."

Are you tempted?

Main text: 022. Lai Gushi: After all, it's high-quality data, I can't bear to delete it!

Bai E: “…”

Do you think I'm stupid?

Just saying.

Let alone Bai E, even Aglaia and the others, especially Wan Di, after learning about Hei E, who had carried the fire seed time and time again, accumulating to the point of nearly three thousand cycles and over four hundred million fire seeds...

It's true, and I was deeply shocked.

They admired him, but also felt a pang of sympathy.

It's truly hard to imagine that the familiar, immature Samoyed they knew would end up in such a pitiful state.

They even wanted to see what lay beneath the Black Evil mask. But! What good would it do even if they did?

It's pointless to watch it.

At that moment, they finally understood.

The thought process is now clear.

Everything was connected.

Finally, it's intuitive!

"Onfaros is merely an experimental ground. Each rebirth is dedicated to the Black Tide, making the Imperial Scepter—no, the Annihilation Lord—a more perfect bonfire..."

Wan Di crossed his arms, but his hands were tightly gripping his arms.

What was being suppressed was the anger over injustice.

"Therefore, all of us, in every cycle of reincarnation, are nothing more than firewood, its nourishment."

“Yes…” Xia Die sighed.

Blackie was not an enemy, nor did she make any hostile moves. She let it go and did not continue fighting.

She seemed to feel a pang of pity as she looked at Bai E and Hei E, "Who could have imagined that over thirty million reincarnations, over thirty million acts of perseverance... were all just to buy time, to freeze the system, to wait for an unpredictable variable to arrive..."

"So, has a variable arrived?" Xia Die subconsciously looked at Kiana.

The answer is yes.

Kiana is definitely a variable!

She herself admitted that she had gained the favor of a higher-dimensional being, though she didn't know if it was a star god, or which star god it was.

But her strength is already comparable to that of the world.

That is enough to be compared to a great tyrant who is annihilated.

This sheer power, strong enough to overturn a table, is more than enough to be called a variable.

However, only Kiana herself knew the truth.

She is indeed a variable among variables, but in the original work, what Hearer and the others were waiting for was the pioneers of the train crew.

"Simply put, it used to be a larger-scale cycle, with different Golden Bloodlines and different Titans each time. But now, it's a smaller-scale cycle, where all of us are endlessly playing our roles on stage..."

Tibo looked somewhat sad.

she says.

"No wonder..."

"Janus' oracle vaguely mentions that there are problems with re-creation..."

"So that's how it is."

Tian and Tinin nodded. "But we have no other choice. We can only follow the guidance of the oracle and pursue the prophecy of re-creation."

Aglaia remained silent.

So in the end, their pursuit of fire only pushed the world step by step into the abyss.

The Fire Thief steals fire, carrying the world's hope, waiting for the long night to pass and the true dawn to arrive.

“This is… utterly absurd…” Aglaia’s voice trembled.

After Kiana meticulously unraveled the mystery, from the outside world to the inside, from the overall situation to the details of the truth, all the Golden Blood members digested this information and understood just how terrible the world was.

No wonder!

Kiana was so conflicted before.

Even if they are of the Golden Age and demigods, in such a world that defies common sense, everything is so hypocritical.

How many of them can resist the urge to waver?

They just accept things more quickly.

Accepting something doesn't mean you agree with it.

Fortunately, like Kiana, they had figured it out. Since they knew the truth and the inside story in advance, they had enough information to adjust their actions accordingly.

Even computer-simulated programs.

After the new data was input, new calculations were performed.

Anything that exceeds the Emperor's Scepter's initial calculations constitutes a change!

“But it’s difficult.” Kiana didn’t want to discourage them.

However, she still had to say, "Even if the original Xi Lian and the original Bai E initiated the eternal return of the stuck system, in reality, their data, including everything they did in the cycle of reincarnation, is still within the calculation range of the Emperor's Scepter, and is the calculation of the Emperor's Scepter."

Black E: "..."

Hei'er did not refute Kiana's words.

Because he was also very clear about this.

Although the Golden Bloods were terrified by this.

but!

Think about it carefully.

For programmers and data scientists to rebel against a computer system that is like a creator would be an impossible miracle, perhaps one in a billion.

If the initial Xi Lian, the initial Bai E, initiated a false eternal return, it could fool the computer.

They had already broken through that imperial scepter.

That way, they won't get stuck here too!

We can only wait for outsiders to help, as a variable.

Instead of doing it yourself.

It was precisely because they knew that even with countless accumulations of sparks and countless cycles of building up, they had no hope of breaking the cradle nurtured by the Iron Tomb.

therefore.

No matter how painful or unwilling we are, we can only pass on this hope.

Let this sorrowful wish be passed on to tomorrow.

Bai E remained silent. He knew that if it really came to the last moment, he would be needed to inherit everything.

He will do it.

Because his wish is to fulfill everyone's wishes. He is He's tomorrow; he will continue the path that He can no longer walk.

In fact, by this point, everything was quite clear.