Xing Tie: Wait a minute! How come Weng Xing has two saviors?

"I retract my previous shallow and presumptuous comments based on incomplete information."

In his electronic eyes, it seemed as if a complex flow of data swirled like a galaxy, ultimately converging into a heartfelt, highest praise:

"You are...the true savior."

"From an absolutely rational point of view, your plan... is a great plan that addresses both the symptoms and the root cause."

This is not a complete endorsement of its methods, but rather the highest praise for that pure will to sacrifice, which transcends all gains and losses.

Meanwhile, in the real world, above the ruins of Ohm, the luster of amber, fragments of ice crystals, and the embers of destruction intertwine.

Bai Mo hovered in mid-air, looking down at Xi Lian and Bai E below, who, despite being battered and bruised and their breathing disordered, still gripped their weapons tightly and their eyes remained as stubborn as ever.

The new wounds on their bodies, the dust and congealed golden bloodstains on their clothes, all testified to the intensity of the battle and their absolute advantage.

It would be impossible for him to say that he was not moved in the slightest, or that he did not feel any tenderness stemming from the shared memories of countless past reincarnations.

That deep-rooted bond in the soul cannot be easily severed by momentary power or ideology.

Chapter 274 Onpharos He never loved Onpharos, yet he never abandoned him.

However, just as he vaguely saw a pitch-black figure beside Bai Er, extremely dark and seemingly composed of some kind of purest "emotion," he realized that...

Bai Mo's pupils suddenly contracted, and a chilling realization instantly pierced his mind: this dark figure might have the ability to kill him, but what was even more certain was that it would inevitably kill Bai E!

We can't fight any longer.

He didn't want to pay that price.

The surging energy tide around Bai Mo gradually subsided, and he voluntarily stopped attacking.

His gaze calmly met the two men below, who looked as if facing a formidable enemy. His voice carried a coldness akin to stating a fact, yet it also contained a subtle, almost imperceptible, admonition, attempting to dissuade them from further resistance.

"Give up. Ask yourselves honestly, can you... really stop me?"

Bai Mo's words echoed beneath the shattered sky, "From the moment the three of us embarked on this path of 'salvation,' in terms of pure combat strength, I have always been... the strongest. This is an indisputable fact."

"Little Bai Mo..."

Upon seeing Bai Mo stop fighting and start talking, a faint glimmer of hope seemed to flash across Xi Lian's face, which was tense from the battle.

She stepped forward hastily, her voice filled with pleading and incomprehensible heartache:

"To seal the entire Onpharos, all living beings, within that cold amber is a path of no return! This forcibly created equation for 'survival' is distorted and extreme; it will never be the answer that the billions of beings on Onpharos yearn for!"

Bai Mo remained silent for a moment, not immediately refuting. A complex emotion flickered across his face, which was exactly the same as it had been in his youth but bore the marks of too much hardship.

After a long while, he seemed to suppress some surging emotions back into his heart, turning them into a barely audible sigh.

He raised his eyes again, his gaze becoming deep and calm once more, and posed a question that surprised them:

"Do you believe... that my ultimate purpose in sealing Onpharos in amber was to solve the 'existence' equation and save the world?"

Bai E's voice was already hoarse; he felt as if a ball of fire was burning his throat, but he still endured the excruciating pain and asked:

"Isn't that right?! Bai Mo, aren't you trying to prove to those high and mighty Star Gods through this obsessive and extreme method that the ultimate answer to life, that so-called First Cause, is still the cold 'existence'?!"

Xi Lian's voice trembled uncontrollably. "Xiao Bai Mo, the path you've chosen has truly gone astray!"

Although those once gentle blue eyes now held only a hardened amber luster, Xi Lian still tried to find a trace of the past in Bai Mo's eyes.

"This path will ultimately lead only to a slumbering lockdown! It can never be... the true 'salvation' of Onphalus!"

Faced with the barrage of questions from his elder brother and childhood friend, Bai Mo's figure, suspended in the air, seemed even more lonely.

The indifferent curve that had remained at the corner of his mouth finally loosened slightly, transforming into a smile filled with endless bitterness.

He did not refute their claims, nor did he offer a grand defense of his actions. Instead, he spoke in a calm that was unsettling:

“I have never… cared about the answer to the First Cause of Life.” His voice was soft, yet it was like a cold scalpel, dissecting all the grand facades.

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the two people who were abruptly frozen by the sudden confession, and continued in a statement of fact:

"And I've never... thought about saving the world."

Bai E's pupils contracted sharply. The "savior" Bai Mo, whom he remembered and understood as someone obsessed to the point of madness in pursuit of the first cause of life, and for the so-called ideal of "saving the world," and who now stood opposite them…

But now he was denying it all? He could hardly believe his ears. He had imagined countless arguments, but he never expected Bai Mo to give such an answer.

Bai Mo took in the shocked and bewildered expressions on Bai E and Xi Lian's faces.

He didn't explain, but slowly raised his head and looked at the artificial sky of Onfaros, which had been torn apart by the battle and was flickering and uncertain like a faulty television set.

He gazed at the sky he had "guarded" through countless reincarnations, a deeper, more weary bitter smile creeping onto his lips:

"Want to hear... the truth?"

His voice remained calm, but beneath that calm, it seemed, an undercurrent powerful enough to devour the stars was surging.

"I...don't care."

"I don't care whether the 'Iron Tomb' will hatch or not, I don't care what the world of Onpharos will ultimately become, whether it will be completely annihilated or return to death..."

He repeated it, as if trying to etch this cold will into his soul.

"I don't care at all."

Bai Mo continued speaking, addressing both Xi Lian and Bai E, as well as himself.

"I didn't embark on this so-called 'salvation' path to save the world, nor to participate in any 'journey to chase fire.'"

He continued to dissect the core of his self-proclaimed "savior" persona, his words both cruel and truthful.

"In fact, in this long period of time spanning more than 30 million reincarnations, I don't care about the life and death, joy and sorrow of 99.99% of those people."

However, right after this declaration of extreme indifference, Bai Mo's tone underwent a subtle change. A faint yet incredibly resilient warmth seemed to seep into his icy words.

"But I... still made it through."

His gaze seemed to transcend time, reaching out to the few figures who, in the endless cycle of reincarnation, had always illuminated his lonely journey like lighthouses.

"And so... relying on those few people... we made it through step by step."

Bai Mo's voice was soft, carrying an indescribable complexity of emotion, like a sigh, or perhaps a final anchor.

Onphalus, he never loved her.

Onpharos, he never abandoned.

"So... do you want to hear my real 'salvation' plan? The plan that could save almost everyone in Onfaros." Bai Mo took a deep breath and decided to tell them what he wanted to do.

Chapter 275 Bai Mo's selfishness and selflessness.

Bai Mo's voice was as calm as a deep pool, "The reason I say that the path of salvation I have chosen is the best path that Onpharos can have is because this path can not only completely end Onpharos's desperate cycle of reincarnation, but also... save everyone in those more than 30 million reincarnations."

"It can both end the cycle of reincarnation and save everyone from over thirty million lifetimes? Just based on... what you call 'existence'?"

Bai E frowned deeply. It wasn't that he didn't believe in Bai Mo's abilities, but rather that the goal itself had already exceeded the limits of his understanding.

Even the path of salvation that he knew of, the one that led to Caeslana, was limited to influencing the present or future cycles of reincarnation, and could never touch the past that had long been buried in the dust of time.

Saving over 30 million reincarnations? This sounds less like a miracle and more like a fantasy.

However, when faced with his brother's question, a bitter smile appeared on Bai Mo's face.

“Yes! Through the ‘existence’ that I firmly believe in!” His voice once again carried an almost obsessive certainty.

"Only through 'survival' can we both end all the tragedies of Onphalus and save everyone in Onphalus! Not a single one!"

Then, he stopped hiding it.

He laid bare the plan that came at the cost of his own existence.

His plans, his choices, and... the unavoidable sacrifices.

As he spoke, Bai Mo revealed that he held nothing back when facing Xi Lian and Bai E.

And when Bai Mo spoke so casually about the plan that required his own life to complete—

Like a lightning bolt cleaving through the fog, Xi Lian suddenly understood where the vague sense of unease that had been lingering around Bai Mo came from!

It wasn't because of his "preservation" destiny, which didn't belong to Onphalus, nor because of his overly fanatical beliefs, but rather...

From beginning to end, there was absolutely no joy in Bai Mo's eyes regarding his impending completion of the grand responsibility of "saving the world."

Baimer is about to end the tragedy of Onphalus and complete the great task of "saving the world".

But Bai Mo wasn't happy.

Because, for the sake of this "success" to come...

He is going to die.

Realizing this, Xi Lian felt as if an ice spike had pierced her heart, leaving her with only endless cold.

He was so selfish—he only loved a few people he cared about.

He was also so selfless—he only loved a few people he cared about.

Bai Mo's voice continued to echo beneath the shattered sky, carrying an almost cruel calmness as he meticulously listed the "advantages" of his insane plan:

“Look, what a… ‘perfect’ plan.” He spread his hands, as if displaying a meticulously crafted work of art, but his tone betrayed no joy, only a cold statement.

"Destruction will not obtain the Great Sovereign He so desires; knowledge will not yield the results He deduces and longs for; the high and mighty star gods... none of them will succeed."

His gaze refocused on Bai E and Xi Lian, posing a choice that was beyond question, his tone light yet carrying immense weight:

"Moreover, to exchange a mere insignificant individual for the existence of over thirty million reincarnations and hundreds of millions of living beings..."

Bai Mo paused, as if that "individual" had nothing to do with him, and a very faint smile appeared on his lips. "In this situation, even a fool... knows what to choose, right?"

Bai E opened his mouth, his chest heaving violently, countless words of rebuttal, dissuasion, and even anger welling up at his lips, trying to tear apart this cold logic.

However, before he could speak, he was interrupted by Bai Mo's words, which were full of self-deprecation.

"'The savior saves all that he loves by sacrificing himself'... Ha. Sound familiar? Bai'er, isn't that the ending of your favorite hero story?" Bai Mo chuckled, a bitter laugh.

"Phew... They say reality isn't a novel. Even in the most clichéd novel, this kind of ending would probably be criticized as hasty and outdated, right?"

His gaze seemed to have lost focus, looking into the distant void, as if conversing with some unseen entity:

"I think there's probably only one person... whose mind is completely empty, unable to squeeze out a single good plot, yet still stubbornly refuses to put down their pen..."

Bai Mo's voice grew softer and softer, carrying a profound sense of powerlessness, "That's why... I used it as the ending of a story."

This incredibly sharp self-deprecation is more heartbreaking than any eloquent defense.

He belittled his struggles and ultimate sacrifices across more than 30 million reincarnations into stale tropes that even third-rate novels wouldn't stoop to.

Finally, Bai Mo turned his attention back to Bai E and Xi Lian, and posed the core question:

“But, Bai E, and Sister Xi Lian…” He stared into those two pairs of eyes and asked solemnly.

"Ask yourself honestly—"

"If you were standing in my position today, if such an incredibly tempting possibility—that sacrificing yourself could save everything and end all tragedy—was placed before you..."

He leaned forward slightly and asked, word by word:

"You... really won't choose it?"

Xi Lian and Bai E fell completely silent.

Words lose their power at this moment.

They wanted to say "no," they wanted to persuade Bai Mo not to do it.

But... reason, emotion, responsibility, selfishness... everything collided fiercely in their minds, making it impossible to give them a negative answer immediately.

Bai Mo looked at their pained expressions from the intense struggle and let out a soft laugh that was hard to tell whether it was understanding or sorrow.

"The result is obvious."

He slowly straightened his body, and the amber light around him, which had been slightly restrained, began to flow and rise again, becoming more magnificent and resolute than before.

He looked down at the two silent figures below and asked one last question, his voice not loud, but Bai Mo's final ultimatum:

"so……"

"Are you still going to stop me now?"

Chapter 276 Supplement to the Worldview Setting.