357: That boy from back then has never changed.

At the entrance of Magic City University, the setting sun stretched the shadows of the three people out long.

The hustle and bustle inside the campus had already been isolated behind a barrier.

The old professor who had been scared unconscious was likely just waking up, and that group of fanatical students was probably still looking for autographs everywhere.

"I really didn't expect this."

Wang Peng (Fatty) tugged at his tie and squatted on the curb without any regard for his image, looking at the empty barbecue bag in his hand.

"We spent so long up there in the sky acting like gods."

"Setting rules, restarting the universe."

"Yet, coming back here and getting yelled at by an old man, my heart... actually feels quite grounded?"

"That's what you call 'earthly connection'."

Lu Chen stood beside him, leaning against the stone tablet engraved with the school motto.

He pulled the unfinished bag of sunflower seeds from his pocket and scattered them on the ground, attracting a few sparrows to fight over them.

"Fatty, do you remember back in freshman year?"

"We got drunk on that playground, and you pointed at the moon and swore that you'd make a fortune and buy the moon to use as a lightbulb?"

"Remember? How could I forget."

Wang Peng chuckled, but tears welled up in his eyes.

"Back then, the moon felt so far away, as distant as a dream."

"And now?"

Wang Peng extended the hand wearing the watch capable of controlling the flow of galaxies and made a grasping motion at the sky.

"The moon now is right in our backyard."

"Even the craters on it have been converted into golf courses by me."

"But Brother Chen..."

Wang Peng looked up at Lu Chen, his tone suddenly becoming somewhat somber.

"Why do I always feel that the moon now isn't as bright as it was back then?"

Lu Chen fell silent.

He did not answer.

He just quietly watched the full moon rising in the twilight.

Because back then, we were looking at the scenery.

And now, we are looking at data, at resources, at territory.

When everything becomes within reach, the sense of awe disappears.

This is the price of becoming a god.

"That's why we have to leave."

Su Qingying's voice rang out softly.

She walked to Lu Chen's side and naturally took his arm.

The evening breeze blew her hair, a tenderness sufficient to make the galaxy pale in comparison.

"If we don't step out, if we don't go see that 'real' world."

"We will be forever trapped in this boring 'omnipotence'."

"And in the end, become like that 'God Lord', a program without emotions."

Lu Chen turned his head, looking at his wife, then at his brother squatting on the ground.

Suddenly, he laughed.

In that smile, there was no longer the dignity of the "Venerated Sovereign of All Universes", only the arrogance of that 20-year-old boy.

"You're right."

"I don't want to be some cold, unfeeling administrator."

"Invincible?"

"How lonely invincibility is."

Lu Chen stretched abruptly, and his bones cracked loudly.

The "pangu" system within his body seemed to sense its master's intent and began to emit a low rumble.

"Let's go!"

Lu Chen pulled Wang Peng up from the ground.

"Back to the ship!"

"This time, we aren't buying the moon."

Lu Chen pointed at the bottomless firmament, a wildfire capable of igniting the universe burning in his eyes.

"We're going to go and... flip the 'Creator's' table!"

...

Space.

"spaceship name" bridge.

When the three returned here, the aura of mortal life instantly dissipated.

Replacing it was the supreme dominance that ruled over all heavens.

"All ships, listen to my command!"

Lu Chen strode toward the command console, and the trench coat behind him instantly switched into that black and gold commander's battle armor.

"engine preheat!"

"Target: Unknown coordinates!"

"Prepare... for forced trans-dimensional landing!"

"Yes!"

Ye Qingcang stood to the side, unable to contain himself any longer.

He looked at Lu Chen as if looking at a god of war about to set out on an expedition.

"Commander Lu, if we go this time, can we come back?"

The Old General asked very directly.

Lu Chen stopped in his tracks.

He looked through the porthole at the slowly rotating Earth below.

That was his root.

It was the home he had guarded for ten thousand years.

"Old Ye."

Lu Chen did not turn back, just gently rubbing the "bio-skeletal chip" that was burning hot.

"Who do you think I am?"

Ye Qingcang was stunned, then immediately straightened his back and shouted loudly:

"You are Lu Chen! You are the Marshal of the Earth Federation! You are the Venerated Sovereign of All Universes!"

"No."

Lu Chen shook his head.

He turned around and looked at the soldiers on the ship.

Looking at those faces that had accompanied him through all the battles.

His eyes were as clear as a pool of spring water.

"Cast aside those titles."

"Cast aside the system's enhancements."

"Cast aside this cultivation."

"I am still that..."

Lu Chen pointed to his heart.

"The boy who sat in a rented room, even while eating instant noodles, still looked up at the stars..."

"The boy."

"Since I am a boy."

"Then I must go to the distance."

"As for whether I come back..."

Lu Chen grinned, a smile so bright it made the galaxy pale in comparison.

"Once I beat that 'player' to the ground."

"And make him open a special VIP channel for our Earth."

"At that time..."

"We can come back whenever we want!"

"Hum—!"

As his voice fell.

The chip in Lu Chen's hand suddenly erupted with a blinding red light!

That was not a color of this dimension.

That was—**the color of real blood**.

A huge rift, as if tearing through a "screen," slowly opened in front of the warship.

On the other side of the rift, it was not darkness.

But an...

An indescribably huge, bloodshot... **eye**.

That eye was pressed against the "screen," staring fixedly at them!

Suffocating.

Despair.

That absolute suppression from a higher life level caused the "spaceship name" alarm system to instantly paralyze.

"Now!"

Lu Chen had not the slightest fear.

He suddenly drew the "pangu sword" and sounded the final horn of charge toward that terrifying eye!

"Full speed!"

"Ram into it!"

Boom—!

The black warship turned into a stream of light, charging forward without hesitation toward that eye, toward that unknown, terrifying, yet incomparably real...

**World**.

"Fatty!"

Lu Chen shouted loudly one second before the impact.

"Here!"

Wang Peng gripped the handle tightly, the flesh on his face trembling, but his eyes were frighteningly bright.

"You say, the barbecue in that world..."

"Will it be as good as Earth's?"

Wang Peng froze for a moment, then laughed heartily, laughing until tears came out.

"Who cares!"

"If it's not good..."

"We'll just set up a stall!"

"And sell Earth barbecue to God!"

Light swallowed everything.

That boy he once was.

With his sword, his brother, and his lover.

And that heart that had never cooled.

Rushed out of...

This false starry sky.