471: This time, I'm guaranteed to win!

5 days later.

"Tsk tsk, rookie, your strength is just too monstrous."

"Welcome to Kamona, becoming one of us."

Joel handed a set of equipment to Liu Yan and patted Liu Yan on the shoulder.

"In the past, you would have needed to pass layers of assessments to become a task force member, but that's not necessary now."

"Besides, those assessments probably wouldn't be any different from child's play to you."

Liu Yan took the equipment and stared blankly at Joel.

"Why?"

Joel shook his head.

"The situation is different now."

"Just a short while ago, a company that no one had ever heard of suddenly rose to prominence."

"A company?" Liu Yan looked puzzled.

Joel used a match to light a cigarette for himself and offered one to Liu Yan at the same time.

The latter waved his hand, signaling for Joel to continue.

Seeing that Liu Yan didn't smoke, Joel put the cigarette away and then spoke with a serious expression:

"Yes, it's a company."

"The name is... Hafke."

"They are recklessly mining all kinds of rare materials on this land, and I don't know what they are planning to do."

"At the same time, they are heavily promoting their Relink brain-machine interface."

Hearing the name Hafke, Liu Yan was stunned.

It sounded familiar, but... he couldn't quite recall it.

...

3 years later.

Having successfully destroyed Hafke and completely adapted to life in Kamona, Liu Yan had thought that his days would continue like this.

Until that day.

An interstellar battleship so vast that its edges were hard to see appeared before Liu Yan once again.

"Liu Yan... you've made me look so hard for you..."

"Meiling was right."

"You would run to other planets."

"But no matter where you run, I will find you."

Watching the familiar laser descending from the sky, Liu Yan recalled everything.

But without heaven is round, earth is square, at that moment, he didn't even have time to say anything to Fuji.

He died on the spot.

Afterwards, Liu Yan's body dissipated once again.

Seeing this scene, Fuji entered the interstellar battleship without looking back and began searching for the next planet again.

...

In the millions of years that followed.

Liu Yan kept appearing in various worlds.

The difference was that in subsequent worlds, Asara began to gradually appear, only they had no consciousness.

In later worlds, many portals began to appear.

All kinds of rules and items also began to increase.

Some of the Asara leaders had also begun to possess consciousness, and their strength had become incomprehensible.

The timelines of these worlds were not linear.

Even if the Hafke in the first world was gone, Hafke would still appear in subsequent worlds.

What these worlds presented was only what they had experienced.

And Liu Yan joined them.

Later on, in many worlds, Liu Yan could see Geheros.

What was the same was that no matter which world Liu Yan was in, it wouldn't be long before Fuji's figure would appear.

And before death, all of Liu Yan's memories would come flooding back.

Experiences with every world, experiences with every person, and experiences with Fuji and the others.

That brief moment never gave Liu Yan enough time to figure out why Fuji had to do this.

The transformation from former brothers to sworn enemies was what saddened Liu Yan the most.

Gradually.

Every time his memory was restored, Liu Yan would no longer dwell on the pain of the past.

He began to desperately use that brief time to think about everything.

Each brief memory allowed Liu Yan only a moment of thought.

Or rather, there was only enough time for him to think about a part of something, and the rest would have to wait until the next moment of memory restoration.

Why did he appear here?

Why was he constantly looping?

Why wouldn't he die at Fuji's hands?

Why did Fuji say those things to him back then?

Why were the logics of these worlds completely different?

Even though Jacob had died at the very beginning, in subsequent worlds, Jacob would appear again as an invader?

In this regard, everything that happened in one world did not affect the next.

If it didn't affect the future, then what was the point of his appearance here?

What was the meaning of these worlds existing?

This world is fake.

After Liu Yan realized this, in subsequent worlds, whenever his memory was restored, the energy of the tear of the ocean almost stopped increasing.

But before he restored his memory, before he knew the world was fake, the tear of the ocean would still continue to grow.

This world... why is it fake?

Created by the tear of the ocean?

Yes, created by the tear of the ocean.

Is this the ability of the tear of the ocean? But what is the purpose?

The energy of the tear of the ocean is increasing...

The purpose is to collect energy...

But, I have never used the tear of the ocean myself...

What can be done when the tear of the ocean's energy is full? What is it meant to do?

Someone... has arranged everything for me...

If this world is fake, then how did Chen Yu come here? His wish?

His wish made him appear here...

Including, Kim Jae-wook.

Then Fuji... how did he come here?

It's possible that he was brought in by the person who is arranging everything for me?

This is the only possibility.

What is their purpose? To help me collect the energy of the tear of the ocean?

To use me?

To use the tear of the ocean in my hands?

If the ability of the tear of the ocean is unimaginably strong.

Then, how dare they do this?

Do they... also have a tear of the ocean?

No, one person is definitely not enough...

They also have a tear of the ocean...

Only in this way would they dare to orchestrate me, use me in this way, and finally seize or use the tear of the ocean in my hands.

No, that's not right...

If they also have a tear of the ocean... why don't they experience all this themselves?

Is it because of the pain?

No... they are familiar with and know how to make good use of the tear of the ocean, which means... they understand the tear of the ocean better.

They have experienced all this...

Brother Ji... was used.

If it weren't for Brother Ji, the people in these worlds alone wouldn't be my match, and in that case, the tear of the ocean wouldn't gain energy.

Should I explain all this to Brother Ji?

No... in that case, the collection speed of the tear of the ocean in my hands would be even slower, and by then...

Facing them, I would be even more powerless.

The rules of these worlds... Hafke's technology is already getting close to the Hafke I once saw...

Is the end getting closer and closer...

I always feel that the direction of my previous deduction has gone a bit astray.

But where exactly is the problem?

Could this conjecture of mine... be too bold...

So that's how the tear of the ocean is used...

This is... me from 30 years ago, the original me...

These plans... I see...

So that's how it is...

"Have you heard? Gao Tianyu from the class next door actually found a pirate gold coin at the normal Dam Zero a few days ago!"

"Duh, it was announced school-wide, who doesn't know now?"

This is...

Looking at the familiar classroom and himself sitting on the side listening to the two people's conversation, Liu Yan looked puzzled.

The last world!

It's almost over...

I'm about to verify my conjecture.

You whom I have never met...

I am ready.

Have you... thought of it?

Regardless of whether you are friend or foe.

This time.

I'll win for sure!