Xingtetsu: You are not included in Elio's script!

Chapter 842

Lin Yu was pulled by March Seventh all the way through the slightly deserted aisle of the observation car and arrived at the door of the information room.

Dan Heng was sitting among a pile of ancient books and data tablets, his brows slightly furrowed, as if he was checking something.

Hearing the noise, he raised his head, pushed his glasses, and his cold eyes fell on Lin Yu. He keenly noticed the ancient and timeless charm in his breath that was different from the usual.

"You're back?" Dan Heng's voice was calm. He put down his pen. "The energy fluctuations in your body are...very special. It seems you've gained a lot from your trip to Luofu."

March Seven rushed to answer, with a little pride and a sour taste in her tone that had not completely dissipated, "That's not the case! He has something else on him now..." She paused, as if she felt that she shouldn't say it out loud, and gently nudged Lin Yu with her elbow, "Hey, say it yourself!"

Lin Yu smiled helplessly and sat down on the chair opposite Dan Heng.

He calmed his mind slightly and tried to capture the new power in his body.

It is not as violent as destruction, not as frivolous as joy, nor as full of life as abundance.

It is a deeper and more fundamental feeling, as if one's own existence is slowly synchronizing with some eternal and unchanging laws of the universe.

"Immortality." Lin Yu said, "It feels... very strange. It's not just a simple increase in strength, but more like a... cognitive anchor."

"I feel as if a part of me has become embedded in the more stable riverbed of time. The laws of the rise and fall of all things have become... tangible, and even, to a certain extent..." he chose his words, "resonant and influential."

He stretched out his hand, and a faint light unconsciously lingered at his fingertips. The tiny dust particles in the air around him seemed to be attracted and slowly danced a quiet dance around his fingertips, as if interpreting some eternal rhythm.

"The perception and control of elements and life forms has become clearer and easier than ever before."

Dan Heng listened quietly, a thought flashing in his eyes. "The immortal Star God, Dragon King 'Long', has long since fallen, but his fate remains open to the universe. To be able to obtain this power means that the essence of your existence has deeply resonated with it. This power is very heavy."

"Yes." Lin Yu exhaled lightly, and the glimmer of light on his fingertips dissipated. "It is indeed heavy. It makes me feel the 'volume' of my own existence more clearly, but at the same time I also feel the responsibility that comes with it, or rather, a kind of awe for the cycle of the universe."

“Gaining strength is not about transcendence, but rather about becoming more deeply integrated into a grand and silent operation.”

Dan Heng nodded. "It's good that you realize this. Destiny is a power, a shackle, and a responsibility. Use it wisely." He paused and added, "It seems that you have taken another big step forward in your journey."

After a few more words about energy stability and precautions, Lin Yu stood up and said goodbye.

Dan Heng buried himself in his ancient books again, but after the door closed, he looked in the direction of the door, and a very faint, difficult-to-interpret emotion flashed across his cold eyes.

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When he returned to the door of his room, Lin Yu heard a burst of light laughter and chattering coming from inside before he pushed the door open.

He pushed open the door and saw a warm and slightly lively scene.

Xing was sitting cross-legged on the carpet, trying to teach Clara to play a complicated interstellar chess game, but it was obvious that Clara was more interested in the cute shapes of the chess pieces than the complicated rules.

Sanyueqi came close to Liuying, curiously fiddling with the black rabbit-head hairpin on her skirt. Liuying had a gentle and slightly shy smile on her face and patiently answered Sanyueqi's various wild questions.

"Ah, Lin Yu is back!" March 7 was the first to notice him and immediately smiled.

Xing also raised his head and waved his hand, "The busy man is back..."

Clara called out obediently, "Brother Lin Yu."

Liuying also looked up, her pupils showing a unique color under the light in the room.

"Lin Yu." She nodded slightly at Lin Yu as a greeting.

Warm lights shone on the girls, and a relaxed and happy atmosphere filled the air.

Lin Yu responded to everyone with a smile, walked to the bed and sat down, watching them laughing and playing. The warmth and noise in the carriage effectively dispelled the heavy thoughts about his immortal destiny that he had just brought back from Dan Heng.

His mind calmed down a little, and he looked inward at the already vast source of his own power.

The brilliance of sixteen destinies intertwined and flickered in the depths of his consciousness, like a miniature cosmic star disk.

Joy, destruction, greed, abundance, memory, purity, preservation, wisdom, hunting, nothingness, harmony, order, balance, development, balance, immortality...

Only the last four are left, he thought silently.

Apart from the fate of [reproduction] that made him feel physically uncomfortable just thinking about it.

Turn things involving concepts such as "copying, increasing" into bugs.

The nature of this power made him instinctively reject it, and his clear goal was directed towards [mystery] and [the end].

There is another one whose fate is still shrouded in mystery, and even its name is unknown.

His eyes inadvertently fell on Liuying.

She was tilting her head slightly when a thought suddenly flashed through her mind.

Liuying is a member of the Star Core Hunters.

The mysterious "slave of fate" Elio's abilities are said to be closely related to his ultimate fate.

Maybe..this is an opportunity.

The girls' chat came to a temporary halt, and Xing began to pull Kara to study the correct way to play chess. Sanyueqi also temporarily satisfied her curiosity about the hairpin.

Lin Yu took this opportunity and called out softly, "Firefly."

Hearing the voice, Liuying turned around and looked at him with a questioning look in her eyes.

"I'd like to ask you something about...something over there. Is that convenient?"

Liuying nodded, her voice soft, "Well, ask me, if I know... and can tell you."

"It's about the fate of the [end], and... Elio." Lin Yu said, "I know Elio has the ability to foresee the future, and his 'script' is extremely accurate.

And this ability of his seems to be related to the Star God of [End], the 'Last King'? The Last King is an existence that goes against time. What he announces is not a prophecy, but the inevitable 'facts' he witnessed in another time dimension?

Liuying listened quietly, the gentle expression on her face restrained a little, became a little serious, and even had a hint of subtle complexity.

She was silent for a few seconds, as if thinking about how to respond.

"Elliot... the future he foresaw was indeed very accurate," Liuying spoke slowly, her voice still soft, but with a touch of calmness. "But that's not an absolute, unchangeable outcome, just like... just like how the Doom Heralds used the Last King's prophecy to try to avert disaster."

"Elio's script seems to be guiding us...a path that can lead to a relatively better future among many possibilities."

"The scenes he saw... were often not joyous, but more like a curse. He saw doom, yet he struggled to find a glimmer of hope for change."

"So, capturing star cores everywhere is also for this purpose? To change the possible doomsday scenario that may occur in the future?"

Liuying nodded. "Well, the star core will bring disaster and attract the power of destruction. Dealing with it is a way to prevent the end of the world." She paused and added, glancing at Lin Yu inadvertently with an indescribable emotion. "Elliot said that in the future, the train crew...you will eventually face the destructive Nanook, and then you will need to gather all your strength."

"However," Liuying's voice suddenly lightened, and that subtle cunning returned to her eyes, more like the tone she used when chatting with her husband at home. "Since Nanook had already appeared not long ago, and you used your gluttonous life path to absorb a large amount of his energy, and beat him so badly that he ran away..."

She didn't finish her words, but her meaning was clear.

The crucial future decisive battle with Nanook in Elio's script has undergone a huge deflection because of Lin Yu's previous amazing battle and its outcome.

The "future" that was regarded as a predetermined destiny is no longer the same.

Lin Yu nodded, and the image of Nanook burning with flames of destruction and his final embarrassed retreat flashed through his mind.

He asked the question that had been lingering in his mind for a long time.

"So, Elio himself is the Messenger of the End? And... he seems to appear as a black cat? Is this true?"

When Liuying heard the description of "black cat", the corners of her mouth seemed to curl up slightly, as if she remembered something interesting, but the arc was very shallow and disappeared quickly, as if it was just an illusion.

She did not directly confirm or deny that Elio was the Messenger of the End, and she only answered softly about his form.

"Elliot...his form of existence is rather unique. He often appears in that form...perhaps because that form makes it easier for him to move between different branches of fate without attracting too much attention?"

She spoke as if she were discussing an old friend whose behavior was peculiar but meant no harm.

At this moment, the door of the room was gently pushed open, and a vibrant voice came out, "Dad, Mom, what serious things are you talking about? I can feel the atmosphere of discussing something important from a distance."

Seeing this, the seriousness and calmness on Liuying's face instantly melted away, turning into pure tenderness and warmth.

"Xueying is back? We didn't talk about anything, just casually talked about some rumors with Lin Yu."

She naturally extended her hand, and Xueying came over with a smile, sat intimately beside her mother, and naturally picked up a piece of oak cake roll from the snack box on the table and took a bite.

This is Liuying's favorite snack, and it has also become Xueying's favorite snack.

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