Plunging into boundless darkness, Bai Zhongqi could feel only one source of heat, which ca from the Soul Stone on his chest harboring Zero's soul. Even as his body was destroyed, Zero still accompanied him in such a manner, even if it ant heading to hell.
Bai Zhongqi knew where he was—this place was the Void, a crevice between one Universe and another, a region that completely negated existence. That ant that upon entering the Void, Bai Zhongqi no longer existed in the world as matter.
He could no longer feel anything else, except for a slight warmth from the Soul Stone. Even his arm, which had been continuously bleeding, had now lost all sensation.
Filled with unwillingness and replete with regret, Bai Zhongqi was also concerned about his family and friends, and worried about the future of the Star Alliance under Xiao Yu's control.
But no matter what he thought, there was nothing he could do anymore.
Within the darkness, he felt increasingly exhausted and thought to himself, "Perhaps falling asleep now would an eternal death."
He mocked himself, "How did I not foresee that I would be branded a loser and usurped as I approached death?"
Just as he was about to fall asleep, Bai Zhongqi thought of the strange dream he had had multiple tis.
"It has actually beco reality, that strange dream. But in the dream, it seems I turned into a large butterfly and ca back to life? Or does the butterfly symbolize the idea of transforming?" His eyelids grew heavier and he finally couldn't hold on. As his eyes closed, he was completely engulfed by darkness.
At that mont, Bai Zhongqi felt as if he was in a cradle, watched over by a gentle woman in a long house dress, whose face sowhat resembled a paler Zero.
The woman smiled sweetly at Bai Zhongqi, who then drifted off into a deep sleep, like a baby.
…
Bai Zhongqi was awakened by pain when he ca to.
The instant he opened his eyes, he saw a large white bug by his side, gnawing on his bleeding arm.
"Damn it!" Even in his weakness, Bai Zhongqi summoned all his remaining strength and grabbed the stone at his chest, hurling it fiercely at the bug, which resembled white jade.
The white jade-like bug, the size of a baby, was happily munching on Bai Zhongqi's flesh, totally unprepared for his sudden attack with the stone.
The throw nearly drained Bai Zhongqi of his already scant strength, and the stone actually smashed into the bug's head.
The white bug let out a tragic cry, revealing ferocious fangs to Bai Zhongqi, who thought it was the end for him, but he saw the stone slowly sinking into the bug's body.
The white bug, no longer focusing on Bai Zhongqi, began to struggle violently, apparently trying to resist the stone entering its body.
Bai Zhongqi then realized, wasn't that stone the Soul Stone containing Zero's soul?
Bai Zhongqi believed that it was Zero inside the Soul Stone who was saving him.
"You can do it, Zero!"
After struggling for a few minutes, the large white bug finally ceased to breathe, and the large dent in its head miraculously healed.
Bai Zhongqi didn't know exactly what had happened, but he slowly retreated backward to guard against the large white bug possibly attacking.
During this ti, Bai Zhongqi finally had a chance to look around. The area was pitch-black, illuminated only by dim light, resembling a deep underground cave. There was also an underground river flowing not far away.
By the river, there was a huge yet very beautiful insect egg that had already cracked open. It appeared that the large white bug had crawled out of it.
Just as Bai Zhongqi hesitated, the large white worm moved again.
Bai Zhongqi shuddered in fear, prepared to turn and run, but realized he was too weak to even get up.
However, the large white worm seed to lose interest in him and instead turned its head and ran to the cracked worm egg, starting to devour it.
Bai Zhongqi watched in a mix of horror and disbelief as the white worm consud the egg. The more it ate, the larger it grew, until it had consud the entire egg and had grown larger than a human.
Bai Zhongqi thought to himself that this was not good.
At that mont, the large white worm actually spit out a strand of white silk and in an extrely short period of ti, transford itself into a giant cocoon.
Bai Zhongqi suddenly made a connection; in his bizarre dream, he had transford into a giant butterfly, and butterflies erged from cocoons.
Now, rather than being scared, he approached the giant cocoon and guarded it.
Bai Zhongqi looked at his severed arm, which was no longer bleeding. It seed that the corrosive liquid in the worm's mouth parts had corroded his flesh into a clean cut, which ironically served to stop the bleeding.
Despite losing an arm, Bai Zhongqi was not afraid of becoming disabled. There were too many limb regeneration dical technologies at Iridium Star.
"Only, my Supre Command is now with Xiao Yu, and I can no longer use Iridium Star technologies," he said.
Bai Zhongqi felt a sense of lancholy. He reached to his chest, pulling out a small key pendant. This was his previous ga save, which had been mysteriously locked after starting a new ga save. Since he had held the Supre Command and was nearly invincible, he had ignored the old ga save that had turned into a key pendant.
The key pendant, which had never issued a Supre Command, had not been discovered by Xiao Yu and had just quietly lain on Bai Zhongqi's chest.
As Bai Zhongqi pondered how to activate this old ga save, a slit ford in the giant white cocoon.
Bai Zhongqi did not run but sat paralyzed on the ground watching.
Soon after, a pair of pure white hands reached out from the cocoon's slit and forcefully split the entire cocoon open.
Inside was a stunningly beautiful woman with skin white as snow, flowing long hair, a tall, slender figure, and ample curves.
The mont Bai Zhongqi clearly saw her face, tears stread from his eyes.
"Ling—!"
The woman inside, calling out joyously, leapt naked into Bai Zhongqi's arms, cradled his face, and planted a firm kiss on his lips.
Bai Zhongqi was stunned in the mont he was kissed, but once he regained his senses, he held her with his only arm. The touch was silky smooth, a delightful sensation that should not exist in this world, but there was no lascivious emotion in his heart, only deep affection for the person in his arms.
She raised her dewy, peach-blossom eyes that seed almost heart-lting.
Her soft voice uttered a word that pained yet exhilarated Bai Zhongqi, "Chancellor."
Bai Zhongqi nodded vigorously, "Yes, it's !"
Ling smiled tenderly and nestled her head into his chest.
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