020 Never Fantasized

The moment the Entropy Monarch spoke, the entire world rapidly darkened.

A gale rose. Nomi's body swiftly decayed and rotted, becoming a dried corpse.

Fragrant grass and wildflowers flew through the sky as the heavens and earth spun. Li Aoz's gaze followed the dancing petals away. A train roared past, crushing the scent of flowers beneath its wheels. Across the railway stood the statue of a female prosecutor. On its pedestal was a line of gleaming golden words:

"Every unjust judgment becomes grounds for evil to run rampant—Alexia, People's Prosecutor."

She had devoted herself utterly, leaving behind an eternal name.

The earth shook violently, and the world instantly collapsed downward. When Li Aoz's feet touched solid ground again, he was already inside a mechanical workshop. A young man with black-and-white hair was tirelessly teaching Underlying Logic and various algorithms in a classroom.

Li Aoz walked to the back door and listened through its small window.

"That will be all for today's lesson. Everyone may go assemble things freely now."

"Teacher Du Zexin, when are you getting married?" a child asked innocently.

"I already have all of you children. Why would I still be thinking about marriage?"

The young mechanic smiled, then suddenly sensed something. He pushed open the classroom door and looked down the corridor, but the familiar figure was nowhere to be seen.

—Only a tide of ashes rushing straight toward him.

Li Aoz crawled out of the abyss. The ashes on his body were swiftly scattered by the vacuum. By the time he recovered his senses, he was standing upon an ancient battlefield. The corpses and spiritual forms of gods became motes of light, continuously spreading and scattering through the void.

That man named Du Zexin seemed to have helped you as well—now, the brightest future belonging to