The noose above the Execution Platform snapped into motes of light: chains fell as Kallen staggered and touched her neck

The Long Spear completely turned into dust.

"Even the Remembrance have been altered?" He Caitou asked in surprise.

"If it were merely healing the wound, Kallen would remember that she was ever injured," Tian Hen said in a deep voice. "But now, the wound has been erased from the causal record. For this World Lines, she was never pierced."

Niu Tian frowned. "Is she still the same Kallen?"

"Her body hasn't changed, and neither has her soul," Tang San replied. "What has changed is the fate she was destined to face."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than the noose above the Execution Platform snapped.

But the rope did not fall.

It dissipated into countless tiny points of light in mid-air, as if it had never been made, disappearing completely.

The Iron Chains binding Kallen's wrists also lost their weight.

Splash...

The Iron Chains fell to the ground.

Kallen staggered and reached up to touch her neck.

She didn't know why she was standing there, nor what had just happened. She only felt a momentary blankness in her chest, as if she had missed a very important name in a dream.

But she couldn't remember that name no matter what she tried.

"Kallen!" A shout suddenly came from afar.

It wasn't a false auditory hallucination.

It is the voice of the people.

Kallen looked up.

At the end of the street, the rampaging Collapse Beast were gone. The dilapidated houses remained, but no new ruins collapsed; the burning flames were extinguished, the thick smoke dissipated, and the people who had been driven to the brink of despair emerged from their shelters.

The child who had been sheltered beneath his mother also stood up unharmed.

His mother hugged him and kissed his forehead while crying.

More people looked toward the Execution Platform.

Fear was no longer in their eyes, only the bewilderment and joy of surviving a catastrophe remained.

"The disaster... is over?" Ning Tian murmured.

"It's not the end," Gu Yuena corrected, "It's that this disaster has been removed from the World Lines."

As her voice faded, new text appeared on the Light Screen.

[Collapse Beast Appearance Record: None.]

[Town Destruction Record: None.]

[Civilian casualties: None.]

[Sentencing outcome: Not executed.]

[Kallen's status: Alive.]

The consecutive lines of "none" left everyone feeling an indescribable shock.

That wasn't a Pyrrhic victory after a battle.

Survival was not achieved through sacrifice.

Instead, all the calamities were rewritten as if they had never happened.

Lei Xiang stared intently at the Light Screen: "Just how much power would it take to save an entire city from death?"

"If it were just power, perhaps it wouldn't be so terrifying," Rong Nianbing shook his head. "What's truly terrifying is that he must precisely alter the fate of every single person, yet he cannot allow the world to collapse as a result."

"And Kallen must live," Ji Dong added, "She cannot die young, cannot be seriously injured, and cannot lose her original will."

Lie Yan looked at Kallen in the Light Screen: "This isn't about pulling her back from the brink of death, it's about paving a new path for her."

On the high platform, Kallen had already descended the stone steps.

The crowd spontaneously made way for them.

Some people cried out to her, some knelt on the ground to pray, and some held their babies high in their arms so she could confirm that the babies were safe.

Kallen looked over at each one, her expression growing increasingly bewildered.

She clearly remembered what she was supposed to lose.

But she couldn't remember what it was.

She should have thanked someone.

But that person's face, voice, and name were all shrouded in mist.

She instinctively turned around and looked behind the Execution Platform.

There was only an empty stone wall there.

"Who is she looking for?" Xiao Xiao asked softly.

"Nobody." Tang Ya's voice was somewhat hoarse. "There was never such a person in this World Lines."

In the picture, Kallen walks to the stone wall.

An old wooden plaque hung on the wall, recording the cases that had been carried out at this Execution Ground. She read through them line by line, her gaze suddenly stopping.

Her name was not on it.

There is no record of her being arrested.

There was no trial, and no verdict.

Even those in charge of the execution left no trace of Otto.

Kallen reached out and touched the wooden sign, her fingertips trembling slightly.

"Strangeness..."

She said softly.

Why do I feel that there should have been someone here?

No one answered her.

The wind blew across the empty square, lifting the white cloak behind her shoulders.

Kallen turned around and looked at the street, which had returned to peace.

Children are running, shops are reopening, people are embracing each other, and distant bells are ringing out one by one.

Peace came without warning.

No one knows who ultimately secured this peace.

"She will live here forever," the Dragon Prince said slowly, "But she will never know how dangerous this world truly was."

"Isn't this good?" Bei Bei asked.

The Dragon Prince paused for a moment, then said, "Alright, but perhaps a bit too cruel."

"Who is truly cruel?" Xu Sanshi pressed. "Kallen? Or that person who didn't even leave a name?"

"For Otto, it's probably both," A'Dai said softly. "He gave Kallen stability, but completely ripped himself out of her life."

Chang Gong Weiwang stared at the Light Screen, his expression complex. "If I save someone, but that person never knows what I did for her, can I still persevere?"

Hai Long replied quickly, "If you truly want to save them, whether or not you know shouldn't be a condition."

He even gave up the right to know the truth.

As soon as Zhou Weiqing finished speaking, the Light Screen suddenly went dark.

It's not extinguished.

Instead, all colors are swallowed up by a layer of gray and white.

The next second, the Organ came from the depths of the Void.

Low and slow, like someone playing alone in an empty church. Each note trailed off with a long, drawn-out sound, and as it fell, it was as if invisible snow had covered the entire world.

[Recording continues.]

[Target: Otto Apocalypse.]

[Keywords: Sin, obsession, price]

[His life is being recounted.]

"It's him again?" Xu Sanshi's brow twitched. "Didn't we just make it clear? He erased himself from Kallen's life."

"That's just the end." Huo Yuhao stared at the Light Screen. "What we need to see now is why he ended up like that."

Gu Yuena slightly raised her eyes.

A person doesn't become evil for no reason. Unless they once possessed something that could illuminate their entire life.

The screen lights up.

A sunlit Courtyard appeared before everyone's eyes.

A red brick path winds through the garden, vines climb the white walls, and a few pigeons flutter their wings as they skim over the eaves. Young Otto, dressed in a slightly oversized suit, holds a model made of wood chips and metal parts in his arms.

It was a peculiar airplane.

The wings weren't wide, but the tail had tiny exhaust nozzles. The model was extremely rough; there was even glue residue stuck to the rigging.

Otto carefully placed it on the stone table.

"Look, Kallen."

From the other end of the Courtyard, the girl came running quickly.