Exploring Meaning

But if her deductions were correct, she would face another problem.

Was she synchronizing with a mecha, or with another "pilot"?

If it was the former, she should have switched to Xing Tian's operational view by now.

Yet here she was, standing in a void of white.

"So... I'm in Xing Tian's consciousness space." The moment Bai Ying realized this, her surroundings shifted again!

The next second, Bai Ying found herself in the hangar of the Xuanse Cangqiong.

A hundred-meter-tall giant dome, black and red paint, giant fully automated unmanned workbenches ascending in a circular pattern, hundreds of light sources of varying brightness...

Every detail here was identical to the real base.

The only difference was that besides Bai Ying, there was no one else.

Splash!

The sound of surging waves suddenly reached Bai Ying's ears. She spun around abruptly, discovering that the hangar door was open!

At the same time, a strong sense of unease welled up in her heart!

But Bai Ying still ran all the way, passing through the gap in the door and onto the platform stretching for thousands of meters outside the hangar!

There, Bai Ying saw a scene she would never forget in her life.

Under a blood-red sky, Xing Tian, entirely painted black, stood where he had fallen. The entire ocean had been dyed green by the monster's blood!

Countless severed limbs and broken bodies floated on the sea surface, and innumerable monster corpses rose from the seabed like continuous mountain ranges!

But at Xing Tian's feet lay a glaring red mecha.

Bai Ying recognized it instantly—Red Hurricane!

Now, this majestic third-generation mecha had been reduced to a pile of scrap metal. Even its dazzling "Tai'a" thermal sword was only half a piece, stuck into Red Hurricane's own power core!

When Bai Ying turned her head again, she saw that Zhenhai City in the distance had also been reduced to ruins!

"Why..." Bai Ying couldn't understand why she was seeing such a scene.

Was this the world Xing Tian imagined in his subconscious?

However, just as Bai Ying had this thought, she actually heard a clear answer!

"Monsters are my enemies, and so are you."

The one speaking was none other than the giant Xing Tian, standing in the green ocean!

"So you killed everyone." Bai Ying had already guessed the answer.

"I did."

Xing Tian suddenly strode towards Bai Ying, his blood-stained giant blades exuding an icy chill!

"I burned my last drop of blood on the battlefield, but how did you treat me?"

As Xing Tian finished speaking, his gleaming armor began to age rapidly, countless battle scars appearing like searing brands.

Clang!

One of Xing Tian's metal arms suddenly broke off, falling into the green ocean like a colossal tombstone, creating a ten-meter-high wave!

Next, it was Xing Tian's other arm.

Then, Xing Tian's head, legs, and waist.

When Xing Tian fell before Bai Ying, his body was already shattered, with only the black power core on his torso still running.

"This is the ending I foresee." At this moment, Xing Tian's voice came from everywhere in the space. "You are also my enemies."

"We don't..."

Before Bai Ying could finish, everything in the space froze as if time had stopped!

The next second, Bai Ying's body was held in a giant fist!

"You aren't?" Xing Tian's body was once again intact.

Faced with Xing Tian's questioning, Bai Ying couldn't even speak—her body felt like a tomato about to burst!

"How did you treat me? Even if I'm not on the battlefield, you'll wear me out in the next training session!" Xing Tian's hand tightened, "Do you have any explanation?"

Bai Ying couldn't make any sound, but her lips moved—she didn't know if Xing Tian could read lips, but this was the only way she could express herself.

"I'm sorry, please kill me."

Bang!

All the frozen scenes exploded with Bai Ying's body at that instant, like an overturned bucket of paint, mixing all the colors together.

Everything in the world seemed to be just a lifelike scroll, and with a casual tear from Xing Tian, the entire world would change according to his will.

In the blink of an eye, Bai Ying found herself in a warm room.

She lay covered in blood on the white tiles, her messy white hair obscuring her fading red pupils.

She was dying, wasn't she?

Bai Ying thought this, a weak smile appearing on her lips. Every cell in her body trembled with pain, and perhaps this was what Xing Tian had felt when she piloted him.

Outside the window were lush green trees, and bright sunlight fell on the blue desk, where comic books and game discs Bai Ying had never seen before lay.

A young man, who felt incredibly familiar to Bai Ying, leaned against the white wall, quietly watching her collapse in a pool of blood.

Even though Bai Ying had never met the young man, her intuition told her that the person before her was Xing Tian.

"What are you smiling about?" Yu Xiao's pupils were as black as if they could swallow light.

"I... I'm sorry... to you, this... is... my... deserved... punishment." Bai Ying gasped, her red eyes fixed on Xing Tian. "But... the others... are not wrong, they... just wanted... to save you."

"Save me?" Yu Xiao stared at Bai Ying with abyss-like eyes. "You aimed the Eager Sword at my power core, and you call that saving me?"

"We... didn't know... that was... yours." Tears streamed from Bai Ying's eyes, tracing paths through her blood-soaked face. "We... thought it was... parasitic, so we... wanted to remove it."

A barely perceptible light flashed in Yu Xiao's eyes.

"Someone so reclusive they call him a madman, why should I believe you?" Yu Xiao frowned slightly.

"I... have no one... to testify, you... can... look through... my memories." Bai Ying's expression conveyed an indescribable sadness to Yu Xiao. "Or... kill... me."

Bai Ying knew that Xing Tian's pursuit of her stemmed from his hatred for her. If she could fulfill Xing Tian's wish within the pursuit, perhaps Xing Tian could regain his sanity.

Of course, this also meant Bai Ying's consciousness would be severely damaged, forever lost in this space.

Yu Xiao narrowed his eyes.

"Do you have any last words?"

"Tell... everyone... you are Xing Tian... the living... Xing Tian." Bai Ying's red pupils were filled with relief. "This way... everyone... won't... treat you... like... a machine."

Bai Ying's breathing grew weaker, and the warm home reappeared before her eyes.

"Mom..."