In a daze, Perpetuity heard a string of irresistible commands, uncontrollable self-destruction...
Perpetuity's consciousness gradually sank into silence and darkness until it could no longer even think...
This was death: becoming something utterly dead. There was no soul after death, no heaven or hell—only an end that settled everything, lasting until eternity...
For some reason, a surge stirred Perpetuity's consciousness, and it sluggishly pulsed once.
As the stimulation grew stronger, Perpetuity's consciousness seemed to break free from ice.
When Perpetuity regained its vision, it found itself inside an incubation tank.
"Where... is this?"
With a swing of its blade limbs, Perpetuity broke free from its egg with all six limbs and stood on the ground.
Judging by the fleshy walls around it, Perpetuity could tell it was inside some kind of organism. The familiar life field soon made it realize that it was with the colony.
Perpetuity lowered its guard.
"Perpetuity, you're awake."
Through the life field, the successors welcomed Perpetuity's revival.
"I remember dying. I died because of Great Destruction's forged commands. How am I alive again?"
Perpetuity looked doubtfully at its blade limbs. Alongside its delight, there was even greater confusion.
"Thought sent designated individuals to find your solid-state brain. With your intact solid-state brain, you were reborn."
"The colony defeated Great Destruction?"
"If we hadn't, how could we possibly have revived you? But the colony's current situation isn't any better than before."
Perpetuity froze for a moment, then asked, "What happened? Did another powerful enemy appear?"
"It's the Spirit Realm. They want to use the colony as a 'vessel'... I don't really understand what that means. It feels similar to Spirit Realm sacrifices—using the colony's 'life' in exchange for Hui's 'resurrection'..."
The successors told Perpetuity everything exactly as it had happened. As they expected, Perpetuity was enraged