Prologue of the New Era

Blueprint's form trembled violently:

[Impossible... He had clearly been completely erased by me...]

"You erased his existence," Lin Ye said softly. "But his obsession had long since been divided into three parts. One went to the Memory Corridor, one went to 370 million civilizations, and one—to you."

"You thought you devoured him, but he had willingly merged into you. He stayed inside you for endless eras. He was waiting."

Blueprint's body began to shake violently.

The lines of law wrapped around it began snapping one after another.

From every broken line, a stream of light burst forth—it was the obsession of the civilizations it had devoured, awakening under the First Man's guidance.

[No... Impossible... This defies logic...]

For the first time, panic entered Blueprint's voice.

Lin Ye gently shook his head.

"Logic? You were wrong from the beginning. The essence of existence has never been logic."

He raised a hand and pointed behind Blueprint—

There, 370 million stars slowly revolved, their light weaving into a scene that stretched across the Void: countless civilizations being reborn, countless living beings laughing, countless existences embracing one another.

Blueprint turned and looked at the scene.

For the first time, its form wavered.

[What... is this...]

"This is what they had been waiting for you to see." Lin Ye walked to its side. "You feared disappearance, so you desperately erased them. But have you ever considered this—if you had not erased them, they would have existed alongside you."

Blueprint fell silent.

After a long while, it spoke. For the first time, its voice sounded like that of a true "existence," rather than a cold mass of order:

[But... it is already too late... I erased too many... They will not forgive me...]

Lin Ye said nothing. He