The Lonely Journey

On the ground.

Amidst the chaos of the battlefield, Qin Yiguan found a piece of rubble and brushed away the Black Matter snowflakes on it with his hand.

Slowly sit down.

Looking up at the black sun in the sky, which looked like it had been ripped open.

Upon entering the Black Sun, what destroyed AKI was not his true form, but a clone simulated using the "Infinity" Plunderer.

If AKI observes carefully, he will notice that Qin Yiguan, who blew off his own skull, had a small patch of red nerve network constantly wriggling beneath his feet.

During this process.

The Qin Yiguan itself remained standing on the ground.

On the battlefield, some corpses of Qin Yiguan counterparts remained, having been sacrificed one after another by the Qin Variants.

At this moment, these corpses were all shattered into code, constantly drifting away.

Qin Yiguan flipped his wrist, revealing a small diary in his palm. This was the Caregiver's keepsake, containing not only records of the orphanage children's preferences but also coordinates from the search for the Anti-Source Matter.

Turn it over slowly.

Multiverse No. 1020, coordinates 14159/265358.

Here, there is Shangguan Xiaotao, who made up for her regrets; here is the universe of Dishwasher Qin Yiguan.

Multiverse No. 999, coordinates 979323/846264.

Here are the author, an older man, and a boy in pajamas; this is a dream.

Multiverse No. 008, 338327/95023.

This is the president's universe. In order to reduce Qin Yiguan's influence, he Wuliang slaughtered all of humanity.

Qin Yiguan continued to tumble backward.

The coordinates of four Metaverse are recorded on the back. Single Horn said that he has calculated a total of seven locations where Anti-Source Matter is hidden.

84197/1693, 9937/5105, 8209...

These numbers were random, and nobody paid any attention to them at the time.

Looking at them together now, these numbers seem so familiar.

3.1415926535897932384626433832795023841971693993751058209...

π.

An Infinity, non-repeating number.

Among these coordinate points, the only missing digit is '3'.

What does the '3' represent?

It was Qin Yiguan, the Caregiver, and the Underworld who embarked on this Infinity journey.

"There is no such thing as Anti-Source Matter in this world."

"The process of searching for it is the process of my knowledge increasing Infinity. This process is not repetitive, and I have come to recognize one 'mistake' after another."

"They have all either cured or suppressed their illnesses."

"Therefore, they all have to be 'deleted'."

"From the very beginning, 'π' signifies an Infinity, non-repeating path, but it's too long, so people always omit it."

Qin Yiguan thought of one face after another, all of whom looked exactly like him, but each had their own life, their own story, their own persistence and pride.

That makes no sense!

Why would you 'delete' someone else's life?

But faced with the powerful and most formidable Gemini Superbrain, Qin Yiguan was powerless. He was just an ant, a pawn, manipulated at will. He seemed to possess unparalleled strength, but in reality, he couldn't control any outcome.

Qin Yiguan cannot solve these problems.

He also felt guilty about the death of his isotope.

He really wanted to avoid this outcome.

Black snowflakes are still falling sporadically.

In this desolate world, a sacred hymn inexplicably resounded.

It's like a song celebrating the defeat of evil, the victory of heroes, a Sacrifice to sacrifice, and an elevation of certain emotions.

For no apparent reason.

Qin Yiguan suddenly noticed a ceramic rabbit mask lying quietly at his feet.

Driven by some inexplicable impulse, Qin Yiguan picked up the rabbit mask and put it on his face.

The world suddenly became quiet.

This mask seems to isolate everything.

Looking around through the mask's eyes, the corpses of those counterparts seemed to vanish in an instant, as if no one had ever died.

'bite.'

The host suffered immense psychological trauma, accompanied by profound self-blame, which was irreparable and unchangeable.

'This fosters the emergence of a 10th personality, leading to a 10th personality split— the Bystander.'

'By viewing everything from this perspective, the host will subconsciously block out all guilt, self-blame, grief, and all irrational emotions. This is like an escape, but also a self-protective mechanism. Towards everything, even the past and the future, 'you' will become a detached Bystander.'

' Brain Abnormal Zone A89 [Conscience-Free Syndrome] development level +1, current Development Rate 51%.'

At that very moment.

The grief, frustration, resentment, and sense of helplessness in Qin Yiguan's heart vanished instantly.

My heart is as calm as a lake.

A figure wearing a rabbit mask split off from Qin Yiguan's body, walked slowly, and stood in front of him.

Qin Yiguan tilted his head slightly, looking at the figure through the mask. "So it was you who, throughout the past, coldly observed everything?"

The rabbit mask remained silent.

Qin Yiguan continued, "Once my personality is formed, I will have my own consciousness and goals. What was the purpose of your birth? Don't say it's to protect me; that's the duty of Guardian."

"I work for Gemini Superbrain."

The rabbit mask suddenly spoke.

"Gemini Superbrain?"

Qin Yiguan suddenly chuckled, "'I' actually honored to work for the Gemini Superbrain?!?"

The rabbit-masked figure calmly stated, "One of your tasks is to prevent AKI from assimilating the entire Metaverse."

"So..."

Qin Yiguan's tone was devoid of any emotion at this moment, "Therefore, my counterpart must die, and I must become ' Infinity.' Only in this way can I destroy AKI."

The rabbit mask did not speak.

Qin Yiguan then asked, "What exactly is ' Infinity '?"

"If a monkey were to Infinity type on a keyboard, Infinity pressing every letter, it could surely write everything possible— Shakespeare, the Brahmajala Sutra, the Bible, and all languages."

"It's both a coincidence and an inevitability."

"No matter how powerful AKI's Black Matter is, or how extreme its setting is, you will always find a way to defeat it."

"This is ' Infinity '."

"This is also part of the Gemini Superbrain's design."

The rabbit mask's voice was calm.

"Monkey."

Am I a monkey?

"Those laboratory monkeys?"

"I'm already so powerful, yet in the end I'm still just an experimental subject?"

Qin Yiguan's tone rose slightly, then dimmed again, "In the eyes of the Gemini Superbrain, everyone is a monkey, and I am merely the one whose actions are 'most correct,' resolving hidden dangers for the Gemini Superbrain Gemini Superbrain maintaining the entire Metaverse for it?"

The rabbit mask remained silent.

Immediately.

Qin Yiguan slowly raised his head. "You look like a god. So, are you really a god?"

"I guess so."

The rabbit mask glowed faintly. "You will soon come into contact with some people who claim to be 'gods.' At that time, your understanding will be on the same level as mine, and you won't have so many doubts in your heart."

The rabbit mask disappeared.

Qin Yiguan sat quietly for a long time.

Finally, Qin Yiguan removed the ceramic mask from his face and looked up at the black sun in the sky once more.

In the darkness of the sun.

Strands of nerve energy emerged from Qin Yiguan's body and entered AKI's exposed brain.

"Infinity" -- Dream General.

AKI entered a dream.

He discovered that his parents were living there in good health.

This is a quiet and verdant little mountain valley with seven or eight houses, where not only my parents live, but also other villagers.

AKI recovered from cerebral edema and has truly become a normal child.

He told his parents that he had conquered the entire Metaverse using Black Matter, but his father smiled kindly and said, "What's the point of that? It's better for the family to live here forever."

As for AKI in the darkness, his life force rapidly vanished, and his heart slowly stopped beating.

His face held a serene smile, forever lost in that beautiful dream.

then.

A scene unfolded that even Qin Yiguan hadn't anticipated.

This black sun, containing at least ten million tons of Black Matter, was actually assimilated by Jiu Zhengxuan's ' Black Room '. The vast black 'asphalt' shrank into the space between Jiu Zhengxuan's eyebrows.

Perhaps because of AKI's death, the control of the Black Matter will change hands.

A black crystal flickered between Jiu Zhengxuan's brows, its Fusion Rate instantly exceeding 100%, activating a "Higher Self" composed of Black Matter.

But Jiu Zhengxuan was looking at the Slaughterer was frantically cutting up the corpse, as well as the Black Calamity, the Plunderer, the Dream General, and the Child in the sky, and Qin Yiguan on the ground, holding a rabbit mask and with a calm expression.

Jiu Zhengxuan's chest heaved as he breathed rapidly, his heart unable to find peace for a long time.

Another layer of simulation dissipated.

The instant the Slaughterer appeared, Qin Yiguan used the Plunderer to simulate a virtual scene that covered an area of thousands of kilometers.

Humans outside the world, including all of humanity, only saw a black sun descend.

Then the black sun fell, creating a huge crater on the ground, and then it shattered into pieces and disappeared without a trace.

now.

Everything was peaceful.

No one knows the real story.

No one knew of Qin Variants existence, no one knew of the Ao Council, no one saw AKI's true face, no one knew that ' Reality Enhancement ' could once be used here, no one knew that Jiu Zhengxuan had obtained a "Higher Self," and no one had seen Qin Yiguan's several "Higher Self." Nor would anyone know that Qin Yiguan had become that ineffable "Infinity."

Qin Yiguan became a lonely person.

But to outsiders, he was always a lonely man, embarking on his journey alone and returning to the starting point alone.