"What will their future... or rather, their end, be like?"
Zheng Qing could not help asking. He wanted to know the ultimate fate of those short-lived beings in the "bubble worlds."
"Like I said, the fate of short-lived beings ends no differently across all timelines. In the end, they all perish... sooner or later. Once you become a legend, you can 'fish up' traces of your past existence from the River of Time and Fate, and they will become immortal alongside you. If you do not become a legend, then in the end, you are no more than a handful of dust."
Perhaps because she had become younger, Shi Hui gradually lost her former solemnity as she chatted with Zheng Qing, becoming livelier and more spirited. She snapped her fingers, and several threads drifting past her instantly wound around her fingertips. Then, blurry scenes spurted forth from those threads:
"Of course, there is still a slight difference between branch timelines and the main timeline. Most of the time, life on a branch timeline silently fades away as the timeline 'collapses'... It is like the sun setting and never rising again. The world's colors gradually fade, all things return to silence, and every living creature slowly becomes unreal in a state of near serenity, as though sinking into the deepest sleep. Then, together with their world, they turn into insignificant bubbles and vapor beside the main channel of the River of Time and Fate, leaving no trace behind... But on very rare occasions, a branch timeline's world collapses during the 'day.' Or rather, at the instant the timeline collapses, that world is still in an active phase..."
At this point, the Little Witch's tone suddenly carried a little more emotion, and her voice unconsciously lowered. "In that case, it gets rather...