"Qianqiu!" a staff member shouted. "We couldn't receive footage from the legend, but we've confirmed that it's over. Kuafu is dead!"
"It's over...?" Dong Qianqiu looked incredulous, but quickly collected herself. "What about the Operator? Has the Operator returned?"
"No... we've lost contact with the Operator..."
"I see..." Dong Qianqiu spent only a second in thought before returning to work. "What's the situation with the Supreme Pivot?"
"Since all footage from the legend was cut off, we can't determine the Supreme Pivot produced this time."
"In that case, begin wrapping things up," Dong Qianqiu said coldly.
"But... what about Zhan Qisheng?"
"Tell the public... that he met with an accident inside the legend and his soul has dispersed. He has transcended heaven and earth and is no longer bound by the five elements."
"Yingning." Standing in the peach grove Kuafu had conjured before his death, Zhan Qisheng said to her, "Let's part ways here."
"Part ways?" Yingning didn't understand what he meant. "What do you mean, part ways?"
"You don't need to follow me anymore." Zhan Qisheng shook his head, his expression conflicted. "The road I'm about to take will be incredibly dangerous. At best, I'll become a scourge upon a region. At worst, I'll make an enemy of the entire world."
"Xiao Zhan... what are you going to do?"
"I want to save as many people as I can," Zhan Qisheng said. "Whether they deserve to die or not, I want them to choose for themselves whether to live. I'll give everyone the right to choose. Because of me, this world might become better-or worse."
"Then... then I can stay with you!" Panic was clear in Yingning's voice. "If that's all it is, why do we have to part?!"
"I won't have the time to look after you,