Hao Jingye's Superpower was the counterpart to time-
Rules and order, space.
In an instant, all the tangled threads of thought connected. Sheng An's eyes grew moist, as though she could see Hao Jingye standing before her.
He wore his glasses. Across time and space, their eyes met, and they smiled at each other. All their understanding, all their words, went unspoken.
She was Team Leader Sheng.
He was Assistant Hao.
"You've done everything you could. Leave the rest to me," Sheng An said.
No matter who heard those words from Sheng An, they could immediately put their mind at ease.
Just like Academician He before them. He had laid his plans through his death, with no need for further words or worry. Everything that remained could be entrusted to Sheng An. She would never let him down.
-Because she was Sheng An.
The smiles on their lips were almost identical.
She was grateful for all his efforts, and he was relieved that she had found every trace of his struggle and seized that chance of survival.
Hao Jingye's figure vanished, his smile filled with genuine anticipation-a hope for humanity's victory.
Sheng An took a deep breath and held Qi Lingwu tightly as they vanished into the Fragments.
She had found the truth. It was time to return with the news.
She was already lucid, and a fragment still rested on the tip of her tongue. The "fragment egg" could no longer force them to stay. It could only let them leave this world filled with Time Fragments.
When she opened her eyes, Sheng An felt as though she were still standing in the same spot.
The fragment egg hovered before her eyes, crisscrossed with red markings that were growing ever clearer. The flowing blood seemed to have come