"Senior... jumped off a building and committed suicide?"
With a buzzing sound, Liuli's head slumped to the ground, the light in her crimson eyes vanishing instantly, replaced by a deathly stillness and numbness.
Eve closed her eyes, reviewed the surveillance footage, then opened them in shock, saying, "Mother, due to extreme weather conditions, the plane carrying Father has had to return mid-flight and land at Suzhou Airport."
"My father saw the news report about the deaths of Su Guihua's family at the airport. He cried alone at the airport for a long time before taking a taxi back to his home in Jinxiu Residential Complex."
"Then... my father called you to say his final goodbyes, and chose to jump out of the window, committing suicide."
Liuli's lower abdomen convulsed and spasmed in waves. She suddenly puffed out her cheeks, her delicate face contorted in pain, and with a "whoosh," she vomited a pool of scarlet blood, instantly staining her white coat red.
Eve cried out in alarm, "Mother!"
"I... I should have realized this sooner." Liuli raised her head, blood tears streaming from her crimson pupils, her eyes unfocused and dim. "This is a death loop that cannot be interfered with or changed."
"The reason why Su Hang of this world died is because of the existence of our world's predecessors. If Su Hang of this world hadn't died, how could our world have had any predecessors? How could I have met them... and even gotten married to them?"
"This is a closed loop, an ouroboros. No matter how many times I Death Save Reload, I can't save my predecessor, Su Hang."
I'm so tired.
Liuli's spirit completely collapsed. She swayed as she stood up, then slumped weakly onto the control panel, looking as if she had aged ten years in an instant. She murmured in a daze, "I'm so tired, so tired, so tired..."
Eve, unable to bear it any longer, said, "Mother, we have one last chance to Death Save Reload."
"It's useless." Liuli lowered her head, numbly saying, "The predecessors of this world were destined to commit suicide by jumping off a building at midnight. No matter how many times Death Save Reload, they can't rewrite the ending."
Eve was heartbroken and said, "Mother, shall we go back to our original world?"
"Um."
Parallel world, Huaxia, Imperial Crown Island.
Inside the Time Research Institute.
Yin Long paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, anxiously saying, "Damn it! We've been waiting from day to night, why hasn't Liuli come back yet? Could something have happened to her?"
"Shut your mouth!" Huyan Lan punched Yin Long in the stomach, saying viciously, " Liuli will definitely make sure Su Hang lives well in that world."
Yin Long clutched his stomach, groaning in pain, "Damn it! Big-breasted girl, I was just worried about Liuli's safety, did you have to beat me up?"
Huyan Lan glared and said, "If anything happens to Liuli, I'll kill you!"
Yin Long felt a chill run down his spine and covered his mouth.
"Damn it, I have to say, the wait was agonizing." Hu Xiao finished his twenty-fourth fast food meal.
" Uncle Hu, you're really going through the motions." Jiang Sui rolled her eyes and pouted. "We're all so worried we can't eat or sleep, and you're just feeding us fast food. You've almost finished all the food in the research institute."
"Damn it, I channel my stress into food," Hu Xiao said with a worried look on his face. "Don't let my constant eating fool you, my stress level is no less than yours."
"There are still more than two hours until the solar storm ends," Su Sui's tense voice came through.
Upon hearing this, everyone present was immediately on tenterhooks.
The passage between the real world and parallel worlds can only be opened by the energy of a solar storm. Once the solar storm ends and the passage closes, Liuli, who is aboard the Imperial Crown, will surely die!
Sudden!
Just then...
A long, deep, and powerful whale cry suddenly rang out.
The Leviathan Nuclear Reactor, located deep in the ocean, emitted a dazzling light.
"She's back! Sister Liuli is back!"
Su Sui shouted excitedly.
The power ring in the center of the room spun rapidly, and a blue spherical machine gradually appeared. Its footrest extended out and it came to a steady stop. With a loud bang, the hatch slowly opened.
" Liuli!" Huyan Lan's beautiful eyes were filled with excitement and anticipation as she rushed to the Imperial Crown. A purple-haired woman walked out slowly with her head down, her white coat stained with bright red blood.
It is Liuli.
Huyan Lan's heart suddenly skipped a beat. Although she couldn't see Liuli's expression, it was easy to tell from her blood-stained white coat and unsteady steps that she was in extremely poor mental condition.
" Sister Liuli, did you successfully save Su Hang?"
Su Sui quickly stepped forward to inquire, while Jiang Sui, Yin Long, and Hu Xiao also cast expectant glances at her.
"It failed."
Her Liuli, glassy lips moved.
Huyan Lan's eyes widened, and her voice trembled as she said, "Say it again."
"I failed, I failed, I failed. I couldn't save my senior. I failed. I couldn't rewrite my senior's inevitable death. I failed. In the end, my senior still jumped off the building and committed suicide."
Liuli raised her head, her face covered in bloodstains, haggard and exhausted, devoid of any emotion. She said, "I'm sorry, Sister Xiao Lan, I failed."
Looking at Liuli's numb and lifeless eyes, Huyan Lan's heart trembled violently. Liuli's current state was not only unrelated to Su Hang's betrayal by Imperial Crown ten years ago, but also exactly the same.
"It failed."
Jiang Sui, Yin Longhu, Xiao, and the others were also somewhat saddened. Although their life memories had been altered, they still harbored inexplicable feelings for Su Hang deep in their hearts.
"I'm tired." Liuli's eyes were dim and weary, like a walking corpse, as she stumbled towards the door.
Su Sui stopped Liuli, struggling to say, " Sister Liuli, the solar storm isn't over yet, the passageway still exists, we still have a chance. So what if we failed once? You can take the Imperial Crown again."
"Once?"
Liuli trembled as painful memories resurfaced in her mind. "Do you know how many times I failed? Once, twice, three times, four times... I was driven to a mental breakdown by the torment, a mental breakdown, do you know that?"
The sudden outburst of emotion stunned everyone present.
Liuli slowly lowered her head, saying weakly, "This is a deadly loop. There's no point in going to rescue it on the Imperial Crown anymore. I'm tired, I'm so tired, so tired..."
A beautiful figure stepped in front of Liuli.
Snap!
The crisp sound of a slap echoed throughout the room.
Huyan Lan raised her arms high.
Liuli touched her flushed cheeks, tilting her head with an expression of disbelief.
Everyone present was stunned, not knowing why Huyan Lan suddenly slapped Liuli.
" Yugong Liuli, let me tell you, I've never gotten over the fact that Su Hang and you got married!"
Huyan Lan's beautiful eyes were filled with angry tears. "Ten years ago, when Su Hang learned that you were going to be persecuted by the evil human sacrifice culture, he made the decision that very night to rescue you alone across borders."
Her Liuli, crimson eyes trembled.
"I also tried to persuade Su Hang that his opponent was the entire city of Kyoto, and even the entire country of Japan, but he wasn't afraid. Why? Because you are Sovereign Dominion's chief vice-captain, Liuli, the team member he's responsible for protecting!"
Tears streamed down Huyan Lan. "After the first rescue operation at the Yugong Tower failed, he asked you face-to-face if you were willing to be absolutely loyal to him. You said yes, Su Hang immediately wrote his will, deciding to risk his life."
Liuli's body trembled slightly.
With tears streaming down his face, Huyan Lan, "Later, he donned the Emperor Hero suit and rescued you from Yugong Shrine on a motorcycle. Even when facing pursuit from the Kyoto army, police, and gangsters, he wasn't afraid."
Liuli trembled violently all over.
"Just because of your verbal promise of absolute loyalty, Su Hang risked his life and fortune to fight against the entire world, do you know that?" Huyan Lan roared through her tears.
Tears, like Liuli beads, slid silently down.
"The one who should become Su Hang's Su Hang is not you, it should be me!" Su Hang Huyan Lan roared, her eyes red. "I don't care how many times I fail, how many times...
"Until I die, until Su Hang is rescued!"
Liuli streamed down her face, washing away the blood and grime, and her fists clenched tighter.
Huyan Lan took a deep breath to calm herself, staring intently at him, and said, "If you give up on saving Su Hang, then don't ever refer to yourself as Su Hang's wife again. If you still want to be Su Hang's wife, then show me your resolve!"
After a long while.
Liuli raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, her crimson eyes regaining their light. " Sister Xiao Lan, I understand. Thank you for waking me up."
The people present looked at each other and smiled.
At this moment.
Su Sui walked over, holding her phone, and said, " Sister Liuli, a contact on your QQ suddenly sent you a video."
"Video?"
Liuli took the phone and clicked to view it.
The video's background is Tiananmen Square in Beijing. On a vermilion bench, an elderly woman with white hair and red eyes, dressed in a white coat, sits kindly with heart-shaped diamond pendants hanging from her earlobes, dazzlingly bright.
"Hello, 28-year-old Liuli, and me from 73 years ago."
Jiang Sui, standing nearby, froze, then exclaimed, " Sister Liuli crap! The old woman in this video is Sister Liuli from 73 years in the future, which means she's 101 years old?"
Everyone was incredulous.
Only Liuli trembled, as if she understood something.
The old woman said softly, "By the time you see this video, you must have failed in your global mission to save Su Hang, and you must be suffering so much that you're on the verge of a mental breakdown."
"However, it was this painful defeat that strengthened my resolve to save my predecessor."
"Seventy-three years later, I led my research team and successfully conquered [ Endless Energy Technology ]. I personally traveled back to the real world on August 31, 2025, aboard the fully-equipped Imperial Crown, the night Su Hang disappeared."
"We successfully met with Su Hang."
Liuli gasped for breath.
Everyone present was dumbfounded. 101-year-old Liuli had conquered the Endless Energy Technology and then returned to August 31, 2025, aboard a fully-equipped version of the Imperial Crown. This sounded far too sci-fi.