Earth, China, late at night.
The Imperial Crown came to a smooth stop on the rooftop of the Jinxiu Residential Complex.
The moment the hatch opened, Liuli rushed out in a hurry, but she suddenly froze when she reached the stairwell.
"This is..."
Gazing at the bustling city outside the building, Liuli's beautiful eyes widened. Before returning to her original world, she had admired the night view of Suzhou City and was deeply impressed. But the unfamiliar city night view in front of her was not Suzhou City at all.
" Eve, where is this?"
Eve appeared in holographic projection. She immediately retrieved map data, her expression suddenly changing as she said, "Mother, this is Jinxiu Residential Complex in Jinan City, Shandong Province."
" Jinan City, Shandong Province?" Liuli trembled, her beautiful eyes filled with shock. "The coordinates I arrived at were clearly Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, how did it become Jinan City Shandong Province?"
"I'm investigating the cause," Eve said anxiously. "It's possible that the Imperial Crown's coordinate guidance system is experiencing a machine illusion, mistaking Jinxiu Residential Complex in Jinan City for Jinxiu Residential Complex in Suzhou City."
Liuli asked breathlessly, "How far is Jinan City from Suzhou City?"
"Seven hundred... seven hundred and fifty kilometers!" Eve, her voice trembling.
"What?"
Liuli eyes widened in shock. She knew very well that even if the Imperial Crown were switched to normal flight mode, it would still take at least two hours to fly 800 kilometers. After all, the Imperial Crown was a time travel machine, not an airplane!
Eve gritted her teeth and said, "Mother, if we take the Imperial Crown directly to Jinxiu Residential Complex in Suzhou City, the earliest we can arrive is [11:59 PM]."
"You only have... 1 minute!"
Liuli was struck dumb, her face as pale as paper. Su Hang was about to jump off the building to commit suicide at midnight. In one minute, let alone change the terms of the deal with Su Hang Yousu Fox God, she probably wouldn't even be able to say two words.
Eve's eyes flashed with determination. "Mother, there's another way. You drive to Suzhou City right now. As long as you maintain a speed of 380 km/h, you can arrive at Jinxiu Residential Complex in Suzhou City at 11:55."
"How... is that even possible?"
Liuli bit her lip. "Even if I drive on the highway, there are hundreds of thousands of cars blocking my way, so I can't possibly reach 380 km/h, let alone get into the city where there's traffic congestion..."
"Mother, with Xiaxia here, we can definitely do it."
Liuli froze, as if remembering something, her face showing horror. She turned her head, and her heart sank. "Xia... Eve."
At this moment, in holographic projection, Eve's hair stood on end, turning a vivid red, and her innocent, blood-red eyes became incredibly ferocious, as she suddenly entered a Frenzy mode.
In Frenzy mode, Eve will drain all the chip's computing power, causing the system to operate beyond its capacity and unleashing a level of collective device intrusion capability that surpasses normal limits.
"Mother, I will hack into all the vehicles along the way and make them automatically give way to yours, clearing a path for your life!"
"Are you crazy?" Liuli shouted through gritted teeth, "Immediately deactivate Frenzy Battle Mode and obey my orders."
In Frenzy mode, Eve can indeed hack into hundreds of thousands of cars simultaneously, but the cost is that the chip will overheat and burn out, which is equivalent to the human brain being directly burned out.
In other words, Eve might die...
"There's no time, Mother." Eve, usually a well-behaved girl, suddenly became unusually rebellious. "I've already prepared a Porsche 918 for you downstairs. Get in it immediately and go save Father."
Liuli couldn't possibly stand by and watch Eve commit suicide. Although her initial research on Eve was merely to provide a cheat tool for her predecessors in a parallel world, the three years they spent together had already made her treat like a daughter.
Eve is Su Xia, her daughter with her predecessor.
Liuli's voice trembled as she said, " Su Xia, listen to your mother, turn off the Frenzy mode. There must be other solutions."
Eve's heart skipped a beat, then she smiled and said, "Mother, could you grant me a request?"
As if grasping at a last straw, Liuli, with tears in her eyes, quickly said, " Xiaxia, as long as you can turn off the Frenzy mode, Mom will agree to anything you want."
Eve tilted her head and smiled brightly, "If you and Father have a daughter in the future, could you name her [ Su Xia ]?"
Liuli nodded emphatically. "Mom promises you."
Eve had no more regrets and closed her eyes.
"What are you going to do?" Liuli asked in terror.
Eve opened her blood-red eyes, her voice devoid of emotion, and said, "The supercomputer Eve has erased all emotional memories and initiated its self-destruct program. The preset self-destruct time is midnight. It is currently executing the final escort mission in Frenzy mode."
"Erase emotional memories and initiate self-destruct program?"
Liuli trembled all over. Erasing emotional memories was equivalent to suicide on a conscious level, while activating the self-destruct program was suicide on a physical level. Eve left herself no way out.
The purpose of doing this is obvious: Eve wants her to give up completely and focus entirely on driving to Suzhou to save her predecessor Su Hang.
" Eve, I'm so sorry, Mommy."
Liuli wiped away her tears, rushed downstairs, and a matte gray Porsche 918 was quietly parked there. She opened the door, sat down, fastened her seatbelt, pressed the start button, locked the accelerator, and began to fly close to the ground.
A deafening roar echoed through the sky.
The Imperial Crown Imperial Crown, now in flight mode, has taken off and is flying along its planned route. It will land on the rooftop of the Jinxiu Residential Complex in Suzhou City at 11:59 PM.
At that time, Liuli will be able to board the Imperial Crown and return to her original world.
Jinan–Suzhou Expressway.
With the Liuli floored, the speedometer spiked to 380 kilometers per hour. Vehicles along the way turned on their hazard lights and moved to the emergency lane to give way. This was a lifeline that her daughter had bought for her with her life!
"I've already lost so much to save my predecessors across worlds—for Eve, for Sister Xiao Lan, and for my future self. This rescue must succeed; failure is not an option!"
11:55 PM.
Liuli drove to the Jinxiu Residential Complex in Suzhou City. She quickly got out of the car and ran towards the rooftop. She kicked open the rooftop door and saw a familiar male figure.
His slender figure wore the gold [ Yousu Team ] uniform, his somewhat immature face was streaked with tears, filled with sorrow, and his dark eyes were devoid of light, containing only despair and death.
It's Su Hang!
"Senior..."
Before she could speak, tears streamed down her face.
Liuli walked slowly, then gradually started jogging, and finally ran.
"Who are you?"
Like a wounded animal, Su Hang cried out in tears, "Don't come any closer!"
I'm warning you, don't—
Liuli lips sealed Su Hang's pale lips, and a deep-seated emotion erupted within her. Su Hang felt that the woman before her was very familiar, so familiar that she had saved her many times before.
Lips parting.
Listen to me, senior.
Liuli cupped Su Hang's face in her hands, tears welling in her eyes. "I know your past. Betrayed by friends and family, you were utterly despairing of the world and wanted to jump off a building to seek eternal death."
"I also know your future. After you jump off the building and commit suicide, you will be reincarnated in another world, where you will meet all sorts of people and make many like-minded friends."
"Loyalty and betrayal coexist, and you too will be betrayed. But please remember, your wife [ Yugong Hu ] loves you deeply, and she has proven her absolute loyalty to you with her unwavering devotion throughout her life."
"But your wife, Yugong Hu, will die. She will be threatened by the evil human sacrifice culture. Only you can save her."
"In a little while, a deity called [ Yousu Fox God ] will find you. He will give you what you desire most. To save [ Yugong Hu ], who is absolutely loyal to you, you must live."
"May [ the Yousu Fox God ] grant you the blessing to live on, to live well in another world, until you reunite with Yugong Hu. You will have children, grow old together, and live a happy and fulfilling life."
The Imperial Crown descended upon the rooftop.
The hatch opened.
Liuli was in tears. The moment of parting had arrived. This time, she did not turn back to look at Su Hang one last time, because she firmly believed that her senior Su Hang would be waiting for her in another world.
Bang!
The hatches of the Imperial Crown slammed shut.
The clock struck midnight.
Su Hang spread his arms and fell backward. He was very familiar with the woman in the white coat who had suddenly appeared, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't remember her. Blood gushed out the moment the back of his head hit the ground.
"I... I remember now, she's the Teacher Fox God."
Memories Flash through my mind like a slideshow.
In a brief moment of lucidity, Su Hang's dim eyes lit up. He remembered everything: Yugong Hu had come to his world aboard the Imperial Crown and saved her countless times.
At 1:30 PM, at the Yousu Team's training base, Teacher Fox God appeared as a cool and elegant woman, stunning the audience and taking him away from that humiliating stage, dispelling the inferiority complex that had plagued his youth.
At 2 p. m., at the KFC, the Teacher Fox God hugged tightly, saying that he had a nightmare in which he jumped off a building and committed suicide, and he was very sad.
At 4 p. m., at the movie theater, the Teacher Fox God held her hand. They looked like a couple deeply in love, experiencing the feeling of being in love for the first time. But Yugong Hu had another nightmare about jumping off a building to commit suicide.
At 6 PM, at his aunt's house, the Teacher Fox God transformed into a cute little girl, stunning his aunt's family. She even peeled shrimp for him. In that instant, he fell in love with the Teacher Fox God, but then he seemed to have another nightmare about jumping off a building to commit suicide.
At 8 p. m., the Teacher Fox God took her to the airport to fly to Japan, but the Teacher Fox God was in a bad mental state and had another nightmare about jumping off a building to commit suicide.
"The nightmare... has come true."
Su Hang coughed up mouthfuls of blood, and he could clearly feel his life slipping away bit by bit. He recalled the words that Yugong Hu had just spoken.
"In my next life, the Teacher Fox God will become my wife, and I will be threatened by the evil human sacrifice culture. I... I cannot die yet. I must wait for the god called [ Yousu Fox God ] to grant me the blessing to live. I must go to another world to save the Teacher Fox God."
Su Hang was bleeding from all seven orifices, his eyes were dull and lifeless, his consciousness was becoming increasingly blurred, and his life was coming to an end.
"Why... why hasn't that god called [ Yousu Fox God ] arrived yet? I... I can't hold on much longer."
Blood spread, and Su Hang's body shriveled up at a visible speed. His heartbeat gradually weakened, as if he would die completely at any moment.
"In that case, I'll become [ Yousu Fox God ] then."
Su Hang shakily raised his blood-stained arm, his palm open, his lips moving. " Su Hang in the next life, listen carefully, I— Yousu Fox God, willing to become your system, your exclusive god."
No matter how you betray me, I will always be absolutely loyal to you.
"If you save my wife, Yugong Hu, I will grant you the blessing of life and the talent you desire, without any conditions attached."
Su Hang's arms fell heavily to his sides, and the light in his eyes vanished completely.
" Teacher Fox God, I love you."