"I never imagined that I would be the one to betray me in the end." After a clash, feeling the evenly matched strength from the blade, [Shiyin]'s eyes grew even colder: "Perhaps you should be more serious. Kill me, and it will all be over."

"You know perfectly well that our strengths are roughly equal, and that I can't kill you," Shi Yin said calmly.

"I suddenly realized something just now. Why did those loyal people I killed all repeat the same sentence before they died?" [Shiyin] looked directly into Shiyin's eyes: "I'm not as ruthless as you."

“You are indeed ruthless. You know I have no way out. Given my caution, I cannot confront you head-on. So you gave me Gu Changge’s imprint, giving me a trump card.”

“If I’m not mistaken, it was you who revealed that I have the World Fragment. You know that if it were me, I would definitely look down on the weak Guan Nianshan and Nan Zhu and deliberately let them fight amongst themselves to take my World Fragment.”

"You know Guan Nianshan is the most cunning. The subtext is that as long as Guan Nianshan works hard, you can take good care of his sister and let him die without any worries, so that the only ability that can harm me can be used against me."

"You know that Nan Zhu is the most ambitious, the most cunning, and the most adept at lurking in the shadows. You told Nan Zhu about the benefits of the World Fragment but not the price, allowing Nan Zhu to steal the fragment without worry. Little did you know that you would only be left to perish alone with the World Fragment..."

After all, that was a power that transcended the world. Even Tokine herself dared not delve into it; even a tiny fragment was troublesome enough.

[Shiyin] said with a mocking expression: "Hey, do those who are loyal to you know they're clowns? Cold-hearted madman, don't you regret it?"

"Regret." Shi Yin uttered those two words softly, leaving Shi Yin stunned for a long while.

“But I won’t let you do anything you’ll regret.” Tokine’s next words made Tokine’s face twist even more: “I won’t let everyone turn into monsters.”

"Shut up! Those aren't monsters. They have their own thoughts, they've just changed their appearance. Only I can save the world!" [Shiyin] roared, "We've never forgotten my dream. It's you, not Shiyin. You're the one who forgot Shiyin!"

[Shiyin] was just roaring; it was more like she was venting her anger.

Shi Yin remained silent, her silence more like the deathly stillness after venting her emotions.

For her family, for her old friends, for those who are important to her, Toki's will triumphed over life and death and time. In the long cycle of reincarnation and memories, in the erosion of countless consciousnesses—hope became desire, and belief turned into obsession.

I want to see them.

I want them.

【want to……】

[I want to get it.]

I want them.

[I want everything from them.]

Such intense feelings can perhaps be called love.

Endless, unconditional, one-sided, wishful thinking, self-satisfying, unquestionable, unopposed, and leaving no room for compromise...

like! ! ! ! !

"I've found a way to keep everyone together forever. If you're the terminal, if you know I've succeeded, you should support me!" [Shiyin]'s eyes were bloodshot.

“That’s a virus.” Shi Yin gripped the hilt of her knife tightly, her face turning grim as if she had just realized something. “You call it an elixir of immortality, but to humans it’s a zombie virus.”

"It's just another way of surviving. Humans are too fragile, lacking strength and with pitifully short lifespans. It's better to call it evolution, a more advanced, stronger, and more adaptable species to any environment." [Shiyin] gritted her teeth: "I did it for humanity."

"Am I really that great?" Shi Yin's expression remained calm.

[Tokine]: "!"

Tearing apart the future and hope of a time and space, polluting a world to be sublimated in another way, because "only by becoming stronger can everything be solved," so we have walked this path for a very long time.

The purpose was simply to be with the people who mattered to me.

In the end, Shi Yin no longer understood whether she wanted to become the strongest to save all of humanity, or whether saving all of humanity was a process with the goal of saving important people.

"You cloned your relatives using their genes, gave them memories, and told them, like a high-level zombie commanding a low-level zombie, 'Continue living with me as you remember,' maintaining a facade of peace while making the whole world pay for your demise..."

"Saving the world seems real, but it also seems like... just nice words."

Shi Yin clearly knew that she was the terminal, the original Shi Yin. She had seen countless versions of herself, and each time the reincarnation failed, one of her versions would fall down with her.

Is this really a victory?

In the brief period of peace, becoming a zombie changes one's aesthetic sense. What was once utterly repulsive to humans becomes beautiful once one becomes a zombie.

Dad, Mom, Sister, Little Niece...

If they weren't zombies, there would only be one outcome, because zombies can only survive by eating flesh and blood, their evolution is incomplete, or the zombie virus itself has loopholes. In the short term, humans would be domesticated and called "two-legged sheep".

But humanity's yearning for freedom and its indomitable spirit sustain their dignity, making it impossible for them to peacefully become domesticated "pigs."

However, in a short period of time, the fallen human civilization was no match for the zombie civilization. As a result, countless people could not accept reality and either died in battle as part of the resistance or committed suicide.

Then Shi Yin realized that whether she was weaving beautiful dreams or protecting them, her loved ones were like flowers that had lost the sun and rain, quickly withering away.

Since they cannot be brought back to life, then let them be resurrected.

So, Shi Yin used genetic cloning to create identical family members and friends, from appearance to cells, giving them their original memories and turning them into zombies. As the highest-level zombie, she commanded them to live and maintain their original appearance, just like their memories.

But are they family?

Shi Yin could not ignore the respect in their eyes, could not disregard their humility, and could not accept their obedience.

Are they loving me the way I remember because of my orders? Or are they loving me because they are my family and friends?

The answer should be clear and obvious.

Shi Yin knew she shouldn't hold a grudge; she had already achieved her goal, and nothing could stop her from being with the person she cared about. However, because she was so strong, she knew better than anyone whether it was real or fake.

Zombies have no emotions; in fact, they haven't evolved emotions yet. In any case, these are just the earliest zombies. It took a long time for apes to evolve into humans.

Evolution takes time.