The data stream of the virtual wedding scene condensed into the first-generation holographic image. His pupils were exactly the same as the black cat's: "Congratulations on discovering the truth. Now, make a choice - will you become the carrier of my consciousness, or let 'you' in all the universes be annihilated with me?" Lin Yue's wind lifted the fragments on the black cat's neck, and the fragments suddenly split into two halves, one half merged into her wind pattern, and the other half drilled into Xia Zichen's star pattern.

"Let's choose the third answer." Xia Zichen's Star-Embroidered Sword pierced the First Generation's holographic image, its blade bringing forth not blood but the scent of lavender. Deep within Lin Yue's sea of ​​consciousness, "they" from all universes simultaneously raised their weapons, wind blades and star-embedded light weaving into a massive anti-virus program. Black Cat's pocket watch exploded, revealing a fragment of the First Generation's consciousness hidden within its core. Inscribed on the fragment was the inscription: "So the ultimate goal of empathy is to allow the 'backup' to possess a soul of choice."

Amidst the starship's alarm, Lin Yue's palm materialized again, while the black cat began to become transparent. It leaped onto Xia Zichen's robotic arm and used its sharp claws to carve new runes between the gears. "This is the first self-destruct program embedded in cat genes. When all the fragments are activated, I will... help you sever the chain of cause and effect." Lin Yue hugged the black cat and noticed its fur transforming into a stream of data. A fragment shaped like a cat's paw appeared in his arms—the "consciousness virus" that the black cat had condensed from its own core.

The cyberverse's gene pool began to collapse, and the pupils of the virtual guests shattered into lavender petals. Lin Yue embedded the virus fragments into the starship's main control system, and suddenly the system popped up the final message from the original generation: "If you are reading this, it means Ah Hei has completed his mission. I'm sorry for experimenting with your lives for so long. But please believe that in every universe, 'you' are fighting for true freedom."

Xia Zichen touched the star pattern on the back of his neck and noticed it was transforming into a lavender field. From the depths of his consciousness, the black cat's voice echoed: "Go to the medieval universe. The fragments there are hidden in the Holy Grail, and the guardian of the Holy Grail... is the First Reincarnation with cat ears. The key to sweetness is to make him believe that 'reincarnation can be rewritten by love.'"

As the starship burst through the firewall of the cyberverse, a black cat whisker appeared in Lin Yue's pocket of wind, the tip of the whisker gleaming with the faint light of the space-time virus. Outside the porthole, the afterimages of starships from seventeen universes emerged in the turbulent stream of data. Aboard each ship, a pair of "them" gazed in the same direction—there, a cat-eared boy sat atop a medieval castle tower, observing the starship's trajectory through gear glasses. The black cat stuffed animal he held in his arms wore a first-generation gear collar.

Xia Zichen gripped Lin Yue's hand tightly, the star and wind patterns on their wrists merging into a new symbol. In his sea of ​​consciousness, the rainbow bridge had transformed into a DNA double helix, each base pair shimmering with a shimmer of lavender and silver. Black Cat's last candy melted in Lin Yue's palm, leaving behind not sweetness but a phrase from his first memory: "True empathy lies not in becoming each other's reflections, but in allowing two souls to ultimately learn to shine independently across the vast river of time and space."

(End of Chapter 50)