At the A City branch military training base, after Zhou Jinze was appointed as the minister at the age of twenty-five, a small stone sculpture appeared on the back mountain of the base.

A cute, chibi-style octopus is carved on it, lifelike and vivid. It is surrounded by chibi-style portraits of people, all crowding around it, each with a smile on their face.

It was Xie Mian who re-painted Qian Yuan's painting.

Since the little octopus fell into a deep sleep, pollution and rules have disappeared, and Xie Mian can see that they are in every painting the little octopus has created.

Everyone will always hold hands and smile happily.

This is actually one of the few selfish desires of the evil god, a simple, childlike longing.

So everyone made this small stone tablet together, willing to accompany Qianyuan like this forever, and never forget him every year.

However, since this small stone tablet was erected, not only Xie Mian and his group, but also all the researchers and followers who had dealt with Qian Yuan before, as well as ordinary people who had seen Qian Yuan in their dreams, spontaneously came here. Flowers, candies, and small cakes—Qian Yuan now has everything she needs.

When Xie Mian came to clean up later, she saw it and was both amused and exasperated.

"They brought so many, the baby is almost drowned in a sea of ​​sugar."

Lin Jue said, "What does it matter? My son will be laughing in his sleep when he sees so many candies and cakes. He'll wish he could swim in them every day."

As he spoke, his voice lowered again: "Little one, I used to forbid you from eating candy because of your toothache, but now you can eat as much as you want."

"Little one, there are so many delicious candies and cakes you've never tried before, why are you leaving..."

Lin Jue started crying again, and it sounded awful. Xie Mian couldn't get into the mood at all.

Xie Mian: "Stop crying. If Zhou Jinze sees you crying in front of Zai Zai's tombstone again, he'll definitely beat you every time he sees you. You're crying like you're mourning a grave. Anyone who sees this will think it's bad luck."

Lin Jue: "Why do you dislike me too?! Only our little one doesn't dislike me... Little one, come back soon! Come back to life, my little one!"

Before Lin Jue could finish speaking, he saw a figure walking towards him from the end of the road.

He was dressed in a black military uniform, looking travel-worn, as if he had just returned from a mission. His steps were slow, yet you could hear a hint of urgency in them.

Lin Jue sprang up from the ground and, seeing that things were not going well, tried to slip away.

Seeing this, Xie Mian stepped forward. He hadn't talked to Zhou Jinze for a long time either. Since Qian Yuan left, Zhou Jinze had never chatted or confided in anyone except for work-related communication with him. He had tried to persuade Zhou Jinze to see a psychologist several times, but Zhou Jinze hadn't listened.

Xie Mian looked at the person who exuded a chilling aura, and her eyes felt sore.

How come everything has changed so much in just a few months?

"team leader."

Xie Mian called him.

Zhou Jinze nodded to Xie Mian, walked to the stone tablet, carefully took something out of his pocket, and placed it in front of the little octopus's tentacles.

That was the time when Qianyuan refused the candy and chocolate.

After Zhou Jinze woke up, his memories merged with those of the younger Zhou Jinze. He recalled that on the day he turned twenty, he had already met Qian Yuan and fell in love with her after only a few meetings.

He remembered every word Qian Yuan said, but what he regretted most was that the little guy didn't get to eat chocolate.

When Qianyuan arrived at the time of greatest scarcity and apocalyptic crisis, she was sent by God to save them, but he gave her nothing of the best.

This little guy is so easily satisfied...

Zhou Jinze took off his gloves and carefully wiped away the tiny specks of dust from the stone tablet.

"It's better not to stay here. Go to other worlds, remember to find a good person, be born into a happy family, be loved and cherished, and don't be like me, irresponsible."

"team leader……"

Every time Xie Mian saw Zhou Jinze muttering to himself like this, she felt both heartache and fear.

Zhou Jinze ignored him and sat down directly.

He leaned casually against the stone tablet, seemingly wanting to live a secluded life away from the world, quietly waiting for Qianyuan to finish playing and come home.

Xie Mian couldn't persuade him any further, so she could only look back at Zhou Jinze every few steps before dragging Lin Jue away.

It started snowing heavily late at night.

Bo Yuchuan's experiment had no clue whatsoever, and he unknowingly wandered to the back mountain, where he saw a tall figure blocking the view in front of a small stone tablet.

His figure was covered by the wind and snow, but the stone tablet in front of him remained completely untouched by the cold.

He was the little octopus's only knight in this vast snowfield.

Bo Yuchuan slowly walked up and looked at Zhou Jinze's face, which was frozen and bloodless. Snowflakes covered his eyelashes, making him look more like a stone sculpture than a stone sculpture itself.

"Didn't you say you wouldn't come here?"

Zhou Jinze suddenly spoke up, his tone filled with hostility towards Bo Yuchuan.

Bo Yuchuan chuckled: "I have searched through all the documents and ancient books. The evil god is immortal and indestructible. He exists in the deep space and also here. He is just asleep, having a dream that none of us know about."

"It's pointless to reminisce about the past here. When he wakes up, it might be tens of thousands of years from now."

"You're just indulging in self-pity here."

Zhou Jinze dismissed him with disdain: "Get lost."

Bo Yuchuan didn't say anything, but simply left the umbrella behind.

"You can't die. If you die, he'll be heartbroken."

After saying that, Bo Yuchuan left leisurely.

Only Zhou Jinze silently clenched his fist.

He couldn't die, he knew.

But how could he use the mark on his soul to find Qianyuan if he didn't get rid of this body?

...

Qianyuan returned to the system space.

At this moment, alarms blared continuously in the system space.

The system was furious. It had no expectations for this reckless host, but seeing that he had successfully collected emotional points in the later stages, it had already added him back to the whitelist. But, but, this guy actually drained all the emotional points in the end!

Isn't this just messing with the system?!

Having served as a system for so many times, the system had developed some of its arrogance. It was used to hosts bowing and scraping to it, and it had also seen some hosts ignore it and argue with it, but Qian Yuan was someone it had never seen before.

Qianyuan has completely offended the system.

Even during the layover, the system didn't say a word to Qian Yuan, deciding to throw her out when the time came. It didn't even tell Qian Yuan that the host could change their mind in the second world and choose a new identity.

Let Qianyuan experience what doubled punishment feels like using a child's body.

Such disobedient hosts need to be properly disciplined so they will understand how important the system's instructions are.