Her consciousness seemed to be floating in the sea, or sleeping on the clouds, with a soft and eerie sense of security.

After falling into a coma, Ruan Qing'an felt as if her consciousness had detached from this small world and left the body of its original owner. This illusory small world was like a toy held in the palm of her hand. The Third Human Base, and even humanity itself, seemed terrifyingly insignificant.

Only... the Supreme God can do this.

When she came to her senses, she suddenly looked up, and Ruan Qing'an then realized that her body, like a phantom, was floating outside the world, while the small world was covered by layers of dark green data, and at the end of the data link—was him.

The man was sealed at the far end, where countless shattered little worlds were covered by dark green data streams, which then connected to the man at the end like long lines.

Rather than a seal, it's more accurate to say that a continuous stream of power was drawn from him and poured into these small worlds.

His body was entangled in data streams, his eyes were dark green, and his face resembled Zhou Ziqi and Shi Yi, but—he was truly flawless, a perfection that humans could not describe, the ultimate pinnacle of anyone's aesthetic sense.

It was a face like that of a god, so beautiful that even the gaze of a mortal would be considered a defilement, and he raised his eyes—to look at her.

“Ruan, Ruan Ruan…”

Even from a great distance, his voice resonated directly in Ruan Qing'an's mind. She closed her eyes briefly: "God."

Xie Huainan subconsciously wanted to cross this vast distance of light-years, but the countless data streams and micro-worlds linked to him forced him to stop.

He lowered his head, and from the tremor of his single thought, the three thousand worlds, surrounded by countless galaxies, trembled with the heart of the god.

He spoke in a low, hoarse voice, "I don't have much time."

"I don't have much time left to be conscious, Ruan Ruan. I can't hold on much longer. Maybe in the next moment, maybe a long time from now, I don't know, but... I will die."

"You are a supreme god, how could you die?"

Ruan Qing'an remained silent for a moment, then subconsciously turned her head away, not daring to look at him. Her half-closed eyes held a complex mix of emotions, a mixture of love and hate.

037: [Wasn't the previous chief god killed?]

Ruan Qingan: ...You're so good with words, aren't you?

Seemingly having overheard 037 and Ruan Qing'an's conversation, Xie Huainan chuckled softly, his dark green eyes slightly narrowed: "It's the Three Thousand Dimensions Administration Bureau that's in trouble, Ruan Ruan. A large number of small worlds at the bottom are starting to collapse, being overwhelmed by distorted and dark negative emotions."

"Just like a plague, it began to spread to other worlds. I could only seal and suppress these small worlds, draw out these negative emotions, and rebuild their order."

Xie Huainan paused: "You probably don't know, Ruan Ruan, but I made a contract with an emperor. I saved his fox, and he dealt with the troubles of the Three Thousand Dimensions Administration. It was because of his suppression of the negative emotions that were generated that I had time to rebuild these worlds."

Upon hearing the serious matter, Ruan Qing'an finally turned to look at him. Seeing Xie Huainan's miserable state, burdened by countless small worlds, his leaden eyes couldn't help but momentarily lose their composure.

She said in a deep voice, "I was sealed away by you back then."

For a moment, the two fell silent.

After Xie Huainan succeeded as the main god, he sealed Ruan Qing'an and took control of the Three Thousand Planes Management Bureau. She didn't know what happened after that.

At this moment, 037 cautiously raised his hand: "Um, well, if it's about that lady, I should know quite a bit... right?"

[It was because that auntie had an accident that the Emperor made a contract with the Supreme God. In the end, the Emperor rescued her through the Bureau's methods. Once the contract between the Emperor and the Supreme God was completed, they left.]

Xie Huainan lowered his eyes and nodded slightly: "Yes, it was because of this matter that I was able to hold on for a while longer, but because the negative emotions accumulated in the Administration Bureau were too much, the situation got out of control again."

"Without any other choice, I had to suppress myself at the bottom of the Administration Bureau to maintain these gradually collapsing little worlds."

037 also said: "The Supreme God also sent a large number of mission takers to carry out tasks in these worlds, but they all failed. In the end, they could only invite you, the sealed ancestor, out."

The doubts in Ruan Qing'an's heart were finally explained.

The reason why those mission targets all have Xie Huainan's aura is because Xie Huainan's power is the pillar of the world.

She closed her eyes, then suddenly chuckled: "So, tell me what you're planning to do now, God? Save the three thousand worlds, save the Bureau of Management, or... save yourself?"

"I used all my power, all the authority I retained in the Administration Bureau, and all the wealth I had accumulated to help you become the Supreme God. And then, I was sealed away."

"What makes you think you can ask me to save you?"

She spoke with her eyes closed, not wanting Xie Huainan to see the emotions in her eyes. Only her fingertips trembled uncontrollably, but her voice became increasingly sharp and sarcastic.

He lowered his eyes and sighed softly, "You're still angry."

"If you had been sealed away for so long, why would I help you!"

Unable to contain her suppressed emotions any longer, Ruan Qing'an blurted out the question from the depths of her heart: "Why? Why?!"

"..."

Xie Huainan lowered his eyes: "I'm sorry, I can't say."

A data-driven heart, a human consciousness—he manages all the little worlds like a god, yet he dares not look at her.

"Keep doing the missions. It will be soon. After you have experienced the remaining fragmented worlds and reviewed the past that I left behind that belongs to us, you will be able to break free from the seal and the Management Bureau."

"This was my original plan to leave the premise. If you still want to stay... well, that's probably impossible."

Xie Huainan said softly.

As his voice rang out, the surrounding environment shook again, and even Ruan Qing'an's soul felt a tearing pain. However, Xie Huainan didn't even frown, as if he had long been used to it, and the pain was only very mild.

A stream of dark green data rushed in, and she was taken away from this world.

When Ruan Qing'an opened her eyes again, she was surrounded by familiar darkness. She was back in the corridor of the research institute. Ruan Qing'an lowered her head and trembled uncontrollably.

037: [Ancestor, are you alright?]

"...After completing the next mission world and fragment world, I will leave the Bureau immediately. I, Ruan Qing'an, am not so cheap as to rush to help a guy who sealed me."

She bit her lower lip so hard it almost bled.

037 wanted to persuade it, but didn't know how to start. It only knew that the three words "Ruan Qing'an" were engraved in its data stream. Even when the entire Administration Bureau was in chaos due to negative emotions, the only place that was sealed and protected was the main god, who would never betray its ancestors.

"...Okay, I understand, ancestor."

[If possible, ancestor, after the fragmented world, there's a truth that the main god wants to tell you. Could you... wait until then before deciding whether to leave the Bureau?]

037 pleaded cautiously.

It has always been unable to bear such things, just like the Emperor and the aunt it once took care of, who lost each other for various reasons—clearly, they loved each other the most.

"...See?"

Having followed the system for so long, Ruan Qing'an neither agreed nor refused, but simply turned her head away.

Just then, another unusual movement occurred in the corridor—

Ruan Qingan was taken aback.

Damn it, I forgot about those two bastards!

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