"shackles?"

"ridiculous!!"

However, just as Li Qingyu was whispering to himself...

A cold snort rang out.

The next second.

A faint blue light shot out from the eyeball in Li Qingyu's palm and suddenly pierced into Li Qingyu's left leg.

Bang!

A flash of white smoke.

A figure dressed in a blue dress suddenly appeared in front of Li Qingyu.

Although Li Qingyu lost his eyes, he could clearly perceive through his spiritual vision that it was himself transformed into the form of Li Qingyu.

Do you think I'm willing to give up all feelings?

"Under the gaze of a destiny destined for tragedy, no matter who I have long-term contact with, no matter who I develop feelings for."

"Whether it's love, friendship, or family... that person will die!!!"

"To spend a lifetime with the one you love?"

"It's absolutely... utterly ridiculous!!"

In Li Qingyu's eyes, who was wearing a blue dress, was filled with hatred and pain.

"Do you know how many times Qiao Cheng died in the cycles I experienced and simulated? How many times did Sha Tang die? How many times did Chu Xuan die? How many times did Erha die?"

"Why did I keep stopping you from going on blind dates with Qiao Cheng? Stopping you from using the gender-switching card on Erha? Stopping you from keeping Qiqi by your side?"

"The cracks of fate?"

"Let me tell you, the narrow gap you scoff at is the safest path I painstakingly groped my way out, step by step, with bloody memories and endless despair!!"

"You think I'm doing this for the sake of humanity?"

"I just want everything I know to live peacefully."

Facing the angry Li Qingyu in the blue dress.

Li Qingyu, with blood streaming down his cheek, managed a pale smile.

"So...in all the countless cycles you've simulated..."

Have you ever seen... a happy ending?

Li Qingyu's question left Li Qingyu, who was dressed in a blue dress and had a face full of anger, stunned.

a long time.

Just as Li Qingyu in the blue dress was about to say something...

Suddenly.

A beam of red light shot out from the eyeball in Li Qingyu's palm again, and into Li Qingyu's other leg.

Bang!

A familiar wisp of white smoke flashed by.

Immediately afterwards.

Another Li Qingyu appeared, dressed in a red dress.

However, unlike the anger on Li Qingyu's face in the blue dress, the eyes of Li Qingyu in the red dress were filled with madness.

"I thought you were just guessing, but I didn't expect you to actually bring out Little Blue."

"What a pity... just one step away, just one step away from advancing to Crimson. Wouldn't it be better to obediently turn into nutrients for Crimson's advancement?"

"At least, back then, you could exist in the crimson, watching me save one human race after another."

"Isn't it better than you struggling here, standing still?"

"Since the fate of this world cannot tolerate the human race, why can't we abandon the pride of the human race? Aren't the demons doing well? Aren't the gods doing well? Aren't the insectoids doing well? Aren't the angels doing well?"

"Look, thanks to my efforts, one human race after another has been saved from annihilation."

"Isn't this... a happy ending?"

Listening to Li Qingyu's insane ramblings in the red dress, Li Qingyu sighed.

However, before Li Qingyu could say anything...

Li Qingyu in the blue dress became hysterical and grabbed Li Qingyu in the red dress by the collar.

"Damn it! Damn it!!"

"No wonder I kept failing, kept failing, so it turns out you were behind it all!?!"

Clearly, Li Qingyu in the blue dress was unaware of Li Qingyu in the red dress's existence.

"Hehehe... You attribute the failure to me?"

"No, no, no, quite the opposite. I was born from your repeated failures."

Li Qingyu in the red dress flung her hand away, while Li Qingyu in the blue dress grabbed her collar, her face growing increasingly frantic.

Do you know where the crimson color comes from?

"You failed time and time again, and I bled time and time again, until finally I was stained with a thick layer of deep red that could never be erased!!"

“From that moment on, I understood what true salvation is.”

“Every time you think you’ve seen a false hope, I will appear, seal you inside the crimson, and show you what salvation is.”

"I was about to succeed this time. If I could just get Crimson to advance again, I would have countless ways to help the humans on this planet change their race and survive!"

"Damn it, changing the race and you call that salvation!?" Li Qingyu in the blue dress was extremely angry.

“It’s better than them all dying,” Li Qingyu in the red dress retorted sharply.

Hearing the sudden argument in front of him, Li Qingyu suddenly interjected, "So, the older sister, the old man, the simpleton, and the like in the Crimson Clan were all me in the past?"

"Of course, not the me of the past, but us of the past. Actually, there were many, many more, but unfortunately, time and reincarnation erode everything." Li Qingyu in the red dress said matter-of-factly, "And, even the 'silly' wasn't so silly. Back then, we almost swept through the galactic-level civilization competition of the Third Universe, but alas..."

"It looks like it won't be long before the silly boy disappears completely."

With his doubts resolved, Li Qingyu nodded.

"Okay...I understand...."

"Now, is there anything else to say...?"

Li Qingyu slowly raised the sword of pain and madness that had appeared in his hand at some unknown time.

"Yes." Li Qingyu in the red dress stretched out her fingers, grabbed her snow-white cheeks, and forcefully pulled out several deep bloody marks. "How did you find out about me? Finding out about Xiao Suilan is one thing, but she keeps breaking character. I didn't do anything."

“Me too.” Li Qingyu in the blue dress said with a look of sadness in her eyes. “Remember, don’t try to touch any emotions, you’ll definitely regret it.”

"OK."

Li Qingyu sighed and slowly raised his sword.

"I asked you a question, and you answered 'okay,' you son of a bitch, you're a pig..."

Pshaw!

After the sword's cry.

In the dark void.

Only Li Qingyu remained, holding his two eyeballs in his hands, silent.

Suddenly.

"Hehehe..."

"I never imagined... the sword of pain and madness could even sever obsession..."

"I just wanted to show off a bit and clear my head before advancing to Crimson, how did I end up arguing with myself like this? Seriously..."

"It seems I need to work hard to cultivate the Supreme Response Manual when I get back. My mind must have been affected by the Sword of Pain and Madness."

"Hmm... that must be it..."

As he spoke, Li Qingyu took out the storage bucket, washed the two eyeballs in his hand, and then put them back into their sockets.

After shaking off the bloodstains on his face.

Li Qingyu waited quietly as his powerful physique allowed his eyes and body to reconnect and recover.

finally....

Li Qingyu heard it...

A faint sound echoed in my mind.