Everything has a cause and an effect.

In Fang Zheng's opinion, the appearance of the Reaper is nothing more than a... joke.

What a joke.

The Reapers originated from Leviathan, which was once the most advanced civilization and the most powerful being in the universe, with a status similar to that of the Pioneers in Halo and the Xel'Naga in Interstellar.

However, like the Forerunners and the Xel'Naga, the Leviathans also made mistakes.

They witnessed the growth of the organic civilizations under their rule, and then they were destroyed one by one by the machines they created. The whole process is actually no different from the quarians creating the geth, and the geth uprising drove away the quarians. It's just that the geth only drove the quarians away, not exterminated them.

But for Leviathan, this is intolerable.

Machines have no creativity and do not generate any profit for themselves, so Leviathan intends to disrupt the cycle of organic creation of synthetics, which are then destroyed by their own creations. Then, it makes a huge mistake.

In order to protect these organic species, the Leviathans created an artificial intelligence to solve this problem. However, what Leviathans did not expect was that after calculation, this artificial intelligence believed that the best way was to destroy organic civilizations every once in a while and preserve them.

Then something happened that Leviathan had not expected - in order to ensure the smooth implementation of its own plan, the artificial intelligence fought back and first attacked the Leviathan clan. This also made the Leviathan clan despairingly realize that not only did they fail to break the cycle of being destroyed by their own creations, but they were also drawn into this cycle because of their own misjudgment.

As the creator, Leviathan became the first race to be "harvested", opening the prelude to the "harvest" plan for the entire galaxy.

In the end, Leviathan's fate was the same as that of the Forerunners and the Xel'Naga. It disappeared into the boundless universe and was never seen again.

However... one day, organisms will come back and restore order.

A giant dragon roars among the stars in the sky.

The sky was full of stars, flashing and exploding, covering everything in the starlight of destruction. Under the infinite power of the Star Forging Dragon King, the army of harvesters and the galaxies they were in were completely destroyed, gravity collapsed, mass shattered, and huge black holes were formed, ruthlessly swallowing everything around.

"What you did was meaningless, outsider...!"

Even though the reaper was destroyed like a leaf swept away by the wind, he remained unmoved.

"Your resistance will not allow organic civilization to continue forever. One day, they will once again embark on the path of self-destruction."

"The king's power is not eternal..."

Fang Zheng slowly stretched out his hand and clenched it tightly. As he moved, another galaxy that was ten times larger than the Milky Way suddenly burst into dazzling light. After the supernova explosion that destroyed everything, the swirling and spreading darkness plunged all things in the galaxy into death and silence again - including the army of harvesters.

"Everything will be destroyed one day, whether it's you, me, or them. It's just a matter of time. Time, even time will reach the end one day. But this does not mean that we will give up resistance and choose to escape. At the end of endless time, there will always be your end."

As a time dragon, Fang Zheng could certainly see this. Even if they were from the Red World, even if they were artificial angels, their mental models would have their end. Just like humans would eventually grow old, lie on the bed, watch the yellow leaves drifting by the window, close their eyes and end their lives.

Those who are by your side now and fighting with you will face the same fate sooner or later.

Perhaps as a time dragon, Fang Zheng would watch them die one by one, but that didn't matter.

What’s important is that they are by my side now and enjoying life with me.

Perhaps in hundreds or thousands of years, they will begin to consider this issue, but now, only now, is the most important.

And the future needs to be created by ourselves.

Everything has an end, and human civilization will not last forever. But even so, humans have not chosen to give up on themselves, but have worked hard to maintain it.

Perhaps one day, a sudden cosmic explosion will destroy the entire solar system and all life, including human civilization, bury their buildings under the soil, and cause human writing to be completely lost. Perhaps millions of years later, the entire human race will completely disappear from the universe, and no one will be able to remember it.

However, this is not a reason for them to give up, and humans will not give up their current lives, stop working hard, and just wait to die.

Leviathan made a wrong decision, but they were also motivated by the right motives - the desire to continue to survive, to survive, and to maintain everything forever.

Forever and ever.

The failure of Leviathan lies in the fact that what they challenged is the only truth of this world and this universe - nothing is eternal.

Fang Zheng opened his mouth and took a deep breath.

Endless sparks gushed out from the mouth of the Star-Forging Dragon King, speeding through the universe like the raging Milky Way, turning everything into nothingness wherever it went. Finally, with countless dazzling lights sweeping across the universe, the last remaining noise of the Reaper disappeared.

it's over……

Looking at the empty starry sky in front of him, Fang Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. Hundreds of galaxies were destroyed, and countless stars were wiped out along with the reapers.

Even the Star-Forging Dragon King felt a little tired. He shook his body, then removed the Star-Forging Dragon King's Soul Stone and returned to Iona's deck.

"Captain, the battle is over."

Seeing Fang Zheng returning, Iona also walked forward, bowed and spoke.

"Um……"

Fang Zheng looked around and nodded.

"What were the casualties? A quarter of the fleet was wiped out, but fortunately, the sisters' cores were recovered in time. It just takes some time to repair them."

"That's good."

After hearing Iona's report, Fang Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. He then opened the task bar. He had even destroyed the Harvester's hometown. Now the mission could be completed... right?

Um?

However, when Fang Zheng opened the task panel, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

You know, when Fang Zheng opened the panel just now, the task progress had reached 98% and was about to be completed.

But now, Fang Zheng's mission completion rate is actually slowly decreasing! ?

What's going on? All the Reapers here have been eliminated?

Is there something wrong with the galaxy? Damn, did the Reapers replace me when I attacked?

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng did not hesitate and quickly started communicating.

"Tilia, how is the situation over there?"

"It went very smoothly, Brother-sama!"

There was nothing wrong with Tilia's voice, and she sounded very excited.

"We have successfully helped the Quarians, Salari, and Asari to retake their galaxies. We are currently conducting the final siege of the remaining Reapers, and it will be over soon!"

"What about the Solar System? What about the Star Alliance?"

"Star Alliance... Let me check, everything is normal. Commander Shepard said they will soon retake the solar system."

"What about Tiandao Palace? Was there any attack?"

"No, everything is normal at Tiandao Palace."

This is not right...

Listening to Tilia's report, Fang Zheng frowned, he couldn't understand why the completion rate suddenly dropped as the situation seemed to be very good from the current report.

What exactly went wrong?

Fortunately, as Snow White's mother, Fang Zheng still has a way.

"Whispering chapter!"

Following Fang Zheng's call, the angel who knew everything appeared in Fang Zheng's hand again.

"Mirror, mirror, please tell me who is the most handsome man in the world... Never mind, you know it's me, mirror, mirror, tell me the whereabouts and situation of the Reaper now!"

Following Fang Zheng's call, the current whereabouts of the Reapers soon appeared in the Whispering Volume. Most of them were being annihilated, but...

"What's going on?"

Looking at the record on the page in front of him that read "The Reapers have destroyed the lunar colonies and are heading towards Orb", Fang Zheng was confused, and then he connected to Shepard's communication again.

"Commander Shepard, I'd like to ask, what is the current situation in the solar system? Are there any abnormalities in the lunar colony?"

"No, Mr. Fang Zheng, we have driven out all the Reapers that invaded the solar system!"

Shepard's tone was very excited and didn't sound fake, while Fang Zheng scratched his hair.

"Then I want to ask, do you know a place called Orb?"

"...Aub?"

Facing Fang Zheng's question, Shepard thought for a moment.

"Sorry... I haven't heard of this place..."

“…”

This is really weird. The Confessions clearly say that Orb is a country on Earth?

Of course, Fang Zheng was confident that he had never heard of such a country on earth.

However, at this moment, it seemed that the conversation between Fang Zheng and Shepard was heard, and Yutaka Yurika's voice suddenly appeared in the communication.

"Are you looking for Orb? In our world, there is a country called Orb on Earth."

"Oh... huh? Wait!"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng nodded first, then he was suddenly stunned.

"Wait, this... Captain Yurika Yuto, let me ask you first, you were teleported to this world by a time-space shock, right?"

"yes."

"Then I want to ask, will the space-time earthquake also transmit things here to your world?"

"This... I don't know, it seems... maybe?"

“…”

Damn it, this is big trouble!