“Shouldn’t you ensure the room is empty before getting intimate?” Wu Qi said, holding onto a bowl of food. She had been trying to feed Yang Na the food when Li Huowang barged in.


    Li Huowang had been so focused on Yang Na that he failed to notice Wu Qi’s presence.


    “Wu Qi, thank you for taking care of her for the past few days.”


    Noticing the changes in Li Huowang’s appearance, Yang Na asked, “Huowang, what happened to your eye? Why are you missing one eye? What happened?”


    Li Huowang took a deep breath and carried her out of the room. “Nana, don’t worry. I will exin everything that has happened to youter.”


    They bumped into Qing Wani as they were exiting the room.


    “Oh? You’re out of prison! Congrattions. I was just thinking about how to rescue you.”


    Li Huowang nced at Qing Wang''s smile before spitting on him. Without giving him another thought, Li Huowang headed downstairs.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Qing Wani could only be counted on outside of critical situations. He always seemed to go missing during important times, and Li Huowang had overestimated him in the past.Li Huowang sat on the sofa, holding onto Yang Na. He began to recount the events in a quiet whisper.


    Yang Na was clearly in disbelief—the story was too ridiculous.


    Still, Li Huowang didn’t need her to understand. He simply wanted to hear her voice and confirm that she was truly alive again.


    Li Huowang was just about to finish his story when he heard the sound of screeching tires outside. Zhao Shuangdian had arrived.


    Zhao Shuangdian greeted Qing Wani before sitting in front of Li Huowang. This time, she appeared very serious. “Why did you think I was wrong? And regarding the topology—is it point-set or algebraic topology?”


    Li Huowang frowned,pletely lost. He didn’t even know what topology was.


    Sensing his confusion, Yang Na whispered, “Huowang, topology is the study of space or geometric shapes that retain certain properties even after changing.”


    “No,” Li Huowang shook his head before standing up. “That’s her world. There’s no reason for me to learn. She should calcte it herself.”


    He turned and faced all of the Simings. “Is everyone here? Good. I have some good news to announce—we’ve just won a significant battle!”


    Shocked expressions swept across the room.


    Ba Nanxu, munching on something, whispered to Zhao Shuangdian, “I think we should send him back.”


    “I know this might not make sense right now,” Li Huowang said, “but I’m certain you’ll understand once I exin what happened.”


    He proceeded to recount the events. While many did not believe him, QIng Wani and Zhao Shuangdian became serious after Li Huowang said certain keywords. They came to believe in the truthfulness of his ount after confirming some details.


    “Li Huowang, you mentioned we went to the ocean to find another Siming on a different elephant. Can you describe that Siming’s projection again?”


    “That Siming’s projection? Isn’t it simple? It’s… that Siming’s projection is…”


    Li Huowang was left in a state of shock. He vividly remembered his fierce struggle against it, yet its appearance hadpletely vanished from his memories, reced by fuzzy white spaces.


    “Li Huowang, you can’t just make stuff up.”


    “No! Something’s wrong! Quiet down and give me time to think!”


    Li Huowang scratched his head furiously, pacing around the hall.


    He analyzed the differences between the different encounters. Ultimately, he looked at Yang Na.


    “I understand now!” he eximed. “The Siming haspletely disappeared from my memories, which means Yang Na must have killed it for good!


    “I think I found the rule for it. To kill them, we must destroy every trace of their existence, not just their flesh. We mustpletely erase every record and memory of them, even within their allies. Only by bringing Death can we truly kill them!”


    Li Huowang quickly recalled what the factory looked like and frowned. “The Siming with the factory projection is not dead—it’s just injured!”


    “Why do you say so?”


    “It’s because it’s still in my memories! As long as they exist in any form or in any shape, they are not truly dead!”


    He returned to Yang Na, gently stroking her hair as he looked at her. His previous experiences had hardened his resolve—he would never again risk her life.


    Unfortunately, Yang Na would need to apany him from now on. He needed to take Death to the enemy Simings to truly kill them.


    “Pfft!”


    Li Huowang turned around to find Ba Nanxuughing.


    He mmed the table, his voice rising. “I’m telling the truth! Don’t try to twist this around. I don’t mind if you don’t trust me, but don’t poison others with your doubts!”


    The atmosphere grew thick with unspoken tension. Then, a woman with an elegant ck umbre suddenly walked into the house.


    “Sorry, I’mte. Is there any reason you were looking for me so urgently?”


    She looked elegant—probably in her twenties, with long ck hair and a pretty face. Li Huowang was certain he had never encountered her in any of his previous loops, and yet...


    Something about her made him feel like he had met her before.


    <em>Wait, umbre?</em> The umbre. That was it.


    Back when he had first been discharged and was staying at home, this same woman had been monitoring him.


    The Simings from the other elephant were no longer just defending—they wereunching a counterattack.