N4 nodded:

"I understand. You take care too, dear Li Aozi."

Wave after wave of people quickly left the city. To reassure them, Li Aozi would give them some of his implant gear parts, making it easier for him to safely relocate.

Soon, in less than half an hour, the vast Green Field City was left with only him.

Calling it a city, but if you were to place it in the Layer Abyss, Green Field City is actually as large as two Azure Stars. In terms of size, it's no different from a planet.

However, this doesn't mean that Green Field City can impose certain restrictions on outsiders like the Azure Star.

In fact, that's just the unique curse of the Layer Abyss: the longer you descend to the planet, the more your strength declines.

The Border Abyss doesn't have this rule. The cosmic accommodation limit here is Sigma Order, but the Sigma Order can appear and fight anywhere.

If battling with the Society in the Border Abyss, it's not like the Layer Abyss where there's a chance for fair duels at the same hierarchy, but rather brutal hierarchical crushing—most of the time, it's gang fights.

Does Li Aozi not understand this? No, he certainly knows.

So he chose to stay behind, covering the retreat for others.

He sits atop the tallest tower in the city, knees crossed, quietly filling his glass with wine, accompanied by edamame, peanuts, and fried small fish, and leisurely drinks it all down.

Actually, everyone knows that in his current status, let alone Society, even if his defeated opponent Xides shows up, he wouldn't be able to beat him.

The star cloud above slowly rotates, seemingly happier than usual.

This time, he is undoubtedly doomed. People are well aware that he is merely buying time with this method, and afterward, he will certainly choose to be reborn in one of his implant gear incarnations. The Pathway of Sovereign has these characteristics, especially having free will makes one reckless.

No one doubts him because each of them has obtained an implant gear incarnation.

Of course, some will try to return here after a while, but those who have ventured into the Starry Abyss know that the devouring of Society isn't that kind of physical destruction. The city remains intact, but whether anyone will inhabit it is uncertain.

However, knowing that Society is nearby, more people will likely choose to continue moving toward the Narrative Civilization. During their migration, if they encounter other travelers or local natives, they're sure to annotate relevant information updates.

"In this situation of 'silent disconnection' crisis spreading everywhere, no one will choose to approach here anymore."

Li Aozi held his glass, speaking lightly:

"And by that time, almost all these migrants will have reached the Narrative Civilization. According to my instructions, the entire Green Field City and Underwater Abyss Port can be registered and contracted under the name of Baizhu Autonomous State."

Throughout the process, there shouldn't be too many ripples; he earned a wave of goodwill through his heroic rearguard action, even moving N4 deeply. He smoothly transferred Jenia, who refused to fight for him, to Banam, whose genius is certain to attract the attention of the Fantasy Lord.

As for Nephis, she will definitely loyally guard the coordinates Li Aozi entrusted to her.

—Provided that Nephis can establish stable footing in the Purgatory Plane reachable from those coordinates.

"There's nothing wrong with the whole plan, the only problem is."

Li Aozi put down the glass and looked at the serene green mountain, speaking lightly:

"There simply wasn't any Society attack, that's all."

He stood up, spun the ring on his finger:

"I finally figured out a method to use it—the ring that accommodates the Mechanical World Speaker, unexpectedly simulating such a powerful aura, truly surprising."

Indeed, he deceived all 220,000 city residents, including the most loyal Nephis.

In reality, just one Silver-ranked Hunter member inside could see through Li Aozi's trick.

What does a large Predator Society mean?

—Secret Society Gaia, Outer Society Pergale, Suyuan Society Radysel, Meltdown Society Lavania, Core Society Korsaidon.

Even adding the once devoured and divided High Court Society, there are just these six.

Any large Predator Society entity surpasses one-third of the known universe, a level of scale only possible if their original body was a Cosmic hegemonic civilization with vast territory before evolving into a Society.

But who makes this group of people, the only one knowledgeable about Society is Li Aozi?

In terms of education, anyone here beats his one-year master's degree.

But when it comes to understanding Society, the combined knowledge of these 220,000 people doesn't match a hair on Li Aozi.

Thus, his deceit went unquestioned, becoming reality.

The reason is nothing more than inefficiency.

If this continues, the efficiency is truly too low, Li Aozi can't endure a life of mediocrity any longer. The more he merged with Leoz, the more he understood and upheld Leoz's perception—no, rather, they were essentially one person, just returning to the right path.

They are destined to be fervent advocates of efficiency, rejecting laziness and lethargy.

Now, people are forced away from the city-state, embarking on a journey. Li Aozi's implant gear incarnation placed with them can locate their coordinates as long as it's nearby.

Risks must be taken to grow quickly.

Of course, these are secondary.

The most crucial point is: if the secret technique Lucite entrusted to him is used in front of so many people, not to mention the secret of possessing treasure going public—his life is over.

Li Aozi, satisfied from the meal, tidied up the utensils, muttering while cleaning:

"What a pity, it'll be at least thirty years until there's another chance to taste Azure Star cuisine."

But thirty years is much faster.

If it were the normal process, he would have to stay here for at least 3 to 4 versions, and if any unexpected events occurred, it could even be 5 versions, accumulating to over 100 years.

Li Aozi could not endure such a long hibernation, even with the longevity of the Longevity Breed, he still could not tolerate idleness.

He must take action immediately.

His spirit covered the earth, and Li Aozi confirmed that there was no one else around, the signal of the Implant Gear incarnation had completely left the perception range.

"Very good."

In this way, it was completely secure.

Li Aozi took out the scroll given to him by Lucite from the dimensional space, slowly unrolled it, the scroll was wordless, the power of magic quickly dissipated, directly entering his consciousness space, presenting vivid images and sounds in his mind:

"One must know, the integration of the Pathway and the physical body requires a very long time of fusion, its essence does not lie in the profundity of the Pathway's power, nor in one's understanding of the Pathway. If one merely treats the Pathway as a source of power, then one greatly misunderstands the essence of the Pathway."

"What is the Pathway? Ultimately, the Pathway is a system, a system used to filter, witness, record, and feedback abilities to mortals, to gradually match and approach the stance of 'Deities'."

"So, how does one quickly and completely integrate a system into oneself? Is it by slowly interpreting, using a cumbersome memory to read disks and parse? No, that's too slow."

Li Aozi grinned, his left hand lit up with an Arcane Missile, aiming at his temple:

"It's about loading the system directly onto a pre-manufactured body, and then transferring our own data onto it."

[Arcane Missile Fired]

"To put it simply..."

Bang!

"Directly seize a Border Abyss embryo."

[You performed a suicidal action, the survival system of your entire Implant Gear is shutting down...]

[You are dead]

[Lai Anding Protocol activated—you are resurrected]

[You shut down the Implant Gear system throughout your body]

[You are dead]

[Lai Anding Protocol activated...]

[You activated [Weak Force], destroyed all the telomeres in your body, lifespan exhausted]

......

Darkness.

[You have used up all revival opportunities, your soul has broken free from the constraints of the body]

Coldness.

[You can feel your body being strongly called—Nether Abyss! The realm of reincarnation is calling you to dive down.]

The barely visible system subtitles suddenly refreshed, a line of striking red and black characters deeply imprinted on the system panel:

[Talent - Zero Point Entropy Annihilation Activated!]

"Every time you reach the limit of your lifespan, you can be reborn by returning to the original infant state."

Effect: Each rebirth will fully optimize your attributes and remove negative effects.

Linked with [Lai Anding Optimization Protocol]: After three consecutive deaths, you can directly reincarnate into the nearest infant and restore to the strongest state within fifty stellar years.

[Would you like to choose to reincarnate into the nearest infant?]

Infant.

Li Aozi once could not defy the principle of protection and care, things he considered as guidelines; he once lost his partner, lost Nomi, and let a hapless silly girl die tragically at the hands of Pseudo-Human for the sake of an infant.

For the infant, he already paid too much.

Now, Li Aozi had to go against this principle.

"Efficiency forever, my friend."

His mental will stretched forward without hesitation, like a hammer, solidly striking the screen.

[Rong Yinghao Entropy, perpetually unwitting]

A large amount of historical fragments flashed before his eyes, like the legendary life flashing before one's eyes.

Li Aozi (Galactic Era 221~268), male, lv.180 [Lunar String Archbishop], former President of Baizhu Autonomous State, Layer Abyss combat hero, continuously resisted [Society] invasion, liberated Azure Star from Lord Entropy, the first Azure Star People to enter the Starry Abyss, the first Azure Star People to experience diving.

He had family without a partner [Zhi Xiang] Merid, donning the incarnation Xides of his biological father Li Mingji.

Current Status: Deceased

If one just looked at some, it seemed all like the timeline pre-rehearsed by Lord Entropy.

Legendary, glorious, then faded away, quietly disappeared.

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