# Chapter 2950: Two Promises!
Li Bing's expression grew serious: "Based on the orbital path and revolution rate of that golden planet, it's estimated to take a little over three months to reach the realm traversal node!"
"Of course! We could alter the flow of time around the golden planet to make it arrive at the node faster or slower!"
"But everything is uncertain—if we can avoid artificial interference, we should, because we don't know what consequences it might trigger!"
"Also, there are still four years until the collapse node. These three months, plus the three years and three months of the golden planet's realm traversal, make three and a half years total. We can't delay any longer, and don't even think about trying to make up time!"
"A time loop should be completed as quickly as possible. And the three-month gap gives you enough time to handle some things. By then, you'll have to leave..."
Jiangnan scratched his head with a wry smile. Good grief, everything was timed perfectly, wasn't it?
If he said there was no Starry Sky Will pushing behind the scenes, Jiangnan wouldn't believe it even if he were beaten to death!
Everything seemed to be the best arrangement!
But Wanxiang was scared almost to the point of peeing:
(|||ಥ口ಥ) "Huh? J-Jiangnan's going to leave this starry sky for over three years?"
"How can that work? If Jiangnan leaves, who'll protect me? Jiang Fan will definitely come for me, okay? How about... you take me to that celestial palace starry sky world too!"
"I'll sleep over there, promise not to do anything unnecessary, and won't cause trouble. Three hundred years is just a nap, right? And you'd have company..."
Jiangnan rolled his eyes:
(￢益￢٥) "Go to hell? Taking the Wanxiang Small World along? Who knows what would happen? And if you leave, what about the Matter Alliance?"
"Stay put over here. If you encounter something you can't handle, just hide in the Dimensional Gap. Brother Fan is strong indeed, but if you hide in the Dimensional Gap, he can't do anything either."
"Besides... isn't Xiao Yeye still here?"
Everyone looked at Wanxiang, holding their foreheads in utter speechlessness!
You're supposed to be a Pseudo-Cosmos, and you've already sunk to the point of needing protection?
Wanxiang said with a tearful face, knowing going along was hopeless:
(;´༎ຶٹ༎ຶ`) "Th-Then fine. Remember to come back on time, okay? This place can't do without you!"
Jiangnan covered his face: (´-ι_-`(ヾ) "Look at how pathetic you are. Before I leave, I'll feed you with Realm Source Energy until you can't eat anymore!"
Wanxiang got excited at that—this was great!
But at this moment, Jiangnan became lost in thought, unsure how he would spend those three hundred-plus years in the celestial palace starry sky world.
And during the three-plus years he was away, what kind of future would this starry sky world face?
Even though Jiangnan now understood the truth about the world's birth, the more he learned, the more unknowns he faced...
Who exactly were those two watchers? On what grounds were they recording the starry sky history? Why were they doing this?
From the current situation, the starry sky observed by those two big-eyed beings might not just be Jiangnan's starry sky alone!
Would their figures appear in other starry sky worlds?
What lay beyond the starry sky world? How many starry sky worlds were there? Why did the Realm Source Prohibited Sea and the Life Forbidden Zone exist? And what was above the Life Forbidden Zone?
Too many mysteries. As Jiangnan climbed higher and higher, one day he would touch the essence of it all—
Or become the mystery itself.
Li Bing clapped her small hands: "Alright, alright—since we've discussed enough, let's start taking action. We don't have that much time..."
Carbon Alliance and Matter Alliance not only had to busy themselves with making the system and developing items,
But also had to deal with the large-scale advance of the Finality Legion. The battles ahead would all be tough fights!
However, all the focus still needed to be centered on completing the system's production. Otherwise, if they couldn't make up for it in time, reality would collapse, and everything would be lost!
After the incident of Xun Zu's sneak attack, Carbon Alliance and Matter Alliance finally stopped playing coy and directly launched all-around cooperation—a strong alliance!
Moreover, after the past year-plus of running-in, the grudges formed previously had mostly worn away. Cooperation was progressing smoothly. Although there would be minor issues, nothing serious—
Even teeth occasionally bite the tongue; this was all normal!
To produce the system, Carbon Alliance and Matter Alliance's various races provided resources in all directions.
Li Bing only had to open her mouth. As long as it existed in the starry sky, these guys could get it!
Precious materials for making Vendor Cloth had already begun to be collected, which even required Chong Feiyu's life-bound silk!
She had already started spinning silk, exhausted to death every day!
And Mila's completion plan also went smoothly. These days, Mila couldn't remember how many Fragrance Beads she had eaten, always eating until she developed drug resistance—even her milk burps carried fragrance!
Those rare treasures for extending life, the kind you couldn't even buy with Star Source Points, Mila ate them like meals!
At Jiangnan's level, what treasures couldn't he get? They had plenty of money at home; just supplement away!
They pushed Mila right to the limit, until she could no longer increase telomerase through any external means!
Mila seemed to have gained a bit of weight, her little cheeks looking plump!
After making all these preparations, Jiangnan led everyone with Mila to the Time Abyss!
Li Bing had already stabilized this place in advance with quite a few Time Towers!
In the Time Abyss, Time Towers emitting golden light could be seen everywhere. The tower bases sat on the void—this was a technological transformation researched when Silicon Base stored backup terminals in the Time Abyss!
Jiangnan's "Say It All" team, under the protection of the Star Universe Armor, arrived at the very bottom of the Time Abyss!
Here, it seemed like a golden ocean, golden particles flying everywhere, time chaotic beyond compare!
If not for Jiangnan's Star Universe Armor's protection, who knew what the time turbulence would do to them!
In the golden ocean, countless golden sand grains floated, forming a golden sandstorm, freely changing shapes!
This was the Time Crystal Sand—the Time Abyss existed because of these sands!
As Mila gradually absorbed the crystal sand, the Time Abyss would become increasingly unstable, eventually disappearing completely!
Those Time Towers were used to stabilize the Time Abyss!
Mila's face was rosy. She tilted her head and smiled brilliantly:
(∗❛ั◡❛ั) "Jiangnan Gege~ Then... I'm going?"
As she spoke, Mila directly let go of Jiangnan's hand. Golden light wings spread behind her, and she charged straight toward the flying golden dust!
Jiangnan subconsciously raised his hand, reaching for Mila's retreating back. Just as he opened his mouth to say something...
Mila turned back with a smile, revealing a warm, spring-like cute expression:
"Jiangnan Gege~ Remember to come back on time. Before I fall asleep in the Time Crystal Amber, I need you to accompany me!"
Jiangnan finally put down his extended hand and said with a smile: "I'll come back on time. You know Jiangnan Gege never breaks his word!"
Mila beamed: "Hehe~ Then it's settled!"
Her body emitted a dazzling golden light as she rushed straight into the Time Crystal Sand, merging with the sandstorm until her figure was no longer visible...
It felt like a piece of Jiangnan's heart had been hollowed out.
He didn't linger long in the Time Abyss but took everyone and rushed out!
Without looking back, they charged toward the depths of the starry sky!
Jiangnan's eyes were already red. No one in the team spoke; everyone was silent. Zhong Yingxue just quietly held Jiangnan's hand, for a long, long time...
Lan's big eyes rolled around:
(๑◔◡◔ิ) "Sister Mila has gone to the Time Abyss to go into seclusion. Now it's my turn!"
"Brother Dazhi? Where is that Void Engine thing? I'm ready!"
During this time, Lan had also made sufficient preparations—all for bearing the Void Engine!
Wang Youzhi sighed:
(◞‸◟) "Ai~ Follow me..."
Everyone was silent, following Wang Youzhi as they flew through the starry sky. Silence seemed to be the only theme!
Only Lan hopped and skipped along, humming a tune. When she saw rare ores on the way, she didn't forget to stuff them into her own Alternate Dimension...
Wang Youzhi eventually brought everyone to a star domain known as the Endless Maze!
Here, planets of all strange shapes were twisted and combined arbitrarily by space. In this star domain, space was constantly transforming—spinning, folding, expanding, stretching!
Entering it was like walking into a maze with no exit. You could spend your whole life and never find your way out!
But this kind of threat was meaningless to Jiangnan. With his strength, where in the starry sky couldn't he go?
Jiangnan directly led everyone charging into the Endless Maze. Wherever he passed, space was forcibly smoothed, the path ahead unobstructed. As for the maze, it didn't exist for Jiangnan!
Wang Youzhi muttered: "I've seen it once around here before, but the Void Engine is everywhere—it's space itself! It could appear in any corner of the starry sky!"
"However, this Endless Maze took shape because of the Void Engine. The chance of finding it here is greatest. If it's not here, then flipping the Void Engine out would be a real hassle. Hope we don't waste too much time searching..."
"Let's search first... er—"
Before Wang Youzhi could finish, the space in front of Jiangnan twisted and transformed!
A strange piece of space suddenly appeared here. The space was square-shaped but constantly changing forms, emitting a faint blue light, and stopped moving!
Wang Youzhi's mouth twitched: (•́ω•̀٥) "Good grief... didn't even need to look, it just gives itself away, huh?"
"You know what's good for you, don't you? This saves trouble..."
Clearly, behind all of this was also the Starry Sky Will as a driving force!
Even if it was still young and tender, it knew clearly what would help its own survival!
Jiangnan's breathing stopped. He almost didn't dare look at Lan!
But Lan tilted her head, looking at the Void Engine with full curiosity!
(๑•̌～•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ "This thing is that Void Engine? So amazing. How do I absorb it?"
Wang Youzhi smiled bitterly: "Just reach out and touch it. It will try to assimilate you. During the process, you must firmly guard your mind and strengthen your will!"
"If you can't suppress the Void Engine, you'll be directly assimilated—the risk is huge! If you fall here, things will be difficult later..."
Lan exclaimed: "Eh? That dangerous? Hmph~ Don't underestimate me, okay? I've already thought of a way to deal with it!"
"Jiangnan Ge?"
Jiangnan snapped back to reality. He couldn't help rubbing his eyes:
(｡•́__ก̀｡) "Lan Bao'er? Are you scared? Then let's not absorb it today, okay? Go back and prepare more..."
At this moment, Jiangnan was like a parent taking his child to get a shot—when it came time for the needle, he couldn't bear to let his child be poked and wanted to take them home!
Lan laughed: "Scared? How could I be! What I'm scared of isn't this thing!"
"Hey, hey! Lend me some money!"
Jiangnan was stunned. What a strange request!
So he opened his Alternate Dimension and started fishing: "How much do you want to borrow?"
Lan stomped her foot anxiously: (งᵒ̌﹏ᵒ̌)ง "Ah, no! It's you borrowing money from me! Borrow my money! Just borrow one yuan! I don't have more than that, okay?"
Jiangnan's mouth twitched. This was the first time he'd seen someone actively asking to have money borrowed from them?
(๑◔◠◔ิ) "Then... can I borrow one yuan from you?"
Lan looked troubled, reluctant as she opened her own Alternate Dimension. She fished out one yuan from inside, with a smiling face drawn on it in marker!
Jiangnan recognized it at a glance—it was a one-yuan coin he had used on Blue Star for Spatial Displacement to mark spatial coordinates!
Back then, Jiangnan had money, so when he lost that yuan, he didn't pick it up. He never expected Lan had picked it up and kept it as a treasure until now?
Now, the one-yuan coin was long out of use, but she still kept it...
Lan solemnly pressed that smiling-face one-yuan coin into Jiangnan's palm!
(∗❛ัꇴ❛ั)っ① "Then I'll reluctantly lend you one yuan. You know, I, Lan Bao'er, never lend money to others—you're the first!"
"So you can't default. Remember to pay me back when you come back from the golden planet! Borrowing and returning makes it easy to borrow again!"
Jiangnan clutched that one-yuan coin, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
"Don't worry! I'll definitely pay you back. If I default, I'm a dog!"
Lan grinned, then extended her small hand to pinky swear: "Pinky swear! So... no cheating!"
The next moment, Lan suddenly disappeared from Jiangnan's side. With a teleport, she crashed straight into the Void Engine!
The Void Engine's blue light bloomed, beginning to frantically assimilate Lan's body!
"Mmph~"
Lan's little face showed extreme pain, tears even forming in her eyes!
But she didn't dare scream too loudly—she was afraid Jiangnan would feel heartache!
And her fingers began to be assimilated by the void, turning into nothingness, bit by bit, eating away at her body!
Wang Youzhi urged: "Hold on! You can't give up, can't yield. Once the Void Engine assimilates you, it's completely over!"
Mila's case was one thing, but Lan absorbing the Void Engine was no ordinary danger!
Yet Lan's pained little face forced out a faint smile. Her voice trembled: "Do... don't worry. Someone still owes me money and hasn't paid it back yet. How can I, Lan Bao'er, disappear!"
Jiangnan's heart shattered. He couldn't hold back anymore: "Lan! You..."
But the next moment, with the Void Engine as the center, infinite space erupted!
It directly pushed Jiangnan and the others out of the Endless Maze. Even this star domain—the Endless Maze spun wildly, twisted, forbidding any existence from entering!
Only Lan's voice echoed:
"Jiangnan Gege~ Remember to pay me back! Don't forget!"
Jiangnan's eyes moistened. Tears could no longer be held back. But just as he was about to cry out, he saw the smiling face drawn on that one-yuan coin...
Jiangnan smiled brilliantly, tears silently streaming down his cheeks!
"Haha! Alright! It's settled! So you have to hold on, okay?"
"If you can't hold on, you won't be able to collect your money!"
...
"It's a deal!"
"It's a deal..."