# Chapter 3026: Making the System Vendor Cloth!
The moment the topic of compensating for the past was brought up, everyone's hearts sank. No one could remain happy anymore!
Mila and Lan had only just returned not long ago, and now they were about to leave?
In these past three years and more, besides resisting the expansion of the Final Legion, the Carbon Alliance and the Matter Alliance had devoted most of their energy to the development of the system terminal, as well as the research and development of various items!
With the addition of being able to deploy them on the battlefield for comparative testing, the research progress was extremely rapid!
Most of the system items had already been developed, except for the few that required the help of the Watcher and Starry Sky Will, but those weren't urgent!
They could be sent slowly after compensating for the past!
The top priority was to create the Vendor Cloth and send it back to the past along with the Small Stool!
Li Bing led everyone to the Void Nothingness above the Dimensional Star City!
There, a super-giant system terminal was placed. It was diamond-shaped overall, composed of eight triangular blocks, with a ring of time surrounding the outside!
It looked extremely fantastical!
Compared to this, the Zhi Zhi Sect terminal's size was nothing to look at!
Everyone raised their heads, staring at the system terminal in awe!
This was the pinnacle of technology, the crystallization of the wisdom of all Starry Sky life!
Li Bing pointed at the system terminal: "Here~ this is it. Development was completed half a year ago, and all debugging work has been done!"
"It stores all the knowledge of the Starry Sky Races world, including that of humans, gathering all the brilliance of the entire Starry Sky. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it the crystallization of the world!"
"Ai Jiang's system program has already been installed in it, but it hasn't been activated yet. When the time comes, Lan Bao'er needs to be completely assimilated by the Void Engine, transforming into space itself. Combining with Ai Jiang's system program as the operating foundation, it will be injected into the Vendor Cloth to complete the final stage of production!"
"That's the one!"
As she spoke, Li Bing pointed to the central slot of the system terminal!
There, floating in that spot, was a 2m × 2m, perfectly square white cloth. This unfinished Vendor Cloth contained who knows how much condensed technology inside it—perhaps only Li Bing herself knew!
Just to make this thing, it almost exhausted her. Of course, Chong Feiyu was the most exhausted one, because many of the materials in the Vendor Cloth were woven from her life-bound silk!
During this period, Chong Feiyu didn't know how much silk she had spat out; she had grown thin from exhaustion...
Jiangnan stared at the pure white precursor of the Vendor Cloth, and a sense of familiarity already arose in his eyes...
"Is that so?"
Li Bing nodded and continued: "After completing the production of the System Vendor Cloth, a Time Key will be generated. Mila will absorb this Time Key to locate the time node of the past system!"
"Then, using the Star Devourer technique Time Traveler, she will carry the Vendor Cloth and Small Stool back to your 16-year-old time node, to Aunt Zhou's storage room, to compensate for the past!"
"After doing all this, Mila needs to return, transform into a time bridge, link this system terminal to the Vendor Cloth, constantly transmit information streams, and allow the system terminal to connect to the System Vendor Cloth located in the past!"
"Mila will seal herself with Time Amber, maintaining a near-death state to stabilize the time bridge. Then we can use this time bridge to send the system items we've made to the past, until we compensate for all the system items you used within the closed time loop!"
"Once you reach the Cosmos realm, you can transfer the system terminal along with Mila's Time Amber into the world you create. Then you can use the world's laws to break the seal of the Time Amber and save Mila!"
"This is basically the entire process of creating the system and compensating for the past. The existence of Mila and Lan is of utmost importance!"
Listening to everything Li Bing said, everyone's scalps tingled!
To be able to create such a miraculous thing as this system—how incredible was that?
And using this to complete the time loop, changing reality?
Exploiting a bug in the truth, huh?
Lan smiled: (∗❛ัᴗ❛ั) "I've understood it all. Sister Li Bing can rest assured; I'll handle it!"
Mila also nodded repeatedly: (*⁰̷̴◡⁰̷̴) "Mm-hmm, I've already previewed the process many times. I know exactly what I need to do!"
"I won't do anything unnecessary other than placing the Vendor Cloth and Small Stool!"
Because doing anything unnecessary would mean changing the past, and under the butterfly effect, the present would also undergo massive changes!
As a time system user, Mila understood this all too well!
Jiangnan was struggling to control his emotions. Over these three hundred years, Jiangnan thought he had already learned to face things calmly!
After all, there was still hope; it could still be compensated for. Since this was destined to be done, there was nothing to fear!
But when it actually came to this moment, Jiangnan's heart still felt as if it was being torn apart!
He couldn't help clenching his fists!
Seeing Jiangnan's silent expression, Li Bing also sighed. She certainly knew Jiangnan didn't feel good inside. He had just returned and had to face all this!
But there was no time. What had to be done must be done now; they had to get it done as quickly as possible!
"One thing worth mentioning is that the process of making the Vendor Cloth requires your participation. I mentioned before that Lan, as the main consciousness of the system, cannot retain any emotions when going back to the past!"
"Otherwise, it would conflict with the past Lan, leading to collapse. Lan needs to cease being Lan. So you need to use Realm Source Energy to wash her clean!"
"Lan's memories and experiences will be stored as data in the system terminal. To ensure no information leaks, the reading permissions will be restricted. She'll only know things when she needs to know them, retaining only the instinct of consciousness and some key information!"
Jiangnan's face instantly turned pale. Washing Lan clean, erasing all her emotions—this was something he himself had to do?
To personally erase all of Lan's emotions, turning her into an emotionless, heartless system consciousness...
Li Bing bit her lip tightly, her eyes complicated: "Are you ready? If you're ready... then let's begin..."
Jiangnan held Lan's small hand tightly, his expression pained: "Give me... a little more time..."
As he spoke, Jiangnan pulled out the one-yuan coin with a smiling face drawn on it!
"Hey~ I'm back, and I've fulfilled the promise. This one yuan... I'm returning it to you!"
"So don't be afraid. I'll turn you back. I will! After all, I never break my promises..."
By the time he finished speaking, Jiangnan's voice was already trembling. Looking at Lan's beautiful face, knowing she was about to leave, he just couldn't... look enough...
Lan grinned: (๑͡°◡͡°) "Hold off on returning it for now~ Just return it when you turn me back!"
"Also... Jiangnan Gege, don't be sad. Don't cry later, okay? For Jiangnan Gege, I'm willing to do this!"
"And... Lan Bao'er never left, you know? She's always been here, never left, isn't that right?"
As she spoke, Lan's face was full of a sly smile as she reached out and tapped Jiangnan's chest!
"I'm just going back to the past to become the system consciousness. What Jiangnan Gege needs to do is turn me back. So don't be afraid... I haven't left; I've always been here!"
"Just thinking about going back to set up a stall with Jiangnan Gege, scamming your pocket money, racking up black resentment points... just thinking about it makes me a little excited!"
Looking at Lan Bao'er who was trying her best to comfort him, Jiangnan's face was full of helpless, bitter smiles!
Lan smiled: "So... don't cry! How about a hug~"
As she spoke, she opened her arms toward Jiangnan. Jiangnan pulled Lan tightly into his embrace, holding her firmly, unwilling to let go for a long time!
Lan closed her eyes, a smile on her face, enjoying the warmth of the final hug, the warmth transmitted from Jiangnan's body...
"Ah~ hahaha, okay, okay, don't hold so tight anymore. I still need to go hug the others and say goodbye to everyone properly~"
Lan laughed, reluctantly pushed Jiangnan away, and hugged everyone one by one, saying her farewells!
Zhong Yingxue's eyes were slightly red, but she held back her tears. Parting didn't need sadness; parting was only for a better reunion!
Xia Yao hugged Lan and couldn't help sniffing: (ᵒ̴̶̷̥́～ก̀๑) "Make sure you scam Xiao Nan well, okay? He has a lot of savings, secretly saved quite a bit of wife-fund~"
Lan laughed: (๑͡°ꇴ͡°)✧ "Rest assured, do you really need to doubt my business skills?"
The corner of Jiangnan's mouth twitched: (⇀‸↼‶) "Look at who I'm saving the wife-fund for. This is the first time I've seen someone so enthusiastic about scamming themselves!"
Xia Yao was stunned, =͟͟͞͞(꒪ᗜ꒪‧̣̥̇) Huh? That's right, isn't it?
Sure enough, it was because she was a big-bad-omen that her IQ sometimes wasn't enough?
Damn it!
Lan also said goodbye to Mila!
Mila smiled: (∗❛ั◡❛ั) "I'll probably come back first, so... see you in the future?"
Lan rolled her eyes at Mila: (๑◔↼◔ิ) "Hmph~ I won't be much later than you. Just you wait!"
After the farewells, Lan stepped courageously toward the central slot of the system terminal!
She turned back to look at everyone, smiling and waving!
Li Bing gritted her teeth: "System terminal! Activate! Maximum power output! Begin the System Vendor Cloth final production procedure!"
The entire terminal lit up at Li Bing's command. The eight triangular blocks gathered tremendous energy, all injected into Lan, who was at the central slot!
The mechanical collar around Lan's neck came undone, and the collar turned to nothingness in the blazing torrent of energy!
Under the assimilation of the Void Engine, Lan's body gradually transformed into space, spreading upward!
Li Bing bit her lip: "Little brother! Realm Source Energy! Hurry!"
Jiangnan's eyes were red as he stared fixedly at Lan's beautiful face. He raised his hand and waved, and pure Realm Source Energy transformed into a Milky Way, pouring down from above, fiercely washing over Lan's body!
Lan's experiences, memories, and all her emotions were being worn away and erased by the Realm Source Energy!
The light in her eyes gradually dimmed!
Looking at everyone outside the energy pillar, Lan slowly closed her eyes, a smile on her lips...
There was nothing to regret. Everything would get better. She would go back to the past and awaken in the future. And at that time, reality would be beautiful and dreamlike, and everyone would still be there...
In the end, under everyone's watchful eyes, Lan was completely assimilated by the Void Engine into space itself. Without Lan's containment and support, the Void Engine flashed once and disappeared, returning to the Starry Sky!
All of Lan's emotions and memories were also washed clean by the Realm Source Energy, turning completely pure white!
Then, everything was injected into the pure white Vendor Cloth at the central slot!
Completing its final enchantment!
When all the light dissipated, at the very center of the system terminal floated a gray, dusty Vendor Cloth, even looking a bit worn out!
At just one glance, Jiangnan felt an overwhelming sense of familiarity!
Because this Vendor Cloth was exactly the same as the one he had obtained back then, identical, not the slightest difference!
And now, Jiangnan's own Vendor Cloth and Small Stool were sealed within the system space, in a dormant state!
On the Vendor Cloth at the system terminal floated a golden diamond-shaped object—that was the Time Key!
With a heavy heart, Li Bing retrieved the Vendor Cloth and the Time Key. Together with the bound Small Stool, she handed them to Mila!
Mila directly absorbed the Time Key, fusing it with her own heart!
Grasping the Vendor Cloth and Small Stool, she smiled brightly: (๑ᵒ̴̶̷◡ᵒ̴̶̷) "Next... is my job!"