-xiuren- Gao Qing Xie Zhen Tu 2023.02.10 No.6251 Xu Li Zhibooty Hei Si Mei Tui May 2026

*And somewhere, deep in the quiet of the xu li zhi , a faint echo of a name still lingers— Booty . — .

He stepped forward, placed his hand on the crystal, and whispered a phrase he had never spoken aloud: (I am willing to forget, in exchange for rebirth.) The crystal flared white. A torrent of data cascaded through Xiu Ren’s neural pathways, overwriting the memory of the breach, the bounty, the fear. In its place, a calm certainty blossomed: the world can be healed . *And somewhere, deep in the quiet of the

Booty guided Xiu Ren through the snowstorm, its voice echoing in his headset: Gao Qing was a name Xiu Ren barely remembered—a fellow researcher who had vanished with him during the Hei Si operation. The two had once shared a secret language based on ancient Chinese calligraphy, a language that could be read by the xu li zhi itself. A torrent of data cascaded through Xiu Ren’s

Booty, having merged with the Codex, chose to remain in the xu li zhi , a guardian of the new reality. Mei Tui, her purpose fulfilled, dissolved into pure light, leaving behind a single jade amulet that pulsed with a gentle warmth. The two had once shared a secret language

As they approached Xie Zhen‑Tu, the door’s lock recognized the combination of their biometric signatures and the whispered chant: The metal groaned, and the ancient door swung inward, revealing a dimly lit corridor lined with frozen holographic panels. Each panel flickered with fragments of a story long erased from the world’s memory. Chapter 3 – The Hall of Forgotten Echoes Inside, the station was a labyrinth of cold steel and humming reactors. In the central chamber stood a massive crystal sphere— the Mirror of Hei Si . Its surface rippled like liquid mercury, reflecting not the room but a thousand possible futures.

Booty projected a translucent image onto the sphere: a woman with silver hair, eyes like polished obsidian, holding a jade amulet. Beneath her, the word glowed in ancient script.