“Then what can I rely on…?” Qi Xia looked out the window, answering indifferently. “Rely on ‘force’? Rely on ‘information’? Rely on ‘connections’? Rely on ‘Echo’?”

Xu Liunian gripped the steering wheel tightly, pressing her lips together without saying a word, looking ahead.

Yes, Qi Xia had almost nothing he could rely on. All he could depend on was his own mind.

“What else do I have?” Qi Xia slowly narrowed his eyes, leaving only boundless despair in them. “I don’t have a single thing that can be seen, and now even the things that can’t be seen are about to be lost.”

“Things that can’t be seen…”

“That’s just how humans are.” Qi Xia explained softly. “When feeling despair about everything, they try to find a ‘spiritual sustenance.’ But often this so-called spiritual sustenance can neither be seen nor touched. She’s just a clue about ‘life’ that sinks deep in everyone’s heart, but this clue is becoming more and more ethereal for me. I’m about to lose her.”

Qi Xia’s figure looking out the car window appeared exceptionally desolate. He was like a tiny candle flame burning alone in the endless pitch-black universe.

“So what do you mean…?” Xu Liunian knew that every sentence now required extreme caution, after all, Qi Xia was currently “Echoing.”

With a single movement of his heart, the entire “Land of Finality” would move.

After all, every thought of his, every sentence he spoke, could potentially completely change the entire structure of the “Land of Finality.”

“I miss her very much.” Qi Xia said in a low voice. “All my motivation, the reason I fight with everything I have, is all because she still exists. So you can toy with me however you want, but you absolutely cannot toy with me using ‘Yu Nian’an.'”

“Qi Xia… I didn’t mean to toy with you…” Xu Liunian’s expression also became dejected upon hearing Qi Xia’s words.

This man perhaps wasn’t as strong as he appeared to be at all. Regardless of what anyone here’s ultimate goal was, they all needed to step on Qi Xia to achieve their objectives.

So Qi Xia didn’t need to make any mistakes. As long as he was still Qi Xia, he had to bear everyone’s “schemes.”

He might even die here completely, just because he was Qi Xia.

“But do you really not believe that Wen Qiaoyun is more powerful than you?” Xu Liunian tentatively asked one last time. “Back then, she was also someone who could stand before Qinglong and Heavenly-Dragon. Perhaps it was just because of one small mistake that she hasn’t remained active…”

“This is the ‘Omnipotence Paradox,’ Xu Liunian.” Qi Xia interrupted Xu Liunian, then sighed, still looking out the car window.

“Omnipotence Paradox…?”

“That’s right.” Qi Xia nodded. “If there’s an omnipotent god in this world, can he create a stone that he himself cannot lift?”

After hearing this, Xu Liunian thought carefully for a moment, feeling this was indeed a question worth exploring.

If an omnipotent god could create this stone, then his inability to lift the stone would prove he wasn’t “omnipotent.” If he couldn’t create it, he still wouldn’t be “omnipotent.”

“So what are you referring to?” Xu Liunian asked. “What can the ‘Omnipotence Paradox’ represent?”

“It represents that I cannot create Wen Qiaoyun.” Qi Xia turned his head, looking at Xu Liunian with those sorrowful eyes. “If I believed that someone in the entire ‘Land of Finality’ was stronger than me, I couldn’t possibly be this desperate, nor could I possibly obtain such a powerful ‘Echo.’ So I am the ‘god,’ and Wen Qiaoyun is ‘the stone I cannot lift.’ Do you understand now?”

Hearing these words, Xu Liunian’s speed suddenly decreased. Only after several seconds did she stabilize the steering wheel again, accelerating after passing through several black lines lying across the middle of the road.

“You’re saying… it’s precisely because you’re more desperate than anyone else that you obtained ‘Endless Rebirth’…”

“Do I have anyone to rely on?” Qi Xia asked in return. “We’ve been here for over thirty years, haven’t we? If there really was someone to rely on here, someone I could fully support or feel slightly at ease with, how could I possibly have reached this point today?”

Only at this moment did Xu Liunian completely understand just how powerless she was in this so-called “scheme.”

Her memories had been preserved for decades, reconsidering the “path” forward with each cycle.

Yet Qi Xia’s memories could barely be preserved, but decades ago he had laid down a “path” for his future self.

This was the gap between herself and Qi Xia.

“I’ve lost.” Xu Liunian said.

Hearing these three words, Qi Xia slowly turned his head and asked in a deep voice, “I haven’t made any wager with you. What do you mean by ‘lost’?”

“I didn’t lose to you, but to this world.” Xu Liunian smiled bitterly. “Qi Xia, you’re truly amazing. Now I only have one last strategy left.”

“‘Strategy’…?” Qi Xia raised an eyebrow. “Against me?”

“That’s right.” Xu Liunian nodded. “I’m about to use a strategy on you now. This strategy is key to whether we can escape from here.”

“Alright, speak. I’m listening.”

“I have a plan. This plan might sound very absurd, but it’s also a ‘path’ through which we can escape.”

Qi Xia didn’t speak, only extending one finger to lightly tap on the car window.

“Go think about it… Qi Xia… As long as you can use your subconscious to tell yourself that all of us have already escaped to the outside, then according to the characteristics of ‘Endless Rebirth,’ our ‘replicas’ will definitely appear outside. At that time, we… we…”

Xu Liunian’s expression became increasingly painful, her eyes gradually reddening.

“At that time, we become the ‘replicas.'” Qi Xia said. “Is that right?”

“Isn’t that right?” Xu Liunian smiled bitterly through tears. “What other methods do we have…? Now everyone wants to use your ability… and I’m one of them too. Although I’m not as smart as they are…”

“I… I… although…”

Xu Liunian slowly stopped the car, then deeply buried her head. Her nose stung, and she broke into uncontrollable sobs.

“Qi Xia, I don’t know if you believe me or not… even if I’m not as smart as everyone else here… even if my methods often look stupid… but my ‘ultimate goal’ is definitely the most selfless one… all the ‘schemes’ I’ve set up, from beginning to end, I never once considered myself. I only hope that the entire ‘Land of Finality’ can end all of this, even if it’s through a method that no one accepts… even if I’m shattered to pieces, even if I vanish into thin air…”

Xu Liunian lay on the steering wheel, crying bitterly. “But I’m truly incompetent… not to mention that the schemes I set up can be seen through by others… even every word I’m saying right now will be heard by the people above…”

“But we can’t admit defeat.” Qi Xia said softly. “Living here as replicas, then ending one’s absurd life—are you willing to accept that?”