Lin Yi hovered in space, holding his staff.
Using the destroyed space around him to avoid being locked onto, he forcefully extended his phase.
Thirty-three enormous spatial gateways formed outside the Rainbowlight Ship.
"Highest authority granted. Protocol approved."
"Star Ring Deconstruction."
"Level One Alert! Star Ring Deconstruction!"
A voice echoed throughout the distant Divine Firmament Space City.
"Highest command received: Star Ring Deconstruction."
"All personnel must immediately proceed to the core zone."
"Do not remain in other sectors."
"Coordinating system operations."
Inside the Divine Firmament Space City—
A dense wave of alarms erupted.
"What's going on?"
"This is the territory of a Genius—who would dare cause trouble here?"
"Stop talking and evacuate!"
"Didn't you hear the announcement? It's the highest command!"
"The city lord personally activated it!"
"What kind of enemy requires this level of response?!"
"Yes, Director Vahe."
Lin Yi leaned forward with his staff.
Light burst from his eyes.
"Overload charging."
The Divine Firmament Space City possessed:
3 star-destroying cannons
3 autonomous escort ships, each carrying a star-destroying cannon
27 star-destroying cannons embedded in the Star Ring megastructure
A total of 33 star-destroying weapons.
Nine of them were always kept charged and ready to fire.
The remaining 24 cannons began overload charging.
After this attack—
They would all be scrapped.
Across the entire city, energy supplies were cut off.
Only the core life-support systems remained operational.
The arrow's speed had already become terrifying.
The Laplace Demon System, formed by three celestial supercomputers, was nearly collapsing just trying to calculate the arrow's real-time position.
Lin Yi's Omniscient Lens processed endless streams of data.
The heat buildup burned and destroyed the eyes of this body.
They melted—
Then were constantly regenerated by the power of Abundance.
A brutal tug-of-war of destruction and healing.
"This attack…"
"Contains nearly all the achievements I've accumulated over the years."
"I thought I'd never get the chance to use it."
"But now…"
"Let's try it!"
"Target locked."
"Fire all batteries."
Terrifying beams erupted from the spatial portals.
Their positions had been calculated precisely so they would meet the arrow at the exact same moment.
But the result—
Was completely different from what anyone imagined.
There was no brilliant light.
No spectacular explosion.
Lin Yi's counterattack vanished like mud sinking into the sea.
Quiet.
Powerless.
Without even a ripple.
The arrow continued forward.
Unstoppable.
After such a grand buildup—
The arrow simply ignored it.
Lin Yi's attack had failed to shake it even slightly.
Blood streamed from Lin Yi's eyes.
He collapsed onto the deck and slumped lazily.
"I see now…"
"Lan is truly merciful."
"The arrow's extreme speed ensures its prey never experiences the despair of helpless resistance."
"They die instantly."
But at the moment the arrow truly approached—
Lin Yi's expression suddenly changed.
The laziness vanished.
The final experiment began.
The ultimate experiment.
"I still have to say…"
"Thank you, Aha!"
"I truly thank you!!! ☄ฺ(◣д◢)☄ฺ"
Another Decay Engine activated instantly.
No startup delay.
The cost—
It couldn't travel far.
But it didn't need to.
While pretending to give up earlier—
Lin Yi had secretly shifted the Rainbowlight Ship one millimeter to the side.
One millimeter.
At cosmic scale, it was meaningless.
The arrow's trajectory hadn't changed at all.
But from a three-point alignment perspective—
That millimeter meant the space behind the arrow was no longer absolute void.
There was now space there.
Space that hadn't been erased.
Space that could serve as a coordinate anchor for the Decay Engine.
"Well then…"
"Aha or Lan—it doesn't matter."
"The Tianhui Star Wall is right ahead."
"Let's see if this arrow, stripped of causality, can make a 180-degree turn."
Of course—
It couldn't.
The arrow could only move forward.
It struck the Tianhui Star Wall—
The colossal structure created by Qlipoth, the Amber Lord.
The collision was earth-shaking.
Cracks spread across the Star Wall, centered on the impact point.
They widened rapidly.
But the Tianhui Star Wall was not comparable to subspace crystal barriers.
The arrow that had previously pierced such barriers effortlessly—
Was finally stopped.
After all—
This was the wall encircling the known universe, forged by the Amber Lord himself.
The wall did not break.
As the arrow's energy faded—
The cracks slowly began to close.
The moment the arrow struck the wall—
The Rainbowlight Ship, which had just exited warp, was suddenly dragged away by Aha.
Pulled directly beside the Idrila's Rare Vessel, which had been turned into the arrow.
"Ah—HAHAHAHA!"
"As expected of you!"
"Maybe you forgot—today is your birthday!"
"Do you like Aha's gift?"
"There will be more next time!"
"Please don't."
Lin Yi sighed.
"I really can't handle your gifts."
Aha's voice echoed again.
"Listen carefully, IPC!"
"This is Aha's invention!"
"Pseudo-Arrow!"
"Make sure you advertise it properly!"
"This masterpiece was invented by Genius Society #86 — the great Aha!"
"HAHAHAHA!"
"Little Zhuixing!"
"The name you gave it was excellent!"
"Uncle Aha is very satisfied!"
"And remember—"
"Do NOT steal Aha's academic achievements."
"Otherwise…"
"Aha will laugh at you forever."
Lin Yi rubbed his forehead.
"Where exactly did this 'uncle' relationship come from…"
Suddenly—
Lin Yi froze.
"Wait."
"Aha."
"You know my birthday."
"Do you have the memories I lost?"
"Aha doesn't."
"You DO!"
"Aha really doesn't."
"You don't trust Aha."
"Aha is very sad."
"Aha has no face left."
"Aha is leaving."
The mask floating in midair suddenly dropped to the ground.
Then bounced back up.
"Oh right."
"The mask is for Zhuixing."
Then Aha disappeared.
Long ago, Lin Yi had visited the Garden of Recollection.
He hoped to use their technology to trace his memories.
To find the exact moment he crossed worlds—
The moment between Earth and the Star Rail universe.
He wanted to record that moment into a Light Cone.
But during the experiment—
A Cremator invasion occurred.
Memory thieves rebelled.
And a small experimental accident happened.
Lin Yi lost a portion of his memories.
Memories he believed to be unimportant.
Of course—
That judgment was based only on the present.
He couldn't truly know their importance.
Perhaps those lost memories contained something crucial.
But after examining his remaining memories—
Lin Yi couldn't find any obvious gaps.
There was nothing to restore.
So the matter was eventually dropped.
But he developed a grudge against the Garden of Recollection.
After all—
There were too many coincidences.
Later, Lin Yi found an opportunity to break into Sanjian Heaven.
He stole several exclusive technologies from the Garden.
After being discovered—
He simply turned the theft into a robbery.
And took many rare resources with him.
The Garden knew they were partly at fault.
So they never publicized the incident.
But some members continued causing trouble.
The conflict escalated.
Eventually Lin Yi even sought out the Primitive Doctor for memetic technology.
During that process—
He "picked up" Ranpo and Zhuixing.
A strange twist of fate.
Now Aha had already disappeared.
There was no one left to question.
Lin Yi stored the matter in his mind for later.
(Timeline note)
The timeline is complicated.
The Penacony Charmony Festival invitation was delivered to the Astral Express before the Stellaron Hunters boarded.
That occurred in Year 2157.
When Belobog's crisis occurred—
Qlipoth struck the hammer once, beginning a new Amber Era.
Which would be 2158.
That should be correct.
Meaning the Charmony Festival in the original storyline had already been disrupted once.
And now—
In this novel—
The timeline has advanced into Amber Era 2158.
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