Chapter 558

Sob…!

I knew it.

I knew it.

Master really did seal his own memories… beneath that “switch.”

These new memories Liguang is seeing…

They’re Master’s.

They’re real.

Master’s true memories were never… never truly open to Liguang…!!

Master, Master, you…!!

Ah…!

Master… Master, don’t make that face!

No… no! Liguang isn’t blaming Master!

Liguang doesn’t blame Master!

Liguang knows that the Master now is innocent!

The Master now knows nothing, and truly, truly loves Liguang!

Those plans, those schemes, those thoughts of using Liguang as a tool… they were…

They were made by the Master before he lost his memory!

They have nothing to do with the Master now!

Liguang knows that!

So Liguang doesn’t blame Master…

Liguang really… really…

…How could Liguang possibly not blame Master?!!!!

Why?!!!

Why did Master never tell Liguang about that world?!!!

Why did Master hide those memories so deeply?!!!

Why, Master…

Why did you suddenly implant the memories of that world into Liguang?!!!

If you were going to deceive Liguang, then why not keep deceiving her forever?!!!

Deceive Liguang until she achieved 【Eternal Beloved】 with you!!!

Deceive Liguang until she died without ever knowing the truth!!!

Deceive Liguang into believing that she was Master’s most beloved wife, Master’s entire world, the only reason Master was willing to abandon everything and leave!!!

Why?!!!

Why did you suddenly tell Liguang?!!!

Liguang didn’t want to know!!!

Liguang didn’t want to know!!!!

If you were going to deceive her… then deceive Liguang for the rest of her life…!

Let Liguang achieve Master’s plan in happiness…

Let Liguang help Master complete that 【Eternal Beloved】 without knowing anything, and then…

Liguang would know nothing…

Liguang wouldn’t feel any pain…

Liguang would disappear carrying a heart full of happiness…!

But why?

Why make Liguang find out?

Why?

Why, why, why, why, why…???

Why couldn’t Liguang…

die while still happy?!!!

Is it because Master looks down on Liguang…?

Because Master thinks that Liguang… doesn’t deserve a perfect ending…?

Even if it was only an ending she believed to be perfect…?

Because Liguang made Master break down in the previous cycle, so…

Master wants Liguang to break down too…?

So Master wants to tell Liguang this way…

“Look, Liguang. You were never my one and only…”

“You were merely one part of my plan, just a key I needed to leave this world…”

Does Master hate Liguang that much?!!!

Liguang is going mad…!! Liguang is going to… going to…!!!

Sob…!!

…

…Master, you’re holding Liguang so tightly.

So tightly that Liguang can barely breathe.

Master, your hands are trembling…

Master’s heartbeat… it’s beating so fast…

Haa…

…I’m sorry, Master.

Just now… just now, Liguang lost control.

The moment Liguang thought about how Master had been deceiving her all along, how there was still a world in those memories that Liguang knew nothing about…

Liguang became unbearably confused.

That gray sky, those collapsed buildings, that Master in a protective suit with a hoarse voice…

Liguang kept thinking about it.

Liguang couldn’t control herself.

Liguang really couldn’t control herself.

But…

Master’s embrace is so warm.

Liguang knows that Master won’t run away.

Liguang knows that, at least for now, at least in this moment…

Master belongs to Liguang.

…Thank you, Master.

Liguang’s emotions have stabilized now.

Thank you, Master. Thank you for not pushing Liguang away when she was at her most broken…

Master is still the same as before. No matter how crazily Liguang acts…

Master always holds Liguang tightly…

Thank you, Master…

…

But, Master.

Liguang won’t let Master get what he wants.

Absolutely. Not. Ever.

Master, you’ll understand Liguang, won’t you…?

Master said that he loves Liguang very much.

If you love Liguang, then you can understand what she’s doing, right?

To love someone is to make her feel secure.

Liguang doesn’t feel secure right now.

Liguang feels terribly insecure.

So, Master, you’ll definitely understand Liguang.

You will.

…

What did Liguang do?

Hmm…

Liguang did quite a lot.

Liguang had already begun making plans from the very first time she brought Master into this raft world.

Master, take a guess…

Why did Miss Gu Xi and the authorities suddenly come here?

Because…

When Master first came into this world, this place…

was no longer Liguang’s mental-game world.

At first, Master thought this was a virtual space created through a mental link, right?

Just like that time eighty-two years ago?

Or those ten years?

Hehe.

No, Master. Liguang doesn’t want a virtual world anymore.

Liguang wants something real.

This is the most real world Liguang can create.

This is Liguang’s first experimental modification of our apartment!

Liguang was actually being very, very careful.

She only used the portion of authority Master had returned to her. She only modified the apartment’s internal spatial structure, turning the living room and bedroom…

into this sea and this raft.

But even so, they still discovered it.

So they came surrounding us—those drones, those people from the authorities…

and Miss Gu Xi. She even tried to trick Master into going outside. She wanted to take Master away from Liguang.

But Liguang would never agree to that.

Because by the time they surrounded this area, it had already been completely swallowed and brought under Liguang’s control by her authority.

Liguang didn’t do anything wrong.

All Liguang did was…

turn the home that belonged only to Liguang and Master into a sea and a raft that belonged only to Liguang and Master.

Liguang didn’t affect anyone else at all.

With the new authority Master let slip to Liguang, as well as this world’s “source”…

modifying it was quite easy.

From now on, in this place…

there will only be Liguang and Master.

Except for beings that share Liguang’s origin, no outsiders will be able to enter.

But even beings that share Liguang’s origin…

won’t be able to maintain their original forms after entering.

The rules of this world will forcibly map them into physical forms, turning them into our enemies…

the fish in the sea!

Those tuna, those sharks, those huge creatures Master spent all day catching—they were all them.

Liguang should have killed every last one of them!

But, Master…

Liguang’s power had weakened quite a bit while she was maintaining the stability of this area.

That thing outside was created specifically to restrain Liguang.

Even when Liguang was at full strength, she wasn’t its match. And in order to modify the apartment and maintain this sea…

Liguang expended far too much power. Of course she had even less chance of defeating it.

They are the executioners Master prepared for Liguang. Liguang can’t touch them.

So…

Hehe. Judging by the look on Master’s face, he must understand now, right?

That’s right. Before Liguang, I could only use my master to fight against it!

Master did very well!

Master killed all fourteen sharks!

And ate all their fins!

Master is amazing!

It’s just a shame.

Liguang had wanted to devour those powers herself.

If Liguang could swallow them, Liguang would become stronger, better able to protect master, and able to drive away all those annoying outsiders!

But Liguang couldn’t.

Those powers conflicted with Liguang’s own. If Liguang devoured them…

…the balance between the original core and Crimson Eye would be broken.

Liguang would turn into that madwoman who almost strangled master to death.

Liguang doesn’t want to become like that again.

So Liguang could only let master absorb them instead.

That way, master would become stronger!

Master, don’t you think Liguang is good?

Hee hee. Don’t thank Liguang just yet, because…

This is Liguang’s little world!

Everything here—the sea, this raft, the starry sky overhead, the fish in the water…

It was all woven by Liguang. Only Liguang can change it!

And those shattered, ownerless powers Liguang threw into the sea…

Oh, you mean the remnants Liguang tossed back into the ocean. They strengthened this world!

Now Liguang no longer needs to actively maintain the stability of this area!

So Liguang won’t be as weak as before, either!

As for the powers master absorbed…

Liguang will restrict them and put them to use!

As master grows stronger, Liguang grows stronger too!

And Liguang’s growth is much greater than master’s!

Because this is Liguang’s world!

So, master, from this moment on—

Liguang has taken away master’s ability to roll back time.

The switch in master’s mind has also been locked.

But master is so stubborn. Liguang knows master will definitely want to test whether he can still roll back time.

So, to stop master from insisting on trying…

Liguang has turned master’s pain sensitivity up tenfold, too.

If master bumps into the corner of a table now, it’ll hurt so badly that he’ll roll around on the floor!

In the past, when Liguang bit master’s neck, it only caused a slight sting. But now, if Liguang bites…

Master might cry and beg for mercy!

Hee hee!

Hmm… Perhaps a hundred times would be safer?

No, a hundred times would be too dangerous.

Liguang only wants to protect master, not hurt him.

Ten times is just right. It will keep master from casually attempting a self-inflicted rollback, without making him pass out from pain whenever he accidentally bumps or knocks himself against something.

Of course, if master really insists on trying again and again, until the pain drives him insane…

Then Liguang will take good care of master, okay~

Liguang will help master bathe, help master change clothes, help master with his toileting…

In any case, master won’t be able to resist by then. Liguang will be very, very gentle.

Hmm? Master, your expression looks strange.

What are you thinking about?

Are you wondering whether you might somehow regain your ability to roll back time?

Hee hee. Liguang has thought of that too.

To prevent master from inexplicably regaining the ability to roll back time, Liguang has already taken precautions.

Don’t forget, master. Liguang knows that you…

…save your progress by “drinking tea in the morning.”

So let Liguang ask master something. Master, did you notice…

…that there was a hint of tea in today’s shark-fin soup?

That’s right.

That pot of shark-fin soup today contained not only all the powers of that core…

…it also contained master’s save-point tea!

Every one of those fourteen bowls had the taste of save-point tea in it!

Every sip master drank reinforced that save point!

It anchored master more completely to this world, this moment in time, this…

…the home on the sea that Liguang and master built together!

What?

Master says it’s the middle of the night now, not morning, so he couldn’t save?

Hee hee. Does master still remember when we were surrounded by official drones in the living room?

It was nighttime then.

But when master arrived in this world in the blink of an eye, it had somehow…

…become daytime.

So, master, in Liguang’s little world…

Daytime is nighttime, and nighttime is daytime.

Right now, it’s daytime in the normal world, okay?

And without even realizing it…

Master drank tea at dawn and saved his progress.

Liguang had such a hard time holding back then. Liguang had to force herself not to say—

Master, your tea.

The temperature has been adjusted to your preferred 52 degrees Celsius.

Hee hee!

It was so hard for Liguang to hold it in!

Liguang really wanted to say it at the time!

But Liguang couldn’t, so she could only force the tea down master’s throat!

Even so, Liguang couldn’t stop herself from laughing. Luckily, master thought Liguang had gone crazy.

Hmm…

According to what master said, today should be…

Master, welcome to the twelfth day.

From today onward, everything will remain fixed on this twelfth day.

Master will live here forever.

Forever building a home on the sea with Liguang and resisting outside enemies.

Liguang won’t let master remember anything. That switch has already been sealed shut.

Liguang will work hard to erase it. Once that happens…

Master will never be able to recover any of his memories again.

Liguang will also make master gradually forget everything outside.

Forget Lin Xiaoyou, An Lian, and Gu Xi…

Even forget the little cabin on that mountain, and the white porcelain teacup in that living room.

Master will remember only Liguang, this sea, and this raft.

This place will be master’s entire world, master’s “new world.”

In this new world, master will be with Liguang…

…truly drifting toward the end of the world.

But, master…

This world has no end, you know~