LIGHTNOVELONLINE 51
### Chapter 51: The End
Lu Xi suddenly stood up and said to Yan Tong, “Sorry, but I have to leave now.”
What could Yan Tong say? He shrugged helplessly and gestured, “This is wonderful news, nothing is more important than this. Please go ahead.”
The black-haired, red-eyed male zerg gave him a grateful look before leaving without a backward glance.
As the door closed, Yan Tong sat back in his chair, ignoring the uproar in the live stream chat. He crossed his arms and glanced around the room.
From the moment he entered, Yan Tong had sensed a subtle disharmony. At first, he couldn’t quite pinpoint it, but as he observed more, this sense of unease became clearer.
Male zergs’ rooms, despite their varying styles, had one common trait.
—It was rare to find traces of female zergs’ lives in their rooms. A bed that could accommodate two would only have one pillow, a spacious wardrobe would lack female clothing, and even the slippers on the floor were a single pair.
Only by opening a hidden compartment in the bedside table and pulling out a sturdy iron chain, marked with stains of old blood, could one confirm that a female zerg lived there.
Yan Tong stood up and tapped on the headboard, which emitted a solid, dull sound.
No hidden compartments here.
At his feet was one of Lu Xi’s slippers, left in his haste. The other pair was neatly placed by the carpet.
A yellow sticky note was affixed to the cabinet. Yan Tong leaned in to read the elegant, flowing handwriting:
“Boss, I found the pot you broke. Next time, please don’t stash broken items under the bed. I can teach you how to dispose of them properly. XD —Xia”
Yan Tong: “…”
He examined the note with interest, a peculiar thought crossing his mind: female zergs can joke around?
Why had he never seen this before?
—
Lu Xi got into the car and sped off, driving right at the speed limit.
He was still in a daze.
An egg of his own? He had never considered such a thing. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to, but he didn’t dare.
He had too many restraints on him, and he’d been bound by them for so long that even though he knew he was now free, he still maintained many old habits.
For instance, he still subconsciously restrained his mental power, too afraid it would go out of control.
For instance, he still didn’t like crowds.
And, for instance, he had never thought that he could now have an egg of his own.
A bittersweet feeling welled up in his eyes. Lu Xi gritted his teeth, a crack appearing in his calm facade. What leaked through that crack was like magma breaking through a long-frozen land, a surge of warmth bursting forth.
He couldn’t wait to see Xia Baiyuan.
He was so eager that he didn’t notice the system on his shoulder, unusually silent, its small face etched with a frost-like worry.
When he finally arrived at the hospital entrance, he unfastened his seatbelt to get out, but the system’s low voice stopped him.
“Xi Xi… are you not planning to go back?”
“…”
The system looked up at the male zerg it had watched grow up—just as Lu Xi understood it completely, it knew all of Lu Xi’s thoughts.
“…Sorry.”
The black-haired male exhaled slowly, his tense posture relaxing. He bowed his head slightly, his short black hair brushing against his fair cheeks, and his red eyes rippled like a lake stirred by a spring breeze.
“I can’t go back.” Lu Xi reached out and patted the system’s head. “I want to stay with Xia Baiyuan.”
“My male and female father… they should know,” Lu Xi’s eyes were bright, glistening like water. “I’ve found my place of peace.”
The system’s tiny eyes welled up with huge tears under his touch.
Lu Xi was serious; he was earnestly pleading to stay—Xia Baiyuan had been his dream since he was young.
But…
“Please, A-Tuan,” Lu Xi lowered his eyes. “I’ll be very careful, I won’t leave any trace in history.”
The system couldn’t hold back anymore and started sobbing.
It grabbed Lu Xi’s sleeve with its small paws, soon soaking the fabric with tears.
Holding the soft little system, Lu Xi felt his heart soften infinitely. “I’ve written many letters; please take them back…”
Before he could finish, the system interrupted him with a sob, “No, Xi Xi, you can’t stay here.”
If it could, it would have hidden the truth from him forever, but it couldn’t.
Lu Xi was stunned, his heart skipping a beat and leaving him feeling unsettled.
The system lifted its head from his sleeve, its white fur disheveled. “Xi Xi, do you remember that there was originally another Lu Xi in this era? The original Lu Xi…”
“He couldn’t bear the distortion of space-time; he would have been obliterated the moment of the transfer,” the system explained. “Mo Mo used mental power to protect him, but he can’t stay there forever.”
Lu Xi’s throat tightened, his veins pulsing visibly on his ring finger. He opened his mouth, hearing his own hoarse voice, “What will happen?”
The system looked at Lu Xi in despair. “His existence will be obliterated, his soul erased.”
Their exchange had been triggered by a system crash, marking each other in two different timelines. To send the zerg Lu Xi back, they had to swap back.
Having lost its primary system privileges, the system had exhausted all its power to bring Lu Xi to this era and couldn’t send him back alone.
“…”
Lu Xi’s face turned visibly pale, almost transparent. He bowed his head slightly, resting it on the steering wheel as if all his strength had drained away.
The system nestled against his leg, silent.
After a long while, it heard Lu Xi’s ragged breathing, and felt his cool hand fall on its head. “I understand.”
The system looked up and saw Lu Xi’s face. He seemed unchanged, except for his reddened eyes.
“Xi Xi, I’m sorry,” the system said, its fur completely wet. “It was me who brought you here…”
Lu Xi chuckled softly. “Why apologize? There’s nothing to be sorry about, it’s already been wonderful.”
Even in his dreams, he never imagined such a beautiful reality.
But dreams, after all, must come to an end.
“Let’s go. I still have to say goodbye to Xia Baiyuan.”
——
Xia Baiyuan was asleep. Recently, he had been sleeping more and more.
The doctor had given him a nutrient shot and looked at Lu Xi with a sardonic smile. “Do you know why the checkup includes checking for eggs?”
Lu Xi asked humbly, “Why is that?”
The doctor replied, “Because some female zergs don’t even know it, they’ll just be flying and then suddenly lay an egg, thinking they had diarrhea in mid-air.”
Lu Xi: “…”
Lu Xi: =口=
The doctor, seeing his reaction, was also speechless for a moment. “You actually believed that.”
Lu Xi, expressionless, said, “It somehow made sense.”
The doctor rubbed his nose and waved his hand. “Go on in, go on.”
“Thank you.”
Lu Xi saw the doctor out, then gently closed the door and sat silently by Xia Baiyuan’s bedside. Xia Baiyuan was sound asleep, almost in a deep slumber. His cheeks were rosy, and a light sheen of sweat glistened on his nose.
Lu Xi poked the system. “I might not be able to say it out loud, I’ll definitely cry and make a fool of myself.”
The last impression he left couldn’t be that embarrassing.
The system hesitated. “How about we rehearse it once?”
“Good idea.” Lu Xi agreed. “Let’s do it.”
He closed his eyes briefly, and when he reopened them, his red eyes were filled solely with the image of Xia Baiyuan, as if wanting to etch him into his heart forever.
Over the past three months, Xia Baiyuan’s image had flashed through his mind repeatedly—
“Ah Yuan, there’s something I’ve never told you. I’m not from this era. The time I was born in is three thousand years from now.”
“In our time, you are revered and worshipped by all Zergs. We call you the ‘God of War.’ My approach to you was never pure,” Lu Xi chuckled lightly. “I had ulterior motives.”
“I admired you from a very young age, always dreaming of meeting you. I never thought this dream would actually come true.”
“I couldn’t control myself. I fell hopelessly in love with you… It’s not just because of admiration, I’m not that naive. I don’t know when it happened… but by the time I realized, I was already deeply in love.”
“If I could, I would stay with you forever, raising many offspring together.”
Lu Xi took a deep breath. His chest ached, but his tone was light. “But I can’t. I have to go back. This was never mine to begin with.”
Meeting Xia Baiyuan had used up all his luck; he couldn’t afford to be greedy.
“Goodbye—” Lu Xi brushed Xia Baiyuan’s hair tenderly. “I’ll spend the rest of my life watching over you.”
“And you, you will forget about me.”
There, rehearsal finished.
Lu Xi collected his emotions and asked the system, “How—”
He was startled, eyes widening in shock. He slowly turned around. A hand had gripped his wrist tightly, and a deep voice resonated:
“Lu Xi, where are you going?”
Those blue-green eyes stared at him, dark and stormy as if containing a tempest.
Lu Xi was dumbfounded. “You…weren’t you asleep?”
Xia Baiyuan rubbed the back of his hand with his thumb. “That doctor is very long-winded, I was pretending.”
Lu Xi: “…”
He lowered his head helplessly and mumbled, “Well, it’s just like you heard. I… I have to go.”
“Do you think I believe that?”
Xia Baiyuan furrowed his brow, looking somewhat agitated. “Time travel? That’s absurd.”
Lu Xi tried to withdraw his hand, only to have it gripped tighter. He said helplessly, “But it’s the truth.”
Xia Baiyuan turned his head away, refusing to look at Lu Xi. He scoffed. “You’re delusional again.”
Yet his arm was trembling slightly. Lu Xi was speechless; it was the first time he had seen Xia Baiyuan so willful, being unreasonable, refusing to communicate, and not even willing to look at him.
He believed it but couldn’t accept it.
So, Lu Xi told Xia Baiyuan the story of the other Lu Xi.
The color drained from Xia Baiyuan’s face.
He stared at Lu Xi intently, his pale lips parting slightly. “Is there no other way?”
“No.”
Xia Baiyuan closed his eyes, and the room fell into a long, silent stillness.
Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the curtains, casting beams into the room, falling on Xia Baiyuan’s trembling eyelashes, and gradually moving down to their intertwined hands.
“You said I would forget you. What do you mean by that?”
Lu Xi’s Adam’s apple bobbed. “If everyone remembers me, the original Lu Xi won’t be able to survive in this world when he returns.”
He must be forgotten.
Xia Baiyuan’s eyes lowered. “And you? Will you remember me?”
“I will.” Lu Xi looked at him deeply. “I will spend the rest of my life remembering you.”
“How dull.” Xia Baiyuan used his finger to lift Lu Xi’s chin, smiling. “Lu Xi, I’ll let you go, but before that—”
“You have to mark me.”
Lu Xi’s eyes widened.
He shook his head repeatedly. “No!”
“You have a very long life ahead of you. You could live for a thousand years. In that time, you will travel across the Zerg territories, and you will meet many outstanding males.”
“You need to choose someone who can stand by your side. You will love him, and he will love you.”
“Not bearing an inexplicable mark… enduring a thousand years of loneliness.”
Xia Baiyuan chuckled lightly. “There won’t be anyone else.”
Lu Xi panicked. “How…how could that be?”
He struggled to speak but was easily subdued by Xia Baiyuan.
Xia Baiyuan took a deep breath and said:
“I have gazed at the stars, and from now on, I will never see starlight or moonlight again.”
“Even if I forget you, I will never fall in love with another male.”
“Lu Xi, mark me.”
“I will live for a thousand years. Please don’t be so cruel… at least don’t make it too hard for me.”
Lu Xi’s inner resolve crumbled like a sandcastle washed away by the tide, without any resistance.
He trembled as he opened his mouth and bit down on the back of Xia Baiyuan’s neck.
He marked Xia Baiyuan.
May the zerg god forgive him.
In the small, dimly lit hospital room, they clung to each other.
…
**[The next morning]**
Lu Xi woke up to see the system’s dazed expression.
“Oh, oh! Oh!” The system sat on the floor, its mouth opening wider and wider.
“Sorry, I forgot about you.” Lu Xi lowered his head. “I forgot you’d be locked in a black room. Is it still possible to get you out now?”
“No! No!”
The system struggled desperately, waving its limbs in the air, very anxious. The more anxious it got, the more incoherent its speech became.
Seeing it about to be thrown out, the system clung tightly to Lu Xi’s finger, screaming, “Why! Why could Xia Baiyuan be marked!!”
Lu Xi replied softly, “He has sub-female traits. Shh… don’t wake him.”
The system was completely dumbfounded.
Lu Xi set it down and picked up his clothes to put on.
No matter how reluctant he was, it was time to say goodbye.
“Let’s go, Ah Tuan.”
The system screamed again, “Xi Xi!! Xi Xi!! Xi Xi ahhhhh!!!”
Lu Xi: =口=
He reached out to cover the system’s mouth, but the system was unusually agile. It quickly scampered up along Lu Xi’s arm and pounced on his face.
“Xi Xi!! You can go back!!!”
“Why didn’t you say so earlier! Ahhhh! The main god bless!! The main god bless!!”
The system screamed for a long time, but Lu Xi didn’t react, standing stiffly in place.
His mind buzzed until the system bit him hard, bringing him back to his senses. He slowly turned his eyes, stammering, “You… what did you say?”
“Marking! Marking!!” The system gesticulated wildly. “You won’t believe what happened last night!”
The marking of a sub-female is essentially a mental imprint from a male, but no sub-female in the world could withstand Lu Xi’s imprint—that would be too terrifying, and the sub-female’s fragile constitution would collapse instantly. Females cannot be marked; they lost this trait over long-term evolution.
Only a sub-female with a constitution far beyond all females could be marked by Lu Xi.
Such a sub-female did not exist in the world.
Yet here was Xia Baiyuan.
This marking affected both of them, allowing the system to establish a link amidst the chaotic timeline and send Xia Baiyuan to the world three thousand years in the future.
The system explained everything, and Lu Xi’s eyes grew wider, his heart pounding like a drum.
Just then, a gentle breeze came, softly blowing the curtains and stirring Lu Xi’s hair.
In the golden morning light, the silver-haired female slowly opened his eyes, clarity in his gaze.
Xia Baiyuan had not been asleep. He just didn’t want to say goodbye again, so he kept his eyes closed, anxiously waiting in the darkness for Lu Xi to disappear.
“Perhaps my existence is meant for meeting you.”
He looked into Lu Xi’s eyes and said softly, “Fortunately, we did meet.”
Lu Xi blinked, and tears fell from the corners of his eyes, quickly soaking into his clothes.
The system spun around happily: “It’s all thanks to me!!!”
Golden particles floated down from the sky, landing on Lu Xi’s hair, eyelashes, and covering his entire body. Then his figure gradually became translucent.
Lu Xi couldn’t help but smile as he reached out to pull Xia Baiyuan up.
He straightened Xia Baiyuan’s clothes and kissed his long ring finger.
“Xia Baiyuan, I’ll be waiting for you three thousand years in the future.”
Lu Xi’s figure dissipated like flowing sand, and Xia Baiyuan lifted his head as he passed by him.
“I’ll be there soon.”
Lu Xi’s vision gradually blurred; he could only see Xia Baiyuan stepping into the golden sunrise, walking towards his future.
His journey began from this moment.
**Author’s Note:**
The main story is finished!!
(T/N: I almost thought I won’t be able to get the extras… Finallly after a long wait got them… “(*V*)/” )