"What do you mean, butt stuck out? That's a tactical posture!"
Stelle giggled and retorted, "I've never heard of a tactical posture that involves sticking your butt out!"
Fu Zhu rolled his eyes in exasperation.
Dan Heng, Himeko, and Welt walked over and joined the three in a group hug.
After a few moments of warmth, Dan Heng was the first to release his arms, letting out a somewhat regretful sigh.
"It's a shame about the people of Amphoreus…"
"Don't worry about that, Dan Heng."
Fu Zhu let go of Stelle and March 7th, raised an eyebrow at him, and said, "I haven't forgotten that our original goal was to save Amphoreus. Next up, it's time to save Amphoreus!"
Everyone was stunned by his words. Amphoreus could still be saved?
They had thought Amphoreus had become a necessary sacrifice to save the galaxy! It seemed now that when Fu Zhu was communicating with the Chrysos Heirs earlier, they had already explained this part to them!
The only ones left in the dark were them, the outsiders!
Hearing that Amphoreus could still be saved, Himeko immediately grew excited. "Do you need our help?"
Fu Zhu shook his head and said in a very casual tone, "All we have to do now is create a new world."
Everyone was taken aback, and Stelle's mouth twitched.
"'All we have to do'? 'Create a world'? 'Just like that'?! Big Bro, you're making it sound a little too easy…"
Fu Zhu chuckled and ruffled her hair. "For the me right now, it is very easy."
As he spoke, Fu Zhu opened his minimap, preparing to locate the Scepter that created Amphoreus. Just then, however, Lygus walked over and spoke to him directly.
"Allow me to lead the way."
Fu Zhu gave Lygus a somewhat surprised look. Lygus just shrugged.
"The Scepter is useless to me now. At the very least, I still wish to satisfy my own curiosity in the end."
"Fine."
…
Lygus led the group to a hidden space within the cosmos. Housed within was a colossal machine.
Lygus guided them inside while introducing it.
"This is the body of the Scepter."
Lygus stepped forward. Just as he was about to operate the Scepter, Jing Yuan's saber was suddenly at his neck. He stared at him with ice-cold eyes and said, "Don't do anything unnecessary. Leave the rest to us."
Lygus was silent for a moment, then turned his head to Fu Zhu, his tone sincere.
"I just want to confirm one thing. Sir Fu Zhu, when you were deleting the data of Amphoreus earlier, I detected that one piece of data that should have been deleted still remains within the Scepter. I'm sure you are all very familiar with its name: Demiurge, or perhaps, Cyrene."
At Lygus's words, everyone, including Fu Zhu, looked astonished.
Fu Zhu pressed, "Demiurge is Cyrene? And why wasn't she deleted?"
Lygus pondered for a moment. "I am not entirely certain of the specific reason, but it seems to be related to [Remembrance]. The rest is for you to confirm for yourselves."
Lygus retracted his hand from the Scepter and stepped aside, making a gesture of invitation toward Fu Zhu.
Fu Zhu immediately walked forward, took out [As I Have Written] from his inventory, placed it on the Scepter's control panel, and then connected it with Redstone dust.
The moment the two were connected, a gentle white light flashed before Fu Zhu's eyes. The next second, the scene before him changed. When he came to his senses, he found himself in the Sacrament Courtyard of Aedes Elysiae.
"Is this Aedes Elysiae?"
Fu Zhu walked out of the courtyard in confusion. Following a path paved with cobblestones, he saw a figure on a swing by the shore of an amber lake. It was a person with a lithe figure in a white gauze dress and a head of beautiful pink hair, swinging gently.
[Primordial Ripple · Cyrene (Demiurge)]
Fu Zhu walked along the small path and stopped behind the pink figure. After a moment's hesitation, he softly called out her name, "Cyrene?"
Upon hearing the familiar voice behind her, the young woman's body stiffened. Her feet touched the ground, stopping the gently swaying swing. Seeming a little nervous, she slowly turned her head. The moment her gaze met Fu Zhu's, a radiant smile bloomed on her face.
"You're here?"
Cyrene hopped off the swing and ran towards Fu Zhu. When she reached him, she threw her arms around him in a tight embrace.
Fu Zhu could feel the soft body hugging him, and through their close contact, he could feel the young woman's heart pounding in her chest.
He gently wrapped an arm around her waist, patting her back lightly with his other hand.
"I'm here to fulfill my promise. I didn't keep you waiting too long, did I?"
Cyrene pulled back from his embrace, shaking her head with a beaming smile.
"Compared to before, this wait wasn't long at all. Come with me."
Cyrene took Fu Zhu's hand and led him back to the garden behind the Sacrament Courtyard. She then pulled him to sit at a small table in the pavilion.
"Next, we should begin the [Creation]."
Fu Zhu looked down and noticed a blank copy of [As I Have Written] sitting on the small table. He reached out to touch it, and the system immediately displayed a pop-up window.
[Create World]
Fu Zhu didn't press it immediately. Instead, he canceled the pop-up. He seemed to understand the purpose of [As I Have Written] now.
Cyrene saw the sudden smile on Fu Zhu's face and understood that he had figured it out. She reached over, picked up a nearby quill, and handed it to him.
"Here. I want to see what kind of story you'll write. But I'm sure it will be a romantic story unlike any before, right?"
"Of course."
Fu Zhu took the quill. Just as he was about to write, his phone suddenly vibrated in his pocket. He took it out and saw a message from Herta.
Come to think of it, he hadn't seen Herta or Screwllum earlier. He wondered where they had gone.
[Herta: If I'm not mistaken, you should be preparing for Creation right now, correct?]
[Fu Zhu: Oh my, you're worthy of being called a genius. You figured it out just like that. What, do you need me to build you a statue on Amphoreus? After all, you helped save it too.]
[Herta: Not necessary. Back to business. To find a way to defeat the Ender Dragon earlier, I used certain methods to connect with Nous. Nous revealed some things about Amphoreus to me. Read my message carefully!]
[Herta: That young woman named Cyrene is one of the Pure Children of Anāsrava. She carries far too much of Amphoreus's memory and causality. If you want to thoroughly save everyone, you must take Amphoreus's causality upon yourself! Otherwise, she will have to fix the causality at the cost of her own life to prevent The Irontomb from returning!]
[Fu Zhu: Understood.]
So that's how it is.
Fu Zhu thought for a moment, then turned his head to ask Cyrene, "The divine oracle you heard back then, was that my voice?"
Cyrene nodded, and Fu Zhu understood.
Just as I thought. Well then, let's begin writing.