That conversation with the Old God King on the high platform awakened a long-dormant memory in my mind.

It was something that happened when I was four years old.

Once, my dad brought me to his lab at the research institute because he was working late.

It was my first time at my dad's workplace. The lab had everything: strange insect fossils, all kinds of rocks, and various geological exploration tools. I was curious about everything, wanting to take a closer look at this and play with that.

My dad showed me the specimens and rocks that piqued my interest, patiently explaining their formation and how they were obtained.

My dad knew every "treasure" in the lab like the back of his hand. I could tell he loved his job. I had a great time with him that day.

After a while, my dad's colleague suddenly called him away. Before leaving, he specifically told me not to run around or touch the specimens and instruments.

I agreed on the surface, but I was totally against it inside. So many interesting things were attracting me; how could I control myself?

Not long after my dad left, I climbed onto his lab table and found a transparent little ball in a small glass box.

At first, I thought it was candy, so I put it in my mouth and sucked on it, but it had no taste at all.

After I took it out of my mouth, the surface of the little ball seemed to have changed. The completely transparent appearance now seemed to have subtle contours.

I knew I had messed up, so I quickly put the little ball back where it was, restored the scene, and began reading a comic book obediently.

Later, my dad didn't notice anything unusual, and I successfully escaped.

…

Lao, the Old God King, sensed a familiar power in my body. That's when I realized that I had an unactivated Fuxing (Resurrection) Crystal Stone in my body.

The God King told me that the way to activate the Fuxing Crystal Stone was simple: just die once in a place where meteorite energy could reach. Die once, and I could be successfully resurrected.

Daniel's shot successfully activated the crystal stone in my body.

In the Old God King's earliest memories, when he and his brother Da Kan first saw "Zambia," the two crystal stones and the "water droplet" were one, embedded inside the meteorite.

Later, "Zambia" used the power of the meteorite for evil, using the crystal stones to win people's hearts and expand its territory. After the crystal stones were taken out, the balance between the two antagonistic substances (crystal stones and water droplet) originally formed in the meteorite was broken. Without the control of the crystal stones, the "water droplet" was in a dangerous, unstable state. As a result, due to an earthquake, the meteorite was squeezed and cracked by external forces, causing the "water droplet" to leak out.

The God King told me that the only solution was to restore everything to its original state.

However, I knew the cost better than anyone else, but since this matter ultimately fell on my shoulders, what could I do?

The question I stopped Han Yu from continuing to talk about was actually my ending.

Yes, like the God King Lao, I would never be able to leave this mountain again. Leaving the meteorite meant death.

I couldn't leave the God Mountain, so naturally, there was no way for me to see these friends who had shared hardships and lived and died together.

A little bit of bittersweet comfort was that I could move freely in the underground palace, unlike the God King who could only sit on the high platform, sitting for nearly five thousand years.

I also wasn't like the God King, unable to decide my own life or death.

I wandered around the underground palace. The living dead in the underground palace had become puppets with broken strings due to the death of "Zambia," displayed in the underground palace.

…

After I estimated that Fatty and the others had gone down the mountain, I began to implement the "restoration" plan—

I collected the broken limbs of "Zambia" and its body, making sure nothing was missing, and then carried them all on my shoulders, climbing along the stone wall towards the "water droplet."

The way to restore things to their original state was to combine the two crystal stones, the "water droplet," and "Zambia" together again.

I just needed to send the fragments of "Zambia" and myself to the "water droplet" and touch the "water droplet," and the task would be completed.

As for whether this method was feasible, I had no idea. I hoped the Old God King's method would work.

As a vessel for holding the crystal stones and a human transporter, this kind of death with an unknown ending was also a kind of gift.

Just one second before I reached out and touched the "water droplet," I suddenly remembered that Fatty had slapped me when I was delirious after being poisoned. I had actually forgotten to avenge that debt…

Haha, Fatty got off easy. He doesn't have to pay back the roasted whole lamb he owes me.