Transmigrated as the Villainous Love Rival of the Abusive Novel's Heroine [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 51.1

Chapter 51.1: Don’t Say Goodbye

What does it look like when a person’s world loses its light?

It is likely like treading through white, snowy wastes, standing alone at the edge of a cliff, burdened by heavy chains—unable to jump, yet unable to walk away. Even if there is a warm, towering castle behind her, she cannot step inside. The person she promised her life to is gone; therefore, there is no need to keep the hairpin anymore…

In the second year after the hairpin was broken, Yun Qianxue led those hundred-plus survivors to rescue others scattered throughout the cities surrounding the Sky City. Among the survivors were elites from all walks of life; using the advanced machinery within the Sky City, they reconstructed the communication network and contacted bases of various sizes across the globe.

In the third year—the third year of Yun Qianxue treading through the darkness with her heavy burden—she followed Qi Ming’s prophecy and led a pioneer team of special ability users to find the culprit behind the apocalypse. At the highest peak of NK9, the highest point in the world where the air is thinnest, there lay a “Heart” from the outer world. That ice-blue “Heart” exhaled powerful energy and a massive amount of virus with every beat. The energy shaped the crystal cores; the virus created the zombies.

Qi Ming saw that once the “Heart” was destroyed, the unique energy would gradually dissipate, and the virus that relied on that energy to survive would die out completely. The crystal cores of the ability users would gradually shrink until they vanished. However, that disappearance process was long—over a hundred years—long enough for humans to live out their lives. No one would die because of the disappearance of their crystal core.

Ah, no… except for that one person…

From the day the “Harbor” vanished, Yun Qianxue remained as gentle to others as always; she would still speak and laugh, but the laughter never reached her eyes. Qi Ming could see that her future would be a trek through the darkness, guarding the fallen peach blossoms all over the Sky City, overlooking the place where that person departed, day after day, from life until death. Until her hair turned white and she fell from the Sky City to turn into dust, finally embracing her beloved.

After two years of training, the special ability users coordinated with perfect unspoken understanding. Combined with Qi Ming’s “Divine Eye” to see the future, An An’s “Absolute Defense,” and Yun Qianxue’s “Energy Relay,” they destroyed the “Heart” without a single casualty.

At the end of the spring of the third year, the world ushered in a new era, and humanity welcomed a new future. They used the Sky City as the center to build houses, bridges, and roads. Those who had passed were gone; aside from mourning and remembrance, the living had to live on.

In the thirty-second year, the mutated forest was the first to experience decay. Yun Qianxue jumped down from the Sky City and stayed in the forest for two years, only leaving after the last mutated tree had withered. The forest that person… had spent her life protecting… had vanished…

In the thirty-fifth year, residents began to clear the dead trees and build houses on that vast land. The place where that person fell was excavated and turned into a plaza. A gaunt Yun Qianxue stood there, her white hair swaying as she leaned over to grab a handful of fine sand, squeezing it tightly, only for the sand to leak through her fingers.

She had held onto nothing.

She stood there blankly, looking around at a loss, her face wearing an embarrassed expression that was halfway between a cry and a laugh. Passing pedestrians recognized this pioneer hero and asked with concern, “What’s wrong? Why are you crying?”

She said: “I suddenly realized… the person I’m waiting for is not coming back…”

Yun Qianxue had been trapped in one place for two lifetimes—from birth to death, she had kept nothing… It was too painful, leaving her alone to face the “Great Work” Yin Shaoqing had protected for her, unable to leave a single step. she had to witness the growth of the Sky City with her own eyes for that person. Then she would tell her that her protection was not in vain.

Unable to escape, unable to hide, watching with her own eyes as the traces of her deceased lover were cleared away bit by bit until nothing remained. How cruel. Such pain should not have been borne by her girl.

Yin Shaoqing stood in the darkness. She wanted to walk out of this annoying land, return to her girl’s side, embrace her, and give her a kiss. Tell her, “Don’t be afraid, I’m here.”

Crack… A faint sound of shattering echoed in the darkness.

A long rope dangled from the heights that reached out of sight, dropping down before her. It swung back and forth, as if mocking her: Now that you lack your supernatural abilities, can you climb up?

“Ha…” Yin Shaoqing laughed out of anger. She swore that if she couldn’t climb up, she would eat this damn rope!

If the rope could talk, it would probably say: “…”

Yin Shaoqing had fallen into a coma after her crystal core shattered. Among those hundred-plus people was a doctor who told Yun Qianxue with pity, “She may never wake up again.” Perhaps one day, she would pass away in her sleep.

Yun Qianxue remained silent throughout. After settling Yin Shaoqing, she pressed a salty kiss upon the sleeping woman’s lips. Then she turned and threw herself into the search and rescue operations for survivors in the surrounding cities.

The Sky City had sufficiently advanced equipment—this was the utopia Yu Yinglang had built for himself. He had equipped himself with all the best machinery but never had a single righteous thought. The girl with a face like a peach blossom had never been so determined; she wanted to rescue those talented elites at the fastest speed possible and then find every way to heal that woman. As long as she wasn’t dead, she would not allow Yin Shaoqing to go before her.

“Those were a period of mad days,” wrote the later Lord of the Sky City, a very young blind male. “No one could slack off under Big Sister’s watch.” The former victim had stepped up to become the protector, and thus she did not want the people she protected to be a group of cowardly wastes like Yu Yinglang. The spark of hope was handed out from her hands; if no one caught it, then the Sky City might as well be destroyed.

“I know my personal feelings have taken the upper hand. I am not rational right now, and I am even excessively forcing you to carry out the ideas I wish to implement.” Do not do unto others what you would not have them do unto you—Yun Qianxue understood this. But she couldn’t stop.

One month, two months… she didn’t even dare to see that person’s face; she feared she would break down and want to fall into a deep sleep alongside her. “But no one was dissatisfied, because Big Sister always stood at the very front, acting as another harbor,” Qi Ming closed his notebook. He thought that a gentle person is, after all, gentle to others.

On January 3, 2105, of the Noah Era, a Doctor Lin, whom Yun Qianxue had rescued from a zombie swarm, determined Yin Shaoqing’s condition.

“How much longer can she live…” Yun Qianxue held Yin Shaoqing’s hand. The comatose woman had a frailty she had never shown before.

“One year and two months; that is the limit.” Doctor Lin felt a bit of pity. Watching a loved one die is truly painful. The thin and weak woman before him likely couldn’t bear this agony.

Yun Qianxue said nothing. She opened the slender hand in her palm, tracing it with her fingertips. The much-thinner girl lowered her eyes, thinking that this person was originally a wealthy young mistress who never had to lift a finger, yet at some point, her hands had become covered in calluses.

A burning sensation hit her eyes. Tears… such worthless things.

“By the way, Ms. Yun, the damage to your crystal core is also not optimistic.” Doctor Lin pushed up his glasses and suggested, “If possible, you had better postpone the plan to crush the ‘Heart’.” In his view, a year would be the best timeframe for nourishing the crystal core.

But he couldn’t say the rest of the words. Because the woman sitting by the sickbed turned her head and looked at him indifferently. That cold gaze made a chill run down Doctor Lin’s back, causing him to instinctively take a step back.

Perhaps sensing she had frightened Doctor Lin, Yun Qianxue gave him an apologetic smile. “Sorry, I know you are right. However, it’s not just me; many more people cannot afford to wait for this year.” In less than a year, blizzards would sweep the world. How many people would die in the cold then? Human lives were at stake; none of them could afford to wait.

In early February 2105, Yun Qianxue led ability users from various bases to set foot on the NK9 snow peak. There were countless mutated animals there, fiercely guarding the “Heart” and preventing the ability users from approaching.

Qi Ming’s “Divine Eye” saw the future; his command of this battle directly laid the foundation for him to become the Lord of the Sky City.

“See, what did I tell you?” Yun Qianxue walked through the flying snow, facing the storm, holding the peach blossom hairpin with a crinkled-eye smile. She seemed to be acting spoiled toward that person through the hairpin, puffing out her chest proudly and saying, “I said it before: children who survive in the apocalypse mature early. Qi Ming and An An will surely be elite when they grow up. See, didn’t that prove my words right?”

The woman who should have supported her wasn’t by her side; there were no winding, exaggerated tones to echo her, but Yun Qianxue didn’t feel sad. She believed that both she and Yin Shaoqing were working hard. Fighting their own battles, striving toward their future.

Nearly a thousand ability users fought night and day against the mutated animals, finally reaching the location of the “Heart” on the fifteenth day of the ascent. It was a person-sized, ice-blue, pulsing heart, looking like an extraterrestrial organism.

“Knives can’t cut it, fire can’t melt it, freezing can’t break it…” Yun Qianxue had a massive headache. The various attacks from the ability users fell upon the heart without leaving a single mark. She felt it was even less effective than scratching an itch.

“Qi Ming, it’s up to you.” Pushing such a difficult problem onto a child, Yun Qianxue felt a bit excessive and lose-face. However, with great power comes great responsibility; that phrase was too perfect here.

Qi Ming tightly gripped Yun Qianxue’s sleeve, gritting his teeth, looking very troubled. “I have a way, but…” Two days ago, he had already seen the solution: use An An’s absolute barrier to cut off the “Heart’s” connection with the outside world. Without the input of blood, the heart would stop beating. However, when this living “Heart” faced death, it would choose a deathbed struggle of self-detonation. At that time, only Yun Qianxue, who possessed Ouroboros, could absorb the sudden burst of a massive energy wave and export that violent energy—which could destroy half the world—as wood-attribute energy.

But there were already cracks on Yun Qianxue’s crystal core. This explosion would cause her core to shatter completely. She would become like Sister Shaoqing. Shattered core, shortened lifespan. Likely less than a year.

“Isn’t that great?” Yun Qianxue laughed upon hearing this. She rubbed Qi Ming’s soft hair and said gently, “A family should be neat and complete.” (Note: implying joining her in the same state/fate).

She was, after all, that person’s wife. The wife whose hair was pinned by her own hand.

“Come on.” Yun Qianxue hugged An An and instructed her, “If it feels bad, we stop. Don’t push yourself too hard.”

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