DAMMIT WELT!

Twilight's mood went through drastic ups and downs.

To harvest this wave of energy and achieve her plan, she had truly plotted for a long time, expending countless efforts.

Putting aside the countless hours spent on preliminary preparations, just getting Caelus to stab her to death that final time required immense mental effort.

Making Caelus, who had just debuted and hadn't even grasped the power of the Destruction Path, this ultimate small fry, kill her, a candidate demigod, with a small dagger—the difficulty was comparable to an elephant letting an ant trip it with its leg and then directly falling to its death...

It was good enough if the elephant could control itself not to sneeze and blow the ant away, let alone completing such a high-difficulty performance without being discovered.

Fortunately, Twilight's acting skills had already reached perfection. Risking her old life, she completed this performance and successfully died afterward, using the Delayed Retreat trait to become a soul state, following Caelus around, waiting for her final moment of wool-shearing.

Although she died a bit too many times this round, even her ghost state changed twice, the final result still satisfied Twilight greatly.

While she didn't initially get a Kebabed wife like Kevin's explosive 5 million energy points, the sudden change in the world and Twilight's disappearance still successfully pushed Caelus into a continuous wool-producing mode, ultimately allowing Twilight to shear nearly 2 million points intermittently.

This harvest wasn't small, but how could it satisfy Twilight's current appetite? It was merely an appetizer.

Why was Caelus's memory so blurry, even subconsciously forgetting about Dabai and Twilight's past? It wasn't just his subconscious refusing to recall those desperate memories, but also because Twilight thoughtfully shielded him from the cruelest ones.

After all, Caelus couldn't possibly ignore matters concerning Twilight. Given his personality, he would inevitably keep investigating until he reached the Ambrosial Arbor.

At that time, all the blocked memories would instantly burst forth, making him recall everything. Whether it was Twilight paying a huge price to save them, or him personally burying his most beloved person...

This way, Caelus, unable to recall memories, yielded a wave of confused and anxious energy. After remembering, he yielded another wave of despairing energy. A true one-sheep-two-shears!

After all, times were progressing, and wool-shearing techniques naturally had to evolve too. You see, Twilight always felt heartbroken whenever she thought about only shearing 1 million energy points from Otto, that pure love warrior, back then.

She lamented Lihua dying too quickly and easily, failing to squeeze out the remaining value from Otto, Kallen, and the others. Therefore, when it was her turn, she naturally had to find ways to maximize every bit of value.

She had already given up on the energy from many people besides Caelus, so naturally, this missing piece had to be recovered from Caelus... But she had to admit, although this method was a bit inhuman, the effect was excellent. Because the energy Caelus burst forth at the moment he remembered everything successfully approached 5 million!

Discovering you personally killed your lover versus seeing your lover turned into kebab before your eyes—which emotion brought greater despair?

Since Twilight hadn't experienced such deranged things, she naturally didn't know which hurt more. But judging from the energy output, Kevin's feelings back then were perhaps harder to accept, possibly because the psychological shadow cast by the separated corpse was larger...

But after Twilight's optimization, the total wool sheared from Caelus regarding this death event reached nearly 7 million, successfully surpassing Kevin to claim first place!

This matter naturally delighted Twilight, especially upon receiving the gold coins burst forth by the other Express members after Caelus synchronized the memories with them. It made her incredibly happy. Though not a huge amount, the others combined still contributed over 3 million.

At this point, Twilight had done everything she needed to do, collected all the due gold coins, and could prepare to dust off her hands, leave this place, and return home. But seeing how things developed, she still chose to observe a little longer.

It was just dying a hundred million times as his wife, yet Caelus's mental state seemed a bit... beyond her expectations?

My goodness, bro, why is your mentality so fragile?! This time, I only let you stab me once and died cleanly! I even destroyed the corpse afterward! Didn't even show you any kebab! Theoretically, the mental impact shouldn't be that huge, right?!

Watching Caelus laugh like a madman, even successfully attracting the attention of a certain cosmic fun-seeker god, Twilight felt slightly panicked but believed everything was still within control. However, after seeing Caelus become so obsessed he wanted to directly kill an Aeon, even gaining Lan's acknowledgment, she knew things might not be that simple anymore.

Caelus... might have snapped.

A lunatic Stellaron host walking four Paths, heavily invested in by The Hunt and Elation... If he really chased her to Blue Star, she didn't know if Blue Star could handle it.

At this moment, Twilight somewhat understood Jing Yuan's feelings.

Her original plan was to make Caelus feel too guilty to ever see her again. But looking at the current situation, Caelus, rather than blaming himself and consuming himself with guilt, chose to first kill off all other problematic guys, even Aeons... Her aeons-long grand plan ultimately—though very reluctant to admit—seemed to have backfired slightly.

Looking at the increasingly crazed Caelus, Twilight desperately wanted to halt this process. But unfortunately, she was already dead now and about to leave this world, unable to interfere with anything. So when she saw Welt speak up to calm Caelus down, she was truly happy.

Indeed, turning the tide at the last moment still relied on dependable adult men!

However, the moment Welt opened his mouth, her heart completely died.

No, big brother, why are you diverting the disaster onto others?!

Although Twilight had already considered the scenario of the Express crashing into Blue Star, when Welt mentioned dead people possibly reviving in another world, Twilight was certain this matter was doomed.

Later, the crazed Caelus, seeing Li Hua on Blue Earth, would exclaim that dead people really could revive—wait, not just him... Looking at March 7th, Dan Heng, and Himeko, whose eyes also lit up, Twilight didn't want to say anything anymore.

These people previously managed to cause the Express Chaos on the Xianzhou. Now that they were mad, she couldn't even imagine what antics they might pull...

Welt... Previously thought you were a dependable adult male. Now looking at it, you just bring up whichever pot shouldn't be boiled! No wonder you do sit-ups all day! 

The time to leave this world had arrived. At the last moment, Twilight didn't look towards Caelus or March 7th, instead glaring fiercely at Welt, grinding her teeth.

Who didn't know she, Twilight, was always the pettiest? Just wait! If the Express crashed into Blue Earth, she would absolutely throw Otto and Kevin right in front of Welt first, letting the three of them have a good old reunion!

"Achoo!"

Welt, just about to earnestly continue persuading Caelus, suddenly felt a chill down his spine and sneezed violently. Though puzzled why his physical constitution would catch a cold now, with important matters at hand, he couldn't be bothered with such trivialities.

"Caelus, what I said is true! An old—old acquaintance of mine once did such a thing. The vehicle he used to travel between worlds back then was also a train! Rest assured, with Himeko and me here, and seeking guidance from Herta, replicating the relevant abilities shouldn't be impossible! Once successful, we might very well reunite with Twilight then! Think about it, would she want to see her favorite Caelus looking like he'd sacrifice everything just to avenge her?!"

Seeing Caelus hesitate, seemingly calming down gradually, Welt felt certain inside.

Looks like it's settled.