Rewrite My Fate to Become the Daoist Ancestor

"Then, let’s set off to search for the Primordial Gems!!"

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After the gathering in Fei Yan ended, everyone returned to their own cabins to rest.

Jiu Yue’s cabin was not large, with pure white walls all around, devoid of anything, making it appear particularly desolate.

She gently closed the door, leaned against the door panel, and took a deep breath, cutting off all the clamor from outside.

She slowly took out a Golden Ring from her arms, her fingers gently caressing the engraving on it.

Her gaze gradually became distant, her thoughts drifting back to the distant past.

A breeze blew through.

A young man walked out from the icy building, his hand tightly clutching a Professional Card, a slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, revealing a brilliant grin filled with undisguisable joy in his eyes.

He turned to glance at the sky, then stepped forward briskly, walking quickly towards the lower levels of the building.

Cold-faced crowds shuttled back and forth on the streets, the dense mechanical devices emitting a low buzzing in the air, the entire world was shrouded in an atmosphere of indifference.

The young man’s silhouette was especially noticeable in the crowd, his smile starkly contrasting with the expressionless faces around him.

His pace did not stop, he walked faster and faster until he began to run.

He passed through indifferent crowds, through steel forests, across sky-high bridges, wind whistling past his ears, messing up his hair but not wiping off the smile on his face.

He suddenly stopped, looked up at the azure sky, waving his hand vigorously.

Afterward, he turned a few streets, arriving before the steel boxes allotted to third-class citizens. They were row upon row of cold and simple residences, like lifeless iron cages.

The young man stood in front of the door, taking a deep breath, his smile growing even more brilliant. He couldn’t wait to open the door, eagerly shouting, "Jiu Yue, I found a job! There’s something I want to..."

However, the instant the door opened, his smile froze.

The room was empty, a strawberry cake and unlit candles were on the table.

The young man’s hand slowly dropped, the Professional Card and a long-prepared Golden Ring slipped from his fingers, his gaze vacant, as the joy in his eyes gradually replaced by bewilderment and loss, as if the world lost its color at this moment.

The name on the communicator also showed that it had been canceled.

"Where are you?"

The young man abruptly turned and ran out of the room, his figure dashing through the cold steel buildings. His steps were urgent and messy, passing through street after street, his eyes searching everywhere, as if he was looking for something important.

No matter how he ran, how he shouted, only cold walls and indifferent crowds responded to him.

His pace gradually slowed down.

The sun slowly set in the west, the afterglow of the sunset spilled over the steel buildings, elongating the young man’s shadow, making it appear lonely.

Jiu Yue stood not far away, gazing at that lonely silhouette, a pang of bitterness surged in her heart.

She couldn’t help but shout, "I’m here!"

"Jiu Yue!"

The young man suddenly turned his head, a smile of surprise appeared on his face, he ran towards "Jiu Yue" without hesitation.

Jiu Yue stood still, tears welled up in her eyes, she reached out, wanting to embrace the young man running towards her, yet at the moment he was about to embrace her, his figure passed through her body.

Jiu Yue was startled, her outstretched hand froze in mid-air. She slowly lowered her head, staring at her palm.

The young man passed through Jiu Yue, placing his hand on the shoulder of a short-haired woman. The woman turned her head, frowning, her voice carrying a bit of displeasure, "What are you doing?!"

The young man was taken aback, hurriedly withdrawing his hand, an embarrassed smile on his face while apologizing repeatedly, "Sorry, sorry! Your silhouette... looked very much like a good friend of mine, I mistook you for someone else."

The short-haired woman glanced at him, snorted coldly, and turned away quickly. The young man stood there, gazing at her back, his smile slowly fading, replaced by a deep sense of loss and bewilderment.

He murmured under his breath, "Jiu Yue... where are you, really?"

The scene froze at that moment.

The young man’s silhouette seemed particularly lonely in the cold steel boxes. In the distance, the mechanical humming continued, as if mocking his helplessness.

Jiu Yue suddenly came back to her senses, realizing she was standing alone in the white room; it was empty all around, only the holographic projection’s light slowly dissipating before her eyes.

The scene just now was one of the clips she had captured when returning to the Mother Star ten years ago.

It was a truth she learned later.

That afternoon, she and the young man had agreed to meet as usual. She spent the entire morning clumsily learning to make a strawberry cake, intending to celebrate his birthday.

And the young man secretly found a job, eagerly preparing to confess to her that day, telling her that they could face the future together.

"I’m sorry..."

Jiu Yue murmured, "When I woke up, I had already left the Mother Star."

She was powerless to change Galaxy University’s decision, so she could only study hard in Galaxy University, hoping to meet him soon, to return before he passed away.

In just a few decades, she became a Fifth Rank Cyan Nether Professional, one of the top ten in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Later, she returned to the Mother Star and learned that the young man had martial arts talent and had honed himself on the Surface Layer to become a Tier One Red Star Martial Arts Practitioner. The young man named himself "Xiao Ying", embarking on a journey through the starry sky towards Galaxy University, only to disappear in the vast universe.

She personally investigated, only finding the remnants of the Wolf Fang Pirate Gang and the New Science Darts Master Team in that meteorite field, along with countless shattered mechas and spacecraft fragments.

There was no trace of the young man there, only cold cosmic dust and endless silence.

Jiu Yue raised her head, gazing out of the porthole at the dark universe, where starlight dotted the sky, yet couldn’t illuminate the darkness in her heart.

She knew.

Xiao Ying was already dead.

But once she gathered the Eight Primordial Gems, she would surely return to that afternoon.

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