Collapse of iron, but I am the Supreme Strange

“No, no, no, I won’t teach Clara here.” An Yi waved his hand: “Not in Rock Town, not in Rivet Town, not in the Mechanical Settlement—not even in Beloberg! Not anywhere in this universe!”

"......Huh?" Clara cast a puzzled look at An Yi: "But...is there really such a place in the world? If it doesn't even exist in this universe."

An Yi smiled, then stretched out his hand and drew a circle in the air.

"Clara, the first lesson I'm going to teach you—" An Yi said, "If you want to become a mystic mage, first you have to throw away your [common sense]."

"Yes, yes!" Clara nodded awkwardly.

“Break out of the circle of cognition and look at the unknown from the perspective of the unknown, so that you can understand magic.”

As An Yi said this, a portal with sparks flying everywhere appeared in the open space nearby.

But unlike the portals that An Yi had opened in the past, this portal did not allow one to directly see the scenery on the other side from one side.

In other words, this is a disc emitting dazzling golden light, floating quietly here amidst the flying sparks.

"Please come in." An Yi stood next to the portal and spoke to the train crew and Clara.

"Hmm?" San Yue Qi bent over, squinted his eyes, and asked cautiously: "Where does this portal lead to?"

An Yi smiled softly, then said: "The way to..."

He paused, then took the lead and said, "Home Sweet Home."

"what?"

San Yueqi, Dan Heng, Xing and Clara were all confused by An Yi's words, but after looking at each other for a while, they stepped into the portal one by one.

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In the outer space of Yalilo 6, inside the Star Train.

Ever since An Yi and the other four "young people" left for the pioneering mission, only Ji Zi and Mr. Walter were left in the train.

Oh, and of course, there's Pam, but he's not really a person. He's cleaning the StarTrain right now, sweeping dust out of the corners with a broom.

"The train should be cleaned up, huh!"

He shouted, "It will take a long time to clean up like this. Our next stop should be [Car Wash Planet]!"

"The next stop should be [Pinocone]." Jizi was sitting on the side, holding a tablet, staring at the data table on it intently: "How about it, Pam, do you want to change the destination temporarily?"

"Ah, we can't just go to the Daydream Hotel with dirty carriages like this!" Pam shouted, "When the passengers who went to explore the area come back, I'm going to mobilize everyone to do a big cleaning!"

Ji Zi smiled and tapped her fingers on the tablet screen, so Walter, who was sitting opposite her, put down the newspaper in his hand.

"Jizi, what are you doing?" he asked. "Didn't you finish the route design a few days ago?"

"Oh. I'm looking at the [invitation letter] sent by the [family] to the Star Train." Ji Zi replied.

"Invitation letter... an invitation letter for the train group to go to [Pinoconi]." Walter leaned back and pressed on the backrest of the sofa: "Is there any problem with the invitation letter?"

"I just feel that something is..." Ji Zi paused: "Maybe it's my illusion, I always feel that something is wrong."

"Something's wrong? [Pinocone] is a resort famous throughout the universe. I hope nothing goes wrong." Walter shook his head.

"I think An Yi will definitely like that place." Ji Zi raised her head and suddenly said, "A wonderful dream, it seems to go well with magic. I wonder what the people in the [family] will think when they see magic?"

“Speaking of Anyi——” Walter suddenly frowned and said to Ji Zi: “I don’t mean anything else, but I always feel that he…is he a little too powerful?”

"Hmm?" Ji Zi asked, pinching her chin, "I don't quite understand."

"He is the one who created a universe." Walter replied, "He recreated a universe one to one right in front of you and me, right in Ms. Black Tower's office."

Walter folded the newspaper, put it beside him, and looked into Ji Zi's eyes: "This is outrageous, very - incredible."

"Incredible, yes, isn't magic supposed to be incredible?" Ji Zi replied.

"A crazy idea once popped into my mind, a very bullshit idea, oh, sorry that's the only adjective I can think of," said Walter.

"what?"

"In your opinion, the most powerful and mysterious thing is——" Walter looked at Ji Zi and asked.

"...Star God." Ji Zi replied.

"Yes, Star God." Walter said, "You know, Jizi, once [Happy Star God] Aha disguised himself as an unknown guest and boarded the Star Train. In the end, he blew up a carriage of the train, and even the passengers on it were killed and injured. Remember?"

"There is such a record in the database." Ji Zi replied. After a few seconds, she suddenly raised her eyebrows and said to Walter: "You don't mean to say... An Yi is the transformation of the [Happy Star God]?"

"That's why I said this is a very crazy, crazy and ridiculous idea!" Walter replied: "I also think this is impossible, because even if the Star God comes in person, I don't think he has the ability to easily create a universe or travel through it."

“Hahahaha…” Ji Zi couldn’t help but chuckle: “This is really a fantastic idea.”

Walter smiled and shook his head, then stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the snow-white planet in the universe:

"Yalilo Six - they haven't been in contact for several days. I hope nothing goes wrong."

"The star core will affect communications, there's nothing we can do about it." Ji Zi jokingly replied, "But don't worry as long as An Yi is here. I'm not more worried about Xiao Sanyue and the others getting into trouble, but that An Yi doesn't blow this planet into pieces."

"Ah..." After hearing Ji Zi's words, Walter sighed helplessly and said to himself: "An Yi. Well... when he comes back, go and talk to him."

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"welcome!"

An Yi's voice suddenly appeared in my ears.

So Clara slowly opened her eyes, and so did the three members of the train crew beside her.

"Welcome here. Oh, it has been a long, long time since we had any guests here!" An Yi stood in front of them, opened his arms, smiled and said loudly to the four guests: "Welcome, my friends, welcome to my sanctuary!"

".....Sanctuary?" March Seven was a little confused and asked after tilting his head.

"Yes, the sanctuary, that is, the temple of the Supreme Mage." An Yi's voice was very clear: "The Supreme Sanctuary that I designed, constructed, and managed personally!"

Xing rubbed his eyes and looked at the scene around him.

Oh, this is obviously the lobby of a palace, a magnificent and oppressive lobby.

The roof was held up by dozens of tall stone pillars, the ground was smooth and flat, the lighting was soft and pleasing to the eye, and even the air exuded a faint scent of violets, but what surprised everyone the most was that the space here was so large - it was so large that it could almost be used to repair transport planes.

Dan Heng raised his head and looked at the ceiling, and found that the ceiling was painted with various patterns composed of Sanskrit, symbols, and magic arrays. They were complex yet full of beauty, as if they carried an extremely heavy history, or like the spiritual totems of some civilization placed therein.

Clara looked forward along the lobby and found that in the distance, there was a huge aisle, large enough for several cars to drive side by side without feeling crowded. At the end of the aisle was a staircase extending upwards.

"What a big house..." Clara exclaimed with her mouth wide open.

"Yes, after all, you don't need to buy land to build a house here." An Yi said with a smile: "No taxes, no property management fees, and the property is valid forever - so of course I have to build a bigger house, otherwise there will be no room for so many things!"

"So where is this place?" Xing asked, "What is this place?"

March 7 turned around and found a tightly closed door behind him. Of course, the door was as tall as the stone pillars supporting the lobby, and it was carved with exquisite patterns. Even the glass on it was colorful and opaque.

"What's outside the door?" San Yue Qi asked following Xing's words.

"Oh..." An Yi thought for a moment and then said, "It's hard for me to explain this. The situation outside is a bit complicated. Hey, Sanyue, I don't really recommend you to open the door."

"I'm just curious." San Yue Qi said as he approached the gate and pushed it open with his hand: "I want to see what's outside--"

"It's not too late for you to regret now. Oh, you've already pushed it open." An Yi looked at the girl's actions and shook his head helplessly: "March, grab the door handle, hold on tight."

"Ugh-"

boom! ! ! ! ! !

Suddenly, March 7's scream and the huge sound of wind pressure explosion came together, scaring Clara and Xing.

Outside the Supreme Sanctuary was actually nothingness - outside was a chaotic and distorted vortex of time and space, mixed with thunder and howling winds, as if some unknown monster would jump out at any time.

Poor March 7, she just pushed the door open and walked out, she stepped on empty air and almost fell down. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and grabbed the door handle in time, which kept her body hanging in the air.

But the severe wind pressure still caused her to float outwards. She screamed and looked back at the scene outside, frightened to the point of almost having a cardiac arrest.

Those whirlpools of time and space were like paint palettes that were stirred together, with deep red and dark blue mixed together, bright yellow and lavender kneaded into a ball, and all kinds of strange colors flipping and moving in them, making people feel dizzy.

Obviously, falling into the vortex of time and space and the endless void would not be a trip that people were looking forward to, so March 7 held the door handle tightly and shouted in anxiety.

“Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!” San Yueqi screamed, “What, what, what is going on! Help! Anyi! Anyi, help me!”

The hair of the people in the sanctuary was blown up by the strong wind, and their clothes rustled. So An Yi hooked his finger at San Yue Qi helplessly -

San Yue Qi was suddenly lifted up by an invisible force, like a kitten being lifted up by the back of the neck. She was thrown back into the sanctuary, fell to the ground with a thud, and rolled around, and then there was a heavy clang as the sanctuary door closed.

"Ha," An Yi looked at San Yue Qi, who was lying on the ground gasping for breath, and said with a smile: "Do you know what is outside now? The void, the time storm, the space vortex, I think you are not ready to face these. If you step out of here casually, you will be torn to pieces by the laws."

"What kind of hell is this outside!" San Yue Qi raised his head and looked at An Yi angrily: "Except for you, no one would build a house in a place like this!"

"You're right, so after hundreds and thousands of years I still don't have a single neighbor." An Yi replied, "Actually this is a crack in the universe, a place outside of time."

"The gap in the universe?"

Dan Heng frowned slightly and looked at An Yi with some confusion.

"Yes, the multiverses are not closely connected to each other and have no physical contact." An Yi said: "It's like - well, according to your view of the multiverse, it's like apples on an apple tree and cherries on a cherry tree. Do you understand?"

An Yi raised his hands and gestured vividly: "Each fruit is a universe, and I am the squirrel on this fruit tree. This sanctuary is the tree hole I expanded, that's it. But I come from another multiverse, the situation there may be a little different from here, you don't need to understand this."

"I think I understand." Dan Heng nodded.

"Very good, that's good!" An Yi replied, "If you don't have anything urgent to deal with, I suggest you come and visit here."

He turned around and led everyone to the other side of the hall: "This sanctuary is my collection room, my laboratory, my safe house, my library, my training ground - and it is also an absolute magic museum."

"Wow...it sounds like the Black Tower Space Station." Xing's eyes sparkled as he stared at the surrounding scenery and said, "A magical version of a museum."

"In fact, the collection of magical artifacts here is definitely more than that of the Black Tower Space Station." An Yi replied: "And the library here, um..."

An Yi briefly recalled the way Heita asked him to borrow some magic books to read.

"If Ms. Heita were to go in for three minutes, I think she would rather exchange her front teeth for it." An Yi said without exaggeration.

"Huh? How big is this temple?" asked March 7.

As she walked, she straightened her clothes that were a little messy because of the strong wind: "How long can we hang out here?"

"If you're lucky." An Yi looked back at the people behind him, "Before you drop dead from all the sights, you can see a lot of things that interest you. This opportunity is very rare, because the sanctuary is never open to tourists."

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Hahahahahaha

Cute little March

Chapter 4 An Yi's Collection (k)

"Follow me." An Yi said, "Follow closely, I don't want anyone to get lost in here."

Clara followed beside An Yi, curiosity flashing in her big eyes, while Sanyueqi and Xing looked around, touching each other from time to time, and then laughed as if they had just finished whispering.

Dan Heng followed An Yi obediently, and no one could see anything special on his face.

There was a staircase on the other side of the lobby, but it was quite far away, so An Yi waved forward.

A crashing sound was heard, and the entire temple began to tremble slightly as if it had come alive.

"Ah!" San Yue Qi stopped and shouted to An Yi, "Could earthquakes also occur in the cracks of the universe?"

An Yi smiled, then spread his hands to the sides, and the entire lobby - all the stone pillars, ceiling, and polished floor in the lobby - moved to the sides behind everyone.

Yes, those pillars that looked like immovable objects had now turned into a guard of honor to welcome the distinguished guests. They slid to both sides and stood in rows, one next to the other, neatly arranged. The rumbling sound lasted for more than ten seconds before it stopped.

So the huge lobby became a wide corridor, and the stairs at the end of the corridor ran over by themselves. The clattering sound came from far away, as if someone installed pulleys under the stairs.

With a creaking sound, the stairs stopped in front of everyone.

Dan Heng looked up and observed the staircase - it was a wooden, dark brown staircase with intricately carved railings on both sides, but where did it lead to?

It’s quite interesting to say that the staircase is not connected to the superstructure. It is just a stand-alone staircase.

"This staircase, my dear friends," Anyi said, raising his voice, "This staircase is the main entrance to the temple. Very well, let's go."

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, because the existence of stairs is to connect upper and lower floors. A single staircase standing in the lobby looks very incongruous.

An Yi stepped onto the stairs and walked up, followed by Clara, then Dan Heng, San Yueqi, and finally Xing.

After making sure that everyone had stepped onto the stairs, An Yi shouted without turning back:

"Keep going, guys," he said. "Don't stop."

The guests listened to him very much, and then something magical happened -

With every step they took, the surrounding environment changed. The floor of the lobby was falling down, and the rows of stone pillars next to it were slowly falling down as if they were sinking into the water.

Xing and Sanyueqi gathered on both sides of the stairs and looked down. They were getting farther and farther away from the ground.