Tree King: What? I've become the Abundant Pharmacist?

Chapter 177 Entropy Loss

"Ding! Message sent successfully!"

Upon hearing the phone ringing in his pocket, Koston immediately sensed something was wrong.

He shakily took out his phone and looked at the content on the screen.

Because the base station had just been repaired, the text message he was about to delete was resent.

“No, this…” Kos froze instantly.

It's all over...

Oh my god, oh my god, how could I forget about this?

"Stationmaster? Stationmaster, what's wrong?" The squad leader noticed that something was wrong with Kos and quickly called out to him.

But Koss remained unresponsive, simply staring at his phone.

At this moment, the starship not far away had fully started up and flew out of the space station.

Captain's cabin.

"I didn't expect you to actually know how to pilot a starship."

Firefly stood beside Eve, looking at the various instruments in the captain's room with curiosity.

As a Star Core Hunter, this was the first time she had seen the interior of the company's starship.

"Of course, this little thing is very easy to use."

Eve said casually, then pressed the autopilot button.

Yeah, only a fool wouldn't use self-driving technology.

Anyway, we're still quite a distance from Luofu, so we'll handle it manually once we get there.

"By the way, are you still going to wear the mecha?" Eve turned her chair around and looked at Firefly with a meaningful expression.

Speaking of which, Eve was still very curious about what the little girl inside the mecha looked like.

"Since we're all on the starship and won't be in any danger, we don't need to wear that heavy mech anymore."

"No, no thanks." Firefly shook her head shyly. "Sam isn't a big deal for me."

"Really?" Eve smiled slightly. "Alright then."

Surprisingly, this Star Core Hunter is quite shy.

Firefly nodded, then manipulated Sam to walk to a corner, hug his legs, and sit down curled up.

“Um… there are chairs here,” Eve said, pointing to the chair next to her.

"No, it's not very convenient to operate Sam," Firefly continued.

The atmosphere fell silent again.

"Speaking of which, how did you join the Star Core Hunters in the first place?" Eve asked curiously.

"Well... it won't hurt to tell you," Liu Ying thought for a moment.

"I was drifting in space because of something, and then Kaffa found me."

Eve nodded, thinking back carefully, "Hmm, it seems to be the same as when I boarded the train."

"Huh? Was Miss Eve also found?" Firefly asked, somewhat surprised.

“Yes, I also ended up here inexplicably because of some things, and when I woke up again, I was on a train,” Eve said with emotion.

"I see." Liu Ying nodded, seemingly lost in thought.

“So, in a way, we have the same experience, even the same illness we had back then,” Eve suddenly changed the subject.

“Illness…” Liu Ying suddenly raised her head and quietly looked at Eve.

“Entropy disorder, right?” Eve looked at Firefly, as if she already knew something.

“I felt it on the train just now. Those green flames on your body are not flames in the physical sense, but a manifestation of the passing of life.”

"In other words, even if you do nothing, your life is still flowing away and burning."

"How...how did you know?" Firefly asked incredulously.

Entropy Loss Syndrome—only Star Core Hunters, or perhaps Grammer, knew about this condition...

"Because my authority contains life, I am extremely sensitive to the breath of life. So, from the moment you appeared, I sensed something was wrong."

"Afterwards, I searched the Black Tower's database and finally found matching symptoms, as well as your identity."

"The Last of the Grammer."

Upon hearing Eve's words, Firefly froze on the spot, staring at Eve in horror.

It hadn't been long, and she had already figured out everything about me.

Who exactly is this woman?

Eve smiled slightly and then said, "Don't be so surprised. After all, entropy loss is a disease that only the extinct Grammer Ironclad can get in the entire universe."

"So your identity is self-evident."

“The Grammer Cavalry, victims of the Glorious Empire…” Eve lamented.

The fireflies fell silent again.

Memories of the past kept flashing through my mind.

"Grammer Code 8: Surviving knights must return to the ranks."

"I hope to see stars on the next battlefield."

.........

"This isn't an ordinary attack, it's a swarm of insects... a swarm of insects!"

"Hold the line and continue the breakout!"

.........

Why did you die?

Why live?

Do you believe in fate? People who are going in the same direction will eventually meet somewhere, and now... we've met.

........

As fragments of memory flashed back, a single tear fell from Sam's Firefly's eye.

Suddenly, Firefly unlocked Sam's armor.

A girl with white hair, delicate features, emerald green eyes, and a slender figure emerged from the flames.

But what sets the girl apart is that her cheeks have fine, greenish fluorescent lines, like a ceramic jar about to shatter.

Eve was immediately captivated the moment she saw the fireflies.

Sure enough, the old-fashioned person was right: white hair is the most beautiful.

At this moment, Firefly stretched out her finger and pointed to the cracks on her face.

"See? This is entropy disorder, and it's also why I'm unwilling to show my true self in reality."

"Entropy syndrome is a strange illness."

"People suffering from this condition experience an irreversible, chronic disintegration of their physical structure."

"This means you are slowly disappearing, and this 'disappearance' is so subtle that it's almost imperceptible to others—you can still run, jump, and communicate with others."

"Everything seems so normal, except you're always a little slower than everyone else... and then slower and slower, until the outlines of yourself and the whole world become blurred, and you can't distinguish between dreams and reality because they both become equally broken."

As she spoke, without even realizing it, tears streamed down her face.

For some reason, looking at Eve, she didn't feel the fear or wariness she had before, but rather a strange sense of affinity.

Eve then walked up to her, gently hugged her, and tenderly reached out to wipe away the tears from her eyes.

“I know, I know everything,” Eve said gently.

"I was once just like you, disappearing without a trace in front of everyone at some point, until no one remembered you, and even the forest forgot your existence."

At this moment, Firefly raised her head and stared blankly at Eve, like a child waiting for a story.

"So, Miss Eve also went through all of this?"

"Yes, but fortunately, I overcame it."

"Then... can I defeat it too?"

“Of course you can.” Eve gently stroked the top of Firefly’s head.

Upon hearing Eve's words, a light gradually returned to Liu Ying's eyes.

If Miss Eve could defeat it, then so can I.

Like fireflies drawn to a flame, they face death to live.

“Although there is currently no cure for entropy loss in the entire universe, that doesn’t mean I don’t have one,” Eve said with a smile to Firefly.

"what?"

Firefly stared at Eve in shock, her eyes wide open.

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