Before the Seventh Cycle, the authors made thorough preparations: controlling public opinion, purging the military, spreading intelligence networks worldwide, and ensuring that the political elite had control points. After discussions, the authors believed that the most likely counterattack by the Eternal Life Church would be to create a time gap after the start of the Seventh Cycle. They planned to take advantage of the blank time during which the authors regained their memories to gather the power of all eternal beings and cut off the signals from outer space. If the eternal beings could achieve this, the situation would take a sharp turn.

Therefore, after careful consideration, the authors made the following arrangements within a limited time frame:

1. Ensure that the areas around the signal towers are guarded by breeders to ensure that the authors can receive signals from the synchronization devices as soon as possible.

2. Centered around the United States, exert control over the global economy, military, and public opinion, and establish defense systems in advance.

3. Establish a monitoring system targeting eternal beings and, using the influence of the United States, have already expanded the "Monster Identification System" to everyone.

Most of these tasks were completed by humans or breeders, with the authors acting as catalysts. From now on, Xu Fang probably had little influence in the game between authors and eternal beings. In the face of human civilization, any form of individual is insignificant, even a pirated version of human civilization. Now, all he could do was to quietly await the outcome. The final task of eradicating the eternal beings would have to rely on humans themselves.

The authors were about to face the Seventh Cycle that would decide their fate! The world had changed, gradually becoming more and more distorted from reality.

Xu Fang understood the significance of the so-called "Iteration" by the Eternal Life Church. "Iteration" was a behavior that made the eternal world drift away from the real world. Regardless of the benefits for the eternal beings, for the authors, it was an absolute disadvantage. The more "Iterations," the farther away from reality, the more unfamiliar the surroundings became.

According to the law, the stars in this eternal world would change again, and the Earth would become—

"Huh, nothing has changed?"

Xu Fang, far away in orbit, saw the completely transformed Earth under the starry sky.

Feeling that something was amiss but unable to articulate it clearly, Xu Fang carefully sorted out his memories and belongings but found nothing unusual. "Let's stick to the plan, wake up all the authors, and then use Luo Xiaoming to verify his own memories."

Two hours later, Yeyin, who had regained his memories, put down his phone.

It was now the Sixth Cycle.

After checking the time, she took a selfie and observed her face—it was still that of a middle-aged senator. Sleeping beside her was a young blonde woman, the senator's wife. Yeyin walked out of the bedroom, heading towards the room of the "son." Peeking through the door crack, she saw the "son" sound asleep.

Yeyin took a deep breath. After changing his identity, the mysterious world automatically filled the void left behind.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room, Yeyin installed the Kchat Disaster Strategy Team communication group and contemplated the upcoming plans.

The Eternal Life Church had already begun infiltrating the high echelons of American politics. The Senate had some of their people, so what Yeyin needed to do now was to pierce this veil and expose the Eternal Life Church to the sunlight.

In the Kchat chat group announcement, all the updates from the previous cycles were summarized.

Yeyin had a plan in mind. The eternal beings were bound to attend today's congress, and she could take advantage of this opportunity.

Once the Eternal Life Church was exposed, the world needed to know about it as soon as possible. With this in mind, Yeyin started searching for promotional websites and planned to use online water armies to push the upcoming major news.

As dawn broke, Yeyin suddenly heard the sound of a car braking and doors opening outside the courtyard.

Subsequently, someone rang the doorbell outside.

Yeyin closed the website she was browsing and felt a hint of vigilance. She holstered her gun and put on her suit before stepping out of the house.

"Who are you, and why are you parked in front of my house so early?" Yeyin asked the person who rang the doorbell.

"Good morning, sir. We are nearby police officers, and we received a report that there are drugs hidden here."

"Where is your search warrant? I do not consent to your search request."

"Of course, sir. This is a search warrant issued by a judge. You may take a look." The officer presented a stamped paper.

As Yeyin approached to examine it, suddenly, the person behind the police officer pulled out a gun and fired two shots at her chest without hesitation!

At such close range, Yeyin had no time to react.

Immediately, a bullet pierced Yeyin's head.

Her brain fluids splattered all around.

From start to finish, her consciousness was in a daze. She didn't understand why someone would suddenly attack her with such clear intent.

Had the Eternal Life Church discovered her plans? Was she betrayed by someone? But only the rules knew her secrets. How could the rules betray the authors?

Yeyin had a second life; after being revived, she broke free from her current form and crawled out from her spine with multiple limbs extended. However, the dark barrel of the gun was already waiting for her to emerge.

With the sound of the gunshot, Yeyin lost consciousness.

["Got you, impostor."] A muffled voice came from above.

It's over. It's all over.

That was Yeyin's final thought.

As for where she ultimately failed, Yeyin never figured it out.

...

It took Xu Fang a long time to finally reach Luo Xiaoming by phone, but he sounded groggy as if he had just woken up.

"Ha... Sorry, Xu Fang, I overslept... It's already the Seventh Cycle, right?"

"The Seventh Cycle... Shouldn't it be the Sixth Cycle?"

"Xu Fang, is your memory failing? It's clearly the Seventh Cycle!"

Indeed, Xu Fang's slight unease became a reality.

"It's not that my memory is failing, perhaps I've lost a part of it."

"Luo Xiaoming, what exactly happened?"

...

The Disaster Strategy Team—an author communication group—had released shocking news through the rules.

Ji Shuyu: "What, it's already the Seventh Cycle?"

Lao Mo: "???"

Ji Shuyu: "Something important right now is to summarize the progress of our joint plan, hopefully not starting from scratch."

Owen: "@everyone, those who didn't die, come out and take a breath."

Authors gradually messaged to prove they were still alive. Even the usually silent Anonymous and Black Frame spoke up. However...

Yeyin, who proposed the joint plan, didn't reply.

Rules: "Black Frame, check on Yeyin's status. Empty, do a divination for Yeyin."

Empty: "The divination results were long in coming, and it's auspicious."

Black Frame: "е¤њзєёе‡єдє‹дє†"

Ji Shuyu: "What are you saying? I can't understand!"

Black Frame: "查不到夜纸的信息了"

Rules: "Black Frame, if something happened to Yeyin, you are to remain silent. If Yeyin is safe, you can speak once. If unsure, speak twice."

...

This was followed by a five-minute awkward silence.

Yoriko: "GG SMITE."

Lao Mo: "Who's going to speak first?"

Ji Shuyu: "Three possibilities. First, our memories have been altered. If that's the case, the difficulty has increased once again. Second, "The Singularity" has been tampered with, I haven't met them, and I don't know much about them, pardon the rules. Last, no one's memory was altered, perhaps this bizarre event of the Seventh Cycle doesn't exist at all, or maybe, the Seventh Cycle has brought new rules that are disadvantageous to us."

Lao Mo: "The truth may not be as complex as we think. If our memories can truly be arbitrarily tampered with, then the progress we made in the previous cycles would not have been possible. The memories of 'The Singularity' still need to be further verified by the rules; I would rather believe that the Eternal Life Church did something that caused errors in our memory."

Yoriko: "At present, we are not in the Seventh Cycle. The number of breeders is minimal and only distributed in my village, not matching the descriptions in the rules."

Ji Shuyu: "Rules, should we continue with Yeyin's plan?"

Rules: "I need to find her first. Everyone should seek shelter on their own and avoid detection by the Eternal Life Church."

Although the rules didn't explicitly say it, everyone knew that the so-called "joint plan" had already failed the moment Yeyin left.

Amidst a rushed and fearful chat atmosphere, the authors began preparing for a new plan, with the theme of escape.

...

The White House.

The President, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of the Treasury, and a series of high-ranking officials convened. In addition, a group of dignitaries and magnates sat quietly backstage, their expressions devout and fanatical.

All these incompatible political leaders were eternal beings at this moment.

In the face of the eternal will, there was no distinction between democratic or republican; everything converged into eternal. The eternal will aimed to assimilate the authors.

At the end of the meeting table, there were two monitors.

The left monitor displayed the lower world's eternal beings' meeting, while the right monitor displayed Yeyin.

At that moment, Yeyin was walking nervously on a street in the United States, glancing around as if evading pursuers.

"The results of the impostor's crossover test will be out soon. If all goes well, she will soon be one of us," the Secretary of Defense said with a smile.

"Hehe, this hunting game will soon be over," the Secretary of the Treasury echoed.

"Don't be careless. Do not underestimate the authors. If you have not suffered losses at their hands, you do not understand their terrifying nature," the President said solemnly.

"Number 8, even if Yeyin doesn't pass the test, she cannot return to the upper world. Without Yeyin's help, how can humans stand with the authors?"

"Number 13, you should listen to Number 8's opinions. Do not underestimate the authors," Number 3 suddenly appeared on the left monitor.

"Okay, Number 3, your word is final."

With Yeyin "eliminated," the well-prepared Eternal Life Church spread like a plague, successfully controlling the high echelons of American politics. It must be said that the idea of controlling human forces from top to bottom in Yeyin's "joint plan" was highly effective. The Eternal Life Church copied the answers directly, and at this moment, they also controlled a portion of America's military strength.

"Although Yeyin has been dealt with, there are still two authors with high threat levels, Yoriko and the rules. Let's discuss how to deal with these two individuals."

"Regarding Yoriko, we already have some speculations," presented the eternal being from the intelligence department, showing a world map. "This is a review of the spread of breeders in the Sixth Cycle. You can see that the breeders from Europe did not directly appear, but there was a specific order of transmission. At the time, there was a decrease in the number of eternal beings in the Central Asian Hua country region while the total population remained the same, indicating that Yoriko has a high probability of being near Hua country. We speculate that she may be Chinese or Neon."

Number 4 nodded, "After narrowing down the scope, nuclear weapons should be able to play their role."

Number 3 suggested, "Even with a carpet bombing, the destructive power of nuclear radiation is limited. How about adding some 'spices' to the nuclear weapons?"

The rest of the Eternal Lifers were initially puzzled but eventually realized the plan, all expressing their approval.

"What kind of spices should we add?"

"Let's use 'destruction.' This thing, whether in human bodies or in nature, has the greatest destructive power. Even if Yoriko manages to escape the radiation, she cannot escape the destruction of the surrounding ecology. Hmm, maybe we can even eliminate other authors."

Number 5 asked, "But how do we deal with Rule? It's hovering in outer space, which is a bit troublesome."

"We now have the capability to shoot down Rule from space," a Eternal Lifer from NASA's technical department said. "Our other space stations can observe Rule's rockets, and calculate its trajectory. Based on the calculations, we launch several satellites to physically collide and destroy the target rocket."

Number 5 remarked, "It might work. If successful, Rule will have only two outcomes: forced to land on Earth and be destroyed by our fighter jets within the atmosphere, or continue to orbit the Earth and perish in the cold abyss of space. However, Rule is not foolish. If it sees something coming, it will surely dodge. If the target evades, can you adjust in time to keep up?"

Humans were able to achieve rendezvous and docking of space stations because of fixed orbits and coordination, but in actual warfare, the enemy would not cooperate.

The researcher hesitated and shook his head, "The scale of space is too vast. It's difficult if the target's orbit is not fixed. In fact, we predict the target may not have enough fuel to evade."

"Can we transport nuclear weapons to space?"

"It's not feasible. If the yield is too large, it can't be delivered, and if it's too small, the power is insufficient. Plus, relying on signal detonation makes it vulnerable to remote destruction. Moreover, we can't skip testing and modify a nuclear-carrying rocket in a short timeframe."

"Mr. Simpson, do you have any ideas?" Number 3 turned to the scholar beside him.

After a moment of contemplation, Simpson asked, "We can mount close-in weapons systems on large rockets."

"Oh? Please continue."

Simpson explained, "In space without air resistance, kinetic energy weapons can be maximized. By launching tungsten alloy core projectiles remotely with dense coverage, the initial speed of the rocket combined with the launch velocity can directly penetrate and kill the target in space. The difficulty of converting close-in weapons systems is much lower than that of nuclear-carrying weapons. If we can directly eliminate Rule, then even if we can't shoot down the rocket, it doesn't matter."

"Alright, let's implement it as soon as possible. I can't wait to see Rule in the white space."

The Eternal Life Church mobilized all manpower, refitted the rocket within 20 hours, and sent it into low Earth orbit.

With no air resistance, the close-in weapons systems turned into long-range defenses. Thousands of kilometers away, they blasted the rocket carrying Rule into pieces - all according to NASA's scientific calculations.

The operation proceeded smoothly, yet Number 3 lingered in the white space for a long time without encountering Rule.

Rather than waiting for the Eternal Life Church to act, Xu Fang had descended from orbit on the day of Ye Zhi's murder.

He knew that the United States had the capability to deploy space weapons, and once the Eternal Life Church took control of US military, outer space would no longer be safe, turning him into a live target.

Though temporarily safe, authors were also unable to rely on synchronization devices to load memories anymore.