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Chapter 736: 395
Chapter 736: 395
“Look at the river surface,”
the Supreme Demon said without further explanation.
He simply pointed towards the clear river surface in front of him.
Chen Sheng followed his gaze.
What he saw was not just river water.
It was…
Time.
Every single drop of water that made up the river seemed to symbolize a world.
With the flow of the river,
these worlds evolved and collapsed at a tremendous speed, only to become the nurturing ground for the birth of new worlds.
“This is the River of Time.”
“Or, you could call it the Multiverse Consciousness, far above the consciousness of worlds.”
“It has no emotions, no thoughts.”
“It’s an incredibly powerful machine, so powerful it’s suffocating and difficult to resist.”
“It birthed countless multiverses, maintaining the fundamental laws that run numerous worlds.”
“It’s the cradle from which we were born, yet also a vast prison, binding us drops of water tightly within the river.”
The Supreme Demon spoke softly.
“Even though I am powerful enough to observe the River of Time and even interfere to some extent with the paths of other drops,”
“but… that is ultimately limited.”
“I cannot jump out of the river.”
“The river has a source, and it has an end.”
“The limitation of time is so immense that it is beyond the comprehension and escape of all living beings.”
“We will eventually reach the end of time and face our own annihilation.”
“Even I… cannot escape it.”
While speaking,
the eyes of Chen Sheng and the Supreme Demon followed the flow of the river, extending outwards.
Only then did Chen Sheng see it.
The end of the river,
was not a vast ocean.
It was the Void.
It seemed that within this unknown space, only the mountain forest represented a place alive with vitality.
Besides that,
all else was Void.
“I want to transcend.”
The Supreme Demon said quietly.
“Ever since I first came into contact with the Transcendent, I have sought to break free from the constraints of laws, the universe, the constraints of strength.”
“I want to become… an omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent supreme being.”
“And you, Chen Sheng,”
he suddenly turned his head, staring intently at Chen Sheng.
“You are key to that.”
He did not talk about his dreams.
Nor did he mention his past.
Perhaps it was the immensely long years he’d experienced.
That had made the Supreme Demon lose the most basic of emotions of an intelligent life form.
He simply stated his purpose calmly.
His actions.
“For many years, I’ve sought the method to transcend, to no avail.”
“As time passed, the wear and tear on me grew ever greater.”
“So great that even though I continuously devoured other drops, I could only barely mitigate my own deterioration, unable to completely escape death.”
“Until one day, while observing the River of Time,”
“I discovered your existence.”
“My existence?”
Chen Sheng frowned.
“I had thought that my strength had come from you.”
“No, no, no,”
the Supreme Demon shook his head gently.
“I laid the path for you.”
“But your existence was not spawned by me.”
“You, are the Defense Mechanism of this multiverse.”
Defense Mechanism?
In an instant,
a look of realization flashed across Chen Sheng’s face.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Though the Supreme Demon had omitted many details in his words,
Chen Sheng seemed to vaguely guess what the other party was trying to say.
“It seems you’ve figured it out,”
noticing the change in Chen Sheng’s expression.
The Supreme Demon slowly stood up.
He didn’t approach Chen Sheng, but was gently adjusting his own clothing.
“My unabashed devouring of drops roused the alertness of the River of Time.”
“But as a machine, it cannot destroy its own internal components.”
“So… what can it do?”
“Of course, it creates even more sophisticated, more powerful components to replace the original aberrant ones.”
“At first, I did consider simply eradicating you.”
“But then I thought, perhaps this was also an opportunity, a chance that might truly allow me to transcend.”
Step.
The Supreme Demon took a step forward.
Darkness descended with it.
The sky, mountain forest, beasts and birds that Chen Sheng had seen earlier were all swallowed by the darkness.
Even the voice of the Supreme Demon transformed from a human voice into a grandiose sound.
In the blink of an eye,
Chen Sheng felt as if he were back in the Doomsday world.
Back then,
he had been engulfed by this vast darkness, unable even to prevent the death of the Frost King.
“The multiverse implanted its most fundamental strength within you as a seed, evolving into the Breaking Limits within your body.”
“And as you grew, this seed took root and blossomed, thus spawning the Invincible Rule.”
“A force originating from the same root as the Multiverse Consciousness, yet its rank far surpasses that of drops like me.”
“If I can merge your strength with mine, I will be able to… transcend.”
“For this, I paved the way for your growth.”
“I found you in your primal state, and I created your world Blue Star, based on my original home, Blue Star.”
“I gifted you the Panel, gave you the Devouring Rule from my own body.”
“I arranged enemy after enemy for you, forcing you to grow quickly, spawning the Invincible Rule.”
“Finally…”
“I shall reap the fruits of labor.”
Up to now,
what the Supreme Demon had done, and its purpose,
lay starkly before Chen Sheng.
“So….”
Enveloped in darkness.