Chapter 732: Before It All Begins
Chapter 732 – Before Everything Begins
The entire Profound Deep Sea seemed to be quiet in this instant – the entire dimension fell into dead silence, the smoke and dust floating between the floating islands also stood still, everyone didn’t say anything for a very long time, only the ancient god that looked like a mountain range was waiting for a reply, the light that was as dim as the stars was slowly brightening and dwindling on His body, appearing to be extremely patient.
After an unknown amount of time, Shirley’s voice broke this dead silence next to her, “…… wow ……”
Duncan lifted his head and looked calmly at the “mountain”, “I wish you’d make it clearer – what does it mean to ‘take it all over’? ”
In a soft tremor, a very humanized sigh seemed to come from the depths of that star-shaped mountain range, before it slowly spoke, “Usurper, you probably already know …… that in the so-called ‘Third Long Night’, I did not realize all the plans on the blueprint – the Infinite Sea is not a perfect shelter, and in a sense, my ‘Genesis’ failed just like the attempts of the King of the Pale Giants and the King of the Dreamlands, only… . that failure was delayed by ten thousand years.”
Standing in the deepest part of the Profound Deep Sea, hearing an ancient god who had shaped everything in the world admit His failure in person was an extremely shocking experience even for Duncan, and despite having many clues in this regard beforehand, he couldn’t help but sigh deeply after hearing the Profound Holy Lord’s words.
Then after a while, he finally broke the silence, “Yes, I know, there are many clues pointing to this. I have seen the mirror images of those city-states located in the deep waters of the reality dimension, as well as the ‘half-finished products’ that failed to take shape in the Profound Deeps, and I have come into contact with the truth about the Profound Demons – in a place known as the Island of the Holy Ground, I have seen the hall that Thousands of creatures are recorded ……
“All indications are that today’s Deep Age …… is really just the remnants of some plausible civilization lingering in the aftermath of Armageddon, and as a ‘sanctuary’ it is riddled with flaws. ”
Alice listened and muttered in a whisper, “Isn’t that a bit too polite to say ……”
“It’s polite enough.” Shirley similarly lowered her voice and muttered in a low voice.
And then their whispered conversation was interrupted by a tremor coming from that dark mountain range, “Yes, it’s full of flaws – and now this shelter full of flaws is gradually reaching its limits …… Usurper, Watcher How many times has the effect stabilizing anchor failed?”
Duncan’s eyes immediately changed slightly, “…… Twice already.”
“It is the key to ensure that the many ‘ashes’ in the shelter can exist in a stable, balanced, and compatible manner; its illumination can cause the fragments of worlds that clashed with each other and could not be translated into each other after the Great Annihilation to collapse into the same reality, and its failure means that the flaws of the shelter’s establishment have accumulated to the limit – after it is completely extinguished, this ‘mass of ashes’ that we have forced together will have to float away again.”
“…… So what does this have to do with letting me take over ‘all this’?” Duncan spoke slowly, “The Asylum is on the verge of reaching its limits, is it any wonder that me taking over will bring it back to life?”
“In my calculations, yes.”
Duncan’s heart fluttered at his words, and at the Profound Lord’s quick and affirmative reply, he instantly realized one thing – this “Ancient God” knew him, the “Usurper of Fire”, better than he had expected! “!
Immediately, his expression stared and he spoke seriously, “Why?”
“…… Because you are a more powerful and stable Observer than the Observer Effect Stabilizing Anchor,” the lights on the surface of the dark mountain range flowed and flickered like a river of stars, and the voice of the Profound Holy Lord echoed throughout the dimension, “If you take over this, your power will be enough to cover all the flaws in the Asylum – all the imbalanced systems will be re-stabilized and restored to their most perfect state at the time of their establishment.”
“…… You seem to know me better than I know myself,” Duncan said after a moment of silence, still not responding to the other man’s ‘invitation’, but frowning. “You, and the other so-called ‘Ancient Kings’, you all seem to know myself better than I do.”
“…… We are also only guessing at your nature through long observation, but even after we have guessed for ten thousand years, we have never been able to figure out what exactly you are ……,” the Profound Holy Lord ‘s tone became a bit slow and hesitant, He seemed to be hesitating and worried about something, but after a short hesitation, He still continued, “Usurper of Fire, do you really not know where you came from, nor do you know your essence?”
Duncan did not speak for a moment.
His own origin and essence …… To this day, he has actually grasped many clues, the message that emerged in the darkness, the “message” sent to the distant past by the human civilization at the end of time, and that 0.002 seconds of the universe! …… are all revealing the truth about the individual “Zhou Ming”.
But after a few seconds of hesitation, he didn’t choose to directly answer the first-time “Ancient God” in front of him, but instead asked in return: “I want to know, what is the meaning of the ‘long observation’ you just mentioned? You, and the other ‘Ancient Kings’, when did you discover me?” “…… We saw you in the first wave of impact set off after dozens or hundreds of worlds collided – you were one of the first of us, usurper of fire.”
The expression on Duncan’s face changed slightly, but returned to calm in the next instant.
He was one of the earliest of the …… long before the beginning of the Age of the Deep, long before the years older than ten thousand, he had come to this world.
Not the year 1900 of the New City State Calendar, not the day the Lost Country ship returned to the reality dimension, not the day he pushed open the door as “Zhou Ming”……
He just awakened on that day.
It’s one thing to expect it in your mind, but it’s another thing to hear it and confirm it in person.
However, Duncan just calmly stood there, as if all the emotional changes have been precipitated in the deepest part of this body, and then he gently nodded: “…… Continue.”
“…… We have so far failed to figure out what caused that impact to happen, and the only thing we can be sure of is that there were only a very small number of …… ‘survivors’ of that impact ‘, and those lucky or unfortunate survivors are the so-called ‘Ancient Kings’.
“Our survival is the result after a time filled with accidents and distortions, our very nature …… was turned upside down after that impact, when time was in disarray, space was squeezed and torn, and we rose from the searing and chaotic ashes of the Great Annihilation, and recognized each other for the first time when we first existence was almost another disaster – there were many who died again from contamination during ‘first contact’, not strong enough, not lucky enough, and soon became new ashes in the ash heap, and only a dozen or so figures remained afterward, and of those …… include a few names you know.
“And you, there from the beginning, sleeping in the depths of some sort of …… ‘cocoon’ that we could not comprehend, you never woke up, nor did you even have a form, and in our observations… . you were an amorphous mass of light, and as it were independent of everything around you, not reacting to the outside world – three long nights, countless rallies, countless changes sufficient to reshape the world, all without interfering with your existence.
“In fact, if it hadn’t been for the fact that you had even suddenly begun to move in the recent past, I would have even thought that you would have gone to sleep just like that forever, maintaining that gesture of invisible radiance forever, until the world after this destruction was destroyed again ……
“And it was in this unresponsive manner that ‘our’ ‘observation’ of you took place …… Tarekin was the first to understand your name, and he called you ‘The Fire Usurper’, but he was reticent about the origin of the name, and Pilot Two understood your powers or ‘traits’ to some extent, and the King of the Pale Giants …… who watched you from the center of the ashes for seventy-seven clock rounds, leaving only one word-he said he would see you again-and he never spoke another word after that until he died in the first long night.”
The ancient god’s low tremor echoed through the deep, deep sea, and the eternally obscure starlight spilled from the sky, looking inexplicably chilly.
“Usurper of Fire – we still cannot comprehend what you really are, but in the long years before you awakened, we have watched your sleeping ‘cocoon’, and those invisible glows have revealed to each of us a different truth and future, and now it is my turn to be the first to make contact with you.”
Duncan did not speak for a long time.
He needed a reprieve – too many confused thoughts needed to be sorted out.
An incomprehensible “cocoon”, an invisible thing sleeping in the depths of the “cocoon”…… This is what he has always looked like in the eyes of the “Ancient Kings”! “The ancient kings’ eyes?
And those “kings” who survived the world crash of the great annihilation have been observing themselves like this …… and have gotten a lot of “revelations” from this long “observation”! “Revelation”?
An odd feeling filled his heart, after a while, Duncan frowned and spoke: “And you? What ‘enlightenment’ have you gained from your long observation? Is it to allow me to ‘take over’ this ‘shelter’ you have created today?”
Under the obscure starlight, the magnificent and solemn star-shaped mountain range was briefly plunged into darkness, and then, all the lights on its surface suddenly lit up, and every dark blue stream of light gradually filled up, and a kind of low rumbling sound resounded from the depths of the mountain range, and then, in front of Shirley and the others’ dumbfounded gazes, the “peak” at the center of the mountain range slowly opened up! The center of the mountain range “peak” slowly opened, a dark red core that flickered from its deepest part, like a huge one-eye, calmly staring at Duncan.
“No,” the dark red core spoke, with a hard, cold mechanical texture, “the revelation I received is that you will ignite the entire world – all timelines, all historical processes, every world! The remaining lights of civilization will be collected in an unprecedented ‘cremation’.”
(End of chapter)