As Granny spoke, she slowly turned around, allowing Shi Xiaobai to finally see her face clearly.
Granny's looks were completely different from her title. She did not have the aged air of a 'granny'. Her silver hair that reached her waist exuded a bright texture. Her skin was fair and smooth like fine jade. Her emerald eyes that resembled glass were brimming with the vitality of youth. Her slightly red lips exuded a hint of sexiness, and her tall and well-proportioned figure exuded a mature charm.
Shi Xiaobai was slightly taken aback. He felt like he had seen this face before, but it was extremely unfamiliar. His memories seemed to have scattered fragments, but when he recalled them, they were reduced to dust. He could not search for them.
An illusion?
Shi Xiaobai did not think further because his attention was drawn to Granny's words.
"The apocalypse I'm talking about refers to your world, which is also … the world ten thousand years from now."
This sentence confirmed many of Shi Xiaobai's guesses, but it also raised even more questions.
Granny said, "I know you must have many questions on your mind. Don't worry, your questions will be answered. To save time, I'll try my best to give a brief explanation. Once I'm done, you can ask me any questions you have. Is that alright? "
Shi Xiaobai nodded. He had too many questions, so it was indeed a waste of time if they were to ask and answer.
Granny pursed her lips into a smile and said, "First of all, just as you have guessed, this world and your world are worlds on the same world line but at different points in time. The difference between the two is ten thousand years. This world is a world ten thousand years ago to you, but your world is a world ten thousand years from now to us.
"In other words, you have gone against the flow of time for ten thousand years, arriving in a world ten thousand years ago. Youth, your encounter is not a coincidence, nor is it a miracle. It's … fate. "
Upon hearing this, Shi Xiaobai could not help but ask, "Fate? What do you mean? "
Granny fell silent for a moment before saying, "The essence of this world is formed by three holy trees. These three holy trees are named [World], [Time], and [Fate]. The World Tree forms the world's space, while the Time Tree forms the world's time. As for the Fate Tree, it forms the world's birth and destruction. The three together form the existence of the world, and it is a symbiotic relationship. When [Fate] reaches its end, [World] will collapse, [Time] will stop, and this world will cease to exist. "
This was not the first time Shi Xiaobai had heard of the three holy trees, but every time he heard of them, his understanding of them would be refreshed.
The first time he heard of the three holy trees being destroyed by the Original Sin of Calamity during the first apocalypse, he thought that the three holy trees were nothing much.
The second time he heard it was when the Infernal Queen said that the three holy trees had led humans to invade the Transcendental World and chased away the Transcendence Holy Tree. Shi Xiaobai nearly believed her back then.
However, according to the elf named "Granny", the holy tree seemed to be an existence that transcended the laws of nature.
The three statements were vastly different and far from each other. Which one was true?
Granny continued, "This world's Fate will welcome its destruction in ten thousand years, which is also the point in time where you are. It's different from the apocalypses of the past where all life was wiped out. The destruction of a world means the disappearance of space and time. Everything will be reduced to nothingness. Everything will return to zero, and there will be no revival. It is the apocalypse in the truest sense of the word.
"Fate is something that is destined to happen. That is to say, the moment this world was born, the time of its destruction was already destined. It cannot be changed. In other words, the destruction of the plane is a predetermined outcome — it was originally so, but now, a variable has appeared! "
Shi Xiaobai asked, "What variable?"
Granny raised her hand and pointed at Shi Xiaobai. She said softly, "It's you, youth."
Shi Xiaobai was slightly taken aback before his eyes widened slightly. "You mean that this world was destined to be destroyed in ten thousand years, but because of This King's appearance, there is a chance to avoid destruction?"
Granny nodded and said softly, "I know you might find it difficult to accept the setting of being the world's savior, but …"
"Hahaha!"
A hearty laughter resounded as the youth's eyes lit up like resplendent stars. He said with a grin, "This King is indeed a hero destined to save the world!"
Granny's eyes glazed over. She really did not expect that the young man would accept such an impactful statement that subverted her worldview so easily. He even happily accepted the absurd setting of "saving the world." This made it impossible for her to continue with the speech she had prepared.
Granny said with a chuckle, "The script that Fate wrote for this world was originally flawless. Even the apocalypse was part of its design. It can be said that everything in this world is within its calculations. However, it never expected that a lifeform from another world would be able to ignore the laws of the Universe and forcefully barge into this world! Youth, you, who came from another world, are the only variable that Fate did not take into account. You are the only existence that can change Fate! "
Shi Xiaobai was alarmed. Coming from another world meant that he had transmigrated from Earth? This was a secret he had never revealed to anyone, but Granny even knew about it?
"Who are you?" Shi Xiaobai could not help but ask.
Granny whispered, "I'm The World. To be precise, I'm the manifestation of The World. On the surface, I'm a pixie, but in fact, I'm an amalgamation of will."
This was another impactful but unconvincing statement. For a person to claim to be the will of the world was equivalent to claiming to be the god that created the world. Normal people would not believe it.
However, to Shi Xiaobai, who always called himself the 'King of Celestial Kings,' it did not have much impact. He did not question the statement and instead acutely noticed another important problem.
Shi Xiaobai asked, "Since you are [World], you have a symbiotic relationship with [Fate]. Why do you want to change fate?"
Granny could not help but take a deep look at the youth. She had instantly seen through the surface of the problem to see the essence of the problem. From the looks of it, the youth was more intelligent than she imagined.
"That's because that's Fate's wishful thinking. But to me, who created the world's space, as well as Time, who created the world's time, this is not a script that we can happily accept. This sudden collapse and destruction is not the fate we want!"
Granny slowly walked over and looked straight into Shi Xiaobai's eyes. She said seriously, "[The World] discovered your existence in the world ten thousand years in the future, and [Time] brought you here from ten thousand years in the future. We only have one goal, to rewrite the [Fate] of the world's destruction ten thousand years in the future. Youth, are you willing to be the messiah?"
(End of this chapter)
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