"No. That's impossible!"
The Flood's voice shook for the first time, like the first crack on an "indestructible" dam. "I've considered every detail on the battlefield of the grand universe. All the information and data are under my control. I've calculated at the cost of the energy of hundreds of stars. It is absolutely impossible for you to break through the defense line of the Prison of Reincarnation in twenty-four hours, much less invade the depths of the 'Super' and reach out to Li Yao. How — how did you do it? It's impossible. It's absolutely impossible!"
"I'm sorry. It's my fault."
A voice that was both familiar and strange came from the sky that was riddled with holes. Billions of bolts of lightning condensed into an ugly face that looked like a bean sprout. It was impossible to tell whether it was a man or a ghost, a god or a devil.
The big lightning face sniffed with its "nose", looking very reluctant.
When Li Yao saw the face through the window, he was both surprised and overjoyed. He shrieked, "Lu Qingchen! You are Lu Qingchen! Why are you still alive? You — you have melted with the lightning life, too?"
"Hey, 'Uncle' Li, is this how you greet a well-mannered junior after hundreds of years?"
The lightning face looked very distressed. He said with a gloomy face, "In fact, I'm in an awkward position. You said that I was a legendary villain who should've hidden in the darkness and watched you fight each other, or I should've played the role of a spy to balance the two sides before I came out to reap the benefits. However, your so-called 'Alliance of Resisters' is too lame. All your tactics and strategies have been calculated by the enemy. You can't find any loopholes when you want to play the 'decapitation strategy'. If I don't give you a hand, I will have to watch you be killed by the Flood, and my beloved Federation will be completely exposed. I really don't want to do anything, but what can I do?
"It's true. You guys are so weak, especially you. You obviously got the inheritance of the lightning creature, but you didn't even use your full strength. Even though you've reached the legendary Form Synthesis Stage, you're still being played by this guy. You're a disgrace to the lightning creature and the Xing Yao Federation. I don't want to scold you, but I can't stand it anymore!"
"You —"
Li Yao had mixed feelings. "Anyway, it's great that you're still alive!"
"Stop. Don't say anything mushy. I remember clearly what I owe you and what you owe me. Don't treat me as a comrade on your side. I will never be. Anyway, after this is over, you and I will settle the scores with you, the Federation, and the Holy League. I will take all of it."
Lu Qingchen smiled. "But for now, you might as well treat me as … a small miracle!"
"A miracle …"
Li Yao mumbled to himself with tears in his eyes. He seemed to be holding two black holes in his fists. "Yes. A miracle!"
"What miracle? You're just a bunch of ignorant fools who don't know their limits."
The Flood raised an overwhelming tide at all the iron gods in the sky. "Do you bacteria and viruses know anything about the 'Great Purge Agreement', 'tachyon collapse', 'Master Singularity', and 'Ancient Devourers'?"
"I don't."
Ding Ling Dong shook her head quickly.
"Not interested."
A Boxing Champion rubbed his iron fists.
"Does it matter?"
Xiaoming and Wenwen asked at the same time.
"I do."
Yan Liren looked at his sword. "Very soon, they will all be killed by my sword."
"…" Hong Chao.
"Save your breath."
Boss Bai chuckled and said slowly, "Although we don't know what the bulls * it is exactly, it is not hard to imagine how terrifying it is beyond the four-dimensional space.
"However, so what?
"Even if the bulls * it that you are talking about are a hundred times, a thousand times, or even ten thousand times more awesome than you are, so what? After all, you are already very awesome and have reached the limits of our imagination.
"If we fight you, we will be killed anyway. If we fight the 'Great Purge Agreement', 'tachyon collapse', 'Master Singularity', and 'Ancient Devourers', we will be killed at best. Is there any difference? So what if I die? Even if I'm a coward, I'm not immortal. Even if I'm immortal, I'm just a coward that never dies. Is it that interesting? "
"You …"
Hong Chao was lost for words. "That's too reckless!"
"Perhaps it is reckless, but that's the only way to feel good."
Ding Lingdang said, "Compared to a quasi god-level civilization like yours that resides at the center of the Multiverse, we are just insignificant characters from a rural area who do not know anything about the four-dimensional, five-dimensional, oddities, and tachyons. However, in our rural areas, even the butchers in the alleys of the city can sing to their heart's content after drinking to their heart's content. We are people who have practiced truth for hundreds of years. If we cannot even think clearly and have to be cautious, hesitant, and overcautious before drawing our swords and fists, we might as well become actuaries. What is the point of practicing truth if we are not even as good as the butchers?"
"Exactly!"
Everybody roared at the same time. "The most important thing for us to be a Cultivator is to think clearly and to feel good!"
"Think clearly and do whatever you want to do. It's so f * cking satisfying …"
Li Yao began to tremble. The silver liquids that covered his body evaporated and retreated, revealing his chest that was fluctuating violently and his fists that were about to explode. "This is me. This is a Cultivator. This is a human being!"
"You …"
Nobody expected that with the support of his family and friends, Li Yao could trigger such immense strength that even Hong Chao was shuddering in fear. Then, in fury, she summoned even more silver liquids and completely drowned, enshrouded, and swallowed Li Yao.
Gudu! Gudu! Gudu! Gudu!
Gudu! The almost infinite 'quantum energy' bombarded Li Yao's soul and suppressed his self-awareness. He was lost in the depths of the Flood that was filled with regret and fear again.
"Honey …"
Li Yao's eyes turned silver. As if he had been hypnotized, he mumbled, "Say, if there is a way to reverse time, all the mistakes can be corrected, all the flaws can be filled, and all the beauty can be eternal, will it be good?"
"What are you talking about exactly? You are under its control again. Wake up, Li Yao. Of course, it is not good!"
Ding Ling Dong shouted in a hurry. "Every one of us is the result of time. We are the amalgamation of all our advantages and disadvantages. It is the irreversible things that happened in the past that have shaped us. If time is reversed and we return to the beginning, won't we completely deny the significance of our existence? Even if everything starts over again, and all the regrets, mistakes, and flaws are corrected, will a 'perfect' version of us be born in such a way still be the real us?
"No. I don't like such an idea. I don't like it at all! Of course, everybody has regrets that they crave to change, uncorrectable mistakes, and even fatal flaws, but it is exactly those things, together with the joyful, happy, and correct things, that make up the most real and unique us!
"Take me for example. I know that I have a lot of shortcomings. I am too competitive, too stubborn, and even too unyielding. Also, I'm often too busy with work and training to spend time with you. I don't like to wear makeup or dress up. I don't know how to sweet talk or behave like a little girl. Sometimes, when I think about it, I feel quite guilty and sorry for you. But … but this is who I am. This is the unique Ding Ling Dong that you can't find a second person like me in the entire universe! If I could do it all over again, I would change everything and become a woman who likes to put on makeup and take pictures. I would often lean on you and say things like 'my husband is bad' all day long. Would you still like me like that? "
Li Yao thought carefully for a moment.
Then, he shuddered hard, and half of the control over the Flood immediately disappeared.
"Isn't it? It's horrible, isn't it? Even I feel horrible when I think about it."
Ding Ling Dong continued roaring, "You are the same, although you have a lot of shortcomings too. As the father of the Federation and the dominator of all Sectors, your personality is too sleazy, and you barely show your dominance for more than half an hour. When you cannot defeat the enemy, you will run away shamelessly. You like to crawl into ventilation ducts. Your kidney function is not good. Your brain is often damaged, and you often say hot-blooded and shameful things. However, this is who you are. It is exactly because of all the experiences in your past life that those shortcomings, or rather, 'features', have created the unique, charming, and charming you that I love deeply. If time is reversed and your life is restarted, you seem to have chosen a 'better' direction, but as a result, the unique, charming shortcomings will no longer exist. Will such a person still be the real you? Will you still be the Li Yao that I entrust everything to and love deeply?"
"You … You do have a point …"
Li Yao mumbled. Then, he suddenly felt that something was not right. "Wait. What did you say just now? What were my shortcomings again?"
"Huh?"
Ding Lingdang's eyes widened. "They say that your personality is a little wretched sometimes, and that it's not easy for you to be domineering, but you can't last long enough, and so on. What's the problem? Everyone in the universe knows about it.
"No. I admit the shortcomings."
Li Yao was completely awakened. He immediately took off all the silver liquids on his body and got rid of Flood's control. "What happened after that? What else did you say after that?"
"… I said that you often look stupid because your brain is damaged, and you say hot-blooded and shameful things all the time?"
Ding Ling Dong said, "Don't mind the trivial problems. I don't dislike it at all. Really. Instead, I think that you are quite cute and full of personality. That's my dearest husband!"
"No. I admit all the shortcomings. It doesn't matter if you dislike them or not."
Li Yao said, "However, I vaguely heard that there was another sentence in the middle. You seemed to have said something else between 'likes to crawl into ventilation tubes' and 'looks stupid if their brains are burnt out', didn't they?"
"I don't think so. I don't remember it clearly. All in all, my dearest husband, there is something that I have kept in my heart for hundreds of years. In fact, I have always felt that you are the strongest man in the universe, and I have been secretly admiring you from the bottom of my heart. I was only too embarrassed to say it out loud because I am a strong woman."
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