"Then, what if we fail?"
Daniel Zhang grew anxious. Looking at the silver giant on the horizon, which had also expanded to the point that it could support the sky and even swallow half of the sky, the Flood was infuriated and completely tore off his calmness. He was like a combination of an enormous swirl that could swallow everything and an abnormal mutated octopus.
"If we fail …"
Li Yao smiled and entrusted the heavy burden to him. "You will have to remember everything that is happening in front of your eyes and transform all the sounds and pictures that you observe, the most noble and the most despicable, the most heroic and the most melodramatic, into the most intense obsessions.
"Listen to every word I say. Believe it or not, if we fail, time will flow backward, and everything will be rebooted. No, it will not be as simple as rebooting decades but billions of years. It will be directly reset to the beginning of the timeline, to the original 'Earth'. Everything in front of you, the entire world that you cherish, all the feelings, dreams, hopes, and desperation of all the people who live in this world, their bodies of flesh and blood, and their free will, will be obliterated and vanish into nothingness.
"However, I still don't believe that the so-called 'time reversal' can really erase everything. At the very least, I believe that the noblest will and the strongest obsessions of human beings can resist the scourge of the Flood. Therefore, as long as your obsessions are strong enough, even if time is reversed billions of years and everything returns to the state of the 'origin of Earth', it is possible that a brand-new you will appear under the disturbance of your obsessions and write '40,000 Years of Cultivation'!
"In that case, you must seize the opportunity and finish writing '40,000 Years of Cultivation'. You must write everything that happened today and tell the people after the timeline is reset. You must let them know the scheme of the Flood, all the glories and dreams, and that they are not as simple as a common hairless monkey on a common planet. They — we can be the center of the universe, the 'observers', the unique existences, the strongest battle species in the sea of stars, the dominators of all the stars, the adventurers, challengers, and victors of the multiverse and multidimensional space!
"As long as they have the courage to dream, to fight, to sacrifice everything for the slim hope, to ignite the impulse in the deepest part of their soul, and to unleash the most brilliant fire of life in that moment, everything is possible!
"This is your mission. The chances of success and failure are fifty-fifty. If we fail, we might have to rely on you to make a comeback. Remember, Teacher Niu!"
"I, I think I remember it."
Determined, Daniel Zhang nodded his head slowly. Pondering for a moment, he suddenly said, "I've thought about it for a moment. Is that what it means? Because there are countless parallel universes, and every parallel universe has subtle changes, theoretically speaking, there are countless versions of me that are not much different from each other, and the countless versions of me disturb each other through their obsessions. As long as my obsessions here are strong enough, I will be able to influence my other self in another universe and make him do what I can't, haven't finished, and don't have a chance to do, right?"
"Right, right, right!"
Li Yao said excitedly. "Teacher Niu, your understanding is very correct. So, try your best to accumulate your obsessions. As long as we win, you will definitely be able to finish writing 'Forty Thousand Years of Cultivation' in a certain parallel universe!"
"Who cares about that?"
Daniel Zhang danced in excitement. "Who cares whether 'Forty Thousand Years of Cultivation' has a bad ending or not? It doesn't matter. Anyway, what you're saying is that, as long as I think hard and use all my strength, I think that a certain version of myself in a certain parallel universe can create a very popular, popular, and profitable web novel that will be a hit online novel. I don't care about anything else. As long as it's popular, will it really be possible for me to write it? Then, I will be able to make a lot of money every day. Hehehehe? "
"Well …"
Li Yao was dazed for a long time. "Theoretically speaking, there are infinite universes and infinite hopes. Is everything possible? But … but you can't say that nothing like that has ever happened, right?"
"Got it. Got it!"
Daniel Zhang's aura immediately burst out of his body. Even his voice was thicker than before. "Then, let's fight. Let the goddamn Flood see the strength of human beings. Take it. This is my strongest obsessions!"
Daniel Zhang raised his hands high and transmitted his infinite obsessions to Li Yao.
Not just him, all the other Awakened and extraterrestrial visitors heard the conversation between Li Yao and him. Their souls were also stimulated and resonated with Li Yao.
In the incomparably powerful resonance of the Divine Soul, the folds of time that enveloped the Prison of Samsara finally cracked, exploded, and collapsed with a loud rumble.
"This — this is —"
All the heroes on Earth saw an unbelievable scene at the same time.
The sky seemed to have 'disappeared' all of a sudden, and they were directly exposed to the most brilliant sea of stars.
In the same moment, the memories of countless generations were awakened in the form of a flood of information, including the glory and dreams that dominated the universe before they were sucked into the Prison of Samsara.
"So …"
Looking at each other in bewilderment, the heroes clenched their fists and smiled. "We've been sleeping for too long. It's time to rise and fight and decide our own destiny!"
…
With the infinite sea of stars as the battlefield …
Countless' parallel Earths' that had been sealed surrounded the Flood and the resistors like brilliant pearls.
The sun, the moon, and the stars were all affected by the crazily dancing flames and seemed to be eclipsed.
The electric arcs and flames that were billions of kilometers long divided the dark vacuum into an interconnected chessboard, or rather, an arena where all the bets were placed.
With Li Yao's Transcendent Divine Weapon? With the Dream Chaser as the core, billions of heroes gathered and confronted the Flood, who seemed to have occupied half of the universe, coldly.
In the dreamy space battlefield, Li Yao raised the saber named 'Hope' high and took the first step toward the Flood.
"I've suddenly realized something."
Staring at the Flood, Li Yao said, one word after another, "You've been looking forward to and even guiding this battle, haven't you? Your 'Time Reversal Array' still lacks the last bit of energy. Only the 'ultimate confrontation' between us can unleash enough energy to accomplish your evil and stupid plan. "
"Exactly."
The Flood turned into a silver monster with three heads and six arms, baring its sharp teeth at the resistors. "You've finally understood that everything is under my control. You have no chance at all."
Li Yao smiled and took another step forward, raising his saber higher and straighter.
"Did you know? I've met a lot of opponents who boasted that everything was under their control, but they all failed in the end. I'm afraid that it was not a coincidence but a certain inevitability."
Li Yao said coldly, "In this world, the only thing that never changes is change. Only dead objects can be absolutely controlled. The will and mind of human beings can never be enslaved, controlled, or manipulated. Those who are confident that they have everything under their control often destroy themselves when they lose control!"
"I'm different from them. I'm no longer a human being. I'm the universe itself."
Hong Chao replied. "I have mastered almost infinite 'quantum energy', and I can unleash infinite 'parallel universe fission chain reaction energy' with a wave of my hand. According to my precise calculations, the odds of me winning in this sea of the Multiverse are one in a billion compared to yours!"
"No, not one billionth of a billionth, but fifty percent. Do you still remember 'Schrodinger's Cat'? It's always fifty percent whether you're dead or alive."
Li Yao smiled confidently and took the third step. He seemed to have crossed several galaxies in one step and reduced countless planets into dust under his feet. "I even feel that our odds of winning are much higher than fifty percent. It should be said that we will definitely win, and you only have one billionth of a chance. Do you know why?
"Because from the moment you chose to go back in time, you lost the courage to face the future. Whenever you run into an enemy that is slightly more difficult to deal with, you will habitually think about whether or not you can disconnect, run away, and start over again. How can such a scoundrel who regrets his moves and even flips the table easily become a real expert?
"Therefore, your failure was already destined. Of course, you're not a human being, but you're definitely not a 'Quasi God civilization', either. Getting to the bottom of it, you're just a cowardly tortoise.
"A tortoise like you is not qualified to be our enemy. Stick your head out here and accept your death obediently. Don't hinder us from marching into the vaster unknown universe!"
"You lowly cockroach!"
The Flood burst into fury and gnashed its teeth.
However, faced with Li Yao's mockery, it could not come up with any counterargument. It could only repeat the same old tune. "You don't know at all …"
Before it finished, Li Yao had already taken the last step.
The saber that pierced through the sea of stars was raised to the maximum, too.
The bright blade reflected the brilliance of billions of stars, more like the most glorious will and the most touching hope of billions of heroes.
Li Yao knew.
He knew how many mistakes the civilization of mankind had made, how many detours it had taken, and how many sins and regrets it had caused.
The formidability of the Flood, the coldness of the Great Purge Agreement, the desperation of the Tachiko Collapse, the treachery of the Master Singularity, and the violence of the Primordial Devouring Beast. He had learned something from the torrents of information that the Flood sent over just now. Even if he could not calculate it, he could at least imagine it.
How difficult the road ahead was, how dark the future was, how much blood was needed to build glory, and how many sacrifices were needed to smooth out the thorns. He knew all of it.
However, there was no turning back. The river of time was flowing to the depths of the endless universe. They could only march forward with their swords and songs. They could never go back.
He waved goodbye to the past and ignored the future for the time being.
Now, this moment, it was this second.
Behind him were his family and friends, billions of heroes, and billions of compatriots who were united as a fortress. Everyone, like him, was waving their sabers, swords, and fists to the maximum.
In front of him was the deep universe and the stars that contained infinite crisis and hope.
The Flood that stood between him and the stars was like an insignificant pebble.
The saber in his hand, like the heart that was beating crazily deep inside his chest, was already so hot that it could not help but explode.
Therefore, Vulture Li Yao faced the Flood head-on and slashed out with the saber, letting out a final roar.
"Bring it on, universe!"
[Forty Thousand Years of Cultivation, Main Story, End, Scattering Flowers]
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He should have written a closing speech.
But it was too tiring. Everyone knew that Old Cow did not have a draft and was writing and publishing it on the spot. He had written eight chapters today, a total of 25,000 words. He felt that he was about to pee blood.
He regretted that he had underestimated his ability to write. If he had known that this would happen, he would not have boasted so casually at noon. If he had divided it into two days, four chapters a day would have been considered an 'explosive update', wouldn't it?
I'll make up for it tomorrow. I'll talk about the feelings of the past three years with everyone. I'll talk about the extras and the plans for the new book.
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