The boy walked through the mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
Conspiracies eroded his naivety. Lies killed his childishness. Betrayal put on a sturdy armor for him. Regret and desire turned into his sharpest weapons.
He had stepped on piles of corpses to grow up. First, he became a young man. Then, he transformed into a young man through countless bloody storms and perilous situations. The young man raised his head and saw a skeletal throne at the peak of the endless piles of corpses. However, all the skeletons were black.
He smiled. Holding the longsword of lies, conspiracies, hatred, and anger, he walked unhurriedly to the throne of bones that was destined to belong to him.
But at this moment, ripples appeared in the pool of blood beside him. A head popped out of the ripples.
It was Vulture.
"It's you again."
He frowned and said in displeasure.
Then, he was slightly stunned. He clearly did not remember this Vulture, so why did he say "again"?
He would not forget such a distinctive Vulture that made people gnash their teeth. If he had seen him before, he would have remembered him, right?
"We're finally connected again!"
Vulture heaved a sigh of relief, but he was still very nervous. "Listen up, Bai Xiaolu. The interference is too strong. 'Future You' will soon destroy the connection. We only have three to five minutes at most. We have to have a good chat!"
He did not understand what Vulture was talking about. He subconsciously said, "I'm not Bai Xiaolu. I'm Wanzanghai."
"No, that's what we want to talk about. You're Bai Xiaolu. You're not Wanzanghai, and you're not a Superbody or a Flood!"
Vulture said anxiously. "Alright, the inertia of Time Tide is too strong. I can't change the past. Every time we come into contact, we'll be erased. You'll eventually become Wanzanghai, a Superbody, and a Flood.
"But I beg you, no matter how much time has passed, no matter how many things you've experienced, and no matter how many things you've lost, don't ever forget your real self. You're the innocent, kind Bai Xiaolu who believes in hope and believes in other people's' faith '!"
The corner of his eyes twitched as if the weakness in the deepest part of his heart had been exposed. The scales, spikes, and armor all over his body stood up. "Who are you exactly? Why have you snuck into my dreams again and again?"
"With your current wisdom, it's hard for me to explain my identity and how I'm connected to you. Anyway, I'm a person from the future billions of years in the future, and I'm a super hero of a future world. I'm fighting 'you from the future' in a mysterious and boundless space battlefield that you can't imagine. But in fact, 'you from the future' might not be the real you. Let's just call it that for now!"
"To describe it in a way that you can understand, this' future you 'is simply too awesome. After billions of years of development, he has already grown into a universe-level big shot. My blood was boiling, and I slashed at him with my ultimate attack, but he dodged it effortlessly and retaliated with a' Black Tiger Steals Heart '. Then, I took the opportunity to steal the peach, but instead of stealing the peach, he locked my throat with a deadly scissor kick. Then, he hit me so hard that I almost had a mental breakdown."
"…"
He found it hard to understand Vulture's words. Were all the people from the future billions of years in the future speaking in such a way?
"But in fact, well, you won't believe it if I tell you this, but I intentionally let 'you from the future' beat me up. Hahahaha. Everything was part of my plan!"
Vulture laughed dryly. "I pretended to be feeble and pissed and finally succeeded in fooling 'you from the future' and invading its ultimate core. I even intertwined with it stealthily and crossed the barrier of billions of years together to reach out to 'you from the beginning'!
"Time is limited. Let's make a long story short. Bai Xiaolu, I need your help. The civilization of mankind needs your help. The entire universe needs your help!"
"You need my help?"
Rolling his eyes, he smiled. "Alright. You help me, and I'll help you. Since you claim that you are a person from the future and have mastered the mysteries of time, help me turn back time, stop the war, and change everything! If it's possible, I'll help you in any way that you want. "
"That's the point," Vulture said.
"I can't help you. If I help you change everything, all the history in the past billions of years will be changed, and I won't be born at all. Since I won't be born at all, how can I help you change everything? It's a paradox that nobody can circumvent. I can't circumvent it, and neither can you. "
"Hehe!"
His eyes were cold, and his lips curled downward.
"I know what you're thinking, but it's impossible," Vulture said.
Vulture said. "If you go back in time, stop the war, and even bring the people you love back to life, your life will be completely different. Maybe you will live happily together, but you will never master such a terrible ability, and you will never touch the mystery of time. You will never be able to go back in time and change everything. Look, we are back to the time paradox again, aren't we?
"If you do change everything one day and return to a seemingly peaceful, brand-new timeline where nothing wrong happened, it is not really a return to the past. It is just that you have created a brand-new parallel universe with your unparalleled techniques, and everything in the parallel universe is just a lie that you created. In the 'old parallel universe', nothing can be changed. Instead, it will be even more painful and dark because you consume too much energy.
"Do you understand what I mean? It's like you accidentally broke a very beautiful vase. You can go to the market and buy a seemingly identical one to replace it, but the old one is broken. The new vase will never become the old vase, no matter how you deceive yourself and others. It's impossible!"
"Asshole …"
He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. Dangerous feelings gathered deep inside his black eyes like billions of lightning bolts.
"There's something even worse."
Vulture, however, was not scared of his fury at all. He went on, "There's an old saying that a man will die twice. The first time is when his physical body perishes, and the second time is when everybody forgets him. The saying must've existed on Earth, didn't it? It means that not only do people live in the three-dimensional space, they also live in other people's thoughts, memories, and feelings. Even if their physical body perishes, their 'information' is still alive.
"If you really choose to 'go back to the past', you will actually be bypassing the time paradox and jumping to another parallel universe. I highly suspect that you will completely forget the people who really love you. You will forget the sacrifices they made for you, your love for them, and the wonderful days you spent with them. In other words, you will wipe them out with your own hands, and nobody will remember who they are anymore!
"Even if there are still people in the new parallel universe, they are not real people but just puppets, clones, and inflatable people who are very similar to them. They are fake. Fake!"
"Shut up!"
He finally couldn't hold it anymore and roared, "I don't understand what you are talking about. Shut up and get the hell out of my dream!"
"You are very smart. You can understand me. Even if you don't right now, you will have billions of years to slowly understand the logic," Vulture said.
Vulture said, "In terms of real age, you are more than old enough to be my ancestor. But in terms of life experience, I am slightly more experienced than you were at the beginning. I am a father and a brother. Let me tell you, when I make certain sacrifices for my children and juniors as a father or a brother, I really, really do not want to see them torment themselves with infinite hatred and regret and be trapped in the maze of obsessions that is full of thorns without being able to break free for billions of years. In the end, they turn themselves into an animal, a monster, or a devil who will destroy themselves, other people, and their future!
"Really, I don't want them to become like this. All of my efforts and sacrifices are for one purpose, and that is to let them live a good life, live a happy life, and have a brighter and brighter future than mine. That's enough, it's really enough!
"Your father, your brother, the people who once gave you happiness, they must be the same. I hope that you can live happily as you did at that moment, instead of being a monster enshrouded by hatred and resentment and punishing yourself for billions of years, right?"
"Shut up!"
He held his head in agony. "Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!"
"Enough! Billions of years of torment and wandering and colliding in the maze of regret. Enough is enough! It is time to wake up, Bai Xiaolu!"
Vulture opened his wings at him. "I cannot change the past, but you can change the future! The odds that I can defeat Flood are one in a billion, but the odds that you can defeat Flood are one hundred percent! Because you are the starting point of Flood. You are the regret that Flood can never repair. You are the Flood's' inner devil '!
"Wake up. Wake up from the regret of hundreds of millions of years, from the pain that you can never get rid of. Listen to the true voices of those who sacrificed themselves for you. Put away the past properly and stride towards a future with infinite possibilities!
"We need you. The civilization of mankind needs you. The future needs you. Only you can completely transform Flood and bring the civilization of mankind to a brand-new level billions of years later. Only you can lead us to defeat the 'Great Purge Agreement', the 'Tachyon Collapse', the 'Master Singularity', and the 'Ancient Devourer Beast'. With the sacrifices, hopes, and expectations of countless people in billions of years, you will create the most beautiful tomorrow! Only in such a way can the people who sacrificed for you truly rest in peace! "
"I …"
For the first time, he hesitated. He could not see clearly what he looked like in the pool of blood. "I am so awesome in the future. What about you?"
"Me?"
Vulture said. "As long as you can wake up, I will immediately acknowledge you as a big shot. I will be satisfied as long as I can be your leg accessory."
"Leg accessory?"
He was confused. "What's that?"
"Leg hair," Vulture said.
Vulture said. "You are a peerless champion who truly reigns over the Multiverse, a well-deserved champion in the billions of years of human civilization. If I could be a hair on your leg, follow you to the Multiverse and higher dimensions, help you wave your flag and shout for you, and watch you sweep through billions of universes, I would be satisfied. Now, you should know how sharp, how important, and how much you deserve to be awakened, right?"
"Is … Is that so …"
He was confused and felt that something was not right.
"Of course it is. Don't be suspicious. Perhaps you don't know me, but in billions of years in the future, I will be renowned for my honesty and trustworthiness," Vulture said.
"Not good. 'You in the future' has discovered me and is bothering me again. I have to retreat. Don't forget the secret signal!"
"The secret signal?"
He was stunned. "What secret signal?"
"The one that says that 'it is everybody's duty to protect Vulture'!"
Vulture shouted. "The inertia of the 'tide' is so powerful that it will obliterate all the traces of me from billions of years ago. Therefore, you will soon forget the dream and my existence.
"But I still hope that you will never forget that you are Bai Xiaolu, the Bai Xiaolu who is righteous, kind, hopeful, and believes in tomorrow. Also, you will bind your 'belief' and 'it is everybody's duty to protect Vulture' into the deepest part of your soul.
"In such a way, when the battle between me and 'you in the future' reaches the most intense phase on a space battlefield billions of years later, and I shout that 'it is everybody's duty to protect Vulture', it will be possible for you to wake up and remember everything in the past. You will reappear as your real self, the original Bai Xiaolu!
"Remember, you must remember. Give your real self a chance, give the future civilization of mankind a chance, give 'hope', 'tomorrow', and 'belief' a chance. That is the only possibility for us to defeat the Flood. I believe in you, Bai Xiaolu, Bai Xiaolu, Bai Xiaolu —"
Vulture seemed to have been grabbed by his throat and dragged back to billions of years later.
Very soon, he forgot Vulture's existence, the conversation just now, and the most embarrassing 'code'.
However, the throne of bones on the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood became a little dazzling, showing signs of collapsing.
When he lowered his head, the face that was previously clear in the pool of blood blurred again. It was impossible to tell whether it was' Wanzanghai 'or' Bai Xiaolu '.
…
Brother, we made it. I'm not dead. I've successfully entered the underground city of the 'alliance'. They didn't suspect anything and really thought that I was' Wanzanghai '!
Brother, I've been sent to a hospital. The medical facilities here are very good. My wounds will be healed very soon. They didn't find any trace of you. Haha. Your plan is truly awesome. I'm a member of the underground now!
Brother, the director of the hospital is also named 'Yuri'. Of course, he is not the dreadful Yuri. Aix-la-Aix-la-Aix-la-Aix-la-Aix-la-Aix-la-Aix-la-Aix-la-Aix-la-Aix-la-Aix-la-Aix-la-Aix-la-Aix-la-Aix- Hehe, it seems that our luck has really changed. Our days from now on will definitely get better day by day, right?
Big brother, I seem to remember that when The Golden Tooth died, and when you … died, both of you said something to me. What do you want me to do? Damn it, I actually forgot.
Please, tell me again in my dream. The underground city is bustling, but my heart is a little lost. I don't know what to do in the future.
But it doesn't matter. There's still a lot of time left. I'll remember eventually, right?
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