Looking at the golden sword icon, Gu Qing Shan pondered.
— — -during the Age of Old, to create a closed loop of space-time, the War God UI once left me and returned to the final moments of my past life, bringing my past self back to the day of my high school graduation.
Although the War God UI left, it left me a copy of [War God Skills], which was this icon.
This icon had gone through the trials of the Earth World with me, the battle between the Divine race and the Desolate monsters. The golden sword on the icon had grown a bit longer.
「 Have you made up your mind? Which one do you want to choose? 」 the figure asked.
Gu Qing Shan replied: "Compared to these choices, I'm more interested in who you are"
The figure stood in front of her and muttered: 「 This question is not within the scope of the technique 」
Gu Qing Shan tried asking: "Are you me from a certain point in time?"
「 No 」 the figure replied.
"Then, are you me from a certain parallel world?" Gu Qing Shan asked again.
The figure replied: 「 No — — the crab wasn't wrong on one point, parallel worlds are nothing more than a smokescreen, but what it didn't say was that all things and living beings in reality are scattered across all parallel worlds — — - this world is indeed the strongest Reality outside of the Inner Plane 」
Hearing that, Gu Qing Shan was shaken.
He quickly continued: "Or for example, the fragment of the Samsara, after being shattered, it broke into countless pieces and scattered across the starry sea of parallel worlds"
The Wraith realm pushed the destruction of the parallel worlds, using Fate Corrosion to strike the Eternal Abyss.
— — -they most likely originated from a certain parallel world!
「 You reacted very quickly, so you must make your choice now 」 the figure pointed at the three options in the void of space and said.
The scenery around her began to tremble slightly.
「 This spell can't be maintained for too long, and I'm only a temporary existence, so I can't answer too many of your questions. You have to make a decision within 10 minutes, otherwise, once the spell ends, you'll lose this chance 」 the shadow urged.
Gu Qing Shan lightly nodded.
There's nothing to hesitate about. Although the first two options sound impressive, when it comes to power, as long as I work hard, I'll be able to use other methods to achieve these two abilities sooner or later.
The ability to see the future is actually the most unreliable, not only would it cause me to be deceived if I use it too much.
Gu Qing Shan would always remember how the Earth God died.
It didn't see the scene of its own death in the future, so it lost some of its caution and died in the past.
This matter was actually the true future of its destiny.
Also, Lady Undying Sand once said that she could see a few different futures from him, but when he made a new decision, those futures became even more numerous.
Gu Qing Shan whispered,
"The future is illusory. Trying to understand the future is actually a paradox."
"Paradox?" the figure asked in confusion.
Gu Qing Shan said slowly, "The 'Cause' that all living beings do now determines their 'Effect' in the future. But all living beings are fickle. Many people don't know what they will do when they are really standing at the crossroads of fate."
"Have you seen something like this before?" the figure asked.
Gu Qing Shan showed a look of reminiscence.
The moment when hundreds of millions of dead people came to the human world to support the battle replayed in his mind.
"… I once had many comrades, all of whom were heinous criminals in hell, but at a certain crucial moment, they made a decision that even I couldn't imagine"
"I was very grateful to them, but I also understood that the future is ultimately in everyone's hands. When everyone is united, the future will also change"
The figure said: "So you weren't willing to choose this option"
"That's right" Gu Qing Shan continued: "As for the Dimensional Travel ability, it can indeed be used to escape at a crucial moment, but after doing it too much, a person would become cowardly"
"That's why I chose — — -"
"Wait a minute!" the figure suddenly called out.
Gu Qing Shan was surprised.
The figure reached his hand out and tapped the void of space.
"I didn't think that your understanding had already reached this point, seems like I'll have to give you something more realistic"
On the War God UI, the two options [Eye of Truth] and [Dimensional Travel] slowly fused together to form a new icon.
On this icon, there was a long river that flickered with radiance.
[This is a completely new ability created from the fusion of the two abilities: Return of the Fallen Star] the figure explained.
"What is this ability?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
[The moment before your death, you will return to a certain point in the past and start all over again] the figure lightly explained.
[— — -you can only use it seven times, but if you're careful, you'll be able to survive for a very, very long time] the figure added.
Gu Qing Shan went silent for a while.
"This is a talisman of immortality, and you're giving it to me just like that?" he asked in a low voice.
— — to be able to fuse two War God options like this into a near-immortal [Return of the Fallen Star], you must understand the War God UI very well.
The figure didn't deny it.
It pointed at the void of space — — -
There, two icons stood side by side.
A long river of light, this was the return of the fallen star.
A golden short sword, this was the compass.
The figure slowly spoke: [I must remind you, with [Return of the Fallen Star], you will have seven chances to start all over again. You will be able to predict what will happen in the long years ahead — — - these are all things that have already happened, as long as you don't try to change them, they will not change. This is much safer than peeking into the future]
[This ability will help you overcome all difficulties, allow you to enjoy countless happy moments, enjoy all the beautiful things, reach the pinnacle of your life, and become a truly great person within the space vortex — — - or if you don't want to live like that, you can also become a hermit and focus on living your own life]
After saying so, the figure pointed at the golden short sword.
Gu Qing Shan's gaze also fell onto the golden short sword.
The figure continued:
[The 'compass' is different. If you want to know who you are, you will have to walk an extremely long and arduous path — — you will need to do everything in your power to fight in order to have a chance of survival. Every day, as soon as you open your eyes, you will have to put in endless effort and use all of your intelligence to take a single step forward. Furthermore, you will often fall down, sometimes even having to give up some precious things. Your enemies will only grow more and more numerous, becoming increasingly difficult to deal with. You will be covered in wounds, and if you aren't careful, you will lose your life]
[Perhaps one day, you will truly succeed and make it to the end]
[But even if that is the case, the only thing you will gain from this is knowing a single thing]
[That is who you are]
The figure lowered its hand and casually spoke: [I've explained the pros and cons of the two options, there isn't much time left, so please make your final choice]
Gu Qing Shan raised her hand and pointed at the golden short sword.
[Why?] the figure asked.
[I don't know what others think, but I've always felt that there are a lot of shackles in life, like happiness, or peace] Gu Qing Shan replied.
[Happiness? Peace? You think they are shackles?] the figure repeated.
[Indeed, living in this world is a very real thing, you can easily feel a lot of pain, a lot of helplessness, especially in this era of Apocalypse, people have had enough of suffering and suffering, many of them yearn for peace and happiness]
At this point, Gu Qing Shan glanced at his younger self.
The lonely figure stood in front of the window, thinking of his deceased parents, his heart filled with confusion about his future.
The figure looked at him, waiting for what he was going to say next.
Gu Qing Shan sighed, then continued: [I also enjoy happiness and peace, but pain is a true sword, it will constantly remind me that I can't lead a befuddled life, I can't lie down and enjoy a comfortable life, I can't rely on some special ability to stop moving forward]
His voice was a bit stiff: [A person can't be trapped in peace and happiness, but rather maintain anger, stand up, run, fight, use strength and faith to protect those precious things. For this, I must become stronger, I can't stop moving forward, even if I'm covered in blood, even if I have to pay with my life, I must keep moving forward, only then will I feel that I'm truly alive]
The figure went silent for a while.
[Sometimes, living a stable life isn't a sin] the figure softly said.
[Of course it isn't a sin, I also agree that there should be a balance between work and rest — — - in fact, I also like cooking] Gu Qing Shan replied, [but the most important thing is your heart, you need to know that you are more than this, that there is something you truly want to do, that something is the meaning of your life, and you must fight for it]
Gu Qing Shan said nothing else.
Inside the room, a soft sigh resounded.
The figure shook her head, stopped hesitating, and placed her hand on the golden sword icon.
[There's no turning back, are you sure you want to choose 'Compass'?] the figure asked.
[I'm sure] Gu Qing Shan replied.
The figure lightly tapped the golden sword icon.
A blinding golden glow enveloped the room.
A brand new icon appeared on the War God UI!
A line of glowing text quickly appeared:
[New function 'Compass' is being created, please wait for 10 seconds]
[10]
[9]
[8]
…
Taking advantage of this time, the figure walked next to Gu Qing Shan and silently observed him.
She suddenly reached her hand out and lightly stroked Gu Qing Shan's face.
The faint voice that couldn't be understood slowly became real — — -
[Child, I had wanted to leave you with a stable life, but now that you've become a true man, I will respect your decision]
Gu Qing Shan's expression changed as she looked down at the figure.
A familiar face that only existed in her memories slowly became clear.
[The situation at the time was too dangerous, I couldn't take you with me, you were too young, you wouldn't survive …]
Tears flowed.
Her eyes were filled with longing and reluctance.
The golden glow continued to grow, enveloping everything around her.
Her figure slowly disappeared.
The War God UI's voice resounded:
['Compass' has been activated]
[From now on, you may search for the truth of everything]
After saying so, the UI returned to silence.
Inside the blinding light, Gu Qing Shan blankly stood in the narrow room without moving.
Behind him, the young 'him' was also staring at the metal city outside the window, also silent.
After a long while, a faint voice could be heard:
[Mother …]
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