Chapter 579: Base-Swapping

Fan Xiu's voice was desperate and filled with grief, like that of a child who had suffered every possible grievance.

Those who heard that voice felt sorrow; those who listened shed tears.

It was hard to imagine what kind of suffering a person had to endure to emit such a sound.

Fan Xiu's body had already transformed into a blinding, intense light, containing energy so terrifyingly extreme that it was enough to destroy the entire world.

Clearly, Fan Xiu could not bear the humiliation of the "Golden Porridge of Carelessness" and had chosen to detonate himself in a fit of rage!

Ye Lin felt his scalp tingle; he had not expected this kid Fan Xiu to be so fierce that he would choose mutual destruction just because he had eaten two mouthfuls of excrement.

But then again, the premise that "a mop stained with excrement is like Lu Bu reborn" only holds if the mop hasn't hit anyone yet.

Once the mop hits someone, sanity drops by 100%, anger increases by 100%, attack power increases by 100%, and critical hit rate increases by 100%, sending them directly into a berserk state.

Fan Xiu was currently in a state of having completely lost his sanity.

As the energy from his self-detonation grew more violent, the entire world began to fall apart and shatter into pieces.

Volcanoes erupted, volcanic ash swept across the clouds, tsunamis shook the heavens with ten-thousand-meter-high waves, the earth crumbled, and countless cracks appeared in the sky—it was a scene of total apocalypse.

"After doing so much, is it still impossible to change the world-ending catastrophe?"

Ye Lin was extremely unwilling, his expression incomparably gloomy.

Once Fan Xiu's energy detonated, the entire world would be destroyed; at that point, besides him, no one else would survive.

Even if he could survive by relying on the power of his Undying Divine Domain, without a world to live in, he would be like a meteorite drifting forever in the boundless void.

He had already experienced this feeling once when he was exiled by Zhuge Qianxing, and Ye Lin absolutely did not want to experience it a second time; that feeling was enough to drive a person insane.

"Forget it, you've already done your best; don't blame yourself."

Shen Jingbin smiled and patted Ye Lin on the shoulder.

"Although it's a pity not to be able to see that 'complete world' those people talked about, being able to fight alongside my student until the very last moment feels pretty good too."

"Yeah, Boss, do what you can and leave the rest to fate. Anyway, being able to live one more time in such a grand fashion, I think it's worth it even if I die," Ji Lingyu also said with a grin.

"You guys... don't blame me?" Ye Lin couldn't help but ask.

"No matter how bad you are to the outside world, you are good to us, so you are a good person to us."

Zhuge Yi's tone was very flat, but her eyes were somewhat strange.

"We have no right to blame you; those who have the right to blame you are all inside that banner of yours."

Bai Si did not say much more, simply standing silently behind Ye Lin.

"You all are so open-minded about life and death? Damn it, am I the only one who doesn't want to die?"

Guo Qin scratched his head and ears, feeling indignant.

"I was still thinking that since the human population has plummeted, the next most important task is to work hard on reproduction so the human race can branch out and grow—isn't that exactly what I'm best at?"

"Ahem, actually, I don't really want to die either, but there's no help for it; some things you just can't choose," Xie Hong coughed twice.

The Human Emperor landed on the ground, reached out to scoop up a handful of soil, and placed it gently against his heart.

"As the Human Emperor, I could not protect my own people. I... have failed them. Death... perhaps it can be considered a form of relief."

If one were to ask who among this group had the biggest opinion of Ye Lin, it was clearly the Human Emperor.

Although Ye Lin successfully defeated Fan Xiu, it was at the cost of ninety-five percent of the population; this victory could only be called a pyrrhic victory at best.

To put it bluntly, Ye Lin had indirectly facilitated the deaths of those people.

Although reason told the Human Emperor that what Ye Lin did was the most correct choice, his emotions made it hard for him to accept.

Now that he realized death was approaching, the Human Emperor felt a sense of relief, and there was even a hint of a smile on his face.

Finally... it's all over.

The white ball of light formed by Fan Xiu's body grew increasingly violent, and white beams of light were already constantly blasting out.

Every time a white beam of light landed, it added another massive crack to this crumbling world.

If it weren't for the fact that all the living beings of this world had been collected by Ye Lin into the Human Emperor Banner for protection, it would have caused terrifying casualties.

"Is it... really over?"

Watching Qingcheng also turn into ruins under a beam of light, Ye Lin's expression was complex.

"No... perhaps, it is not over yet."

Ye Lin suddenly remembered a very famous tactic: the "base-swapping" tactic!

"Since the destruction of this world is irreversible and unchangeable, then we shall just go live in the world where Fan Xiu came from!"

Ye Lin reached out and grabbed Bai San out of the Human Emperor Banner.

"Give me the coordinates of your world!"

"I can, but you have to let me go!" Bai San immediately seized the chance to negotiate; he was smart, so he realized this might be his only opportunity to escape from Ye Lin's hands.

"I am not discussing this with you right now; I am informing you."

Ye Lin's voice was bone-chillingly cold.

"You can choose not to agree, but do you see that toxic septic tank? I will seal you inside it, and then take you with me to wander in the boundless void."

"You might as well think it over carefully. If you take me to the world you are familiar with, you might still have a chance to get rid of me. If you remain stubborn to the end, then you will have to keep me company forever."

Bai San remained silent.

Ye Lin did not say anything more either.

Neither the man nor the soul spoke first.

The world was falling apart; even the most basic gravity was gone, and broken buildings were floating upward.

Ye Lin raised his hand, using his own power to protect that precious septic tank.

"What a little glutton, then I shall grant your wish."

He raised his hand again and grabbed hold of Bai San's soul body.

"Wait!"

Bai San ultimately chose to submit.

Ye Lin's words had indeed given him great hope.

Once he reached the world he was familiar with, relying on the information gap, he might truly be able to get rid of Ye Lin.

After escaping and recovering his strength, he would definitely tear this damned human into ten thousand pieces!

A coordinate scene was transmitted to Ye Lin by Bai San.

"Forbidden Spell: Spacetime Wormhole!"

Relying on the heaven-defying bonus of the Human Emperor Banner, Ye Lin forcibly opened a spatial channel leading to the location of Bai San's coordinates.

Ye Lin could clearly feel that the moment the spatial channel opened, his life force was being continuously drained away.

It was hard to imagine just how far away this world was; even with his dual Divine Domains and the Demon Dragon body, he could barely hold on.

At the end of the spatial channel was a bright world full of vitality; above the rolling, lush green mountains, it was a place of birdsong and fragrant flowers, full of vigor and hope, like a peaceful pure land.

But just as the spatial channel Ye Lin opened was about to connect to this world, it was blocked by an invisible force and could not get any closer.

Ye Lin did not say a word; he grabbed the Human Emperor Banner and immediately pushed his own Chaos Divine Domain to the limit.

"You cannot stop me!"

Ye Lin roared, his eyes blood-red.

The invisible force blocking him was forcibly torn open by him, creating a small gap.

In an instant, a pure energy that Ye Lin had never felt before drifted out from that gap.

However, Ye Lin did not have time to feel it carefully and hurriedly urged Zhuge Yi and the others.

"Everyone still alive is in Bajin City; take them and go, quickly!"