Chapter 1547: The Lord of Wuji's Request

The Lord of Wuji's Request

The Lord of Wuji was silent for a long time before he finally spoke:

"Walking along this path, what do you think of the Eternal Domain?"

"It's very nice." Chen Ling answered truthfully, "The citizens have ample food and clothing, and everyone lives and works in peace and contentment. In this era... no, even in the era before the Great Cataclysm, there is no place better than here."

A flash of gratification appeared deep in the Lord of Wuji's eyes, and he nodded:

"Then do you think this place can achieve 'Eternity'?"

"No."

Chen Ling answered very straightforwardly.

"Why?"

The Lord of Wuji wasn't surprised by Chen Ling's evaluation, "You said before, people change."

Chen Ling was stunned. He hadn't expected the Lord of Wuji to actually still remember his words from back then.

"Mm, I said that, especially regarding you... Even if you can guarantee complete fairness and justice right now and act as the guardian deity in everyone's hearts, as time passes, desires will eventually breed in your heart... As long as one is human, shortcomings will always exist. And your current position will infinitely magnify any slight shortcoming of yours."

"As long as one is human, shortcomings will always exist," the Lord of Wuji repeated with a nod.

Then,

He asked in return,

"Then what if... I am no longer 'human'?"

Chen Ling subconsciously frowned. Looking into the Lord of Wuji's eyes, he couldn't quite grasp the meaning behind those words.

"Humans are creatures governed by emotions, but true fairness and justice cannot contain any personal emotion... This was the reminder you gave me." The Lord of Wuji spoke slowly,

"After that, I have always been pondering this question. I've been thinking about what must be done to guarantee my absolute fairness and make Eternal truly achieve 'Eternity'."

"Later, I figured it out..."

The Lord of Wuji gently raised his hand, and a black-gold crown shimmering with a mysterious faint light appeared in his palm.

"Since emotions will influence my judgment, then I will completely erase my own emotions... including my memories, my personality, and... my self."

"As long as I no longer possess 'Human Nature' and only act according to specific rules, then eternal, unchanging fairness and justice can be achieved."

"This crown was forged by my own hands. Once I put it on, everything of mine will be erased... I have already engraved all the rules of the Eternal Domain into it. This body of mine will carry them out forever."

"From this day forward, my physical body will not die of old age, and my fairness will never be biased."

"In this way..."

"I will be able to create a true 'Eternity'."

The Lord of Wuji's gaze stared intently at the crown in his hands. In his eyes, there was no reluctance to part with his "self," only expectation and determination for "Eternity."

After hearing this, Chen Ling was stunned for a full few seconds...

"You... want to turn yourself into a machine?"

Existing forever, never getting tired, having no self-awareness, and only acting according to established rules. Coupled with the fact that the Lord of Wuji fundamentally wasn't a carbon-based organism... Wasn't this just a machine?

Erasing his self meant that Lou Yu would cease to exist. He was going to sacrifice himself to practice the "Eternity" he firmly believed in?

"A machine... That's right, truly a machine." The Lord of Wuji smiled faintly. "As long as it can guarantee that humanity can continue forever, what does it matter if I become a machine?"

"You..."

Chen Ling already didn't know what to say.

The Lord of Wuji's choice was too extreme, yet extremely logical... He truly had seriously considered the question Chen Ling raised back then, and had given an answer using the most ruthless and direct method.

"Now, do you still think we cannot reach 'Eternity'?"

The Lord of Wuji looked into Chen Ling's eyes and asked.

Chen Ling fell silent.

"...I don't know."

"To not know means you still don't believe." The Lord of Wuji took a deep look at Chen Ling and asked back, "Then why do you think we cannot reach 'Eternity'?"

"I... don't know."

Chen Ling never considered himself to be all that forward-looking, nor did he think he was smarter than others, or smarter than the Nine Monarchs... The current Lord of Wuji seemingly had indeed solved all the problems.

Absolute fairness, absolute rule, endless resources, effective management... He couldn't think of any other factor that could pronounce a death sentence on this Eternal Domain.

Even if the Red Star returned again and smashed the entire Earth into smithereens, they could still survive by transforming those planet fragments. Even if technology regressed back to the level of cavemen, the material foundation provided by the Lord of Wuji could eternally shelter everyone here.

But even so, Chen Ling didn't give the Lord of Wuji an affirmative reply...

After all, if the Lord of Wuji truly succeeded, why would he personally strangle the version of himself in the next world within the Timeline Save File?

Receiving Chen Ling's reply, no ripples appeared in the Lord of Wuji's eyes. The answer had long been in his heart. His decision wouldn't change because of any answer from Chen Ling.

After brewing his thoughts for a long time, he finally spoke slowly:

"Chen Ling, I have a request."

Chen Ling knew the Lord of Wuji was finally getting to the main point.

For him to go through all this trouble to bring him to the Eternal Domain through Eight of Diamonds, it shouldn't just be as simple as wanting to show off his achievements, nor was it purely to ask his views on "Eternity"... He definitely had a more important reason.

"Let's hear it."

"I hope you can give up on Rebooting the World."

Chen Ling's eyes narrowed slightly, "...Oh?"

"The annihilation of the three domains on the surface is almost inevitable. With technology having regressed to this point, they are guarding a pile of ruins and simply don't have enough material foundation to sustain the lives of so many people... The only remaining suspense now is just seeing how long they can Barely Cling to Life at the end."

"I hope that even if the three domains are annihilated, even if lives are plunged into misery and suffering on the surface... you still don't Reverse the Era and Reboot the World."

"After all, creating the Eternal Domain... is truly too difficult."

"You should have seen what I've experienced walking along this path. I, Lou Yu, might succeed in this life and might build Eternal to be this perfect in this life, but in the next life... I might not be able to."

"Therefore, the chance for Eternity is almost just this once."

"Once you Reboot the World, it means all my efforts in this life will turn to ash, and humanity's final Eternity that we managed to build with great difficulty will also regress back to the origin of everything."

"I know that the Dusk Society Reverses the Era and Reboots the World to find a sliver of hope to save humanity..."

"But..."

"How can you be sure that the Eternal Domain cannot become that 'hope'?"