Chapter 376: Terminating the Monster

Under Absolute power, hiding is useless.

Even though Li Heng is currently being repelled by the Desperate Future, he quickly located all the Human Shelters and discovered that they were all experiencing the same situation as Taohuayuan.

They were either gradually stepping toward death.

Or they had already died completely, becoming a kingdom of the dead.

Moreover, the humans within the shelters were completely unaware of this...

They truly did not even know how they died.

It was no wonder that the Three Sages had lost their perception of the Human Shelters; after all, the humans who were truly alive were nearly all dead.

However, before he could take further action.

Li Heng sensed a gaze locking onto him.

The moment this gaze appeared, this distorted and corrupted Heaven and Earth actually began to head toward decay and termination once more, with an aura similar to the Five Decays of Heaven and Man flowing through this Heaven and Earth.

The Three Sages beside Li Heng were instantly thrown into a panic.

Could this gaze be that third monster? That shouldn't be right; wasn't that monster currently sleeping and gestating? How could it have suddenly awakened!

They thought frantically in their hearts, guessing wildly.

Li Heng, for his part, was somewhat surprised.

Because he perceived that the monster behind this gaze was not simple; it also exceeded the Void Realm and should belong to the level possessing World Creation Factors.

Could this be that third monster?

He pondered in his heart.

Yet he could perceive from the level of Causality that the monster behind this gaze was also unrelated to the truth of the humans in the Human Shelters gradually dying; in other words, it was some other monster that caused the humans' deaths.

At this moment, he received a telepathic message from the Three Sages.

"Venerable One, you must be careful; this is the third monster!"

Hearing the panicked, even somewhat fearful words of the Three Sages, Li Heng nodded and comforted them not to panic; although he and the monster behind this gaze belonged to the same level, there would still be differences in combat power.

In the dark, unknown place, a land of distortion and Pollution.

Jianxie knelt on the Void, worshipping the Great Master.

"Great Master, please take action to terminate the variable."

Jianxie muttered and babbled.

The Master withdrew its gaze and looked back at Jianxie.

A sense of anger flowed through this Void; without exerting any power or making any interference, it had already caused the Void to crack, seemingly feeling angry at Jianxie's incompetence.

Jianxie was frightened to the point of trembling, not daring to speak.

He understood the Greatness of the Master, which was the termination of all things and the end of everything; once it awakened and appeared in the Present World, it represented the end of the future, Heaven and Earth, and the World.

Therefore, he did not want to awaken the Master unless it was a last resort.

It was just a pity that if he did not awaken it, he would have to die.

On Li Heng's side, he perceived that the gaze had been withdrawn, and Heaven and Earth had actually calmed down again, as if the monster behind this gaze did not want to take action against him.

However, he was never afraid of trouble.

If this monster would not come to find him, then he would go find this monster!

Consequently, he also cast his gaze, following the traces of Causality that had not yet completely dissipated, crossed the dark Void, and arrived at that place of Pollution and distortion.

Subsequently, he saw the kneeling Jianxie.

And a terrifying monster still in the midst of gestation.

It was difficult for Li Heng to describe the shape of this monster in words.

Perhaps this monster had no shape; it was not a body of flesh and blood, but a pure concept, symbolizing the termination of Heaven and Earth. Upon seeing this monster for the first time, Li Heng knew that once this monster appeared in the Present World, it meant the Desperate Future would head toward termination!

Heaven and Earth have three stages.

Inception, Prosperity, and Termination.

And this monster occupied the last one!

Li Heng was thoughtful; no wonder the Three Sages were so afraid, even trembling instinctively. Just kidding, how could they not be afraid? A monster that represented the termination of everything once it appeared in the world.

It was just that, was this kind of monster too normal?

Such a thought suddenly popped into his mind.

Li Heng always felt that this termination monster did not fit the style.

It did not fit the style of that Mysterious Calamity and Mysterious Power.

If one were to say that the Mysterious Calamity and Mysterious Power made everything head toward Chaos, distortion, and corruption, eventually developing into an unspeakable state and falling into the Abyss of terrifying Unknown.

Then this monster, although it also had the characteristics of Chaos and distortion, had more of the trait of making Heaven and Earth terminate and everything return to Emptiness.

This trait was clearly too orderly.

Yes, too orderly.

Because the World also has the theory of formation, abiding, destruction, and Emptiness; unless it is a truly Eternal Great Heaven and Earth, destruction and termination are common principles. This was originally a part of order, not the Chaos and Unknown of the Mysterious Calamity.

Could it be that this monster and the Mysterious Calamity were not on the same side?

But didn't this monster also seem to have Chaos and distortion on it?

Li Heng immediately fell into deep thought.

He suddenly thought of the words spoken by the Immortal God figure before.

"Calamities in the Great Void are endless; this is the norm."

Perhaps there was more than just this one kind of calamity, the "Mysterious Calamity," in the Great Void? Was this monster the manifestation of another kind of calamity? Or perhaps this monster was just a derivative of the Mysterious Calamity, having undergone different degrees of mutation or degradation, which led to its inability to fully inherit that characteristic of Unknown Chaos?

Li Heng compared this termination monster with the Desperate Future monster and found that in terms of the characteristics of Unknown Chaos, the Desperate Future monster was still more authentic and purer.

But what was interesting was.

This End monster is right inside the Desperate Future monster.

Li Heng could also feel that if this End monster were truly successfully gestated, it would absolutely be able to lead the Desperate Future to its end and cause the Desperate Future monster to die.

He suddenly thought of a metaphor.

If one were to compare the Desperate Future monster to an adult, then this End monster would be a tumor inside the human body.

Once this End monster is successfully gestated, the tumor finishes developing and becomes malignant, then the person dies, and the Desperate Future monster dies as well.

Perhaps this is the relationship between the two?

Li Heng felt somewhat between laughter and tears; what kind of situation was this?

Did Heaven and Earth, in the future, suffer the Pollution of a Mysterious Calamity, undergo aberration, turn into a monster, and finally, unable to withstand it, die from the backlash?

Of course, Li Heng knew the relationship could not possibly be that simple.

After all, the truth behind the gradual death of the human race had not yet been figured out, and the essence of why this Desperate Future appeared and became the destined fate of Heaven and Earth was still because of that Mysterious Calamity and Mysterious Power.

It was not that the appearance of the Desperate Future caused the future of Heaven and Earth to be locked and become a destined fate; rather, it was because the future of Heaven and Earth was already locked that the Desperate Future appeared.

The Desperate Future is not the cause, but merely the result.

The relationships within were intricate and complex, and many necessary conditions for deduction were missing, so Li Heng could not be bothered to think about it so much; thinking about it would just be a waste of time.

In any case, they were all monsters, and monsters would die if killed.

He might as well slaughter them to exchange for Source Power.

Although he had now alerted the enemy, he could not be bothered to hide or cover things up; he would see just how deep the waters of this Desperate Future ran and what other strange and bizarre truths and monsters were lurking within.

And so, he threw a punch at that End monster.