Chapter 151: The End Library / The Silent World

Sun Wukong's smile on his face grew ever brighter!

"Go, the next place!"

"Continue..."

"Seek the Master!"

As the words fell, he no longer lingered for a moment.

Grabbing the still-dazed Yao, he stepped in a single stride into the spatial rift torn open roughly by the Golden Cudgel!

Endless streams of light raced backward beside the two of them.

This traversal was unlike any before.

Sun Wukong could feel it clearly.

At his own brow, the Void Dao Seed that had already merged with his divine pattern was emitting an unprecedentedly clear guidance!

It was no longer the vague sensation he had before.

Instead it was an incredibly precise coordinate pinpoint!

He could even pre‑sense the rough outline of the next world!

"Hold on tight!"

Sun Wukong let out a low shout, and his forward speed surged again!

Yao only felt a flash before her eyes; the massive tearing force of the time‑space jump made her instinctively clutch Sun Wukong's arm.

She couldn't tell how long had passed.

Perhaps a moment.

Perhaps ten thousand years.

When the end of the pitch‑black rift ahead finally let out a faint amber glow.

Sun Wukong suddenly halted his steps.

He, with Yao, stepped out of the spatial tunnel in a single stride!

However.

The brand‑new world they had expected did not appear.

Below them was void.

All around was also a stretch of void.

But the strangest thing wasn't the void itself.

It was…

Silence!

An ultimate, death‑like silence!

There was no sound here.

No wind.

No sound of energy flowing.

Even their own heartbeats and breaths seemed completely erased by an unseen force!

"What... what kind of place is this?"

Yao's face bore an unmistakable shock.

She tried to make a sound.

But her mouth was clearly moving.

Yet no syllable came out.

Her voice, the moment it formed, was completely "absorbed" by this world.

Sun Wukong said nothing.

He merely furrowed his brows slightly, scrutinizing this eerily extreme Universe.

Soon.

He soon discovered something amiss.

This world truly wasn't empty.

Not far away, massive "stars" floated.

Only these stars emitted no light nor heat.

They displayed an extremely ancient, parchment‑like, dim yellow texture.

On them were even lines resembling folded page creases.

"This feeling..."

Sun Wukong reached out, vaguely grasping the nearest "star".

That star, as large as the moon in the primordial world, was instantly pulled before him with supreme power!

Yao stepped forward.

When she saw the surface of that "star," she was stunned.

It wasn't a star at all!

It was clearly a book magnified billions of times...

A book!

A gigantic volume bound from unknown ancient parchment!

Sun Wukong's gaze swept over this "book planet".

Then he looked toward the farther "stars" and "dust".

His pupils contracted slightly.

He, finally, understood!

This universe!

It is actually a boundless, enormous library!

Every celestial body is a huge bookshelf!

And those so-called "stars" and "dust" are just books placed on the shelves...

Books!

This discovery made Yao feel a chill rising from the depths of her soul!

A universe composed of a "library" and "books"?

This has already exceeded her cognition!

Out of an uncontrollable curiosity.

Yao reached out her hand and lightly touched that enormous "book" before her.

The next second.

That book seemed to sense her will.

The pages turned on their own.

With a rustle, it opened one page.

Immediately after!

A massive, unimaginable torrent of information instantly surged into Yao's mind!

That was a civilization called "Galán".

From the birth of the first single-celled organism.

To developing brilliant technology capable of crossing star systems.

And then, due to an unavoidable internal war, ultimately heading toward self-destruction—the entire history!

This information was massive and incredibly precise!

Precise to the point that, in that civilization, every living being's,

every breath! every heartbeat! even every insignificant thought!

"Ugh..."

Yao's complexion instantly turned deathly pale!

【88> She violently pulled back her hand, her body uncontrollably retching!

She, suddenly, withdrew her hand, her body, uncontrollably, began to retch!

The feeling of forcibly injecting the history of billions upon billions of living beings of a civilization into one's mind!

It is simply too terrifying!

It was as if her "self" were to be completely blown apart and then assimilated!

Sun Wukong grabbed and steadied her.

At the same time, his gaze, tinged with a hint of coldness, looked toward the deepest part of this enormous library.

He was here.

He sensed the aura of the third Void Seed.

It was obvious.

This Dao Seed had already completely merged with this strange library universe.

It had become the... of this library.

"Administrator."

Just as this thought arose in Sun Wukong's mind.

In the void before them.

Countless dim-yellow ancient text symbols appeared out of nowhere!

These symbols continuously gathered, spun, and recombined!

Finally!

A vague humanoid form composed entirely of countless text symbols.

It silently appeared before them.

It had no facial features.

And no trace of life aura.

The next second.

A thought wave devoid of any emotion, like the coldest cosmic rays, swept over Sun Wukong and Yao.

【Welcome to the 'Terminal Library'.】

【You two…】

【'Unrecorded' existences.】

The text-formed "Library Librarian" had thoughts that were utterly calm.

It was as if stating a fact as simple as can be.

【My duty is to record.】

【Record everything that has happened.】

【What is happening.】

【And everything that will happen.】

【My goal is 'omniscience'.】

Its voice continued to resonate in the two people's seas of consciousness.

【Not long ago, I fortuitously merged with a seed named 'Emptiness'.】

【It enabled me to realize the ultimate truth of this Chaos Sea.】

【All things will ultimately return to Emptiness.】

【This truth is so wonderful, so perfect.】

The Library Librarian's body seemed to fluctuate slightly from excitement.

【I understand it as……】

【All stories should have a perfect 'ending'.】

【All variables should be thoroughly 'written'.】

【Any unpredictable 'new story' is a desecration of this 'perfection'.】

【So……】

【I have forbidden this universe from producing any 'new story'.】

【That is, what you call……】

【'Free will'.】

Upon hearing this.

Sun Wukong laughed.

That smile was full of undisguised mockery.

Another self-conceited fool.

Another impostor who twisted Master's 'Emptiness' Dao!

That 'Library Librarian' seemed not to have noticed Sun Wukong's mockery.

It, whose body was made of text, slightly bowed toward the two.

As if performing an ancient rite.

【So, you two 'unrecorded' existences.】

【Please, immediately, halt your steps.】

【Put your past, present, and future……】

【All, 'orally' spoken out.】

【So that I may record it into a book.】

【Then……】

【As a complete book.】

【Forever stay on your bookshelf.】

【This is your best, and also only, ending.】