Chapter 227: The sky collapses, then let's flee!

"Another death......"

Xue Xuan's life was heading toward self-destruction; although this was merely a side plot about to be erased, the despair conveyed by the information still let observer Zhao Si empathize, and he couldn't help but sigh softly.

The earlier worries about the Six Saints' whereabouts and the cause of the Heavenly Court's downfall were easily answered in Jin Bing's analysis.

Good news, there was no imagined extraterrestrial machine descent, and the Six Saints weren't dead!

Bad news, the problem erupted inside the Primordial Wasteland, and it was so severe that even the Six Saints couldn't withstand it, they could only flee!

"Even the Six Saints can only flee, how am I supposed to find a solution?"

Zhao Si anxiously grabbed his hair:

The essence of this game's gameplay is puzzle-solving by leveraging circumstances, trying to use existing high-level power to solve seemingly insurmountable problems, rather than relying on the protagonist's personal heroism to defeat enemies.

This point had already been made clear in the first two chapters:

Jin Bing couldn't possibly beat Di Jun, and Jiao Ming couldn't unscathedly condense the Heavenly Dao; this game has always been a pitfall where enemy and our strength are extremely asymmetrical!

So Jin Bing could only bind the Six Saints to himself to blast Di Jun's Heavenly Court, and Jiao Ming could only self-sacrifice, leaving his true spirit to the Third Number Little Bird, so that the Third Number Little Bird could clear the level.

And now in chapter three, damn it, even the Six Saints have actively fled, leaving Xue Xuan to borrow whose power?

"Moreover, even if he could borrow the Six Saints' power, they'd be useless! If it could really be solved, the Six Saints wouldn't have fled; why should a mere mortal like Xue Xiaozi have to worry about this..."

Zhao Si's favorite saying used to be "When the sky falls, a tall person props it up," but now the sky really is falling, yet all six tall people have fled, leaving a bunch of useless mortals in a shaky house waiting to die!

What exactly have these mortals done to offend the Six Saints?! What grudge, what resentment?

So it's obvious that what faces Xue Xuan is a desperate situation, the most hopeless and darkest desperate situation.

"Xue Xuan self-destructs with Primordial Wasteland power, aside from rolling back and gathering more info, it's also because he truly found no hope, thus giving rise to suicidal thoughts..."

Zhao Si basically watched Xue Xuan grow up, so he knows this kid's thoughts completely:

He's just had a mental breakdown!

"Could it be that this chapter really has no way to clear?"

Zhao Si frowned in thought; theoretically the game wouldn't give players a chapter that's fundamentally impossible to clear, so there must be a solution.

But…… he couldn't think of a solution; the top figures of the Primordial Wasteland are just those, even the Six Saints at the pinnacle can't do it, so what can the lower mortals and cultivators use?

"Heavenly Dao Hongjun? Minghe?"

The options are just these two.

"But given the Primordial Wasteland's current scale, even if we let them cease fire to fully support the Primordial Wasteland, it's still insufficient expenditure, fundamentally impossible to solve the root problem..."

Zhao Si the more he thought, the more numb his hands became; any deduction was useless.

"At best, with only one or two saints, we could only delay the Primordial Wasteland's demise as much as possible; when the time comes, we still have to die..."

Wait a moment!

Zhao Si suddenly had a flash of inspiration, clapped his palms, and muttered:

"Have I gotten the direction wrong? Who says the way to clear must be to save the Primordial Wasteland?"

The Primordial Wasteland world is like a broken ship, obviously beyond saving, but whether the Primordial Wasteland lives or dies, what does it matter to Xue Xuan?

The essence of this game is only one way to clear: guarantee that the protagonist Xue Xuan can survive; as long as Xue Xuan is immortal, it counts as clearing!

To make Xue Xuan immortal, we just need to change his location; staying in the Primordial Wasteland means death, but fleeing to Chaos would be fine!

The Six Saints can flee, why can't I?

Damn it, let's all flee!

"But...... how to flee?"

Zhao Si pondered for a moment, his attention naturally focusing on the two remaining saints of the Primordial Wasteland:

"To leave the Primordial Wasteland, only a saint can act…… we need to get Hongjun Heavenly Dao or Minghe to help!"

"Then the plan going forward will be set along this direction!"

Having decided on a feasible plan, Zhao Si didn't hesitate and chose to continue the game:

"Time reversal!"

【Time has already reversed……】

【……Standing outside the prison cell, you, who are hesitant, decide to save again, you choose: (?)】

【A: Go in, just rush it! B: Don't go in, make long-term plans!】

"Choose B."

【You chose B, don't go in, make long-term plans!】

【Having deeply felt the strength of the Pangu Prison, you certainly won't repeat the same mistake this time, so you decisively brought a clueless Jin Bing out of the underground.】

【Having retreated to the surface, you immediately, in the name of the Heavenly Emperor, designated Mount Buzhou as an absolutely off-limits forbidden zone, to protect the lives of all beings in the Primordial Wasteland!】

【Afterward, you temporarily resided with a bunch of pirated ancients at the foot of Mount Buzhou, one side conducting field research on the mountain's various mysteries, the other side asking them about its secrets.】

【Having Jin Bing's experience, you now dare not regard this group as completely pirated; they must also hide some usable information like Jin Bing does, only it hasn't been uncovered yet.】

【And while chatting with them to increase understanding of Mount Buzhou, deep down you're filled with confusion about the future……】

【This world is already beyond saving, even the Six Saints have given up, let alone me?】

【Ding! In the midst of confusion, you place your last hope on "another self"; back then Jin Bing relied on this trick to win every battle, ultimately achieving a perfect ending; theoretically you should also be able to…… you choose (?) please fill in freely!】

"If you ask for a strategy, of course it's to flee!"

Zhao Si, having already set the strategy direction, had no hesitation:

"The Primordial Wasteland is doomed to destruction, so you should flee like the Six Saints, entering the Eternal Primordial Wasteland opened by the Six Saints!"

"But to leave the Primordial Wasteland, you definitely can't do it alone; you need a saint's help, as for which saint……"

There are only two options, choose Minghe or Hongjun Heavenly Dao?

"Minghe…… no good, his stance is hard to discern; although we can now confirm he didn't kill the Six Saints, the Heavenly Realm's harvest‑cutting scheme is definitely his doing, killing countless beings, he truly can't be blindly trusted, otherwise not only would fleeing fail, but we'd get chopped to death."

"As for Hongjun Heavenly Dao……"

Zhao Si pondered briefly:

Although the Hongjun Heavenly Dao previously pulled off the absurd operation of "demon upon demon", and forcibly stopped the Golden Heaven Emperor's attainment of sainthood, bringing great obstacles and trouble to himself in chapter one.

But now is different from the past; in the plot already passed in chapter three, the Hongjun Heavenly Dao had actually shown him goodwill, for example, when Xue Xuan's first life ended, Xue Xuan launched a fireball that bombarded the River of the Underworld, buying a moment of respite for the suppressed Hongjun Heavenly Dao.

In that brief respite, he actually spent time stirring up a useless spiritual energy revival, which clearly was a friendly gesture toward Xue Xuan and Zhao Si!

And in the recent side story, Xue Xuan blew up Mount Buzhou, and the Hongjun Heavenly Dao once again specifically stabilized heaven and earth.

This shows that he stands on the position of the safety of the wilderness, theoretically aligning with Xue Xuan's stance, so if Xue Xuan wants to run, the Hongjun Heavenly Dao will likely give support!

"However, it's not good to arbitrarily divide friends and foes right now; we should first not reveal our stance… we should throw this question to both saints at once and see how they react!"

Having made up his mind, Zhao Si continued to give orders:

"You should ask them to send you and all beings of the wilderness away from this world that is doomed!"

【"Start to run……"】

【A message from the vast unknown makes you suddenly realize: Right! Why should I stubbornly cling to the wilderness without letting go? The saints have all run, so why can't I run?】

【Your eyes flash with determination, you slap your hands together: Let's do it!】

【Thus, you decide to go into outer space, to talk with the two saints whose friend and foe are hard to distinguish……】

【You don't need anyone to accompany you for this; after instructing Jin Bing to take full charge of the Heavenly Court, you eagerly rush alone to outer space to meet the saints!】

【The distance between this land and outer space is extremely vast; in your previous life you could reach outer space only by riding Mount Buzhou as an elevator inside the Immortal Realm, which allowed you to quickly reach your destination.】

【But this life you don't need that; although you haven't yet broken through to Taiyi, you are at the peak of a Golden Immortal, capable of crossing space, greatly shortening travel time, so you use Golden Immortal divine abilities to speedily rush to the eternal, lofty expanse of outer space.】

【This is the first time you rely on your own power to go to outer space, using Mount Buzhou as a landmark to confirm your bearings; this journey thus becomes an eternity……】

【On the way.】

【On the way.】

【On the way……】

【Even though you are a venerable Golden Immortal, you actually vomited from flying; only after a full thousand years did you barely see the end of Mount Buzhou.】

【And after crossing several more spaces, you finally returned to the point you last reached in your previous life: the boundless expanse of outer space!】

【Looking down from here, the scenery of the five directions and five realms lies before your eyes, like an exquisite sand table; while the hollow Mount Buzhou, no longer receiving the immortals' delivery of scallions, seems to have turned into a silent dead volcano.】

【Looking up, you see only the huge sun, moon, and stars floating and slowly moving in the air; the ancient aura strikes your mind, evoking a feeling of infinite loneliness and desolate shock……】

【After a moment of shock, your gaze shifts, and you quickly find the goal of this journey.】

【One red, one purple— the red eerily bright, the purple divinely sacred— two humanoid colossi drift in the air, moving together with the sun, moon, and stars without cease, resembling an ancient star mottled red and purple……】

【The crimson colossus wields a pair of vicious swords, pinning the purple colossus down firmly; neither moves at all.】

【Such a strange sight, even though you were mentally prepared, you still can't help but lose yourself in it……】

【What is the reason for their fight?】

【This doubt arises again in your heart…… but this matter has nothing to do with you, so you compose yourself, offering full respect: "Wild cultivator Xue Xuan of the mortal realm, I pay my respects to the two saints!"】

【The two colossi simultaneously turned their gaze toward you; although their forms remained still, their expressions changed: the red one astonished, the purple one delighted!】

【Afterward……】

【The purple colossus shouted: "Help me! Help me! I can save the world!"】

【The red colossus, delayed by its astonishment, then shifted its gaze and also shouted: "Help me! Help me! Only I can save the world! He's a liar!"】

【You:?】

……

(End of chapter)