Chapter 694: I Found the True Path

Seventh Loop...

Zhang Jie was able to descend in his true form onto the timeline to make changes.

He had gradually become a lonely soul that relied solely on obsession, though he himself seemed completely unaware of it.

In this loop, he seemed to have lost his goal somewhat; he didn't know what could be changed in his timeline.

The situation of the Mother God opposing the Evil God never came to pass; no matter how she was guided, as long as humanity had not been completely wiped out, she would not attack the Evil God.

Timeline dead file...

Eighth Loop...

The world had finally returned to its former state, yet it always gave an eerie feeling; the one who felt this most deeply was Lei Na.

As someone unaffected by the timeline, she was not much stronger than the Zhang Jie outside.

"Lei Na has been acting weird lately."

Zhang Jie lately has been a bit strange; he also sensed that something was off.

The most obvious manifestation was on Lei Na; although she still greeted him, cooked, and took care of others as usual.

but there was always a faint sense of detachment, which puzzled him; how could that feeling be described?

Everything seemed right, yet everything also seemed slightly off.

If forced to say, it was as if Lei Na were playing herself.

Yes, that's exactly the feeling.

"Lei Na."

"Huh? What's up, Master?"

Her face showed nothing amiss, the same gentle smile as always, but it lacked some genuineness.

Zhang Jie:....

"What's been going on with you lately?"

Upon hearing Zhang Jie's words, Lei Na's body tensed abruptly; Zhang Jie could clearly feel that all her muscles tightened at once.

This was an expression of extreme panic...

"Nothing, Master."

Zhang Jie stopped, not continuing his questioning, while Lei Na forced herself to turn around calmly.

"The soup on the stove is still boiling; I'll go check."

She hurried away from here, stopping only when she reached a place where Zhang Jie couldn't see her, then she gasped heavily.

Lei Na suspected that in the world she now inhabited, everyone around her was not human.

She felt she had entered some kind of ghost wall; otherwise, why would each day in this world be different?

A couple of days ago, Lei Na still thought this was her master playing tricks, and she vaguely guessed that there was a Zhang Jie outside changing something.

Perhaps there were many of them, but now she has changed that idea.

This world is too eerie, so eerie that it makes her doubt all her previous speculations.

Is the master before her eyes really a master?

Lei Na harbored this doubt, unaware that Zhang Jie's loop was still continuing.

Ninth Loop....

Zhang Jie made a slight adjustment to the relationship between the Mother God and Qi Yu; now the Mother God cannot fully control Qi Yu's actions.

Using the Mother God to push Qi Yu's power higher and higher, higher and higher, higher and higher!!!

Every step must be flawless; at each critical time point, he needs to make an extremely careful script adjustment.

After slaying three abnormal gods, the Zhang Jie controlling the timeline and Qi Yu recognize each other, allowing Zhang Jie to help Qi Yu resist the Mother God's control.

After.... attack the Evil God!!!

But... the result remained a failure; Qi Yu died, because he was not completely a Mother God.

The Evil God precisely caught onto this, and the ending remained one-sided.

Within the planets encircled by the stellar membrane of the star system, the Evil God is undoubtedly the strongest.

Only by successfully breaking through the Legendary Investigator does one have a chance to kill him, to face him directly.

But the problem lies here: everything Zhang Jie is currently doing revolves around actions premised on rewriting the tragedy.

This caused Si Luo, who originally would have sacrificed most of humanity, to have no chance to appear here. This means Zhang Jie cannot rely on the pollution accumulated by future Si Luo to advance.

Originally, to become a Legendary Investigator, there were only three paths.

Slay the Evil God and absorb its pollution; slay Si Luo and absorb the power gained from sacrificing most of humanity; slay the Mother God and use her power after killing the Evil God.

But these three conditions now form a perfect closed loop, a single-minded situation that has become a three-way gamble.

"Does one really have to kill most of humanity to do this?"

The Zhang Jie outside muttered to himself; even though he had now become an embodiment of obsession, he still instinctively did not want to carry out this heaven-defying, reason-less act.

So, is there really no way left?

Tenth Loop...

Zhang Jie finally chose to extend his sinful hands onto his timeline.

Si Luo? Keep him!

Ceng Tian? Don't save him!

Since nothing can be salvaged, nothing can be changed, we might as well move forward in the original direction.

Si Luo did not die; he duly became a Forbidden Permit, and the world‑level disaster that had never arrived came as promised.

Transcendent—this term, identical to the abilities of the Investigator, has become humanity's most terrifying nightmare.

The conflict began; everything unfolded just as Zhang Jie had anticipated, with masses of civilians starting to die, and the Forbidden Permit also losing three or more in this war.

Si Luo began to gather all the pollution accumulated by transcendent beings devouring civilians; although he himself could never reach the standard of a Legendary Investigator, it did not prevent him from making himself stronger.

The massive deaths of humanity allowed the mimic group to develop an extremely terrifying development, and Zhang Jie also obtained pollution many times more terrifying than in peaceful times during this chaotic era.

This time the ending was completely different; the Mother Goddess, because of humanity's large-scale deaths, chose to take the initiative to attack the Evil God.

And just as the Evil God, this 'mother', was halfway through nursing, Zhang Jie appeared.

He killed Si Luo, obtained terrifying pollution, and adding the Abnormal God he had slain not long before, his total pollution reached a certain critical value.

It is... Legendary Investigator!!!

The power of the Legendary Investigator is indescribable; in countless previous apocalypses, the Evil God that had utterly crushed Zhang Jie's side was completely insufficient this time.

Together with the Mother Goddess, Zhang Jie completely slaughtered the two greatest threats!

Did we win?

A word from the Evil God on the brink of death plunged Zhang Jie into contemplation.

"You cannot withstand the pollution of the entire world."

"You think that by defeating us you have won?"

"The Insect Tide outside will eventually devour you."

The true form of the Evil God lay deep in the crust of Cloud Star; when it was completely destroyed, a fluctuation more terrifying than the strongest pollution intensity in the world today burst forth instantly!

Ultra intensity? No!

It is supergalactic cluster-level intensity! An intensity capable of destroying all biological genes!

This is a nuclear explosion of a cosmic-level civilization, and what this place needs to cultivate are organisms capable of surviving at the center of this nuclear blast!

It is obvious, he is not...

Did we win? We won. But Qi Yu died, Lei Na also died, family also died...

Was everything he did truly correct?

"You have abandoned everything, you have gambled with fate, staking yourself and everyone as the bet; you lost, but the fire of civilization will not be extinguished just like that."

"Facing the dawn that the demon personally broke open, the world is reborn from fire, and the next century arrives as scheduled...."

"Fifth Ending: Demon!!!"

"Achieved!!!"