Chapter 1356: That Is No Path Forward, But a Trap

That is not the road ahead, but a trap.

The Seeing Zhen Xin before him had an extremely hoarse voice and an unusually pale face. Though she was doing her utmost to conceal something, Cheng Shi could tell that the yellow mist continuously dripping from behind her was not overflowing 【Chaos】 power, but rather something disguised as mist... blood.

"You're injured?"

Cheng Shi's pupils contracted sharply, unable to believe it.

Who could wound a deity to such a state?

The yellow-mist Seeing Zhen Xin smiled and shook her head:

"No, you're seeing things. It's the 【Chaos】 power overflowing from my body that polluted you, giving you an illusion.

Perhaps you're curious why my body carries 【Chaos】 power... hmm?

You're not curious at all!

You know I've inherited the authority of 【Chaos】?"

At this, the yellow mist before Cheng Shi boiled once more, and the smile on Seeing Zhen Xin's face vanished instantly. A flash of shock first crossed her eyes, followed by a flash of urgency. She stepped forward, wanting to grab Cheng Shi and say something, but fearing the aura on her body would pollute him, she could only forcibly restrain the agitation in her heart and said with utmost solemnity:

"It seems she has also inherited the authority of 【Chaos】, then you are very close to us.

But this is not a good thing!

Remember every word I say next: do not touch 【Origin】 power, do not use 【Origin】 power, do not keep 【Origin】 power!

That is absolutely not sweet honey, but a deadly poison!

No matter where your future leads, in short, throw it away!

Otherwise, once you come into contact with it, no matter how brilliant the future you foresee may be, it will not be the road ahead, but a trap!

【Origin】 power should not belong to any single world. It is indeed omnipotent, but it has never represented rebirth — only destruction!

We only realized it after our failure, that when the first wisp of 【Origin】 power descended upon the world, that world had already begun its countdown to destruction.

The laughable thing is, we actually regarded this power as our final trump card, foolishly attempting a world reset when we failed.

There won't be a second time. The time 【*He】 leaves for each world is not much, unless...

No, we never walked that path, so we cannot give you guidance.

Cheng Shi, you only need to remember — no matter what plans you have, cast aside 【Origin】 power, otherwise everything will remain shrouded in the Creator's shadow.

Just like... us."

As she spoke, the yellow mist behind Seeing Zhen Xin began churning once more, and that continuously torn, wretched state reappeared before Cheng Shi's eyes.

Seeing Zhen Xin looked back at herself with self-mockery, "See? True nothingness is devouring everything. When the day comes that Chaos is completely consumed, the Spacetime Storm will arrive.

That is the destruction of the old experiment, and the beginning of a new one..."

Spacetime Storm!

The instant Cheng Shi heard this term, he thought of that pitch-black storm, and that long bridge that could send life wherever the will directed. So its appearance actually signified the destruction of one world and the birth of another?

Then which world had silently perished during the Spacetime Storm he experienced back then?

Cheng Shi was greatly shaken, but what shocked him even more was that 【Origin】 power was actually a deadly poison!

Then why did that Fun God still use that fake curtain call to fish for a wisp of 【Origin】 power?

Breaking the jar and letting it smash?

No, the Fear Faction is still alive. They must be thinking of a way.

Cheng Shi steadied his mind, forcefully suppressing the shock and doubt in his heart. Facing a deity, he could not judge whether the other's words were true or false, but out of respect for the Clown and trust in Seeing Zhen Xin, he still chose to believe.

He took a deep breath and said again, "Thank you, Seeing Zhen Xin."

The yellow-mist Seeing Zhen Xin visibly froze, clearly not expecting Cheng Shi to call her that. A hint of nostalgia appeared in her eyes as she looked at him, and she smiled:

"Just the obsession of a dying person, perhaps it scared you, but Cheng Shi, don't doubt yourself — you must believe in yourself.

I can roughly guess the reason you and I met. You need a Spacetime Storm to reach the real universe?"

"..."

Hearing this, Cheng Shi's expression changed, and he dared not continue the conversation.

For the other party to ask this question meant she had the ability to "create" a Spacetime Storm at any time. But this storm only appears at the destruction of a world. As a living individual in that world, even if Seeing Zhen Xin inherited the divine seat and became a deity, could she represent that world?

Yes, of course she could!

On the premise that only She herself remained in that world!

At that time, Her destruction would be the world's destruction!

"They..."

Seeing Zhen Xin was silent for a long while, then lowered her head, "Still want to try, but the more people try, the fewer remain, and in the end there is simply no way forward.

The reason I've lingered until now is not to wait for you, but to wait and see if there's still a chance to meet her... any version of her would do.

But now it seems, everything was a vain hope.

If my death can let you all go one step further than we did, then haven't I beaten Them all?

Hehe~

I am the final winner.

They really are trash."

As she spoke, the chaotic yellow mist suddenly froze completely.

Cheng Shi's heart clenched sharply. He instinctively reached out to hold her back, but it was already too late.

The lonely resolve finally welcomed true freedom, and at the same time drew a full stop for that world clinging to its last breath!

The magician within the chaotic yellow mist completed her curtain call with a collapse, and also brought the sole spectator in the audience a Spacetime Storm of terrifying extremity.

Watching his vision filled with restless, disordered pitch-black orbs of light, Cheng Shi held his breath, expressionless.

He had grown somewhat numb to everything before him.

Every world has its wrong paths — who can be certain their own road ahead is not a wrong path?

No one can. No one at all.

Just grit your teeth and keep moving forward.

Darkness descended.

Time collapsed, space caved in, and the silent, soundless storm of spacetime swallowed the fleeting shadow of a black gauze skirt in the gap of 【Existence】.

Unfortunately, she never got to see it in the end.

The storm inside the gap of 【Existence】 was ultimately different from the real universe. This time Cheng Shi did not enter some dark space, nor was he swept into some unfamiliar world — he was flung directly into the real universe, appearing on the Spacetime Whale Bridge after the storm.

Watching the giant Void-Whales swallow the black and spit out the white, Cheng Shi suddenly felt a sense of "just like yesterday."

A true just-like-yesterday.

But he had clearly only seen these giant beasts not long ago — why did he have the illusion that a great deal of time had already passed?

Cheng Shi shook his head, casting off the stray thoughts. He knew time waited for no one, and he did not have much time to waste here either. From this moment on, he had to quickly achieve the purpose of coming to the real universe.

And the first step to completing the mission was to find a fellow traveler on the Whale Bridge!

He had not forgotten that when two lives sharing the same goal met, a target world would be anchored beneath the Whale Bridge — so a single person could not borrow the power of spacetime to move atop the Whale Bridge.

He had tried using his shadow, but perhaps because the "split" was not thorough enough, he had failed.

Still, Cheng Shi was not in a hurry, because he knew how to find another person's figure on the Whale Bridge.

Even though he did not know who that person he was about to encounter would be, he was certain that such a person definitely existed in the real universe!

So Cheng Shi shifted his mind and vanished on the spot.

When he opened his eyes again, a figure had indeed appeared at the far end of the long bridge — only the identity of this figure greatly exceeded Cheng Shi's expectations.

How could it be......

"Big Cat!?"