Chapter 844: Is This a Hint?

"On a long time scale, power capable of destroying the Void can also be stretched into a gentle breeze," the Monarch sighed.

Only two days had passed outside for them, but twelve years had already passed in the dimensional space, meaning time had been stretched by 1,800 times. What attack could hurt Ang when reduced by 1,800 times?

"Indeed, time is the most powerful defense. Silver Coin's 'Discount' is already perverted, but this Time Extension Line can actually reduce it by 1,800 times? What kind of guy's attack can hurt Ang after being reduced by 1,800 times? That's why this dead skeleton has the leisure to steal the power of the Eternal Divine Light to fill his dimensional space," Negris said indignantly.

The 1,800-fold time extension resulted in an extreme time difference between the dimensional space and the outside world, making it unable to return to its main body now. If it weren't for Great Xiao Gu praying every day and establishing a faith-level connection with it, it wouldn't have been able to project itself inside.

This was a very strange phenomenon because its soul was in the main body, and the one on the Huang Tong Dragon was just a projection. Now its projection was still there, but it couldn't return to the main body. Had the projection become the main body?

Also, why would Great Xiao Gu's prayer establish a faith connection with it? How strange.

"Maybe it's praying for planting knowledge, so it got connected to you. Don't you still have a God of Common Sense godhood?" the Monarch guessed.

"Knowledge! It's Knowledge! You old immortal, you can't even remember the name. I'll spray you to death!!" Negris was so angry it sprayed dragon breath.

Seeing them go off-topic again, the Abyss Maw couldn't help but say, "However, there is no time in the eternal chaos state. All matter, energy, space, and time will sublimate into the original chaotic state. Theoretically, the Time Extension Line cannot be used in eternal chaos."

The Origin of Darkness said admiringly, "This might be where the lord is brilliant. He is creating a world. As long as there is life inside, there will be space, time, and everything. The Eternal Divine Light is doomed."

The Eternal Divine Light thought it could destroy everything by using eternal chaos. Indeed, this kind of power was very difficult to deal with, and even the Monarch had no clue. The only way he could think of was to run, staying as far away as possible.

However, being in the energy desert, where could one run to? When eternal chaos expanded infinitely and even swallowed space and time, it was useless no matter how far they ran. Sooner or later, they would be pulled back because the space between them would be swallowed.

No wonder Ang took the initiative to ask the Monarch to give him power. This seemed to be the only way to survive eternal chaos.

The Eternal Divine Light didn't release eternal chaos without a price. When the ultimate move was broken, what awaited it was extinction. Under the 1,800-fold time flow, the Eternal Divine Light had no means of counterattack. It was doomed.

"No, only life can perceive time. If there is no life, time has no meaning. Theoretically, if the Eternal Divine Light could kill all life in the dimensional space, the Time Extension Line might fail," the Monarch said.

"What's there to fear? If they're all killed, just reincarnate them as undead creatures," Negris said dismissively.

The Monarch shook his head. "No, time has no meaning to me. If there are only undead creatures, the magnification of time extension will drop significantly. If it drops to two or three times, it will have no meaning."

Negris and Anthony looked at each other, and after a while, they laughed out loud. "You're overthinking it. There's no need to worry about this at all. That dead skeleton must be thinking about planting vegetables. The little skeletons he raises have the same temperament as him, planting trees there every day."

Thinking of Ang's temperament of planting things everywhere, it seemed there was no need to worry. The Monarch also smiled with relief, leaning back comfortably, and a high-backed throne manifested behind him. "Then I'll just wait here slowly."

Time passed day by day. Gradually, only the Monarch, the Origin of Darkness, the Abyss Maw, Negris, Anthony, and a broken main plane remained in the entire Void.

The Monarch and the other Void origins didn't change much, but Anthony was unusually old, hunching his body and looking at the distance with dull eyes.

Seeing him like this, the Monarch sighed. "We all missed one thing. The Chaos Mist is the source of all life in the Void. Without the Chaos Mist, the entire Void no longer produces new consciousness, nor will there be new life. Your body is failing. Do you really not need me to reincarnate you as an undead?"

Anthony said somewhat slowly, "No need, Your Majesty. I feel the lord's summoning. I will be reborn in the new world."

"But..." Just as the Monarch wanted to say something, an elf riding a unicorn stepped through the air.

This elf had gray hair, and although her face with slight wrinkles was no longer youthful, it couldn't hide her beauty. Instead, because of the traces of time, she added more mature charm. It was actually Gailade.

However, Gailade, who was only in her early two hundreds, could only be considered an adult among the elves and hadn't reached the time of aging, but now she was this old.

Before she arrived, Gailade's voice came from afar: "Lord Anthony, we found a new Void Law Stele."

"A new Void Law Stele? How is that possible?" Anthony subconsciously looked at the Monarch.

Of the three Void Law Steles, one was dissolved by the red giant, and the other two were stuffed into Ang's space. The Monarch wouldn't have the leisure to create a fourth Law Stele, right?

The Monarch also shook his head in confusion, indicating it wasn't him.

A team of elves dragged the stele over. The leader was a female elf with a belt wrapped around her waist. Although she was also old, when she saw Anthony, she still naughtily raised her little finger, made a fist, and tapped her chest to say hello.

Anthony laughed hoarsely and shook his head helplessly. With the disappearance of the Chaos Mist, the Void no longer produced new life, and existing life was also aging rapidly. In just twenty years, all humans had died, leaving only long-lived species like elves, dragons, and dwarves.

Because of the reduction in food production and the lack of enough grain to brew wine, the bored dwarves sighed all day and died early. Now, only elves and dragons remained.

However, the elders among the elves had also died, such as Kailandair and Aistoria. Once these elves also died, only dragons and undead creatures would remain.

This was a situation no one had expected. No Chaos Mist means no new life? Could it be that humans, elves, and dragons were all born after the appearance of the Chaos Mist?

"Seems so. In the past, there were only some Void Elves created by the Tree God. Those low-level ancient gods, except for a few like the Iron-Scaled Scavenger, were also born in the Chaos Mist. There was no such thing as a material plane," the Abyss Maw recalled for a long time before saying.

Not only did all life perish, but even the planes were constantly swallowed. The Starburst Plane, the Pale Sea Plane, the Demon Abyss, etc., all fell into the red giant, leaving only the main plane.

The Monarch asked all the ancient gods who could move to hold onto the main plane, but even so, a small half of the main plane was torn away. The originally round ball became a hemisphere that had been bitten in half.

The fourth Void Law Stele was found at this missing hemisphere, near the center of the plane. No one had ever thought that such a stele would be buried deep in the plane.

When the Law Stele was dragged over, the Monarch couldn't help but float over and said in surprise, "It really is a new Law Stele, the fourth one. What is written on it? Consciousness is eternal and indestructible?"

"Could... could it be that there are more than three Void Laws? But four? Consciousness is eternal and indestructible, the world returns to chaos, the Void is endless, and ten thousand forces shall unify," Anthony muttered.

"What about the consciousness of the Law Stele? Drag it out and ask." The Monarch leaned over to look and said in confusion, "No consciousness? Not even a remnant? Did it not give birth to consciousness?"

This was another strange phenomenon. Of the four Void Law Steles, three had consciousness. After the Monarch killed them, the newly created steles were also introduced with their original consciousness, just with some memories erased.

However, this Law Stele simply had no consciousness. Either it hadn't given birth to consciousness, or it had given birth to consciousness a long time ago, but because time was too long, even the remnant consciousness didn't exist.

"Consciousness is eternal and indestructible... Consciousness is eternal and indestructible... Does this mean that after a creature dies, its consciousness doesn't disappear, but is constantly reborn?" Anthony asked.

"Yes, I've known about consciousness being indestructible for a long time. The Chaos Mist increases and decreases, but it has always been in a fixed range. Every time I kill an ancient god, the Chaos Mist increases a bit," the Monarch said.

Anthony muttered in a low voice, "No wonder..."

No wonder His Majesty liked killing ancient gods so much. His Majesty was never a bloodthirsty king. After Negris was captured, he muttered about him all day, and he didn't see him get angry. So chasing and killing ancient gods here in the Chaos Plane didn't fit his persona. It turned out it was because of this.

"Doesn't that mean that the creatures who died here didn't actually disappear, but were thrown into the lord's dimensional space? That's why there's no new life born here?" Anthony's eyes lit up, and his whole person suddenly became full of vitality.

The Monarch frowned at him and said, "Although consciousness is indestructible, memories will disappear. Consciousness is just the cornerstone that carries memories, and memories are the elements that constitute you. If memories disappear, you are no longer you. You are having a flash of brilliance before death. Do you really not want to reincarnate? It's still not too late."

Anthony shook his head. "No, I believe in the lord. He will protect me. I can vaguely feel his will. He needs me to carry out his will."

Just then, the Huang Tong Dragon, which had been standing still, suddenly opened its eyes, looked left and right, and its gaze landed on Anthony. "Dead? Hurry up and die. For every second you live here, I have to wait 1,800 seconds inside. Once you get in, hurry to Great Xiao Gu and find me. It's in a desert. If you don't get in, that desert will be planted into a forest."

"Soon, soon, having a flash of brilliance before death, dying immediately," Anthony muttered. While saying this, his eyes began to lose focus, and finally, his head tilted, and he croaked.

"..." I really admire you guys. Ang didn't make an appointment with you, so why are you all so sure he can protect you? Dying just like that. Anthony's way of dying suddenly made death seem a bit like child's play.

Negris said, "Although Ang is always busy planting things, he is still very reliable in this kind of thing. Everyone who has a soul connection with him will be protected. We believe in him."

After saying that, he exhorted, "You have to take good care of my body. My main body can't go back, and it will be troublesome if my body is lost again."

"Fine, fine, fine. I'll use it to cushion my butt later. It definitely won't be lost," the Monarch said.

"Hmph—Ptooey—" Negris spat at him and wanted to project himself in, but the Monarch called him to stop:

"Even if Anthony can retain his memories, he won't be able to find you for a while. For every second you stay outside, he has 1,800 seconds to find you. If you stay outside for a day, he has six years to find you. If you go in tomorrow, maybe he will be right in front of you."

That makes sense. However, Negris looked at the Monarch and shook his head, saying, "Forget it. I can only look at your old face outside. I'd rather go in and watch Great Xiao Gu plant trees."

After Negris finished speaking, his eyes began to lose focus, and he soon stood still in place.

"Hey, you even dislike me? This Negris has a big temper." The Monarch laughed hoarsely, returned to the throne, and hung him on the armrest.

Time passed day by day. After a period of time, Gailade also died of old age, the entire elf race died, and soon, the dragon race also died. The broken planes fell into the red giant, leaving only the sleeping undead creatures and the Monarch, the Maw, and the Origin of Darkness in the Void.

After an unknown number of years, a face suddenly emerged from the red giant. This face looked left and right, and finally, its gaze landed on the Monarch, and its head tilted.

"Ang?"

In a simple but clean toilet, Anthony emptied the impurities from his abdomen, reached into the toilet paper box, and his face turned black immediately: "Damn Negris, we've already arrived at a new dimension, and the curse is still there?"

Ever since he was cursed by Negris to have no paper when going to the toilet, Anthony hadn't touched paper when going to the toilet all these years. Either it fell inexplicably, or it got wet, or it broke. Anyway, he couldn't wipe his butt.

It didn't matter outside; he had holy light that could purify all filth. But here, he was just an ordinary person, knowing no magic, divine arts, or alchemy. Did he have to use his hand?

Anthony raised his right hand and prayed intently: "... How did the prayer for Purification go again? This... I haven't prayed properly for too long, I've forgotten it. Forget it, Lord, save me!"

With the pious prayer, Anthony's right hand lit up with holy light.

After wiping his butt clean, Anthony pushed the door and walked out of the toilet. A man waiting in line outside smiled and said, "Why was it so bright just now? Are you practicing alchemy in the toilet? Practicing alchemy in the toilet—panning for gold in feces, hahaha."

After the man finished speaking, he laughed to himself, not waiting for Anthony to respond, and rushed to occupy the pit.

Anthony also smiled helplessly. Even Purification could be recognized as alchemy. These alchemists really had no eye for quality.

Walking out of the toilet, an alchemist on roller skates slid past him with a whoosh. Not long after walking, a gnome drove a logging construct past on the road.

This was a force composed of alchemists, similar to the Alchemist Alliance, where all creatures practiced alchemy.

"What a strange place. Could it be a place established by those alchemists like Ladiard? Should I go find them and ask?" Anthony muttered in a low voice, but soon dismissed the idea: "They don't have a soul connection with the lord, so it's hard to retain memories. They probably don't recognize me anymore. If I find them, they will catch me immediately."

"Lord, what exactly do you want me to do? Give me a hint." Anthony muttered in a low voice. Just after finishing his sentence, he felt something reach into his pocket and take his money bag.

"Is this the hint?" ===== CHAPTER 845 =====