Chapter 138

"……"

"Hahaha!"

The Golden Pen Guest laughed.

Just as expected.

Exactly as he had guessed.

"Yes, Golden Pen Guest."

He shook his head.

"What a pity."

"I too am only a Golden Pen Guest, unable to change anything. Even though I know the future, I cannot change it. All I can do…"

"…is sketch out that future and spread it to the world as a warning. But from ancient times till now, those who can both see it and act on it are few and far between."

"The future holds no variables left—only darkness remains."

"The Golden Spacetime…"

"…is destined to fail."

He shook his head and began to speak of the future.

Lin Yu's eyes narrowed slightly.

Fail?

According to the Golden Pen Guest's words, the future he had sketched out—the Golden Spacetime…

…was a failure!

But according to the plot Lin Yu knew, the ultimate future of the Golden Spacetime was mutual destruction. So all the battles of good and evil were handed off to the Iron Spacetime. Once the Iron Spacetime fell, the Demon Realm would completely occupy the Twelve Spacetime.

But after a moment's thought, he understood the reason.

The future of the Golden Spacetime was utterly hopeless!

But…

Why mutual destruction?

Naturally, it was because of…

…the Golden Pen Guest right before his eyes!

According to the story's trajectory, Wang Da Dong, Wang Yase, and Ding Ding Ding Xiaoyu—with combat power indices below ten thousand—simply could not stand against Black Dragon.

But the Golden Pen Guest intervened time and again, and in the end, the Golden Spacetime only managed a mutual destruction.

Yet this also led to one consequence…

Which was…

In the future story Lin Yu had seen, the Golden Pen Guest seemed to have vanished completely.

The Golden Pen Guest's identity was undoubtedly extremely mysterious, but he was also bound by certain rules and could not make changes—otherwise, something terrible would happen.

"What I have sketched out…"

"…is the Golden Pen's future, and it cannot be changed."

"But…"

"You are different."

He looked at Lin Yu, and on his smiling face appeared a rare Solemn expression.

"You are the variable. After you appeared, the future I had sketched out…"

"…has already become blurred."

"But never before has a variable been able to entangle and set the entire story in motion."

"You did it."

He looked Lin Yu up and down.

No matter what…

…he could not see through him.

The Lin Yu before his eyes was mysterious to the extreme. Even the Golden Pen could not sketch out his future; it could only sketch out part of his future through the people, events, and things around him.

From ancient times till now…

…variables had appeared, but never one that could change the grand scheme of things.

"So…"

"Senior, what business do you have with me?"

Lin Yu asked calmly, wanting to know the Golden Pen Guest's purpose.

"……"

The Golden Pen Guest fell silent for a moment.

Then he opened his mouth and said:

"The things you know…"

"…as they are gradually exposed, will push the future's trajectory toward an irreversible change, causing countless variables to appear."

"For example…"

The Golden Pen Guest's voice paused briefly, and his gaze on Lin Yu did not rush to reveal the answer.

"In the future I have sketched out, the three Golden Pen dragons are Wang Da Dong, Wang Yase, and Ding Ding Ding Xiaoyu. They are the Golden Spacetime's final hope."

"Whether it is Blade Maniac, Blade Ghost, or any other problem, none can stop Black Dragon's advance."

"Therefore…"

"In the end, only they remain to face the final darkness, and the ending is destined to be dark—unless…"

"A variable can appear."

He did not mention that he himself was that variable, but instead spoke the original ending.

"So."

"You want to become the variable."

Lin Yu looked toward Golden Pen Guest.

The Golden Pen Guest before him—he wanted to help the Golden Spacetime, otherwise, given the Golden Pen's ending, the Golden Spacetime's future was destined to be dark.

"……"

"……"

"……"

Golden Pen Guest was slightly taken aback.

He had not expected.

The Lin Yu before him.

Had actually seen even this clearly.

"You……"

Then, he shook his head, and in the end did not continue speaking.

"That's right."

"I want to become the variable."

"This way, even if I cannot defeat evil, I can still make both sides suffer, leaving a sliver of life for the Golden Spacetime—those who come later will always have a chance to win."

"But……"

He looked toward Lin Yu.

"Your appearance has already made this future gradually uncontrollable."

"How should I put it……"

He thought for a moment, organizing his words.

"Have you ever thought about why I would become the variable at the final, crucial moment?"

Golden Pen Guest's words.

Made Lin Yu fall into slight contemplation.

That's right.

Why did Golden Pen Guest only act at the very end? He could have acted earlier, let Blade Madman face Black Dragon, let Blade Madman know Black Dragon's future movements, and thereby……

Let good triumph.

But he did not do so.