area51novel Chapter 175. Interrogation and Understanding
Chapter 175. Interrogation and Understanding
Chapter 175. Interrogation and Understanding
Beside the interrogation table, two figures, one in light and one in darkness, stood facing each other. Ji Yuan smiled as he looked into the void, completely unresponsive to his threats. Scare an Ultraman? What are you thinking?
"Tell me, I'd like to know what exactly could make me break down to the point of losing my mind."
The Void grinned maliciously, "The planets, galaxies, universes, and even the multiverse you see are just a game that can be overturned and started again at any time. What you do is meaningless. Everything is a cycle, and everything is nothingness."
He looked at Ji Yuan expectantly, trying to find fear, self-doubt, and a denial of the future on his face.
Unfortunately, Ji Yuan said calmly, "That's it? And then what? You don't think this will break me down, do you?"
He leaned closer, his expression shifting. "Are you really nothingness? Are you really the embodiment of destruction? That's a little ridiculous."
"Huh?" The void looked a little confused. They were sure that the Ultraman in front of them believed the words, but why was there no change in his emotional fluctuations?
"Don't you think it's meaningless that our thoughts, ideas, and actions will all become nothingness after countless years, and then start all over again?"
"Meaning?" Ji Yuan's eyes were unreadable. "Meaning is not something you define. If I think something has meaning, then it has meaning. I think, therefore I am. Now that I'm here, everything has meaning, and everything has hope."
"Arrogant!" Void merely chuckled disdainfully. "You don't know what you're facing? I suppose you understand some predetermined fate and have changed it, haven't you?"
Ji Yuan nodded, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, "So what?"
The Void's lips curled into a confident yet terrifying smile. "You must know the God of Stories."
"Yes."
"Do you know what impact these changes you've made will have on him?"
"This—I really don't know."
Upon hearing this reply, Void crossed his arms with confidence, "When you alter a predetermined fate, and this alteration accumulates to a certain extent, it will weaken the God of Stories' control over the story."
Each stage of change allows even more powerful beings to enter the multiverse. The God of Stories can't help with anything; he can only rely on the beings in the universe. The Sentinel and I once served as his accomplices, and well, you know how that turned out.
It turned out to be the case.
Ji Yuan finally glimpsed a corner of the fog. The God of Stories possessed unparalleled authority, but he himself was an outsider to the stories. The changes he made were tantamount to dividing the authority of the stories, which would naturally weaken the God of Stories' control to some extent.
But this may not be a bad thing. If it were, the god of stories would have already taken action. Perhaps there are other unknown secrets behind this.
Ji Yuan looked at the void and said expressionlessly, "Continue."
His expression changed slightly; he didn't sense even a trace of fear from the passing Ultraman.
"Aren't you worried that those powerful beings will destroy you?"
"I'm not afraid. In the universe, it doesn't matter who comes," Ji Yuan said with absolute confidence.
"Heh." The Void looked at Ji Yuan as if he were an idiot. "Those beings are immortal. They will enter the multiverse one after another to destroy you, the one who tried to disrupt the cycle of reincarnation. You have no idea how powerful they are."
"So you're saying you can't beat them, right? Then you don't deserve to be called the Incarnation of Destruction, you don't deserve to be called the Ultimate Nothingness!" Ji Yuan suddenly retorted to Nothingness.
He clearly remembered that in some situations, the Trinity Sentinel could almost be considered the number one under 0AA, so the situation seemed rather serious.
Void did not refute, but said something profound: "Void is also defined. You will understand later. Some things cannot be solved by confidence."
"Oh, you look so stupid, yet you can say such philosophical things. You really can't judge a book by its cover," Ji Yuan said with a smile.
"Ultraman, you are even more arrogant than I imagined. When you truly face all of that, you will know what powerlessness is, what absolute crushing is. Even that being about to enter the universe, you cannot defeat." Void didn't care about these taunts, but instead was very gloating.
"Tell me about it? I am invincible, there is nothing I cannot deal with." Ji Yuan said arrogantly, "That was a god, the true form of a god. I once tore apart his armor, absorbed his power, and devoured his soul. And now, I have returned to execute the power of the judge!" The Void was intoxicated, still savoring the taste of the god.
Ji Yuan immediately knew who the Void was referring to—it was none other than the Judge, Aristem. Perfect, killing a god would allow him to learn even more secrets.
Questioning isn't reliable enough, and my telepathy can't read things like the void. Since Arithm came from outside the multiverse, there shouldn't be any blockages, right?
"Then you don't need to worry about it. I'm confident I can handle him."
"You can't do it, but I have a way to help you." Xu Wu raised an eyebrow, and the seductive tone in his words was obvious to anyone.
Ji Yuan glanced at the void with an unwavering expression, then burst out laughing. He knew this old man had been up to no good all along; his earlier kind explanations were all for this one sentence.
"Tell me, how will you help me?" He stroked his chin, his face full of "eagerness."
A barely perceptible gleam of joy flashed in Void's eyes as he said, "Since you know about the Sentinel's Trinity, you can understand that a single power is not enough."
"Let me become one with you. Your divinity and humanity, combined with my destructive nature, will surely grant us incredible power. Then, we can end everything and annihilate all evil."
"That's it? You're too weak, you're not worthy of merging with me. Go play by yourself." Ji Yuan was extremely disappointed. He thought that Void would come up with some amazing plan, but it turned out to be merging. He could have beaten Void to death, and he was already restraining himself enough. Merging? He must be joking.
"No, you don't understand. I represent the combination of negative energy. I once stole a sliver of power that surpasses everything. Believe me, if we join forces, we can destroy all existence." Void immediately added.
Ji Yuan shook his head, his gaze towards the void filled with speechlessness. "You overestimate yourself. And has the cycle of reincarnation damaged your brain? Talking nonsense like this, you can just wait here for Robert to absorb all your power. You are not worthy of this power."
After saying that, he ignored the void and disappeared into this void world.
All that remained was the still-screaming void and the interrogation table that bound him.