And so it began to look for a way out — a way to safely weather this disaster in an age that had grown abstract and absurd.
The first solution it thought of was to find the [Oblivion] Envoy who had once destroyed its kingdom, and have Herobos take it sowhere far away — to flee.
Herobos was a pitiable divine being in its own right. It had been boxed in from all sides by that mortal — lost the Container and unable to claim the throne. In a sense, the two of them were "fellow sufferers sharing the sa misfortune." This world had clearly stopped having room for either of them. Better to run than to wait and slowly perish.
Yu Go knew there were other worlds beyond this one. Yes — in an era when even true gods hadn't seen the full picture, this self-styled Runaway Emperor sohow knew everything. Not because it had eavesdropped on so true god. Because it had found a "reminder" in its most secret hiding place.
Yu Go was suprely confident in its ability to conceal itself. It believed almost no one short of a true divine being could find it. So on that day — finding that ssage in its own hiding place — its sky collapsed.
Only a true divine being could bypass every concealnt asure and locate it. And yet Yu Go had never had contact with any true divine being. Why would they bypass its patron to deliver a divine revelation directly to it?
Yu Go didn't want to read the ssage — but also didn't dare not to. And when it finally saw what was written there... it discovered sothing far more terrifying than any divine revelation. An intruder whose handwriting was identical to its own had left it a ssage: the world was on the brink of destruction; to survive, it had to abandon its identity and power, and leave this world behind.
Yu Go was stunned.
The writer had specifically emphasized that the worlds were not [Ti]'s projections, but independent starry skies — where gods different from those currently in this universe existed. Only by leaving and finding a new world could it hope to escape the [Void] ending of the era's curtain call.
Yu Go wasn't stupid. On the contrary, it was extrely sharp. It quickly determined that this was another-world-version of itself leaving a warning for it. It was deeply grateful. But — it knew perfectly well that its divine power was the only thing it still had left. It couldn't abandon it.
Besides, it had never been to the world outside and had no idea what it was like there. If it really abandoned everything and the dangers outside turned out to be everywhere, how would it handle that?
And it kept its guard up toward the warning itself — even though the other-world self had also left a dinsion-crossing tool. Still, cowardly Yu Go couldn't make up its mind.
Until it watched Cheng Shi — right in front of all the gods — toy with them and personally take the [Chaos] throne from Justice (Order)'s hands and hand it to another mortal.
In that mont, Yu Go was afraid. Genuinely afraid. The absurdity of the [Void] era had exceeded everything it could imagine. So it steeled itself to leave this world — to escape from the absurd and twisted [Void] ending.
But the world outside was too "dangerous" — it couldn't go alone. It needed an "escape partner." And thinking about it over and over, the only viable divine candidate seed to be... Herobos.
Even though the Hand of Purifying Weevil had once annihilated its kingdom — there was no ti to dwell on that now. They were both servant gods of [Descent], which counted as a kind of "kinship." And so ca the scene unfolding today.
Yu Go stood before Herobos, laying out its escape plan one step at a ti with extre caution, watching Herobos's reactions closely. If anything seed off, or if Herobos looked about to "report" it, it planned to activate the tool imdiately and flee.
Herobos was... dumbstruck.
It had been busy thinking about how to leverage [Void] to reclaim [Oblivion]'s throne that belonged to it — and now Yu Go was telling it the world wasn't the only one out there, that there were many [Oblivion] thrones in other worlds available for the taking.
The question was... had those other worlds' [Oblivion] also annihilated itself?
"..."
Herobos thought for a long while. Looking at the badly-startled-bird state of Yu Go, it managed a strained smile, shook its head, and declined the escape plan.
"I underestimated you, Yu Go. I have to say — daring to stand before
already proves your courage. Daring to flee this world... even more so. But I cannot go."
"You still have designs on that throne?" Seeing the escape partner squad about to fall apart before it even ford, Yu Go panicked. "Wake up! That's going to be that kid's sooner or later! [Void] is playing you — can't you see that?"
Herobos smiled grimly. "Of course I can see it. But regardless of whether [Void] obtains [Oblivion]'s throne or not — they can't deny my 'contribution' in all of this. Given that, I can beco the non-[Void] servant god closest to [Void] in this era. They have no reason to reject a 'free enforcer.' Through that, I can receive [Void]'s protection. If [Void] will decide whether the era ends or not — why should I, protected by them, leave?"
"?"
The explanation tangled Yu Go up entirely. It stood there for a mont thinking — and felt that what Herobos was saying seed... actually to make sense.
But it still wasn't ready to give up. It didn't want to beco a "world-crossing rat" alone. So it offered a pessimistic prediction:
"What good is protection? If the world is destroyed — [Void] would be destroyed alongside it. When that happens, will they fight desperately to keep you alive?"
Herobos said quietly: "With [Origin] watching over all, even a destroyed world will be reborn. When the next era arrives — who says I, with my close ties to [Void], won't have an opportunity?"
"You fool — there won't be a next era!" Yu Go said it — and imdiately regretted it. It took a few steps back, eyes fixed on Herobos's movents, ready to flee at any second.
Herobos wasn't angry. On the contrary, it smiled.
"You're wrong. There will absolutely be a next era. Otherwise, why would [Origin] create so many worlds? I can't see through the future — that doesn't an [Void] can't. They've gone to such lengths cultivating Cheng Shi. Perhaps only the world he exists in is the future. Alas — never mind. You go. I know you won't believe . You were born timid — reaching this point is already impressive. I respect that. I won't ntion you to any divine being. But don't waste any more effort on
here."
With that, Herobos — along with the world at its back that was about to be annihilated — vanished from Yu Go's sight.
Yu Go's eyelid twitched frantically. It held the dinsion-crossing tool in its hand and hesitated all over again.
Outside was unknown danger. Here was certain destruction. It didn't want either path.
But it couldn't choose neither.
After agonizing for a long while, Yu Go finally bit down, closed its eyes, and crushed the tool in its grip.
"I'd rather trust another- than stay here waiting to die!"
As the words left its mouth, a dense surge of [Ti]-force exploded beside it, forming a black void that sucked Yu Go in entirely. Yu Go lost consciousness before it even had ti to panic — and was then expelled, tumbling through spaceti turbulence, into the Real Universe.
At precisely that mont, the great detonation from deep in the starry sky arrived — making the entire spaceti barrier of the world shudder.
The black-hole eyes that had opened in the cracks of [Existence] watched the flash of blazing white disappear in the distance — and watched Yu Go drift into the Real Universe. A long silence. Then a quiet sigh.
"Arrivals and departures... this is continuance.
The compressed detonation of [Origin]-force is enough to shake the spaceti barrier and cause a faint pause in the experint's ti. It seems my research is about to yield results."
And with those words, those black-hole eyes dissolved silently into the darkness.
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