Chapter Four Hundred Ninety-One: The Child Born
"So, from the looks of it, you seem to be the final winner after all," Chen Nuo sighed.
The Zero in front of him was unfathomably deep; at this mont, in Chen Nuo’s heart, Zero’s inscrutability even surpassed that freak, Seed.
"Yes, by all common sense, I should be able to win," Zero admitted without any evasion.
"What about ?" Chen Nuo frowned. "You went to great lengths, set such a large trap, and laid the groundwork with Chen Jianshe early on, then arranged for Chen Jianshe to et in 2002. I gained the ability to travel through ti from Chen Jianshe and arrived in 1981... You’ve gone in such a massive circle and planned so much around —all for what? Could it be just..."
Chen Nuo suddenly stopped talking. After a mont of deep thought, he frowned and said, "Looking at it this way, was it for Lu Xixi? To have co to 1981 and then here, to et Louise before she beca Lu Xixi?"
"Doesn’t that seem unreasonable?" Zero asked.
"That’s exactly how unreasonable it is," Chen Nuo said with a wry smile.
Lu Xixi, in fact, is essentially: Yun Yin’s body Louise’s soul. I returned to 1981 and t Louise when she was still a little girl—and saved her life. I saved this little girl who was on the verge of drowning in a sewer. Was it all just to have save her life? That just doesn’t make sense. With Zero’s abilities, and the Gray Cat it had arranged nearby, saving Louise from a sewer pipe was such a simple task. There was absolutely no need to go through the trouble of having travel through ti and space to 1981. Either of those powerhouses could have done it with a simple snap of their fingers.
Zero smiled, seemingly not intending to imdiately answer Chen Nuo’s question, but instead patted Chen Nuo on the shoulder.
"Let’s talk about the concept of ’Ti’ first."
"Huh?"
"The Ti Ability, jumping through ti, you going back from 2002 to 1981... Ti travel... Call it whatever you want; it doesn’t really matter. But in the concept of Ti, there’s a very important limitation. That is to say... a person with the Ti Ability cannot return to a ti before they were born, nor can they go to a ti after they have died. In other words, this Ti Ability is limited by the span of their life. These are the rules of the Ti Ability, as well as its limitations. This applies whether it’s Chen Jianshe, who has the Ti Ability, or , who bestowed that ability upon Chen Jianshe—both are bound by these constraints."
"Huh??"
Chen Nuo was startled! He imdiately found a BUG. "That’s not right! You sent back to 1981, but Chen Nuo hadn’t been born in 1981!"
"That’s why I say, you didn’t actually get the Ti Ability; you just activated Chen Jianshe’s Ti Ability. For Chen Jianshe, 1981 doesn’t exceed the range of his temporal jumps. Of course, when you activated Chen Jianshe’s Ti Ability and jumped to the year 1981—that point in ti was one I had set long ago. To put it plainly, I had preditated it."
Chen Nuo watched Zero quietly.
Zero continued, "Ti and Space, these two abilities are my greatest strengths. I told you before, my Spatial Ability is true space. I can jump to different parallel spaces, parallel universes. But since I didn’t beco a Four-Dinsional Life, this power actually isn’t unlimited either. I said I’m only close to omniscient and omnipotent. I can jump into various parallel spaces; trust , I’ve done it many tis. I’ve observed you in different parallel spaces and parallel worlds—Chen Yanluo, or Chen Nuo. You are an outstanding Chosen One, with strong talents—remarkable, excellent. Of course, I’ve also observed other Chosen Ones: Yun Yin from different tis and spaces, Electric General from different tis and spaces... and many, many more. I observe you all to see how the Chosen Ones of different tis and spaces are boosted by the Seeds, their evolution. In the end, after observing thousands of examples, I chose you. Do you know why?"
"Because... I’m the strongest?" Chen Nuo rolled his eyes.
Zero laughed. He laughed heartily for a few monts before shaking his head and saying, "No, maybe not the strongest, but the most suitable, or perhaps... a success already determined by probability."
Chen Nuo: "..."
"Out of all the contenders’ Seeds, after observing hundreds, thousands of parallel worlds, whenever it chose a Chosen One, it would provide an enormous enhancent to its strength, making it unstoppable in the war against other Seeds. Moreover..."
At this point, Zero looked at Chen Nuo with a peculiar gaze, pausing before slowly saying, "Moreover, in the parallel worlds I’ve observed, many tis, the Chosen One of Seed isn’t even you. But still, it managed to gain a competitive advantage. In the parallel spaces I observed, too many tis for to even bother counting, only once did the evolution succeed! In the countless instances where Seed chose soone else as its Chosen One, the outco of evolution was failure. But that one ti Seed chose you, it was a success!"
Chen Nuo frowned.
Zero shook his head. "Don’t misunderstand, what I’m actually talking about isn’t good news—at least not for . Seed is very powerful. Its strength allows it to kill other Seeds, complete its evolutionary self-repair, find the correct way to evolve, and fix the initial bugs of its Mother, but... For , such an outco is a failure."
Chen Nuo suddenly understood!
Zero continued, "I am rely a backup standing before the final boss, while Seed is a new save file that has fought its way through many levels after starting over. Of course, Seed wants to complete its evolution. Don’t I want the sa? If I let it complete its evolution... I would be a complete failure! I’m sure Seed must have told you, right? In overlapping and interwoven spacetis, there can only exist one Four-Dinsional Life. One, and only one. If soone else becos that one, for , it would an absolute failure! Mr. Chen Nuo, in the most ideal trajectory, Seed should have killed all the other Seeds and then beco a mature entity. And, its wisdom allowed it to see through the flawed imprisonnt; it didn’t choose to devour you. Instead, it allowed you to devour it. In the end, you, Chen Yanluo, beca the only Four-Dinsional Life in this spaceti. After observing parallel worlds more tis than I can even rember, I decided to intervene."
Chen Nuo took a deep breath. "So... you can’t let beco a Four-Dinsional Life?"
"I can’t!"
Chen Nuo frowned. "Then you..." After thinking for a while, Chen Nuo slowly said, "It would be very easy for you to stop ... You could just go back to before I beca an Ability User and kill . After all, ti travel is easy for you."
"Not possible," Zero shook his head. "You don’t understand the aning of spaceti. For example, according to your life as Chen Yanluo: in the year 2007, in Antarctica, you beca Seed’s Chosen One. After Seed gained the boost from you, its strength surged; it killed the other Seeds, and then you devoured it, completing your evolution. Based on your logic, I could just go back to 2006 or even earlier and kill you, right? But it’s not like that. Even if I killed you in 2006, the spaceti in which the evolution was completed in 2007 would still exist. And as soon as a Four-Dinsional Life is created, all spacetis where you exist would be overwritten by the one with the four-dinsional you, becoming the three-dinsional worlds you cover. Unfortunately, I am also in a world interwoven with yours, so I too would be covered within it, unable to beco a Four-Dinsional Life. So, jumping back to an earlier ti and killing you is easy, but that only adds another branch to spaceti and cannot change the 2007 Antarctic spaceti where your evolution has already been completed. And once you succeed in evolving, you will have the attributes of a Four-Dinsional Life. I will no longer be able to kill you."
Chen Nuo suddenly guessed a possibility!
Sure enough, Zero slowly smiled. "Fortunately, there’s still a way. You are human, and humans always have certain human emotions, which is your weakness."
Chen Nuo’s voice beca hoarse. "So... you..."
"I can’t kill you once you’ve evolved into a Four-Dinsional Life. But I can... make you kill yourself after you’ve completed the evolution. That is to say... I can make you choose to give up being a Four-Dinsional Life! And as I said before, you are human, burdened with human emotions. A woman whom you cherish and who cherishes you deeply. And then, by letting her die, causing you to fall into deep pain, you will... give up being a Four-Dinsional Life. You’ll jump from the fourth dinsion back to the third, in an attempt to revive her."
Chen Nuo’s eyes flashed with a hint of murderous intent! "What... have you done?!"
Zero laughed.
"Don’t misunderstand. The act of killing The Fourth Seed, resulting in Lu Xixi’s death—I had no hand in it! It was completely done by Seed. I didn’t interfere at all. In other words, no matter who The Fourth Seed’s Chosen One was, Seed would have killed The Fourth Seed to complete its path of evolution. And once Seed kills The Fourth Seed, as its Chosen One, Lu Xixi’s death was certain. As for , I’m already a loser."
Chen Nuo frowned. "So what arrangent have you made exactly?"
"To be precise, it was you who gave the chance to redy the situation... I had already lost completely. You beca the only Four-Dinsional Life, and I was nothing but a loser. But against all odds... you gave it up yourself."
Chen Nuo understood in an instant!
"Do you know what I feared the most after you were reborn?" Zero said with a smile.
"What?"
"You humans possess ridiculous and trivial emotions. These emotions can make you irrational, prompting you, at the brink of becoming a Four-Dinsional Life, to give it all up because of that ridiculous thing called love! But at the sa ti, your human emotions also include an interesting aspect, which is... none of those emotions are eternal. So, do you know what I’m afraid of? I’m afraid that after you forgo becoming a Four-Dinsional Life for the sake of love and choose to be reborn, you fail to save Lu Xixi ti and again... What if that love fades away? Or say, you traveled back to the year 2000 and started over on this tiline. After being reborn, you et Lu Xixi again... What if you suddenly stop loving her? Or what if she doesn’t fall in love with you? The ergence of love is often very random. In your life as Chen Yanluo, when you fell in love with Lu Xixi in Antarctica, that was a chance event. It could have been a certain mont, a certain juncture, a certain emotion, a certain look, and suddenly everything clicked. And then you two fell in love. But what if the ti, environnt, or mood were different? Of course, you may still be driven by love to save Lu Xixi. But what if... the Lu Xixi you et after being reborn does not fall in love with you? Then... the love will quickly disappear. Once the love in your heart is completely erased or worn away... Once you give up this rescue, and you decide to leap back to the fourth dinsion... Then I will have no chance for this final redy. Chen Nuo. You had already succeeded. But you chose to give up. This chance for a redy was handed to by you yourself. So, I absolutely cannot let this opportunity slip away again. Therefore, what I’ve done is actually very straightforward. I have to ensure that after your rebirth... You and Lu Xixi, must fall in love again!! To guarantee that after your rebirth, upon eting Lu Xixi again, you will still fall in love. Only then will you keep the passion for love alive and not give up on saving her. Only then will you continue to be mired in these repeated attempts to save her!"
Chen Nuo understood!
He had been arranged to go back to 1981, where he saved a little girl, Louise. He had instilled a profound sense of gratitude and left a deep impact on a girl lost in despair and utter helplessness. During the more than a month they spent together, he left an indelible mark on her soul. Then, this little girl’s soul was made to perform Body Seizing on Yun Yin, becoming Lu Xixi! Then, in 2001, the Star Sky Empress Lu Xixi would co to Huaxia Jinling and et Chen Nuo... Because of the part of Louise’s existence in Lu Xixi’s soul, that indelible impression and affection would make her fall in love with him swiftly...
"So, it had to be personally going back to 1981, personally saving Louise, and spending intimate ti with her. This setup was to ensure that when she ca to Huaxia Jinling in 2001 and t , she would quickly fall in love with , right?"
"Yes!" Zero smiled happily. "So... keep the love in your heart, Chen Nuo. Believe , if we’re talking about who the most devoted shipper in the world is, I can say, I am your most devoted shipper! As long as I am here, no matter how many tis you are reborn, you both will fall in love over and over again! Forever in love! Ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
Chen Nuo didn’t quite know what to feel, looking at the laughing Zero in front of him... Suddenly, he lifted his hand and threw a fierce punch at the other!
Zero clearly anticipated this. As Chen Nuo’s fist swung toward him, Zero gave Chen Nuo a light smile.
Chen Nuo instantly felt the world spinning around him...
Then, Chen Nuo disappeared.
"Ah, this feeling of confronting the person involved face to face is always so delightful to ." Zero watched the empty space where Chen Nuo had disappeared and waved his hand, saying, "I wish you eternal love!"
But these seemingly sweet blessings, when uttered by him, sounded almost like a curse.
After stretching lazily, Zero slapped his forehead. "There’s still one important thing I haven’t done."
Saying this, he waved his hand lightly!
The sky changed color! Space and ti twisted!
Ti was once again sped up incredibly fast!!
Zero watched with a smile as the scenery around him changed with the passing ti. Then, at a certain point, he snapped his fingers lightly, and the rapid flow of ti stopped, returning to its normal pace.
"Now it’s ti to do sothing important."
Zero took on the guise of an ordinary-looking man, walked out from the riverside dock, and slowly made his way to a bus stop. He got on the bus...
After an hour and changing three different buses, Zero arrived at his destination by evening.
In front of him was a hospital in the JN district of Jinling City. A maternal and child health hospital.
With his hands behind his back, Zero leisurely made his way to the Departnt of Obstetrics and then stood outside the corridor of an operating room in the delivery ward.
He looked up at the wall clock.
"Hmm, it’s about ti."
Soon, a commotion ca from the other end of the hallway.
A hospital bed was being pushed over rapidly! Doctors and nurses on either side followed in a hurry. By the side of the bed was a young man, anxious and covered in sweat.
"The pregnant woman fell! Quick! She’s going into premature labor, get ready!!"
The pregnant woman was rushed into the delivery room. The young man was stopped outside the door.
Zero stood to one side, watching the young man, observing the anxious expression on his square face.
"My friend, don’t worry, everything will be fine. Don’t fret."
The young man was stunned, then looked up at the stranger before him. "Uh... thank you... Thanks..."
Obviously agitated, he wasn’t in the mood for small talk.
Zero gave a faint smile and then abruptly turned and left.
Inside the delivery room, the pregnant woman on the hospital bed groaned in pain as the doctors and nurses bustled about.
"The patient’s heartbeat is weakening! Quick!!"
"Inject 0.5 of cardiotonic, get ready!"
"Doctor! The fetal heartbeat has stopped! Quick!!"
Zero stood by the bed, invisible to all present.
Looking at the woman on the bed, Zero sighed. "You’re unlucky, having fallen a month before giving birth. Originally, your child was indeed going to die... But, I’ve co to give you a child."
With that, he stretched out his hand! In his hand, a ball of energy resembling a spirit or consciousness slowly erged!
"Yun Yin, off you go."
BANG!!
The door to the delivery room flung open! A nurse walked out quickly, her face full of excitent!
"Yang Xiaoyi’s family! Where is Yang Xiaoyi’s family!!"
"! I’m here!!" The young man rushed over. "My na is Sun Shengli! Yang Xiaoyi inside is my wife!"
"It’s okay now, don’t worry, relax! Congratulations! Your wife has given birth to a daughter, and both mother and child are safe!"
THUMP. Sun Shengli’s legs went weak, and he sat down on the floor, letting out a long breath. "Thanks, thank you! Thank you!! Thank heavens!!"
"You’re lucky. When she was brought in, the situation was very dangerous; it was a very close call... but luckily, she pulled through! Alright, I’ll take you to pay the surgery and hospitalization fees. Later, we’ll have to admit your wife. The prematurely born child also needs to be observed in the hospital..."
"Yes, yes, yes..."
At the hospital entrance, Zero looked at the hospital’s main doors and smiled faintly.
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