Douluo: This time we will rewrite our destiny

The space-time worm used its compound eyes to watch Huo Yuhao's self-repair, and it waited quietly. The moment it touched him, it also saw a face of this world that it had never seen before, although to it, the colorful and rich life of humans was also an incomprehensible, colorful delusion. It could not understand that creatures in such a tiny plane, in a space so narrow that they could not move their fists and feet, were researching and developing a power that could allow them to touch another realm.

It could see that Huo Yuhao had just endured too much pressure. If there was any absolute advantage for the Spacetime Bug Clan, it was that they had an absolutely long time horizon and were born with an astonishing amount of information, although time had not evolved a combat strength that matched their lifespan.

Huo Yuhao closed his eyes tightly, resting his hands on his knees, his long hair tied up behind his head moving without wind. While adjusting his breath, he sorted out all the information he had obtained since entering the spiritual world, which constantly confirmed or even surpassed his guesses.

Yin Yun died in the disaster relief effort. That earthquake was also the beginning of the time-space worms’ contact with this continent and this world. They came along with the crack in the ground, and when Yin Yun died, they parasitized him for unknown reasons, preserving his memory and personality.

Therefore, the current "Yin Yun" once thought that he was the original owner, but his martial soul had encountered a strange contamination - in fact, all the abnormalities in him were because he had become a carrier of alien creatures, and escaping the earthquake disaster was just a false memory created by his current consciousness to justify himself.

His remaining, true spiritual body was carefully sealed in the spiritual world and protected by the parasite, hoping that one day a way would be found to "resurrect" him.

The forest is not a forest, but a connection between spirits, forming a neural structure like a brain, thus establishing personality, memory and thinking: after his death, everything he had in life was the result of this "forest" operating according to that fragile white light. Apart from that, his spiritual world was a dead wasteland. Those monsters, the beasts that he kneaded, were also part of this forest of personality, but they could move freely.

Huo Yuhao still had a few questions after this. The first was about the attitude of the space-time worms towards Yin Yun. They seemed to be very friendly to humans, but their friendliness was also hindering him from exploring the rift that was constantly endangering the lives of the people in Luoyue City.

"Why save him?" Huo Yuhao asked with his eyes closed.

The space-time worm seemed to have misunderstood, but fortunately it at least gave an answer close to what Huo Yuhao wanted to hear.

"It's not a special move to save him. He's not very special. There were a total of 37 workers separated from their mother. We were pushed out of the cracks during the shock and had nowhere to go. We didn't want to hurt any lives, so we randomly selected the lifeless humans scattered on the ground. Among them, his injuries were the least severe, and the remaining state of his soul and personality was the most complete."

"I heard that the other thirty-six people died." Huo Yuhao said.

Now it was the turn of the poor bug from the ancient universe to be stunned. "Are they all dead?" it repeated.

"You didn't know?"

“I don’t know.” The space-time worm said, and then it was silent for a while. Huo Yuhao actually sensed silent grief from this silence. The entire spiritual world trembled slightly, the forest drooped its branches, and the faint purple halo in the air turned into a deep red drizzle that slowly fell.

"My perspective is consistent with that of humans. The Yin Yun you know is still unaware of those thirty-six people, and that is me who is unaware." It said, "I can't believe... I can't believe how my brothers endured the despair of not being able to return to the mother body before they died. But compared to seeing the path of space-time collapse and starting a doomed futile repair, now finally - they finally don't have to worry..."

“I’m sorry to mention this.” Huo Yuhao lowered his head slightly to express his condolences for the unfortunate experience.

"It doesn't matter. In fact, this is very important. Now, I have to return to the mother body. The mission is very important and the responsibility is heavy." It recovered quickly, as if emotion was not the core of its race. "Our mother body does not have subjective consciousness. You can think of it as the core array of soul guides in the human world? We are humans who use the core array, but the difference is that we are not people who have soul power like soul masters. Our energy needs to be supplied by the mother body."

"Therefore, if I return to the Matrix, I may be able to use the Matrix's power to correct some errors, or at least reduce the impact of these space-time rifts on your plane. Now, this is the most important thing."

In fact, this analogy is not appropriate. Huo Yuhao thought that based on his current understanding of soul guides, core magic arrays below level ten did not have any subjective initiative or consciousness. However, if a sufficient number of high-level core magic arrays were combined, it was still unknown what would happen. After all, soul power itself was not as rigid as ordinary energy.

“That’s right.” Huo Yuhao nodded, but his expression was not happy. He continued, “But obviously, the mother body you mentioned is located in that crack. According to my friend, she was intercepted by her own self in another world when she was approaching it.

"Now it seems that our goals are the same, so is there anything you can do to help us?"

He then added, "If it succeeds in the end, are you willing to give up parasitism and return to nature? No matter what happens to Yin Yun, at least return his intact body to us?"

"..." The space-time worm hesitated for a moment, and said, "I have been nurturing his soul all these years."

“I understand,” Huo Yuhao sincerely advised, “But think about it, he is still a person of this world, and he loves his hometown so much. If you care about this life, you should also consider him. There is a saying in the human world that the soul returns to its hometown.”

"...Can this be put on hold for now?" It seemed to be having more difficulty speaking. "Let's discuss other cooperation first."

To its surprise, Huo Yuhao agreed. "Okay," he said, "If he can still survive, you can't take him away; but if he is really beyond help, we can discuss this issue later."

"Well," it said, "we know that this impact may have brought chaos to different world lines. There is a principle in space and time that we generally agree on: if a world line has a chaos problem, except for those who have reached the realm of 'God', only those who exist in this world line itself can solve it."

"Therefore, if others want to solve the problem, the best way is to replace their own self in another world. This is equivalent to obtaining a valid identity certificate to do anything in that world. If they rush in rashly and there is duplication, the will of the plane will notice the confusion and it is very likely that the troublesome gods will be directly drawn down."

Huo Yuhao blinked. He asked:

"How do you calculate this repetition? Does it count as a repetition as long as it exists, or does it count as a repetition only if you live at the same time?"

"As long as there are a few of them at the same time."

"a little bit?"

"For example, now all that remains of Yin Yun is the soul that I nurtured. But because this soul has not completely dissipated, if Yin Yun from another world comes in, it will be immediately considered as a simultaneous appearance."

"I see……"

Huo Yuhao showed an understanding expression. "It seems that things are really not as bad as I thought." He said.

"What does this mean? Are you ready?"

"My friends told me that in that world, I am already dead."

"...You must be careful," the Spacetime Worm warned, "If there are any remnants of the soul, you will be in danger if you go there."

“I know myself.” Huo Yuhao’s face showed a confident and sad expression. “If I encounter a major blow and finally choose to give up everything and die in despair, I will definitely find a way to completely eliminate myself and not leave any trace in this damn world, as the final revenge for my own incompetence and the ruthlessness of heaven.”

"why?"

"Because in that story, this world surrounded and killed all my companions, but didn't kill me directly. Obviously, I was still useful, or there were other intentions. However, I would never let them get what they wanted, and I would never kneel down and admit defeat because of these things. The me in that world who chose to die must not be cowardly. I heard that people can be destroyed, but they cannot be defeated."

Thousands of compound eyes of the space-time worm were staring at him who said this at the same time, as if thousands of worlds were staring at the declaration in this world at this moment. Huo Yuhao didn't know if it could understand. If it could understand all the sincere confessions he said, it would also understand the human race.

"I am surprised," it said, "though I do not yet understand why, that you remind me of the brightest star I ever saw, when the universe was still growing."

"Thank you." Huo Yuhao said.

Then, the vertical eye on his forehead slowly closed. His spiritual thoughts became transparent in this spiritual world that was reborn on death, and the whole world was drizzling with red rain as he left.

When he opened his eyes again, he was greeted by Chi Qiu's slightly worried eyes. She leaned close to his face, so he saw her ruby ​​eyes approaching him as soon as he opened his eyes. Except for kissing, he rarely observed her eyes from this distance. At this moment, he saw that her eyelashes seemed to be covered with stars of gold powder, and there seemed to be a circle of dragon-like golden patterns on her solid pupils. Then he saw the reflection in her irises and saw his own pale face.

"Are you okay? Yuhao?" Her voice was also a little anxious.

He opened his mouth, his vocal cords faltered for a moment, and then he asked:

"How many days have it been?"

"Three days." Chi Qiu immediately breathed a sigh of relief. "Don't worry. In addition, a week later, the capital will hold a grand ceremony for His Highness' birthday. On the same day, Ye Xishui's lineage will be paraded through the streets and publicly executed. You can use this as a reference for the date."

"it is good."

Huo Yuhao took the towel from her hand. He just felt the wetness on the back of his neck. This was not the feeling of sweat, but the result of someone using a warm towel to wipe his sweat. He guessed that when he was shocked by the information in his spiritual world, his real body probably also had a huge reaction. Otherwise, Qiu'er, who always felt very safe with each other, would not be so nervous.

Thinking of this, he put the towel on the table beside him with one hand, took her hand with the other hand, and kissed the back of her hand playfully. In a sense, this was also a safe signal, meaning that he was fine, and he still had the strength and time to add a little love to the air, and he didn't care about the eyes of other people around him.

Chi Qiu's expression did not change, but her eyes looked suspiciously elsewhere. Although they had been in love for a long time, at this moment, she would still quietly show some emotions that only human girls would have.

"Let's get down to business." She cleared her throat sheepishly.

“Okay.” Huo Yuhao readily took her hand and used it to stand up. Li Lan was looking at them with an expression that said, “The love affair of the imperial preceptor is a state affair that needs to be respected, but I can’t help but sigh that the atmosphere of love among young people is really great.” When she saw Huo Yuhao turning around, she coughed twice in embarrassment.

"The real business is, City Lord Li, you have to help me draft a letter and send it back to Mingdu. I may not be able to participate in this important moment of interrogating Ye Xishui."

Chi Qiu became alert again: "Where are you going?"

“That’s the world that Senior Yin Shuang mentioned.” Huo Yuhao pointed to the epicenter from afar, “Look again for the dead me and see what the world has become like after he left behind.”

"This is not appropriate." Yin Shuang said.

"I'll go with you." Chi Qiu took a step forward.

“It really won’t work this time.” Huo Yuhao stretched out his hand and gently pressed her shoulder. “I got the information. The corresponding self must be completely destroyed before we can go in and do things without any tricks. Qiu’er, although the Silver Dragon King won in that story, considering the subsequent developments such as the fusion of the Dragon God, I’m afraid that your soul will not completely disappear, but will always be used as the bloodline of the Golden Dragon King... In this case, once you go in, the situation will immediately become uncontrollable.”

"But this is too risky," Chi Qiu grabbed his hand that was pressing on his shoulder, "maybe more risky than anything you have done so far. Leaving this familiar environment that we have worked so hard to build, what will happen will become unknown. What if something unexpected happens and today becomes the last time we see each other?"

She spoke faster and faster, and by the last word, the tail tone trembled and fell. Huo Yuhao smiled helplessly. He understood Qiu'er's worries. If Qiu'er said one day that she suddenly wanted to go on such an adventure alone, he would feel the same way, or even more anxious. However, if he wanted to deal with this matter, this was the way he had to go.

"There's really no other way," he said.

"...At least this way." Chi Qiu said, "Unbutton your collar!"

“Wait a minute,” Huo Yuhao was frightened by this and became confused. “Wait, there are other people. Qiu’er, what are you going to do—”

Chi Qiu pulled open his collar and bit his collarbone near his heart. A moment later, a golden mark was left where she had bitten.

“Just like the Golden Dragon King can speak to me from the divine world through the bone resonance of the dragon spear, even if you go to another world, I can find you through this mark.” She said, “But I won’t interfere with your actions. However, if there comes a moment when I realize that this mark will disappear along with your life…”

"I will use its power to rush to your side, or at least accompany you on the journey."