Doomsday Jigsaw Puzzle

Chapter 511: Chapter 128: The Future Bai Wu

Jing Wu’s retreat led the battlefield into a rest period.

Everyone switched from withdrawal to a ready-to-fight state.

The reason they didn’t activate the Return Roulette during the retreat was that before the battle began, Xie Yingjie, Yan Zizai, Qin Zong, and even Wang Jue had all realized something—

If they were to retreat, it would mean the destruction of the High Tower.

To activate the Return Roulette and head for the High Tower at this moment would be tantamount to death.

So after arriving on the battlefield, Bai Wu observed Li You for a while before looking towards another place.

"Since you’ve earnestly asked, I will tell you reluctantly, the place ahead that is most worthy of your attention—

At the very front of the battlefield, there’s a city that catalyzes the Evil Fallen, a monster processing factory, a place that can merge Evil Fallen in a two-in-one manner.

If that place is not destroyed, this battle will not give you any breathing room—not even you, as you are now, might encounter some tricky hybrids."

But now, the trash sorting master and the little shield have resolved all troubles, although the process—was quite tragic.

They cleverly utilized the rules and also achieved a two-in-one, at the cost of... the permanent disappearance of one person’s consciousness.

Guess who survived? Alright, I’ll just give you the answer, the trash sorting master is now very angry and very sad."

Without seeing Nie Chongshan and Liu Mu on the battlefield, Bai Wu guessed that these two might have other arrangements.

Still, the news brought by Prayle’s Eye was extremely shocking to Bai Wu.

He saved the mirror Evil Fallen, but he couldn’t save everyone.

"What did you find?" Wu Jiu asked.

Bai Wu’s distant gazing often meant that he was gathering information, something Wu Jiu was already familiar with.

Seeing Bai Wu’s somewhat solemn expression, Wu Jiu guessed something had happened.

Bai Wu looked at Wu Jiu, remembering his promise to Captain Liu to let Liu Mu return to the High Tower.

But now, it seemed he could no longer do that.

"No... nothing."

Li You and Wu Jiu both noticed the change in Bai Wu’s emotions.

Wu Jiu was very aware that Bai Wu was someone with great control over his emotions, and such a person revealing their true feelings meant something quite bad must have happened.

"It’s just a rather dangerous enemy... take this chance to rest well, we still have a tough fight ahead."

Wu Jiu nodded his head. Since Bai Wu was reluctant to speak, he didn’t press further.

However, he had come with Bai Wu, Liu Mu, and Nie Chongshan.

Now, on the battlefield, aside from Lizhi and Chengzi having other arrangements made by Bai Wu, only Nie Chongshan and Liu Mu hadn’t arrived.

Wu Jiu, with his keen mind, faintly guessed why.

But right now, he forced himself not to think about these issues and to rest well in preparation for the next battle.

Bai Wu looked to the west:

"The huge cruise ship is approaching the port. Who would have thought that the Evil Fallen, abandoned by humans, would become humanity’s last port?

Of course, if you rewrite the future, the little captain and his subordinates won’t have to welcome these humans.

But we all know very well, some things are highly unlikely.

In any case, the direction of retreat is this way."

"What did you find over there?"

Li You, seeing Wu Jiu ask such a question, understood vaguely that Bai Wu seemed to possess some sort of powerful visual talent.

This made Li You feel quite special because she had encountered someone with a special visual Sequence before.

She had even spoken to that person when Li You was still human.

She remembered this event so clearly because the world hadn’t yet been twisted and destroyed, and humans hadn’t retreated into the High Tower.

But that person had already demonstrated some kind of superhuman power.

Bai Wu said:

"It’s a cruise ship, the Ark. If we lose this battle, ten-odd miles to the west is where we’ll retreat."

Wu Jiu didn’t say anything about considering defeat before victory. He could guess that perhaps the enemy they were about to face would be very troublesome.

Bai Wu actually didn’t know what they would face either, but Bai Yuan’s wariness toward Jing Yi made him quite certain that Jing Yi must have some formidable means.

"You seem to have quite a bit of preparation," Li You remarked.

Bai Wu didn’t deny it:

"To secure victory in this war, I’ve left two backups, but both come with uncertainties."

"I hope to use the first one, but I hope I won’t need the second one."

Li You rolled his eyes:

"Has he always been so infuriating when he speaks?"

"What’s wrong with what he said?" Wu Jiu was puzzled.

"Don’t you think he’s deliberately being unclear?" Li You glared at Wu Jiu.

Wu Jiu nodded, he felt the same way, but his expression was nonchalant:

"You’ll get used to it, he’s quite clever. When he should tell you more, he will."

Li You took a deep breath, his chest rising and falling as he suppressed his anger. Why was this dwarf siding with someone else?

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...

Outside the ravine, Evil Fallen was immersed in joy. The sights within the mirror were shameful, awkward, indescribable.

Wu Jiu and Li You remained silent because Bai Wu kept his head down all the time.

Unlike the noise on the inside of the ravine, the outside possessed a strange stillness.

Bai Wu was reminded of the content of the revelation.

So far, many contents of the revelations had been altered, but the revelations were still occurring.

The cruise ship could very well become the last dwelling place for humanity.

The concentration of the distortion kept increasing. It was very possible that the entirety of Inside the Mist would deteriorate into an area governed by black rules.

And on the plane, he had once made a phone call to Xi Yunzi.

The content of the call was to inquire about the whereabouts of Dong Nianyu.

But he had also received other intelligence—the current situation in Sanchez City.

It turned out that the scenarios he had experienced in the Magic Tower had taken place in Sanchez City.

It’s just that he did not know if there was such a hospital in Sanchez City.

So a part of the revelation had been cut off, but most of it was still happening.

As Bai Wu thought this, he considered the revelation about the captain joining the farm.

He didn’t believe the captain would join the farm, so he closed his eyes and began to review everything in his mind.

"The challenge in Magic Tower ended with the captain discovering me and then slaying me."

"But would the captain really join the farm? Judging by various indications, he would choose to die fighting."

"And the most interesting part is here: I thought that in Sanchez City, my death at the hands of the captain meant the failure of the Magic Tower challenge."

"Yet in the end, I returned successfully with the items from the tower, which means I succeeded."

"If in Magic Tower, I was playing the role of a human, then what I was facing was Evil Fallen."

"And clearing it should represent finding a breakthrough in the fight against Evil Fallen."

Countless pieces of information converged in Bai Wu’s mind.

"The fact that I died, in the beginning, was spread by Yan Zizai."

"In Magic Tower, Yan Zizai thought I was dead. I also thought I was dead. Because that impending failure made me realize that I should be dead."

"But Bai Yuan was right about one thing: an impending failure does not necessarily mean failure is certain."

"In reality, I am surely alive, but Zero and Yan Zizai both think I’m dead. Isn’t it all eerily similar to the revelation?"

A bold idea emerged in Bai Wu’s mind—

"Then is it possible... that in the revelation, I am also still alive?"

When Bai Wu thought of this, he suddenly raised his head to look at Li You.

Li You met Bai Wu’s gaze with some confusion.

"I had thought the creator of Magic Tower was the pioneer of High Tower, but assuming I didn’t die in that revelation... I might as well be bold. Perhaps the one who left the revelation is me?"

Bai Wu had initially thought he received the revelations from the creator of High Tower because the creator knew the Sequence language.

Because that person also knew of the farm.

But thinking about it closely, he knew the Sequence language as well, and after this battle, he had also sent people to the farm. It’s even highly likely—that he would go to the farm himself.

Bai Wu was not being narcissistic, but now that he thought about it, this revelation was very strange.

Who would know his history best? If a Guardian of High Tower wanted to change history, he could have chosen to go back to an earlier time.

Bai Wu himself felt that his trust in the revelation was a bit abrupt.

If someone tells you they come from the future, are a deity, even if you are convinced this is true, you might still be wary of them.

But inside the Magic Tower, Bai Wu almost instinctively believed in this revelation.

Because if the person from the future is your future self, no matter how mystical the things they say, there will naturally be a sense of trust.

"In the end, inside the Magic Tower, in Sanchez City, I met the captain, and then the game was completed. What does this mean?"

Bai Wu had a moment of clarity:

"Moreover, the captain’s personality is such that he would never join the Farm faction; he would rather die in battle."

"The Farm wouldn’t be interested in a mere human either. What are the people in the Farm most interested in?"

"Xu Wei, The Pursuer."

"Xu Wei has Temporal Return; The Pursuer has the Ten Thousand Phantasmal Bodies."

"Both The Pursuer and Xu Wei are well hidden. The monsters may not be able to find them."

"But on this battlefield... there’s also a substitute for The Pursuer."

Legendary Mutation Entry—Myriad Forms Doomsday Shape.

The moment Bai Wu saw Li You, his eyes already annotated the information.

Now Bai Wu had figured everything out.

"I was just speculating at first, but now I understand... that captain was transformed by Li You, and the reason Li You could infiltrate the Farm was due to the Myriad Forms Doomsday Shape, which has similarities with the Ten Thousand Phantasmal Bodies!"

Bai Wu suddenly clapped his hands together, appearing somewhat excited:

"This way, everything makes sense!"

"What? Gu Qingyu, why does your friend seem so lost in thought?" Li You watched Bai Wu, who was at various times lost in deep thought, anxious, and suddenly enlightened.

Wu Jiu made a shushing gesture:

"Don’t interrupt him; he’s thinking."

Li You glared at Wu Jiu with dissatisfaction, as Wu Jiu’s expression seemed to be chastising her.

Bai Wu’s thumbs alternated in spinning.

He looked at the chasm Li You had created, and gradually pieced together the rest of the revelation—

"But my encounter with Li You triggered the completion. Does that mean Li You obtained some extremely crucial information in the Farm?"

"Another point, if Li You became the captain, then where did the real captain go?"

Bai Wu thought of a possibility; perhaps the real captain, just like in reality, went alone to the outside of High Tower seeking for clues about himself.

Eventually dying in battle because he didn’t receive support.

Li You most likely inherited the captain’s last wishes, discarded his own identity, and lived as the captain.

Until at last, he met himself.

The biggest difference between reality and the revelation is that in reality, he joined forces with Bai Yuan.

With Bai Yuan’s plans over seven hundred years, Jing San, that is, Zhou Zeshui, at the last moment, sacrificed his life to save him.

One ending is that of Jing Liu.

In summary, because he received Zhou Zeshui’s life force, the revelation began to change drastically.

But this was a necessary change.

The revelation wasn’t all bad news.

Li You successfully infiltrated the Farm; that’s good news.

"So the revelation has two parts, one part must be changed, and another part must be adhered to,"

"I’ve already managed what needed to be changed."

Bai Wu suddenly stood up and said to Li You:

"Li You, there’s something I want to tell you. But Captain, I can’t tell you this, so you’ll have to step aside for a moment."

Wu Jiu found this a bit odd, but Li You was quite interested.

What could be so secretive that it couldn’t be said in front of Wu Jiu?

She thought it was a little secret about Wu Jiu and urged him:

"You, step aside."

Wu Jiu had not expected to become the clown himself, even though he had just been on the same side as Bai Wu.

How come these two suddenly formed an alliance?

Still, Wu Jiu trusted that Bai Wu had his own reasons for doing certain things.

But he wasn’t foolish, Bai Wu wouldn’t dare to speak in front of him, surely because he knew Liu Mu wouldn’t agree.

Moreover, at this time, Bai Wu certainly wouldn’t be bringing up trivial or embarrassing personal matters to Li You.

It was very likely something of great importance, Wu Jiu’s brain was working quickly.

In the end, he still chose to trust Bai Wu’s arrangement:

"No matter what you’re going to tell Li You, you have to promise me—your choice must be the right one, it must be the only way to minimize our losses."

Bai Wu knew that the captain’s words actually meant that Captain Liu had guessed something.

He nodded without making any additional promises.

Bai Wu also didn’t know if what he was about to tell Li You was indeed the correct thing.

But if he had to choose between sacrificing Li You and Captain Liu, he was very clear about his decision.

To him, having Captain Liu survive was the correct outcome.

So Wu Jiu went to the other side of the ravine and informed Qin Zong of the retreat route in case of defeat, who would then convey it to the others.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Bai Wu spoke to Li You in a concise manner:

"I won’t beat around the bush, your strength is almost on par with a Well Level, so I believe you can understand, in this world, there are some people who can peek into cause and effect."

People who could peer into cause and effect were not unfamiliar to Li You, she had seen such individuals herself.

Even when Bai Wu was staring at her, Li You felt it was very similar to that person from before.

"So what?"

"What I’m saying is, I’ve seen a profoundly vast chain of cause and effect, or you could say I’ve seen the future."

Li You had a bad feeling.

Bai Wu slowed down his speech:

"And in that future I saw, the High Tower will be destroyed, humans will be corralled and become the blood bank for the Evil Fallen, or rather, their source of food. Only a very few will live inside the Ark, evading the distortion."

"The most critical thing is... Captain Liu will die."

"But the future is not unchangeable."

Li You understood and asked directly:

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In the City of Evil Fallen.

Nie Chongshan spread his wings, having almost annihilated all the Evil Fallen in the city.

The remaining Evil Fallen were insignificant.

In his hand, he held a head—the head of Club k.

Just a short while ago, Club k was ready to hypnotize these Evil Fallen and launch an attack on the High Tower.

As a result, Nie Chongshan sensed this hidden manipulator within the City of Evil Fallen.

Among thousands of Evil Fallen, tearing off Club k’s head with a claw, for Nie Chongshan, was like picking something out of his pocket.

After the fusion, this unmatched man became the first to kill a k.

But this kill didn’t give Nie Chongshan any sense of relief.

On the contrary, Club k’s hypnosis made Nie Chongshan realize a problem.

"The reason why the Evil Fallen in this city eventually attack the High Tower, I now understand."

"But the Evil Fallen outside the city, why do they keep flooding in?"

The Evil Fallen inside the city were hypnotized by Club k, which caused them all to attack the High Tower.

So what about the Evil Fallen outside the city? What guidance are they receiving that pushes them continuously towards this city?

Nie Chongshan looked into the distance.

Suddenly, he felt a slight vibration under his feet.

The distant horizon, which used to be clear for miles, was abruptly engulfed by a vast expanse of black mist.

Nie Chongshan soared into the sky on his wings.

The devil-eyed man strained his eyes and finally saw the shocking scene—

A black hand full of mouths... burst through the mist.

On the edge of the black mist, endless hordes of Evil Fallen were ceaselessly surging toward the city.