Doomsday Jigsaw Puzzle

Chapter 619: Chapter 236: Grow Up, Jing Si!

The ultimate point of darkness was like a crystal-clear black pearl.

Within this pearl hid the power to destroy everything, and except for the masters of these two forces, anything that approached would disintegrate instantaneously.

The golden giant sword, condensed in the sky, contained infinite temporal power.

But this massive golden blade also began to dissipate as it was about to touch the point of extremity...

Endless temporal power surged wildly and, in the moment of annihilation, repaired the colossal sword.

Whether it was fusion disease or vitality, Lin Rui had come to see himself as a detonation point of temporal power; he would detonate everything at the cost of his life!

The moment it touched the ultimate point, a crack appeared on the surface of the black pearl.

The two Mortal World Pythons, entwined around and strangling each other around the black pearl, began to shatter.

The golden giant blade turned to dust in an instant, shattered by the terrifying energy, scattering across the heavens and the earth.

And so, not only was the starry sky above the firmament illuminated, but everything between heaven and earth... was covered with a layer of gold.

Time seemed to freeze everything, as if a golden frost had encased all in ice.

Countless tiny particles of temporal power slowed down the time dimension of this space to an unprecedented degree.

In that same moment, Alpha saw clearly the face of the person who had suddenly intervened.

Even he couldn’t move in such a brief moment, as time seemed to be imprisoned.

Only his thoughts remained unaffected.

"A human with the constitution of a Semi-Evil Fallen? To think they managed to reach this level."

Alpha knew very well that, even at the cost of their life and by maximizing their emotions to the extreme, unleashing fusion disease as a Semi-Evil Fallen, it was only just possible to barely approach the center of the duel between the two.

But what would that change? Time truly stopped, but soon, as the life of the temporal power’s holder was devoured by the energy overflowing from the extremity, the surrounding temporal power would also dissipate in an instant.

This battle, after all, would not change anything.

Alpha was not mistaken.

This was the reality of despair, Lin Rui, forever passionate and forever carrying the heart of a youth, burst forth with unprecedented temporal power at the cost of burning himself up...

Yet it changed nothing.

It was as if when two supremely powerful creatures battled... feathers fell from the sky.

The golden radiance that filled the sky was indeed majestic and dazzling.

But what could these feathers, almost weightless, change?

The crack on the extremity would soon be repaired.

The Well Domain would soon explode with a tide-like force, firmly restraining Jing Si.

Then, Jing Si would have to rely on his last bit of sanity to keep operating the Inverted Well, wrestling with distortion.

Alpha understood that this nonsensical human burned his life just to give Jing Si a chance to catch his breath.

He had a clear grasp of the battlefield and naturally wouldn’t give Jing Si such an opportunity.

The First Generation, who also witnessed this scene, felt his heart plunge into an ice cavern.

He had no time to grieve, his emotions already overwhelmed by shock and despair.

Lin Rui’s life-costing strike—completely in vain.

This younger version of himself was about to die without having accomplished anything.

He had never felt so anguished.

He knew very well what kind of person Lin Rui was; to such a hero, death wasn’t scary, but what was dreadful was that his death... changed nothing.

The powers of Alpha and Jing Si indeed surpassed them by far too many ranks.

In the north, time-space was like an eternal flame wrapped in extreme ice.

Lin Rui’s temporal power would ultimately be melted by the Karmic Fire.

The shackles of temporal power finally broke.

Alpha sighed softly,

"You will die light as a feather; what legend can you speak of?"

All this happened in the blink of an eye; as Alpha had just spoken, a black arrow erupted from the focal point of his duel with Jing Si, above the extremity.

The arrow reversed its course in the sky, colliding head-on with Lin Rui as he dove toward the extreme point.

The moment Lin Rui saw the arrow, saw all his efforts... not even causing Alpha a moment’s hesitation, there was no fear of death in his eyes.

He just felt unwilling to accept this.

The next instant... a power capable of annihilating everything completely consumed him.

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Unknown world.

Jing Si slowly awoke, feeling as though he had had a very long dream.

In that dream, he had traveled to another world where he confronted the creator of his existence.

A confrontation to save the world.

But he woke up before the battle could end.

That dream was so exhausting. He remembered that every time he was about to wake up, the self in his dream would say:

"Don’t wake up, this world still needs you."

But he couldn’t help waking up because he was growing more and more tired in the dream, and he vaguely remembered there was some method that might alleviate his fatigue.

Yet he couldn’t move; he was tangled up with the monster in his dream and couldn’t do anything else.

For the past seven hundred years, he spent most of his time returning to this world.

This world was beautiful and peaceful, its people esteemed order and cherished peace.

Jing Si liked it here very much. Seven hundred years earlier, he had come here, hailed as the second layer of Well World.

A city full of order.

It was strange that for seven hundred years, he always dreamed of some things. However, those dreams were brief. When he did dream, he would wake up quickly.

But this time was different; this time... Jing Si felt as though he had a very, very long dream.

He suddenly couldn’t distinguish what was reality and what was a dream.

A great sorrow and anxiety welled up inside him. It was as if there was something he must do, but when he opened his eyes, what he saw was still a tranquil, sunny morning.

Only tears silently streamed down, leaving him utterly confused.

He stood in front of the mirror and saw his own somewhat bewildered and haggard face.

"It’s all just a dream..."

He planned to, as always, prepare for the new day ahead. To him, it seemed as if only one day had passed, except during this day, the dream had been extraordinarily long.

But as he was about to turn away, a face full of youthful vigor suddenly appeared in the mirror.

"Please... I beg of you... don’t forget what I said... don’t forget Baichuan City! Please, I beg you!"

The youth kept pounding on the mirror, as if trying to escape from the world within it.

His eyes conveyed such desperate helplessness, with a plea in them.

Behind the mirror, instead of his living quarters, there was a realm of Chaos, with a dark starry sky overhead.

In that instant, Jing Si felt his heart throb violently.

Countless images flashed through his mind.

"Wake up! Wake up!"

The youth’s voice grew weaker, but more and more people appeared behind him.

Scientists from Ddnglin City.

These words suddenly flashed in his mind, and more memories began to emerge.

Behind the youth, many scientists stood before him, the one in the lead looking at him with the eyes of a father watching his child.

"How much longer will you indulge in this world?"

"How many more sins will you commit?"

"How many more people must die for you before you truly grow up?"

"Don’t make another grave mistake, or you will never be able to forgive yourself!"

"Save that child, do not repeat the same mistakes!"

Tao Xingzhi.

This name appeared in Jing Si’s memory, word by word, each sentence continuously colliding within Jing Si’s mind.

Meanwhile, the world around Jing Si was collapsing bit by bit.

More and more memories, sharp as knives, were incessantly slicing through every one of Jing Si’s nerves.

He held his head with both hands, howling in excruciating pain.

Past events played out scene by scene, killing Lin Rui, cursing Tao Xingzhi, seriously injuring Jing Liu, killing Bai Wu, killing his good friend K.

"You have never triumphed over distortion."

Alpha’s words, Jing Si finally understood their meaning at this moment.

He let out a painful roar.

He finally realized that this place was not the second layer of the Well World; this was his Inner World. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

He was being replaced by another mad persona. Not long ago, he could only use Reincarnation to suppress that mad persona.

But now, Reincarnation was gradually losing its effect, and he felt as if he was about to return to this world, to be an enforcer in this world, but a thug in the real world.

"Will you let everyone die because of your madness, or will you bravely resist, like your friend... and die a hero’s death?"

"Wake up... He needs you!"

Tao Xingzhi’s voice echoed continuously in Jing Si’s mind.

It was like a lighthouse on a dark sea, casting a beam of light.

The surrounding world changed once again.

Only then did Jing Si realize that he had not woken up but had fallen asleep.

Now, he was truly awake!

He looked at the sky full of gold, as time seemed to freeze at this moment.

He saw Alpha’s contemptuous expression, he saw the hero descending from the sky... about to be pierced by a black arrow.

All the madness burst forth in an instant, eroding his emotions, but, peculiarly... this time he suppressed it all.

The madness turned into intense killing intent, but it never consumed him!

Because he saw once again the eyes of his old friend.

He remembered, under that starry sky, after killing his friend by mistake, how he briefly came to his senses due to immense pain.

It was the same this time.

Only this time... he still had the chance to save everything!

The power to bring about complete obliteration, to totally engulf Lin Rui.

In everyone’s eyes, this passionate hero was about to die without having achieved anything.

But Jing Si alone knew—heroes never die!

A dazzling starlight, at this instant, descended at a speed that defied people’s understanding!

The forces surrounding Lin Rui, about to overwhelm him... were instantly neutralized.

Alpha was profoundly shocked, his gaze subconsciously drawn to Jing Si.

In Jing Si’s eyes, he saw ferocity, frenzy, but also clarity.

"How is this possible?"

Jing Si was awake.

Not reliant on Reincarnation, but driven by a deep sense of guilt in his heart.

Last time, when Lin Rui died, he came to his senses in an instant, but everything ultimately was too late.

But this time, he wasn’t late.

Lin Rui’s actions were not meaningless!

This solitary courageous hero, although unable to break through to the extreme, pulled Jing Si from the depths of distortion... back to reality.

"I will never allow myself... to make such a mistake again!"

Under the flickering starlight, Lin Rui’s figure abruptly stopped, held aloft by a majestic yet gentle force.

A life that should have extinguished... was rekindled by an infusion of another mad power.

Clutching onto his determination to die, Lin Rui... had never imagined that he would actually survive.

He looked at Jing Si in disbelief, noticing that at this moment, Jing Si had undergone a transformation.

And the next second... his figure flickered and he found himself in another space.

He appeared beside The First Generation.

"What... what exactly has happened?"

Even The First Generation hadn’t seen clearly; he thought Lin Rui had been swallowed.

But to his surprise, Lin Rui had come back.

The golden space-time barrier was continuously repairing itself, and the battle situation in that northern space was gradually becoming invisible.

Lin Rui looked in that direction and burst out laughing:

"Hahaha... I’ve survived a disaster, not dead despite great danger! I’m not really clear about the details... but it seems like that guy has become unprecedentedly reliable!"

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North of Denglin City

Jing Si had always been a double-edged sword, possessing immense power but reliability had nothing to do with him.

Because as Alpha had said—

"Skipping class comes with a price, you’ve never overcome the effects of the Well, just suppressed them with Reincarnation."

But now, Jing Si had, through his own will, overcome the chaotic influences of the Well.

It might only be temporary, but for Alpha, the plan to drive Jing Si mad had failed.

Therefore, continuing to restrain Jing Si with his domain no longer had any meaning.

Alpha withdrew his power.

The extreme that Lin Rui couldn’t break through even at the cost of his life simply shattered with ease.

"It looks like my confrontation with you will have to enter the third stage," Alpha mused, guessing that the tragic bravery of the man who’d gone to his death had awakened the will of Jing Si.

He was not discouraged; battles were like this, with rapid changes on the battlefield.

This battle had unfolded with him always seeming in control.

It wasn’t a pretense; he truly had other means at his disposal.

"Let’s see this through to the end," Jing Si’s voice was filled with frenzy and Wrath, but his eyes remained clear and pure.

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On the other side of the battlefield.

Watching the golden space-time barrier crack and break, then repair itself again, seeing the massive golden blade falling from the sky in the North, a strange light flickered in the eyes of Jack of Spades.

His duty was to trap Jing Yi.

However, Jing Yi wouldn’t be able to free himself from the golden cage in a short amount of time.

Jack of Spades felt a strange thought emerging in his mind, a desire to go to the other side of the battlefield, to join in that fight which surpassed human understanding.

With his temporal power, by observing The First Generation’s Spacetime Cube and the destruction and rebuilding of the Space-Time Labyrinth... he had come to understand the layout of this maze.

He knew very well that Jing Si might have survived this challenge, but what about the next one?

Just by Jing Si alone, there was no way he could last long, and Alpha might use even stronger methods.

Clearly, Jing Si had reached his limit.

Although he had a clear grasp of the battle situation, this did not explain the somewhat bizarre activity in his mind.

As if something deep inside was slowly reviving.

He looked North, filled with a strong intent to battle.

An intent to battle Alpha.

Jack of Spades found it strange, Jing Yi noticed the strangeness too; for some reason, when he looked at Jack of Spades, he sensed some sort of aura surrounding him.