Free Web NovelChapter 544: Chapter 312: First Total Annihilation Ending_2
A bronze sword!
Shen Shi now has an almost instinctive sensitivity to "bronze."
Whether it’s the Bronze Altar related to the Holy Land or the Bronze Mirror he recently acquired, these relic devices that appear bronze-colored seem to be the highest-level existences among all relic devices!
And just from its shape, the function of this sword...
Shen Shi instinctively reached out.
However, the Time Domain was torn apart the moment it touched the Pasture Master’s sword.
This even made Shen Shi tremble slightly. In the countless years of mastering time, this was the first time such a thing happened!
"This sword is the accumulation of my seven hundred thousand years!" The Pasture Master’s emotions reached their peak as he swung down fiercely.
At this moment, Shen Shi even saw his body continuously splitting, one incarnation after another being torn apart until only the last one remained, which was his true form. Even this true form became extremely weakened, his gaze dimmed, as if everything had been drained away.
Yet at the same time.
Shen Shi found that his own incarnation was also collapsing.
Unable to stop it, even freezing time couldn’t stop it.
Not only him; cries echoed from the Holy Land at the same time, and in Shen Shi’s sight, everyone on ships light-years away was collapsing just the same. Even Iwen, as a half-human, couldn’t stop it. Shen Shi even saw Ai Xin’Er’s final message through the Holy Land...
At this moment, it seemed like the end of humanity.
"I see..." Shen Shi understood, giving the Pasture Master one last look, "No wonder you have such confidence. The effect of this sword is to erase everything from the root... Maybe you and Thanos could find common ground."
"Can you still joke about it? Humanity is finished."
The Pasture Master was so weakened that he couldn’t even project his consciousness, and spoke slowly with a hoarse voice. His body had to manifest an outer shell; otherwise, the storm on this planet could easily kill him.
And the Pasture Master walked towards Shen Shi step by step.
"Though doing this may provoke the relic civilization’s revenge, as long as I can possess the relic device you use to control time, give me enough time, and there’s hope to surpass the relic civilization..." The Pasture Master couldn’t help but laugh, "You probably can’t imagine, but like you, I watched as insurmountable opponents gradually emerged from insignificance to conquer everything... Unlike your luck, everything I achieved was through my own efforts."
"That’s truly remarkable." Shen Shi sighed lightly, "Without the relics, I would be just an ordinary person accomplishing nothing... But unfortunately, you did not succeed."
In the end, through the Holy Land, Shen Shi activated the final program, sending the last message to all of humanity.
"I’m sorry, I failed, but we still have a second chance, and I won’t fail again."
After leaving this last message, Shen Shi’s incarnation collapsed completely.
Nothing remained.
Only the Pasture Master stood there in disbelief.
At this time, Shen Shi had already returned to the primary timeline.
Returning to his original body.
He remained silent for a long time before sighing slowly.
"It’s a failure."
Strictly speaking, this wasn’t his first failure.
A future where Shen Shi died existed in the first future timeline.
Even his son and his wife died as well.
So that final farewell did not bring much sadness to Shen Shi. Given his current mindset, he wouldn’t be overwhelmed by despair for a tragedy that still had a chance to be reversed.
However, strictly speaking, this was humanity’s first extinction.
Previously, even in the worst scenarios, some humans still survived. Even if culture was lost and everything turned dark, human figures still existed in this cosmos.
But this future seemed to be thoroughly disappearing.
That sword was too unfair.
It was the sword hanging over all humanity, over Shen Shi’s head.
This meant the Pasture Master had the power to destroy humanity if he was willing to sacrifice everything — no matter where humanity hid or fled.
So, the question Shen Shi faced now was how to win with such a weapon present?
"We’ll have to lull while steadily enhancing humanity’s strength." Shen Shi could only think of this solution, "The Pasture Master claimed that sword was seventy thousand years’ worth of accumulation. Judging by his state after wielding it, he must have exhausted all his power. This means, as long as humanity grows stronger, even with that sword, it’s impossible for him to destroy humanity like that. He cannot sustain the consumption... Hmm? Could it be that the Pasture Master acted at that time because he understood humanity’s capabilities and saw that as his last chance to destroy them?"
Shen Shi frowned deeply.
This last hurdle before dawn was indeed difficult.
Moreover, strictly speaking, with Time Crystal, he was a completely different level of combat power compared to his incarnation without it. If he had the Time Crystal, he could immediately drag the Pasture Master into eternal stasis, giving him no chance to use the sword, resulting in instantaneous death.
But this method couldn’t be tested.
Since the Time Crystal couldn’t be taken to other timelines and could only be used in the primary timeline.
Pinning all hope on it would mean total failure if anything went wrong; neither humanity nor he would have a future.
That was far too risky.
Even with some confidence, Shen Shi was unwilling to risk the Time Crystal’s direct power against that sword.
"Speaking of which, that clearly is something the relic civilization left for humanity... How could someone else have gotten it? That’s really unfair." Shen Shi rubbed his head, looking troubled.
However, after sensing the Time Crystal in his consciousness, he hesitated for a moment and decided to head to the fourth future timeline again.
Theoretically, knowing he wasn’t a match for the Pasture Master, he wouldn’t choose to fight him in a new future timeline, so humanity wouldn’t be destroyed, and everything would be restored under the distortion of time.
But practically speaking, this was humanity’s first complete annihilation. Considering the existence of timeline convergence, the fourth future timeline might maintain a state of total human destruction. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm
"If it’s the latter, that would indeed be troublesome, as that’s the current strongest timeline." Shen Shi, with these concerns, entered the future timeline.
Yet the instant he appeared, he was stunned.
For it wasn’t the future of total annihilation, nor one where life still existed.
Or rather, he suspected he hadn’t entered the future at all.
Before him stretched a grand hall.
A hall entirely constructed of bronze.
Larger and more complex than the place where the Bronze Altar stood.
For Shen Shi, who had developed some bronze-triggered reactions, this scene was quite stimulating.
"Where is this... Is it the future? Or did something go wrong with the Time Crystal?" Various thoughts emerged in Shen Shi’s mind.
But before he could begin to verify them, a voice suddenly resounded.
"You have finally come... I’ve been waiting for you here for nearly ten years."
Shen Shi’s pupils narrowed slightly.
He saw, in front of him, a young man in a black fitted robe, with an unknown emblem embroidered on his chest, standing there.
But that wasn’t the focus.
The focus was that he sensed a familiar aura from this man.
"This power... It’s not Primordial Energy, is it?" Shen Shi narrowed his eyes slightly.
