xymnovel Chapter 7296 A Slight Possibility
Chapter 7296 A Slight Possibility
Chapter 7296 A Slight Possibility
Hua Shen had seen it all, and was one of the world's top elites. But that's precisely why he was terrified when he saw the scale and power of Yang Si's finishing move. Damn it, what does it mean that one finishing move from the opponent would take my life?
However, the moment this thought crossed Hua Shen's mind, the next sentence popped into his head: "Luckily, I'm lucky. Even if I get beaten up, I won't really die!"
Yang Si's Void Bubble Annihilation attack directly destroyed most of the tentacles that appeared beside them, along with their main bodies. However, the blood mist and churned mud caused Yang Si to lose his vision for a moment. But it didn't matter, he continued!
Another cavitation collapse. Just as there's no need to doubt Zou's combat prowess, there's also no need to doubt Yang Si's stamina like a construction worker. Others might need a pause before unleashing a finishing move, but Yang Si doesn't need to at all. He can unleash it in rapid succession, and even continuously.
Faced with such an incredible attack, Hua Shen could only think of one thing: even if he had ten lives, he wouldn't be able to withstand this thing's attack. This was a move that could truly tear him apart with a single blow!
After all, underwater, no one has armor and can only rely on their physical bodies to withstand the heat. Even the most hardened bodies cannot withstand the high temperatures and pressures of a star. What does this level of high temperature and pressure mean? It means that underwater, if Yang Si really wanted to, he could turn Hua Shen, a living person, into a diamond!
The demon god's vitality was indeed very strong, and its combat power was also very fierce, but it couldn't withstand Yang Si's truly heaven-defying level of creature underwater. Even though the commotion was so great that Zou on the surface noticed something was wrong, causing the underwater guardian demon god to wander over, it was just like a disabled person playing the role of a speed bump on a highway when facing Yang Si, who was like a fish in water. It was directly crushed.
"Hey, Yang, I'll go up and call Lao Zou first. I think you alone are enough to suppress these demons." Hua Shen gestured to Yang Si a few times. He felt that he didn't need to play the role of bait at all. Yang Si just stirred things up like this, and with such a big commotion, all the demons were attracted over. Then each of them was hit by the underwater ultimate technique of cavitation collapse and was directly crushed to pieces.
"You go first. I feel like I can actually take down these things one-on-one." Yang Si threw another finishing move at them. Defend my ass! Who cares if they can see it or not? Just go up and unleash a finishing move. Carbon-based creatures definitely can't withstand it. Even if the Bin Corpse Demon God is a carbon-based creature, that means it can be used to make diamonds!
Hua Shen struggled to float to the surface and saw Zou pointing a ship's cannon straight at him. He quickly jumped ashore and put on his armor. As mentioned before, without armor, Hua Shen would only lose one hit to a finishing move like the Vapor Collapse. But with the fortress-level armor, the Vapor Collapse, while still dangerous, could at least withstand a few hits.
It wasn't that I was afraid of Yang Si, who was one of my own brothers, but rather that it was better to keep my own life in my own hands.
"What's going on down there? Why did you come up here alone?" Zou asked, frowning. He actually had a pretty good relationship with Yang Si, but his relationship with Hua Shen was just so-so, since like repels like.
"If it weren't for the super-speed regeneration, Old Yang would probably have killed all eight demon gods below," Hua Shen said with a hint of exasperation.
Zou was completely bewildered by these words. Was Yang Si really that ruthless? Although Chen Xi had told him that Yang Si was incredibly powerful underwater, what did it mean that "Yang Si killed the remaining eight demon gods without super-speed regeneration"? Even if Zou was at his peak, he would have to fight while running away from the eight demon gods and then gradually turn the tables by relying on his own advantages.
"Anyway, you can come down with me and take a look." As he spoke, Hua Shen took two deep breaths and jumped into the water wearing his armor. Zou thought for a moment and then jumped in after him.
Yang Si didn't actually kill the demon god, but the biggest difference between underwater and land combat is that the enemy's attacks can come from all directions. Yang Si used his control over the water flow and his finishing move to scatter the demon god's corpse. While the demon god was regenerating, he threw it hundreds of meters away. The mindless demon god was essentially out of combat after being thrown hundreds of meters away, and it wouldn't bother to come back and continue chasing Yang Si.
With this trick, once Zou and Hua Shen had sunk to the bottom, Yang Si had already sent away the eight demon gods guarding the palace. All that was left was for him and his brothers to explore.
"Brother Zou, is this a ruin?" Yang Si asked Zou Ta telepathically as soon as he came down.
"Ah, I thought this place would be ruins by the time I finished fighting the demon god." Zou adjusted the vibration, stirred the lake water, and made his murky voice.
Upon hearing this, Hua Shen realized that he was still quite different from Zou Ta in terms of mental capacity.
"Alright, let's go in and take a look. I feel like something's not right here. Let's all be on guard," Yang Si said cautiously.
"Then there's nothing more to say, Hua Shen, you go scout ahead!" Zou naturally pulled over the scapegoat he had prepared. Why was he giving Hua Shen a share of the money? Because he needed Hua Shen to scout ahead.
Hua Shen made a cursing face, but he was still the first to swim towards the Spring and Autumn Period palace. He was the first to step onto the steps in front of the palace. However, the moment he stepped onto the steps, Hua Shen suddenly realized that the water around him had disappeared. Then came the dull pop of the crossbow being triggered. To make matters worse, Hua Shen felt as if his feet were stuck to the steps and he could not take a second step.
Since things have come to this, there's no need for further words; we'll just have to tough it out!
A bronze spear as thick as a pigeon's egg shot out from the palace, striking Hua Shen, who was standing motionless. The terrifying power caused the bronze spear to shatter upon impact with Hua Shen's chest armor, scattering a large amount of debris. Hua Shen, however, was completely unharmed.
"That's it?" Hua Shen sneered and stepped forward. He might have been more cautious about other things, but what was there to be afraid of? His armor and his body of steel, forged through countless trials, made him completely immune to these attacks. Charge!
On the nine steps, Hua Shen was struck by more than fifty bronze spears, which even made him feel a little tightness in his chest, but he was not injured at all.
“It seems to be just an ordinary mechanism. Let’s go in.” Zou pulled Yang Si along, preparing to go inside as well. However, after only two steps, Yang Si stopped.
“Brother Zou, you go in. I’ll guard the back for you. The area ahead is no longer water; it should be some kind of water-repelling formation. I can exert my greatest strength by staying outside. If I go in, I might just be a burden,” Yang Si said, stopping in his tracks.
Upon hearing this, Zou was stunned for a moment before realizing that the environment around him was actually similar to that of land. Although he didn't react immediately due to the water and pressure, the freedom of breathing gave him a wake-up call.
“Then you stay here, I’ll go in first. That guy Hua Shen didn’t even wait for me.” Zou thought about it and felt that it would be safer for Yang Si to stay outside. He looked at Hua Shen, who was still outside the palace, and found that the other party had already entered the palace, leaving only a dark, gaping doorway that seemed to have swallowed up the light.
"Be careful, I have a feeling something's not right," Yang Si said in a deep voice.
"Don't worry, my strength is still not a problem," Zou said, patting his chest. Then he went up the steps and rushed inside.
Yang Si felt inexplicably uneasy watching this scene. He had a vague sense of danger, and now he felt something was wrong, very wrong.
However, just as Yang Si sensed something was wrong, Hua Shen suddenly stepped out from the dark palace entrance. Yang Si was stunned when he saw Hua Shen and instinctively opened his mouth to greet him.
"Are you Yang Si?" Hua Shen was momentarily dazed when he stepped out of the palace, and then, seeing Yang Si below, he spoke with a mixture of curiosity and wariness.
Upon hearing this, Yang Si naturally took a few steps back and entered the range of the magic array. Yang Si was definitely no match for Hua Shen, but outside the magic array, even if Hua Shen was fully armored, Yang Si would only need to slash him a dozen times, and that was only because Hua Shen had the Phoenix Nine Deaths skill.
Hua Shen, standing at the palace gate, saw Yang Si retreat and become wary, and he also looked cautious. The two of them realized something was wrong almost instantly, but seeing the other's parrying movements, they both relaxed their guard. It was a very standard infantry parry, and they were indeed on the same side.
"Is there something inside that's interfering with your memory?" Yang Si asked tentatively.
However, just as they were speaking, a large amount of foul blood suddenly flowed out of the dark palace entrance, and then Zou roared and rushed out carrying half of Hua Shen.
At this moment, Yang Si outside the magic array, as well as Hua Shen who came out first, were both plunged into a deep panic. How did Zou Ta mention half of Hua Shen?
"Old Yang, take Hua Shen back quickly, he can still be saved!" Zou roared at Yang Si, covered in blood. He raised his hand to throw Hua Shen to Yang Si, and then turned around to intercept the thing that was about to rush out. But the moment he turned around, he saw Hua Shen, who was completely unharmed, next to him. He was startled, glanced down at the half of Hua Shen he was carrying, and jumped to the side.
"Who are you!" Zou roared, holding half of Hua Shen in one hand and a mace in the other, looking at the unharmed Hua Shen in front of him.
"No, Zou Ta, I have Phoenix Nine Deaths, how could I be beaten like this in just a few breaths? Breaking the boundary without divine will can't destroy me instantly, it would take nine moves to kill me!" Hua Shen shouted back as he gripped his spear tightly in defense when he saw Zou Ta directly questioning him.
"Because you've encountered me." A familiar voice echoed from the dark palace, followed by the appearance of a tall and strong figure. Yang Si even trembled slightly at this moment, because it was Zou Ta who walked out of the palace.
"Old Yang, I didn't expect you to still be alive." Zou Ta, who had just come out, looked at Yang Si with a hint of nostalgia and said. Upon hearing this, Yang Si instantly realized that this was not the Zou Ta he knew.
“I sensed something was wrong when I was in the dark.” Zou threw the half of Hua Shen he was carrying toward Yang Si. “Yang Si, you take Hua Shen and go first. Leave this to me. Although I don’t understand what’s going on, some things are actually easy to solve in my opinion.”
"Go tell Lord Chen that there's trouble here." Zou tossed the half of Hua Shen aside and beckoned to Hua Shen beside him. Then, looking at himself and the self he didn't know was made of, he could feel a heavy threat emanating from this self.
"Hey, hey, hey, Zou Ta, what are you planning to do?" Although Hua Shen also thought that the Zou Ta who just came out was a fake, he couldn't be sure that the one who came out later was the real one in the current situation!
"You and Yang Si should retreat first. Leave this to me. I'm really glad that I managed to break through my willpower limit today. Otherwise, I wouldn't even know what happened," Zou said in a deep voice. "Hua Shen, you and Yang Si should leave immediately. What happens next is beyond your ability to handle."
Hua Shen was puzzled, but Yang Si also advised him to leave. Although Hua Shen was very confused, he still chose to retreat with Yang Si.
After Yang Si and Hua Shen left, Zou, who had been extremely wary, lowered his guard and looked at himself in front of him, as well as Hua Shen, who was almost bleeding to death.
"Within this possibility, have I stooped so low as to kill even my own comrades for money?" Zou looked at himself and said with a hint of coldness.
Although Zou knew he was a beast, he was able to maintain a high standard because of Liu Bei and Chen Xi. But he never expected that he would go so far as to kill his comrades. He was truly a scoundrel!
"Comrade-in-arms?" Zou Ta, standing proudly in place with an aura of coldness, looked indifferently at the person in front of him who was very similar to himself but completely different in temperament. "Can such a weakling be considered a comrade-in-arms? He was just someone I brought here to explore this ruin. I suppose you now know what is suppressed in this palace."
“It’s the Candle Dragon that’s been nailed to the river of time.” Zou Ta said after a moment of silence. Why did Hua Shen become so slow to react after only being inside for a short time? It was because of the time difference and the erosion of time. And since the will to break through limits is resistant to almost everything, Zou Ta remembered some things.
“Become one with me.” Zou, from other possible versions of himself, looked at the version of himself before him. “The superposition of possibilities is the true way to achieve self-realization.”
"I don't mind that, I'm just curious why you've become like this." Zou looked at the person in front of him who was slightly shorter than him but had an extremely firm mind, and asked his biggest question.
"Do you want to see it?" Zou asked, coming from a different perspective.
"You don't mind?" Zou asked, pausing for a moment.
The memories quickly began to merge, and another possibility was incorporated into Zou's memory: a future where Chen Xi was killed in a car accident before he even left Yingchuan. Therefore, there was no Chen Zichuan or Yuanfeng Prosperity from the beginning. Naturally, Zou's wife, his second wife, and the women he had taken from him were all gone. The children he had finally obtained also died in the massacre after his side was defeated.
Alone, all that remains on earth is this broken body that firmly believes in power.
By the time of the eleventh year of Yuanfeng, the other possible Han dynasty had already disintegrated, becoming a collection of states and counties, a combination of military ruffians and powerful families, almost like local clan factions. As for unifying the world, none of them had any hope of doing so. Cao Mengde, due to his massacres, was assassinated on his way to victory while attacking Yuan Shao, leading to the disintegration of the state. After that, there was no further news of him.
According to Zou's estimation, Cao Mengde was probably being treated the same way he had been treated. After all, given the current circumstances, it was one thing if he couldn't get revenge before, but now that he could...
"The world has fallen apart into more than a hundred states and counties? Bones are exposed in the wilderness, and there is not a rooster crowing for a thousand miles?" Zou was terrified. Although he was not a good person, he had not yet experienced the real human tragedy because Chen Xi saved the Han Dynasty too early.
"What do you mean there are less than seven million people left in the entire Central Plains?" Zou was completely dumbfounded. This was the entire Central Plains! Damn it, there were only seven million people left in the entire Central Plains! What kind of concept was that? You must know that Runan County alone used to have more than two million people, and Nanyang County also had more than two million people!
As a result, there are now less than seven million people in the whole world. Where have they gone?
died!
"You've been married three times?" Zou couldn't stand it anymore. Who could swallow such garbage? I can't swallow it!
"So this is how the world can be." Zou Ta, from another possibility, no longer knew whether he should be jealous, angry, or hateful, because when he passed his memories to the other possibility, the other party also leaked his memories to him. It was just a matter of whether it was active or passive, but there was no difference. He also liked to see the memories of the other possibility.
Having gone through so many memories, seeing countless pieces of garbage from that era, this time I saw something completely different.
“It’s not even marriage. Yours is a family, and I’m just a stray dog.” Zou Ta, from another possibility, said indifferently, then stretched out his hand. “I’ve actually traveled through this palace many times, eating countless dog-shit-like memories of the past. But this time is completely different.”
As Zou looked at the rising power before him, which was even beginning to infinitely increase and break through his own understanding, he revealed an extremely solemn expression. He was no match for him, absolutely no match for him!
"Swallow such a possibility and accept this shitty era?" Zou, whose aura had begun to reach the heavens and earth and even revealed a bit of enduring temperament, shook his head and said to himself opposite him, "Protect this tiny possibility well. This world should not have such a place. Strengthen yourself, and I will wait for you to break through the limits one day and devour me."
After saying this, Zou Ta, who was clearly extremely powerful but somewhat dejected, stepped into the palace. The entire palace was then distorted internally and disappeared from the spot, leaving only a bewildered Zou Ta behind.
The simulation of an extraordinary society is really interesting. In reality, a unified supernatural society like Shenzhou III would be quite difficult to achieve.