Devouring World Dragon

Chapter 291 Heroes and Monsters
It was crushed by an entire universe, the two universes were like a giant millstone, and the giant serpent was the grinding stone in that millstone, being mercilessly crushed by the two rotating universes.

Those sturdy scales, capable of withstanding the power of neutron stars and even black holes, proved ineffective against this cosmic-scale confrontation. In an instant, millions of scales shattered and turned to dust.

"what……"

It cried out in pain, its muscles spasming and trembling uncontrollably. Its body, now stripped of its scales, was torn open with huge wounds as it was crushed between the two universes, and blood splattered everywhere.

This only made the monster's appearance more and more ferocious.

The monstrous creature raised its head, its magnificent body, stretching for billions of miles, supporting two universes and attempting to push these two nascent universes back.

"What can mere bait do to me?!"

Roaring, bright beams of light shot from its crimson pupils, and wherever those beams reached, matter turned to nothingness and spacetime distorted.

When the monster lowered its head, the two beams of light swept across the universe beneath it, instantly piercing it and creating a huge hole. The universe, which had collapsed back to its original point, was forced to expand again. When the monster raised its head, the two beams of light swept across the universe above it, pulverizing the numerous nebulae born within that universe and plunging it into chaos once more.

A greedy monster, a violent monster, a ferocious monster.

Its massive body, spanning billions of miles, stands upright in the universe, and its gaze has already shattered two newly formed universes.

Just as the monster was about to expand its gains, even more universes were born around it, crowding towards it. The universes collided with each other, giving birth to even more universes.

Each time these universes crush the giant serpent, they steal more flesh and blood from the monster.

This is the Anti-Genesis Project.

Creation created everything, while Anti-Creation seeks to take everything away and weaken the monsters' power.

Like a Hercules stuck in a quagmire, his immense strength has nowhere to be used. The enraged monster, covered in crimson scales, raged through countless universes, destroying many, yet creating even more.

……

"Our energy reserves can't withstand this endless depletion! It's time to move on to the next step."

In a certain space, although it seemed that the monster was stuck in the mud, a new human still looked tense and anxiously urged.

In just tens of thousands of years, this new civilization has spread throughout the universe, extinguishing countless stars, mining black holes, and utilizing dark matter... They have extinguished so many stars that the brightness of the entire universe has dimmed.

But even with such a large reserve of energy, it cannot withstand such consumption.

The creation machine is the ultimate dream of the entire civilization, but the energy required to create a completely new universe is still too enormous. Even with so much preparation, the energy will eventually be depleted if things continue like this.

"Then... let's move on to the second stage—the creation of a hero."

The non-god spoke, looking at the new god beside him.

The new god was shrouded in light, his face obscured, but his beautiful figure could be vaguely discerned.

In the entire universe, perhaps only the new god who was once the heart of the old god could do what followed.

"Please, God, help me wait one more time."

The god's face was serene; he simply nodded and then vanished in a flash of light.

……

Buried upon by countless universes, its body was repeatedly impacted, reshaped in destruction, until finally its flesh and blood were worn away, leaving only its skeletal remains. Yet the monster, transformed into a skeletal serpent, showed no signs of fatigue; instead, it grew even more ferocious.

It devoured a universe, swallowing it whole, completely disregarding the fact that its own body was now nothing but a skeleton.

"Roar……"

It growled, its crimson pupils cold and dark within the hollow orifices. The remaining scales swayed restlessly like maple leaves in the wind, as if they were alive.

But a voice had already sounded in my ear.

"Existence and non-existence give rise to each other; difficulty and ease complement each other; length and shortness define each other; high and low incline towards each other; sound and voice harmonize with each other; front and back follow each other... Everything has its strengths and weaknesses, its advantages and disadvantages. Snake, we have already seen your weakness."

Countless voices were singing.

The Creation Machine manifests a variety of complex patterns, the ultimate product of every dimension, capable of creating all sorts of miracles, including invoking that ancient will.

“We come from ancient times, we are Adam, Char, and Lilith…”

The song continues, countless lives singing those names that are celebrated. In the wondrous light, a faint tremor can be seen, a brand new life is being conceived.

"We are Lily, Cain, Noah, Ham, and Joan of Arc..."

Whether or not these names are preserved in history, through technology we have glimpsed past civilizations, and all civilizations ultimately remember them, remembering those vivid names.

The faint tremor suddenly intensified, pounding like a heartbeat.

"We are Galileo, Leonardo da Vinci, Newton, Napoleon, Marx, Hitler, Ubertus, Roberts..."

The names of those who, whether good or evil, influenced the history of the old human race through their actions were chanted one by one.

Civilization has taken some detours and paid a heavy price, but in the end, civilization has learned from these mistakes and pushed itself to be better.

A blurry figure is taking shape, and a body filled with blood and flesh is being formed.

“We are Inshnaenadu Umoragara Changgugara…”

These spirited names, who changed the course of civilization in the interstellar age, are celebrated.

Their arrogance, their conceit, their pride, and their courage and indomitable spirit in the face of monsters still shine brightly even after countless years.

In the radiance, a thick arm stretched out, its surface covered with bulging muscles.

"We are civilization, we are everything, we are heroes, we changed the universe, we reached the ultimate, and thus we fought against gods and demons. Behold, the destiny that has continued since ancient times comes to an end today."

Amidst songs of praise and hymns of wonder, from the sea of ​​stars, life born of the will of the entire universe steps forth from radiance. The warrior born from this radiance is muscular, his waist-length hair tied back with a single jade ring.

A warrior with God as his heart and man as his body, half-human and half-god. Though a demigod, he is more glorious and greater than any god.

As the demigod took his first step, his body rapidly expanded, growing from the size of a normal human to the size of a mountain; with the second step, the mountain grew even larger, becoming a star… With each step, the demigod warrior grew countless times larger. And when he took seven steps, galaxies danced among the demigod's hair and beard, black holes swirled before him, his eyes resembled two galaxies, and his mouth spoke of the entire universe, making him no less impressive than that monster.

The giant serpent, however, seemed to be facing a formidable enemy, ignoring even the universes that were entangled with it, and instead, unusually, it began to show signs of alarm.

This feeling made the serpent extremely uncomfortable and unhappy, as if it were facing a natural nemesis.

But what does this mean?
What can a mere hybrid of a god and an insect possibly accomplish?!

Its cold, piercing eyes looked down at the giant before it, and it roared.

……

"Although I don't know why, it seems that the monster will fail because of the concept of a hero, or rather, the hero is its natural enemy."

In a strange space, a peculiar insect-like life form speaks in a low voice.

But then, a voice suddenly rang out.

"Not natural enemies, but arch-enemies."

Next to the insect-like creature was a small fish tank, and one of the small fish was blowing bubbles and speaking.

That little fish may seem insignificant, but no one can ignore it, because it is the only known life form, besides monsters, that has survived from the old world to the present.

The fish god of the old world.

"what do you mean……?"

The insect-like life form asked in confusion.

"I know many people might think that heroes have some special influence on it, which is why it repeatedly fails in front of those heroes due to various coincidences. But I think it's not that heroes are anything special, but rather that there's a problem with it itself..."

"A monster that even the gods couldn't defeat was defeated by a hero... Is it really that simple?"

In the fish tank, the little fish slowly blew bubbles, speaking in an extremely melancholic tone.

The little fish gazed at the distant starry sea, watching the giants and monsters imbued with divine power.

"Whatever the reason, let's wait and see, and hope that the hero can defeat the monster."

(End of this chapter)