Devouring World Dragon

Chapter 297 A Chase and Escape Across Time and Space

"Where to escape!"

The enraged monster roared, uttering sounds that were incomprehensible to humans.

Those escaped microcosms, however, have already fled to the upper reaches of time, their presence vanishing into the entire universe.

The monster leaped into the void, its massive, trailing tail whipping around and shattering the stars in the sky. The monster itself vanished into nothingness in that spacetime.

……

Galactic calendar 30K.

"For the God-Emperor! The God-Emperor is watching us..."

The fanatical Space Marines brandished their chainsaw swords, hacking fiercely at the bizarre alien creatures.

Space Marines, genetically modified with incredible strength and clad in power armor, are the pinnacle of psionic, genetic, and mechanical engineering.

Their armor was etched with human skulls, for in this monster-infested universe, human skulls proved they had not been tainted by the aliens. Their empty eye sockets mirrored the cold, austere face of the God-Emperor.

These warriors, forged from the blood of demigods, were invincible and fought valiantly for the empire's great expedition.

Those aliens, monsters, and machines that betrayed humanity should all be destroyed! They must be destroyed!

Humanity first!

Meanwhile, the equally determined aliens clashed with the Space Marines.

Such scenes occur every time in the galaxy, but none of the warriors realize that an unusual silence has begun in the warp, and only some archdemons have noticed something amiss.

"I can no longer sense the High God..."

Some great demons are wondering about this.

In this subspace where there is no past, future, or present, and no life or death, the four gods mentioned by the Great Demon are desperately trying to escape upstream in time.

"What are those new humans doing? If you want to fight, then fight. Why are you running towards me..."

As the four gods fled, on the golden throne, the demigod, whose body had withered like a dried corpse, opened his eyes.

"Did you finally do it... Hahaha, future warriors, you did a great job, it's finally coming to an end."

The demigod, formerly known as Hasegawa, burst into laughter.

With the arrival of numerous cross-dimensional microcosms and the Greedy Dragon, everything in this spacetime was integrated into the microcosms.

……

"Successfully absorbed AYU88655 timeline; this timeline is currently merging with the main timeline..."

The fusion of space and time is not about annexation, but about establishing logical relationships.

The merging of two spacetime fragments does not create an additional universe of matter, but rather mutually proves the basis for their existence, much like the many words in a book.

A single word can be a book, and a hundred million words can also be a book, but a book with only one word cannot constitute a complete book; only a hundred million words can.

The same applies to space and time.

A single spacetime fragment is a universe, and even a billion spacetime fragments still constitute only one universe. However, only a universe composed of a billion spacetime fragments can guarantee that this universe will not be destroyed out of thin air, dying from "creation from nothingness."

Each time a spacetime fragment is incorporated and merged, it means that the logic of the main spacetime itself is greatly improved, and it will not disappear out of thin air due to logical loopholes created out of thin air.

But before people could even feel happy, bad news followed one after another.

"The monster behind us is still hot on our heels. We can't stop yet. We must do our best to absorb spacetime and prevent errors in causality, and then continue jumping towards the source..."

Countless beams of light recklessly distorted numerous spaces and times, turning them into bubbles, while numerous microcosms, like small boats on the sea, struggled to gather nearby spaces and times in order to fill the ever-shattering gaps in space and time.

……

In the year 20765 of the Galactic Calendar, on the back of a snake.

"I knew it! This place is absolutely unsafe!!!"

The violent woman, struggling desperately to escape the pursuit of the dark psionic monsters, yelled at the expressionless man beside her.

Beneath him lay the towering serpentine body that stretched as far as the eye could see, while behind him lurked numerous greedy dark spirit energy monsters.

"..."

The expressionless man remained silent, simply embracing the violent woman with his mechanical arm. Behind him, numerous gun barrels deployed, spraying special field bullets at the monsters behind him to hinder their pursuit.

This move wasn't useless, but it was clear that they were in a desperate situation.

The dark psionic monsters living beside the giant serpent were greedy and cunning. Although they feared the field bullets, they still followed behind, waiting for the two to exhaust themselves.

"Oh no, oh no! I was hoping to find a handsome guy to date, but I ended up dying alongside a tin can..."

The girl hugged the cyborg's waist, her face contorted in a mournful expression.

I know it's hard to find a settlement on the back of the World Eater, but does it really have to be chased by so many monsters right away?
And the perpetually expressionless "tin can" finally spoke.

“My name is Ranrande, not Tin Can.”

He spoke in a stiff voice.

"Isn't this still a tin can...? Tin can, are we really going to die here?"

"According to calculations, the probability of us dying together is 97.686%... but it's not certain."

"Doesn't that mean we're doomed? Σ(Д」)」"

"No, if parallel universe interference, spacetime tunneling, probabilistic quantum fluctuations, etc. suddenly occur at this moment, we may still survive."

The woman paused for a moment, then spoke.

"Tin can, has anyone told you that your serious tone when you tell jokes is really lame?"

"I did not load the joke template."

"...(disgusted face)"

Knowing she was likely to die here, the girl could only close her eyes and pray.

"Please, I don't want to die! If I can live... then I... I'd rather not have a handsome boyfriend! I'd even be happy to have this tin can as my boyfriend."

The girl, with a mournful face, prayed to the gods in the darkness.

The next instant, an invisible spatial turbulence suddenly formed between the two, propelling them toward a certain place and separating them from the dark spirit monsters behind them.

The dark spirit monsters watched helplessly as their soon-to-be-at-hand meal vanished, roaring in resentment.

The two, caught in the temporal turbulence, ended up falling towards a certain part of the giant serpent's body...

A place where you can vaguely see greenery.

But beyond time and space.

"The gravitational collapse bomb failed to fully activate; T698 was struck by a beam of light, losing 0.58% of its mass..."

In a realm beyond mortal imagination, numerous man-made microcosms are still desperately trying to escape under the barrage of beams of light.

……

The year is 13258 in the Galactic Calendar.

Limited by the ironclad law that the speed of light cannot be exceeded, humanity is scattered throughout the galaxy, with local separatist regimes waging war against each other, and the resulting galactic war has now entered its sixth millennium.

In this sixth millennium, war has destroyed numerous planets and scattered civilizations, causing many to regress to a primitive state. Romulo, meaning "the world" in the local language, is a name the man knows the planet's true name isn't.

ATU-62994, this is the ancient name for this lost planet in interstellar space, a post-war planet lost due to war.

The people here have long forgotten the stories of their ancestors who traveled among the stars. Like the ancient Earthlings, they cultivate the land, graze their livestock on the hillsides, wear simple clothes, and fight with swords...

"But it shouldn't be like this."

The man gazed at the sky, murmuring to himself.

Many years ago, his ancestors built a world among the stars, a massive undertaking that required the full effort of the Science Council.

But no one expected that the colossal Science Council would eventually collapse, leaving no one with the ability or will to build the Ring World.

The workers who had built the ring world for generations were forced to leave, and his ancestor crashed onto this wild planet during an escape.

Although they managed to establish a small kingdom and live a life considered superior by the natives, how could this be what those who had seen the stars desired? And how difficult it was to build a spaceship! Even now, two hundred years later, with the man's generation still seeing no possibility of leaving…

Perhaps, I can only helplessly admit that I will have to live on this lost planet forever.

The man's face was full of bitterness.

"what's wrong?"

A gentle hand rested on his shoulder, draped a fur coat over him, and a soft female voice rang out.

Turning back to look into those worried, bright eyes, the man felt a warmth in his heart and shook his head with a smile.

"fine."

With her there, what does it matter if we can't return to the stars?

"You're pregnant, you should be resting."

The man said gently.

Under the cover of night, the man and woman gazed at each other, a strange sense of peace washing over them.

Unbeknownst to him, a strange spiritual energy broke through the barrier of space and time, projecting directly into the woman's womb...

Three years later, the queen of the Chamaluo Kingdom, who had been unable to give birth for a long time, gave birth to a baby, a baby who was born floating in the air and possessed all sorts of incredible abilities.

No one knows the baby's real name anymore; people later called him "Emperor".

And beyond time and space...

"The time and space in which the emperor was born was destroyed. This is an important causal chain. Without this cause and effect, the emperor could only be an ordinary human being."

"What should I do?"

"Repair it again, forcefully catalyze it, we must ensure the stability of our existence..."

The past determines the future, and the future also maintains the past.

The ultimate civilization, born at the end of time, strives to maintain its existence.

……

1512 AD, Earth, Italian Peninsula.

In the attic filled with books, an old man sat absentmindedly at his desk.

"We can't find it...we can't find it at all, there's no way we can stop it...it's bound to wake up."

No matter how hard I racked my brains or how much information I collected, I still couldn't find a solution.

There are ways to banish monsters, there are ways to banish vampires, and there are even methods that claim to banish angels, but who has a way to fight against the creator gods and demons?
The more I understand, the more desperate I feel.

"Is there really no other way?"

The old man tugged at his hair, muttering in anguish.

But just then, a bunch of strange messages flooded into the old man's mind...

"..."

Without any further reaction, the old man was overwhelmed by the massive influx of information and fainted, collapsing onto his desk.

A few days later, the old man, after waking up, faced his Holy Grail Knight's Way.

"Frederic, I will be traveling alone this time. You stay here and protect the Holy Grail well."

Facing the blond knight, who was like a disciple to him, the old man earnestly gave him some advice.

"Traveling? Who are you going to see?"

The blond knight frowned, puzzled.

The old man gazed into the distance, recalling the complex knowledge in his mind, and said absentmindedly.

“A…fish.”

Meanwhile, in faraway Germany, a young vampire silently sensed the power within him.

"Is this the true guidance of God... Hmph... Hmph hmph hmph, very well then, the World Key? It will belong to me."

His mouth parted into a grin, revealing his deep teeth.

……

February 1419, the village of Domrémy on the French border.

The trembling little girl hid in the wardrobe, fearing that she would be discovered by the British soldiers outside.

But for some reason, the British soldiers seemed to be blind and completely ignored the wardrobe.

……

In 12 AD, the Roman Empire's province of Judea.

The boy named Hannah, under the guidance of his cousin John, went into the river and was baptized.

……

Time goes back indefinitely.

From a more macroscopic perspective, one can see two invisible things intertwined on the timeline.

The two things fought and chased each other, and the aftershocks of their battle were wildly disturbing all of space and time.

Interstellar Age, Earth Age, Savage Age...

Two intertwined and chasing entities traverse through time and space, with stars retreating one by one, light flowing backward, even to an era before the birth of humankind and life itself.

Everything is turning around.

In the universe, extinct stars reignite, reignited stars regenerate into nebulae, and nebulae coalesce again into black holes.

Ultimately, the universe reverted to its primitive state, filled with supermassive black holes.

But the backtracking hasn't stopped; in fact, it's accelerating.

Thus, the arrow of time returned to the origin of all things.

Singular point!

(End of this chapter)