Did the world end today?

Chapter 113 God or Man?

In the interrogation room.

Still bound, Zhou Yue quietly looked at Lin Xu, then at Jiang Xingye.

"You are a butterfly."

He spoke to Lin Xu.

"I'm."

Lin Xu nodded.

"You are pollen."

He turned to Jiang Xingye.

"I'm."

Jiang Xingye nodded in agreement.

"Good, good, very good"

A self-deprecating smile appeared on Zhou Yue's face, and he continued:

“I have pursued you two countless times—no, I should say I have sought you out.”

“I dream of bringing the two of you together. It will be of great help to me and may even make me the ruler of mankind.”

"But I never expected that we would end up coming together in this way."

"I really don't understand, how did you find me?"

"It's 2025 now, right?"

"Butterflies won't even appear in 2025."

“I’m four years ahead of all of you. That’s enough time for me to build an insurmountable information gap with you.”

"But you still caught me in the end. In this... the only right way."

Zhou Yue's voice gradually lowered as he quietly looked at Lin Xu, seemingly waiting for an answer.

But Lin Xu simply turned on the recording and then casually replied:
"My message is above yours."

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Zhou Yue fell silent upon hearing this.

After a long silence, he finally spoke:
"Your answer isn't sincere enough."

"Your information is superior to mine? That's not necessarily true."

"From 2025 to 2045—most likely 2045—that's a 20-year period, and I've already gone through countless reincarnations."

“I have as much information as you do, and in fact, much more.”

"Now, even though you've captured me, we're still equals."

"If you want to exchange information, you should show more sincerity."

After he finished speaking, Lin Xu fell into a brief silence.

He was considering whether or not to actually exchange information with Zhou Yue.

According to what the other party said, and according to the logic of the "musical chairs" theory, he should indeed have much more information than I do so far.

After all, all I can do is acquire information from the future world within an hour at a synchronized time flow, but Zhou Yue is truly capable of reincarnation within a different time flow.

I am a fleeting observer, while he is a reborn being who can be reborn repeatedly.

Theoretically speaking, his actual age might even be several hundred years old.
Lin Xu refused to believe that he had made no progress or obtained any information that surpassed his own or the official sources over the course of hundreds of years.

Originally, the reason I wanted to find him was for this information.

But which method should be used?
Thinking of this, Lin Xu spoke up:
"I don't necessarily have to use the 'exchange' method to get information from you."

"After all, we've already proven in another world that if we interrogate you using a combination of hallucinogens, you'll definitely tell us what we want."

"It just will take a little time."

Are you sure you're verifying me?

Zhou Yue looked at Lin Xu with a playful expression. Lin Xu's eyes changed, and he instantly understood what Zhou Yue meant.

No, the "killer bee" I'm referring to now is unique.

Only the one I've caught now is the real killer bee.

The one he caught in the bracelet world, 20 years later, was merely Zhou Yue from 20 years in the future.

He is fundamentally different from killer bees.

The biggest difference is that he lost to "Killer Bee" in the musical chairs game!
Those Zhou Yues might also possess "similar" abilities, but they are not killer bees after all!

Lin Xu frowned deeply.

He looked at Zhou Yue and asked:
"So, what exactly is the logic behind your repeated time travels?"

"If you are destined to never lose in the game of musical chairs, then theoretically, every version of you I meet should be your strongest form."

"That is, the real body of the 'killer bee'."

"But why... when you say those 'you,' aren't you?"

"Musical chairs?"

Zhou Yue's eyes lit up.

"That's a really good description! I've been trying to find a word to describe what I'm going through, but I just haven't found one."

“Even though I’ve read many books in many worlds—you know, that’s to make up for what I regretted when I was young.”

"But even so, I have never found such a suitable adjective."

"Very good, very good."

Zhou Yue smiled broadly, looked at Lin Xu, and said:
"In that case, I'll give you a piece of information for free—no, not for free, it's a reward for your 'literary quality'."

He sat up slightly and continued:
"This is an observer effect."

"You are a butterfly, so it shouldn't be hard for you to understand."

"When you never choose any one world, I am a killer bee in every world."

"Because I do not operate on a linear timeline, I can move freely on a planar timeline as long as there is no interference."

"But, once you, this butterfly, enter a certain world, my timeline is compressed into a linear one."

"So what you see is either the 'killer bee' that happens to be in that world, or 'Zhou Yue left behind after the killer bee left'."

"Do you understand now?"

".Understood."

Lin Xu let out a heavy sigh.

really.

The killer bees' mechanism was almost exactly the same as what Jiang Xingye and he had predicted.

He is evenly distributed in every different world, and the function of the bracelet is indeed to "converge".

What comes to a close is the timeline, and what comes to a close is the near-infinite possibility.

This very control is precisely why Lin Xu was able to confine him to one world and completely capture the real "killer bee." It's clear now.

Lin Xu looked at the killer bees and asked again:
"So you knew all along that I would catch you? You were on the run?"

Zhou Yue shook his head—in fact, this was the only action he could take now, either shaking his head or nodding.

"It should be said that he was escaping incidentally."

"I have spent my whole life chasing the truth about the end of the world and searching for a way to escape it."

"However, foolish humans, foolish lower species, are far too much of a burden to me."

"I cannot explain higher dimensions to them, nor can I explain the so-called end of the world to them."

"They will only believe it if they see it for themselves."

"This wasted a lot of my time—so I finally decided to give up."

"Humanity cannot be saved, the world cannot be saved."

"Only those I choose are qualified to live."

"You're really crazy."

Lin Xu stared at Zhou Yue and asked sarcastically:

"You don't really think you're a god, do you?"

"Of course I am."

Zhou Yue looked completely matter-of-fact.

"Am I not?"

"I can travel through time and space, I can bring the dead back to life, I can foresee the future, and I can even achieve immortality."

"I would like to ask, which god in history has performed as many miracles as I have?"

"Jesus could part the Red Sea and feed his followers with five loaves and two fish, but the miracles he performed are nothing compared to what I have to say."

"He is nothing more than a fictional, artificially constructed 'concept'."

"But I am truly omnipotent."

"We've got you."

Lin's preface is concise and to the point.

"I admit it."

Zhou Yue let out a heavy breath, and then said:

"But this is a battle between two gods with different stances, and has nothing to do with lowly humans."

"wrong."

Lin Xu shook his head.

"I told you, it was us who grabbed you, not me."

“You were captured by what you call ‘lower humans’.”

"Stop deceiving yourself."

Zhou Yue's expression suddenly changed.

"Without you, they would never have caught me!"

"This is an experience I've verified countless times!"

"Without butterflies, they can't even catch my incarnation walking the world."

“You are not on the same level as them at all—you are not even the same kind of creature anymore.”

"When three-dimensional beings begin to be able to navigate and even utilize higher-dimensional space, would you still call them human?"

He needs a new name to refer to.

"God is the most suitable synonym!"

This person has completely gone mad.

This was the only thought that remained in Lin Xu's mind after listening to Zhou Yue's speech.

Admittedly, his idea has a certain degree of "reasonableness".

The problem is that the "human" part of his thinking has been completely erased.

Under these circumstances, it's impossible to get him to cooperate.

He's no longer human, why would he want to cooperate with others?

Escaping the apocalypse is no longer his only goal; his real goal should be...
"To survive the apocalypse as a god!"

Lin Xu took a deep breath.

He asked one last question.

"Have you really never considered cooperating with what you call 'lower humans'?"

"Is it possible that this is your best option to avoid the apocalypse?"

"You think it never happened?"

Zhou Yue chuckled.

"I have descended upon many worlds."

"In some worlds, I have indeed tried to cooperate."

"But such cooperation is doomed to failure."

"correct."

"You are a butterfly."

"You will definitely see those worlds in the future."

You'll understand when the time comes.

"I'm right."

"Humans, who are like ants, cannot survive in this world."

Only God can live forever!

After saying that, Lin Xu stopped arguing.

He stood up and gestured for Qin Feng to come in.

Then he asked:
"Your National Security Bureau shouldn't be limited to only doing legitimate work, right?"

Qin Feng was stunned for a moment.

"What do you mean?"

Lin Xu blinked.

"What I mean is that you guys have to do some of the dirty work."

"Cut off pieces of his flesh, one by one, and I'll see if he's a god or a man!"

(End of this chapter)