Chapter 1318: Seeing the Future?

How could he possibly guess, knowing full well there was no Creator God in the universe?

“He had deduced all the truths, so naturally, he hadn't deduced any falsehoods... Truths can be inferred from cosmic rules, but how can something nonexistent be deduced?”

Xu Zhi became thoroughly alert.

“Don't be discouraged,” Zhi Ji said earnestly. “In my eyes, you and Di Qi, when you mature in the future, your peak intellectual agility won't be inferior to his... You are only tens of thousands of years old; it will take some time for you to reach your peak, a period of extraordinary creativity and abundant energy... At your age, I wasn't as good as you.”

Zhi Ji wasn't lying. She had become a Saint at over ten thousand years old, yet she still underwent continuous accumulation and ascent, reaching her peak only after hundreds of thousands of years. She then maintained a period of vigorous energy for millions of years, during which she pioneered various new systems.

Just as everyone was surprised by Rong Cheng's power, Rong Cheng completely stopped joking, revealing his formidable strength, and then successively asked, “What are you doing here? What will the future of our universe entail?”

In Rong Cheng's view, since the other party could communicate with these beings, he could also establish a connection!

He wanted to know too much: origin, identity, prophecy.

Especially the prophecy!

This being before him had clearly arrived due to an ancient prophecy, fitting the timing perfectly. So, who had issued this ancient prophecy in the olden days, and who had left it behind?

Was it the two Insectoid races? Did they truly possess such power?

While that might have been conceivable before, what he was witnessing now seemed to far exceed the capabilities of those two races. If they truly possessed access to this level, they wouldn't have been defeated.

In what he had always perceived as a clear and transparent bygone era, Rong Cheng suddenly felt that it harbored too many unknown secrets, and the universe was becoming profoundly unfamiliar.

“You?”

The God of Destruction looked at him, pondered for a moment, and then, smiling, said to Rong Cheng, “Long time no see, it must have been tens of billions of years, hasn't it?”

Rong Cheng froze.

That phrase again?

He had said it to others before, and now he was saying it to him too.

We haven't seen each other for tens of billions of years?

Had we ever met?

Should he now respond with, “To someone as great as you, we are but a fleeting ripple from countless eons past, yet to us, we've only just met you a short while ago”?

But he wouldn't do something so foolish; he didn't answer with that phrase.

Rong Cheng thought for a moment and instead asked, “Have we met?”

“You and I, naturally, haven't met... yet we certainly have,” the God of Destruction chuckled. “Longevity, what a truly nostalgic era... You don't need to dwell on this. The era has changed; everything is just a similar ripple within its flow.”

I don't need to dwell on it?

How can I not dwell on it?

Rong Cheng, however, felt himself becoming more and more perplexed.

These enigmatic words sparked countless conjectures in his mind. A monumental secret seemed to lie just before him, yet it was veiled by a thin gauze, leaving him with an unbearable, itching curiosity.

“'Similar ripples within the era....'” Rong Cheng fell silent for a moment. Could it mean that he had encountered beings similar to himself from a similarly structured prehistoric era?

Rong Cheng pondered and couldn't help but ask again, “May I ask, in the future, during the destined era of the Sea of Chaos, what path will I take?”

The God of Destruction heard the question and suddenly laughed. “You should know that everything in the world is subtly governed by exchange and balance. To gain something, you must give something in return. To obtain information about the future, you must pay an equivalent price... This is my rule; though it's not what it once was, it still holds.”

Pay a price?

Rong Cheng thought about it. Knowing his future, he didn't know what terrifying price he would have to pay. In this era of change, all his former wealth had become worthless.

“My price...” Rong Cheng suddenly said.

The God of Destruction, however, suddenly laughed. “Your price has already been paid... Often, what appears to be gaining what you desire is simultaneously paying a price. Gaining and paying are the same thing.”

Rong Cheng was deep in thought.

So, if he knew the future, would he also pay a price for it?

“The entire universe has already known the future in advance; the entire universe has already paid the price,” the God of Destruction said softly and indifferently. “Therefore, your price has already been paid. However, since you possess sentience, I feel I should warn you: sometimes it's better to live out your remaining days in confusion than to depart in agonizing despair... Do you truly wish to know?”

“Why not know?” Rong Cheng asked tentatively. “Nothing is more desirable than knowledge, no matter the cost.”

“Indeed, you are similar ripples; you are almost identical,” the God of Destruction said, again causing Rong Cheng to be stunned. “This is one possible future, if you wish to see it....”

A cosmic scene gradually appeared before them.

“This is?”

It was a scene they would never forget.

Rong Cheng and Zhi Ji, with just a first glance, found their minds completely blank.

The players were stunned, feeling this was no ordinary person.

Could this truly be a monster?

The more Rong Cheng thought about it, the more shocked he became.

He had guessed almost everything, except the identity of the God of Destruction!

The players were excited.

Zhi Ji listened to Rong Cheng for a moment before reacting. Knowing his deductions, she couldn't help but sigh to Di Zun beside her, “I'm no longer as good as them. My reaction speed is slower.... My knowledge and understanding of the universe are clearly sufficient, yet I can't deduce things to this extent from these few sentences, even combining them with existing knowledge.”

And as a variable, deducing the environment of the next era, what exactly was he intending to do?

At this moment, too many thoughts flashed through his mind like thunder, leaving Rong Cheng's mind completely blank. The sheer number of questions overwhelmed him, leaving him bewildered.

Xu Zhi glanced over. The players were all amazed, saying: This person has almost guessed all the truths, except the identity of the God of Destruction...

However, Xu Zhi knew that he had indeed guessed all the truths: that the cosmic meteor shower was a variable, possibly a conspiracy, and the nature of the future Sea of Chaos era... but he hadn't guessed the God of Destruction.

He hadn't guessed the God of Destruction's identity because it was fake.

Beside him, Di Qi and Caroline, among others, were slightly surprised.

“Such a prodigy is indeed terrifying.” Xu Zhi was also surprised. Was this the kind of prodigy from the Longevity Realm era? No wonder the first-generation Insectoid Matriarch had to be killed.

Her death was not unjust.

Where did this being truly come from?

To possess such heaven-defying power, to deduce the future of the universe in advance.

Who exactly was He?

This person was terrifying.

They had revealed almost no useful information, yet he had deduced it all, guessing most of what they knew. He was indeed the most monstrous talent of all time, a being at the very pinnacle of cosmic history.

After hearing just two or three sentences, this person had almost completely analyzed the entire situation.

“Are you deducing the future?”

Rong Cheng suddenly couldn't hold back and spoke up, “As a variable in the universe, you've preemptively occupied the environment of the Sea of Chaos, using the myriad worlds to seize the great opportunities of the future... and now you are deducing the future era. What exactly do you intend to do?”

The great octopus was also utterly dumbfounded, murmuring to himself, “Where did this monster come from? Just a moment ago, he was a clueless bumpkin, knowing absolutely nothing, and now, in an instant, he understands everything? He's practically figured out everything except the identity of the God of Destruction?”