Bizarre Realm-Chapter 156 - 11: Abyss City! A City Without Children

If everyone is a Transcendent, then no one is a Transcendent.

If everyone is at the same starting line, then the original Order of the real world will be completely disrupted and reshuffled. Although some have a head start, the Bizarre Realm is immensely chaotic, and chaos means opportunity and infinite possibilities. Humanity will also redefine the era’s Order amidst the chaos.

An era where everyone is a Transcendent will give birth to countless Path of Destiny Legends. Those geniuses buried within ordinary people and trapped by social class will also emerge one after another.

At dawn.

Shawn slowly opened his eyes and murmured, "But this is too cruel!... It’s truly too harsh on those ordinary people whose talents are not exceptional!... "

Who can guarantee that they are surely the one with extraordinary talent who can push through?

Shawn increasingly understood what Aemon wanted to do, but he did not agree with Aemon’s view. This is a tremendous clash of values — call it his compassionate nature, call it his saintly heart; he does not agree with an era of Transcendence opened at the cost of countless ordinary people.

Even with such a massive ’hack’ in play, Shawn had faced Death numerous times. He had survived many near-death episodes while inheriting the legacy left by nameless souls.

Can those ordinary people survive?

Aemon’s plan probably still eyes the souls of ordinary people because Shawn has read about Otherworld Knowledge of the Bottomless Abyss; human souls can reincarnate as Demons, Devils, and Evil Demons. In the Otherworld of the Forgotten Realm, the souls of those wicked, after falling into the Lower Plane, can reincarnate as the Purgatory Race.

How many people can hold onto their bottom line as the most chaotic and turbulent era begins?

When they become evil and unscrupulous due to the era, if their souls fall into Aemon’s hands, how many Demons will emerge from an Abyss reincarnation ceremony?

This might be just Shawn’s speculation, but he feels Aemon’s plan is definitely not as simple as opening doors.

After visiting the Knowledge Domain, his brain now seems as if it has been ’lubricated.’

Instantly, all the Knowledge he has learned can be recalled.

It’s like Knowledge is actively giving him a touch of enlightenment.

"Aemon surely has his own scheme, and I am also a part of his plan."

The No. 1 Sealed Object says, Aemon can help Shawn break free from the manipulation of Destiny, and now it seems the only way to break free from Destiny is to have a sufficiently powerful strength.

Aemon may be mad, but he only took three days to significantly boost Shawn’s power.

Shawn got up, ate a little, and said to himself in silence, "Aemon wants me to participate in the Abyss Arena three months from now, meaning I must ascend to possess High Tier Transcendent Power within three months."

"Because the Abyss Arena has many powerful High Tier Demons."

"If this is the case, then within a year, I will qualify to embark on the Path of Destiny."

"As long as I can survive in the end."

Aemon’s trial is very brutal; he arranged the trial for Shawn according to the standards of the Abyssal Blood War. Now, it’s just an appetizer at most — at most, just a trial level of Demon cannon fodder.

The promotion in Abyssal Blood War goes from a weak Timid Demon advancing to a powerful Balrog Flame Demon on the trial road.

(From a Challenge Level 2 Timid Demon advancing all the way to a Challenge Level 20 Balrog Flame Demon, turning from Bottomless Abyss cannon fodder fish into a dominant Sub-Demon Lord. This is the trial of Abyssal Blood War.)

Path of Destiny.

This is Shawn’s only way to break free from the manipulation of Destiny because Path of Destiny Legends have the ability to flip the table. As long as Shawn establishes the Path of Destiny, he will possess part of the world’s Law. Legendary Forbidden Curse, Clone Resurrection, Half-Plane, Time Freeze, etc., any one of these is enough to stir up the Bizarre Realm.

By that time, as long as he does not confront the Old Days and True God, Shawn will have the ability to fight!

Daybreak arrived.

As customary, Shawn went on another hunting spree, but the surrounding enemies have become much more vigilant, yielding no big fish. With the enhancement in strength, his trigger frequency for Death Retrospect is declining. With the Energy Protection Field and the Energy Shift Force Field, conventional physical attacks are also challenging to harm him.

"Force Field Shield really works well!"

Shawn loots a Lizardman’s corpse and discovers a unique Talisman — the totem engraved is slightly distinct, resembling more of a humanoid crocodile. "Are there different Lizardman tribes nearby?"

The monster killed today had better gear, including a special Crocodile Totem Artifact.

Shawn discovers that there should be two Lizardman tribes nearby because today’s kill had skin resembling crocodile skin, standing upright estimated over two meters tall.

"This swamp wouldn’t be inhabited by Crocodilemen, would it?"

Shawn changes targets daily, engaging in guerrilla warfare with the Lizardmen, wary of being tracked by High Tier Hunters; a Lizardman Tribe surely has High Tier Transcendents. Despite this being on the swamp outskirts, they might chase after him.

At midday.

Shawn had just detoured back to near the Eye Demon Nest when a gentle male voice suddenly came from behind.

Aemon’s figure appeared silently, serene in tone, "It seems you have already chosen your path."

He did not force Shawn to abandon the Path of Death, but Shawn choosing the Knowledge Path undoubtedly indicates he has figured out some things.