Facing the Apocalypse with My Other Selves-Chapter 572 - 322: The Destruction and Rebirth of the Universe (Part 2)

No wonder they found no traces of life or civilization in the Second Universe; it turns out they were hidden away.

However, even so, there is still a lot of information that cannot be explained.

For instance, even if the civilization was hidden, what about the other planets outside the civilization?

In a universe, the largest proportion is not life planets, but other planets.

Additionally, in some of their technical detections, they can detect that this world was clearly newly created.

But the answer soon followed.

"We initially hid our civilization not out of caution toward you." Shen Yu's voice was low, yet it seemed to trace back to times that had passed.

All these displays, including the faintest traces of sound, bore no flaws.

This was not controlled by a powerful level of life, but rather by cheating with the Gray Mist.

It's worth noting that even Shen Yu is unsure what kind of powerful technology those civilizations, which have developed to the extreme in the material truth domain, truly possess.

All potential loopholes, all places that might reveal the truth, were uniformly handled by Shen Yu with the omnipotent Gray Mist.

Details decide success or failure.

But an association with the Gray Mist as a safeguard will not fail in the details.

And all civilizations have already guessed that something must have happened in the Second Universe.

They have already confirmed the authenticity of Shen Yu's words and these images through their technology.

No one is speaking right now; everyone is quietly waiting for that moment when the truth is revealed.

They haven't forgotten that the real purpose of coming here today is for that law suspected to have developed self-awareness.

In fact, many civilizations have already guessed if the Second Universe is indeed newly born, it must be related to this newly born consciousness.

As a matter of fact, the implication Shen Yu wanted to convey is indeed so.

"When the World Laws, also what we refer to as the Heavenly Dao, gave birth to self-awareness, the entire universe started collapsing into itself," Shen Yu threw out this possibility in a calm tone, "You should understand that the existence of the universe fundamentally relies on various foundational frameworks, including the Quantum Domain, the spatial domain, the domain of gravity, etc. A small parameter change can lead to a series of changes. Let alone when self-awareness is born. When the self-awareness of the Heavenly Dao emerged, the entire Second Universe had already gone through a cycle of destruction."

Everyone present fell into silence.

The previous silence was just waiting.

But the current silence is a real silence.

They naturally understand this point. More precisely, it is this understanding that brings them together at this moment here.

They are afraid.

Fearful of the existence of this Heavenly Dao consciousness.

Because they not only realize its strong presence but also realize that there seems to be no meaningful way to deal with such an existence.

At this moment, Shen Yu once again presented a new image.

This image is where this time's plan consumed the most Gray Mist.

Because it truly simulates the scenario wherein the world was destroyed due to the awakening of the Heavenly Dao.

A lot of underlying laws became incomparably chaotic in an instant.

Space collapsed, the quantum domain couldn't be maintained, the four fundamental forces were utterly disordered…

The whole process didn't even take much time.

All matter, all planets, everything was annihilated.

Even those in some civilizations who had mostly abandoned their emotions as living beings, at this moment, felt an unmatched power from the image.

The destruction of an entire universe happened just a moment ago, so close to them.

Yet they remained completely unaware.

Just this one point makes them acutely aware of their smallness.

The universe seems to always hold truths they cannot explore.

However, the subsequent changes in the image truly captivated everyone's attention intensely.

Because in this collapsing image, unexpectedly, a large group of people still existed.

They were even striving to maintain.

These thirty-three before them were part of them!

They demonstrated incredible power, somehow fully combating the chaotic order to a certain extent, and sheltered a world within their bodies!

There were countless humans, countless lifeforms, an entire civilization!

"So powerful!" Some races that haven't abandoned emotions have already sunk into enormous shock.

They couldn't even express their emotions.

After all, if it were them, facing such a crisis of universal annihilation, there'd be only one path — destruction.

Nevertheless, these people before them not only survived but also protected their civilization.

In the end, everything returned to calm.

Shen Yu, who spoke at this moment, seemed to have arrived at a strange place, a fictional, seemingly real, yet also unreal place.

But everyone could tell what he was doing.

He was offering comfort.

Comfort to the existence that merely by being born wiped out an entire universe.

"I found the newly birthed Heavenly Dao consciousness," Shen Yu said slowly, "It did nothing wrong and shouldn't bear all the impacts of its birth. Moreover, we believe its birth is a piece of luck for the survivors, I imparted our values to it and expressed our concerns — and as of today, it is not just a Heavenly Dao, nor merely the universe itself, but our companion, a fellow traveler of life."

Accompanying these words, the image given by Shen Yu once again changed.

This time, it was not destruction.

But rebirth.

Everybody could feel a creator's meticulousness, feel its emotions from the new universe, new stars, even meteorites, and black holes in the image.

Of course, the most important thing is the person before them.

Yes, these representatives of powerful civilizations suddenly sensed a kind of indescribable power from Shen Yu.

It felt like... the Heavenly Dao itself!

This feeling horrified and even terrified these individuals

Yet, Shen Yu spoke once again: "No need to fear, this is the guarantee the Heavenly Dao has made to us — it has temporarily given its authority, a part of itself, to me, or rather, us to achieve balance and maintain the safety of this fragile universe."

Shen Yu extended his palm, as did each of the other Shen Yus.

Laws coagulated in their hands!

They had even begun to influence and lever the world itself.

"Authority over laws can indeed be shared!"

This fact, without question, was the most impactful among all the information presented by the many Shen Yus today!

For it means the enormous destructive force originally belonging only to the Heavenly Dao consciousness alone is now shared among more people.

Undoubtedly, it symbolizes safety, far surpassing the safety of controlling this power alone.

And this is also what all people, all civilizations feared the most, especially after witnessing how the Heavenly Dao consciousness unintentionally destroyed a universe.

This seemingly insoluble worry suddenly got resolved at the moment it appeared?

"Has this power been completely transferred to you?"

Today's first question was thus asked.

The one who spoke was a powerful civilization that had also once abandoned emotions. Yet, after numbly enduring tens of thousands of years, they retrieved their emotions in a new reform.

The biggest feature of the entire civilization lies in adaptation.

They have never truly stuck to anything; everything can be changed if needed.

Even after determining the potential of Extraordinary Power, they were preparing to gradually transform their civilization into a form more suited to the Extraordinary Path.