Welcome to Rewind World Game-Chapter 1629 - 53: The Holy Sun Mermaid and the Sinless Assembly’s Human Arrival (14)
Kasadia suddenly looked up, his bright silver eyes seemed to be ignited: "This... you’re Mr. Su Qing, right? You also understand the two-dimensional world?" He raised his right hand, clenched it into a fist, and forcefully swung it toward the sky,
"—Long live the two-dimensional! Watashi wa wants to create a perfect sekai!"
Su Ming’an was so startled by the intensity of the atmosphere that he took half a step back, his expression wavering, a troubled look on his face.
Even though he knew beforehand that Kasadia was into the two-dimensional, this behavior was still too advanced. This person was as delicate and beautiful as a fragile porcelain statue when quiet, but unfortunately, he had a mouth.
Upon encountering Su Ming’an, a fellow enthusiast, Kasadia was full of words, "Don’t you think? After wandering in the universe for so long, only those worlds in games, animation, and manga can make people temporarily forget the harshness of reality. The beautiful, passionate, and miraculous... that’s the future we should pursue!"
"Oh." Su Ming’an responded solemnly, his face heavy.
If Yamada Machiichi were here, he would definitely get along well with Kasadia.
Kasadia brandished his paintbrush: "Hui Bai and Antetolia have already reached an agreement with the ruler of this planet, Yijulai’er. She agrees to let us integrate here. As long as we transform this planet into a form suitable for human survival, we can come in!"
His words were filled with naive yet fervent longing. Su Ming’an looked at him silently, finding it hard to associate this young man, immersed in the joy of fantasy, with the traitor who would later cause the downfall of billions and plunge the world into darkness.
"Let’s hope so."
There were a few other members in the team. The most striking was Blake—a tall man with golden hair like a blazing sun and sharp golden eyes, laughing heartily: "This ghost place has pretty bright colors, just wonder if we can hunt some game to spice up our meals; I’m about to puke from drinking nutritional supplements!"
Another was Rock, wearing a meticulously styled British detective outfit and golden glasses, with sharp, calm eyes, saying lightly: "Blake, I recommend caution. Biomes in unknown ecological environments are likely to carry unknown pathogens or toxins. Moreover, based on the initial scan, the energy signals from creatures here are generally high; who ends up hunting who is still uncertain."
"Tsk, Rock, you’re always such a buzzkill!" Blake vigorously patted Rock’s back, "I’ve been through the World Game! With a combat power of over six thousand, I’m not afraid of these natives!"
"If the fusion fails..." Rock muttered in a low voice, "Ark resources are low, and we don’t have time to find another planet."
Blake fell silent.
"Can’t we just..." He scratched his head, "Can’t we just have things go smoothly..."
"By the way!" Kasadia’s eyes sparkled as he looked at Su Ming’an, "I heard from Ante that you’re a ’Prophet’! Can you predict what will happen to us in the future?"
The outing was highly dangerous, so Su Ming’an had falsely claimed to have the "Prophecy" ability to help the team avoid danger, which persuaded Antetolia to let him join.
"I predict..." Su Ming’an paused for a moment, only knowing that betrayal by Kasadia would occur later, but unaware of the specifics.
Thinking about it, he pointed to Blake and said:
"I predict you will become a golden giant dragon with eyes brighter than the sun, named Ian."
"What? Giant dragon?" Blake blinked, confused.
Su Ming’an pointed to Rock: "I predict you will become a gambling and drinking demon who is backstabbed by your own son, named Perlo."
"Are you joking?" Rock chuckled, "I don’t touch a drop of alcohol and despise gambling; how could I become such a person."
Su Ming’an pointed to Kasadia: "And you, you will become a demon who only pursues joy and happiness, playing with life without caring for morals or human lives. You will be obsessed with a purple-haired magpie, living and dying for him, becoming a cosmic-level jester."
Kasadia’s clear eyes instantly widened, hurriedly waving his hand: "What are you talking about? I’ve hated birds since I was a kid! I’d rather crash and die than go crazy over a magpie!"
But soon everyone burst into laughter, Blake patted Su Ming’an on the shoulder: "Didn’t expect you to make such ridiculous prophecies to lighten the tense atmosphere. So likable, I even want to be friends with you!"
Everyone laughed out loud in a friendly manner.
Su Ming’an silently watched their smiles.
Only he knew what the future held; it felt like this.
They seemed destined to walk a path of no return, deeply embedded with blood and tears, with destiny flowing like water, unstoppable.
Passionate warriors, calm and rational analysts, romantic and imaginative artists... would transform into ferocious and bloodthirsty giant dragons, ruthless and malevolent demons, insane sinful gods of amusement. The upheaval brought by time, even they themselves would not believe.
Su Ming’an looked at the seed in his palm.
This was the seed given to him by Antetolia.
...
["This is an ’Artificial World Seed’ developed by human researchers. Our launch time was too short, and we didn’t have time to nurture a true World Seed, so we had to create an artificial one."]
["Bury this seed at the base of the World Tree, and it will begin to transform the planet, rapidly evolving it into a form suitable for human habitation."]
["We are stationed on the Ark, and the rest is up to you. We entrust you with this."]
...
"Look! There is the World Tree!" Kasadia pointed into the distance.
It was a crimson beach, extending into an area built with amber-colored skeletons. In the center, there was a giant tree emitting a gentle radiance.
A figure formed by a halo slowly coalesced—the Watcher Yijulai’er, her voice entering their minds, carrying an inhuman sense of detachment:
[Welcome, guests from afar.]
Su Ming’an took out the seed: "According to the agreement, it will help transform this realm, so this planet evolves into a peaceful world until we settle in safely."
Yijulai’er’s light silhouette gently fluctuated, and the seed flew toward the roots of the World Tree.
[Seed received.] Yijulai’er’s voice remained calm and unyielding: [Please leave this realm soon; time will swiftly pass.]
With the mission accomplished, the team members all breathed a sigh of relief, Blake grinned: "Done! Let’s go, go back! Can’t wait to move in!"
During the return trip, Kasadia continued drawing, and Blake was salivating at a few creatures with thick meat. Su Ming’an remained vigilant, always feeling that something was off.
"...Brother." Kasadia leaned closer and whispered, "Do you feel something’s not right?"
Su Ming’an was startled by this address. The Shitposter Demon calling him "brother" was the ultimate joke.
"What did you call me?"
"Brother." Kasadia innocently said, "I always felt that calling you by name wasn’t suitable, calling you brother is better."
... Kasadia was so sensitive, she actually sensed that she shouldn’t call Su Ming’an "Su Qing," almost like a Sixth Sense.
"Call it." Su Ming’an readily agreed, adding it to his mental list of teasing material, "You also feel something’s wrong? Why?"
"Just feels off." Kasadia shrugged, "Sixth Sense, perhaps. Being an artist, a Flash of Genius is crucial. I can always sniff out unusual vibes."
... So it was intuition-based.
"What do you want to do?" Su Ming’an asked.
"We... secretly get Blake and the others back, then sneak back under the World Tree and see what Yijulai’er and the others are up to, how about it?" Kasadia showed a somewhat wicked smile, which seemed out of place on her innocent-looking face, like a sesame dumpling.
Su Ming’an didn’t actually want to go back directly either, so he simply "colluded in crime."
Kasadia claimed to continue exploring, coaxing the gullible Blake to go back, then immediately pulled Su Ming’an along to sneak back.
He took out a painting board. This was his Ability—"Wonderful Painting Board." With a few strokes, he vividly painted the scenery of the World Tree, then added a few more to depict Su Ming’an and him under the World Tree.
The next moment, the two of them indeed appeared under the World Tree, just hidden by a bunch of leaves.
Su Ming’an glanced at Kasadia in surprise. This "whatever you paint, comes true" Ability was truly special, and it bore a striking resemblance to Sique’s "whatever you write, comes true." However, the weakness was also obvious: too much time for painting and it might not lead to direct harm.
"Shh." Kasadia blinked and saw Yijulai’er talking to a white shadow under the World Tree.
...
[Yijulai’er, you must make a choice. Only one of the two worlds can survive.] The light of the World Tree flickered slightly.
Yijulai’er’s voice was indifferent: [Only... preserve one?]
The white figure said: [The World Tree has already nurtured the embryo of countless "life forms"—dragons, elves, demons, angels... these races are born under the rules of this place, more adaptable to the "Mirror’s" Law than fragile humans. What the Zhai Star Humans proposed "let the planet evolve and create a peaceful world" is just an illusion; the planet’s evolution can no longer be reversed.]
Yijulai’er contemplated: [Then just tell them the truth, inform them that this planet can no longer be turned into a peaceful world...]
The white figure shook its head: [Now that the two planets have collided, directly telling them the truth, they are likely to choose to slaughter the life on this planet and take extreme measures to reverse the planet’s evolutionary process. Yijulai’er, prepare to execute "Purification." At the moment of integration, use the turbulence of the double slit to wipe out all humans; we cannot let the future of this planet be ruined by them.]
Yijulai’er was silent for a moment, slightly lifting the hem of her skirt: [As you wish. The plan has been recorded, deception will continue to the end.] 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
Kasadia’s body trembled slightly. He suddenly turned to look at Su Ming’an, his face losing all color, his bright silver eyes filled with incredulous shock.
"They... they deceived us..." Kasadia’s pupils trembled, "There was never a peaceful integration... we, all of us were..."
The refuge they struggled to enter was a complete sham!
Su Ming’an froze for a moment. According to the history he knew, when humans entered this planet, they turned into the Light Side and the Dark Side after passing through the planet’s "double slit." Then, Kasadia stole the World Origin and infused 2D elements, causing the planet to evolve into a dangerous multi-species world.
However, what he heard in this conversation indicated that—before the integration, there were already multiple species here. It wasn’t Kasadia’s 2D influence that caused it! Before the Zhai Star people discovered this planet, it had already entered a multi-species evolution, and humans thinking about creating a peaceful world was delusion from the start!
"Right..." Su Ming’an suddenly recalled that he learned this piece of history because he had a dream, and whose territory was the dream?
The Lord of Dreams!
Previously, he was unaware of the Lord of Dreams’ existence, but now, he suddenly noticed that the information he got from the dream... couldn’t be trusted.
Of course, he was also in a dream now, but this was more credible since this wasn’t the Lord of Dream’s domain.
"So, Yijulai’er wasn’t as friendly as I remembered. She wouldn’t shed tears for the sacrificial behavior of Hui Bai and the others tossing away memories. From the beginning, she aimed to trap and kill humans, leading them into this dangerous world. Because this planet was already heading toward dangerous multi-species evolution, if humans knew the truth, they would inevitably resort to bloody invasions, seizing control of this planet, resulting in a mountain of corpses... She wanted to lure humans into this world and solve the human problem without bloodshed." Su Ming’an’s heart pounded, "So, historically, when humans entered Luowasha, they suffered huge losses and became the lowest in the Food Chain... This wasn’t Kasadia’s fault, but a trap set by Yijulai’er and the World Tree from the beginning!"
In that case, Yijulai’er’s actions made perfect sense—As the planet’s Watcher, she had no reason to welcome Hui Bai and other outsiders and welcome them to join this planet. She was deliberately leading them in to protect this planet.
But even knowing the truth, what can humans do? They can’t find a second planet anymore, and to survive, they can only take aggressive actions... just like the System of Dawn back then.
Two live, one dies.
Su Ming’an’s hand was tightly clenched, Kasadia’s pupils dilated to the extreme, the last trace of color fading from his face.
Hearing such a terrifying truth out of nowhere, his whole body trembled.
"We... We must bring the truth back! Tell Antetolia... let them prepare for battle..." Speaking of this, Kasadia suddenly became confused, muttering, "But, battle... Do we have to become invaders? Do we have to invade this planet to survive, kill all the un-evolved species, and forcibly make this planet peaceful..."
To save a hundred million people, kill the tens of billions of lives on this planet... are they "pioneers" or civilization’s "executioners"?
Suddenly, they saw Yijulai’er looking over.
Their coincidental hearing of this conversation was too convenient, like Yijulai’er intended to speak it directly into their ears!
An idea popped into Su Ming’an’s mind—was it possible that Yijulai’er didn’t want to slaughter a billion lives either, hoping humans would withdraw and give up, so she purposely let them hear? The one insisting on slaughtering humans was only the heartless, desireless World Tree.
"Brother, you have to bring the information back!" Kasadia found that the transport function of his paintbrush had failed, so he quickly put on a cyan gauze cloak.
"What about you?"
Kasadia took a deep breath, his whole body trembling, clenching his teeth: "I’ve handed over all my miniatures in my personal space to you, send the life-size pillows and posters for me, remember to format my computer hard drive... all my Skills are invested in defense and stealth, I’ll divert her! You escape using your Space Ability!"
With that, Kasadia turned into a cyan smoke drifting into the distance.
The next moment, he sensed a wind behind him, it was the black-haired youth following him.
