Yama Reborn-Chapter 494 - 491: The Child that was Born

Chapter Four Hundred Ninety-One: The Child Born

"So, from the looks of it, you seem to be the final winner after all," Chen Nuo sighed.

The Zero in front of him was unfathomably deep; at this moment, in Chen Nuo’s heart, Zero’s inscrutability even surpassed that freak, Seed.

"Yes, by all common sense, I should be able to win," Zero admitted without any evasion.

"What about me?" Chen Nuo frowned. "You went to great lengths, set such a large trap, and laid the groundwork with Chen Jianshe early on, then arranged for Chen Jianshe to meet me in 2002. I gained the ability to travel through time from Chen Jianshe and arrived in 1981... You’ve gone in such a massive circle and planned so much around me—all for what? Could it be just..."

Chen Nuo suddenly stopped talking. After a moment of deep thought, he frowned and said, "Looking at it this way, was it for Lu Xixi? To have me come to 1981 and then here, to meet Louise before she became Lu Xixi?"

"Doesn’t that seem unreasonable?" Zero asked.

"That’s exactly how unreasonable it is," Chen Nuo said with a wry smile.

Lu Xixi, in fact, is essentially: Yun Yin’s body + Louise’s soul. I returned to 1981 and met Louise when she was still a little girl—and saved her life. I saved this little girl who was on the verge of drowning in a sewer. Was it all just to have me save her life? That just doesn’t make sense. With Zero’s abilities, and the Gray Cat it had arranged nearby, saving Louise from a sewer pipe was such a simple task. There was absolutely no need to go through the trouble of having me travel through time and space to 1981. Either of those powerhouses could have done it with a simple snap of their fingers.

Zero smiled, seemingly not intending to immediately answer Chen Nuo’s question, but instead patted Chen Nuo on the shoulder.

"Let’s talk about the concept of ’Time’ first."

"Huh?"

"The Time Ability, jumping through time, you going back from 2002 to 1981... Time travel... Call it whatever you want; it doesn’t really matter. But in the concept of Time, there’s a very important limitation. That is to say... a person with the Time Ability cannot return to a time before they were born, nor can they go to a time after they have died. In other words, this Time Ability is limited by the span of their life. These are the rules of the Time Ability, as well as its limitations. This applies whether it’s Chen Jianshe, who has the Time Ability, or me, who bestowed that ability upon Chen Jianshe—both are bound by these constraints."

"Huh??"

Chen Nuo was startled! He immediately found a BUG. "That’s not right! You sent me back to 1981, but Chen Nuo hadn’t been born in 1981!"

"That’s why I say, you didn’t actually get the Time Ability; you just activated Chen Jianshe’s Time Ability. For Chen Jianshe, 1981 doesn’t exceed the range of his temporal jumps. Of course, when you activated Chen Jianshe’s Time Ability and jumped to the year 1981—that point in time was one I had set long ago. To put it plainly, I had premeditated it."

Chen Nuo watched Zero quietly.

Zero continued, "Time and Space, these two abilities are my greatest strengths. I told you before, my Spatial Ability is true space. I can jump to different parallel spaces, parallel universes. But since I didn’t become a Four-Dimensional Life, this power actually isn’t unlimited either. I said I’m only close to omniscient and omnipotent. I can jump into various parallel spaces; trust me, I’ve done it many times. I’ve observed you in different parallel spaces and parallel worlds—Chen Yanluo, or Chen Nuo. You are an outstanding Chosen One, with strong talents—remarkable, excellent. Of course, I’ve also observed other Chosen Ones: Yun Yin from different times and spaces, Electric General from different times and spaces... and many, many more. I observe you all to see how the Chosen Ones of different times and spaces are boosted by the Seeds, their evolution. In the end, after observing thousands of examples, I chose you. Do you know why?"

"Because... I’m the strongest?" Chen Nuo rolled his eyes.

Zero laughed. He laughed heartily for a few moments before shaking his head and saying, "No, maybe not the strongest, but the most suitable, or perhaps... a success already determined by probability."

Chen Nuo: "..."

"Out of all the contenders’ Seeds, after observing hundreds, thousands of parallel worlds, whenever it chose a Chosen One, it would provide an enormous enhancement to its strength, making it unstoppable in the war against other Seeds. Moreover..."

At this point, Zero looked at Chen Nuo with a peculiar gaze, pausing before slowly saying, "Moreover, in the parallel worlds I’ve observed, many times, the Chosen One of Seed isn’t even you. But still, it managed to gain a competitive advantage. In the parallel spaces I observed, too many times for me to even bother counting, only once did the evolution succeed! In the countless instances where Seed chose someone else as its Chosen One, the outcome of evolution was failure. But that one time Seed chose you, it was a success!"

Chen Nuo frowned.

Zero shook his head. "Don’t misunderstand, what I’m actually talking about isn’t good news—at least not for me. Seed is very powerful. Its strength allows it to kill other Seeds, complete its evolutionary self-repair, find the correct way to evolve, and fix the initial bugs of its Mother, but... For me, such an outcome is a failure."

Chen Nuo suddenly understood!

Zero continued, "I am merely a backup standing before the final boss, while Seed is a new save file that has fought its way through many levels after starting over. Of course, Seed wants to complete its evolution. Don’t I want the same? If I let it complete its evolution... I would be a complete failure! I’m sure Seed must have told you, right? In overlapping and interwoven spacetimes, there can only exist one Four-Dimensional Life. One, and only one. If someone else becomes that one, for me, it would mean absolute failure! Mr. Chen Nuo, in the most ideal trajectory, Seed should have killed all the other Seeds and then become a mature entity. And, its wisdom allowed it to see through the flawed imprisonment; it didn’t choose to devour you. Instead, it allowed you to devour it. In the end, you, Chen Yanluo, became the only Four-Dimensional Life in this spacetime. After observing parallel worlds more times than I can even remember, I decided to intervene."

Chen Nuo took a deep breath. "So... you can’t let me become a Four-Dimensional Life?"

"I can’t!"

Chen Nuo frowned. "Then you..." After thinking for a while, Chen Nuo slowly said, "It would be very easy for you to stop me... You could just go back to before I became an Ability User and kill me. After all, time travel is easy for you."

"Not possible," Zero shook his head. "You don’t understand the meaning of spacetime. For example, according to your life as Chen Yanluo: in the year 2007, in Antarctica, you became Seed’s Chosen One. After Seed gained the boost from you, its strength surged; it killed the other Seeds, and then you devoured it, completing your evolution. Based on your logic, I could just go back to 2006 or even earlier and kill you, right? But it’s not like that. Even if I killed you in 2006, the spacetime in which the evolution was completed in 2007 would still exist. And as soon as a Four-Dimensional Life is created, all spacetimes where you exist would be overwritten by the one with the four-dimensional you, becoming the three-dimensional worlds you cover. Unfortunately, I am also in a world interwoven with yours, so I too would be covered within it, unable to become a Four-Dimensional Life. So, jumping back to an earlier time and killing you is easy, but that only adds another branch to spacetime and cannot change the 2007 Antarctic spacetime where your evolution has already been completed. And once you succeed in evolving, you will have the attributes of a Four-Dimensional Life. I will no longer be able to kill you."

Chen Nuo suddenly guessed a possibility!

Sure enough, Zero slowly smiled. "Fortunately, there’s still a way. You are human, and humans always have certain human emotions, which is your weakness."

Chen Nuo’s voice became hoarse. "So... you..."

"I can’t kill you once you’ve evolved into a Four-Dimensional Life. But I can... make you kill yourself after you’ve completed the evolution. That is to say... I can make you choose to give up being a Four-Dimensional Life! And as I said before, you are human, burdened with human emotions. A woman whom you cherish and who cherishes you deeply. And then, by letting her die, causing you to fall into deep pain, you will... give up being a Four-Dimensional Life. You’ll jump from the fourth dimension back to the third, in an attempt to revive her."

Chen Nuo’s eyes flashed with a hint of murderous intent! "What... have you done?!"

Zero laughed.

"Don’t misunderstand. The act of killing The Fourth Seed, resulting in Lu Xixi’s death—I had no hand in it! It was completely done by Seed. I didn’t interfere at all. In other words, no matter who The Fourth Seed’s Chosen One was, Seed would have killed The Fourth Seed to complete its path of evolution. And once Seed kills The Fourth Seed, as its Chosen One, Lu Xixi’s death was certain. As for me, I’m already a loser."

Chen Nuo frowned. "So what arrangement have you made exactly?"

"To be precise, it was you who gave me the chance to remedy the situation... I had already lost completely. You became the only Four-Dimensional Life, and I was nothing but a loser. But against all odds... you gave it up yourself."

Chen Nuo understood in an instant!

"Do you know what I feared the most after you were reborn?" Zero said with a smile.

"What?"

"You humans possess ridiculous and trivial emotions. These emotions can make you irrational, prompting you, at the brink of becoming a Four-Dimensional Life, to give it all up because of that ridiculous thing called love! But at the same time, your human emotions also include an interesting aspect, which is... none of those emotions are eternal. So, do you know what I’m afraid of? I’m afraid that after you forgo becoming a Four-Dimensional Life for the sake of love and choose to be reborn, you fail to save Lu Xixi time and again... What if that love fades away? Or say, you traveled back to the year 2000 and started over on this timeline. After being reborn, you meet Lu Xixi again... What if you suddenly stop loving her? Or what if she doesn’t fall in love with you? The emergence of love is often very random. In your life as Chen Yanluo, when you fell in love with Lu Xixi in Antarctica, that was a chance event. It could have been a certain moment, a certain juncture, a certain emotion, a certain look, and suddenly everything clicked. And then you two fell in love. But what if the time, environment, or mood were different? Of course, you may still be driven by love to save Lu Xixi. But what if... the Lu Xixi you meet after being reborn does not fall in love with you? Then... the love will quickly disappear. Once the love in your heart is completely erased or worn away... Once you give up this rescue, and you decide to leap back to the fourth dimension... Then I will have no chance for this final remedy. Chen Nuo. You had already succeeded. But you chose to give up. This chance for a remedy was handed to me by you yourself. So, I absolutely cannot let this opportunity slip away again. Therefore, what I’ve done is actually very straightforward. I have to ensure that after your rebirth... You and Lu Xixi, must fall in love again!! To guarantee that after your rebirth, upon meeting Lu Xixi again, you will still fall in love. Only then will you keep the passion for love alive and not give up on saving her. Only then will you continue to be mired in these repeated attempts to save her!"

Chen Nuo understood!

He had been arranged to go back to 1981, where he saved a little girl, Louise. He had instilled a profound sense of gratitude and left a deep impact on a girl lost in despair and utter helplessness. During the more than a month they spent together, he left an indelible mark on her soul. Then, this little girl’s soul was made to perform Body Seizing on Yun Yin, becoming Lu Xixi! Then, in 2001, the Star Sky Empress Lu Xixi would come to Huaxia Jinling and meet Chen Nuo... Because of the part of Louise’s existence in Lu Xixi’s soul, that indelible impression and affection would make her fall in love with him swiftly...

"So, it had to be me personally going back to 1981, personally saving Louise, and spending intimate time with her. This setup was to ensure that when she came to Huaxia Jinling in 2001 and met me, she would quickly fall in love with me, right?"

"Yes!" Zero smiled happily. "So... keep the love in your heart, Chen Nuo. Believe me, if we’re talking about who the most devoted shipper in the world is, I can say, I am your most devoted shipper! As long as I am here, no matter how many times you are reborn, you both will fall in love over and over again! Forever in love! Ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Chen Nuo didn’t quite know what to feel, looking at the laughing Zero in front of him... Suddenly, he lifted his hand and threw a fierce punch at the other!

Zero clearly anticipated this. As Chen Nuo’s fist swung toward him, Zero gave Chen Nuo a light smile.

Chen Nuo instantly felt the world spinning around him...

Then, Chen Nuo disappeared.

"Ah, this feeling of confronting the person involved face to face is always so delightful to me." Zero watched the empty space where Chen Nuo had disappeared and waved his hand, saying, "I wish you eternal love!"

But these seemingly sweet blessings, when uttered by him, sounded almost like a curse.

After stretching lazily, Zero slapped his forehead. "There’s still one important thing I haven’t done."

Saying this, he waved his hand lightly!

The sky changed color! Space and time twisted!

Time was once again sped up incredibly fast!!

Zero watched with a smile as the scenery around him changed with the passing time. Then, at a certain point, he snapped his fingers lightly, and the rapid flow of time stopped, returning to its normal pace.

"Now it’s time to do something important."

Zero took on the guise of an ordinary-looking man, walked out from the riverside dock, and slowly made his way to a bus stop. He got on the bus...

After an hour and changing three different buses, Zero arrived at his destination by evening.

In front of him was a hospital in the JN district of Jinling City. A maternal and child health hospital.

With his hands behind his back, Zero leisurely made his way to the Department of Obstetrics and then stood outside the corridor of an operating room in the delivery ward.

He looked up at the wall clock.

"Hmm, it’s about time."

Soon, a commotion came from the other end of the hallway.

A hospital bed was being pushed over rapidly! Doctors and nurses on either side followed in a hurry. By the side of the bed was a young man, anxious and covered in sweat.

"The pregnant woman fell! Quick! She’s going into premature labor, get ready!!"

The pregnant woman was rushed into the delivery room. The young man was stopped outside the door.

Zero stood to one side, watching the young man, observing the anxious expression on his square face.

"My friend, don’t worry, everything will be fine. Don’t fret."

The young man was stunned, then looked up at the stranger before him. "Uh... thank you... Thanks..."

Obviously agitated, he wasn’t in the mood for small talk.

Zero gave a faint smile and then abruptly turned and left.

Inside the delivery room, the pregnant woman on the hospital bed groaned in pain as the doctors and nurses bustled about.

"The patient’s heartbeat is weakening! Quick!!"

"Inject 0.5 of cardiotonic, get ready!"

"Doctor! The fetal heartbeat has stopped! Quick!!"

Zero stood by the bed, invisible to all present.

Looking at the woman on the bed, Zero sighed. "You’re unlucky, having fallen a month before giving birth. Originally, your child was indeed going to die... But, I’ve come to give you a child."

With that, he stretched out his hand! In his hand, a ball of energy resembling a spirit or consciousness slowly emerged!

"Yun Yin, off you go."

BANG!!

The door to the delivery room flung open! A nurse walked out quickly, her face full of excitement!

"Yang Xiaoyi’s family! Where is Yang Xiaoyi’s family!!"

"Me! I’m here!!" The young man rushed over. "My name is Sun Shengli! Yang Xiaoyi inside is my wife!"

"It’s okay now, don’t worry, relax! Congratulations! Your wife has given birth to a daughter, and both mother and child are safe!"

THUMP. Sun Shengli’s legs went weak, and he sat down on the floor, letting out a long breath. "Thanks, thank you! Thank you!! Thank heavens!!"

"You’re lucky. When she was brought in, the situation was very dangerous; it was a very close call... but luckily, she pulled through! Alright, I’ll take you to pay the surgery and hospitalization fees. Later, we’ll have to admit your wife. The prematurely born child also needs to be observed in the hospital..."

"Yes, yes, yes..."

At the hospital entrance, Zero looked at the hospital’s main doors and smiled faintly.