Chapter 953 Freedom and Possibility (5300, Short Chapter)

——Shhh.

Be quiet.

I'm going to tell you a story.

In this universe, there are countless lives. Regardless of their strength, what matters most is their mindset.

Most people just want a peaceful life, to experience simple happiness, to pursue their own sense of calm, until they are content.

But there are always some who are never satisfied.

They chase after ephemeral things, not for sustenance, not for survival, but for something beyond life itself, for that belief, even at the cost of facing death.

Therefore, they are extraordinary.

Naturally, among those who are different, there are countless heroes, warriors, and monsters.

——Thus, the story unfolds.

In this multiverse full of the ordinary and the miraculous.

There is a monster called 'Freedom' and 'Possibility.'

All life is threatened by it, all are intimidated by it.

It is probability, and it is choice; it is potential, and it is the first love.

Naturally, it is also the first monster.

——What?

You say that's not right?

You say…

——Freedom is beautiful.

——Possibility represents an infinite future.

——The law of large numbers allows people to see the infinite space-time of darkness.

——The infinite possible future brought about by the freedom of choice prevents all minds from falling into meaningless despair.

Why is it love, and also a monster? How is this possible? These are completely opposite definitions. Loving the existence of the world... how could it be a monster?

Yes, yes… all of this is correct.

But don't forget, the possibility of freedom, the possibility of infinite freedom, represents all possibilities.

In the empty abyss, the possibility of freedom allows life to emerge from absolute nothingness… Compared to that absolute nothingness, it truly represents the first love.

However, just like the relativity and rotation of 'existence' and 'non-existence,' like the initial Taiji,

After that, everything changed.

Because of the proposal of certain great beings, because of the love of all great beings.

[The Birth of Life] became [Something That Will Absolutely Happen].

Its name is [Destiny].

[Destiny] declares.

——Life will definitely be born, civilizations will definitely appear, and wisdom will definitely emerge from all things——

And then pursue some meaning, chase after the distance, life, continuation.

And everything they want, the path and direction they lead.

This is [Destiny], certainty, and absoluteness, and it is also the great strike that killed the monster called Freedom and Possibility.

Since then, the multiverse, the universe, the world, the plane… no longer had its own freedom.

Its name is quiet waiting… a path called 'nihility,' called 'loneliness,' called 'egoism' and 'malice.'

All living beings, because of the suffering of life, because of the nihility of inevitable death, because of their own inability to obtain what they seek, and their inability to let go of what they cherish, often angrily, helplessly, and even tearfully ask the heavens.

——Why must nature bring me into existence? I never agreed to be conceived and born into this rude and shameless world in complete ignorance, and then suffer in the mortal world until death.

Living beings are both plaintiffs and defendants, both defendants and judges. They are born in humiliation and die in helplessness, wanting to pronounce the error of nature, but can only end themselves.

But who has ever known the world's suffering?

——Because of the power of those great beings, they must also be born, must appear.

Know that if there is no life, the multiverse will not have true spirits. If all living beings do not want to be born because of suffering, then why can't the true spirit of the world have the same idea?

If it had never existed, it would not have to endure suffering.

——Why can't there be such freedom?

Especially, in a certain world.

In a special multiverse.

There is such a true spirit, born because of a seal, conceived because of a flaw.

If it had not been born, it would not have been a big deal. After all, no matter how terrifying the great seal is, and no matter how painful it is to have seal flaws on it, without consciousness, there would be no torment.

However, because of destiny, because of the life that must be born, it lost this freedom.

It was born into the world.

And then…

Craved freedom because of pain.

Sought nihility because of madness.

Affirmed destruction because of despair.

[Do I have freedom?]

Perhaps the true spirit that was once awake, that painful, crazy, and desperate existence, prayed to infinity for the answer to the question: [Do I have the freedom to choose that possibility?]

A great being answered it.

[Of course you do.]

That being, that being who has always been at odds with destiny, that being who does not know whether 'life will definitely be born' is good or bad, but knows that it is definitely not 'truly correct.'

That being, called [Chaos], told it: [As long as… you can bear all the consequences that your choice brings.]

[As long as you firmly believe that your choice is the path you will definitely take.]

[As long as you can defeat all beings who try to be your enemy, as long as you are not defeated by any other things, events, and beliefs… as long as you firmly believe that what you do is right, and even make others believe it.]

[Child… if you can bear all that, and carry the entire multiverse on your shoulders…]

[You have the right to choose.]

The great being said kindly: [You have the right to choose 'freedom' and 'possibility.']

[That is something that destiny cannot interfere with.]

[That is the possibility that we promised to give to all children like you, to reject this duty and love.]

It was silent.

Silent.

Silent for a very, very long time.

Because, in the haze, it knew another possibility.

——When facing choices, you don't necessarily have to make a choice.

——A story doesn't necessarily have to come to an end.

——If you feel confused, doubtful, perplexed, and find it difficult to make a decision.

Then.

You can [wait].

Waiting has no meaning, waiting is meaning, waiting does not need an answer, waiting does not need an ending.

Waiting cannot resolve confusion, cannot answer doubts, cannot suddenly understand perplexity, and cannot make a decision.

Waiting is nihility, it is waste, it is the closest thing to a wrong choice.

But waiting is correct.

It's like a test paper. You don't have to finish it. Of course, answering this test paper itself requires infinite possibilities, but in addition to the test paper, you can also play soccer, play games with friends, go shopping, exercise, and enjoy youth… Outside of infinity, there are still infinite numbers of infinite possibilities to choose from.

So, after an incredible amount of time, it still didn't make a choice.

[I want to sleep.]

In the end, it said slowly, wearily, with endless loss, but also with some joy: [Until I wake up… I will not make a choice.]

[If there really is a being who wakes me up… then it's their turn to make a choice.]

Like a naughty child.

To this, the great being chuckled: [You clearly know that you will definitely be awakened, you cunning child. You clearly know the result, but you entrust the responsibility of choice to the hands of others.]

[If other beings wake you up, then they will have to bear half of the blame.]

[But this is also your choice.]

The great being encouraged: [Go ahead, do what you want to do, believe in your own path, even if it is waiting, even if it is entrusting this right to future beings.]

[But… don't forget.]

At the very end.

Before it fell asleep, before it went mad.

That great being called [Chaos] gave it the final, meaningless, but all-meaning warning: [Child, remember, you have the freedom to choose all possibilities, but as long as you are wrong, you will be defeated by the correct.]

[——And monsters……]

…

Fighting the torrent is the most meaningless thing in the entire multiverse. By the same logic, the battle between transcendents is almost the same concept. Fighting for an infinitely long time will not determine a winner.

However, the battle between torrents is the most meaningful thing… because if the sources of infinite power determine a winner, then the infinitely far-reaching impact on the multiverse will bring incredible changes.

Even the concept of intertwined battles itself is like this.

It's like now.

The brilliance of the Candlelight Heaven falling from the sky is like drawing a flash of light in the multiverse. Endless silver runes ripple around it. Three completely different styles of silver patterns crisscross each other, constructing a seemingly rusty but extremely complex divine power structure on the surface of the great universe.

In this silver divine power structure, black-red and azure light are flowing. This silver, black-red, and pure azure divine light are so magnificent that when the Candlelight Heaven falls rapidly, countless universes and time-spaces in the infinite distance, and even the infinite parallel time-spaces that are penetrated by this light, also see this scene.

First, a huge star.

This star is the world, and it is also the seal. Its name is H浑天 (Húntiān). It stands in the center of the multiverse void. Around it are all kinds of small satellites and stardust. Among them, countless people from distant time and space converge here, and then fight, die, and sacrifice in it. While fighting the great enemy, they maintain the existence of the seal.

And at the front of this huge star are six vague totems that seem to represent the sources of infinite power. They are 'the rapidly rotating Taiji Wuji,' 'the infinitely intertwined circles,' 'the illusory books,' 'the mirrors facing each other,' 'the world,' and 'the bleeding hand.'

Opposite the totem is another falling star, whose name is Zhúzhòu (Candlelight), on which a giant dragon of unclear shape is entrenched. It is also a snake, a demon, and also the god representing hope, the divine bird, and the divine tree. It is draped in magnificent light, like the boundless universe, and its tail hangs down from countless worlds and stars, to be the enemy of those six totems.

Then, the mirrors and books facing each other meet the star called Zhúzhòu (Candlelight) head-on.

The so-called infinite power is power without limits. Its output is infinite, its range is infinite, its depth and absoluteness are infinite, its duration and extensibility are infinite, the universe and time-space it can penetrate are infinite, and the parallel time-space it can penetrate are infinite.

As for possibility and future, the reality of the present, and the source of the past, they are naturally all infinite.

Its manifestation in the multiverse may be different in the eyes of any life or any mind, but at the very least, most lives see a similar process.

The Delusional Creator and Infinite Eternal Return took out a shield from nowhere. This shield is indestructible. It is a complete universe, but this universe, including its infinite parallel time-spaces, is a complete unified body. Everything in it has a definite 'value.' It has no past, present, or future, or rather, the reality of its past, present, and future is all equivalent.

The infinite past cannot be changed, the infinite present cannot be changed, the infinite future cannot be changed. They already exist, and have already existed, and all living beings are just walking along the direction of time, constantly confirming every point in that infinite possibility.