NABC Chapter 174. The Fear of Nothingness
Chapter 174. The Fear of Nothingness
Chapter 174. The Fear of Nothingness
In a dark and void world, all sorts of negative emotions surge and endless pain rolls. In this world of despair, a shadow emitting a faint light purifies everything and spreads the light of hope.
Ji Yuan glanced at the resentful void, ignored it, and instead began to observe this world of negative energy.
Despair and decay are the underlying themes here, accompanied by countless sufferings. This place is not only a manifestation of destruction, but also another embodiment of hell.
Upon closer observation, he understood the basic operating principle of this world: just as Noah grew stronger through positive emotions, nothingness grew stronger through negative emotions.
Therefore, the destruction of nothingness is sometimes not entirely destruction, but a method more evil than destruction—imprisonment.
He imprisons his victims in this void, forcing them to endlessly cycle through their most painful memories, thereby enhancing his power.
Ji Yuan's brows twitched involuntarily. He looked at the dark figure and said in a completely emotionless tone, "Your behavior is appalling."
As Ji Yuan sized up the Void, the Void was also sizing him up. Hearing him speak, the Void looked at him with a hint of curiosity:
"You are special. You are not a life that should exist in the cycle of reincarnation. You also stubbornly believe in the existence of hope. In a sense, I should be your opposite, not that cowardly and hypocritical sentinel."
Ji Yuan frowned. This nothingness seemed to know a lot. "It seems you are the answer I've been looking for."
"The answer?" A hint of surprise lingered in the ethereal tone. "It seems you've glimpsed some of the mysteries of the multiverse. I do indeed know some things that are unknown to others, but why should I tell you?"
A surge of anger and uncontrollable disgust welled up in Ji Yuan's eyes, like the opposition between light and darkness. Just as Noah loathed Zaki, the Void made this Noah feel incredibly disgusted, and he couldn't help but want to beat him into the true Void.
"Even if I kill you and read your memories, I can still know everything."
After saying that, he transformed into Noah, his wings radiating divine light, and infinite light gathered in his hands. The entire void world began to fluctuate violently, as if it would be destroyed at any moment.
This is one of Noah's three ultimate techniques—"Ultimate Noah," which unleashes all the energy stored in Noah's Wings to deliver a devastating blow to the target, completely eradicating it from its source.
"Wait!!!" Void hurriedly spoke up. He did not expect that such an embodiment of positive emotions would be so irritable, wanting to destroy everything right away. Who is the embodiment of destruction?
"I'm too lazy to waste my breath on you, you're not worthy to listen!" The divine voice echoed, and the void world shook even more violently, the power contained in Noah's hands was about to erupt.
Terrified, Void spoke at the fastest speed he had ever used, "Destroying me is useless. You can't access my memories, just like you can't unlock Robert's memory lock!"
"Let's have a proper talk!!!"
The seven-colored sphere of destruction swept everything away, clearing away the darkness and leaving only endless light. The void world trembled, and countless fine cracks appeared visibly.
It's easy to imagine that it will be destroyed in the next moment!
But Noah abruptly stopped his arm. The seven-colored sphere of light stopped in front of the void, just one atom away from completely annihilating it and becoming true nothingness.
In the pitch-black eye sockets where his eyeballs were not visible, a clear trace of fear appeared. That silver-white figure seemed to be able to deny everything, to stop everything; it was all hope, all possibility.
"Who exactly are you? This power is not in this universe!" Void shouted these words almost hysterically. In countless years, he had never seen such an existence. Hope born from the impossible is itself an impossible thing.
"Who am I?" Noah had transformed back into Ji Yuan's human form, a smile on his face. "I'm just an Ultraman passing by."
He sensed fear emanating from the world's master in this world. Even the embodiment of destruction could feel fear? It seems anything is indeed possible.
"Ultraman?" The void's emotions fluctuated slightly. "It seems you are the God of Stories' helper. He really knows how to choose people, but you are destined to fail."
"Oh?" Ji Yuan smiled. "It seems you know a lot about internal affairs. Tell me about it? Maybe I can make you feel more comfortable."
"Hehe, you're strong, but you're arrogant. Do you still dare to kill me now? Hahahaha!" Void laughed loudly, seemingly having already devised a countermeasure in that short time.
"Isn't it just about being completely bound to Robert? How do you know that's not my goal?" Ji Yuan's eyes were smiling, as if everything before was an act.
"What do you mean?" Void had a very bad feeling.
"What do you mean?" Ji Yuan waved his hand, and an interrogation table instantly appeared in the dark world. Xu Wu was forced to sit at the table like a prisoner.
Xu Wu's mind trembled violently. This was his own world, so why should it be controlled by this Ultraman?
"You must have had a trinity experience with Robert, right?"
"How...how did you know?" Xu Wu looked at Ji Yuan with horror in his eyes. Only he should know about these experiences.
"You don't need to know why I know this. You just need to know that you can never escape Robert in this lifetime."
"Don't you like having others reincarnate in your world, drawing strength from you? From now on, you will reincarnate in Robert's heart. Every time he comes, he will draw strength from you, until you finally merge with him and become his source of power."
Ji Yuan smiled, and light shone in the void. It was so bright, but in the eyes of nothingness, it was extremely terrifying.
"What—what did you do?" Void tried to find the answer, only to discover that it had already lost control of the world, and even the soul it had imprisoned had been freed.
"No, you can't release those souls. They don't exist in this spacetime. Releasing them will cause the universe to collapse and attract their attention!"
"What are you analyzing? I just sent them back to where they belonged. The things you're worried about won't happen. But you could tell me what secrets you know. Like I said, I'll make you feel better."
Ji Yuan sat down opposite the void, his expression calm and domineering. As if due to his bond with Robert, the void opposite him gradually solidified, becoming exactly like Robert, except that it was emitting evil black energy.
He stared intently at Ji Yuan, saying each word carefully, "Then you'd better be well prepared, lest you lose your mind and collapse to death after hearing this!"