this infinite world

"...Chu Xuan, do you mean to say that we have been playing in someone else's chess game from the beginning to the end?"

Although he was vaguely aware of this, he felt a chill when he thought that every world after The Grudge was a script deliberately arranged by others: "Or, even if we have worked hard for so long, we are still dancing in the palm of 'fate', just like the Monkey King who thought he had escaped the cage, but was suppressed by Tathagata..."

"Maybe. I don't care."

Facing Zheng Zha's slightly struggling question, Chu Xuan replied indifferently: "Because right now, we don't have the luxury to consider the distant future and other powerful beings who may be hiding behind the scenes."

"Moreover, for now, I don't sense any malice from him towards us. Instead, he just consciously reveals a few words to us from his own perspective, just like the staff behind the scenes of a TV show."

"You're being a little too optimistic, aren't you? The Chu Xuan I know is not the kind of nice guy who trusts others easily. He's a paranoid person who doubts and questions everything..."

Zheng Zha looked at Chu Xuan with an incredible look, as if he couldn't believe that these words could come from Chu Xuan's mouth: "Wait, are you possessed by a demon again? Or am I still not awake today? Or..."

"Okay, Zheng Zha, don't get so excited for now."

Yang Yun on the other side stopped Zheng Zha's exaggerated behavior with a smile on his face. Perhaps the experience in the last "Watchers" left a deep psychological shadow on him. This man actually tried to use his spiritual light "Heavenly Dragon" again to verify whether he was in another story. "Although this sounds very un'Chu Xuan', I believe that the wisest man of our Zhongzhou team will give a satisfactory answer to everyone."

——After all, as long as Chu Xuan doesn’t want to say it, no one can ask the truth from him...

Although he said so, Yang Yun also had some doubts in his heart. He didn't think so before, but now that he knows that the world of Chinese Paladin is quite deep, many of Chu Xuan's actions are shrouded in a fog... If he can barely connect his relationship with Nuwa by obtaining the Heavenly Serpent Staff, the Holy Spirit Cloak and the Holy Spirit Pearl from the Nuwa clan, then how did he step into the Tomb of the Gods alone and successfully bring out a part of the List of the Gods?

In this world full of variables and unknowns, some things are best not to delve into, especially for people like Chu Xuan. He has always maintained a mystic attitude and never shows the whole picture of things at once. Trying to uncover every layer of his veil will often only make people fall into a deeper fog.

This young man always provides important clues or solutions at critical moments, but he always keeps certain key information secret, making it difficult to fully grasp his true intentions...and this may be the unique charm of Chu Xuan that makes people love and hate him.

"So, what do you think is destiny?"

Unexpectedly, in the face of Yang Yun's initiative to rescue him, Chu Xuan did not give a definite answer, but instead asked Zheng Zha: "Is fate an author? Is it a high-dimensional existence that controls the characters in his writing to dance in his palm?"

"It's like a skilled scriptwriter who skillfully weaves the plot he hopes to present. He has the ability to change the direction of the world at will, skillfully inserts the clues of fate called "prophecy", carefully formulates a series of changes he thinks are correct, manipulates the context of the story, and leads every character to the future he sets?" "...Isn't it?" Zheng Zha twisted his body slightly uncomfortably after listening to Chu Xuan's straightforward statement: "That's what Dr. Manhattan said, and there are indeed real 'creators' and 'observers' in our multiverse..."

"Perhaps this is true for saints and practitioners who want to jump out of the box, but for us, 'fate' has not yet materialized to such an extent."

Chu Xuan shook his head. Under Zheng Zha's puzzled gaze, Yang Yun's scrutinizing eyes, and the gazes of all the members of the Zhongzhou team, he gave a completely new point of view: "For us now, fate is nothing more than a concept of self-comfort and an excuse that cannot be surpassed."

"As long as the word 'fate' is involved, successful people can enjoy their achievements with peace of mind, and losers can avoid the mistakes they should reflect on. You can attribute everything, even things like finding a wallet or losing a phone today, to 'fate'... Do you think so?"

"I……"

Listening to Chu Xuan's words, Zheng Zha was speechless. If the so-called creator really wants to refine fate to such an extent, it is too exaggerated.

"That's how it is, Zheng Zha. You care too much about what Dr. Manhattan said."

Yang Yun patted Zheng Zha on the shoulder. He now understood what Zheng Zha was thinking: "Everything in the world is like this. Fate will not detail our every move and every word to the extreme. In fact, it only guides and sets major events, and the details are sometimes even more confusing..."

Thinking of Zheng Zha's need to reach out and touch the light ball when he first entered the main god space to obtain the side plot and bonus points, Yang Yun just smiled. It is not surprising that the novel changes the settings before and after, just like when the "creator" wrote the four-character title "Infinite Horror", he never expected to expand the world view so much...

This is how things are. In most cases, the so-called fate is just a matter of one thought. This is true for "Echizen Ryoma" and "Toyama Kintaro", and also for "Ye Fan" and "Wang Teng".

"If this world is really a novel, if our every move, every word and deed is watched by others, if we are on different timelines and are carrying out our own stories, then what we have to do will still not change at all."

Looking at Zheng Zha who seemed to be thinking about something, and the people of the Zhongzhou team in front of him, Yang Yun smiled and said confidently: "As I said before, let's do our best, get stronger, and move forward. After all, we may not be the best or the strongest..."

"But I believe that we are the ones who will be remembered most now." (End of this chapter)