this infinite world

“——Stop joking!”

These words ignited Zheng Zha's anger.

After understanding the meaning of Dr. Manhattan's words, Zheng Zha, who had been quite calm until now, suddenly became really angry.

For Zheng Zha, how could this be considered a choice? If the old era was allowed to continue, it would mean that the years he and his teammates on the Zhongzhou team had spent together, the memories of their time together, would all become nothingness, things that had never happened, and no one would even remember them.

However, if one chooses to let the old era end completely, Yang Yun, who is still fighting, will not be able to return and will be buried with the old era, and even resurrection will be impossible?
When he thought of this, Zheng Zha could no longer suppress his anger and shouted at Dr. Manhattan in front of him, "Why can't Yang Yun return after the merger? How can this be possible?"

"Because as 'Yang Yun', his cause and effect have not yet ended. This is the choice of the multiverse, and all stories need a corresponding ending in the end."

Dr. Manhattan replied calmly: "Or rather, this is his deliberate arrangement."

"I don't care about 'him' or 'him'! You didn't let Yang Yun enter the world of the Watchers, but sent him to the Silent Hill world of the old era. It was obviously you who caused it!"

Zheng Zha waved his hand and drastically denied Dr. Manhattan's statement: "As the mastermind behind this, you are now seriously talking to me about some choices. Don't you think it's ridiculous!"

Zheng Zha said, regardless of anything, and just opened "Primordial Desolation - Creation of the World". According to the method he had just used to enter this blank space, he moved his feet and rushed towards the charred fragment of the page while thinking about Yang Yun.

"clang!"

Suddenly, it seemed like a bell rang, and Zheng Zha's eyes were full of stars. He hit his head and bled three inches away from the charred page, as if he had hit an invisible wall. He immediately punched it with both fists, but the force that was enough to break a planet could not leave any trace on the invisible barrier in front of him...

"Take down this wall!" Seeing this, Zheng Zha turned around again and yelled at Dr. Manhattan. But the next moment, he got an unexpected answer.

"I did nothing. What is hindering you is the final self-destruction mechanism of a multiverse that is about to be destroyed."

Dr. Manhattan responded calmly: "When the universe is about to be destroyed, it will gradually collapse and become a small dot, and this process is not affected by any external factors... At least with your current strength, you can't break it."

Zheng Zha didn't listen to Dr. Manhattan's explanation at all. He roared and punched countless times in the air. But just as Dr. Manhattan said, all the power fell into the air and didn't have any effect at all...

"It's the choice that determines 'now'."

At the side, Dr. Manhattan's voice sounded again: "Similarly, it also determines the choice of the 'protagonist'."

"The multiverse exists for the protagonist. Gaining the status of a protagonist is equivalent to shouldering the fate, cause and effect, and avenue of the multiverse." Dr. Manhattan looked down at Zheng Zha, "What comes with it is the responsibility of protecting and saving the multiverse, and establishing order for the multiverse. Although the protagonist is surrounded by good fortune, it does not mean that everything will go smoothly."

"The protagonist will intentionally or unintentionally attract all disasters and catastrophes in the multiverse. He must constantly fight against enemies that endanger the multiverse, and must constantly fight to save the multiverse. Fight against the termites in the multiverse, and invaders outside the multiverse..."

Responsibilities and obligations.

If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight; if you want to enjoy the beauty, you must bear its pain. How much you get, how much you have to bear, this is the most simple truth.

Even if Zheng Zha didn't want to listen at all, the voice still reached his ears, and he certainly understood this truth.

But Zheng Zha also understood that Dr. Manhattan had not finished speaking. Because if it were an ordinary multiverse, the protagonist might only have to face increasingly powerful enemies. But the truth discovered by the saints and cultivators in ancient times, as well as the main god space they built, all indicate one thing -

As expected, Dr. Manhattan's next words revealed this overly cruel fact: "- and the 'creator' who created this multiverse itself, continue to fight."

“Why should I choose?”

Zheng Zha, panting, looked at the blood-stained transparent barrier in front of him, and his fists had already revealed the white bones. But Zheng Zha seemed to feel no pain, and looked at Dr. Manhattan with a terrifying look: "No... After all, can this kind of shitty choice between two be considered a choice?"

"Your choice will determine where the future of this multiverse will go, and who between you two will be the protagonist of this multiverse."

Dr. Manhattan spoke calmly, as if he was asking "what on earth should we eat tonight" instead of talking about a great existence like "protagonist status": "As I said before, there are characters first, and then there are stories. In the first era, you are the well-deserved protagonist of "Infinite Terror". Without you, this multiverse would not be born, and all the stories would naturally not exist."

"But with the restart of the multiverse, the old worldview was abandoned and the new one was added. Your position as the 'protagonist' was inevitably shaken. Today, part of your protagonist status has been transferred to Yang Yun. And this multiverse has unprecedentedly had two protagonists."

"The two protagonists, me and Yang Yun..."

Zheng Zha panted, sweat dripping down his forehead. In his heart, he could already foresee what Dr. Manhattan would say next: "So this multiverse only needs one protagonist?"

"Yes, this is the fate you will bear in the original era. In the new era, this fate belongs to both you and Yang Yun."

The battle between Yang Yun and Chi You in the torn pages became increasingly intense, but to Zheng Zha, Dr. Manhattan's words had never been so cold: "And your multiverse..."

"We don't need two protagonists who exist at the same time and cannot bear all the responsibilities alone." (End of this chapter)