I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 1237 Martin's Worries

Compared to Lu Qi, Martin has always existed as an "observer." He did not devote himself to the struggle against the abyss as wholeheartedly as Lu Qi, and most of the time he just watched quietly from the sidelines.

He tried to step in, but each time he did, the result was that the person forgot about it.

No matter how deep an impression he leaves on others, those impressions will gradually fade after they part ways, until they can no longer remember "Martin" at all, and the traces he leaves behind will be distorted into something else.

This "forgetting" destined him to remain behind the scenes.

Along the way, because of his perspective, he clearly saw the changes in the route.

The somewhat confused and indifferent boy at the beginning gradually matured after his passion was ignited by the flame of hope.

After traversing various worlds, he became increasingly responsible, no longer anxious about taking on responsibilities, but worried about having "nothing to do".

"Something has to be done."

He was no longer so "rational" and began to empathize with people in the midst of disaster, feeling frustrated that he couldn't save the world, even though it wasn't his responsibility.

After his initial frustration, he would carry the expectations of the dead world to the next, using the burdens left behind to pave the way forward and continue his journey.

Despair gradually disappeared from Lu Youqi; he became a burning torch, carrying the flame of humanity and igniting the prelude to battles in one world after another.

Every world ignited by Mars will struggle to collide with the abyss, using humanity's meager strength to challenge that unshakeable despair.

The road was engulfed in flames, but Martin grew increasingly calm.

He found that he no longer had the passion he had when he first wanted to understand the truth of the world. Now, he was going in the opposite direction from Lu, and with each journey, he became more and more confused.

"When did it start?"

It seems to have started with seeing those "failed creators".

No matter how much humanity struggles against the abyss, the result is always defeat.

Just as the creators who attempted to change the world with words did, so too do humans who now attempt to fight the abyss.

Mars is igniting the world, the world is expanding in heat, and everyone's heart is filled with hope, but so what?

In the end, it was all just ashes...

Martin believed that results were more important than process, and that those hopes would ultimately be dashed.

He admired Lu You's relentless will, but also viewed this act of self-destruction with pessimism.

In a forgotten corner, as an unrecorded "savior," he also observes these worlds on the verge of collapse.

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

The brighter the flames burned, the more ashes were left behind. These ashes would eventually become nourishment for the abyss, endlessly wailing in the world of death...

Of course, Martin didn't forget their other mission: to find something unique.

In fact, Martin had the answer in his heart. He knew what Moring's final "container" was because he had seen it for himself.

“A perfectly sized metal cube.”

At another point in time, he from the past happens to meet Mo Ling from the future, and he is able to glimpse the direction of the river of time.

They met in the chaotic time of the abyss, with two completely different time flows. Mo Ling's future was his past, and Mo Ling's past was his future... The figure of that "blocky man" was also fortunate enough to remain in his memory.

Martin knew what he was looking for, but he wasn't entirely sure what it was. He could see through the essence of many things with the power of dreams, but he couldn't see through that strange cube.

"An empty shell."

This was Martin's first impression of the cube.

When the dream energy extended to the metal wall, nothing could be felt; it was as if one had passed through an absolutely pure void, cleaner than any other place, devoid of any "information," where even thoughts would find themselves at peace...

But that empty metal cube was the container that could hold Moring.

Martin didn't know what the thing was or where it came from; he only had its "outline," "shape," and "color" in his memory. He knew only its appearance but nothing about its essence.

This did not help with the "search," so he did not tell Lu Youqi, but simply paid attention to various similar metal and block-shaped objects during the journey.

After gaining the trust of humanity in the current world through his route, Martin will also use that world's database to search for similar relics.

Unfortunately, he never found the exact same thing.

"What exactly is it? And why does it meet the requirement of uniqueness?"

Martin kept thinking about it; he considered many possibilities:

"That thing might not have originally looked like that; it just solidified into that shape after being made into a container..."

Just as metals were not originally "metals," they exist in nature as ores and only become the form we know after smelting and processing.

So Martin didn't dwell on Moring's "future" and continued to carefully search the world for all sorts of possibilities.

While Routines is busy fighting the Abyss, Martin will also explore the world on his own, using the powers he has gained to gather information and go to some deserted places to search for suspicious items by utilizing the diffusion of dreams.

They certainly made some gains. They found many things that looked like containers. Most of these things were a very rare type of relic that they had never seen in other worlds. They only appeared in a specific world and were very unique.

However, after Martin's testing, none of these items were found to be unique.

"They are just special, not unique."

"Or perhaps they really are unique, but they don't possess uniqueness."

This characteristic is so rare that Martin and Lu Qi once doubted whether there was anything else that was truly unique besides Morin.

Is it possible that there is only one unique thing? Is it possible that their existence is also unique, and that only one of them can exist simultaneously in the vast world?

"Mo Ling is the 'only one,' there won't be any other 'only one.'"

But Martin quickly dismissed the idea, as he knew about Moring's future.

"He eventually found the container, which means we didn't fail."

The path is right, but I don't know how long it will take to reach the end.

Seeing Lu Qi's deteriorating health, Martin felt a vague and inexplicable worry.

"Perhaps we shouldn't continue searching in this dizzying way."

"Are there any other methods?"

(End of this chapter)