From the end of the world

Chapter 372: Impermanence and Doomsday 2
Maybe it’s because I have only been the Great Impermanence for a short time, or maybe it’s because I have never thought about escaping when the end of the world comes. It was not until this moment that I realized that the end of the world, which is enough to destroy the world, is not enough to destroy the life of the Great Impermanence.

They can easily move to other planets before this planet is destroyed.

The Great Impermanence have long gotten rid of their need for material things, do not need to eat or sleep, and can survive in the vacuum and radiation of the universe. Their power can be continuously generated from their souls. Although they may fall into temporary fatigue under high-intensity bursts, they can recover as before after just a rest. They are a kind of alternative biological perpetual motion machine.

Mingzhu may be an exception. He only has ten years left at most, and he can't spend his days leisurely in the vacuum of the universe or on desolate alien planets. If the end of the world comes before his life is exhausted, he must stay on the earth full of horror and chaos and continue to look for a way to enter the afterlife.

Although he questioned me in the battle three days ago, asking if I didn't want to find a way to survive the apocalypse, it seemed that he was the only one who really needed to rack his brains to find such a method.

"Wait... But in the doomsday prophecy, there is indeed a Great Impermanence who becomes a Great Demon," I said, "Since the Great Impermanence can escape into space, why is there a Great Impermanence who becomes a Great Demon in the prophecy?"

It would make sense if Mingzhu and I became demons in the apocalypse, but why did the future navy Xuanwu and Xuanming become demons? Of course, it might not be Xuanming who became the demon of disaster, but me, but it doesn't make sense for the navy Xuanwu who probably didn't die in the original timeline.

I couldn't directly bring up the information about the apocalypse in front of the fortune teller, so I could only bring up the doomsday prophecy. Although it was not very polite to ask for answers from the other party while hiding the information myself, I didn't intend to expose the identity of the Ma Zao doomsday visitor so rashly.

"Maybe it's because only a part of the Great Impermanence are ready to abandon the Earth." Gua Tianshi said without hesitation, "Like Shen Zhao and Zhuan Lun Wang... they have no attachment to this planet. When the catastrophe comes, they will definitely enter the deep space without looking back. The same goes for Ming Zhuo. As long as he solves his own lifespan problem, he will abandon this planet without hesitation.

"But a great impermanence like Fa Zheng is different. He cannot convince himself to abandon humanity, so he will definitely stay. Jian Feixian is Fa Zheng's good friend, and he has a temperament that does not care about life and death. He is likely to stay. Xuan Ming and Taoyuan Township Master both have unique feelings for human civilization, and they will most likely stay to fight the end of the world.

"I am also one of those who plan to stay on Earth. Although we are now in opposition to Fa Zheng, we all don't want to see the human race become extinct. There will probably be a day when we can fully join forces."

So even if I stand on Fa Zheng's side, it will be acceptable to him... I finally figured it out, and immediately noticed some other problems.

"Since the doomsday issue is imminent, why don't you make this known to the public, and instead create a conflict between the supernatural and the world within Luoshan?" I said, "Besides, if we want to continue the human race and civilization, we don't necessarily need to stay on Earth, right?"

After Gua Tianshi opened my vision from the earth to the universe, I quickly came up with a plan to deal with doomsday, which was to use the power of Great Impermanence to migrate humans to other planets.

A great impermanence like Gua Tianshi can even restore the scorched earth that I destroyed with my own hands into a natural forest. It is also entirely possible to transform a barren alien planet, such as Mars, into an environment suitable for human survival, and then use the power of the great impermanence to migrate humans to Mars.

Of course, even with the power of the Great Impermanence, it is impossible to turn the entire Mars into a habitable environment. At most, it can only transform a part of it. It is estimated that the number of humans who can move interstellar under the power of the Great Impermanence cannot cover all of them, but some of them should still be fine.

After that, we can spend time to slowly recuperate, transform more areas into habitable zones, and develop the population. It may not be impossible to restore human civilization to its heyday - this is just my rough idea at the moment, and there may be some technical difficulties that cannot be achieved, but as a direction, I think it can be tried.

Of course, this approach will inevitably leave many people unsaved, but this is a matter of survival for the race and civilization. It does not mean that we should apply this cruel plan in full, but at least we can regard it as a last resort.

"Your two questions actually have the same answer." Gua Tianshi showed a helpless expression, "That is... the source of this doomsday event lies in human beings themselves."

"Humanity itself..."

I feel like I'm getting closer and closer to the truth of the end of the world.

I can accept the development that "it is human beings themselves who destroy the world". This kind of royal plot often appears in some science fiction movies, which also promote certain environmentalism.

But is this really the truth?

While thinking about it, I also used this opportunity to confirm a previous question: "Is that so... Is this one of the reasons why you think the doomsday event cannot be a cosmic event?"

"That's right. Compared to the universe, human beings are too small. Even if they shoot themselves in the foot, they can't destroy the entire universe." Gua Tianshi nodded. "The source of doomsday is human beings. I combined the ability of divination and prophecy, and analyzed it from the increasing frequency of strange events in recent years. I wonder if you have heard of a hypothesis about the reason for the increase in the number of amnesia patients?" Hearing this, I remembered what Fu Feng had mentioned to me in the past.

It is said that the reason why the number of amnesiacs has increased dramatically is related to the increasing integration of the common sense world and the weird world. And closely related to this integration is the human cognition of weird events.

In other words, the more people who know about strange events, the greater the number of patients with amnesia.

Amnesia is a strange phenomenon closely related to the end of the world, which has been acknowledged by the Lord of the Seal of God. Therefore, the sharp increase in the number of patients with amnesia can also be understood as a dangerous signal that the footsteps of the end of the world are getting closer and closer.

"The source of the end of the world is closely connected with human consciousness." Gua Tianshi said, "I don't know the specific cause and effect relationship between the two, but according to my divination results and my premonition of the future, if the truth of the end of the world is widely publicized, the speed of the end of the world will be greatly accelerated. Once everyone believes in the existence of the end of the world, the end of the world will appear immediately.

"Initially, we did intend to tell everyone about the doomsday information. However, just as we publicized the doomsday prophecy within Luoshan, my divination results and future premonitions changed dramatically. I had no choice but to stop all publicity work.

"This is also the reason why we gave up the extraterrestrial immigration plan. If the end of the world is caused by human consciousness, then even if we rebuild human civilization on other planets, it will only end up the same."

The frequent occurrence of strange events is also considered to be one of the signs of doomsday, and the general public's understanding of this phenomenon can perhaps be understood as an indirect understanding of doomsday.

The indirect knowledge of doomsday alone has caused a dramatic increase in the number of amnesiacs. If the reality of doomsday were to be directly publicized on a large scale, God knows what the consequences would be.

"However, if it is not for the purpose of passing on civilization and race, but just taking a few or a dozen close people away from Earth, it should not bring about doomsday." Gua Tianshi said, "And with your ability, as long as you are proficient in the ability to master the laws of nature, you can probably build a new ecosystem on other planets in the future. But I don't think you will choose to escape."

"Of course." I said without hesitation.

Not to mention that I myself have been longing for the end of the world, and the friends I identify with are all fools who will not abandon their hometown and choose to live in mediocrity. This route was not in front of us from the beginning.

"So, is the conflict between transcendentalism and politicalism happening now in Luoshan just a show you put on to divert most people's attention away from the doomsday prophecy?" I asked.

"That's not the case." Gua Tianshi shook his head, "Although we have to admit that the opposition between these two ideologies did objectively help divert attention, our dispute over the line was also sincere.

"It's just that due to the doomsday event, we haven't escalated the conflict to a truly intense level. Over the years, even though we don't like each other, we haven't had any conflicts. Instead, we try to maintain tacit understanding as much as possible and focus most of our energy on studying how to deal with the doomsday event... except for one person."

He was talking about Fate Turbidity? This was my first reaction, but I soon realized that he was talking about someone else.

"You mean Xuanming?" I asked.

Gua Tianshi nodded.

"Under the premise that we are unable to analyze the cause of Doomsday and the specific solution, we, Da Wuchang, began to try to find a 'universal solution', that is, the Divine Seal. In order to use the Divine Seal to prevent Doomsday, we must first collect all the Divine Seal fragments. As a result, you probably know that some of the Divine Seal fragments have been collected by us." He said, "However, just half a year ago, Xuan Ming suddenly went crazy, attacked Fu Hongchen and Ming Zhuo, and took away the Divine Seal fragments they had.

"No one understands why he did such a thing. Is it because he has a secret wish that can only be fulfilled by using the Divine Seal? Or was he instigated by someone? He didn't give us any explanation and disappeared...

"When he reappeared, he had become a so-called 'Apostle of the Void Realm', claiming to be subservient to the 'Lord of the Divine Seal'."

(End of this chapter)