Curse Reply: I'm going to fight the Myriad Corpse Immortal, the highest level one!

This wormhole is different from the wormhole created by the command; it is neither a giant black hole nor a tunnel that emits light.

As for what he looked like, Xia Jie didn't know either, because there was nothing in front of him.

In the vast emptiness of space, there were no spacetime anomalies that could be observed on a physical level; all Xia Jie could feel was the absolute silence of the vacuum.

This universe is a vacuum, devoid even of quantum fluctuations, virtual particle pairs, and probability wave noise.

Apart from the thermal motion of extremely thin interstellar dust, there was only silence.

Xia Jie's intuition told him that a wormhole had indeed existed here, but it had simply moved to a different location.

Following the guidance of her intuition, Xia Jie sensed that the location of the wormhole coincided exactly with the corpse of Hell Star.

He had the answer in his heart.

"What do you mean by saying that Hellstar is a walking wormhole? Didn't you say that Hellstar came out of a wormhole? 6."

Either the Earth's observation station is a complete makeshift operation, or the greedy hell planet has eaten the wormhole too.

Xia Jie, who had already seen a lot before the fake world became the metaverse, gave a formulaic exclamation without much emotion, and then calmly flew into the gaping maw of the Hell Star corpse.

He now knows the secret to how Hell Star can eat planets every day without gaining weight.

Everything that was swallowed traveled to a parallel universe; who could possibly get fat like that?

Alas, the universe's destiny.

Sigh, an alien stomach.

Chapter 138 Sensation

The moment Xia Jie entered the giant maw, he felt the old laws of space and matter leave him. The immense pressure from all directions was like a thick wall, determined to crush him into dust bit by bit.

The source of the pressure is the deep, almost solidified darkness that fills the throat of Hellstar.

All the swallowed planets were crushed into dust by the corrosive dark power within Hellstar. Some were completely dissolved and absorbed, becoming the driving force of Hellstar's activities, while others traveled to the universe opposite the wormhole, becoming interstellar dust in space.

Therefore, the ordinary people devoured by Hellstar in the original work could not possibly survive to reach another universe, while those abnormal entities might be lucky enough to withstand the erosion of darkness and continue to wreak havoc in the opposite universe.

However, there is no concept of time and space in the darkness, and this darkness is not like water where people can swim. To reach the exit of the wormhole, one can only wait and gamble on luck to pass through the wormhole.

But Xia Jie wasn't going to wait. Curious about what the universe on the other side of the wormhole looked like, he directly used his Heart Drill to drill into the hole in the materialized solid darkness.

For drilling, the drill bit with spiral force is a professional choice.

In just a few breaths, the Heart Drill pierced through the darkness, and Xia Jie successfully reached the "other side" that had been isolated by darkness.

At first glance, this is a very ordinary universe, an ordinary starry sky, ordinary laws of matter, and an ordinary Earth. It doesn't seem like a bizarre world that could give birth to a celestial monster like Hell Star.

The only difference is that the darkness in this universe is alive.

Take a closer look at the Earth and look for any distinctive or landmark locations.

"Thousand Prisons Mountain? Heavenly Hair God?"

There is a volcano called Sengokudake, a village called Qingshen Village below the volcano that worships the "Golden Heavenly Hair God", and golden hair called "volcanic hair" or "lava silk" that floats around the volcano like willow catkins.

"Oh, I remember now, it's Junji Ito's 'Intuition' chapter."

The keywords triggered Xia Jie's memories, and she recalled a relatively gentle chapter from Junji Ito's manga.

Most of Junji Ito's manga chapters are somewhat tinged with "cosmic terrorism," that is, the unknown in the universe is unreasonable, and they are like merciless natural disasters that are above human civilization and cannot be resisted by human power.

Unlike early space operas and space cowboys, it cannot be defeated by force, love, and dauntless courage.

These chapters emphasize that if you encounter this, you're out of luck; often, by the time the people in the paintings realize the problem, it's too late to escape or struggle.

The social reflections and humanistic concerns that occasionally appear in those chapters, or rather, the personal messages, are basically buried under the guise of "horror stories".

Unless you have a cheat code, at most you'll fight back desperately, and then give the weirdo the middle finger with a sense of relief before you die.

For example, whirlpools, hell stars, fish, human head balloons...

Unlike other works, the "Responsive Response" is one of the few chapters in which the author, through the narration, explicitly states that light will ultimately triumph over darkness.

The ultimate, more streamlined version of the main storyline is that the female protagonist, Bai Ye, as an angel chosen by God, under the guidance of the God of Heaven and with the help of supporting characters, kills the cult leader known as "Long-Haired Bandaged Man," who is favored by the dark gods. In the end, she transforms into a bright star that rises into the sky and grows brighter day by day, somewhat like a derivative work of the "Star of Bethlehem" in the Gospel of Matthew in the Bible.

The story also features a minor character named "Miguel," who resembles Michael and is dressed like Jesus. The "god" Miguel speaks of who created the universe might actually exist.

Xia Jie took a step and appeared at the summit of Thousand Prisons Mountain, which is also the crater.

The time period in question is the Edo period, in the past, before the profession of "samurai" had faded from the historical stage.

The spacetime of this universe, like the sun and moon, is a spacetime structure where the past, present, and future coexist. The future already exists, and everything has long been predetermined.

In other words, the so-called inevitable victory of light over darkness can be translated as light has already defeated evil.

Beside the massive crater, villagers who believe in God, the female protagonist Byakuya who traveled back in time, and the missionary Miguel who resembles Yorgos are all bound to crosses by samurai of the shogunate, awaiting execution for violating the "ban on religion."

Chapter 139 The Dualism of Light and Darkness

On two adjacent crosses, Kyoko Byakuya, who has returned to the Edo period, and the missionary Miguel are panting heavily.

Driven by the shogunate samurai, Byakuya and his companion, carrying heavy crosses, climbed to the top of Sengokudake. They and the Christian villagers were already exhausted and their bodies were about to reach their limits.

"After the eruption of Thousand Prisons Mountain, I survived and gained the ability to see into the universe from afar."

"You arranged all of this, didn't you?"

"If you arranged everything, why did you choose me out of all people?"

"Now, I have shut down the Eye of the Universe and can no longer receive your instructions."

Despite the beads of sweat sliding down her eyelashes, Shirayuki Kyoko, her limbs bound, asked Miguel beside her.

Even though she was about to be kicked off the volcano along with her cross by the samurai, all that remained on her face was a calm acceptance of everything.

"It wasn't me who chose you, but 'God' who chose you."

Miguel's eyelids drooped, and sweat dripped down his forehead. Despite facing death, he and Kyoko Shirayaki both displayed a remarkably similar calmness.

Taking a slight breath, Migler continued:

"The true nature of the universe is darkness, and the entire universe is ruled by darkness."

"And you, you can create sparks of light for the universe."

"The nature of that light is—hope."

"God believed that you were the light of hope, so He chose you to be an angel."

"Afterwards, the god guided you to Qingshen Village and granted you the ability to see a thousand miles."

"With your clairvoyance, you can see through the deep darkness of the universe, and then defeat the darkness with the essence of your hope."

The reason behind Kyoko Byakuya's many miraculous encounters on the cross is thus revealed.

"Hey, wait a minute, I have a question."

Xia Jie abruptly appeared among the samurai controlled by the long-haired cult leader who had traveled back to the Edo period. With a casual wave of her hand, she eliminated all the evil elements, including the cult leader, and then, somewhat curiously, began to ask:

"First of all, everything in the universe was created by God, right?"

As she spoke, Xia Jie waved her hand again, snapping all the ropes, and the person on the cross slowly landed under the whirlwind's support.

“Yes.” Migler nodded.

"Since God created the universe, why didn't God determine from the beginning that the essence of the universe was light?"

"Why go through all the trouble of guiding so-called angels to this time and place? With God's power, He could simply shatter the darkness and illuminate the universe, couldn't He?"

Xia Jie raised her question and waited for Migler's answer.

He has temporarily lost his multidimensional insight and, after entering this universe, he can no longer sense the dark evil god that exists deep within the universe in the comics.

But he was too lazy to slowly piece together the truth using the intuition brought by the drill of his heart, so he simply came to ask this missionary who was not a riddle teller.

"...because God is in a very bad state."

Miguel closed his eyes and pondered for a while, as if listening to divine pronouncements, before answering Xia Jie's question after more than ten seconds.

"Only this one universe was created by God, while all other universes are equally ruled by boundless darkness."

"The darkness has stained God's universe, and God needs to stop the invasion of the dark forces. He has no energy left to do anything more."

"Yeah."

Xia Jie plucked a golden hair from Bai Ye and Miguel's heads, analyzing the power within them while continuing to talk:

"Kyoko Byakuya comes from the future, you live in the present, and the past, present, and future are all relative concepts."

"The present is the future of the past, and the present is the past of the future. These three are just different points on the spacetime axis, and there is no essential difference between them."

"Since there can be more than one point in spacetime, it means that in this universe, the past, present, and future are already completed and predetermined existences."

Xia Jie's words were not harsh language questioning the authority of the gods, but they made Miguel and Bai Ye gradually frown. The villagers who had gathered around were completely confused and did not understand what this person who had come to the rescue was saying.

What are you trying to say?

Well, it seems Miguel didn't quite understand either.

“What I mean is, since God said that light will surely overcome darkness, and the future already exists, then the light that you and Shirayuki Kyoko represent should have already defeated the darkness.”

"Furthermore, since you can travel through time, you victorious individuals should be able to bring light to the past."

"But the reality is that there is no such thing as the future redeeming the past, which only shows that you have not won."

"Or perhaps, you won incompletely, and the future you who did not achieve complete success will not be able to return."

"Your God, too, this struggle between light and darkness will probably last forever."

As they spoke, in Xia Jie's hand, the two people's golden hair merged into one, intertwining with the long-haired cult leader's black hair in a spiral shape.

"This……"

"real or fake?"

"That can't be right, can it?"

Xia Jie's deductions based on existing intelligence clearly surprised everyone present.

Miguel closed his eyes again to listen to the oracle, while the villagers, who only half understood, discussed among themselves, none of them wanting to believe Xia Jie's words.

“God said, ‘Son of man who came from beyond heaven, He needs your help.’”