No strange things are allowed to evolve!

It wasn't until you comforted the child's spirit with the blood of the gods that you were finally able to awaken me.

Now, it is time to nurture the next savior.

Jiang Shu fell into deep thought.

If the savior can set things right and clean up the mess created by the Sand God, then everyone will be happy.

But if it's the opposite, then it's bad.

The stone man looked completely unrelated to humans. The being that was born from it and the boundless sand and had to be hatched from an egg was obviously not human either. Therefore, Jiang Shu was not sure whether the so-called savior would benefit humanity or, like the sand god, destroy humanity.

After all, different people have different definitions of what is beautiful.

For example, in the eyes of feminists, only an all-female world is perfect. If the task of saving the world is handed to them, then the only option is to transform this world into an all-female world.

What if humans are seen as utterly wicked and inferior in the eyes of this savior, and even breathing is a mistake?

While it's unclear whether the outcome will be good or bad for the hatchery, it will certainly be bad for humanity.

After much thought, Jiang Shu still felt that, as a human, he only wanted to see a good ending for humanity.

Moreover, in his view, only an ending that satisfies him is a good ending.

Therefore, he did not want to gamble.

So, with an apologetic tone, he said to the expectant stone man, "I'm sorry, but you can't convince me. I can only give you a banner and two hundred yuan."

The stone man didn't show much emotion; he simply stated the facts as he saw them: "If you don't return the bloodline of the gods to me, then no one can save the world."

Jiang Shu smiled and said, "Why do I need others to do things that I can do myself?"

"You want to become the savior yourself?" The stone man was taken aback, then shook his head: "Impossible. Humans cannot withstand divine power. Their fragile and desire-filled hearts will be devoured by that supreme power, becoming greedy, selfish, and stubborn. That is why God chose me and gave me this mission."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shu nodded slightly, having no doubt about it.

The Sand God is a living example of this.

As he came into contact with more and more of the Boundless Sand, his corruption became more and more thorough, from resentment towards his companions to a desire for the extinction of all mankind. Jiang Shu, who had witnessed his memories, could clearly feel the transformation.

Indeed, it was as if something was pushing him step by step toward madness and destruction.

But what does this have to do with me?

Jiang Shu immediately expressed his confidence.

"Anyone else might have said what you said, but luckily, the person standing in front of you happens to be me."

"Your overconfidence will ruin everything," the stone man finally advised. "Just give it back to me. Wouldn't it be better if we listened to God's guidance together?"

"I hate it when someone tells me how to do things."

As he spoke, Jiang Shu completely merged the Boundless Sand into his body:

"Oh, except for that deadbeat, the desertification he taught me was still very useful."

"Desertification?" the stone man exclaimed incredulously. "You were so confident, yet you were eroded so quickly?!"

“Wrong.” Jiang Shu waved his hand dismissively, not bothering to explain further: “This is certainly not the original desertification; I call it, the reverse clock!”

"Come on, Heart of the Wilderness, let me see your limits!"

......

On the zodiac train.

The group was filled with worry.

The shadow that suddenly appeared and then disappeared, though it only lasted for a moment, still leaves a huge gloom in everyone's hearts.

"Since it's disappeared, it must have been resolved, right?" the professor asked.

Falcon immediately questioned, "But if it's resolved, why doesn't he come back? Can't he teleport?"

"This..." The professor was speechless, then looked at Snow King and the other two: "What are your thoughts?"

The three of them remained silent, seemingly not paying attention to the meeting room.

They didn't come to their senses until the doctor asked them.

"It's probably... not completely resolved yet..."

Huanghelou answered hesitantly.

"Why?" the doctor asked.

"this..."

The three exchanged a glance, all looking somewhat helpless.

Because they have an advantage over other guards: they can use system prompts to judge the progress of missions.

However, their mission progress is still stuck at mission objective two.

This suggests that Jiang Shu's side is likely in a tense situation.

Falcon had long suspected that Jiang Shu and his group had a secret. He hadn't originally planned to pry, but now he couldn't hold back any longer: "At this point, what else do you know? Just tell us!"

It was at this moment that...

Click! Click!

With a loud bang, the train shook and then came to a stop.

The falcon asked curiously, "What happened? Are you out of fuel?"

“Impossible, he charged the train before he left,” the doctor replied.

"What happened?"

Just as everyone was wondering what was going on, a reconnaissance guard burst into the conference room, his face filled with shock: "No, something terrible has happened!"

"What's wrong?" the falcon asked.

"I...I can't explain it clearly..." The man nervously swallowed repeatedly. "Everyone should come out and see for themselves."

The group walked out of the meeting room in confusion, and then, guided by the man, looked out through the observation window.

Then they realized why the Zodiac Train, designed to traverse the desert with ease, was unable to move.

Because the desert... disappeared.

Looking around, not a single grain of sand could be seen. All that remained in sight were the lands that had once been buried by sand, now waiting to be cultivated.

Just as everyone was in shock, another unexpected event occurred.

"My... my desert power seems to have stopped working."

One after another, the garrisons lost the desert forces upon which they depended for survival.

But color and energy returned to their faces.

No one knew whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

Until the Snow King murmured blankly, "He won."

The falcon belatedly realized: "So that means... in the future... even desertification won't happen anymore?"

"It's so sudden." The doctor leaned over the observation window, seemingly lost in thought. "It's like a dream."

Although the world he saw now was just as desolate, not much better than before, without the sand and dust, he felt his vision had become much clearer.

He could almost see green plants and smiling people in front of him.

At the same time, Snow King and his two companions finally saw a new clue.

[One member of the team has already achieved the perfect ending; the remaining members can leave the incubator at any time.]

Chapter 179 Escape

Are the tasks not synchronized? Why is it that Jiang Shu's side has a perfect ending, while my side is still stuck on the second task objective, finding the complete Boundless Sand?

Is it possible that only one person can achieve mission objective two, so this incubator can leave once mission objective one is completed?

The three Snow Kings exchanged glances, all seeing the same confusion in the eyes of the others.

And since a perfect ending has been achieved, why hasn't Jiang Shu returned to join us yet?

The three of them didn't think that Jiang Shu had left first, because they had agreed that no matter whether they could completely conquer the enemy, Jiang Shu would come back and reunite with them.

They hadn't seen him yet; perhaps he was being held back for some reason... the three thought.

In fact, Jiang Shu was indeed kept there by a sudden event.

Based on the desertification of the Sand God, and with the help of the Heart of the Great Wilderness, he launched a reversal spell to reverse the desertification of this world, thus clearing away all the deserts in the world.

He successfully achieved a perfect ending in his own way.

Then he discovered that the perfect ending was neither a good ending nor a bad ending, but a hidden ending.

Whether it's a good ending or a bad ending, it doesn't actually affect the normal strategy of the hatchery.

You have achieved the hidden perfect ending. You can now view the good ending and the bad ending separately.

[View?]

Jiang Shu is a very curious person.

He barely hesitated before examining the two "if" scenarios that did not occur in reality.

After he chose to view the ending, he once again entered the same state as when he viewed the memories of the Sand God, observing from the perspective of an outsider.

First and foremost, it has a happy ending.

In the happy ending, Jiang Shu gives the Boundless Sand to the Stone Man, who then uses it to conceive a new giant egg.

Soon, the savior arrived, and under his guidance, the human survivors and the life in the desert cleared up the misunderstandings of the past. It became the consensus of the whole world that the Sand God was the culprit who caused all the misfortunes, and the two sides successfully achieved peaceful coexistence.

The land was reorganized, and the survivors gained more suitable land to live on. Desert creatures no longer had to worry about their lives being threatened, because at that time, humans no longer needed the power of the desert to reclaim new territory.

Oases and deserts have become like land and sea, each existing independently without disturbing the other.

After a long period of time, the two sides, as different life forms, possessed their own distinct civilizations and became the common masters of this world.

As for the savior, he became a deity worshipped by both sides, recorded in different texts, but enjoying the same respect.

"Is this a good ending?"

Jiang Shu found it somewhat difficult to accept.

Although this at least solved the problem that was currently troubling both the oasis and the desert, Jiang Shu was not happy about it.

In his view, this did not solve the problem at its root, but rather it was a helpless move due to the current situation. It was merely establishing a new order on the ruins, rather than rebuilding the ruins.

It is true that the Sand God caused a lot of disasters, but in the end, desertification had already begun before the Sand God, just not to such an extreme degree. The real disasters were brought about by the Boundless Sand and the Savior, and the Savior did not change these things.

So what exactly did the savior save?

If we really get to the bottom of it, none of this would have happened without the immeasurable sand and the savior.

Therefore, in Jiang Shu's view, this outcome doesn't even qualify as making amends; it merely uses the Sand God as the common external contradiction, and then downplays the real internal contradictions.

The Qing army's entry into the pass was a case of turning black into white.

If this is considered a good ending, can a bad ending be any more disgusting?

Thinking this, Jiang Shu began watching the bad ending, and then discovered:

Yes, brother, you can.

In the bad ending, Jiang Shu did not give the boundless sand to the stone man.

He intended to save the world in his own way, but he quickly turned to the dark side because he could not withstand the corruption of the boundless sand. His reason was replaced by desire and hatred, and he transformed from a dragon-slaying hero into a dragon.

The stone man finally made his move, suppressing Jiang Shu before he could go berserk and reclaiming the Boundless Sand.

The savior was able to descend smoothly.

This time, however, the savior did not create a world where humans and desert life could coexist. The repeated corruption of the Sand God and Jiang Shu led the savior to conclude that humans were fragile, easily lost, and not worth saving.

So he went a step further and carried out a more thorough desertification and a more complete purge of humanity, regardless of whether humans could bear it or not. He transformed all the survivors into desert life forms, mostly mutants, and altered their memories.

From that time on, there were no more humans in the world, and all human history disappeared into the yellow sand, leaving only a wisp of smoke above the Yellow Train that lingered for a long time.

The savior ascended to become the creator god, and all desert life believed that he was the one who created this world. Desert life was the first life form to appear on this world, the first intelligent beings.

As long as the desert exists, the truth will never see the light of day again.

“It was indeed a bad ending, a rotten ending.” Jiang Shu shook his head.