readease #350 - Chapter 349: Completing the final puzzle
#350 - Chapter 349: Completing the final puzzle
“So… what should I do?”
Jiang Han looked around, “This place has probably existed for quite a while. I think you must have tried many methods, but ultimately failed.”
“Indeed.”
The older Jiang Han nodded, “But it is because of so many failures that I understand a principle.”
“What?”
“Being in the game makes it impossible to break the game.”
The older Jiang Han sighed, “I did see a lot of things, but I myself am just a pawn trapped here. How can I overturn the chessboard?”
“So… the key to breaking the game is someone outside the game?”
Jiang Han pondered, “Which means… me?”
“Exactly.”
The older Jiang Han nodded, “A promising young man. This young brain is quite sharp, understanding everything with just a hint.”
“What specifically do you need me to do?” Jiang Han took a deep breath and asked.
“You don’t need to do anything.”
The older Jiang Han smiled, “You just need to come, and that’s enough.”
“What do you mean?”
Jiang Han frowned.
“The reason is simple.”
The older Jiang Han said leisurely, “This place started because of you, and naturally, it will end because of you.”
“This is called karma, you reap what you sow.”
Jiang Han didn't speak, just waiting quietly for what he would say next.
The older Jiang Han pondered for a while, then looked at him, “Have you ever thought about a question, that is, in your previous life, after your heart was taken out, you no longer existed in that space-time.”
“Then… how did I come to be?”
Jiang Han thought for a moment and said, “At that time, there was already a clone?”
“Wrong.”
The older Jiang Han shook his head, “The timeline of my appearance is much later, at least at that time, humanity was close to extinction, with only a small number of people struggling to survive.”
Saying that, his eyes were dazed, “That was the real doomsday…”
“But that doesn’t make sense.”
Jiang Han became more and more confused, “If according to the previous speculation, I jumped out unintentionally, then in the space-time at that time, I shouldn’t exist.”
“Even with the Saint Severance Tool, even with enough souls, I can't derive more possibilities, just like now, unable to replicate.”
“But you have overlooked something, haven’t you?” The older Jiang Han said lightly.
“What?” Jiang Han was stunned.
The older Jiang Han stretched out his right hand and pressed his index finger against Jiang Han's chest, “Here… it no longer beats, does it?”
Jiang Han's expression changed, “You mean…”
“That’s right.”
The older Jiang Han nodded, “I… am not a true clone in the real sense, nor am I another you from another space-time, but Liu Ruyan created me using that heart as a medium.”
“Although I don’t know what means she used, but…”
“It is also because of this that I am different from Thorin and the others, that I have always appeared in this cycle, and always maintained my own consciousness.”
“Just… I can’t remember my identity.”
He smiled, “But you came, and I suddenly remembered.”
“Because I am always incomplete, and now, I have finally filled in the other parts.”
“Or rather… you completed the last piece of the puzzle.”
“This is really…” Jiang Han couldn't help but choke.
Even with his mental strength, after hearing these mysterious things, he couldn't accept it for a while.
For a long time.
He exhaled a long breath and said in a deep voice, “So the key to breaking this cage is actually you.”
“That’s right.”
The older Jiang Han smiled, “If my guess is correct, Liu Ruyan didn’t build this test field out of thin air.”
“A heart is the source of everything.”
“Because its owner is an unrepeatable accident, something that has jumped out of her control.”
Jiang Han understood, he murmured in a low voice, “If this heart is gone, this place will naturally disappear.”
“Yes.”
The older Jiang Han sighed, “Everything should disappear, and so should I… and so should Thorin and the others.”
“I don’t even remember how many times it has been repeated. I don’t think anyone can accept this kind of torture.”
“At least, I’ve had enough.”
“Then, what about the City of 界域?” Jiang Han thought of something and asked in a deep voice.
“It will also have an impact, but… not a big one.”
The older Jiang Han waved his hand, “The existence of this place is mainly because many broken worlds are intertwined, and it doesn’t have much to do with Liu Ruyan.”
“She is not the owner here, she just used the unique mechanism here.”
“What will disappear together are only the souls that were absorbed by that Saint Severance Tool and should have been annihilated long ago.”
“I see.” Jiang Han nodded, unable to tell whether he was sad or happy.
“Okay, after saying so much, it’s time to get down to business.”
The older Jiang Han smiled, “Next, it’s time to officially open this cage.”
“As for what is behind the cage, you need to verify it.”
“But I can be sure that the process will be wonderful.”
“Isn’t there any other way?” Jiang Han asked.
“What, are you getting sentimental?”
The older Jiang Han smiled, “Do you think we残魂 are pitiful?”
“No.”
Jiang Han shook his head, “I can’t say why either, but it just feels strange.”
“Strange is right.”
The older Jiang Han sighed, “Yeah, strange.”
“How can anyone live in the same period of time and not be able to jump out? This is more than just strange.”
“It’s even a tragedy.”
He smiled self-deprecatingly, “And now, the tragedy is finally coming to an end, do you understand what I mean?”
“The tragedy is finally coming to an end.”
“I can’t understand it.” Jiang Han shrugged, “Even if you say that you are another me copied from my heart, I can’t empathize.”
“You don’t need to empathize, or rather, I…”
“I don’t need to empathize.”
The older Jiang Han smiled freely, “What you have to do is break this cage and get that Saint Severance Tool.”
“Then…”
“Become stronger, become even stronger!”
“Until you step everything under your feet, no matter what dogshit weirdness, or what dogshit Liu Ruyan!”
“This… is what you should do.”
“I will.” Jiang Han took a light breath, “Without you saying it, these things are what I was going to do anyway.”
“That’s the real me.”
The older Jiang Han grinned, he stretched out his hand and pressed it to his heart.
“Believe me, she is always high above, playing with everyone, and even built some dogshit test field.”
“But one day she will regret her arrogance.”
“Because she personally raised a monster that jumped out of everything!”
Crack!
The sound of bones breaking rang out.
That old and thin figure turned into bursts of light.