"Huh...huh...I said, this is Lord Conqueror Kang's test..."
"Okay, considering that you took 80% of the beatings in the battle, whatever you say will be whatever you say."
"[Geez—it's not that Old Venom is ineffective, but that weird flame is too restraining for us symbionts.]"
"Hehe, who originally boasted that he was not afraid of anything except high-frequency sound waves?"
After a hard fight, the "Richards" quartet finally defeated the "incarnations of the salary kings" with difficulty. The strangely named flame giant disintegrated and then turned into a pool of flowing flames.
While they were still bickering with each other, they slowly "flowed" towards the edge of the "ring of flames".
Just when everyone thought it would "drop" into the pitch-black bottomless abyss below, the flame "burned" out of thin air. With a subtle crackling sound, it reached a certain gap on the edge of the "Ring of Flame"
"Burning" created a suspended rock corridor made of the same material as the stone ring, with an overall gray-white color, enough to accommodate five or six people walking side by side, and the liquid flame stayed at the end of the corridor, surging like magma, seeming to invite them to follow
superior.
"So, if we fail the test, we will stay here forever like the forerunners." The Hydra captain looked around and focused on the various cold weapons scattered around.
"Then it becomes the 'firewood' of this flame, or it may be part of those 'firewood kings'," Parallax Demon held up his blindfold: "It sounds similar to the principle of the lamp furnace and the lamp beast."
"As long as you follow it, you can meet Kang the Conqueror, right?" The owl clown grinned: "I hope he has the strength to match his identity."
"[Why are you the weakest one trying to defeat the superiors under the plan?]" Spider Venom glanced at him with his big white eyes.
"Of course..." The owl clown glanced at him: "Because you all have no brains."
"[You guy——]"
"Everyone, be quiet! The adults may be watching us!"
"【snort.】"
"Ah."
Finally, under the mediation of Captain Hydra, Team Richards regrouped and followed the flame toward the abyss.
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"Looks like we've arrived."
"It's a little different from what I imagined."
When the "Leading Flame" completed its mission and finally extinguished, what appeared in front of the four Richards was a huge floating island. This floating island was shrouded in a white mist that was not too rich, and could be vaguely seen through it.
Go to the stone ring temple on the island - or perhaps a sacrificial site.
The gray-white building's main body, outer walls, attached towers, and outer cemetery all looked dilapidated and dilapidated, but there was still a faint light from the torches on the surrounding walls and the scattered braziers.
Burn tenaciously.
The four of them could clearly see that as the suspended stone steps under their feet connected with the attached "butt", a cluster of braziers suddenly lit up at the connection between the two. At the same time, the white mist shrouding the floating island also appeared like a fire pit.
Opening the door usually creates a gaping hole for them.
"Hehe, it seems that there are quite a lot of 'Richards' summoned this time," the owl clown looked at the other braziers on the edge of the floating island: "What would happen if someone with exactly the same 'origin' appears?"
"[Of course - it's a fight!]" Spider Venom shouted.
"The loser becomes the 'firewood', and the winner becomes the 'firewood king'." Parallax Demon continued.
"Quiet, this is Lord Kang the Conqueror in front of you!" the Hydra captain shouted in a low voice to stop a few people from chatting.
"Why is this 'spy' so loyal?"
"[How to be a spy if you are not loyal?]"
"...makes sense."
After a few more casual remarks, in order to prevent the Hydra captain from becoming angry, the other Richards kept silent and followed the rocky road to the floating island and headed for the sacrificial site.
After actually "landing", several people saw many fleeting white shadows around them. They had the same appearance as normal people, but without any details. They could only infer from the outline of the shadow what they were.
Equipment, what weapons.
These shadows came from all directions on the floating island, heading to the central sacrificial site in unison. Moreover, they seemed to be able to see each other. Along the way, more than one passing shadow stopped to observe the group of four people, and some made some
Various gestures were made, and several others were still a little confused. The owl clown responded particularly enthusiastically with various body movements. He originally seemed to have planned to use Morse code or sign language to communicate, but because the other party did not appear for a short time
, it will disappear after a few actions, so I can’t execute the plan for the time being.
"This is a measure taken to avoid meeting too many people. It is worthy of Lord Kang the Conqueror." The Hydra captain praised.
"..." The other Richards looked at each other and decided to ignore him.
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"[...This is a legitimate defense.]"
When a group of people finally entered the sacrificial site, the white shadows appeared faster than they disappeared, causing the entire annular sacrificial site to be filled with disembodied shadows. However, because they would not actually encounter them, several rationale officers
Chaz found a seat nearby and sat down, and began to listen to the speech of the giant man wearing a purple jumpsuit who looked like Kang the Conqueror on the throne on the high platform.
"[My actions are not due to interests or selfish desires. I did not come up with the idea of ruling the galaxy based on the pursuit of powerful power or the desire to dominate someone. I have a 'love for the world' and want to protect everyone."
In order to continue each timeline in the single universe, I finally made the judgment that ruling the galaxy is an 'absolutely necessary' act.]"
"[I believe that you have all worked hard to achieve different goals in your respective individual universes and timelines, but most of you have encountered inexplicable failures,]" the armored man glanced at the owl clown,
The auditorium where Captain Hydra, Parallax Demon and Spider Venom are: "[Small probability events, illogical behavior, weaknesses that appear out of thin air, and even direct parachuting of powerful people, destroying one's plans for years, decades or even centuries."
You must have experienced at least one kind of unreasonable destruction.】"
Although the white shadows don't make any sound, the way they whisper to each other shows that they feel the same way.
The Hydra Captain and Spider Venom looked at each other, then turned back in disgust.
"[I am luckier than you. I got a 'time machine' when I was young. When those 'mechanisms' appear, I will find their source and kill them directly. But guess what happened next?"
?]” The giant man continued: “[Those unexpected events and illogical behaviors will always appear outside the territory of my rule, as if they don’t have to prove their own rationality as long as they avoid my monitoring. For this reason,
After I expanded my territory step by step, and finally ruled the entire galaxy, 'mecha deus ex machina' began to invade from other world lines and other timelines. Ha, can you believe it? 'Heroes' from other single universes or other timelines, no
Come here from thousands of miles away just to destroy a huge empire that has ruled the galaxy for nearly a thousand years? Have they really considered the aftermath of successfully destroying the existing order?]"
The shadows' whispering movements became louder.
"Hehe, yes, what about the aftermath?" The owl clown grinned.
"[After a long period of exploration and research, I finally discovered the cause of this kind of thing, the 'Holy Timeline',]" The giant man raised his hand and drew a long golden river and countless tributaries in the void: "[
Everything that happens on the 'Holy Timeline' is regarded as the 'baseline' for the entire multiverse and countless timelines. When the development trajectory of your world is different from it, various accidents will occur to try to 'correct' it.
, once it cannot be corrected, the entire timeline will be abandoned, and that world will dry up like a tributary that has lost its source - here I want to ask: Why? Why does it have to be corrected if it is different from the 'sacred timeline'?
What did we do wrong?】"
"...Indeed." Parallax Demon echoed in a low voice.
"[I followed the clues to find the 'Time Variation Administration', an organization that manages the sacred timeline and transcends time, and allowed a 'me' to successfully infiltrate and become the director. But the funny thing is that they only knew about it but didn't know it.
The reason is that it is very weak and is just a slave of the sacred timeline, so I destroyed it.]" The giant man raised his hand in the void and wiped out all the tributaries except the golden river: "[So, I
The purpose of gathering everyone is to destroy all timelines and worlds that are not controlled by 'us', and then completely control this only timeline, so that those inexplicable 'mecha gods' can no longer interfere with our world.]"
In the wave of white shadows that were obviously excited, the giant man turned around and put his hands behind his back:
“[My name is ‘The Nameless King’, my heart and my actions are as clear as a mirror, and everything I do is righteous!]”
