Chapter 1038: Lu Xun VS Lou Yu

Lou Yu stopped abruptly.

This Wuji Monarch, who already possessed “infinite” and had successively overturned two domains, flashed with intense shock for the first time... He looked at the starry sky above his head and could no longer maintain his calm. An indescribable complex emotion emerged from the depths of his eyes.

I don’t know how long it took before he looked at that starry sky and muttered:

“...Lu Xun.”

Scorching starlight flickered overhead, slowly weaving into a figure, like walking on a long star-filled staircase in the void, walking toward this world.

“Long time no see... Lou Yu.” Lu Xun put his hands in his jacket pockets and looked down at Lou Yu, his voice mixed with a hint of regret and a sigh. “You... disappoint me too much.”

“No! I...”

At this moment, Lou Yu no longer had the majesty and coldness of the Wuji Monarch. He subconsciously wanted to explain something...

But after hesitating for a long time, he still closed his eyes silently.

“...I have nothing to say.”

Lu Xun looked at him quietly. When he walked down the last step and arrived at the same height as Lou Yu, he spoke again.

“Back then, you were the most introverted and stubborn one among us... You spent all day and night in the laboratory, didn’t communicate with people, didn’t contact society. Your own experimental results and savings were stolen by others, and you were slow to realize it... If I hadn’t brought you out of the laboratory and helped you win back the rights you deserved, you would have been wandering the streets long ago.”

Lu Xun’s words echoed in Lou Yu’s ears, as if stirring up his past memories, and he was frozen in place...

He gave a self-deprecating laugh.

“……That’s right. If it weren’t for you, I would have died long ago.”

“But I never expected that my act of kindness back then would create a demon who kills without blinking.” Lu Xun’s tone shifted, his gaze growing sharper. “As one of the Nine Sovereigns, you don’t care about the future of humanity, yet you’ve personally slaughtered hundreds of thousands… Tell me, Lou Yu, is this how you repay us?”

Hum—!!!

At Lu Xun’s questioning, the starlight across the sky erupted with a terrifying pressure. The entire night sky lit up, as if the stars themselves were roaring.

“I have always been thinking about the future of humanity.” Lou Yu raised his head, meeting Lu Xun’s eyes without flinching. “It’s just that you have your methods… and I have mine.”

“And slaughtering six million people is your method?”

“6 million divided by 80 million equals 7.5%. By sacrificing 7.5% of the current global population, we can ensure that at least 30 million people—37% of the current total—can survive and continue to reproduce under any circumstances. The risk-to-reward ratio is far higher than any of your plans.” Lou Yu’s voice was resolute. “The Nine Sovereigns will die, and the Realms will vanish, but as long as I can achieve ‘Infinity,’ I can become humanity’s final ‘insurance policy’!”

“Lu Xun, I’ve been calculating this math problem for three hundred years… I cannot be wrong!”

“You missed one point.” Lu Xun shook his head. “That is, you, having achieved ‘Infinity,’ are not invincible. If you die, everything will be meaningless.”

“No… I won’t die. I have already become ‘Infinity.’ No matter what happens, I will exist forever.”

Lou Yu replied calmly, his tone filled with absolute confidence.

Lu Xun did not answer immediately. He just watched Lou Yu’s eyes quietly. It was unknown how much time passed before he asked back:

“Then what about the six million people you killed? Who will pay for their lives?”

Lou Yu fell silent.

He wasn’t thinking; perhaps he had already found the answer to this question in his heart long ago. At this moment, he was staring back at Lu Xun, as if trying to see through Lu Xun’s thoughts from those star-filled eyes…

Suddenly, he gave a cold laugh, his tone carrying a trace of sorrow and helplessness:

“So, have you come to make me pay with my life?”

Lu Xun did not answer, nor did he deny it.

“You were the one who taught me back then that no matter what happens, I should never easily give up on myself… Now, I won’t change because of anyone’s questioning.” Lou Yu paused for a moment. “Even if the person questioning me is you…”

“If you want to avenge those six million people, then by all means, come. I am no longer that spineless wretch who only knew how to hide in a laboratory…”

“Now… I am the Sovereign of Infinity for humanity.”

Lou Yu spread his arms, his entire body continuously stretching and expanding. Countless material reactions were occurring frantically within him, as if he had swallowed a burning star!

“Lu Xun, be careful!” Su Zhiwei’s voice came from the Tian-Shu Realm. “He is very strong right now!! And he’s almost impossible to kill!!”

Once Lu Xun left the Tian-Shu Realm, the domain protecting the residents would vanish. Su Zhiwei, entrusted by him to hold down the fort, ensured that with the protection of a second Sovereign’s domain, the Tian-Shu Realm would be perfectly fine…

But in her heart, Su Zhiwei was deeply worried.

Lou Yu couldn’t beat her, not because he was weak, but because her String Theory naturally countered Material Science, rendering her invincible… But if the opponent were different, the outcome would be entirely different.

A terrifying existence that could convert materials at will, trigger nuclear fusion and fission infinitely, and remain immortal as long as there was matter within its domain, was practically a symbol of invincibility in this world… Even the Silver King wouldn’t have much of a chance against the current “Infinite” Lou Yu.

Of course, if he could steal those few Philosopher’s Stones that had already merged with Lou Yu’s soul, that would be a different story.

Facing the terrifying pressure brought by Lou Yu, Lu Xun showed no emotional fluctuation. He simply stood quietly under the starlight, raised his fingertip, and reached toward the sky… as if there were a hand from the celestial vault waiting to clasp his.

Lu Xun’s hand grasped at the void.

“……Take me.”

As the words fell, the figures of Lou Yu and Lu Xun vanished from beneath the starry sky simultaneously!!

A mysterious force from the depths of the cosmos, as if spanning time and space, gripped their bodies and began to jump, using stars as nodes… Lou Yu only felt the surrounding space twisting repeatedly, as if he were inside a slingshot exceeding the speed of light. By the time he regained his senses, countless star points had already streaked past his eyes like lines!

When Lou Yu finally came to, he found himself in a void of vacuum…

Lou Yu was stunned.

No gravity, no direction, no air… As far as the eye could see, there was only the vast, boundless starry sky. It took a full few seconds for Lou Yu to realize that this wasn’t some illusory reflection of the stars, but actual outer space!

Lu Xun had actually dragged him out, forcibly peeling him away from Earth, spanning an unknown number of light-years to arrive in deep space!!

[Galactic Tide].

“Lou Yu, tell me…”

“Right now… do you still think you’re ‘invincible’?”

Lu Xun’s voice echoed in Lou Yu’s mind. The latter seemed to realize something and whipped his head around to look…

A massive, seemingly boundless black hole was silently swallowing all matter and energy. Its terrifying gravity, like a ruthless giant hand, was dragging Lou Yu’s body, consuming him bit by bit into the abyss.