Chapter 1673: Have We Made This World Better

Tian Xiaochen's first reaction at this moment was to notify Chen Ling immediately.

Lord Wuji had gone insane—this was a big deal. But he didn't have a thought storm, and before Chen Ling took the initiative to contact him, he couldn't pass any message to Chen Ling at all...

"Dad! I can run myself!" Tian Xiaochen couldn't help but speak, as he was being shaken too much on his father's shoulder.

"Less nonsense!"

His father couldn't think anymore at this moment, his mind only thinking about taking his wife and child to escape the Eternal Realm as soon as possible. But he was too nervous to realize that in the Eternal Realm, where else could they run?

Run to the edge of the sky and jump off?

His father's brain was a mess, only his legs were moving mechanically, and the next moment, his feet seemed to be welded to the ground, and his whole body was suddenly imprisoned in place.

Along with him, his wife was also fixed in place.

The couple widened their eyes in disbelief and turned to look, only to see a figure in black robes, with a few petal-like gems outlined between his brows, walking toward them with red eyes...

"Lord Wuji! If you want to kill, kill me! Let my child go!" his father roared with all his might.

Lord Wuji acted as if he couldn't hear his words at all, his bloodshot eyes having only obsession for eternity. Electric light spread from under his feet, enveloping the couple and Tian Xiaochen on his father's shoulder!

His father and mother's bodies began to glow with a golden luster bit by bit, excruciating pain filling their minds, and they couldn't help but wail...

Tian Xiaochen's eyes were about to split. He jumped up from his father's back and lunged at Lord Wuji regardless of everything!

"Lord Wuji!"

"Even if you kill everyone, it's useless. We aren't afraid of you... The Red King will definitely lead us to reverse the era and restart the world!!"

Tian Xiaochen's parents had already turned into golden sculptures standing on the street. They were still maintaining the posture of wanting to grab Tian Xiaochen, their eyes filled with pain and despair...

Upon hearing Tian Xiaochen’s words, Wuji Jun’s bloodshot eyes suddenly froze.

Mid-air,

Tian Xiaochen swung his fist, smashing it toward Wuji Jun’s face!

Snap—!

Just as Wuji Jun was caught off guard, Tian Xiaochen’s fist actually struck his face. But the next second, a sharp pain flooded his hand bones, as if he had hit a piece of incredibly hard steel.

After throwing the punch, Tian Xiaochen lost his balance and plummeted downward. Wuji Jun’s palm suddenly shot out, locking onto Tian Xiaochen’s wrist and dangling him in mid-air like a chick...

“You’re right...” Wuji Jun lowered his head, his bloodshot eyes fixed on the struggling Tian Xiaochen in his grip.

“He will reverse the era... and restart the world.”

Crackle—

Electric light erupted from Wuji Jun’s hand. Intense pain overwhelmed Tian Xiaochen’s mind, but he bit his lips, forcing himself not to scream, staring fixedly at Wuji Jun all the while...

A golden luster gradually covered his body, freezing his expression... resolute, unyielding, and full of hope.

In the end, Tian Xiaochen also became one of the "Eternal" sentient beings.

Wuji Jun released Tian Xiaochen’s wrist, and the latter crashed to the ground like a heavy lead weight. He instinctively looked around, wanting to find the next experimental subject...

But the next moment, he froze in place.

A whimpering cold wind swept through the Eternal realm; the entire city was already deathly silent.

The entire Eternal Domain... there were no living people left.

Tian Xiaochen was the last Eternal resident, and yet, Wuji Jun still hadn't found that glimmer of possibility in him... He had failed.

The Eternal Domain he had once been so proud of had been turned into a dead city by his own hands. There were no longer any humans here who needed his protection, only statues of sentient beings turned into metallic bodies, having achieved "eternity."

The eternity he had pursued...

Failed.

He had exhausted everything to reach the end of eternity, only to discover it was a dead end.

Even Wuji Jun was plunged into deep confusion at this moment... The glimmer of possibility he had pursued by casting aside morality and humanity had ultimately become an unreachable mirage—hollow and ridiculous.

All his life’s efforts were in vain. The countless people he killed, the countless souls he imprisoned, and all the sins he bore did not become a guide for humanity, but rather a genuine, inescapable shackle.

No...

He had actually guessed this outcome long ago.

From the first time he tried to convert the diseased parts of the populace into material bodies, he had sensed it. The reason he continued was simply because he was obsessed with pursuing a result, wanting to prove that everything he had done wasn't meaningless. But unfortunately... the miracle never happened.

“...Heh.”

Wuji Jun’s black robe fluttered in the bleak wind. He stood above the empty Eternal Domain and let out a complex, bitter laugh.

Then, his confused and bitter gaze was gradually replaced by a different kind of indifference.

He lowered his head and looked into his hand...

A USB drive lay quietly in his palm.

“Lu Xun... I lost.”

“Don’t worry...”

“I will put an end to this.”

……

Era Archive.

Swaying leaves tapped gently against the laboratory window in the biting cold wind.

Under the dim sky, a young figure in a white lab coat walked wearily through the corridor and arrived at the door of his laboratory... Just then, he noticed that there seemed to be someone inside.

It was a figure in a black robe, sitting quietly by the window with his back to the door. Beside him lay a newly arrived issue of *Science Report*, with a cutting-edge article on materials science featured on the cover...

But the author’s name was a stranger who had nothing to do with materials science.

Lou Yu instinctively frowned.

“Hello, may I ask what you’re doing here?”

The person didn't respond; he just sat there, as if lost in memory.

“Hello...?”

Lou Yu stepped forward instinctively.

Then, the man slowly stood up, took off his hood, and turned to look at Lou Yu... The moment he saw him, Lou Yu was startled, for it was a face extremely similar to his own.

He looked at himself for a long moment before speaking with a complex expression:

“Long time no see, Lou Yu.”

“Who... who are you?!” Lou Yu stepped back half a pace instinctively.

“I am you.” Wuji Jun paused for a moment. “You can think of it as... you from the future.”

Lou Yu was stunned.

He stared at Wuji Jun, and Wuji Jun stared back... Wuji Jun knew he didn't need to explain anything, because he understood his past self too well.

Sure enough, Lou Yu had almost no doubt about this "self from the future," and a glimmer of expectation appeared in his eyes instead.

He opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to ask something...

But he hesitated.

After a full twenty seconds of silence, he tentatively asked:

“Even if it’s just a small contribution, in the future... did we make this world a better place?”