Worlds' Apocalypse Online

Chapter 1564: Fighting against Fate!

The breeze of Autumn had yet to arrive, so the morning sun was gloriously bright.

The two fruits leaned against one another, bathing in the vitality and radiance of the morning sun.

“Brother, I’m full already” Little Dusk said.

“You’re eating too little, that’s definitely not enough, eat a bit more” Gu Qing Shan replied.

“But I usually don’t eat breakfast at all...”

“Hmph, how do you think you would get any nutrients if you don’t eat breakfast? You also need to make sure to eat every morning, got it?”

“I understand”

The fruit called Dusk silently sat on top of the tree branch.

Rays of orange light slowly rose into the air, twirled around one another to form a glittering golden radiance that slowly illuminated her small body.

Little Dusk couldn’t help but gasp: “So the morning sunlight was this beautiful”

Gu Qing Shan stayed silent for a bit before rolling next to Little Dusk:

“Little Dusk, this is called a pink sunrise”

“Is that so? What a wonderful name”

“But if this light is seen in the morning, the weather would definitely not be good” he explained.

“Oh? Will it rain later on?” Little Dusk asked curiously.

“It’s very possible for it to be a rainy day—– there is a saying, ‘do not venture out on a pink sunrise’”

“What does that mean?”

“Simply speaking, when sunlight shines through the atmosphere, it becomes scattered by the particles in the air. The light of short and medium frequencies like violet, indigo, and green would be easily scattered, while light of longer frequencies like red, orange, yellow have a stronger penetrative property. If a pink sunrise appears, that means that there is a greater amount of water particles as well as bigger particles within the air, which makes the sky unstable and thus more likely for it to be a rainy day”

Little Dusk praised with admiration: “Brother sure knows a lot”

“Ahaha, you can ask me anything you don’t understand, brother can guarantee being able to give you an answer”

“...So big brother has always cared a lot about me”

“That’s natural!”

While talking, Gu Qing Shan was also silently thinking.

I’ve arrived for quite a while in this world already.

Most likely, the Deities of Fate will attempt to take over this body very soon.

How can I ensure that the Deities of Fate’s plan would fail?

The other party are Deities, while I’m a fruit, so that sounds impossible no matter how I think about this.

However...

Even after Reneedol’s body was taken over, she remained alive.

Her soul continued to remain the entire time and managed to endure it until the very end.

Should I repeat this process?

...No.

Letting someone else take over my body is essentially the same as handing the knife in my hand to someone else.

I need to think of a way to change this.

Having decided this, Gu Qing Shan suddenly began rolling towards the end of the branch.

While rolling, he loudly called out: “I don’t want to live anymore! I’m going to jump!”

His voice resounded throughout the entire silent jungle.

Little Dusk desperately screamed: “Brother! What are you doing!?”

She hurriedly rolled after Gu Qing Shan, wanting to stop him.

Many others were also disturbed by this.

The elves had gathered into a formation below the Twin Tree of Fate.

The giants had also arrived.

An old elf and all the elves he brought with him prostrated below the tree and hurriedly spoke: “Our Guardian, what’s the matter?”

The giants also looked concernedly at Little Dusk.

“I, the fruit of the Twin Tree of Fate, Guardian of your elven race, have sensed a threat” Gu Qing Shan loudly declared.

“A threat?” the elven Grand Elder was shocked.

“Indeed, you must immediately summon the Law Behemoth! Only it would be able to guarantee Little Dusk’s and mine safety!” Gu Qing Shan sternly declared.

“What is—-”

“If you do not summon it immediately, I will jump!”

“Do not jump! We will immediately prepare the altar to summon the Law Behemoth!”

...

A few moments later.

From the void of space, a gigantic monster silently descended.

All the elves and giants were prostrated on the ground with their heads lowered.

「 Child of Fate, you claim that you were able to sense danger? 」

The Law Behemoth looked down towards Gu Qing Shan.

Gu Qing Shan replied: “Even though I am yet to be born, I have awoken an ability to sense danger. I can sense a terrible wicked entity currently scheming to take over mine and Dusk’s body”

「 HM!? 」the Law Behemoth’s vertical irises were abruptly opened wide.

An immense power manifested from its body that swept across the entire jungle.

The nearby elves and giants all prostrated themselves with their heads bowing even deeper.

Gu Qing Shan silently nodded and thought to himself: “Indeed... it is this power...”

At this point in time, the Reality Gate has yet to open, and the truly terrifying Apocalypses have yet to descend.

The Myriad Deities have all died out with only their souls remaining in the Dusty World, occasionally sneaking back into the Realm of Life.

——this was the era of the Law Behemoths.

In this world, these Overlords of Law were the most powerful.

They were the very definition of power itself.

“Overlord of Law, I can sense a wicked power slowly moving across the Rivers of Life and Death, silently approaching from the Dusty World in an attempt to take over my and Dusk’s body, all to re-establish the glory of their past!”

Gu Qing Shan loudly declared.

The Law Behemoth breathed out a mass of dim light that entered Gu Qing Shan and Little Dusk’s bodies.

A few moments later.

This light then emerged from their bodies and was reabsorbed by the Law Behemoth.

The Law Behemoth’s gaze became a bit gentler.

「 Both of you are still the original fruits... the issue does not lie with you 」

「 However, if you know of even the Rivers of Life and Death as well as the Dusty World, you must have indeed awoken a type of precognitive ability 」 the Law Behemoth said.

“Indeed, I beg you to save us” Gu Qing Shan loudly called out.

The Law Behemoth spoke with a voice filled with killing intent: 「 Of course I will save the two of you. The Twin Tree of Fate was a masterpiece that we, the most powerful Overlords of Law, have created as the rulers of the world. We would definitely not allow these thieves to possess our fruits! 」

「 ——wait here, I will call in a few allies to help set up a trap 」

After saying that, the Law Behemoth vanished from the sky.

Gu Qing Shan sighed in relief.

“Alright, you’re all dismissed, stop kneeling” he told the giants and elves below the tree.

The elven Grand Elder said: “But then...”

“There are no ‘buts’, with a group of Law Behemoths setting up a trap, this issue is no longer an issue. You can go back to doing whatever you usually do, ah right, regarding this matter, make sure not to discuss it, understood?”

Gu Qing Shan gave his orders, then casually rolled back to the corner of the branch and laid back down.

“Brother?” Little Dusk also rolled back and cautiously called out to him.

“Ah, Little Dusk; come here, brother will continue to explain the pink sunrise to you——- there are a lot of scientific principles involved here”

“...Brother, are we going to be ok?”

“Don’t worry, with big brother here, no one would be able to bully you”

“Hm, I trust big brother”

...

At another location.

Reneedol stood within darkness.

Was I beheaded by a single strike just now?

How could that soldier have attacked someone like me so ruthlessly?

Reneedol simply felt unimaginable.

—-where exactly was the issue?

She fell into thought.

Suddenly, a hoarse voice resounded throughout the darkness: 「 You have died once 」

Reneedol immediately asked: “What about Rhode? Did he die as well?”

「 He did not die 」the hoarse female voice replied.

Reneedol’s expression changed.

I’ve switched Fates with Rhode, but I don’t know what Rhode has gone through, so I died without understanding anything at all.

—–on the other hand, at the very last moments of the Age of Immemorial, Rhode had heard Shroud and I explained how the Deities of Fate took over my body.

He was already prepared.

“This isn’t fair! I don’t know what Rhode has been through at all, but he knows my past!”

Reneedol shouted.

From the darkness, the hoarse female voice resounded again: 「 Fate had never been fair, what you need to do is to triumph over it 」

Reneedol completely froze.

Fate... is unfair...

Triumph over it.

That’s right, I’ve always been the one who had triumphed over Fate, how could I lose my footing already?

She calmed down and carefully pondered.

If Rhode has taken over my Fate...

What kind of especially dangerous situations had I gone through during my entire life?

In the beginning, a Deity of Fate took over my body, she went to meet Shroud and awoken her power, while I met Shroud in the form of a soul at that very moment, making a promise with him to come up with a solution for getting rid of the Deity of Fate.

Afterwards...

Reneedol suddenly felt panicked.

—-now that I think about it carefully, I’ve never truly faced any dangers.

Even at the very last moment, Shroud had already made all the preparation to allow me to retake my body and gain unprecedented power.

From that moment, nothing would have been able to defeat me.

Even though Rhode had sabotaged and made me continue to follow Shroud, that wasn’t anything considerable.

I simply waited for Shroud to mature and gain enough power to head into the Dusty World to retrieve the Divine Artifact of Fate, facing no danger during this entire process.

Shroud had even handed the position of Ruler of the Deities to me.

The Myriad Deities all knelt at my feet

... Carefully thinking about it...

I’ve never truly faced any dangerous situations.

How could this be the case?

I’ve always been fighting against Fate.

I’ve never once been willing to be the companion of the strongest!

——Rhode had taken over my Fate, so he would also face this issue!

But then!

However!

This is merely the choice of becoming another person’s companion or not, it isn’t a life-endangering situation, compared to Rhode’s Fate...

My Fate cannot kill Rhode at all, while Rhode’s Fate was truly fatal!

Reneedol felt dejected.

The hoarse female voice resounded again:

「 It is time for your second attempt 」

「 This is a different part of Rhode’s Fate, where you will continue to face off against Fate for survival 」

「 Head inside, triumph against Fate, or be enslaved by it 」

The darkness around her scattered away and slowly displayed a different world to Reneedol.

Recalling what she had just gone through, Reneedol was unable to help herself from taking a step back.