The Irreversibility of History

As Gu Ding emerged from the room, he realized that it was just a tent, and the other people living there were also in tents of varying sizes.

Gu Ding was also curious as to why the old man wanted him to help refine the Purification Potion, but he soon discovered that this witch clan seemed to be in a strange state, as if everyone's body was suffering from pain.

"My name is Oderman, and I am the High Priest of this tribe. Our tribe has been cursed for some reason, and we suffer from illness constantly, greatly shortening the lifespan of our people. First Order Gene Body have had their lifespan reduced to one-tenth of their original lifespan, and second to Fifth Order Gene Body to one-fifth. Many young people in our tribe have died because of this curse... I know you can concoct D-grade potions, so you can treat seventh-tier and lower genetic beings. As for eighth-tier and higher members, you don't need to worry about them." The old man leaned on his cane and explained slowly.

"Are you sure this kind of curse will work with the Purification Potion?" This was the first time Gu Ding had ever heard of a curse that shortened a person's lifespan. This kind of curse sounded quite powerful, and the Purification Potion might not be effective.

"Yes, this curse sounds powerful, but because it's an area-of-effect curse, the power of the curse on each person is relatively weaker, and it falls within the scope of what Purification Potion can cleanse," Oderman nodded and explained.

After leading Gu Ding to another tall, thin man, Oderman introduced him, "This is our Laudun. He will take you to a potion-making room where you can remain undisturbed. If you need any materials, you can also ask him directly. Laudun, this is our apothecary guest. He will try his best to meet any needs he may have."

Laudun was tall and thin, with dark skin, and looked to be in his early twenties. He sized up Gu Ding. "But High Priest, he looks..."

"Laudun, Mister Gu Ding is a pharmacist genius," Oderman interrupted Laudun. "Take him to the alchemy room!"

As Gu Ding followed behind Laudun, a sense of unease crept into his mind. This was 14.6 billion years ago; there was no way the people here could have seen his and Liliath's Wanted Order. None of the three had revealed their names to anyone in this tribe, so how did Oderman know them?

Gu Ding quickly followed Laudun to the potion-making room, a secluded tent equipped with all the necessary facilities. With the Sea Emperor's help, he handwritten a list of materials and handed it to Laudun. The script of this era was completely different from that of Gu Ding's time; Gu Ding was simply copying the sample provided by the Sea Emperor, completely unaware of what he was actually copying.

Laudun took the list, glanced at it, and without asking any questions, turned and left the tent.

"Sea Emperor, what was the reputation of the Wu tribe in the Middle Ancient Era?" Gu Ding looked around but didn't find any watchers.

"You finally remembered to ask this question," the Sea Emperor laughed upon hearing it. "Do you really think a race that indiscriminately slaughters human planets, uses humans as sacrifices, and devises all sorts of ways to eat human flesh would do business with humans? In other words, would you humans do business with Pig-Boar Beast?"

"But aren't the Witch Clan also a branch of humanity?" Gu Ding was a little confused.

"There are many branches of humanity, but many of them do not consider themselves human, such as the Witch Clan, the Giant Clan, the Merman Clan..." the Sea Emperor said bluntly. "To be honest, humanity has never been a likable race."

"Let's put this topic aside for now. I've already agreed to help these guys make the Purification Potion, and it should be ready by tomorrow night at the latest... You should have stopped me from doing this."

"If you try to stop them from trading, you'll be nailed to a cliff by tomorrow morning and fed to the birds of prey. Liliath, with her constitution, probably won't last an hour. Bigge should be able to last more than three hours. As for you, without your High-Speed Regeneration, you'll only last an hour and a half at most; your internal organs will be torn out and eaten by those hairy beasts." The Sea Emperor's description was gruesome, but it was the truth. "Only by trading can we buy you time and allow you to live longer!"

"Slow down the production time and wait for the Time Reversal to end. Everything will be over then," the Sea Emperor suggested. "This is the only way. Under the noses of Twelfth-Order Gene Body powerhouse, you can't escape. You can only wait for the Time Reversal to end."

"Isn't there any other way?" Gu Ding was somewhat unwilling; the Sea Emperor's suggestion was far too passive.

"It seems not at the moment!" Sea Emperor gave a negative answer.

Not long after their discussion ended, Laudun brought in a boy of about nine years old carrying a pile of medicinal herbs.

"Here are some of the materials. Arthas and I will go get them a few more times, and you can start refining them now." Laudun didn't take Gu Ding too seriously.

"Brother Laudun, may I stay and watch him refine the potions?" The boy seemed to have some interest in refining potions as well.

"Your name is Arthas?" Gu Ding was startled when he heard the name.

"I just did a data comparison, and he is indeed Arthas. He matches in both time and space, the first sorcerer god within the Long Teng Universe Country." The Sea Emperor whispered in Gu Ding's ear.

"That's right, I am Arthas!" the blond boy answered confidently.

"Arthas, you're trying to slack off again!" Laudun scolded.

Arthas reluctantly followed Laudun out of the tent.

"Is our appearance here a coincidence?" Gu Ding frowned slightly. "Arthas looks almost ten years old now. He's currently only First Order Gene Body, and under the curse, he shouldn't have lived past ten. But we just happened to encounter Time Reversal and end up here..."

"Do you think this Time Reversal was caused by humans?" Sea Emperor voiced Gu Ding's guess. "Although it makes sense in theory, as far as I know, even gods cannot perform Time Reversal."

"Whether it's a coincidence or not, if we heal this Witch Clan Settlement, history will surely repeat itself. Arthas will become a god, rule the entire Universe Country, enslave humanity, and extract power from the bodies of the strong to make it his own... That dark history will be something I created..." Gu Ding found this hard to accept.

"That's history, it's already happened, and you can't change that!"

"What if I kill Arthas? That kind of thing probably wouldn't happen then, right?" Gu Ding asked.

"What has happened is irreversible. If you kill one Arthas, another Arthas will appear and do the same thing. Even if this race is eventually wiped out by the curse, there will be another race where a boy named Arthas will appear and do the same thing." The Sea Emperor's explanation finally calmed Gu Ding down a little.

"Alright, since I can't refuse treatment, I'll just have to make them pay enough for it!" Gu Ding narrowed his eyes slightly.

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