"Good, very good—so good that I'm honestly a little jealous of you.
But I'm not jealous because there are other versions of us who corrected the course of your journey. I'm jealous because your friends are all still alive.
Being alive is good. Only by staying alive can there be hope.
Ha, how strange. We only parted yesterday, so how did I already start missing them?
Forget it. Enough useless nonsense. Let's talk about something else. Third...
Always trust time!
Time is the only key to finding the answer. I didn't come up with that, nor did I guess it. It was the God of Merriment who said it.
The fact that you were able to come here means you already know that time is the key to maintaining the synchronization of all the experiments. Only with His presence can the Slice Universe we inhabit remain normal and stable under the Observer's gaze.
That is the absolute prerequisite for preventing the world from heading toward destruction. As for how to find a way to survive this desperate destruction... the God of Merriment probably knows, but He refuses to say.
All I can understand is that this path to survival runs counter to His Will. And the only thing that can run counter to Nothingness is existence.
Memory concerns the past, but the past is a misguided path we have already walked. Naturally, there can be no hope left there. The only thing remaining is time!
Learn about time and get to know Him again. You still have a chance. We...
Forget it. I said I wouldn't talk about this."
Scarred Cheng Shi gave a bitter laugh and once again pulled out a can of cola, gulping it down.
Cheng Shi watched the other man's manner and frowned pensively.
This was