It was Him...
Dian Nuo...
Xu Xiaoshou took a while to recover before reconnecting with the memories of himself from either a hundred thousand years ago, or ten epochs ago as this one had called it.
"At the time..."
After narrowing his eyes in thought for a while, he recalled that alongside this one, there should have been a Name Ancestor and a Time Ancestor.
Xu Xiaoshou swept his gaze over the black world across the river. He easily spread his intent throughout the entire world, and soon took in nearly the whole continent and ocean.
There were no living creatures, nor were there a Time Ancestor or Name Ancestor. There was only Nuo! Between heaven and earth, only Nuo remained! Which raised a question... Xu Xiaoshou fixed his gaze on the roasted lamb leg in Dian Nuo's hand. If all living things had perished, where had this thing come from? "Mm..."
Xu Xiaoshou tried to speak.
Perhaps it had been too long since he had spoken. At first, he could not produce human speech at all. Soon, through his consciousness, he sensed something strange as well.
The world Dian Nuo occupied was fundamentally not on the same plane as himself across the river.
In other words.
Whether he spoke aloud or transmitted his thoughts, Dian Nuo could not possibly hear or sense him.
Xu Xiaoshou swallowed, moistening his throat as he quietly waited for the scene before him to "continue."
He already understood that this resembled a recorded projection. The real Nuo Ancestor might still exist, or might long since have ceased to be.
"But if this was an image left behind long ago, how could it precisely lock onto the moment, ten epochs later, when I turned around and saw Him?"
Xu Xiaoshou might not have had an