What Are You Waiting For?

"**, what are you waiting for?"

Who is speaking...

"How much longer are you going to sleep, **?"

Who is it...?

"It's time to wake up, **."

It's calling me...

No.

The person who called wasn't me...

"I'm calling for you."

Who are you?

Have you forgotten?

"You can't remember our names."

"Okay, it's okay, if you can't remember, then don't think about it."

"Are you tired?"

Not yet...

"Then why aren't you getting up?"

Am I not dead?

That monster, that thing that was like the Grim Reaper, he killed me...

"Although he severed your soul, he did not take it away, so there is still a chance."

You think I can come back to life?

"Yes, but you need to think carefully. Once you wake up again, you will no longer be yourself."

Why?

"Because that person has already branded your soul."

Who is that person?

"Didn't you just say that, Death?"

"Ye Long, listen carefully. You are guarding a huge treasure, a power that belongs only to you, but you cannot fully accept this power."

"And an external force is flowing into your body. That force will distort your body. If you accept that force, you could become anything."

"After that, you will no longer be yourself, not just physically, but also in your soul, understand?"

What should I do?

Open that treasure?

"If you open that treasure, you will no longer be yourself."

What should I do?

"A little bit."

What?

"Draw a tiny bit of power from that treasure, and remember, only a tiny bit."

Good.

"I want to emphasize again that this is not allowed, but that person gave you a chance, a chance to break the rules."

"Causal Rebirth".

Causal Rebirth?

What is that?

"For example, rewriting history. If you travel back in time and kill a destined emperor, all sorts of unexpected events or things will happen that bring the emperor back to life."

"Whether it's a magic elixir or a sorcerer, there must be a way to revive that emperor."

"This is your current situation. Are you feeling a little more awake?"

Yes, I'm awake now...

"So let me emphasize this one last time, no matter what you choose, you must..."

Alright.

No need to say anything more.

Whatever comes, I will accept it, but I will always be myself.

"Well then, good luck."

"I hope we never see each other again, **."

What did you say?

Light.

The light was blinding.

Ye Long suddenly opened his eyes. Before him was a huge sun, and he was lying on a damp beach.

"I... came out?"

Ye Long looked at his hands and, for some reason, all the Fishman features on his body had disappeared.

Despite being extremely wet, he maintained a completely pure human state.

In addition, he felt extremely weak.

It's as if they've lost their Fishman powers and become ordinary people.

Ye Long got up and looked around. This should still be the Island of the Other Shore. He remembered the terrain around here.

"Then why are you outside...?"

"Because he regained his senses and couldn't touch the temple, he fell out?"

Ye Long looked up at the sea, and the sea breeze made him feel a little lost for a moment.

On the other side, inside the temple.

Countless bloodied faces were filled with terror. "What was that thing? It was so horrifying..."

"Horrible!"

"So many, so many!"

"That must be an ancient Great Old Ones, and His retinue!"

"No, no, no, that's not it, it can't be!"

"Those hands, those eyes, they outnumber us!"

"There are too many, too many to count, simply too many to count!"

"It's a hallucination, it must be a hallucination!"

For some reason, the Aspects of All Beings showed expressions of horror, as if they had seen something particularly terrifying!

But it should be understood that very few things can frighten Aspects of All Beings. Even seeing the Old Ones awaken in droves is not enough to frighten Aspects of All Beings.

They'll be surprised at most.

But what just happened truly terrified everyone, leaving them pale with fright!

Just half an hour ago, they were arguing about what that person actually was.

As for the corpses on the ground, nobody paid them any attention.

It was at that moment that the corpse floated up, though it couldn't really be said that it floated up.

Those were countless hands that lifted the corpse up!

A crack was torn open from above, and something was poured down.

And it was the scene within that crack that numbed all Aspects of All Beings!

That was a stroke from ancient times.

Or rather, it is just the tip of the iceberg of the old world that was destroyed after countless eras!

The unusual movements of the Aspects of All Beings were quickly relayed to Chen Ye.

When Chen Ye's figure appeared in the sky above the Island of the Other Shore, he saw Ye Long on the beach.

"Um?"

Chen Ye's expression was somewhat strange. He took a magnifying glass and looked at Ye Long from high above.

"Is there a problem with the medicine?"

"Why... is it not working?"

Yes, the medication was ineffective.

There were no changes in Ye Long's appearance.

Moreover, not only has there been no change, but it has even regressed.

Ye Long was at least a Fishman before, but now he has become an ordinary person, and all his special characteristics have disappeared!

Why is that?

Chen Ye casually tossed the magnifying glass back into the Rift Space.

The potion he gave Ye Long was based on the Fear Trait extracted from 002, and after multiple fusion experiments, it was combined with other substances that also possessed Fear Trait.

The drug's sequence name is Ultimate Fear.

It's purely Fear Trait; all the extraneous traits have been filtered out by Chen Ye.

Logically speaking, once a characteristic grows to this level, it should evolve into Absolute Trait.

That is, Absolute Fear.

The concept of Absolute Fear was something that even Chen Ye could be affected by, so he didn't stay to observe Ye Long's changes.

As a result, Ye Long now has no Fear Trait at all and has lost all his original abilities!

Did drinking this potion not only fail to promote evolution, but actually cause regression?

Why is this happening?

There's definitely something strange about this.

As he thought about it, black flames began to ignite on Chen Ye's body.

Flames enveloped his body, transforming it into a black robe, and Chen Ye directly entered the state of death.

He swung his hand and pulled out a sickle, then his figure flashed and disappeared into the air in an instant.

At the same time, Ye Long turned around and saw Chen Ye standing right behind him!

Before Ye Long could react, the space in front of them shattered!

An invisible darkness instantly enveloped the two of them.

This is a dark and enclosed space.

Looking around, Ye Long could see every corner of the world.

Is this the underworld?

Or is it...?

What field is this?

Just as Ye Long was wondering, the Grim Reaper in front of him began to spin his huge scythe and flashed in front of him in the blink of an eye!

The aura of death rushed towards him, but Ye Long did not retreat!

The sickle came straight for his neck, but stopped in mid-air.

Why didn't you dodge?