"You suddenly spring this on me and expect me to agree?" The "Terminator" pointed at the flames on Du Yu's body. "You set yourself alight with those bizarre flames. Doesn't that make you a madman? How am I supposed to trust that you aren't another 'Time' who's gone insane?"
At those words, Du Yu merely smiled faintly. "I've never tried to deny it. I've always been a madman."
Just then, a black figure abruptly appeared behind the "Terminator." Wearing a face identical to Du Yu's, he sneered, "Du Yu, are you really going to join forces with this 'Terminator'? If he actually agrees, wouldn't that make him even crazier than you? Hahahahaha!"
Du Yu frowned slightly, and the illusion before him dissipated.
He sighed and said to the "Terminator," "I've taken a path completely different from every other 'Time.' I chose to lay everything out for you from the very beginning. After all, you're the person I waited seven hundred thousand years to select. And my goal is different from that of every other 'Time,' too."
"Is that so?" the "Terminator" replied noncommittally. "If I refuse, will you abandon me?"
"That's right," Du Yu said. "I've already waited long enough. I don't mind waiting another seven hundred thousand years."
The next instant, the black apparition appeared again. He rocked back and forth with laughter, pointing at Du Yu. "Liar! You're a liar! Why don't you tell him your real goal?! Why don't you say it?!"
Du Yu's gaze briefly wandered.
He realized that if he didn't act quickly, he would eventually succumb to Demonization.
The flames engulfing his body apparently hadn't blocked the demonic energy completely. They had merely delayed his Demonization considerably.
The "Terminator" pondered for a long time before slowly saying, "In that case, I'll go back and