"Who would care about your sacrifices? They would only remember the one time you succeeded, not the countless times you failed..."
Tian Bufan pursed his lips. "Why ask a question you already know the answer to? No one in the present world will remember us, but Celestial Worthy Wei Liang of Fortune and Life will, and so will the people of the future... History will leave a written record, and people will remember everyone who sacrificed for this."
"Like the 'Codex'?" Great Serpent sneered. "What if what was recorded in history was a joke to begin with? Who still remembers 'Difa' or the 'Judge'? Even the Night Watchman's cognition is founded on the 'Law-Crafting Master Evil Theory'!"
"They will never understand what it is they are trying so desperately to find!"
"But the 'Principal' knows!" Tian Bufan said. "He broke out of this cycle! 'Zero'! I haven't lied to you. This really is the closest we've ever come to success!"
"This time, it isn't just us. There's also the 'Principal.' He finally isn't who he used to be!"
"We need your help! You know why, and you know us. After all, you've already failed countless times."
[Heh heh heh... Heh heh heh...]
Great Serpent laughed.
"So, what do you want me to do this time?"
"I know you, just as you know me."
"More importantly, you need to understand that 'time' itself is a curse. The cumulative effects of every failure will push the plan we've been conspiring to carry out in an even worse, opposite direction..."
Tian Bufan said, "Our world is ravaged. It can't even survive the early stages of contamination. The 'Principal' was the first to understand the risks, so he broke out of the cycle and added 'leverage' to it. Shouldn't we follow suit?"
"Leverage, doubling