"What is the Entropy-Extinction Era?"
"The final battle ended, and everything entered 'Terminus.' This was when Entropy Annihilation began."
"Then-what is 'Terminus'?"
"It means everyone is dead, even their souls no longer exist, and there is no chance to start over."
That sounded a little frightening.
Shen Ye glanced at the girl, only to find her perfectly composed.
"Think I'm too calm?" the girl asked.
"Yes," Shen Ye admitted.
"Once you've seen as many people's 'ends' as I have, you'll be just as numb," the girl said with a smile.
Shen Ye said nothing more, merely looking into the distance.
This was a grassland.
But the earth seemed far too thin. With just a little probing, Shen Ye could sense a feeling of "weightlessness" coming from underground.
-The entire grassland seemed to be "floating" in the endless void.
There was no sense of security.
The village where he and the girl stood consisted of only six or seven buildings, all extremely crude.
There were very few people.
And all of them were mysterious. Not one came over to say hello.
"Is this how you live here?"
Shen Ye asked.
"Live... that word is too much of a luxury. You should say struggle."
"-We wait as we struggle."
The girl spoke.
"I don't understand," Shen Ye said honestly.
"As long as we keep waiting, Entropy Annihilation will end sooner or later, and the future will unfold again."
The girl explained further:
"Without proof, no one would believe there could still be a future after Entropy Annihilation."
"But this has been verified."
"Even that can be verified? Also, who actually won the war in the end?" Shen Ye asked.
The girl did not answer.
"I want to show you something."
She spoke of something else.
Shen Ye looked at her.
A small