Chapter 547: Zero
"So, what's the solution?" asked Luca.
"You won't like it," Crete said, "but it's the only way to do it now." β
"What the hell is the horrible method of you spitting so much. Luca was in a hurry.
Crete finally made up his mind, raised his head and said, "End this cycle early and start the next one." In this way, the divine power of the Void can be reset to the zero point at the beginning of creation. β
"At the beginning of the creation, the power of the Void was the least, and the Creator was the greatest, which did sound like a good solution. Covey nodded in agreement.
"What's good!" Lukka retorted loudly, "We've gone so hard to run from the Sunset Islands to the Boiling Sea, and then to the Divine Domain, and you're going to give you such a solution?"
"However, this method can indeed contain the power of the Void's abnormal expansion. Covey said.
"And what about us? all of us here, everything in the nine worlds, and you, the useless Lord God, all cleared?" Lukka asked.
"There's no way around it, anyway, these worlds are always going to die out eventually. "Covey really wants to.
Lukka took a deep breath and said solemnly: "I am a mortal, I don't have such a big vision as you, I only know that if I agree to this method, everything and everything I care about will cease to exist." If I die, whether it's dead or dead, at least someone will remember that I once existed. And now your solution, is to erase all of that.
"Maybe for you, starting a new cycle is just repeating what you've done many times, but it seems to me that this method, and the plan of the Nihilist, is no different at all, or even worse!"
Covey disagreed with Luca's statement, shook his head and said, "How can it be worse! This method reduces the world to 'zero', and can create everything from zero." The plan of the nihilistic is to classify all things as 'nothing'. β
"Is it zero or nothing, for mortals like us who are going to be erased?" Lukka asked rhetorically.
"If zero and nothing make no difference to you and very different from me, why oppose it?" Crete asked, "what else can you do?"
Lukka shook his head silently, pacing as he clasped his staff with his fingers, his nails rattling on the wood.
After a while, he suddenly said, "I need to make sure of something." β
"What's the matter?" said Crite, pulling out his pocket watch and looking at it, "better hurry, twenty minutes at most, and the Void will wake up." β
"You and him, in fact, can we be separated?" Lukka asked.
"As I said, I can't. Crete replied.
"No, I don't think you're telling the truth, at least not all. Lukka picked up his staff and walked over to him.
"What are you kidding, as the creator of the higher gods, would you still lie to you mortals?" Covey tried his best to maintain the image of the god.
Lukka said: "If it really can't, the Void wouldn't have thought that you, who were banished at the same time as him, were not in this body, but somewhere in the ocean world. β
"I lied to him. Crete argued.
"If he doesn't have the option of 'you and him can be separated', how can you fool him?" Luca said, "and, by your own admission, aren't you very skilled at deceiving people?"
"He's not talking about this separation, and I'm not lying to you on purpose, I just don't want to waste time explaining. Crete gave in, and in the countless cycles he had been through, it was probably the first time he had conceded, whether to a mortal or a god.
"I don't understand one thing," Shut up suddenly interjected, "since you have a way, can't you just do it yourself? Why do you want to explain this to us? Don't tell me, it's because of the crew's obligations to the captain." β
"Because," Lukka preemptively said, "he needs our help to make this plan happen, am I right?"
Crete smiled bitterly, nodded and said, "My power is now mainly suppressing the recovery of the nihilistic, and it is indeed impossible to carry out this plan by myself. β
"Tell me how the plan works. Luca said.
"If I want to reset all worlds to zero, I need to start with at least one world and gather all the divine power there to reset this world. Crete said as he spun the orb in his hand.
"And what about the remaining eight?" Lukka asked.
"As long as one starts to zero, the rest is a ripple effect. Crete said, "Of the three main gods of the ocean world, two have returned to nothingness, and the remaining oneβ" he pointed to Covey, "and there is only half of the divine power left, so obviously it can't start here." And other worlds are too far away to do such things. β
He turned to Lukka and said, "The only world that can be used as the initial zero is the magic world, and the magic god who has retained its full divine power. β
Lukka hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't look at me, I'm not a god of magic." β
"Of course you're not," Crete said, "but while he hides his whereabouts in the world below, he has left his divine powers intact in his own realm, and now, you can use them in their entirety. In other words, you can play the role of the god of magic for a while, not for long, as long as you support it to zero. β
"I'm not going to help you. Lukka was very sure, "You may not be too lazy to explain, but I still want to ask what effect does separation from the Void have on you?"
Crete suddenly found that Lukka was more difficult to coax than he expected, and in the realm of the gods, Lukka was connected to the full power of the god of magic, and even if he wanted to use the spirit suggestion to mortals, it would not work.
He had no choice but to answer honestly, "I don't know." β
"You don't know, how could you not know?" asked Lukka in surprise.
"Because I've never been in a situation like this. Crete shrugged, "But based on the known state, it is estimated that it will cause an unprecedented fluctuation of divine power, which may destroy more than half of the world." One thing I can be sure of is that the result of separation will be more desirable to the Void than you are. β
"But why on earth does he think you're separated?" Lukka still struggled with the Void's unintentional words.