20demayo Chapter 41 Why Him?
Chapter 41 Why Him?
Then, during the divination, Rosen saw a scene where, accompanied by a bright light, heaven and earth seemed to crack open at that moment. Amidst people's helpless cries and weeping, the original creator revived at the moment the stars returned to their places.
Rosen couldn't see the creator's face clearly, but he vaguely saw two other faces on the creator's body. These were not tangible faces, but rather an intangible will.
As Rosen was speculating which of the two wills was the Celestial Venerable and which was God, one of the wills seemed to sense something and looked over.
Rosen then looked back at Him, and at that moment he saw a hazy gray mist.
Rosen opened his eyes, and the divination ended at that moment.
"It's actually the Celestial Venerable. I thought it would be God. Or is God deliberately avoiding me..." Rosen muttered to himself. He then looked at Zhou Mingrui, who was anxiously awaiting the result, sighed, and said:
"I see a catastrophe. In the near future, an unstoppable disaster will befall the world, destroying our current civilization."
He knew it was a bit cruel, but the truth was the truth.
Zhou Mingrui's face turned deathly pale instantly. He asked incredulously, "The near future?"
"I'm not sure how long in advance, but it shouldn't be more than ten years," Rosen said truthfully, as this was indeed the information he had received from the divination.
"How is this possible! How could this happen..." Zhou Mingrui was truly panicked at this moment. He hadn't expected such a result, which was almost the worst possible outcome for him.
Their era was truly destroyed by disaster, even not long afterward.
Then, as if remembering something, Zhou Mingrui looked at Rosen, his voice urgent and panicked: "Rosen, is there... is there any way...?"
"I'm sorry, that's a disaster that no human can stop. I have no way to prevent it from happening." Rosen shook his head. If it were anything else, he could try his best, but he really couldn't stop something like the initial recovery.
"Even you can't do anything..." Zhou Mingrui was almost in despair at this moment.
Rosen was the most powerful and mysterious person he knew. Even Rosen couldn't do anything about it, so Zhou Mingrui really didn't know what to do.
"Calm down, Zhou Mingrui!" Rosen spoke up at this moment, looking at Zhou Mingrui with a firm yet reassuring voice: "Besides the disaster, I saw something else."
"What?" Zhou Mingrui immediately looked at Rosen, as if he were looking at a lifeline.
"You didn't die in that disaster. I saw the mysterious gray fog, and I also saw your resurrection in the future," Rosen said calmly. "Not as a cotton doll, but truly awakening again in the future."
Zhou Mingrui was taken aback, but instead of feeling relieved, he subconsciously asked, "What about my parents? What about everyone else in this world?"
Rosen did not answer; he remained silent.
Zhou Mingrui gleaned the answer from his silence, and asked incredulously, "Why? Why me? Why is everyone else dead but I'm alive?"
"Perhaps this is related to that Celestial Venerable. If I'm not mistaken, the gray mist I saw is related to him," Rosen said, staring at Zhou Mingrui as if he were looking at the man before him, and also at the Fool from the original story through him.
"It's Him again? What does He want?" Zhou Mingrui looked confused. He didn't believe there was such a thing as a free lunch. A god saving him from disaster for no apparent reason couldn't be without a cause.
"I don't know what He wants to do, but listen, Zhou Mingrui, this might be an opportunity for you."
Rosen and Zhou Mingrui looked at each other with confused and pained eyes. Rosen said, "Although I have no way to prevent the disaster from happening in the future, since you can rely on that god to escape the disaster, perhaps your parents can too."
"Really? What do I need to do? What do I need to give up?" Zhou Mingrui couldn't describe his feelings at this moment. He really hoped that his parents could survive the disaster in the future, even if it meant giving his own life.
As for the others, he couldn't care less. After all, Xiao Zhou was just an ordinary college student who had just started university. He had no way to save the world, and he didn't even know how to save his own parents.
He only had one life, but even if he gave it up, it wouldn't be enough to stop the disaster from happening.
Under these circumstances, Zhou Mingrui could only prioritize taking care of himself and his family.
"I'm not sure, I just have some ideas." Rosen shook his head, meeting Zhou Mingrui's anxious eyes. His voice remained calm, and Zhou Mingrui's mood gradually calmed down as well.
"The key to escaping the disaster must be that gray fog, but we obviously cannot access it or locate it in this era. Although we can try to pray to the Heavenly Venerable, I don't think that deity would be so merciful."
Rosen paused for a moment before continuing, "But don't forget, we don't only exist in this era. You haven't yet made contact with that gray fog, but your future self may very well already be in it."
At this moment, Zhou Mingrui's mind was racing. He said, "So if we can pinpoint the location of my future self, we can pinpoint the gray fog you mentioned. In turn, perhaps we can harness the power of that gray fog in this era."
"Yes." Rosen nodded, meeting Zhou Mingrui's gaze without hesitation, and said without reservation, "But I'm quite certain that this process is extremely dangerous and could lead to your death. Although I'm fairly confident I can save you, are you sure you want to try?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Mingrui suddenly smirked and said, "Rosen, can I ask you for a favor?"
"Go ahead and say it," Rosen said, looking at him.
"If I really die, please do your best to save my parents. Please tell them that I love them. No, maybe don't tell them..." Zhou Mingrui shook his head at the end and murmured, "They will be heartbroken. It's better to just pretend I died accidentally."
Rosen listened quietly, and only after Zhou Mingrui finished speaking did he sigh and say, "I promise you. But is it worth it?"
"I hope they can survive, and I'm willing to give my life for it." Zhou Mingrui smiled at Rosen, his smile devoid of fear, only filled with determination.
After a pause, Zhou Mingrui cautiously added, "Of course, I mean if, if I can survive and am still eligible for treatment, please, I beg you, try to save me."
After all, if he could really live, he wouldn't really want to die.