372: Cataclysmic Chaos, here I come again!

Ye Su had to admit that Lu Yiyi was a good partner.

At the very least, she didn't have a track record of bailing out halfway or capsizing the boat.

Therefore,

Ye Su was now going to deal with the Queen Mother.

Returning to the insect nest, Ye Su immediately used his authority to delve deep into it and quickly found this big white worm.

The big white worm looked at Ye Su with a dazed expression, sending out affectionate signals.

Ye Su was also helpless.

A Queen Mother in its dazed period was just like this.

Only at Ascension Six would the Queen Mother undergo a drastic transformation.

Therefore, he had no choice but to open the Unity of Heaven and Man Realm, enveloping the Queen Mother within to see if communication was possible.

Within the Heavenly Human Realm.

Their minds were connected, and the Queen Mother's trust and dependence on Ye Su grew even stronger.

However, its intelligence didn't increase much.

Instead, the corrupted nature instilled by the Ye Su Insect and the Fen Tian Insect began to show.

Ye Su: 'Oh no, the Queen Mother's personality is starting to take shape. After its promotion, it won't turn into a delinquent girl, will it?' — That memory had a huge impact on the Queen Mother.

Roaming around everywhere, bullying people everywhere, shouting Orders arrogantly — so,

When the Queen Mother opened its heart within the Unity of Heaven and Man Realm, this was what Ye Su saw.

This behavioral pattern had already been imprinted into the Queen Mother's genes.

Once its intelligence skyrocketed, it would probably be impossible to restrain.

Ye Su covered his face.

He truly never expected it to turn out like this.

He could only take advantage of the Queen Mother's opened heart to slowly guide it.

Specifically manifested as — prenatal education — As time passed, Ye Su felt the Queen Mother had improved a lot, giving off a sense of being well-educated and reasonable.

But the delinquent girl habits were still there.

Alright then.

What kind of personality the Queen Mother would ultimately develop could only be left to fate.

But at least one thing could be guaranteed.

That was, the Queen Mother would not inherit the cruelty and ruthlessness of the insect race.

Hehe.

Because Ye Su told the Queen Mother the whole story of how the insect race treated it as a tool.

These things were complex.

The Queen Mother at its current stage couldn't understand them, but after reaching Ascension Six, when its intelligence greatly increased and it began to extract and interpret these memories, a rift would form with the insect race.

Ye Su wasn't afraid of the insect race's big shots being displeased about this.

We had an agreement, didn't we?

Finally.

This was all Ye Su could do for now.

A message had arrived from Lu Yiyi's side.

The Cosmic Infrastructure was conducting a border-shrinking operation against the Calamity Chaos.

And so,

After making final arrangements for the Yanhuang Clan, Ye Su headed straight for the Calamity Chaos.

During this solar term, or for the period to come, Ye Su would be spending his time within the Calamity Chaos.

Two minutes before the border-shrinking operation began, with Lu Yiyi's help, Ye Su crossed the border between the Cosmos and the Calamity Chaos to enter it.

Entering the Calamity Chaos again, Ye Su felt confident.

After all, his future self had already explored it.

Therefore,

Just after experiencing that chaotic spacetime and dimensions.

Ye Su was found by someone.

"Ye Su?"

Zhang Huai looked at Ye Su, utterly astonished.

Because,

Logically speaking, Ye Su shouldn't have come back to the Calamity Chaos. The last lesson should have been scary enough to deter him.

Yet, unexpectedly, when the Cosmos was taking action, Ye Su appeared again.

Because of this,

Zhang Huai couldn't help but suspect that Ye Su was a secret agent sent by the Cosmos.

But the attitude from above — "Ye Su, why have you come to the Calamity Chaos again?"

Zhang Huai asked.

Ye Su thought for a moment. With someone as incredibly powerful as Zhang Huai, deception would be difficult; it was better to be straightforward and honest:

"I'm here to study martial arts. Secondly, the Cosmos is about to shrink the border; I'm here to provide protection."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Huai

almost laughed in disbelief.

The martial arts part was somewhat reasonable.

In his own system, martial arts was a broad and promising path. It was understandable that Ye Su, who had already learned the Extreme Realm, desired to delve deeper.

But providing protection for the Cosmos's border-shrinking operation...

Brother.

Do you even hear what you're saying?

The Cosmos's border-shrinking operation is eroding the past timelines of the Calamity Chaos.

Or rather,

Every past scenario breached and destroyed by the present Cosmos would spawn several, even dozens, of past timelines.

For beings like Zhang Huai's faction, whose duty is to converge the past timelines,

this is war!

I am converging the past timelines, while you are proliferating them.

Natural enemies.

Zhang Huai felt conflicted, but soon took Ye Su to a Grass Grid World.

Here was a city.

It had a population of several million, appearing extremely prosperous, but everyone's faces bore vigilant looks and expressions.

Their waists were bulging, all with weapons.

Suddenly,

Someone's weapon fell to the ground.

Instantly, countless people drew their blades, looking around in panic like a startled flock of birds.

Then, a big shot from the city appeared, putting an end to this panic.

But the big shot was no good person either; he was searching.

Then he spotted a young woman, rushed over, grabbed her, and instantly refined her.

life essence surged forth, being absorbed by him.

Countless people scattered in all directions.

But calm returned as the big shot left.

Absurd.

An incomprehensible world.

Seemingly embodying the law of the jungle to the extreme.

Time moved on. The subsequent scene was someone standing high in the sky, drawing a sword to challenge the heavens.

Shattering something crystalline in nature.

And in the city below, Order gradually emerged, no longer so absurd.

This was — a fragment of past history.

"Past history is continuous and governed by Karma."

Zhang Huai said;

"Take this world fragment, for example."

"Once this world fragment is eroded by the Cosmos's border-shrinking operation, history, to maintain its continuity and Karmic correspondence, needs to derive several timelines to complete this fragment."

"And as more and more past timelines appear, it means the pressure on the 'present' main timeline will grow greater and greater."

"Ultimately — the main timeline completely collapses."

Ye Su nodded blankly.

Strong people sure talk differently.

He didn't understand a word of it.

But at least he got the factions clear.

The deepest level of contention here

was about the unification and fragmentation of timelines.

Zhang Huai's side aimed to unify the timelines, past or present, into a single, Karmically coherent timeline.

While the Cosmos's side would cause timelines to become completely parallel and fragmented.

This obviously didn't align with the interests of Zhang Huai's side.

Hmm — Hey, what interests are there in this?

"I understand the factions of protectors and destroyers you mentioned."

Ye Su said;

"But, I have no idea what interests are involved in this."

"main timeline, countless past timelines — what does this even lead to?"

"What is this struggle for?"

Zhang Huai looked at Ye Su.

Took a deep breath.

Yes.

He didn't understand it before either.

And now, he needed to explain it to someone else.

Therefore,

Zhang Huai fell silent for a moment, beginning to organize the words in his mind.