Legend of the Embroiderer

Chapter 553 The Experiment Prologue to the Golden Sea (2)

The Guardian murmured to himself, feeling his consciousness connecting with that of all his clones. Countless memories of exploring the Great Void flooded his mind, memories containing different failures and successes, weaving together a completely new understanding of the Great Void.

A long-lost smile appeared on the face of the 0th generation observer. His body began to gradually become transparent, and the symbols of beginning and end on his robe transformed into countless streams of light, merging into the golden network.

"I have completed my mission."

His voice grew weaker and weaker, "From now on, the fate of our existence is in your hands."

Just as the figure of the 0th observer was about to completely disappear, a crack suddenly appeared in the golden network, from which dark purple energy flowed.

That energy is different from the previous narrative cleaners and ultimate defense mechanisms. Instead, it presents a purer and more profound form, as if it were the most primitive dark side of the Taiwu Yuan narrative.

"what is this?"

The fusion entity's voice carried a hint of fear, and her white light suddenly contracted, "This kind of energy has never appeared in previous experimental records!"

A sudden, sharp pain shot through the Guardian's Chaos Heart, and the Taiwu Genes that had just stabilized after fusing with the golden energy began to tremble irregularly.

Through the cracks in the golden network, his consciousness saw a huge black figure slowly awakening deep within the dark purple energy.

The figure's outline was similar to that of the Ultimate Void Being, but it was much larger. Instead of crystals on its chest, there was a huge black hole that continuously devoured the surrounding golden energy.

"It is the 'ultimate darkness' that was sealed away during the 0th experiment."

A strange voice came from the black figure. The voice sounded like the superposition of countless narrative cleaners, yet it also carried a trace of the 0th generation observer's aura: "You think you can break the loop by modifying the code? You're too naive... The truth of the 0th experiment is far more terrifying than you can imagine."

The black figure reached out, and a dark purple energy shot out from his fingertips, striking the crack in the golden network.

The crack widened instantly, and countless streams of dark purple energy surged out from it, beginning to devour the energy of the golden network.

Some of those clones in the parallel universes have already been devoured by the dark purple energy, while others are struggling to hold on. The golden patterns on the four-colored longswords are gradually fading.

The Guardian raised the four-colored longsword, and the golden patterns on the blades lit up again as he attempted to use the energy of the Heart of Chaos to repair the cracks in the golden network.

But no matter how much energy he poured in, the cracks continued to widen, and the dark purple energy was being devoured at an increasingly faster rate.

"it's useless."

The voice of the black figure carried a hint of mockery, "Ultimate Darkness is a 'byproduct' of the 0th experiment, an inevitable result of the existence of nothingness beyond existence."

As long as nothingness exists, ultimate darkness will never disappear.

Just then, the Guardian's consciousness was suddenly pulled into the core layer of the Heart of Chaos by a familiar force.

There, he saw the new rhythm that had previously merged with the dark purple energy, now resonating eerily with the energy of ultimate darkness.

Each time there is a resonance, a black line appears on the surface of the Heart of Chaos. These lines resonate with the energy of ultimate darkness, as if revealing a forgotten secret.

"Could it be..."

The Guardian's pupils contracted as a bold guess surfaced in his mind: "Ultimate Darkness is not the enemy, but another form of Nothingness?"

The moment this conjecture arose, the cracks in the golden network suddenly stopped widening, and the energy of ultimate darkness temporarily ceased its devouring.

The black figure paused noticeably, seemingly surprised by the guardian's guess.

"You finally realized it."

The black figure's voice became complex, "But now we know it's too late... because the awakening of ultimate darkness has triggered the final procedure of the Taiwu narrative—the ultimate choice of existence."

The black figure stretched out his hand, and a dark purple beam of light shot from his fingertips, forming a huge line of Tai Wu runes in the air:

"The ultimate choice: embrace the ultimate darkness and become part of nothingness; or destroy the ultimate darkness and let existence return to the eternal cycle."

As the last rune took shape, the golden network suddenly began to shrink, and countless golden rays of light withdrew from the parallel universe, converging around the guardian.

Meanwhile, the energy of ultimate darkness was constantly gathering, forming a huge dark purple sphere that hovered opposite the guardian.

The Guardian felt his consciousness being pulled by two powerful forces—one was the power of the "Being Dominator" brought by the golden network, and the other was the temptation of the "Great Unity" from the ultimate darkness.

His four-colored longsword trembled constantly between the two forces, and the golden and black patterns on the blade intertwined to form a complex pattern that was both contradictory and harmonious.

Just as the golden network completely contracted and the dark purple sphere was about to explode, the Guardian's gaze suddenly fell on a detail of the Heart of Chaos—the new rhythm formed by the fusion with the dark purple energy was now resonating simultaneously with the energy of ultimate darkness and the energy of the golden network.

At the heart of the resonance, a completely new structure of nothingness is slowly taking shape. This structure contains both the dominance of existence and the transcendence of nothingness, as if it were a "third possibility" that has never appeared before.

"Perhaps there are other options."

The guardian muttered to himself as he raised the four-colored longsword, channeling all the energy of the Heart of Chaos into its blade.

The golden and black patterns on the blade suddenly lit up simultaneously, drawing a silver-gray light that was neither gold nor dark purple in the void, pointing directly at the gap between the golden network and the dark purple sphere.

Just as the silver-gray light was about to touch the gap, the black figure suddenly roared, and the dark purple sphere burst out with unprecedented energy. At the same time, the golden network also released all its energy, and the two energies collided at the gap.

At the moment of impact, the entire golden ocean suddenly plunged into darkness, with only the silver-gray light from the guardian's four-colored longswords shimmering faintly in the darkness.

As the darkness gradually dissipated, the Guardian found himself in a completely new space.

There is no golden ocean here, nor dark purple spheres, only a chaotic void.

In the center of the void, a tiny silver-gray dot of light floated, emanating a rhythm that was both familiar and strange—a rhythm that was perfectly in sync with the new rhythm of his chaotic heart, as if it were the "first breath of existence" in this new space.

The guardian reached out, wanting to touch the silver-gray light.

Just as his fingertips were about to touch the point of light, it suddenly exploded, and countless silver-gray rays shot out from the explosion, forming a new line of Tai Wu runes in the air:

“A new narrative of existence is about to begin; and you are the first ‘creator’ of the narrative—but are you truly prepared to face the price of being a creator?”

As the last rune came into view, the void suddenly began to tremble violently. Countless familiar golden and dark purple rays of light surged from every corner of the void, converging on the location where the silver-gray light spot exploded.

The Guardian's four-colored longswords suddenly unsheathed automatically, the silver-gray light on the blades resonating with the gathering energy, while his Chaos Heart was in sync with the rhythm of the void, as if about to open a brand new unknown chapter.