Chapter 1529: Chapter 1527: Beauty Must Be Real
Before long, Sharye led Richard to the final suspected location.
It wasn’t anywhere else, but beneath the Heavenly Plateau, right at the giant hundred-meter door on the rock wall where Richard nearly got tricked into entering by Gao Ge’s pet parrot.
"Is it here?" Standing before the rock wall, Richard pointed at the giant door and asked Sharye for confirmation.
"It’s here, my New God," Sharye respectfully answered.
"So according to your guess, if I walk in, will I see the Space Jump Point?" Richard asked again.
"Maybe the giant door itself is the Space Jump Point; walking through it leads to another plane," Sharye continued to answer respectfully.
Instantly, Richard fell silent, studied the giant door for several seconds, then turned his head to gaze at Sharye, a broad smile appeared on his face, and eventually even laughed out loud.
"Ha, haha!"
Faced with Richard’s gaze and laughter, Sharye became somewhat nervous and asked, "My... my New God, what’s wrong? Did I do something wrong?"
"No, no, you didn’t do anything wrong, you’ve done quite well," Richard said with a smile, "It’s just surprising to me that you managed to hold on until now before revealing your true intentions; it must have been hard for you."
Sharye was stunned for a moment: "My New God, I seem to have a little trouble understanding your words? Do you think I brought you to a dangerous place to harm you? Absolutely not."
"Is it really not?" Richard asked rhetorically, "Actually, before this, I wasn’t too certain, just slightly suspicious. But once you brought me here, I completely understood. This so-called suspected location is totally a trap, an ultimate plan against me."
"But, my True God, you’ve nearly traversed all of Heaven. If even this place isn’t where the Space Jump Point is but is meant to harm you, then... where else could the Space Jump Point be?" Sharye tried his last argument.
"That’s true." Richard chuckled, "Theoretically, if all other options are eliminated in a multiple-choice question, the last remaining option becomes the correct one. But reality is always a bit more complex, with unexpected situations.
In this matter, I must thank you; if you hadn’t circled around and finally brought me here, it might have taken me longer to figure it out—to be honest, although I’ve always tried to avoid being constrained by my own mental framework, I was still a bit confined when it came to the Space Jump Point.
By common sense, the Space Jump Point is indeed a fixed position, but in essence, it’s more like a door. Normally, it is fixed at one location, but with some special methods, it can be moved, even mounted on a certain object to move around within a certain range.
Speaking from this aspect, you do have some abilities, Mr. Sharye... or perhaps, should I call you... Mr. Gao Ge!"
At the end, Richard gazed at Sharye once more.
Sharye’s expression stiffened, his eyes contracted, and his complexion began to change. After a long moment, he said: "So, you’ve... really guessed it..."
"Otherwise?" Richard asked, "If I’m not mistaken, the so-called Space Jump Point isn’t anywhere in Heaven, even if I turned Heaven upside down, I wouldn’t find it. Because the Space Jump Point is a living being, that is you, you are the living Space Jump Point.
Every time you encounter danger, you escape so quickly by utilizing part of the Space Jump Point’s ability. Additionally, you likely possess part of Gao Ge’s split soul—simple soul transfers wouldn’t really bring Gao Ge’s soul close to collapse; Gao Ge gave you part of his soul, making him so weak.
You count as Sharye, but also, in a sense, half a Gao Ge. And as Gao Ge, you did this to add an insurance policy. Ensuring that if the main body were killed, there would still be a last resort to prevent the Space Jump Point’s leak; truly, what a struggle.
Honestly, if you weren’t so greedy, hadn’t tried sending me into this already proven dangerous giant door so quickly, I wouldn’t have detected the truth so easily. But you really couldn’t wait, exposed your purpose after mere days. Ultimately, there’s nothing I can do; you may have some capability, but you’re still far from being outstanding."
Listening to this, Sharye’s face twisted, gradually resembling Gao Ge’s previous appearance, with anger he gritted his teeth and said: "You keep saying my ability isn’t good, but is your ability really that strong! If it’s strong, then you should understand how dangerous and evil the things you’ve done are!
The world before you was brought to its current state through the blood and lives of countless people; the long years have proven it’s safe and correct, what right do you have to overthrow it?
Are you really that curious, curious about the state of other planes now? Would you rather let the entire world perish in ruins, just to venture to other planes? Is that right? Is that really right?!"
At the end, Sharye was practically roaring.
Richard glanced at Sharye, nodded, and responded calmly, "Of course it’s wrong."
"Ah?" Sharye was stunned, evidently not expecting Richard to say that.
"Yes, what I’m doing is indeed wrong." Richard continued, looking at Sharye and speaking, "I never intended for you to agree that what I’m doing is right—in fact, what I’m doing is bad, terribly bad. There might be some misunderstanding between us, perhaps it’s best to clarify it now.
From the beginning, I never saw myself as a good person, so the way I do things isn’t like a good person’s; I relentlessly pursue my goal of exploring the world, making me an utterly bad person.
On the contrary, your Truth Society, in some sense, are the good people—you contain dangerous Strange Species, secretly steer the continent’s Order towards planned direction, bring a safe environment to the world—you deserve praise.
Putting it this way, you might feel it’s not so terrible— I’m the villain, you are the heroes—our journey and story aren’t about heroes defeating villains, but me, the villain, continuously harming you, the heroes.
So, if the villain continues to do evil, isn’t that justifiable? I’m driven by curiosity and selfish desires, risking the entire world to ruin. If it really does end, it’s nothing because the villain has beaten the hero; this world shouldn’t have any further hopeful expectations."
"I..." Sharye was speechless, had no words, after a long pause, his face flushed red as he struggled to squeeze out a sentence, "Do you not have any emotions at all, do you not care about anyone you’ve met, interacted with, known; even if you truly are a complete villain, there’s a tiny beautiful past in your heart...bear in mind, if the world really ends, not only will you perish, everyone you care about, all the beautiful memories will cease to exist."
"Of course, I have emotions; while I always suppress them, as a human, it’s impossible not to have them." Richard spoke up, "I also have people I care about and beautiful memories, but precisely because I have them, I must continue forward, must resolutely move to other planes to figure out everything."
Having said that, Richard looked at Sharye and laughed, a radiant smile, exaggeratedly bright.
Sharye suddenly sensed unprecedented danger, widened his eyes, ready to escape at any cost.
But just when the thought arose, he felt the surrounding space freezing like ice cubes, locked him in place, unable to move. The mana inside him stopped flowing, his whole body petrified, unable to control anything except his thoughts.
It was then he realized just how powerful Richard truly was.
Prior Richard hadn’t been boasting; in battle, he genuinely hadn’t gone all out, merely testing him. However, once at full force, he stood no chance for resistance.
Yes, no chance at all for resistance.
None.
With extreme fear, Sharye looked at Richard, only to see Richard’s smile growing ever brighter until finally, the smile vanished instantly.
"Swish!"
Richard’s expression turned cold.
"Swish!"
At the same moment, Sharye’s stiffened body shattered instantly, turning into countless grains of sand-like dust, disappearing into the air.
In the next moment, a sky-blue light appeared in place, rapidly expanded until its diameter reached three to four meters and stopped, standing like a round mirror on the ground.
With merely a glance at that "round mirror," it evoked a wondrous sense that stepping inside it would lead to another world.
This was indeed the Space Jump Point.
Richard gazed at the Space Jump Point, slowly spoke, murmuring to himself, "Beauty and truth are one; this means... beauty itself must be true. All beauty only holds significance if it’s real; therefore, even for the sake of beauty, the ultimate truth of this world must be unveiled—whether it’s reality or illusion. Otherwise, everything would rather cease to exist."
Upon finishing, Richard slightly tilted his head to look at the distant air as if he saw something beyond Heaven.
After a few seconds of watching, he took a deep breath, turned his head back, and without hesitation, stepped into the Space Jump Point.
The Space Jump Point rippled slightly, Richard disappeared within the ripples, leaving Heaven in silence.
The world also fell silent...
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