Becoming Their Guiding Spirit

# Chapter 233: Dusk: I Think I Might Live a Few More Years Kal’tsit didn’t give Lucas Reeve too many details, focusing instead on explaining the true crisis the continent was currently facing.

Wars between nations?

In Kal’tsit’s words, they were mere child’s play, a wasteful display by a group of bored politicians wantonly consuming the limited resources of the Terran land for their own boring, savage ambitions.

When mentioning the Terran land.

Kal’tsit mentioned a concept.

Terra is vast, and yet very small.

The Terra here referred to the entire world of Terra, but the place that people controlled and lived in was very, very small.

Even if Kal’tsit hadn’t said it, Lucas Reeve also felt this Terra was far too small.

There were only a dozen or so countries, large and small.

The entire area controlled by humanity is probably only about the size of a single continent from his previous life. A small area meant insufficient resources, and much more. In Kal’tsit’s view, the current chaotic situation on Terra was like a room with a limited amount of supplies. Enemies outside the room were eyeing it covetously. Logically, everyone in the room should unite and use the limited resources to resist the outside invaders together.

Yet, the reality was.

Outside the room, enemies eyed them covetously.

Inside the room.

The three strongest men were bitterly resisting the enemy, while the remaining people in the room were using the scarce resources to fight inextricably among themselves. Even two of the people struggling to hold on were participating in the internal fights while resisting the outside enemy. Only one proper big brother saw things most clearly and was genuinely resisting the foreign enemy with all his might.

No wonder Kal’tsit was somewhat anxious, wearing a cold expression all day, and constantly saying ”this land” (1/1). Anyone who saw the current state of Terra would probably have high blood pressure.

After all.

Kal’tsit had lived for tens of thousands of years. Even the current Emperor of Ursus, one of the most powerful figures on Terra, only had the lifespan of an ordinary person, far from comparable to Kal’tsit.

And...

The current Emperor of Ursus can’t control the Grand Dukes under him; his power has been infinitely usurped. Victoria’s leader is the Regent of Kazdel; as for the royal family... who knows where they’ve gone.

Columbia... negligible, its history is too short. Moreover, there isn’t a single voice in Columbia that can suppress all others; the major capital cliques are all wrestling with each other.

Sargon... aside from the Chieftain, the Golden City is as remote as a legend, not to mention the true Emperor of Sargon within the Golden City.

Iberia... is screwed. Its glory is long gone.

The only normal one is Yan.

And these are all of Terra’s most powerful superpowers. If the superpowers are this chaotic, here’s no need to even mention the second-rate powers and third-world countries below them.

Previously, Lucas Reeve didn’t care about Terra’s overall situation, so he didn’t feel this way.

But thinking about it carefully now.

Terra really seems to be a complete mess.

Luckily, there’s an Aegir under the sea. Otherwise, if the Seaborn came ashore, Terra would have been done for long ago, directly kicking off the next era’s Age of Discovery.

Hiss...

Lucas Reeve suddenly thought of a tricky question.

The previous civilization didn’t get wiped out like this, did they?

Kal’tsit rarely explained so many things to Lucas Reeve. Having someone to share the pressure in her heart, even if it was just knowing about it, and not necessarily being able to help? Lucas Reeve could clearly feel that Kal’tsit’s tone had relaxed slightly.

These were the most critical secrets of all of Terra. Even among the group of highest authorities on Terra today, not many necessarily knew. Let alone Rhodes Island. Within Rhodes Island, the only ones qualified to know the full picture are Kal’tsit, Amiya, and the Doctor.

Amiya was still young, so it wasn’t convenient to reveal too much.

The Doctor...

Had amnesia.

Kal’tsit bore all these secrets alone.

”That’s about it. You can go.”

Kal’tsit waved her hand. However, Lucas Reeve could easily hear that her tone was much better, not as aggressive as usual.

”I’ll be going then.”

Lucas Reeve stretched, getting up to leave. Before closing the door, Lucas Reeve habitually turned his head and casually tossed out a sentence.

”Remember to sleep more. The dark circles don’t look good.”

With that, Lucas Reeve closed the door and left.

The cross-shaped vein on Kal’tsit’s forehead bulged again. Only after Lucas Reeve had completely left did Kal’tsit calm down slightly.

Because the matter was of great importance.

Lucas Reeve still preferred to discuss things with others.

He didn’t tell too many people, not even Jessica. After all, Jessica was, strictly speaking, still just an ordinary girl. Knowing too much would only add to her worries.

When he returned to Columbia.

Lucas Reeve didn’t emerge from Jessica’s necklace, but came directly out of Surtr’s sword. Then, using a special method, he summoned Nian and the Nine-Colored Deer to Dusk’s room. Lucas Reeve’s mysteriousness was a first for even Nian and the others, and they were all curious.

And when Lucas Reeve explained in detail what he had dreamed.

Nian, Dusk, the Nine-Colored Deer, and the others naturally wouldn’t doubt Lucas Reeve’s words. They were Gods; they had their own ability to discern.

”I know about the Seaborn, but I’ve never really had much contact with them. Ever since I woke up, I’ve basically been spending my days filming movies, eating, drinking, and having fun.”

Nian shrugged, saying words that would make an ordinary person envious for a lifetime.

She didn’t know much.

If Nian, who was outgoing and wandered around all day, didn’t know much, then Dusk, a shut-in who stayed home painting all day, goes without saying. She one hundred percent didn’t know a thing. As for the Nine-Colored Deer, she didn’t know much either. She had been traveling around Yan ever since she was born. She hadn’t gone outside of Yan and knew basically nothing about it. For her, saving the common people was her top priority. Seaborn? Who the hell are you, do I know you?

In theory.

A huge crisis that threatened the entire world shouldn’t be Lucas Reeve’s worry, but the leaders of a various nations. After all, Lucas Reeve was just a ’tiny’ God, after all.

After all, there were so many Gods on land. Even someone as powerful as Sui, who mastered twelve powerful Rules and could see a thousand years at a glance, and could annihilate a city with a wave of her hand, was ultimately no match for Yan. And Yan was far from being Aegir’s match. That even Aegir couldn’t resist them showed just how terrifying the deep sea was.

And...

Gods, according to Kal’tsit, were just Behemoths.

A higher level of creature.

To put it bluntly, they were still creatures. It’s just that, compared to mortals, they were more like gods. ’God’ was more like a mortal’s term for a Behemoth.

However.

What concerned Lucas Reeve the most wasn’t anything else. It was that if this dream was truly the future reality, Lucas Reeve could see that in his dream, everything had turned to nothingness. The entire continent had become the deep sea. No one survived. All the people, even the Gods, had fallen one after another under the Seaborn’s perverse evolutionary abilities. In the dark and nihilistic world, only one person was still alive. Lucas Reeve could see that it was himself.

The ’himself’ at that time already possessed a physical body, but had no way to deal with the situation. He could only watch helplessly as everything was destroyed. He was the only living being left in this world besides the Seaborn.

Can the future be changed?

As the Nine-Colored Deer said.

The future is an evolution of causality, and causality is already fixed. Even if the future is glimpsed, it cannot be changed. Even someone as strong as the Nine-Colored Deer, who controlled the ’Causality and Reincarnation’ Rule, still lacked the ability to change all predetermined futures.

Since the future was already set.

Trying to change it meant fighting against the will of the world. And to change the future, one’s own strength must be sufficient to defeat the corresponding future’s world will.

So, this was why Lucas Reeve’s expression was a bit solemn.

Nian poked her chin with her finger.

To be honest,

She believed what Lucas Reeve said, and she believed he wouldn’t deceive her, much less make up a lie to fool her.

But compared to this future that, who knows how many years later, might happen.

Solving the imminent crisis was the real problem.

Right now, the most critical and urgent thing for Nian was none other than the awakening of Sui.

As long as Sui successfully awakens, she and her other siblings would become part of Sui to complete Sui’s body. To put it nicely, it was ’fusion.’ To put it bluntly, it was ’death.’

Nian wasn’t even sure if she could survive Sui’s threat. She had no mind to think about a more distant future.

It was like.

You have a time bomb strapped to your body, set to explode in a few hours. Then, the news suddenly announces that the world will end in one year... This news is irrelevant to you. After all, who knows if the end of the world will actually happen, but you, barring any accidents, will be dead in a few hours. This world, this so-called world-ending crisis, doesn’t seem that important anymore.

”No way! I have to resist! I don’t want to disappear!!”

Nian shouted.

”I still have so many movies I haven’t filmed, I still have so many genres I like that I haven’t filmed, I haven’t won the Best Director ’little golden man’ award yet, I haven’t become the most famous director and gone down in history! How can I die just like that? Besides, I haven’t eaten enough spicy hotpot yet.”

Dusk, on the other hand, was much calmer.

She snorted disdainfully.

”Boring. I’ve already gotten the platinum trophy for Elden Ring. I have no regrets in this life. So what if Sui awakens tomorrow? For me, as long as my will remains, I will always exist....”

Dusk huffed, starting to talk tough.

”Elden Ring 2 might be released in a few days.”

”.....”

”GT6 might be released in a few years. Do you really want to die so pathetically, Dusk? Do you have no lingering attachments to this world?”

”...”

Dusk fell silent.

After a long time, Dusk slowly said: ”I think... living a few more years seems fine too.”

”See? See?”

Nian spread her hands.

”So, for us, the pressing matter isn’t the Seaborn or the Demons, but Sui’s awakening. This won’t do. I’m preparing to head to Yan in a few days.”

”What are you going to Yan for?”

Lucas Reeve asked.

”To find my big sister, of course. Ling.”

”We may seem like twelve siblings, but in reality, we all live in different places. Some of us might not see each other for hundreds or thousands of years. Just like people, we naturally have good and bad relationships. Dusk and I are the closest, and the two of us are also on good terms with Big Sis Ling. Of course... Second Brother is the type with absolutely no friends. Anyway, while we siblings might not all like each other, we one hundred percent have someone we hate: Second Brother.”

”Tsk....”

After hearing Nian’s description, Lucas Reeve couldn’t help but click his tongue.

This Second Brother’s popularity... really seemed a bit outrageous.

”Speaking of which, why do you all collectively despise your Second Brother?”

Nian answered without even thinking.

”Second Brother is very strong. His comprehensive strength might even surpass Big Sister, second only to Big Brother. And his ambition is also grand. I want to defeat Sui, Big Sis Ling doesn’t care—she’s not afraid of Sui at all. But Second Brother wants to replace Sui.”

”And the reason we don’t like Second Brother is purely because that guy’s mouth is a bit... problematic.”

”He speaks without thinking, and he loves to dance on other people’s landmines. The more it’s someone’s landmine, the more happily he dances on it.”

Dusk deeply related to Nian’s words. She rarely spoke up.

”Second Brother once reviewed Nian’s trashy film with a sharp tongue, denigrating it as worthless, and his tone was even harsher than mine.”

”So none of us like Second Brother. As for whether Big Sis Ling likes him, we don’t know. Big Sis Ling is carefree and generally gets along well with all the other siblings.”

”So.”

Nian looked at Lucas Reeve with a hint of hope in her eyes.

”Dusk and I are preparing to return to Yan in a few days. Will you come with us, Lucas Reeve?”

Although it was a question, Lucas Reeve could still read... anticipation in Nian’s gaze.

”Alright....”

Lucas Reeve thought for a moment and nodded. Although he had set a FLAG before leaving Yan that he would probably never go to Yan again in this life, he didn’t expect to have to go back after only a month or so.

Hm?

Lucas Reeve vaguely remembered someone else from Yan had also set up a FLAG.

”What about Miss Nine-Colored Deer?”

Lucas Reeve looked at the Nine-Colored Deer.

However, the Nine-Colored Deer shook her head.

”I won’t be going. I still have to cook and take care of the child.”