Chapter 342.

Around, was a pure gray, this gray let people look as if the sky covering the cloud, will cover everything, even in which, will feel a haze from the heart.

And in this gray, the only alternative color, is that a pure black garden.

On the pure black garden, there were endless black flowers, and each black flower stood straight up, revealing a shocking aura of destruction.

As long as one took two steps closer, one would feel a sense of shock and awe coming over one’s face.

Seemingly small black flowers, but as if with the heavy black night of death.

On top of that, what was even more frightening was the pure black silhouette standing in the middle of this black garden, so black that it was like the night in the sky, deep and terrifying.

The pure black silhouette had no facial features, and was bending down to prune the black flowers, the black scissors in his hand causing the gray around here to vibrate one point with each cut.

Zhou An felt that this scene in front of him was very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, and after carefully recalling it for a moment, it finally came to him.

In the beginning, his Golden Finger, the pure white figures and pure white gardens that coalesced out of those countless broken worlds, weren’t they similar to the scene at this very moment?

The only difference was that his Golden Finger was pure white while this place was pure black.

When Zhou An’s gaze gazed at this pure black figure, the pure black figure stopped trimming the black flowers and slowly straightened up.

The head, which had no facial features, turned stiffly as if it was mechanical.

Although there were no eyes, Zhou An could feel that the pure black silhouette was also staring at himself.

Zhou An stroked his chin, and combined with his previous experience, he came to a conclusion.

“You are the bizarre Golden Finger.”

Zhou An spoke directly, he felt that he should be able to communicate, after all, that pure white silhouette was able to communicate, let alone this being a pure black silhouette.

After Zhou An said these words, the next moment, all the flowers in this garden shook violently in an instant.

Every single black flower gave off a terrifying and desperate aura.

The pure black silhouette took a step forward, and in the blink of an eye, it came to a place less than a meter in front of Zhou An, and locked eyes with him.

Zhou An similarly locked eyes with this pure black silhouette, a calmness in his gaze, as if everything was non-existent in his eyes.

“If you can injure me because of this, then it will be my bad luck.”

Zhou An raised his hand, and in his hand, a touch of air emerged, followed by the seventy-eight layers of the Indestructible Golden Body, suspended around his body.

The pure black silhouette did not make a move, and let out a voice, which was like a whisper from hell, and when you heard it in your ears, you felt a huge tremor in your soul.

“Returning, this is how it is, between you and me, there will eventually be a battle, but not today, I just want to take a look at you.”

Zhou An frowned slightly, “You are that Creepy, you have a spirit, no, this garden is not the so-called golden finger, he should have similarly perished.”

At first, the pure white figure had said that what he had, that Creepy likewise had, and what he did not have, Creepy did not have.

This was Zhou An’s speculation, if he didn’t have the pure white silhouette anymore, how could this Creepy have the pure black silhouette?

As expected, when those words were spoken, the pure black silhouette continued to speak.

“You can call me None, which means nothing.”

“Oh, that’s a good name.”

Zhou An smiled, “It seems that you have already possessed human consciousness, or are you the first Creepy to possess consciousness, so you came all the way over here to find me just to meet me?”

None looked straight at Zhou An, “They went to that world, and I also stayed in that world and left a trace of my breath, so I followed them over.”

Zhou An suddenly realized, he said why this would happen after meeting Yang Lao, it turned out that the world where the building owner was located had been visited by this weirdness called None, and that scene just now happened.

“So you came all the way over here because you want to meet me or fight?”

Zhou An took a step forward, and the aura on his body began to gradually coalesce, becoming as bright as the bright moon in the night sky.

And within this aura, there was a biting killing chance.

None faintly shook his head, then said, “Don’t misunderstand, I didn’t come over to fight with you.”

At this moment, the seemingly hellish aura on None’s body had disappeared.

Zhou An somehow managed to feel a trace of a special aura on this weirdness.

It was as if he had experienced the origin of everything, witnessed the rebirth and destruction of Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind, and seen the hope and despair of countless civilizations, and everything had faded away.

As None finished his sentence, a pure black table and two chairs appeared in front of the two of them.

None faintly said, “I found over with only a trace of breath, and brought you here, I can’t make a move at all, and you’ll be able to get out as long as you move a little, after all, both of our abilities and strengths are actually the same, it’s just that the skills aren’t too similar.”

“The ability is similar, the golden finger is similar, only this skill is not too similar.”

“To be precise, it’s more like a complement.”

“Everything I said just now is also correct.”

Just a hint of scent would at most allow him to find Zhou An, but it would not allow him to have much influence on Zhou An.

Zhou An raised an eyebrow, “So you know where I am now? I’m puzzled, since our abilities are similar, then how is it that you are able to find me while I can’t find you?”

“There’s nothing to wonder about.” None shook his head and said, “You have abilities that I don’t have, and I have abilities that you likewise don’t have, and I was able to find you all because of those abilities that you didn’t want in the first place.”

“Alright, we don’t need to dwell more on this topic, don’t worry, I can only find you through that trace of scent, while I don’t know what world you’re actually in, not to mention where you are nowadays, because my current abilities are not enough to find where you are either.”

Zhou An nodded.

As a matter of fact, he was listening to all these things this fellow said as a joke, it was impossible for the other party to say that he couldn’t find it, then he really couldn’t find it.

If this was true, it would appear too good to be cheated.

However, Zhou An didn’t care, he couldn’t wait for the other party to come over to him.

Although the two were from the same root, Zhou An knew that when it came to combat prowess, he was definitely stronger than this Creepy.

After all, all of his own attributes were stacked upwards, whereas this Creepy only had more abilities at best, and all of its attributes were more on the mediocre side.

“Come on, tell me what you want to say.”

Chowan tapped the black table with his hand and said with a calm expression, “I’m also looking forward to what you want to tell me.”

None put his hand on the table to brace himself, “Actually, all of us are wrong, including you, all humans are wrong.”

The words came without end, and Chowan’s brow furrowed as he listened.

“Don’t play these false games with me, just tell me directly, what exactly do you want.”

In his life, what he disliked the most, was when others played dumb riddles with him, especially when they said something that had no beginning and no end.

Now hearing the other party speak like this, Zhou An felt that it was completely unnecessary.

If you want to say it, say it in a serious manner and be straightforward.

None shook his head, still maintaining the same blandness in his body that he was used to seeing everything: “What do you think the final situation of the human race is, or what is the ultimate end?”

Zhou An thought slightly, then said, “Death.”

He felt that no matter whether it was an ordinary person or a person in the line of work, what they would eventually face was death.

From the time a person was born, it was actually a process of stepping into death.

Even if a person in the lineage had a longer lifespan, it would only slow down the time of stepping into death.

None nodded, “That’s right, from birth, a person is facing death, but death is not the end of humanity.”

“You mean bizarre, right?”

Zhou An’s mouth carried a hint of teasing, “The end of human death is actually bizarre? So what idea are you trying to instill in me?”

None shook his hand, “It’s not an indoctrination, it’s an elaboration of a fact, human death is transformed into weirdness, but weirdness is a new birth, don’t you think that compared to human beings, weirdness is actually counted as a different race?”

“It’s like chickens and ducks, would it be an extension of another kind of life, nowadays, the bizarre don’t fight with each other except for some special circumstances, while seeing humans is nothing more than a kind of entanglement between death and life.”

Zhou An stroked his chin, “This theory of yours sounds alright, but what does it have to do with the topic we are chatting about, and I, being a person, have always been a rough man, can’t chat about these great theories.”

“If you want to ask me to carry a knife to cut someone, that’s not a problem.”

What kind of life and death, for a rough man like Zhou An, it was not even in the realm of consideration.

He only felt that it would be fine if he lived well, others lived well, and then enjoyed the rest of his life.

Whether it was a good life, or a painful life, it was all life.

“I mean, if all of them turned out to be creepy, wouldn’t that be another kind of peace in this world?”

None stood up, then went to the pure black garden and picked a black flower, “Do you see? After becoming a Creepy, it represents permanent longevity, and after becoming a Creepy, there is no more hooking up, not to mention those disgusting and complicated things.”

“I know where you come from, because before I was born into consciousness, I used to have a lot of dreams that had you in them, a world with skyscrapers, where all people were tired of trying to make a living, and everyone was constantly struggling in the midst of suffering.”

“I’ve seen a lot of people die, they couldn’t take the suffering, I’ve even seen people drinking under the moonlight, and when they’re done, they say out loud to the moon that they’ll never come back in their next life.”

“Why bother, why suffer all this, if everyone in the world turned out to be creepy, the suffering would be gone.”

Saying this, None gently whisked his fingers, and the pure black flower in his hand turned into a field of fragments, which floated above the sky and eventually coalesced into an image.

In the image, a middle-aged man, dressed in outdated clothes, sat on the seashore drinking wine, looking up at the stars in the sky, shouting.

–This life is so bitter, I’ll never come back in my next life!

None continued, “I feel that I’m doing something very noble, I’m erasing all human suffering and making it completely easy for them.”

“And I am also researching on how to make Creepy have a consciousness, at that time, Creepy will be a brand new race, a race that can replace humans.”

After listening, Zhou An looked at the image in the sky and suddenly let out a cold laugh.

The sound was so obvious that it caused None to turn his head violently.

None’s tone was still so bland, as if he was used to seeing the autumn, moon and spring winds, “You don’t agree, do you?”

Zhou An spread his hands, “I think that you think of humans too simply.”

Saying that, Zhou An pointed at the picture in the sky and slowly said.

“You said that this man’s life is so hard that he will never come back in his next life, but what he said is always just the next life.”

Zhou An likewise stood up and came to the side of this house, plucking a black flower and handing it to None.

“Not coming in the next life is for the next life, but in this life, he doesn’t have a death wish.”

With that, he placed the black flower in None’s hand.

“After talking to me so much, it’s time to explain what you want from me.”

None looked at the black flower in his hand, and after two seconds of contemplation, he casually threw it away, and this black flower turned into nothingness, “You don’t want to get involved in my affairs, I will allow this world of yours to survive permanently, and make it so that this place will no longer be subject to bizarre attacks.”

“But the other worlds, I need to turn into bizarre paradises, and at that time, you will be able to know that everything I did, was right.”

Hearing this, Zhou An let out a loud laugh, “Do you think I’m stupid, if I really agree to you, after you take all the other worlds, then turn around and come back to deal with me at that time, won’t I become a person who is the most stupid under the heavens?”

Just like what he had just said himself, he and this Creepy, which was itself in an antagonistic relationship, it was impossible to live in peace.

Between a human and a Creepy, one had to live.

Besides, those words spoken by None just now made Zhou An feel a bit odd when he listened to them.

No matter what beliefs, no matter what thoughts, at least what the other party did, interfered with him.

None’s flat eyes were always the same, as if the destruction of the world would not be able to change it.

He sighed, “I gave you a chance, but you didn’t want it, in fact, I know you very well, because in that dream I had, for a very long time, I had witnessed your life, so I really don’t want you to die at my hands.”

“Who lives and who dies, who wins and who loses.” Zhou An laughed, “These things are yet to be known, it’s a bit too early for you to say now.”

Speaking here, Zhou An once again looked around the pure black garden.

“To tell the truth, I still prefer white, black is not my favorite except for some special circumstances.”

None thought carefully, “I seem to have seen in a dream that the black color you like is a silky item.”

The corners of Zhou An’s mouth twitched slightly, “We are talking about serious matters now, please don’t move the topic to another thing that will be easily misunderstood.”

None shook his head, “Can we even talk about it now? Looking at you, it seems like you can’t talk at all.”

Zhou An shrugged, “If we could really talk about it, it wouldn’t have come to this point.”

None continued to sigh, “In that case, I hope that between us, we can have a fair duel.”

When the words came to this point, in fact, what should have been said had already been said, and no one could convince anyone, so at the end of the day, it would be a complete duel.

But it was too early for that, just like what None said, he couldn’t find Zhou An’s trail either, and even more so, he couldn’t go looking for Zhou An.

Because None really couldn’t beat Zhou An, after all, all of his skills, were all unwanted by Zhou An.

“Then again, the skills that I will leave behind after I choose later, will all of them be given to you?” Zhou An stroked his chin and said.

If that was really the case, he felt that there was something that could be manipulated here.

Let’s say giving some trashy skills.

None saw Zhou An’s thoughts at a glance and shook his head, “Since the Golden Finger completely dissipated, both you and I will have to rely on our own abilities to improve.”

Zhou An understood.

In other words, since the pure white silhouette dissipated, no matter how Zhou An chose, the rest would not reach Wu, who was also able to raise the proficiency of his skills now, having the opportunity to make his own choices.

The two of them seemed to have separated their golden handshakes and couldn’t interfere with each other.

In other words, if None’s Liver Gold Finger was faster, it might really be able to match quantity and quality.

Zhou An narrowed his eyes and pondered in his mind for a moment, feeling that there was no need to stay here.

He also had a new idea.

Since there was no point in staying here, Zhou An did not want to chat anymore.

Just like what None had said just now, he would be able to leave with a single movement of his mind.

As Zhou An operated the air in his body, at this moment, the scenery around him was dissipating.

Knowing that Zhou An did not want to continue chatting, None then looked at Zhou An with a profound look until it completely disappeared.

Everything returned to calm.

When Zhou An reappeared in the black palace, he saw that Elder Yang and Green Clothes were circling around him, and even Black Jade was standing anxiously at the side.

He knew very well that after he had entered that pure black garden, the outside world would definitely be very rare.

Before Yang Lao could speak, Zhou An waved his head.

“It’s nothing serious, I just encountered an arch-enemy.”

Frenemy?

Yang Lao’s face was puzzled, “What kind of arch-enemy does your brat have now, in your side of the world, I’m afraid that you would have already been walking horizontally.”

To be able to fight against the odds and battle the peak of the Heavenly Ascension Realm, this strength was top notch even in the era of the Great Domain Dynasty.

Elder Yang could not figure out what kind of arch-enemy Zhou An had.

Zhou An did not bother to say, and also felt that there was no need to explain, after all, this matter was too complicated.

Green Clothes curiously said, “You want the building owner to help you, to find a Creepy that is similar to you and has many kinds of abilities, why?”

Zhou An made a secretive gesture, indicating that it was not easy to say.

Greenie knew in her heart that this should be Zhou An’s big secret, and prying into other people’s secrets was not a polite thing to do, so she pressed down her curiosity.

Yang Lao agreed, so he spoke his thoughts again, and stated that on the side of the building owner, he had already promised to cooperate.

Zhou An clapped his hands, “Finding the Hidden Master, ah, it’s just too convenient.”

Right now, the Hidden Master was inside the capital of the Great Chu Kingdom, eating and drinking well, and if it was really possible to get a large number of people in the line to kill the marauders through the Hidden Master, this would indeed be a good thing.

Moreover, this time, Zhou An had made a decision that after the start of the big counterattack, he would enter the rift, and with the concealment ability of the Xuan Shadow Thousand Slayers, and his own strength nowadays, he would raise his proficiency through the decimation of the shenanigans.

This was a two for one thing.

After a few more exchanges and a general understanding of the situation, Zhou An did not stay and directly left the Psychic Space.

After leaving the Psychic Space, Zhou An did not continue to liver proficiency, but instead headed to the Imperial Study Room of the Imperial Palace.

At this moment, within the Imperial Study Room, Emperor Xingwu was still thinking about his next plan.

When Zhou An arrived, he was really surprised and couldn’t figure out why Zhou An hadn’t left for long and came back once again.

Next, Zhou An talked about Yang Lao, especially about the Hidden Master.

Emperor Xingwu also said that this matter of Zhou An’s was indeed a great help, and that he would immediately communicate with both of them, Emperor Yunqi, to each other to arrange for specific progress.

“Your Majesty, roughly when will it take?” Zhou An asked, “Let me know in advance when the time comes, and I’ll make proper preparations.”

Since it would take time to arrange, during this recent period of time, Zhou An was still honestly working on his liver proficiency.

When the arrangements were made, he would then go to the middle of the rift and kill with abandon, continuing to raise his proficiency.

Emperor Xingwu nodded and said, “When the time comes, I will tell you in advance, so don’t worry.”

Attacking the marauders and fighting back, this matter was after all a major event, and two aspects of perfection had to be ensured.

One, was how the candidates for the attack should be selected.

The second was how to choose those who would remain in this world.

After all, if all of them were to go out, the rear would be empty, and in case some marauders suddenly came to their side of the world and plundered, I am afraid that it would be a clumsy thing to do at that time.

Zhou An said that it was fine, these complicated things were naturally left to Emperor Xingwu and the others, after all, Emperor Xingwu and the others were the professionals.

He himself was only responsible for going to the middle of the rift, frantically killing the bizarre and improving his proficiency.

Since the matter was already finished, he didn’t nag, and directly returned to his place, and began to use the Black Jade to liver up his proficiency.

And while Zhou An was livering up his proficiency on his side, in the middle of a broken world, a two-meter tall Creepy with a look somewhat similar to Zhou An was sitting on a chair carved out of stone, looking at the grayness and gloom in the sky.

“It seems that the predestined battle between the two of us is going to start one day, since that’s the case, I’ll make up for all those attributes that I’m crippled with.”

Ahead, there was a crack, and outside of the crack, there was an untainted world.

None stepped forward, carrying a terrifyingly eerie aura with him, and in an instant, he came to this uncontaminated world.

Below, countless humans were going about their business.

None raised his palm and pressed down expressionlessly towards the city in front of him.

Destruction, filled this world, countless living beings, were being madly slaughtered by None.