“Even if faint, people and events encountered in other worlds leave an impression. This impression drives everyone to get close to those they were close to before, to do things they’ve done before.”
Thus, on the surface, every world we reach seems brand new and identical.” Pi Ping wearily shook his head, “But that’s not the case. The more times it repeats, the more powerful the world’s influence becomes. In extreme cases… remembering things from other worlds is not impossible.”
Nai Li’s voice was hoarse and bitter: “So… that innkeeper is an example. She remembers how her homeland was saved repeatedly and then destroyed again, such repetition is too desperate, so… she asked me to save them.”
“That’s secondary,” Pi Ping waved his hand, “This is just the influence on individual lives. But if…” he tapped the sheepskin map forcefully, his voice rising with excitement for the first time: “This influence has reached the world’s level…” He didn’t continue.
Nai Li completely understood his meaning, her face turning slightly pale, silent for a long time.
If this were true, the world destroyed last time would influence the next world to follow a similar trajectory. Repeated accumulation would turn the already unstoppable divine punishment into a truly insurmountable chasm. If the inability to save was a divine punishment in the name of judgment, then the desire to change fate itself would make the divine punishment a reality.
The more one tries to save this world, the more hopeless it becomes.
This was far more cruel and desperate than an unalterable divine oracle.
“The others…” Nai Li spoke softly.
Pi Ping showed a helpless and mocking smile: “They don’t believe.”
“Luke’s malice hypothesis might not be wrong, but the so-called expanding malice is probably the cause and effect of mutual world influence. They may not be unaware of this, but they still prefer to let meaningless death and repetition continue, trying to find a way to save the world in the time after the Demon King’s death. After all, that still offers hope.”
Nai Li exhaled: “So they want to drive you away. But can’t you destroy the device?”
Pi Ping turned his head to look at the sky through the small window, saying calmly: “If it could be done, I would have done it long ago.”
