Infinite Job Transfers Starting from Mechanic-Chapter 1060 - 534: The Truth of Death (2)

Thinking about reaching such a level, one would probably need to render their entire will into nihilism, which isn’t much different from death.

If Su Yu’s Nihility Walker were at full level, and he unlocked the Core Specialization, he might be able to reach that state while retaining his will, but now he’s still some distance away from full level, completely unable to do it.

Therefore, Su Yu still needs to maintain the time and space he is in, in order to sustain his existence.

"Su Yu, stop resisting! You’re bound to die today, so why not accept it calmly..."

Qi Chen’s sinister voice came again, once more adopting a tone that suggested everything was under control.

Hearing this, Su Yu turned his head to look around but still couldn’t see any sign of Qi Chen. Then he smiled nonchalantly: "Fine!"

Having said that, Su Yu kept his word and astonishingly withdrew his defenses, allowing Qi Chen’s [Death], the data collapse space black hole, to swallow him whole.

This was equivalent to suicide.

"You..."

Qi Chen hadn’t expected that Su Yu would be so carefree, so calm in accepting death.

Originally, Qi Chen anticipated Su Yu would resist to the end, allowing him to take the opportunity to mock him and vent some anger.

But Su Yu just died, without hesitation.

This left Qi Chen somewhat baffled, could it really be that Su Yu didn’t want to live anymore?

"Impossible! Su Yu is extremely cunning; there must be a plot!"

Cautiously, Qi Chen thought to himself, refusing to believe Su Yu was truly dead!

At this moment, Su Yu’s body had been completely engulfed by [Death] and darkness, the time and space he was in was annihilated together.

The last vestige of time and space in the Azure Star System completely vanished, the entire system utterly destroyed.

Su Yu did not reappear, seeming to have "died" along with the destruction of the Azure Star System.

The Azure Star System did not restart, everything remained dead silent, seeming as though it would disappear forever.

Yet Qi Chen’s will remained active in this absolute dead silence, tirelessly searching for Su Yu’s trace, still unable to accept that Su Yu was truly dead.

However, no matter how he searched, he couldn’t find Su Yu.

In the end, Qi Chen could only conclude that Su Yu was indeed dead.

"Could it be that Su Yu really didn’t want to live?"

"It seems you indeed differ from that cowardly brute..."

Qi Chen pondered silently in his heart.

Then, he waited quietly.

Now that the Azure Star System had been completely destroyed, time and space no longer existed, yet Qi Chen still had some way of marking time.

He planned to wait for a year, using that time to eradicate all potential threats.

Whether Su Yu was truly dead or faking it, one year’s time would ensure his absolute demise.

The reason not to wait longer was that he couldn’t afford it; the longer the delay, the greater the damage to the Azure Universe. Death prolonged too much means real death with no chance of resurrection.

So, one year later...

Su Yu still hadn’t reappeared, seemingly truly dead.

Qi Chen decided to restart reincarnation!

In absolute dead silence and nihilism, suddenly appeared space, time, light, stars, planets, Azure Star, human civilization, Subspace, Spiritual Energy...

Everything was back to how it once was.

But Qi Chen found something amiss.

Where was Su Yu!

In the last reincarnation, Su Yu died and should have returned to [Death], and when the reincarnation restarted, he ought to reappear on Azure Star.

Pulled out from [Death] by reincarnation, Su Yu would no longer escape Qi Chen’s control and would be at his mercy.

Even at the start of reincarnation, Qi Chen could to some extent alter Su Yu’s thoughts, memories, or even his fate.

That was Qi Chen’s plan: whether Su Yu was "Savior" or "Destroyer", controlling this power in his hands made no difference.

But there was nothing!

Su Yu’s presence was nowhere to be seen on Azure Star.

"Could it be, Su Yu isn’t dead at all!"

Qi Chen was shocked and enraged, contemplating a possibility.

Only if Su Yu wasn’t dead could it explain why he wasn’t on Azure Star and hadn’t rebooted with the reincarnation.

Impossible, how could Su Yu survive such absolute death?

Even Qi Chen himself had died and only appeared again by the Azure Universe’s facilitation, let alone Su Yu?

Moreover, even if Su Yu had found a way to evade absolute death and nihilism.

Where did he go?

Then, just where was Su Yu at this moment?

The answer was... the Creation Machine!

Exactly, at the moment the Azure Star System was destroyed, Su Yu produced the Creation Machine!

...

Time returned to just before the destruction of the Azure Star System.

In that instant, Su Yu saw numerous unprecedented visions, saw the deeply hidden cosmic fundamental rules, saw the world... after [Death].

"Is this [Death]?"

A sudden realization dawned on Su Yu.

At this very moment, Su Yu was about to fall into true death; not even the Evil God Undying nor the profession panel’s prompts could awaken him.

It was precisely because the death was so absolute that it allowed Su Yu to see clearly some truths he hadn’t understood before.

That is... what, exactly, is [Death]?

Previously, the profession panel had told Su Yu that death was merely a "state," and even if he died, the profession panel would still bind to him.

Later on, the functionality of the profession panel confirmed this; even if Su Yu died, he could use the panel’s prompts to revive, realizing the true Evil God Undying.

The emergence of Qi Chen also verified this theory, Qi Chen having always been a dead man, yet able to cause havoc everywhere.

However, Su Yu never understood the principles behind it: what does it mean for death to be just a state?

Now, Su Yu understood.

Originally, regardless of how one dies, their [Information] still exists.

No matter how completely a person dies, even if the timelines of past, present, and future wipe out everything, annihilating, with no one able to find any information about him, dead beyond death.

But, if viewed from a higher perspective, like the Universe, this person once existed, they were part of the Universe, their information recorded by the Universe.

This cannot be changed or erased.

Death merely turns a person’s [Information] from an active state into a stagnant one.

Once conditions are met, this state can be reversed, transforming the person’s information back from stagnant to active.

If the Universe is seen as a living being, then [Information] is the memory of the Universe.

A living being’s death to the Universe is merely temporary "forgetfulness," and a slight recollection brings it back into being.

However, the Universe’s "memory" is not an illusory fantasy but real matter, energy, time, and space.

The Universe’s "recollection" is the true cosmic reboot, time and space reappearing.

This theory can be applied to almost everything, even the Universe itself.

The so-called "reincarnation" of the Azure Star System is the application of this principle.

By drawing on the various pieces of information that the Universe once recorded, one can recreate everything as before.

If the Universe were to be utterly destroyed, all of the information within the Universe would coalesce into one point, the so-called Time-Space Origin, finally nurturing a new Universe.

However, the Azure Star System refused to face death, so before dying, it desperately "recalled," perpetually reincarnating, finally finding a variable and surviving until now.

Previously, Su Yu’s creation of data collapse and the space black hole was meant to disrupt "information," and if that information were completely disrupted, it would be impossible to recreate, equating to utter destruction.

This urgency was why Qi Chen had been so concerned before.

"So that’s how it is..."

Su Yu, now in a state of returning to [Death], was being reclaimed by the Azure Universe along with his [Information], enabling him to understand all of this.

But this understanding was useless; once Su Yu’s [Information] returned to death, when he was next reactivated, he would likely forget everything.

Though the Universe’s view of [Information] certainly differs from the data that a Number God Mechanic specializes in, Su Yu believed that [Information] and data could definitely be modified!

When Su Yu’s [Information] revived in the next reincarnation, who knows what Qi Chen might alter his thoughts and memories into.

"Thus, my information must not return to the Azure Universe, so... I’ll create an independent Universe myself!"

"Creation Machine!"