Side Story: The Void-Breaker-Toxina Quântica(caverna profunda)

Above the world, everything is under control.

Yet, there exists an entity that never participates in the affairs of the world, even though it could achieve anything. This is the "Time Traveler," the Void Mask.

Its favorite pastime is watching the drama of existence. It wanders through the long river of time, traversing places unknown to any, its purpose and direction hidden from all. Time cannot bind it, the ages cannot disturb it, and everything lies within its observation.

However, it once lost to a certain man.

To see all things is, in essence, to win the so-called argument of this man.

And so, it wanders. Whenever someone dies, it becomes their guide. It stays quietly by their side, and as the soul begins to drift upward, the Void Mask whispers a single sentence into their ear:

"Everything will be alright~"

With that, the person departs in peace.

Yet, the Void Mask often feels like it is working for someone else. Having attained such a state of void, must it still labor for others? It is infuriating!

Thus, it became an observer, drifting through this world. But the Void Mask noticed that the world was filled with men and women in pairs, while it remained forever alone, which was rather awkward.

What was it to do?

It set a goal for itself: to defeat that wild man who made it work for free.

However, the other party remained perfectly reasonable: "You do your work, and I have never interfered with you. What do you have to say to that?"

The Void Mask suddenly felt extremely awkward: "I refuse to accept this!"

But the other party, relentless in his logic, replied: "Then let me defeat you. Your revenge shall be to work for me. How about that?"

So, the Void Mask took a stroll through the river of time and accidentally wandered back to the very beginning of the universe, where that wild man was already waiting: "Dammit, I knew you'd come."

"Wait, the chronological order seems a bit off."

But the Void Mask didn't care if the timing was right; it only cared whether it had won. Yet, the formation of the Void Mask itself is a line, and it actually possesses a regulated path.

However, for the universe, no matter how many times it watched, it could not cause any impact, which meant it lacked any sense of presence.

Should it do something?

The Void Mask gathered the power of the void and forged a set of Void Armor. The problem was, to whom should it give it?

The most awkward part was that the Void Mask had no talent for naming things. It left the task to that wild man, so it ran back to the beginning of the universe. The wild man finally came up with a name that was somewhat satisfactory. The armor was called:

[The Void Infinite-Passing-River-Power Invincible-Under-Heaven Unbeatable-Unwinnable Broken-Face Armor]

Ahem, the name seems a bit long. Well, that name was just a product of the author's overactive imagination.

Backtrack a little.

[Void Broken-Face]

To whom should it be given?

Thinking of the entire universe, Earth seemed the most interesting, so it arrived there and began to observe from the perspective of each individual.

However, things were never satisfactory.

Until the moment of near-extinction, until Earth had completely fallen, only one living man remained. He chewed on the limbs of evil spirits, he ate the rotting flesh of dead creatures, and his eyes burned with a scorching light—he had never admitted defeat!

As for this person, well, you guess; he has already appeared.

In the end, he died there, but before the Spirit Realm could claim him, the Void Mask had already bestowed the Void Armor upon him.

In a cry of agony, this defiant man finally revived: "............"

But there was nothing left on Earth. He secretly planted an apple seed; it was his last bit of food. Though it was dry and bitter, he decided to wait and eat it later..........

After waiting for several years, it finally sprouted. Whenever he had nothing to do, he would come to water it.

More than a decade passed, and the apple tree finally bore fruit. When he tasted the first apple, he finally broke into tears, but he knew his path had to continue.

Inside a building, four skeletons sat in four chairs.

The first, the wild man, rested his chin on his palm, as if pondering something.

The second seemed to be an old man.

The third was a woman who appeared innocent.

The fourth played with a silver dagger in his right hand.

The four skeletons sat together, but other than the first one, the other three extended their left arms, showing a victory sign [V].

Loneliness had become mundane, but the Void Mask began to chat with him. In truth, it only taught him how to use the Void Armor. And so, this defiant man persisted.

By the way, the place where he planted the apple was a reef in the Pacific Ocean. A weapon was thrust there, flickering with lightning, as terrifying as the judgment of a thunder god.

He had found this small island by chance. It looked very familiar, but he thought, "I'll plant an apple tree here to mourn my lost friends."

At that time, he happened to have a sickly, shriveled apple in his hand. But why had he thought of an apple?

Regardless, he planted the seeds anyway.

To his surprise, the apple really grew!

A place of death was thus activated, and the land regained its vitality. The day the defiant man discovered this, he felt a sense of relief, as if he had crossed the River of Oblivion.

So, would he wait here for the apple tree to grow?

The defiant man waited for seven years. The creatures in the sea were hardy; three years had passed since he caught the last lanternfish. It was then that he realized this reef could truly sustain plant life.

The Void Armor perhaps did not have much use, but it granted him infinite time—though it also condemned him to a half-dead existence on this grey Earth where he was the only one left.

When he planted five apples in the first year, he noticed the land had expanded, and it seemed it could maintain life even without that electric spear.

A strange thought formed in his mind.

Could he pull out that electric spear?

And plant it somewhere else?

Its lightning was as heart-stopping as ever, dancing on the silver shaft. He suddenly thought of his own firearms, [Black Serpent] and [White Hades], which had long ceased to exist. Now, he was half-fused with the Void Broken-Face, and he possessed a heart that would never stop beating!

Was this a gift from the gods?

Or was it a curse from the demons?

Regardless, he decided to try pulling the electric spear from the ground.

Three years passed.......

The defiant man suddenly found that even the Void Armor struggled to pull it out.

Was he too weak?

He ate the apples he had grown, stared at the electric spear, and began to think. Thus, the forging from heart to body began.

The Void Mask had long stopped managing him, but it never stopped observing. A fake smile appeared; the Void Mask suddenly realized that perhaps it wasn't so fake after all.

"Remember, a strong heart is everything."

This was the last sentence the "Time Traveler"—the Void Mask—left him, and at that moment, the mask of the Void Mask shattered.

This was a pain the Void Mask would never forget, and a pride it would carry for a lifetime.

Time flowed slowly, and five more years passed. The defiant man finally pulled the electric spear out. Using his right arm combined with the Broken-Face, he raised the spear to the sky!

The power of lightning surged like a rolling flood; the source of natural disasters was now under his command.

The traversal power of the Void Broken-Face and the mighty judgment of the lightning became the two strongest pillars of the defiant man's strength.

Without a roar to the heavens, without standing in silence, he quietly took a step forward. The time had come to return to the mainland!

The entire Earth had become the territory of evil spirits. This was a war for one man, and he possessed a heart that would never stop beating.

A crack of thunder flashed across the sky. His figure vanished, and when he appeared again, he was in the center of Z Country, in the city of XA. The city had long since turned into ruins.

All the buildings were snapped about a meter above the ground, toppled over, and the cracks from that time were still visible.

"Wild man........."

The defiant man suppressed the overwhelming power within his heart. He looked up, and suddenly, another living person walked out from the opposite side. This was beyond the defiant man's comprehension!

Long hair, a slightly weathered physique—he was now nearly the same height as the defiant man.

On his back was an ancient, broken blade.

He lifted a finger and gave a light flick; all the weariness vanished, and his slightly stubborn eyes still shone with light!

"Are there others still alive?"

These were the words of the defiant man: "Let's walk on together!"

And so, the journey of two began. From here, from this place feared by evil spirits, they expanded!

The first year, all evil spirits in XA city were wiped out!

The fifth year, the entire West was wiped out!

The thirtieth year, the entire Z Country was wiped out!

Then, the army of evil spirits besieged the two in the Zhoukou Valley. This was the final war on Earth.

However, Zhoukou fell.

The two returned to the small island where the apple trees were planted.

The evil spirits of the sea had discovered the place, and the defiant man thrust the Thunder God Halberd into the ground once more to secure it.

But they could no longer leave; the giant beasts of the sea surrounded them, and the two were left with the miserable life of eating apples and training.

Until a group of cosmic warships arrived.

Silver-white flagships with ethereal glass—this was the army from the Apocalypse, and they had only one goal:

To reclaim Earth!

A meteorite blade descended from the sky, the ancient broken blade rang out, and the two young men began to clash again. Yet, the sense of being evenly matched was gone.

The cold, mature youth and the stubborn wood-cutting boy clasped their hands together once more.

The defiant man leaned against the largest apple tree, looking on with disdain: "If you have business, get to it. Stop posing."

"Then!"

The cold youth's voice was like that of a god, shaking the clear sky: "The battle for the center of the universe begins now!"