Infinite Job Transfers Starting from Mechanic Chapter 1229 - 681: Farewell to the Radiant Emperor
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Across the boundless starry expanse, myriad planets floated, all devoid of life.
Su Yu wondered if the human homeworld Zhendan held any signs of life.
After all, this purported super-quality civilization seemed to have been founded by humans.
With Su Yu’s present power, a single thought propelled him across billions of light-years, arriving swiftly at the Zhendan Star System.
"As expected..."
The Zhendan Star System showed no traces of life either; it lay utterly desolate.
Yet...
"Why is there a sense of a familiar presence?"
Su Yu’s thoughts shifted, transporting him to the tallest summit on Zhendan Planet.
Snow blanketed the peak, where a figure sat at its crest.
He was a human man, appearing middle-aged, his features etched with weariness and wisdom.
The instant Su Yu laid eyes on him, recognition dawned.
The Radiant Emperor!
Earlier, the Primordial Universe had been offered up in sacrifice by a force from the Infinite Universe. Su Yu had evaded it via the Transcendence Domain, rescuing all within the Primordial Universe.
But the Radiant Emperor had vanished without a trace.
Now, at last, Su Yu found him here, seated in solitude.
"You’ve arrived..."
The Radiant Emperor uttered slowly, as though he had anticipated Su Yu’s coming.
Su Yu’s brow furrowed in suspicion, thoughts whirling, before he questioned, "What’s happening here?"
He stood poised for combat at any second.
At this point, he half-suspected that the super-quality civilization and all the machinations behind it stemmed from the Radiant Emperor.
Indeed, throughout his journey, this was the sole living entity he had encountered.
Sensing Su Yu’s wariness, the Radiant Emperor paused briefly, then murmured, "It’s a tale that spans ages..."
After an extended explanation, Su Yu’s antagonism eased somewhat, though it lingered faintly.
For he remained skeptical of the Radiant Emperor’s account.
The Radiant Emperor had just revealed the full "truth" to Su Yu, yet discerning fact from fiction proved impossible.
According to him, ages past saw a starry realm akin to the Primordial Universe, which he dubbed the "Primordial Universe."
Amid that celestial domain, diverse races dwelled, locked in perpetual strife.
Subspace and Spiritual Energy existed there too.
Humans thrived, governed by an Imperial structure.
And an... Emperor reigned!
This human sovereign, gifted beyond measure, guided the Human Empire to dominate the stars, seizing vast cosmic domains. Betrayed by scheming princes under the Evil God’s influence, he fell victim to treachery.
Following a massive uprising, the Emperor suffered grievous wounds, consumed by his inner darkness, lingering on the throne for millennia.
In those ten thousand years, the Human Empire plunged into abyssal darkness. Innumerable humans fell to corruption by Evil God Demons, wracked by infinite torment, compounded by internal tyranny and cruelty—all channeled into the Emperor’s mind through faith and supplication.
At last, after ten thousand years, even this mighty Emperor could endure no more.
He... rose from the throne!
But it was no longer the original sovereign who arose—rather, his shadowed essence, a horrifying Evil God of Annihilation.
And so, devastation rained down.
Though the Human Empire spanned less than a single River System then,
within the Emperor brewed an Evil God poised to raze the cosmos entire.
This Evil God’s essence was unadulterated ruin. At its emergence, it claimed every human life first.
Fueled by the agony and loathing of billions, its might surged endlessly, obliterating the humans’ River System before spilling into others.
Eventually, the whole universe, subspace included, met total obliteration.
Other formidable Evil Gods lurked in subspace, wielding bizarre, attribute-bound divine might of immense potency.
Yet none could resist the Dark Emperor’s sheer cataclysmic force.
Their strengths favored demolition over defense, after all.
Entrusting universe guardianship to such Evil Gods? Absurdity itself.
Lacking any shielding might, the universe crumbled fragilely before the Dark Emperor.
Ultimately, all ceased—time, space, existence wiped clean.
This seemingly mundane realm was, in truth, the authentic "Infinite Universe."
The Infinite Universe layered infinitely, dimensions without limit.
Every speck harbored countless universes within.
Those tiny universes, in turn, brimmed with infinite more.
An eternal cascade, apparently, yet harboring a genuine terminus.
The Infinite Universe possessed an "uppermost layer."
That pinnacle was the Primordial Universe felled by the Dark Emperor.
As the apex, it earned the title "Primordial."
The Dark Emperor’s assault on the Primordial Universe yielded the foreseen catastrophe.
Toppled crown meant annihilation for all lower infinite universes and civilizations.
Seething with boundless fury and malice, the Dark Emperor swore to eradicate every universe, every society, every Evil God Demon! Humans and even itself fell under that curse!
It nearly triumphed—yet not utterly.
Though the cosmos perished, "Existence Ruins" endured.
Like refugees sheltering in a building’s wreckage.
On Infinite Universe scales, those refugees were universes and civilizations.
Su Yu’s former Primordial Universe counted among these "surviving" realms.
These remnants appeared to have eluded the Dark Emperor’s destructive grasp.
The Dark Emperor had self-annihilated, after all, leaving no ongoing threat.
Yet its ruinous power proved far harder to escape.
Prior to its end, the Dark Emperor, in ultimate supremacy, imposed a "High-dimensional Destiny."
Across any universe, any era, humans and empires would arise, forever bound to this "High-dimensional Destiny."
Empires seizing it would inevitably birth a Dark Emperor, igniting fresh apocalypse.
Thus, Su Yu’s prior Primordial Universe hosted a Radiant Emperor and that cursed High-dimensional Destiny.
In time, destruction claimed it—though Su Yu restored it, the persisting High-dimensional Destiny dooms it to repeat.
This "super-quality civilization" ranked just below the Primordial Universe, a fragment that endured the cataclysm.
Blessed by proximity to the apex, they swiftly pursued reconstruction post-annihilation.
They delved into the "super-quality" unveiled by doom, forging cutting-edge tech from it. Machinery delved super-quality from endless ruins, erecting a majestic starry cosmos, driven to forge an epic civilization anew.
Victory nearly theirs.