CHAPTER 1673: CHAPTER 348: NOT THE BEGINNING OF THE END, BUT THE END OF THE BEGINNING

In fact, Aiwass originally wanted to do something.

Unfortunately...

Under the biased guidance of the "Serpent Celestial Marshal," Aiwass now can’t even see what his mission goal is. Without a goal, he naturally doesn’t know which direction to strive towards.

The only comfort for Aiwass is the time ratio of ten thousand to one.

The time Aiwass entered the ascension ceremony was midnight. Even if he spent seven or eight years in there, it would just be dawn outside.

This means that Aiwass has a fairly high margin for error and doesn’t need to rush.

Moreover, if his mindset becomes unsteady, it would be as if providing the Void with an opportunity.

Thus, Aiwass calmed his mind and peacefully immersed himself in experiencing this other phase of life.

If Aiwass’s life over there was one of extreme busyness; then here it was a leisurely idleness.

Aiwass almost had something to do every day. The tasks he set for himself could be scheduled up to two months ahead. And when he found some free time, unexpected situations would quickly arise, or someone would come looking for trouble.

From the day Aiwass summoned the Shadow Demon to the ascension ceremony, he never really relaxed. Only Isabel could allow his tense nerves to rest a bit, temporarily escaping the crisis of the world’s end and the constantly emerging enemies.

This ascension ceremony, rather than being a test... was more like a rare vacation.

After all, he is a transmigrator, which means the current "Ai Shiping" basically has no home to return to.

Since there’s no need to return to the sea or the community... Aiwass can run around with the Serpent Father.

Having a companion to always accompany him, this made the Serpent Father quite happy.

He took Aiwass flying to various parts of the world—

In this era, the land linking the Southern Continent and the Antimony Kingdom had not yet sunk into the sea, and the natural barriers were still passable;

Avalon’s scale in this era was much larger than in the past, and it was almost connected with the lands of the Holy Nation... Now, both lands are wastelands, devoid of any trace of civilization.

In this world now, there are no Elves, no Giants, no Dwarves, and even the wastelands lack Demon Beasts. As far as the eye can see, there are scarcely any plants. The ground is without weeds or wildflowers, but there are some extraordinarily large Great Trees, sporadically dotting the wasteland.

The Serpent Father took Aiwass to the isolated islands deep in the ocean, watching how the tides engulfed them and then spat them out.

He then took Aiwass to the North and South Poles to see the massive ice caps. Their area of coverage was even larger than the area covered by the "globe" in Aiwass’s memory.

After that, the Serpent Father took Aiwass flying towards the Sun—

—At first, Aiwass was somewhat worried and a little scared.

He instinctively had grown used to the Balance Curtain and the Amber Wall, but forgot that this era had none of those things.

They flew straight towards the scorching Sun and passed through it!

While passing through the Sun, Aiwass didn’t feel the deadly heat, but sensed a vague yet chaotic intelligent consciousness.

That was precisely this world’s ancient Sun God, the Second Sun, Taiyi.

Why was Taiyi the Second Sun?

Aiwass quickly understood.

Because when he followed the Serpent Father out of the Sun, he witnessed an unimaginable spectacle—

It was the vast cosmos, the Solar System he was all too familiar with.

The massive Sun in the sky, its heat reaching there, felt so cold. The planet beneath their feet had darkened to nearly an invisible level. It was like looking through a privacy glass window from the outside in.

And every planet in the Solar System had become a wasteland. They clearly bore the traces of past life, but now they were all devoid of people.

With a sense of pride as if presenting a treasure, the Serpent Father took Aiwass to each planet.

Still spinning uncrewed mechanical factories, broken teleportation arrays, half-built ships, mirror devices that looked like solar panels, towering yet collapsed towers.

This was the "truth" that immensely shocked Aiwass.

[—This was the world we once lived in.]

The Serpent Father conveyed information to Aiwass telepathically. It wasn’t any language, but a complete transmission of unfettered information—accompanied by intense emotions.

They were regret, sadness, loneliness, solitude...

Also pride, joy, confidence, determination.

No wonder...

Aiwass suddenly understood.

This unique "telepathy" ability of the Winged Ones was exactly what made survival and communication in the universe feasible.

And when they lifted their heads from these planets to look at Earth, they found it had completely disappeared—like it had become invisible, utterly undetectable by the naked eye.

[If there hadn’t been a hole, it should have been completely invisible]

The Serpent Father looked up in the direction of Earth, speaking with some regret.

[But unfortunately... it was pierced by the Dusk Species from within, making it detectable from space]

They spent about a year touring the entire Solar System.

When the two Feathered Snakes passed through the Sun once more and returned to Earth... this land had gained a hint of vitality.