After work, start to speedrun the other world-Chapter 510 - 200: Host, Don’t Die on Me!_2

He shook his head again.

"And also because time disturbances might create a future without Ragnarok, any interference with the past would attract the gaze of Ragnarok, thereby accelerating its arrival," he said.

Xi Mu nodded and responded, "Do you want me to give up interfering with the past?"

If he were merely standing from the standpoint of Ragnarok, then any disturbances in the past would be leveled by him, ensuring that Ragnarok would surely come. But now, his stance was not with Ragnarok. If possible, he would rather undo everything he had caused.

"Indeed," the extraterritorial demon spoke, "Before you lose Ahtal’s persona, I hope you do not interfere with the past."

Without Ahtal’s persona, the more he disturbed time, the quicker Ragnarok would come.

Xi Mu asked, "You are not just planning to hide in the past, are you?"

"Hiding in the past is no different from a slow death," the extraterritorial demon explained seriously, raising a finger. "As long as you do not interfere with the past, we will attempt to cross over Ragnarok, allowing everyone to move forward into the future."

"That is not an easy thing to do," Xi Mu shook his head and questioned the demon, "Why do you think you can overcome me?"

Whether he would die after being surpassed had to be judged after fully understanding the plans of the extraterritorial demon. And now, he was situated at the end of time, isolated from the world’s flow toward the future, representing the concept of the end of all things. Any technology and knowledge that had appeared in the past would naturally be mastered and deciphered by him, making it nearly impossible to kill him.

Moreover, he also wielded the authority of the players, able to establish powerful rules at will under the power of Ragnarok. Unless it was a voluntary death, no one could kill him.

This was not bragging, just a judgment based on facts.

"Why not try now," Xi Mu opened his arms and said to the demon, "Just now, cross over Ragnarok, the greatest... evil."

It could not be done.

The extraterritorial demon was very clear that he could not do it. Even if he allowed himself to attack, he could not kill Ahtal. After becoming the King of Ash, Ahtal possessed nearly unsolvable immortality, and even the Witch of Death could not do it.

"It can’t be done," the extraterritorial demon frankly admitted, "I do not have the power to... kill you."

"Is that so," Xi Mu showed a look of disappointment.

"However, just give us time," the extraterritorial demon suddenly spoke up, explaining to Ahtal, "The Time Witch and I have gathered the souls of all the witches and demons from history, the most astonishingly talented individuals."

He said so.

"If you could refrain from interfering with the past, allowing them to converge in one era, letting them collide and grow with each other."

Xi Mu said, "You hope that among them there will be a being capable of overcoming me?"

This was probably the game background of the DLC, but according to the setting of the Mysterious Gate, in the end, it would still be up to the players themselves to defeat Ragnarok. But now, he himself was Ragnarok, so who was to defeat him? Unless he was willing to commit suicide.

"It’s only a hope," the extraterritorial demon confessed, "Whether gathering all the historical geniuses can give birth to a monster that transcends you, to give birth to technology that can kill you, no one can guarantee."

At this point, he added one more thing.

"But if we can succeed, the people you care about... will be able to survive."

[Opposition!] The voice of the system suddenly entered Xi Mu’s mind, reminding him that he had a system.

"Let me consider it," Xi Mu released his hand from the demon’s shoulder and brushed past, "Do not attempt to leave, or you will be incinerated in an instant." With that, he disappeared into the deep darkness.

The extraterritorial demon breathed a sigh of relief. He knew Ahtal was starting to be swayed by his words and also knew how dangerous his previous statements had been.

To cross Ragnarok, the Time Witch gathered great and genius individuals from the past and sent them to the extraterritorial—also known as the Hall of Valor.

There, all the heroes from past histories were assembled to prepare for Ragnarok. However, collecting the souls of these heroes in the past was not something that could be done lightly, as it would cause disturbances in the fabric of time. They were meant to exist only within the empty Hall of Valor and could not descend upon reality at will, for that would hasten the coming of Ragnarok. Not to mention that the Time Witch planned to have all the heroic spirits descend at the same time, to clash their talents and spark a method to overcome Ragnarok.

But if the heroes from past histories were to come together in one era, the interference with time would be unprecedentedly severe. It might result in Ragnarok descending in an instant. However, if personhood were granted to the King of Ash, allowing him to ignore all the heroes arriving in the same era, letting them grow and research how to cross Ragnarok, then the situation would be completely different.

But all of the above plans were predicated on Ahtal’s willingness to agree, that is, Ahtal’s willingness to sacrifice themselves in exchange for everyone’s future. If, on the other hand, Ahtal chose to create a world within the Ash Kingdom rather than sacrifice themselves, the era belonging to the God of Omniscience would lock in place in an instant, the brilliance of creation would rush towards the future, using the burning of the old world as momentum to forge everything anew. That meant all traces of the past would be erased.

Whether it be Ahtal or the Time Witch, capable of freely leaping through time, they would remain in the old timeline, utterly consumed by the flames of creation.

"Ahtal, what will you choose?" the extraterritorial demon murmured to themselves, as if also speaking to someone else, "Will you opt for a world with you in it, or one with them?"

No matter the choice, irrevocable regrets would follow. From the moment Ahtal became the King of Ash, this destiny was set in stone. And even if Ahtal opted for a world with them, there was no guarantee that they could traverse Ragnarok and allow the blocked time to surge towards the future.

Now, Ahtal was nearly invincible. The only being who could definitively restrict Ahtal’s actions was Ahtal themselves. If no way to surpass Ragnarok was found before Ahtal’s personality vanished, then everything would become irretrievable.

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

"System, have you repaired the interface yet?" Xi Mu’s voice was so calm it was terrifying, giving no insight into his thoughts.

[It’s not fixed yet.] the system whispered timidly, sounding quite unconfident. It had been working very hard to repair the system interface lately and theoretically, it would be fixed in a few more months. However, the host was outrageously strong; before it could even fix the interface, the world had been burned to ashes by the host.

This was also why it suddenly had a bad premonition. After checking the external situation, it discovered that the world had indeed been turned to ashes, and there was a demon tempting its host to self-destruct.

Xi Mu fell silent for a moment, then asked, "Is this world real?"

[Yes.] The system affirmed.

"No wonder I can’t log off." Xi Mu said as the last bit of wishful thinking within him crumbled.

[You can’t log off either, host.] the system explained. [Your physical body in reality has been reduced to ashes, and there is no vessel in the real world to contain your soul.]

"If this is the real world?" Xi Mu whispered, "why can I level up, why can I draw the Sword of Light, and why can I resist Time Retrospection?"

The system replied instinctively:[Because you have the system, host.]

Xi Mu: "..."

[Don’t think about dying, host.] The system’s voice rose anxiously, worried that the host was starting to give up, [There are still many places in this world worth remembering.]

Xi Mu looked around at the world turned to ashes—was he really expected to find anything worth remembering here?

[Inside you, host, there is a hidden Catalogue of Life. With that catalogue, you can create a world just like the past.] The system explained, [And as long as you become the Creator, you will meet the conditions to leave the current world.]

Xi Mu said: "But then, all traces of them will be erased."

System: "..."

Truth be told, it didn’t care much for most of the people in this world; the only one it cared about was the host. From its perspective, it was no loss if the host became the Creator. After all, with the Catalogue of Life, it could create similar people. But it seemed the host did not desire similar people.

If allowed to act on his own, the host may end up creating a world where only the host did not exist. So, after some thought,

[Host, are you familiar with the ’Mysterious Gate’ DLC?]