"What are you afraid of? I'm still here." This was all Shi Yin could promise. As long as she remained, the Flame Dragon Nation would not perish.
Facing the apocalypse, Shi Yin dec...
"elder sister!"
With a clear shout, Freya rushed up with the leader. Seeing that Shi Yin was alright, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
"You don't need to be so nervous. Even without superpowers, I'm much stronger than you." Seeing how worried they were about her, Shi Yin found it a little funny: "Besides, I don't plan to do anything next."
"You can fool yourself with that, but don't fool me too." The commander glared at Shi Yin: "Every time you're silent, you're holding back something big."
Shi Yin: "...Hehe."
"You'd better tell the truth. So you've done such crazy things before." The commander was furious. "Are you trying to turn the whole world into zombies, and now you're cleaning up your own mess?"
"I accidentally fell into another parallel world before. I remember it was Pride or Lucifer," Freya said weakly.
The commander and Kitakami exchanged a glance, and it made sense now. The other seven deadly sins all had the same names as those recorded in the book, so how come pride was named Tokine?
So that's where it was!
"Ah, okay, okay, I admit the zombies weren't this strong at first. When Lucifer was leading the team, the road wasn't in such dire straits yet." Shi Yin laughed awkwardly, a little embarrassed. "Didn't I tell you I was a zombie before?"
“I forcibly severed the history of Lucifer as pride because I felt that pride was the end of the zombies. Later, as I told you, I discovered that there was actually someone controlling the zombies. After becoming pride, I could no longer ascend and could not see the person controlling me.”
"I also spent a long time dealing with the zombies, because it took me a long time to finally meet the people behind the scenes, and then find all the people from those corporations and laboratories and kill them all."
"The [Time Sound] you see now is the one who has already resolved this matter and completely taken control of the zombie world."
It was only when Tokine became single-mindedly focused on the zombie route that the timeline began to tilt towards the direction of zombie evolution.
Essentially, Tokine altered the world line and history. If Tokine is truly a god who caused life to evolve in order to save the world, then of course it's a good thing.
After all, zombies are indeed highly adaptable to their environment, unafraid of flooding or fire. Their intelligence is just not perfect, but time will improve it. When zombies evolve into humans like apes, they will definitely be much stronger than humans today.
Perhaps with superpowers, Earth will leap from low-tech to fantasy cultivation.
If I were to write about this world later, it might fall under the fantasy/magic genre...
"Then why did you regret it?" Kita Kiyokawa was saying when he felt a warmth on his cheek. He turned around and saw the head of the department taking out several bottles of milk from his pocket.
"Here, one bottle for each child." The superintendent counted the milk in his arms: "Eat your food first, don't go hungry."
Hmm, it's still warm, not bad.
Shi Yin: "Okay~"
Freya: "Delicious~"
Bei Qingchuan: "?"
Kitakami looked at the leader surrounded in the middle, and then at the way the three of them were surrounding the leader. He wondered how the atmosphere had changed so quickly; it had turned into the leader taking care of the children.
"I don't regret it. It's just that I've found another path, and my past self is blocking the way to the end." Shi Yin took a sip of milk and mumbled, "Water, I'm so thirsty."
"Here." Under Kitakami's dumbfounded gaze, the headmaster actually took out a thermos and poured a cup for Shion.
Bei Qingchuan: "?"
What are we doing now?!
"Then why doesn't my sister just be honest with her past self? Explain it to her!" Freya asked, drinking her milk. "Does my sister want to be one of those protagonists without a mouth?"
Fun fact: Humans have a mouth, and besides eating, they can also use it to speak.
"No, it's just my personality. I wouldn't listen to your explanation anyway." Shi Yin shrugged. "It's like climbing a mountain. You're just a few steps away from the top, and suddenly someone tells you that there's nothing to see on the other side, just a barren wasteland. Even if you know that, you'd still go up and take a look, wouldn't you? You wouldn't be satisfied."
"Moreover, I've always felt that if I can't even defeat my past self, it proves that my future self won't be any better, so why should I entrust my future to my future self?"
If you want to prove yourself, you must defeat your past self. If you can't even defeat your past self, then it means the path you're on now isn't very good.
Why should the past self give up the present for someone who is even worse than themselves? Someone who can't even step on your shoulders.
"Sister, you're so stubborn," Freya muttered to herself. "The other person is super arrogant; I want to hit her too."
"Aha~ right? I feel that way now too, it's a dark history." Shi Yin chuckled: "But I have no right to criticize her, after all, she wasn't as lucky as me."
"Lucky?" the commander asked in confusion. "Speaking of which, why did you change your mind?"
"Well... it was really just a coincidence. I've been back before." Shi Yin looked at Freya: "What was I like before? I was a very good person, wasn't I?"
Freya: "My current sister is great too!"
"...There's no need to pledge loyalty all the time." Shi Yin said, both amused and exasperated.
"Ugh..." Freya groaned softly, her face contorted in discomfort.
"Freya and Nanzhu were transported to the new world by some inexplicable technological accident, but I was pushed into the space because my power became chaotic after I committed suicide. I got lost in the spacetime turbulence when I was at my weakest."
"As I just told you, I'm unkillable, but maybe because I'm attracted to myself, I saw myself before the apocalypse for the first time, and I was quite optimistic..."
Or rather, I was incredibly surprised and delighted to meet her...
Upon seeing how powerful she was, Tokine's initial gaze could be described as one of admiration. To the point that Tokine didn't dare to reveal the truth, she simply explained the situation of the world and concealed her own involvement.
So, the initial Tokine thought she had seen her future self. At that time, the initial Tokine had no concept of parallel worlds.
At that time, only Shi Huaiyuan remained in the family. Although he was shocked by the appearance of a second daughter, Shi Huaiyuan accepted it well.
After all, with zombies, superpowers, and the apocalypse already out there, it's not so surprising that some unexpected things might happen again.
At that time, not all the people in the shelter had died. They were delighted to see a new person named Toki, and they brought out their best to entertain the newcomer.
Like a dream, it's even more enchanting than a paradise of pleasure, making one unwilling to wake up.
Ye Shaoheng was able to resist the temptations of love, but Shi Yin was not. Shi Yin knew very well that her will was not strong and she could succumb to temptation at any time.
If only time could stand still.
However, by then, the world had reached its end, and Shi Yin and Shi Huaiyuan were already leading the last remaining humans into exile.
Perhaps because she subconsciously realized that she had let down her original self, Shion hid her strength, which of course could not protect these people.
But in reality, these very weak humans were desperately protecting them. Perhaps they had been powerful for too long and had been in a high position for too long. Shi Yin had forgotten the names of these people. They died in front of Shi Yin, and Shi Yin was already somewhat confused.
It seems like I care, and I feel uncomfortable, but it also seems like I can't feel anything at all.
Even when Shi Huaiyuan fell, Shi Yin's reaction was a beat slow.
She felt lost and didn't want to go back; those zombies who were being ordered around weren't her family.
She can't die, but others will die for her. She's clearly very powerful, yet she can't protect others. It's a strange problem, but it really happens every moment.
"Stop crying. The land is a desert, plants no longer grow, and water sources are polluted. This is irreversible. The world has been infected and turned into a place where zombies have adapted." At that moment, Shi Yin looked at her original self but dared not meet his gaze: "There is nothing we can do."
"...Do I have to become like you?" This was the first time Shi Yin in this world had spoken harshly to her since she came into this world: "Do you still remember that you wanted to save those who risked everything to save you? To lead them to defeat the apocalypse?"
Oh, really? That's taken too long.
Shi Yin lowered her head. When exactly did she forget? In fact, Shi Yin herself didn't remember. Why did she abandon this world and turn it into nothing?
"Perhaps, not necessarily." After thinking for a moment, Shi Yin changed her mind: "There is another way."
【What? 】
"We need to find the wrong time point and resolve the problems caused by that timeline. The Spark Project should be feasible."
"You don't mean to leave behind human descendants and send them into space like in those TV dramas, do you? I can't do that... do you?"
"No, that's not what I meant. There's only one person involved in the Fire Seed Project."