510: The sweet cake of the masters

Chapter 509: The Lords' Hot Commodity

"Lord Alice," Dick suppressed the fear in his heart, took a deep breath, and said solemnly, "I want to know, why did these Lords... descend upon this dimensional space-time, and why do they want to kill me?"

He could die, but Dick at least needed to know why he was dying!

It couldn't be that these Lords were just bored and killing him for fun...

To become the common target of a large number of Lords, Dick believed there must be a very important reason!

"Don't you know yourself?"

Sovereign Alice did not answer directly, but instead posed a thought-provoking rhetorical question.

Dick frowned tightly. Could it be that the reason he became the Lords' target... was something obvious?

After a simple thought, Dick quickly understood.

He was no ordinary person; he had the System, reincarnated a hundred times, and was even entangled with quite a few Lords...

But that didn't seem right. He had only reincarnated a hundred times in total, so why would he be attacked and killed by over a hundred Lords?

One must know that in each dimensional space-time, there was at most only one Lord.

Even if one Lord was born in each of his previous ninety-nine lives, that would still only be ninety-nine!

Furthermore, it wasn't as if the Lord in every life was entangled with him.

There were at least a dozen lives where Dick didn't know the Lord at all, not even having any contact with them.

Seeing Dick's confused look, Alice finally spoke, "It's truly laughable. To be the Child of Prophecy yet be unaware, you are quite pathetic..."

Hearing this, Dick became even more confused.

Child of Prophecy?

Who?

Me?

So... it was because of this identity, "Child of Prophecy," that he became the target of the Lords?

Dick's mind was full of questions. He kept asking inwardly, hoping to get an answer from the System.

Unfortunately, the System did not respond at all. As expected, it could only interact in limited ways under special circumstances.

That's not right!

Wasn't he a distinguished VIP user?

Although it was just a limited-time VIP, no matter what, he should still enjoy some service-related privileges.

[Friendly Reminder: Upon leveling up the Demon King profession to level 50, the System Q&A function will be unlocked for use once per week.]

[Furthermore, if the host also activates System VIP, the cooldown period can be shortened to once every three days.]

Listening to the System broadcast sound in his head, Dick felt a bit speechless. So it turned out his level wasn't high enough, and he hadn't unlocked the relevant function yet...

But honestly, this so-called System Q&A function... could it be that he could get an answer to anything he asked?

Although the System didn't respond again, Dick's anticipation for leveling up grew stronger. However, for now, he had to survive first.

Half an hour later, after a detailed conversation, Dick obtained a large amount of information about the death tribulation from Sovereign Alice.

Firstly, the world was not unique; there existed multiple independent space-times that did not interfere with each other, similar to parallel worlds.

What Dick called a hundred reincarnations was, in essence, traveling from one parallel world to another.

This was transmigration, not rewinding!

It was just that each time, Dick would transmigrate to the same point in time, which was why it looked like a space-time rewind.

Dick had actually already sensed this point.

Just imagine, if he lived for several hundred years in a certain life, and the System could truly rewind, that would definitely be an exaggerated matter.

Putting aside other things, just resurrecting all the lives that died during those few hundred years sounded beyond imagination.

Therefore, the System wasn't rewinding space-time at all, but rather abandoning the original world and taking him to transmigrate to another parallel world at an earlier point in time.

And the conversation with Sovereign Alice also confirmed Dick's viewpoint, though with slight differences.

What was called space-time was actually divided into primary and secondary.

Specifically, the Main Spacetime was an endlessly spreading "great river," while the Sub-Timespaces were small "tributaries" branching out to the left and right.

All of Dick's previous ninety-nine lives were in Sub-Timespaces, they were tributaries.

When a world was destroyed, the tributary would dry up, and everything in it would be annihilated accordingly.

Of course, if one became a powerful Lord, they could cross dimensional space-time and go to other Sub-Timespaces, or even the Main Spacetime!

What shocked Dick was that his final life was actually in the Main Spacetime, no longer a tributary!

And this also perfectly explained the meaning of "the end of time" in The Last Confession.

In the long river of space-time, the tributaries branching out to the left and right were countless, but the Lords that were born were not many.

According to Sovereign Alice's observation, it was only possible for one Lord to be born in hundreds of thousands of Sub-Timespaces; the difficulty was imaginable.

However, Dick expressed deep suspicion regarding this statistical data.

After all... in his ninety-nine lives, at least more than half had given birth to a Lord.

If this statistical data wasn't wrong, then it was clearly the System causing trouble!

It was the System, deliberately taking him to transmigrate to those Sub-Timespaces where Lords were highly likely to appear, full of malicious intent!

Of course, Dick was complaining about the Strongest Hero System, not the current strongest demon king system.

Due to the different paths taken and the different strengths of the dimensional space-times, there naturally existed a gap in strength among the Lords.

Only powerful Lords could cross dimensional space-time and possess the ability of prophecy.

This prophetic ability was very special; it wasn't simply foretelling the future, but rather a premonition of a great opportunity.

"Did you know, the Main Spacetime has never given birth to a Lord, not a single one!"

"As for Lords like me who were born in a Sub-Timespace, once we enter the Main Spacetime, we cannot use our Lord's power, and our strength will be greatly reduced..."

According to Sovereign Alice, while Lords were invincible in their respective Sub-Timespaces, controlling laws and surpassing all gods.

But in the Main Spacetime, they were no longer invincible, and could even be killed by the gods of the Main Spacetime, which was very dangerous.

However, if one could become the Lord of the Main Spacetime, there was no doubt they could absolutely crush all the Lords of the Sub-Timespaces.

At that time, they would be truly invincible in every sense!

"For so long, any Lord with a bit of ambition has been trying various methods... but none have succeeded!"

Although she was just relaying the message, Alice's expression unconsciously became arrogant, and a hint of disdain appeared in her eyes.

"Until recently, all the Lords, regardless of strength, actually prophesied the same great opportunity, a super opportunity to become the Lord of the Main Spacetime..."

Speaking of this, Alice suddenly furrowed her delicate brows, revealing a complex expression.

"What was the prophecy? Tell me quickly!"

Dick was hearing the most crucial part and immediately urged Alice to relay the message quickly, not to keep him in suspense.

"It's you, Dick," Alice sighed softly, her eyes full of worry, "The opportunity the Lords prophesied is you!"

"Me... me?"

"The prophecy is simple: just go to the Main Spacetime, kill you, and you can become the Supreme Lord, proving your path to becoming the strongest!"

Hearing this, Dick was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized.

So that's what the Child of Prophecy was all about!

Thinking about it, it made sense. Although the Lords had different personalities, living for a long time could easily become boring, and their only pursuit was to advance further.

No wonder he was targeted by so many Lords.

Huh?

But then again, he just so happened to know a Lord, She was very eager to become the strongest, even developing an obsession...

Thinking this, Dick looked up at Alice, who had a worried expression, and swallowed.