Simulates history, but Chongzhen is the Divine Emperor at the beginning

Chapter 176: Seizing Zhu Fei’s seriousness, can an alien species also become king?
"If the world is doomed to fall, and only you can save it by sacrificing your divine power and position, would you be willing?"

[Listening to the Divine Emperor's seemingly cryptic questions, you fell into deep thought.]

However, you certainly weren't pondering this question for its own sake, as your answer had always been clear: your decision to overthrow the God-Emperor and replace him was never motivated by selfish desires, but rather a genuine desire to save the people from suffering!

If you have to choose between power and the people, you will feel lost, but in the end you will definitely choose the people.

[So, what you are thinking about is not the question itself, which already has an answer, but the deeper problem hidden in this question...]

"Why would the Divine Emperor suddenly ask you such a question? Could it be that he still harbors evil intentions and wants to restore his power and seek revenge?"

[This is very likely, because you can see that this guy is hypocritical. On the surface, he has been reformed and become normal, but in fact, he still cares about His throne and power!]

[So, if He wants to use some kind of apocalyptic catastrophe to trick you into giving Him all your divine power and authority, that's not impossible...]

But considering the actual situation, you rejected this questionable answer: Even if you temporarily gave up your divine power, you could always recover it. If He wanted to use this to make a comeback, the possibility was almost zero!

So is there a possibility that He is not lying to you, and that there really is some catastrophic disaster between heaven and earth that He needs to use His divine power to quell?

The more you think about it, the more confused you become...

[Finally, unable to bear the wild thoughts anymore, you simply confronted him directly: Riddler, get out of Ming!]

"Just tell me what's going on!"

You ask in a deep voice.

Upon seeing this, the Divine Emperor no longer concealed his true feelings and sighed, "Do you know that I am the master of this illusory world?"

"The world was created because of me, and I should protect it. Therefore, I have always played the role of protecting the world... Before you came, I never thought that I would lose power one day, so I never thought that the world would decline because of my loss of power..."

"I can tell you responsibly that the world is on the brink of collapse, and a world-destroying catastrophe is imminent!"

[His words do not sound false, and they make your heart tremble...]

"What on earth is the reason?"

You frowned and said, "Didn't you say before that as long as you were provided with enough divine power to sustain life, the world would last for thousands of years? How can you say that the world will perish after only a hundred years?"

【"this……"】

The Divine Emperor scratched his head, seemingly unsure of how to explain, but fortunately, he managed to organize his words after a moment.

"How should I put it... You know that the world was created because of me, and as long as I live, the world will be at peace... But do you know why my life and death are so crucial to the survival of the world?"

【“Why?” you ask.】

[“Because I am one with heaven and earth!”]

He slowly said, "Precisely because Heaven and Earth have always been one with me, so as long as I live, Heaven and Earth will continue to exist..."

"Aren't you alive now?"

You rudely retorted, "My divine power has always been keeping you alive, and has never harmed you!"

[He said in a strange tone, "Is it possible that it is because you have been injecting your divine power into me that the world is in discomfort..."]

You were stunned...

He said helplessly, "I've already told you, your nature is strange, capable of usurping my divine power... You are different from others. Your divine power is completely yours, including the divine power you bestow upon others. That is also yours. You are fundamentally different from this world!"

"Even if you voluntarily surrender your divine power to me, I cannot erase your mark... It's fine in the short term, but over time, the world will be stained with your color..."

You are puzzled: "So what?"

[He sighed, “Then there will be conflict…”]

"Your divine power is always yours. When your divine power, through me, the Lord of Heaven and Earth, infects the very universe itself, my very essence will clash with your external intrusion, as if two souls were crammed into one brain, each vying for supreme power."

"If you continue to infuse me with this abnormal divine power, the world will become increasingly unstable until its very essence is overturned and it completely dissipates into nothingness..."

[After all this talk, you've already become dazed, even depressed...]

[But your depression isn't solely due to the impending destruction of Heaven and Earth... While this imminent destruction is certainly heartbreaking, you've finally managed to save it from the Divine Emperor's dark rule. Now it's suddenly annihilated, as if all your efforts and achievements have been wiped out. It's impossible not to be sad.] [But the real reason you're feeling down, even hesitant and sad, is that this very threat of destruction stems from your alien divine power...]

[Alien, alien, alien…]

You've been reincarnated three lives and three worlds, and you've always considered yourself a native of the Great Ming Heaven and Earth. You never take the Divine Emperor's mocking title of "Outer Devil" to heart, because you believe that as long as you always consider yourself an ordinary member of the universe, then you will be recognized!

You don't take your "other self"'s claims of the "legitimacy of the Creator God" seriously. You only want to prove that you and the people of the world are one family, and use this to justify your overthrow of the Divine Emperor: I am not an extraterritorial demon who "interferes in the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty," but a local leader who leads the people of the Ming Dynasty to overthrow tyranny!

I already have legitimacy, so why should I accept the so-called "legitimacy of the Creator God"?

[You thought and acted this way, leading to the peaceful world we have today. However, you never expected...]

[“It turns out I’ve always been an outsider…”]

You can’t help but laugh at yourself: Alien… Alien…

[What a great guy who is not serious about seizing Zhu, and even an alien species can claim to be king! ]

[Daiqing is an alien species, but you, a time traveler from the future, can't escape this title...]

【…】

After your emotional state has changed, your condition is clearly much worse than before. Even the Divine Emperor can see it.

He didn’t know what you were thinking, but asked with some concern, “Are you okay?”

【"without……"】

You take a deep breath, suppressing your emotions, and say, "So, what you're saying is, if I allow you to restore the throne, you can save the world again?"

You thought He would nod.

[But… He simply shook his head in distress: "I can't… because the pollution you've caused over the years is too severe, having already penetrated the very bones of heaven and earth. Therefore, even if I were to return to the throne and once again use my own tyrannical divine power to maintain vitality, I would be unable to eliminate this pollution."]

[“So, my restoration to the throne is only a temporary solution, not a fundamental solution…”]

You clenched your teeth in an instant, angrily saying, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Why did you have to wait until I was terminally ill?"

[It's already this late, what's the point of saying it?!]

[“I did it on purpose…”]

He replied weakly, "I have never been able to let go of this grudge. I just want to see you, this traitor, seek your own death, so..."

"And it's not like I haven't mentioned it at all. Didn't I ask you back then? Did you really want to give up your divine power and position for the sake of the people of the world? But you ignored me then... So I just deliberately made fun of you..."

【you:……】

You nearly gnashed your teeth to pieces, your eyes red as you glared at the Divine Emperor, frightening him so much that he quickly shrank into a red ball of fur...

【what to do? 】

You grit your teeth and ask yourself in your heart.

[After a moment, you got the answer...]

[You seemed to have suddenly made up your mind and asked in a deep voice.]

"If I let you restore the monarchy, how long can you last?"

The Divine Emperor was stunned for a moment, then, as if realizing something, he hurriedly said, "Forty years! We can still hold out for another forty years!"

Forty Years...

You grit your teeth, and finally, as if you've lost all your strength, you let out a low sigh.

【"good……"】

……

(End of this chapter)