Chapter 127 There’s No True Peace

Chapter 127 There’s No True Peace

"You have been too benevolent."

Alex stared at the shadowy figure with confusion as he didn't understand a single thing that was happening with him at this point.

"What was the point of saving people?" The shadowy figure asked in a domineering manner. "What was the point of just abiding by the laws of the universe?"

"Huh...?" At this point, Alex was greatly confused.

The shadowy figure peered into Alex's blue eyes with his own blue ones and in the next instant, Alex saw the visions of all the things he had done in this life.

"A mediocre regressor. A mediocre human... that's all you were..."

The shadowy figure's voice rang out as Alex saw the scenes of his past self battling and trying to amend things.

Getting backstabbed was a common occurrence for Alex as he usually never sought trouble and wanted to stay away from it.

He was a normal person and any sane human would do just this. They wouldn't actively seek conflicts and try to stay away from it.

However, Alex failed to realize one thing: the world wasn't the same.

Times weren't peaceful even if it looked peaceful. There was no such thing as pacifism and one had to actively be a part of this chaos or they'd only end up as fish on a chopping board.

Alex was a prime example of it and whatever had happened to him, it was due to his own mentality of trying to avoid conflict and live a peaceful life.

True peace was nigh impossible to achieve as long as life existed.

From a microorganism like a bacteria to something as big as an elephant; conflicts were always present.

A bacteria would swallow other smaller organisms to survive while an elephant would fight hunters trying to hunt it.

Nobody could ever live without conflicts and this was the eternal truth of the universe.

Alex's mistake cost him dearly and whatever has happened to him now, it was all due to him.

Why did he not grow stronger and why did he not ascend faster? Why did Gene Path fail despite it being such a godly method for quick ascensions?

It was all because Alex deterred from actively seeking conflicts.

Alex wasn't the person to scheme, use deceits, tricks, and vile methods to get what he wanted. He was an average human with average qualities and average intellect.

A few beauties around him and a few friends and family were enough to change his mind into thinking everything was peaceful and everything was good as long as he had them.

He tried to protect them and was always on the defensive side, only to be fucked from all sides spectacularly.

The shadowy figure's words were sharp and cut Alex deep. He felt like his heart was being crushed at each passing second, but the shadow wasn't wrong.

The shadow then said to Alex that the whispers he was hearing all throughout was him guiding him and trying to push him into the path where he would actually be able to thrive and not suffer through such tragedies.

However, the whispers were never heard and Alex also never actively tried to listen to them.

The shadow was like a father figure, always trying to warn his child of the potential dangers and making him walk on the right path.

However, the child was stubborn and would never listen. The father could only sigh and give up, letting time and experience explain themselves.

Only after getting beaten up roughly, did the child, aka Alex, realized how grave of a mistake he made.

Drops of tears trickled down Alex's eyes as he realized how foolish he truly was. Being a normal person was not the right thing and to survive in a broken world... one had to twist their reasonings and sway from normalcy.

"Stop crying. It's not over," said the shadow.

With tearful eyes, Alex looked up at the figure with some hope.novε/lB/In

With a domineering tone, the figure said, "To have peace in your backyard, you need to cause chaos in the whole neighborhood."

"To have peace in your neighborhood, you need to cause chaos in the whole city."

"To have peace in your city, you need to cause chaos in the whole state."

"In a similar fashion, to have peace in your world, you need to cause chaos in the whole... universe."

Alex widened his eyes in surprise.

The shadow chuckled evilly. "When everyone's busy fighting and going after each other's throat, who will come to trouble you? The only way to achieve some peace is by causing chaos everywhere. Learn it or leave it, it's up to you now."

Tears stopped as Alex heard this sentence and for the first time in a long while, a ray of hope shimmered in his eyes. His lifelessness was completely gone and he was starting to turn back to normal.

It took Alex a few minutes to collect himself and as he did, memories of how he couldn't save anyone flashed in front of his very eyes once again and made his heart ache.

Though, this time Alex was not feeling pathetic or broke anymore and was filled with a renewed vigor to crush everybody who had harmed him and his loved ones.

He also had the conviction to harm anyone and everyone and was turning really selfish. He was becoming a prick with each passing second and the shadow was enjoying this change in character.

The shadow's blue eyes shined brightly as he looked at Alex getting prepared for the upcoming chaos.

Finally, when he felt Alex's conviction was strong, he said, "Time for you to go."

The shadow took a step close to Alex and before Alex could even resist or ask something, the shadow pushed him into an abyss that manifested right behind him.

.....

"Huwaaaa!" Alex opened his eyes and breathed heavily, as if he was suffocating a while ago and just got to breathe properly.

"Alex? You okay?"

A familiar voice rang in Alex's head as he breathed heavily.

Looking around, he found Samuel staring at him and so was Jagan and Carl.

Then, he found himself standing right in the middle of the Libyan desert, in the same graveyard where everything had first begun to go downhill.

"What... Where..." Alex couldn't help but ask.

"What happened to you, amigo? You were all fit and fine, then suddenly went in a daze after solving the last riddle and touching this tombstone," mentioned Samuel.

"Huh?" Alex was in disbelief. "Come again?"

"I said what happened to you? Why did you suddenly zone out after touching this last tombstone? Did you find some danger or something?" Samuel asked.

Alex looked at the tombstone and surprisingly enough, it was the same one that he had touched before which led to the staircase opening and then Samuel stating that they shouldn't go inside.

Alex ignored Samuel's words after hearing his comment and rushed to the middle of the graveyard, only to find that the dark staircase was indeed still there.

Alex shivered by just thinking what was there and a chill ran down his spine.

'No! Not again! I'll not repeat the same damn thing again!' Alex thought to himself.

Samuel, Carl, and Jagan rushed to Alex's place and looking at the staircase, Samuel said, "That sure looks scary, amigo."

"It is scary..." Alex replied. Those were his true feelings.

This was a truly terrifying experience and Alex didn't want to re-live them.

"We'll not go in. Just wait for me, I'll call for backup," said Alex and went to a corner to make some calls.

As clarity returned to him, he had realized that this was all a big hallucination. It was either that or he really did live his second regression. There was no way to confirm it other than...

Ringggg... beep!

"Darling?"

Goosebumps arised all over Alex's body and despite closing his eyes, tears leaked out and trickled down his face.

A chill coursed through his body as he heard the voice he had so longed to hear.

With his throat really heavy due to the sorrow, Alex was unable to speak. Still, he mustered some strength and said in a hoarse voice, "M-M-Mel...?"

"Darling!? What's wrong!? Why do you sound like that?" Melissa's worried voice was heard from the other side.

Alex covered his mouth from sobbing out loud, but his whimpers were still heard over the phone.

This greatly worried Melissa and she shouted out 'darling' one last time, before finally...

Space fluctuated around Alex and the silver-haired Melissa rushed out.

She saw the sobbing Alex and immediately ran to him.

Hugging him and rubbing his back, Melissa asked worriedly, "Darling, darling, darling... What's—"

Melissa stopped herself from asking useless questions.

"Hush... it's okay... it's okay... you're not in danger or anything..." Melissa comforted Alex instead and kissed his head.

In the next few instances, the rest of the wives appeared out and as they saw the sobbing Alex, they screamed:

"DARLING!?"