Chapter 404: Towards the Future

Chestnut Ball!!!

The fluffy little guy called out "Kuri Kuriri" twice and appeared. His body expanded rapidly, forming an indestructible wall in front of the three people.

The seven-color beams of light from the rainbow dragon poured down on the enlarged chestnut ball without reservation. The energy was like a raging storm, violently surging towards the surrounding space, but it was like a torrent hitting a dam and could not shake the chestnut ball at all.

"Discard the 'Chestnut Ball' from your hand." You Yu said, "The damage of one battle can be reduced to 0."

Paradox gritted his teeth: "Is it blocked again?"

You Yu smiled: "After all, I am the duel king of this era, and it is not so easy to be dealt with."

"As expected of Mr. You Yu." You Xing spoke at the right time.

"Humph, then set a card, and the turn is over." Paradox hummed.

"At the end of the turn, the effect of the Stardust Dragon in the graveyard is activated." You Yu said, "The Stardust Dragon that is sacrificed through its own effect will return to the field at the end of the turn."

In fact, the Stardust Dragon was resurrected from Paradox's graveyard by them using "Resurrection of the Dead". Theoretically, in this duel, the owner of the Stardust Dragon should be Paradox.

According to the card-playing rules that You Yu is familiar with, the Stardust Dragon should be resurrected to the opponent's field here.

However, in the movie version, after Yami Yugi used the magic card effect to snatch the Stardust Dragon, the Stardust Dragon activated its own effect as a sacrifice and released it. At the end of the turn, it still returned to the field of the three seafood-headed protagonists.

Although You Yu himself does not have the creativity to learn nonsense, it is still no problem to imitate Wang.

Perhaps this can be explained by "the bond between the Stardust Dragon and its owner". In short, the silver-white dragon returned to the field in front of You Yu with a burst of shining starlight, raised its head and roared angrily at Paradox.

[Stardust Dragon, 2500 attack power]

[Sin·True Dragon, 4400 attack power → 6000 attack power]

Although the three Duel Kings of the You generation on the opposite side only have the last 300 LP left and only need to trigger the effect of Sin·True Dragon once more to kill them instantly, Paradox has been feeling more and more uneasy.

It feels like victory is getting farther and farther away from him.

He thought of his awareness when he came here, the deep despair of the era he came from, and the expectations of his companions who are still in the future era, and he clenched his fists in anger.

"You duel kings, do you have to fight to the death?" He said coldly, "You are simply the most prominent representatives of stupid humans in the past! You are self-righteous and think that what you see is correct, but you don't know that it is your actions that are leading humans to the abyss of destruction!"

"What are you talking about?" Youxing frowned, "What exactly happened in the future you mentioned?"

"It's come to this point, it doesn't hurt to tell you."

As if to have a moment of respite during this high-intensity battle, Paradox put down the duel disk and said lightly.

"If we want to trace the earliest starting point of the disaster, it should be the resurrection of the stupid thing called 'Duel Monsters' in modern times.

But the real beginning of the disaster, Yusei, is because your father, because of Dr. Fudo, developed a perpetual motion machine called 'Ment', which led to the birth of the stupid thing called 'Synchronize Monsters', which directly led to the extinction of mankind."

"What!?" Yusei was surprised and swept his arms, "Impossible! Ment is the light of hope that guides human progress, and Synchronize Monsters are the proof of it."

"Legend has it that Atlantis, which ushered in the heyday of civilization 10,000 years ago, also thought that the artifact called 'Orichalcum' was the hope that guides human progress." Paradox sneered, "But what happened to Atlantis afterwards?"

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Yusei gritted his teeth: "That's different."

"Nothing is different. Rather, you are not qualified to say that, Yusei, because I am the one from that future." Paradox said coldly, "In the final analysis, everything is still because of human desires.

You should know, Yusei. Ment is not just a perpetual motion machine, it will also receive feedback from people's hearts while it is running.

In the future, human desires will become more and more inflated, and the dark side of human hearts will gradually become more and more uncontrollably, which will eventually lead to the loss of control of perpetual motion machines around the world and end human history."

After a pause, he smiled bitterly.

"Just like Atlantis, which was destroyed ten thousand years ago."

"So you have to modify history and make that future disappear?" Judai asked.

"That's right."

"But if you do that, the timeline you are in will also collapse." Yusei said, "You and your companions, all traces of your birth into this world, will all be directly wiped out from existence. Is it okay even if that happens?"

"It doesn't matter." Paradox said without any hesitation, "Let the future of mankind continue, this is the mission we must accomplish as the last humans in history.

As long as we can prevent the future from being destroyed, even if the price is our disappearance, we will do it at all costs."

Although they were standing on the opposite side, Paradox's determination still moved the duel kings.

You have to save the future no matter what, even if you try your best to create a future where you don’t have a place for yourself?

You Yu, who had been silent at this time, spoke: "So, how do you know that as long as the existence of duel monsters is eradicated, the future will definitely become better?"

"I don't know."

Paradox smiled miserably.

"But at least it can't get worse." He said, "At least my efforts can bring some relief in the future. At least mankind has new possibilities, and the future may continue."

"But maybe humans will just repeat the same mistakes in the new future that you sacrificed yourself to create." You Yu said, "But by that time, you no longer exist. In that case, who can come? How about correcting the mistake again?”

Paradox frowned: "If that's the case, I believe that in that new future, there will be people like me and my companions who will stand up and correct the mistakes at the expense of themselves."

"Then you are passing the responsibility of 'being the last human being' to others." You Yu said.

"What did you say!?" Paradox frowned and his face darkened.

He couldn't accept You Yu's casual denial of all the efforts of himself and his companions.

"Then tell me, do you have a better way!?" He almost shouted.

"No one can say for sure what a better way is." Judai was silent for a moment, rarely put away his usual cheerful smile, and said seriously, "But you just said it, right? It's the fundamental reason why the future will be ruined. The reason is the darkness of people’s hearts.”

"That's right." Paradox said, "The intensifying darkness in human hearts fed back to the perpetual motion machine, generating an extremely large amount of negative energy, which eventually exploded and led to the demise of human civilization.

That's why I want to eliminate all this from its source. Without the existence of such stupid things as 'Duel Monsters', Ment would never have been invented, and this history of destruction would cease to exist. "

"But if it's like what you said, then stop it, what you do won't be useful." Judai shook his head.

"What?"

"Although I can't say that I understand the darkness of the human heart, it's not that simple."

While speaking, Judai gently closed his eyes. When he opened them again, his eyes had turned into shining pupils of different colors. Although his tone was still calm, there seemed to be a powerful aura like that of an ancient king, which even made Paradox afraid to look directly at him.

"Okay, can I ask you a question?"

"What?" Paradox responded subconsciously.

For some reason, at this moment, he suddenly felt that he did not dare to disobey this young man.

"Trash dropped on the roadside, people who see it but don't pick it up, or people who don't see it so they don't pick it up, which one is wrong?"

Paradox frowned: "The one who saw it but didn't pick it up."

"That's right. That's how I answered when I encountered this question." Judai looked down at his hands and said softly, "But someone told me at the time that it was probably the person who didn't pick it up because he couldn't see it. wrong.

Because those who see the fallen garbage may pick it up at some time, but those who do not see it will never pick it up. "

"What nonsense is this?" Paradox snorted, "Does it make sense to say such a thing?"

"Yes." Judai nodded seriously, "The darkness in people's hearts can never be eliminated. Whether you ignore it or escape, it will always be there, and it will always continue to grow and develop.

No one can take on this for you. After all, people have to learn to face and accept their own darkness.

If the root cause of the destruction of the world lies in the darkness that grows within human beings themselves, then your actions of eliminating Duel Monsters and revising history are actually meaningless.

Even if you strangle the Duel Monsters game in the cradle, sacrifice your own existence and prevent the emergence of perpetual motion machines, as long as the people in that new timeline are still the type of people who 'can't see the trash, so they don't pick it up' , history will still repeat itself an infinite number of times. "

"You" Paradox's eyes widened and he was speechless for a moment.

"Tenth generation senior" Yusei looked at this senior with a complicated expression, feeling mixed emotions for a moment.

Although Judai's words were addressed to Paradox, they also touched Yusei greatly.

It may even vaguely untie the knot that Yusei had buried deep in his heart for a long time.

You Yu looked at his future student and was speechless for a moment.

He was probably the only person present who understood how much Yucheng Judai had gone through to grow from an ignorant and optimistic young man to what he is today.

Although he still looks as cheerful, passionate, and dueling-minded as before, inside he is actually completely different from when he first entered school in the GX chapter.

Could it be that what he said to Paradox was not his most profound insight?

But indeed, what Judai said here is inexplicably consistent with the ending of 5DS.

No matter whether you destroy the duel monsters or the perpetual motion machine, you can't really solve the problem after all. What should really be saved is the human heart.

After all, even if the duel monsters are destroyed, who can guarantee that the future will be different?

Even if there is no Synchro Summoning or Galloping Duel in the future, there is no telling whether humans in the new timeline will invent some kind of "Galloping Landlord" or "Galloping Mahjong" and still destroy the world.

"What's the point of saying this now!?" Paradox gritted his teeth and waved his hand, "The duel is still going on, and I am only one step away from success! You have the last 300 LP left, as long as I Win this duel and all this will cease to exist!"

Just in time, it's Yusei's turn next.

After listening to Judai's words, Yusei closed his eyes, seemingly lost in thought and realization.

"Mr. You Yu, senior tenth generation, thank you. I am no longer confused."

Yusei opened his eyes again, and the red dragon mark on the back of his hand shone through the clothes. Dazzling red marks appeared on his back one after another, forming a closed circuit and forming a red dragon pattern with its body coiled up.

The top card in his deck lit up with a dazzling golden light!

"My turn, draw a card!" Yusei drew the card and said loudly, "Paradox! Our future will continue, and so will humanity!

This is the answer given by us as people in the past! "