Chapter 364 It was fate that defeated me

The black energy hit Du Tianming's body, penetrating his chest from front to back, leaving a huge hole. The highly corrosive energy remained on his wound and began to erode his body.

Du Tianming still maintained that weird smile and allowed himself to walk to the brink of death.

Shen Cheng's attention was attracted by his words.

A gift from the lake bottom laboratory?
Of course Shen Cheng remembered it clearly. When he and Xiao Qingque first arrived at the capital of Hanyun Province, they found the laboratory left by Du Tianming at the bottom of a lake. There were not only videos left by him, but also a gift for Shen Cheng and Xiao Qingque.

This gift helped Shen Cheng a lot, but it also brought him a lot of trouble.

Now when Shen Cheng suddenly heard Du Du Tianming mention it, he immediately became confused.

Seeing that Du Tianming was quietly waiting to die, Shen Cheng waved his hand and took back the black energy from his body, causing his life to stop at the gates of hell.

"What exactly is the meaning of that gift you gave me?"

"It's just a gift from a 'father' to his child."

Du Tianming's tone was extremely weak, and he was already on the verge of death: "However, my gene extract was added to the non-toxic demon blood."

Du Tianming stared at Shen Cheng with his eyes fixed on him. Both his eyes and his tone showed a sense of confidence, as if the person lying on the ground was not him: "After I die, my gene cells will reproduce in your body, and my consciousness will be reborn in your body. Then we can share your body."

This is Du Tianming’s last resort. Even if all his plans fail, he can still turn defeat into victory with this trick.

"Wait a minute, I feel like something is wrong."

Shen Cheng interrupted Du Tianming and asked, "What exactly is the gift you gave to me and Xiao Qingque?"

Du Tianming suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart: "It was a non-toxic demon blood that could enhance strength. It should have been a necessity for you at that time. Didn't you drink it?"

"No, no!"

Shen Cheng shook his head and took out a Joker card from his body: "Do you know what this is?"

Du Tianming was slightly startled: "A... poker card?"

Shen Cheng reminded: "This is not an ordinary poker card. This is a gift from you that I found in the laboratory at the bottom of the lake! There is nothing else."

This is not an ordinary playing card, it also comes with a mysterious girl wind chime of a cheerful clown.

However, after Feng Ling sent Xiao Qingque and the others to the headquarters of the Life Court last time, he hid away as if he had gotten into trouble and was afraid of being punished. It has been almost two years now and he has not shown up.

"You, what did you say?"

A look of surprise appeared on Du Tianming's face. He had only shown this expression before when he saw Bai Jun turned into a cat. It can be seen how shocked he was.

He has calculated everything. There is more than 97% chance that Shen Cheng will take the non-toxic demon blood he left in the laboratory at the bottom of the lake. Once he takes it, his genetic cells will take root deeply in his body.

But who could have imagined that the gift he left behind was replaced by someone unknown and turned into a playing card.

Seeing Du Tianming's surprised and confused expression, Shen Cheng knew that this poker card had nothing to do with him.

But who was the one who stayed behind? Feng Ling even claimed to be Du Tianming's daughter.

Shen Cheng shook the card in front of Du Tianming: "Do you know who left this?"

"do not know."

Du Tianming came back to his senses: "But this person must know you and me very well to replace the gift I left behind. You must be careful."

At that time, Shen Cheng was least wary of Du Tianming, so it was possible for him to trick him into drinking the gene extract by giving him gifts.

As he learned more, Shen Cheng became more wary of Du Tianming.

Hearing Du Tianming's words, Shen Cheng couldn't help but reveal a mocking expression on his face: "You also care about me?"

"Because I've already failed."

Du Tianming answered truthfully: "Then I hope you can succeed. If you save this planet in the end, then it can be considered that I have indirectly contributed a part, after all, it was me who brought you out of the Life Tribunal."

Du Tianming's expression and tone had returned to calm, but Shen Cheng saw a hint of loneliness in his eyes.

Shen Cheng stopped mocking him and said, "Are you finally willing to admit defeat and admit that you are not as skilled as others?"

"I did lose, but it wasn't you who defeated me, it was fate."

Du Tianming slowly turned his head and looked at Tianxuanxing who was standing next to Shen Cheng: "In the past, I always thought that I was the smartest person in the world. The survivors of the previous civilization were not as good as me, and even the legends were fooled by me. But until today, I saw for the first time what a true genius is. Can you tell me your identity?"

Tianxuanxing said nothing and ignored Du Tianming's words.

Du Tianming sighed: "The loser is indeed not qualified to make requests."

This arrogant man who had looked down upon all the geniuses of the past finally lowered his proud head in the face of reality.

Decades of hard work were easily cracked by Tianxuanxing, which not only broke his defense but also completely shattered his confidence.

This is also because Du Tianming did not know Tianxuanxing. If he knew that Tianxuanxing was one of the seven leaders of the Stargazing Club, the blow he suffered might not have been so severe.

Regardless of whether Du Tianming's remarks were a sudden realization before his death or he had ulterior motives, Shen Cheng would not tolerate him to continue living.

Yes. He stretched out a finger and pointed it at Du Tianming's forehead: "Do you have any last words?"

"A last word is useless. When a person dies, everything in the world has nothing to do with him."

Du Tianming spoke calmly, but his eyes showed a hint of expectation: "But I still hope that you can inherit my last wish and witness the future of infinite evolution and see how far it can go."

Shen Cheng nodded: "I will, but it's not to inherit your will, but I want to do it myself. It's my own wish to see the infinite possibilities."

Du Tianming smiled with satisfaction: "I hope you can do what you say."

Black energy shot out from Shen Cheng's palm and hit Du Tianming's brain.

His brain was shattered in an instant, and the black energy corroded his body along his neck, soon corroding his entire body.

Shen Cheng stared closely. Even if Du Tianming reappeared as a corpse again, or made some other noise, he would not be surprised at all. However, Du Tianming's corpse was corroded smoothly, and a not-so-strong resentment rose into the air.

There was still a little light left on the ground, which was Du Tianming's last wish.

It was not until this moment that Shen Cheng was sure that Du Tianming was dead.

His death and defeat were such unexpected victories that Shen Cheng even felt it was a little unreal.

He squatted down and reached out to touch the white light on the ground, wanting to confirm whether Du Tianming was really dead, rather than using a substitute to fake his death and escape.

The white light entered Shen Cheng's body through his fingertips, and Du Tianming's memories began to replay in his mind.

Just as Shen Cheng had guessed before, Du Tianming was not an ordinary little character in the Life Tribunal at all, but a chief researcher, and his status was almost the same as that of the senior officials of the Life Tribunal.

He had also met Tianguan in the black building, but he had never seen what Tianguan looked like. Not only him, but all the senior officials in the Life Court did not know the true appearance of Tianguan.

Du Tianming used a pseudonym in the Life Tribunal and only restored his real name after escaping, so the senior officials of the Life Tribunal were not familiar with the name Du Tianming.

It’s just that Tianguan knew Du Tianming’s real name, so he was able to accurately use his name in the wanted list.

Apart from these, Du Tianming's memory was almost the same as what he told Shen Cheng, and he did not lie at all.

For example, Shen Cheng was indeed a seed that he stole from the Life Tribunal, and Shen Cheng also turned into a human baby from this seed.

In addition, Du Tianming's wish was the same as what he had revealed before. He wanted to witness the future of infinite evolution, and he also wanted to use Shen Cheng's body to save the planet. Apart from that, he had no selfish desires at all.

From memory, it can be seen that Du Tianming is simply a religious ascetic. He does not smoke, drink, or indulge in pleasure. He has no bad hobbies. He even remained a virgin until his death and has never had sex with any woman.

He devoted all his energy to research just to achieve the lofty goal in his mind, never complaining and never getting discouraged.

If it weren't for the fact that Du Tianming also had a little hobby of fishing, Shen Cheng almost thought that this guy was a complete robot.

Just looking at these memories of Du Tianming, Shen Cheng almost couldn't help but stand in awe. This was definitely a person who had gotten rid of vulgar interests.

Like Black Agate, everything he did was to save the planet. The difference was that Du Tianming also wanted to borrow Shen Cheng's body to see a broader future. This was his only personal desire.

Shen Cheng felt a little regretful about Du Tianming's ending, but only a little.

After all, the prerequisite for Du Tianming to save the planet is to take Shen Cheng's life, so Shen Cheng can only send him to death first.

And at the end of the memory, Du Tianming still had some obvious unwillingness.

He believed that his failure was not because he was not as skilled as others, but because of fate.

Because his plan was perfect, it was basically impossible for him to lose.
First of all, this is a special microcosm. No one can enter without Lao Ruan’s help.

It just so happened that the little black ball that Shen Cheng had obtained by chance before had the ability to travel through the world, and Tian Xuanxing also worked out a way to send signals.

Even if he could travel through the world and have a legend come in as a rescuer, it would be useless because Du Tianming's program was originally used to deal with legends.

But the person who came in was Tianxuanxing. This genius among geniuses saw through the weakness of the program at a glance.

There are probably not many people in the world who can do this, and Tianxuanxing happens to be one of them.
Whether it is the little black ball or Tianxuanxing, they are accidents with extremely low probability of appearing. It would be useless without either of them. But the two of them appeared at the same time.
Du Tianming's final chance to turn defeat into victory was secretly replaced by someone unknown.

In this situation, let alone Du Tianming, even Shen Cheng himself would have to break through the defense.

Du Tianming finally admitted defeat, probably because he realized that fate was not on his side.

That’s why he said those words before he died: It wasn’t you who defeated me, but fate.

He had done everything he could, but in the end he lost so badly because of an unexpected accident with a small probability.

However, this was just what Du Tianming wanted to express before he died, and Shen Cheng did not agree.

The little black ball can be considered his trophy, and Tianxuan Star is also his long-time ally.

Just like Du Tianming also relied on Laoruan to build this world, the little black ball and Tianxuan Star were also Shen Cheng's helpers.

You can't possibly be cheating if you can find someone to help you, right?
It was no surprise that the little black ball and Tianxuan Star were able to decide the outcome in the end, but it was because Du Tianming’s understanding of Shen Cheng was not detailed enough.

He was too confident. After successfully scheming against the three legends of Bai Jun, Du Tianming's mentality had undoubtedly expanded a lot. He looked down on everyone, which was why he said such arrogant words that countless brilliant people in all civilizations were not as good as him.

He also looked down on Shen Cheng, thinking that Shen Cheng's success today was entirely due to luck, so he could easily control Shen Cheng.

Shen Cheng does not deny that luck played a role in his success, but it was more due to his own efforts.

Du Tianming attributed his failure to the injustice of fate until his death. In the final analysis, he still had not gotten over his arrogance and was unwilling to admit that his failure was due to his inferior skills. In the end, his submission to Tianxuanxing was only verbal, and he was not convinced in his heart.

In the game, Du Tianming is also one of those stubborn guys who keeps shouting even after losing.

After reading the memory, Shen Cheng had a golden card in his hand with a brain drawn on the front.

This is a five-star ability card, but unfortunately it is of little use to Shen Cheng, because this ability card is of a creative type, which can greatly enhance the user's creativity and has extremely high effects when used in scientific research or inventions. Unfortunately, it is of little help in combat.

Du Tianming has only one last wish, which is to save this planet and defeat the Lord of the Sky who is cruising in outer space.

This last wish is too far away for Shen Cheng and it is impossible to fulfill it in the short term.

After putting away the cards, Shen Cheng looked up at the world filled with black squares.

Now it can be confirmed that Du Tianming is truly dead and there is no possibility of him coming back to life.

The greatest legacy he left behind is probably this special microcosm.

As long as you have the coordinates of this world and the ability to travel through it, you can bring people in at any time.

Moreover, Shen Cheng also learned how to control these black squares from Du Tianming's memory.

In this way, he had a killer weapon that could fight against or even kill a legend, which was a considerable gain.

However, Du Tianming also left a question.

(End of this chapter)