It's Good To Be Cautious

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Chapter 205: It's Good To Be Cautious

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He gently lifted his hand as a small strand of Nen left it, but never left his control, and under that control, that energy shaped itself in the shape of a cylinder as a few more words left his mouth, "I just need time... Time to mimic it."

He closed his eyes for a second before letting out a breath of fresh air. Then he remarked as he stood on the brink of setting foot in the crimson land.

"It's good to be cautious." His vision eye ability has been activated before he even entered the crimson land.

After all, one can never be too cautious, so activated his vision eyes numerous times, going deeper and deeper into the future.

He could see the statues from far away, his Aeroeye threads made sure of that, and to a certain extent, he sensed their danger.

However, what made him even more cautious is how dearly Medusa wishes to go out and protect him.

She can sense danger and misfortune looming over him even more than him, and her cautiousness was inherited from him.

It's a natural ability of Medusa, and could even be said to be foresight for no danger can escape her numerous eyes, else how can she perform her duty to the standard Yasuo had set for himself?

Of course, he didn't allow her to interfere unless that danger reaches his original form. Only in that case can she use their power to erase that danger. Or even use his last and final measure if necessary.

'Time, he must've had plenty of it to achieve that level of power,' Contemplated Yasuo thinking back to the hellish force the cylinders were. They were an absolute nightmare for even the mightiest of beings, even to him.

There were very few things he can do against them, especially considering what he faced was nowhere near the real deal.

The creator of the cylinders never appeared, yet his mere shadow left Yasuo with no means of resistance, helpless.

'So how old is he really? According to what I know, he should be a bit older than 300 years, but his ability which can travel through time changes everything.'

Yasuo frowned, thinking about the implications of such a thing, 'Yet, he wasn't able to change much.

If my theory is correct, then he must've traveled back in time to a point in time in which humanity was flourishing and in complete control of the dark continent.

Perhaps he wanted to save humanity from extinction, or he wanted to stop whatever was threatening humanity, yet he failed.

So, what kind of being was able to do all of that, ignoring Don's interference.

Or perhaps, Don was able to change something. Perhaps, he was able to save humanity from extinction. He was even responsible for the existence of humans in the known world.'

Yasuo frowned even more as numerous possibilities surfaced in his mind, most contradict each other, leading to a convoluted mess.

'However, that doesn't make much sense. There always needs to be a beginning for something to happen.

Don being the one responsible for his own existence makes little to no sense.

Humanity existing in the known world because of him means he is responsible for changing history, but there needs to be a first Don for that to be possible.

The grandfather paradox makes this possibility impossible as it's, to a certain extent, the same paradox.

A potential logical problem that would arise if a person were to travel to a past time.

The name comes from the idea that if a person travels to a time before their grandfather had children, and kills him, it would make their own birth impossible.'

Yasuo finally set foot on the crimson expanse again. He started slowly walking towards the statues, no giving up or even feeling like he needs to.

'Meeting either Don or his enemy now sounds like a stupid idea as they both have access to time and can possibly reach me.

Also, I don't want to use my last measure until later when the percentage accumulates to a satisfying degree, but in due time, I shall meet them.

For now, I am be satisfied with the toys before me, and there is a lot of research and exploration to be done.'

Since he already went through the minuscule trouble of coming here, he of course won't leave empty-handed.

The statues and what lies within were never an obstacle for Yasuo, but their master was a bit of a problem.

However, their master doesn't seem interested in interfering unless Yasuo took things too far as he did previously.

Using his vision eye to get rid of the cylinders will prove to be useless. He knows if the cylinder did what they were supposed to and erased him, they will disappear.

That means if the cylinders erase the him of the future they will disappear, but that doesn't matter because the ones in the present he exists in will still exist, and only the future ones will disappear.

However, Yasuo doesn't need to endanger the statues to the point of activating the cylinder hidden inside their core.

He just needs a portion of the material they're composed of and takes a closer look at what they're guarding.

So, as he was walking towards them, closer and closer, an interesting phenomenon was happening to his pale body.

It appeared as if his body was blending with the environment, slowly but surely merging with the world until he disappeared completely.

Perfect plan, Meleoron's ability was under effect, hiding his very existence from fate itself, and only then did he start teleporting towards his goals.

Until he set foot at the exact center between all the kneeling giants. Yasuo was looking down at what's beneath his feet, what lies in eternal slumber beneath the ground.

Numerous coffins buried deep beneath the ground. All the coffins were in the shape of a cylinder, and what lies within didn't escape Yasuo's gaze.

No obstacle can stop his domain.

Human remnants lie within every coffin. Corroded remains, not by time but by something else.

Yasuo could see something protecting the coffins. He could see a faint layer of energy surrounding in the same shape, a cylinder.

He knows exactly what that faint layer is, he was killed by it countless times after all.

That's should explain his surprise and astonishment as his domain picked the insane amounts of slumbering cylinders beneath the ground.

Their only duty was to protect the coffins, and they had no interest in interfering with anything else, or at least, that's how it appears.

Yasuo on the other hand sensed something else. His magnificent domain was able to sense those faint hidden snakes within the coffins, hiding inside the very bones of the dead.

Perhaps a snake isn't an accurate description because they were but an inky thread of energy that looks harmless, if not for the ominous vibe around it.

They were millions of such black snake inside each coffin, and they were millions of such coffins.

They were deeply hidden in their bones and flesh, portions of the humans' flesh strangely survived through the ages.

The timeline of the events within Yasuo's mind was extremely convoluted. He isn't sure how long ago was the great calamity, and he knows very little of that ancient past.

However, he does know that it happened at least thousands ago, and it's very likely it was tens of thousands ago.

The dark snakes were responsible for such an astounding phenomenon. The humans within are their prey, their flesh is the parasites' food, so how can they allow it to be consumed by something else? Even time.

Another thing he noticed is the fact that the humans' remains are moving, akin to a zombie, not even death was an obstacle to them.

Well, It was an obstacle for the dead humans because they're actually dead. The intruder within is responsible.

All of this information made it obvious to Yasuo that the cylinder wasn't made to protect what's within from the outside, It was made to protect the world from what's inside.

It's a calamity waiting to be unleashed from its seal, and bring darkness to the world.

'Interesting and horrifying at the same time,' Thought Yasuo with his Yasuo gleaming with a bright light, 'Those little harmless things were almost able to exterminate humanity whole.'

'However, that's not all,' Yasuo was sensing another peculiarity about the remains.

They were deformed and disfigured and it appears to be natural. Not just one of the bodies but each and every one of them.

A smile of interest surfaced on his face as he turned around after coming to an interesting conclusion, 'That looks strikingly similar. My lab once had bodies that look quite similar... Perhaps...'

Yasuo then lifted his hand and brought them close to each other before pulling something apart.

His hands instantly appeared far from each other as the invisible strings were pulled apart.

What followed is one of the statues' legs being cut cleanly and disappearing with Yasuo before the statues even had a chance to react.

His space control has taken him far beyond the crimson expanse in the blink of an eye.

The inscriptions on the statues were already deeply engraved in his mind, each nock and cranny were studied thoroughly by Yasuo in futures that didn't happen.

Yasuo faded into the distance, preparing to enter another long session of research with one last thought in his mind, "If I cook part of the statues' leg with Shensi's pot, will I be able to gain more information about it?"