Chapter 242 The world will be destroyed, all living beings resent
After a while, Lu Kai finally recovered from his shock and asked with a sigh, "Mr. Roger, how did you know that?"
Roger said, "Twelve years ago, when I was fighting Whitebeard, a strange thing happened. A huge ball of light suddenly appeared in the sea, and then it turned into bursts of white light and went west.
“Because I can hear the voices of all things, I heard the sound of the light ball. When I first met you four years ago, I felt the same breath in you.
“What I want to say is that everything is guided by fate. No matter why you came to this world, you have a mission that you were born to shoulder.
"You are the hope of everything. If even you can't do this, the destruction of this world will be inevitable."
"I...I..." Lu Kai kept saying 'I' for a long time, not knowing what to say. After a while, he finally said, "Mr. Roger, what exactly do you mean by the destruction of the world?"
"Destruction is destruction, what's the point?" Roger explained, "Everything will cease to exist, humans will become extinct, all animals will become extinct, all islands will collapse, and every corner of the world will become ruins."
Lu Kai felt like his head was about to explode. He simply didn't want to believe this. How could the world be destroyed?
But Charlie's prediction and Roger's reminder were both in front of him, so Lu Kai felt his mind went blank and he completely lost the ability to think.
"Lu Kai, can you tell me about your story?" Roger asked.
Luke finally came to his senses and told Roger everything without reservation, including his plan to overthrow the Celestial Dragons and the World Government, and his creation of Divine Punishment.
He knew all the secrets of his journey through time, and there seemed to be nothing else that could not be told. Moreover, Lu Kai believed that Roger, a man of his temperament, would never do something like telling tales.
And Roger was not asking casually. He hoped to make some judgments based on Lu Kai's life, thoughts, and actions combined with what he knew.
"My guess was right. You are the only hope. It seems that I made the right bet this time." Roger grinned after listening to Lu Kai's story.
"Mr. Roger, what is the only hope? What is the right bet?" Lu Kai asked puzzledly.
"I'm dying soon. Even if there's a flood after I die, I won't be able to see it, but I don't want to see the world destroyed." Roger said solemnly, "Although this world is extremely bad, I still love it, so I want to do something within my ability before I die to pave a way for you."
"Pave a road for me?" Lu Kai became more and more confused as he listened.
"Yes, paving a way for you is also bringing hope to this world." Roger nodded.
Seeing Lu Kai with a confused look on his face, Roger smiled and said, “In fact, before you appeared, I learned about history and the world.
"I speculate that all the conflicts and anger and resentment that have accumulated in the world over the past eight hundred years will most likely erupt in the next era, and all the evils of the Celestial Dragons and the World Government will also be ended in the next era.
“I originally wanted to try to see if I could do all this in advance through my own efforts, so that I could become the terminator of all evil, but I was too hasty.
“Originally I thought that even if I couldn’t put an end to all the evil, at least I could make all the conflicts erupt in advance and increase the possibility of ending the evil.
"But ever since you appeared, changes have occurred in this world, and now the world has become different."
"My appearance caused all this? It was me who caused the destruction of the world?" Lu Kai looked at Roger in disbelief and murmured, "Am I the variable?"
"Kid, what are you thinking about?" Roger interrupted Lu Kai's thoughts and said, "If you were the one who caused the destruction of the world, how could I tell you so much?"
Roger's words woke Lu Kai up. He stared at Roger blankly, as if waiting for his explanation.
Roger didn't keep the secret and explained: "Rather than saying you are a variable, it's better to say that you were born with the variables. It seems that you exist to deal with the variables."
"That's why I say you are the only hope. You are born different and shoulder a special mission that others cannot bear."
"Mr. Roger, I still don't understand, I..." Lu Kai was really confused. He didn't know what the relationship was between him and the so-called destruction of the world, and why he was the only hope.
"I don't understand it either!" Roger grinned, "It's just that in recent years, strange noises that I have never heard before have appeared one after another in many places in the world.
"No one except me can hear these sounds, not even Oden who can hear the sounds of all things.
"The only thing I can be sure of is that the time when these strange sounds appeared coincided with the time when you came into this world. This cannot be a coincidence."
"Sound?" Lu Kai frowned, still unable to understand.
"Yes, sound." Roger explained, "It's a very noisy sound. Sometimes it sounds like the prayers of all living beings, full of hope, and sometimes it sounds like the resentment of all living beings, as if it wants to drag the world into endless darkness until it is destroyed.
"Over the years, the voices of hope have become fewer and fewer, while the voices of destruction have become more and more, as if they have materialized. The despair and terror they exude make even me feel terrified."
"Mr. Roger..." Lu Kai asked again.
Roger shook his head and said, "That's all I know. You are the one who is responsible for all this, so you have to find all the answers yourself.
"But the path I'm taking has not changed. I will still use my death to bring the next era forward, but it's no longer to end all evil, but to add a bit of hope to this world.
"You will be the biggest beneficiary in this matter. I am even more convinced of this after you told me your plan just now.
“You can make a big splash in this era, do whatever you want, and increase your influence and prestige infinitely. This may be the only way to break through.”
For the first time, Lu Kai felt that he was so stupid and still didn't understand what Roger said.
"Mr. Roger, can you... explain it in detail?" Lu Kai couldn't help but continue asking.
Roger, however, showed no impatience. He smiled and said, "Boy, you just said that you met a group of pirates who behaved very strangely in Dressrosa, right?"
"Yes, these pirates were all out of their minds when they attacked Dressrosa. They only had the desire to kill and destroy, as if they were crazy." Luke frowned and said, "Could this be..."
Roger nodded and said, “In fact, these people are affected by the resentment of all living beings. Their appearance is the sign of the destruction of the world, and it will get worse and worse.
“Can you imagine what the world would be like if everyone became like this?”