After sending Chadwick away, Fu Zhu returned to the Dream of the Great One alone. Without the concern of Chadwick's safety, his speed in constructing the [World Devourer] increased significantly. If not for the worry that the explosions wouldn't be uniform enough, he would have considered building one [World Devourer], letting it start working immediately, and then going off to build another one.
However, just as Fu Zhu was fully focused on constructing the [World Devourer], the [Black and White Mask] he always carried with him suddenly flew out and floated before his eyes.
"Oh~ Buddy, look at how tiring your building is! With something this fun going on, why didn't you bring Aha along?"
Fu Zhu looked up at Aha, who possessed the mask, with some surprise. He was currently in the process of destroying the sweet dream world that The Family had painstakingly built. In the process of destroying the world, many people would be scared awake by him. This wasn't exactly an emotion that [Elation] would enjoy.
"What? When did [Elation] start liking disaster movies?"
"No, no, no!"
Aha manifested a white glove beside the mask, raising a finger and wagging it.
"If it were just destroying the world, Aha wouldn't just dislike it, Aha might even trip you up! But... when everyone thinks they are about to die, only to suddenly startle awake from a dream and realize they are still alive—that heartfelt relief and joy is one of the most beautiful emotions in this world!"
"So... I'm here to help you! Let's blow this fake world sky-high! Let everyone show their truest smiles!"
The white glove Aha manifested suddenly pointed at Fu Zhu. A stream of flowing light spilled from the fingertip and merged into Fu Zhu's body.
[Elation Path Power Level I → Level II]
[Elation Path Power Level II: Reach distance increased to 100 blocks. Can place any block within reach distance.]
Seeing that his Elation Path Power had leveled up, Fu Zhu couldn't help but smile. He raised his hand and high-fived Aha.
"No problem. When it comes to destroying worlds, I'm an expert. Even Nanook would have to call me Grandmaster if he saw me."
Hearing Fu Zhu's words, Aha couldn't resist giving him a thumbs-up. He was the first person who dared to arrange Nanook like that.
"I'm rooting for you."
Leaving behind this sentence, Aha vanished, and the mask fell back into Fu Zhu's hand, which he put away.
After storing the mask, Fu Zhu once again grasped the materials for building the [World Devourer]. This time, with just a casual wave of his hand, a [World Devourer] stretching over a hundred meters was easily constructed.
Seeing the result, Fu Zhu whistled happily. Now, as long as his thoughts moved fast enough, the [World Devourer] would be built just as fast!
Originally, he planned to build two [World Devourers] sufficient to destroy the entire Dream of the Great One within ten System Hours. Now, it would only take one System Hour!
It had to be said, Aha really was a lifesaver. Next time there's some fun to be had, he'd bring Him along. It would be great to see if becoming an Emanator of Elation would grant him any new, novel abilities.
One System Hour later...
Fu Zhu looked at the two [World Devourers] he had built, which stretched for tens of kilometers. He nodded in satisfaction, then reached out towards the master switch and pressed it down.
A uniform, mechanical click resonated. The [World Devourers] began to operate at full power. Furthermore, this wasn't an MC server; Fu Zhu only needed to worry about whether the [World Devourers] were fierce enough, not about the 'server' lagging. That was something Sunday needed to consider. He only cared about the boom!
Once the [World Devourers] began operating at full efficiency, the TNT fell rapidly toward the ground like pouring rain. The originally neat and orderly skyscrapers and streets were blasted into ruins, eventually turning into a void suspended above the Primordial Sea of Memoria.
The noise generated by the TNT explosions shook the entire Dream of the Great One. Had the tourists, immersed in the peace brought by the sweet dream, ever seen such a battle array?
After a brief moment of bewilderment, people began screaming and fleeing into the distance. Those who ran too slowly were swallowed by the falling TNT, disappearing into the white light of the explosions.
Fu Zhu switched himself into [Observer Mode], flying high in the sky to appreciate the 'Hellscape' below. A sense of satisfaction welled up in his heart—a feeling one could only get when willfully griefing and destroying in Minecraft.
But just as Fu Zhu was immersing himself in his 'masterpiece,' he suddenly noticed that the city blocks previously destroyed by the [World Devourer] began to rapidly reconstruct. The bricks that made up the streets generated out of thin air, filling up the empty void at an extremely fast speed.
"Finally couldn't hold back, huh?"
Fu Zhu looked at a marker rapidly approaching on the minimap. He revealed his form on top of one of the [World Devourers] and looked towards the incoming figure. It was Sunday, whom Gallagher had previously said was going to persuade the Dreammaster.
"Yo."
Fu Zhu smiled and raised his hand to greet Sunday, who wore a cold expression. "Aren't you going to persuade the Dreammaster? How do you have time to come here? Or is it that the Dream of the Great One is being destroyed, and you're panicking?"
Sunday looked coldly at the streets below that were being ceaselessly destroyed, then asked Fu Zhu, "Do you know what you are doing?"
The smile on Fu Zhu's face receded slightly as he countered, "Then do you know what you are doing?"
"Naturally."
Sunday straightened his back and spoke as if it were a matter of course, "I am eliminating all conflict and opposition from this world; allowing everyone to no longer be bound by the various Paths, but to simply enjoy a paradise that follows Order. And you, Mr. Fu Zhu?"
"Me?"
Fu Zhu raised his hand and fabricated a brand new [World Devourer], setting it to destroy the street Sunday had just repaired in the opposite direction. Only then did he look up to meet Sunday's gaze.
"I am, of course, destroying the world, letting them wake up from this false dream."
"Is the dream not good? Mr. Fu Zhu, do you know what kind of lives many people live in reality? Only in the dream can they have that sliver of a chance for respite. Why must you now personally strip away that sliver of a chance?"
After Sunday's reprimand, seeing Fu Zhu remain silent, he assumed the man had been moved by his words, so he continued.
"Stop this, Mr. Fu Zhu. From beginning to end, I never thought of becoming some supreme existence. I did this merely to provide everyone with a haven where they can rest, nothing more."
Hearing this, the silent Fu Zhu finally couldn't hold back his laughter. His laughter caused Sunday's brow, which had just relaxed, to furrow tightly once again.
"What are you laughing at?"
"Laughing at your self-righteousness, laughing at your wishful thinking. Sunday, from beginning to end, you seem to have ignored one thing: You never gave them a choice—to live in a false dream, or to grit their teeth and continue stepping toward the unknown tomorrow."