Chapter 34: Future Observation (Part 2) 5000
In an instant, time and space transformed into pure conceptual numbers, and the Titan crossed this number in a time of 'zero'. Within a violent explosion where no observational method could perceive its internal movements, accompanied by countless immensely heavy impact sounds, the Star River Giant's perforated body flew backward, crashing heavily onto the throne of World Authority!
Throughout the entire Star River Dome, Joshua finally spoke: "But as long as it's not one hundred percent, then this possibility has no meaning."
Yes, you can see the future, you can choose a future favorable to yourself, you can make me show various flaws, and then use them to launch a fierce attack—but as long as the probability of you defeating me is not one hundred percent, as long as the success rate of your attacks targeting my flaws is not one hundred percent, then it is not inevitable.
As long as it's not inevitable, then there exists the possibility that I can successfully defend and successfully counterattack!
"As long as I myself achieve the realm of 'perfection' in the 'present', then whether in the past or the future, I am unassailable."
The voice of the Steel Titan rumbled within the inner world: "Only imperfect people make mistakes and errors. Being brought down by such things only proves that I am a weakling."
If even the current me cannot do it, then parallel world versions of me cannot do it either. But even if they make mistakes and fail, that does not mean I will make mistakes and fail.
[I am the strongest and most perfect version among all parallel worlds. If I don't even believe this, then how can I still call myself Joshua!]
Even if there is only a one in a trillion chance of victory, that does not mean the enemy can directly win, because no matter how much they choose, it is merely a 'possible future', not an absolute—nothing has happened yet, everything is only the present, and the future will never arrive!
The Steel Titan and the Star River Giant temporarily separated—one stood beneath the Star River Dome, the other stood before the throne of World Authority. The two faced each other, examining this unprecedented great enemy before them.
—One, from the most boundless and vast possibilities, erased all hope.
—One, from the most inconceivable possibilities, sought a thread of life.
"Placing your victory on the opponent's mistakes."
"Your purity is too low."
The stars trembled, the voice low and heavy. Amidst the clear humming sound of the shaking constellations, Joshua did not retreat. He walked forward, taking large strides. Behind him, countless phantoms of failed possibilities converged into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, the remains of Steel Titans piled into mountains, with stellar flames burning fiercely atop them.
But the warrior's steps were firm and unwavering, never showing the slightest hesitation.
So what if I fail? Anyone has the potential to fail. And battle is the ritual to crush that possibility and seize victory in one's hands!
"You can find all the reasons for my failure, but that is not a reason for you to defeat me, because as long as I still have the possibility of defeating you, as long as I do not admit defeat, you cannot overcome me."
"Erasing my future, crushing all world lines where I achieve victory—that is the only way to defeat me."
The man who never bowed to mere 'fate' or 'possibility' spoke in a low voice: "Can you do it, Fatlervi?"