All the modified humans and commanders left the room, leaving only Noid and the High Council inside. No one complained, as the content that followed was classified as top secret. Only the leaders were allowed to know, and this included the plan to save humanity.
Before leaving, Sasha leaned in and whispered in his ear.
"Don't get swept up by them. And don't let them use you."
Although Sasha didn't want to believe that anyone would betray or exploit Noid's power, caution was never a bad thing.
Afterward, he and the council members gathered. One of them turned to the Primal Being and asked.
"Sir, what is your plan? Is it to use Noid's power to go and destroy the Doom Lord..."
"It's not possible."
"Why not? Mr. Primal, Noid is really strong..."
"I know how you want to win. Noid kills the Doom Lord, then gradually eliminates the remaining doom. But it won't succeed. Because if it has already entered the fray... you call this a Command Doom, correct? Then if the Command Doom has appeared, their absolute ruler has also been born. The supreme masterpiece of the doom's evolution."
"It is the Destroyer; when it is born, the planet's life enters a countdown, because it is born from the core energy of the planet. And when it is fully grown, the planet will be annihilated."
"Noid inherits power from us, that is not wrong. But it is only the residual power left inside the cube. And that is not enough to wipe out the doom."
Everyone gradually despaired. Even with all that power, it wasn't enough? And there was also the absolute ruler of the doom race.
Noid thought of the rewards he received for killing the doom, where a name "Doom King" with 10,000 points appeared. It was most likely that.
"So... does that mean we can only activate the Noah plan?"
One person said softly. Although they tried to remain calm, their voice couldn't hide the despair.
The Noah plan was the last resort for when humanity failed. Ten gigantic spaceships would carry a million of humanity's elite along with the technology of the entire civilization to flee into space, continuing the human legacy elsewhere.
But this plan would only be activated at the last possible moment. Because activating it meant abandoning the mother planet and the entire race. Building a new civilization on another planet, or even just surviving precariously in the silent universe.
"But there is another way."
The Primal Being spoke, and everyone fell silent, no longer discussing but focusing on listening.
"At the moment all the Primal Beings merged and used the power of the cube, we saw it, we saw... time."
"This power can affect the flow of time."
The commissioner was overjoyed and quickly asked.
"Then can't Noid just go back in time? If he just goes back twelve years and kills the Doom Lord, then... humanity will be saved?"
The Primal Being's next words quickly extinguished all their thoughts. It was like pouring a bucket of cold water on them.
"Time doesn't work that way. The timeline is linear, it progresses, but it is also unique. Going back in time requires an extremely terrifying power. And with Noid's current power, it is impossible. The only viable way is to trick time."
"Noid, with the Primal Being's power, could go back in time right now and kill the Doom Lord. But believe me, the consequences would be extremely terrible. Because the awakening of the Doom Lord has become a fixed point in the timeline, something that must happen."
"But it is possible to end this threat forever in the following way. Noid in the present will kill the Doom Lord. This will create a fixed point in the timeline. He will then go back to the exact moment the Doom Lord first awakened and kill the Doom Lord. Before he is erased by the timeline, he must activate a force that merges the end point, which is Noid killing the Doom Lord, with the starting point, which is the Doom Lord's awakening, cutting out the process in between."
"The timeline is absolute, but that is with regards to the fixed points. As long as the two events, the Doom Lord awakening and the Doom Lord being destroyed, exist on the timeline, it is enough. Time doesn't care about the part in between. At that point, humanity will no longer be invaded by the doom."
Everyone in the room was stunned by this plan from the Primal Being, and then filled with joy. Not only could humanity be saved, but it could also return to the way it was before.
"Don't celebrate too soon. To kill the Doom Lord, all of humanity's forces must be mobilized. If you fail, everyone will die, and there will be no chance to turn things around. And Noid, you... will have to lose yourself."
"Lose himself? What do you mean?"
The commissioner stood up, confused, asking if there was something wrong with Noid.
"Time allowing us to cheat the system doesn't mean there is no price to pay. Noid, the Noid of this era, will be erased from the timeline. No one will remember what he did—his memories, his power, his connections... everything will cease to exist. This is to compensate for the loss to time. His history will replace the doom's history."
The commissioner and the other council members no longer had their previous joyful expressions; only a heavy atmosphere remained. No one urged Noid to answer, because they had no right to. Giving up oneself for a future sounds easy, but almost no one would be brave enough or willing to accept it. Because this person would not be remembered or honored by the world; they would be like dust that vanishes without a trace.
"Sasha doesn't have long to live. I can feel her life continuously shortening. And there is nothing I can do to reverse that process."
"Jack is dead, because of the Doom Cult, because I didn't get there in time."
Even when faced with being erased from time, he looked calm and natural. He even smiled gently.
"I will save them, save this world. I will reverse everything and return, bearing everything and then vanishing. Just so they can have a future. I promised Sasha that we would win, and I will not break that promise."
"Mr. Noid..."
Everyone on the council bowed their heads in shame. The responsibility of saving humanity ultimately fell on the shoulders of a young man. And this person was not doing it for fame, power, money, or women. It was just so that the people he loved could have a good future.
"Mr. Noid... no, our savior. Even if everything turns to nothing, right now, we, on behalf of humanity, thank you. For all that you have done."
"You may all leave. I have a few words I want to say to Noid."
The entire High Council left, and the room was now only him and the Primal Being.
"We didn't just see the timeline; we saw many, infinitely many timelines, forming countless separate universes. And in every universe, doom appeared, but when the doom began to spread, humanity had already entered the era of galactic exploration. The struggle between the two races was only within the Milky Way. Those worlds didn't have civilizations, didn't have Primal Beings, and didn't give birth to Supreme Doom. They couldn't even completely overwhelm humanity."
"Noid, that cube is truly more powerful than anything we know. It indirectly changed the entire universe, but even time could not do anything."
"The Omni Cube, that's the name we gave it."
"Is that all?"
"There is one last thing."
"I am the last of my kind, and my name... if it were translated into a human language, is Siegfried."
"Noid, are you willing to accept this name?"
Noid was a little surprised, but he understood. This great being still wanted to leave something behind for his successor.
"I accept."
"Then, my mission is complete. Good luck, Noid."
With those final words, Siegfried's body completely vanished into the void, leaving Noid with a sad look in his eyes and an unshakeable resolve.