After 178 seconds, all of Su Yu's futures had already vanished.
The only remaining possibility was to become the God of Pain, descend upon the world, and bring endless pain to this universe!
However, within these 178 seconds, Su Yu still had other possibilities.
This meant that the Pain Evil God had not truly replaced Su Yu yet and needed to wait for these final 178 seconds to pass.
The reason for waiting these 178 seconds is, on one hand, Su Yu's humanity was in its final struggle.
On the other hand, the Mechanical Council left by Zhang Chenfeng utilized some methods to link the emotions of tens of millions of residents of Mechanical City with Su Yu's humanity, creating a resonance and setting up a barrier of humanity.
This barrier could block the God of Pain for 178 seconds.
Now, the God of Pain was stuck in the future 178 seconds later.
He needed to wait 178 seconds to truly merge with the "now" of Su Yu, becoming the real God of Pain.
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