Only the Spiritual Status of a perpetual motion machine cannot be erased by time...
Therefore, after Su Mo officially solved the puzzle of the pantheons' Spiritual Status, the once-scattering light of the Sword of Mythological History coalesced once more.
The endlessly greedy devouring speed of the End Emptiness also slowed considerably.
"As expected of our Lord!"
Seeing this, the billions of gods erupted in cheers.
Having escaped the crisis, they were awestruck by Su Mo's wisdom, for he had directly solved the puzzle of the Spiritual Status of life's origin.
"So we were not only born from human faith, but are also a time loop that descended from the future into the past!"
The gods of wisdom began to tremble.
Regarding the debate between divine creation and human creation, mythological history is a product born from its reliance on human history.
If one were to say that humans created gods, it would be impossible to explain why gods hold such an overwhelming advantage over humanity, even being strong enough to dominate the world in turn. But Su Mo's Third Stellar Particle time theory completely resolved this issue.
Gods are indeed born from their reliance on humanity; the dominant-subordinate relationship between mythological history and human history is beyond doubt.
Gods are also a new race that evolved from humans after they obtained the Third Stellar Particle, even mastering the technique of interfering with time to return to the past.
This paradox, once sealed, ultimately formed the pantheons of the Little Garden, who were unaware of their own origins.
With the introduction of the time paradox, everything could be explained.
The Little Garden's greatest paradox was solved. As the prototype of the human side, Su Mo engraved this answer into the very center of the Little Garden, officially setting it in stone.
All beings understood the significance of this answer for the completion of the Little Garden.
However, now was not the time to be celebrating such a thing.
"Stop marveling! Even if the paradox is solved, the End Emptiness is still devouring us. We won't be able to hold out for long!"
Indra carefully observed the rate of the End Emptiness's erosion and issued a warning.
Although the concept of the End Emptiness is ineffective against a perpetual motion machine, it still depends on the machine's level.
The Third Perpetual Motion Machine can only extract endless energy from surrounding information particles; in a sense, it is still drawing energy from the universe. If such a machine's level is insufficient, it is still possible for it to be physically destroyed.
And the divinity represented by the pantheons is not particularly stable in nature.
At least, in the deified future symbolized by the rescued Asuka, the best-case scenario was merely entering a vampire state; they would eventually face their doom.
Therefore, the End Emptiness before them was a Single-Digit being capable of ending the entire infinite multiverse!
"What do we do then?"
The Two Goddesses also quickly realized this.
Even with a base at the level of a Multiversal Domain, they could not fight back, let alone defeat the End Emptiness.
In this situation, how were they to overcome this final apocalypse?
The gods all looked toward the World-Honored One.
"I don't know either."
The World-Honored One shook his head, his gaze turning to Su Mo.
"But I know our Lord must have a way!"
Hearing this, the billions of gods turned to Su Mo in unison. Even they, the great pantheons, could not help but seek aid from a higher being when facing an unbeatable foe.
And Su Mo was the one who embodied the hopes of all the gods.
Since he had declared he would vanquish the End Emptiness, surely he was already certain of victory?
As if sensing their gazes, Su Mo unleashed a golden rain of swords containing dozens of cosmologies, blasting it toward the End Emptiness to slow its rate of erosion.
Then, he spoke unhurriedly.
"Wait."
"Wait for what?"
The gods were confused.
"For humanity's choice."
Su Mo said casually.
"You didn't actually think I was going to use some grand technique, to wield the power of mythological history and utterly crush this apocalypse, did you?"
The gods looked at one another, saying nothing...
Isn't that how it's supposed to go?
"Of course not."
Su Mo shook his head, watching quietly as the End Emptiness drew closer, as if it were no concern of his.
"Since I have chosen to believe in human history, there is naturally no need for me to act."
"If I continue to solve problems through heroism or idol worship, then even if I insist I am not a god, how is that any different from the rule of mythological history?"
"Life will find its own way. There is no need for me to do anything more."
Hearing this, the gods were utterly dumbfounded.
"N-no! My Lord, y-y-you... are you serious?!"
Pinning all their hopes on humanity sounded even more unreliable than fighting the End Emptiness with mythological history!
If they weren't already in too deep to back out, they would have asked Su Mo if he was deliberately dragging them all down to be buried with the End Emptiness. This was no way to treat gods!
Hearing the gods' doubts, Su Mo simply nodded without a care in the world.
"Of course I'm serious." Seeing how nervous they all were, he created a holographic projection that replaced the celestial canopy.
The image in the projection was precisely the world where the "Salvation Group" was located.
And now, the events unfolding in that world were being broadcast live throughout the entire Little Garden.
Su Mo even added a description, making it clear to everyone that the outcome of this single, insignificant universe would decide the very survival of the entire Little Garden, and even the infinite multiverse.
Upon realizing that Su Mo truly intended to pin all hope on humanity, everyone from the billions of gods to the people of the Little Garden's Lower Floors felt a sense of despair.
Wait, Your Excellency Su Mo, you can't treat the Little Garden's life-and-death crisis like a game!
How is this supposed to be relaxing?!
Unfortunately, Su Mo accepted no protests and, for the first time, began to pray for ordinary humans.