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Ling Wuji couldn't help but say something.
"Feel sorry."
Awashima Seri turned around. This twenty-something girl, who certainly looked much more mature than Ling Wuji, had a complicated look on her face. However, she quickly returned to her businesslike demeanor: "So, what's your answer?"
"From my own perspective, I am not opposed to finding a cage for myself and lying in it, so, in fact, I might actually like your approach. However, I think you have made some mistakes, which makes the logic of the matter not quite in line with my wishes," Ling Wuji shook his head and said, "and I hate inconsistent beginnings and ends."
"What did you say?"
"I mean, don't you find it funny? I became a consultant to the Non-Time Academy in order to build the Sky Curtain Boundary, and the consultant's role requires me to solve the problem of the Apocalypse Virus. But now you want to use the Apocalypse Virus problem to force me to make a decision. What are you thinking?"
Ling Wu Ji stood up and said.
"So what do you do next? Give up?"
"No, of course I'll do it my way. I hate it most when someone tells me how to do something."
So Awashima Seri sighed.
But then he stood up again.
"What are you doing?"
"I am also very confused. Why is the hope that can solve the crisis of mankind buried in Pandora's box for meaningless reasons?"
"Maybe it's God's evil taste."
……
As the appointed savior, Sakuraman Shu's life has recently begun to undergo earth-shaking changes.
The most obvious change is in interpersonal relationships.
After learning that his favorite idol singer Yui Inori was a clone of his sister, Sakuragi Shu couldn't help but feel a little repulsed psychologically. And in terms of blood relationship, there was actually no way for the two of them to be together, not to mention the relationship between Yui Inori and Tsugami Gai - although afterwards, Tsugami Gai told him that it was just because Yui Inori's blood, as a clone of Sakuragi Mana, had the effect of suppressing the Apocalypse Virus, so two or three times a month, Yui Inori needed to give him a blood transfusion.
At this time, Tsurugi Gai also told him that they were close friends when they were young, but in order to protect himself, Sakurami Shu deliberately blocked his memories related to Sakurami Mana.
The person you like is your biological sister, and your love rival is your childhood best friend. Nothing can be more embarrassing than encountering such a thing.
"I never thought that the biggest omission in my plan would be you, the one designated as the savior..."
That night, Sakuramitsu Shu, who was still staying in the funeral home's base, met the boy again. When he heard what the boy said, he raised his right hand, looked at it, then lowered his head dejectedly and said, "Can I really be the only savior? Ling, didn't you get the Origin Stone? Can I directly use the Origin Stone..."
"Student Ji, do you know what the essence of life is?"
"soul?"
Sakuramitsu Shu recalled the boy's eloquent and bizarre remarks on the night they first met, and said.
"That's a very mysterious answer. Maybe after solving these problems, you can try to get in touch with the mysterious side. You might be able to inherit the throne of a certain king."
"The word 'king' is too heavy for me."
Sakuramitsu looked at his right hand and shook his head.
"According to Schrödinger, the essence of life is negative entropy. Entropy is disordered and chaotic, just like the spread of the Apocalypse virus, just like the process of a drop of ink melting into a pool, while negative entropy is orderly and standardized," Ling Wuji just said casually, "The Origin Stone releases the Apocalypse virus, and this process is a process of increasing entropy, not to mention that the Apocalypse virus is still replicating in the human body and then continues to spread. Solving this problem is like filtering a drop of ink out of a pool of water."
“So, it sounds like I’m going to play the role of that filter?”
"That's right."
"It sounds like the filter is much better than the savior."
"Why do you think so? I thought you all preferred that name."
Ying Man Ji glanced at Ling Wu Ji and said, "It seems that classmate Ling's real age is actually younger than me, right?"
"Well, from the perspective of biological age, it is true."
"In short, I don't think I can be a king, nor can I be a savior. Becoming a savior is just what you and Ya are planning. I am at best just a gear in this process. Maybe this gear is an indispensable part, but I really don't have that kind of capacity. Now I can't even meet your request, classmate Ling..." Sakuraman Shu just lowered his head and said.
"Maybe if it weren't for me and that Tsurugi Ya, you would have chosen to be the savior of your own accord." Ling Wuji tossed the glass tube containing the blood-red Origin Stone up and played with it a few times, then said, "But I actually came to ask you, what do you think of your sister, Sakura Mana?"
"idea?"
"I've said this before, too. Sakura Mana has, to some extent, completed the materialization of her soul with the help of the Origin Stone. In other words, she can be resurrected with the help of the Origin Stone and appear before you again."
“Resurrection…?”
Ying Manji was silent for a long time, and finally shook his head: "Let her rest in peace."
"Is that what you think of her?"
"Ah."
"I understand. I will do as you wish."
Ling Wu Ji nodded, then lightly tapped the ground with his toes, and his whole body flew out like an arrow on a strong bow in an instant. Sakuraman Shu felt a gust of wind surging beside him, but in the blink of an eye, he could no longer be found.
In the distance, which Sakuraman Shu couldn't see, Ling Wuji, who was holding the Stone of Origin, saw the space in front of him crack, and a thick-browed boy in a white coat walked out. Ling Wuji was not surprised at all, so he said: "You heard it, right? That's his attitude. But, how should I call you? 'Dart'? Or gravekeeper?"
Volume 1: The Bizarre Mysterious Side: Chapter 33: Dart's Essence
For Ling Wuji, after knowing the location of the Origin Stone, the matter of obtaining it became very simple. At least Ling Wuji did not encounter any significant obstacles. Perhaps this thing was indeed too dangerous for ordinary people, so that those politicians would rather put it aside than continue to study it.
However, after Ling Wu Ji obtained the Origin Stone, he found that his plan was hindered by other things besides the problem of Sakuragi Shu, because in addition to the soul of Sakuragi Mana, there was also the gravekeeper called Dart by the researchers in the Origin Stone.
In the sixteenth-century Lulian system of the Kabbalah tree, Dart also has the meaning of the location of "knowledge" and is considered to be the aggregation of the ten sephirot before the Tree of Life system. Although it is not usually depicted, it is basically located just below the crown, which is the last step before evolution reaches the apex.
If the function of the Apocalypse Virus is indeed to promote the elimination and evolution of human beings, then Dart does have reason to be called the Gravekeeper.
The only question is where he came from.
"Just think of me as an alien," Dart raised his thick eyebrows. Seeing that the boy disagreed, he still said, "If we look at it from the perspective of Alaya, or the collective unconsciousness of mankind, I am mixed with some mixture from Gaia's side. Perhaps from the perspective of the planet's will, the current human beings are too heavy a burden for this planet, so necessary elimination is needed. Human beings are also unconsciously choosing the direction of evolution. I, or the Origin Stone, was born under such circumstances."
"Is the result of humanity's collective unconscious choice to crystallize itself?"
"Isn't there a popular saying now? 'Flesh and blood are weak, machines are soaring' or something like that. This is indeed a direction of human evolution. Of course, it is just a tendency."
"And this tendency is more in line with Gaia's wishes?"
Dart didn't say anything, but his expression clearly showed that he agreed with Ling Wuji's speculation.
Ling Wuji was silent for a moment, then said: "Then, the Origin Stone is in my hand, what do you say?"
"I would like to ask, don't you want to replace Sakuraman Shu?"
"I have no interest in becoming the Adam of the new world. Perhaps someone like Tsumugami Gaya would be willing to destroy the world just to let Mana Sakuragi's soul find peace under the mission of Apocalypse. But for me, Mana Sakuragi's rest means isolating her from the real world, so that she can no longer influence the real world."
Dart shook his head. "In the past, those who obtained the Origin Stone were either ambitious people or people related to Mana Sakuragi. It's rare to find someone as determined as you to oppose it. However, if you are not or don't want to be the chosen one, you may encounter more resistance than you think if you want to prevent the doomsday."
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean is, if it's 'Adam', that is, Sakuragi Shu himself, who comes to stop me, I can only use the power of the Alaya side on him at most, because Adam is the purest human being and the sample chosen by Gaia. However, if it's you, Ling Wuji, I can use the power of the Gaia side." Dart smiled gently, "You should know clearly what the Gaia side means, right?"
"It's a god." Ling Wuji just frowned in confusion and said, "But, doesn't it mean that the Age of Gods on Earth has already ended? Everything related to the Age of Gods has been moved to the inner side of the world?"
"But if that's the case, how do we explain the God of Disobedience?"
Dart was not in a hurry to fight Ling Wuji, but just chatted with him slowly.
"You mean..."
"The natural spirits on this planet were promoted to gods because of the blessings of humans, but at the same time, humans' beliefs and blessings are also a constraint for them. Don't you think that they are essentially very similar to me? Their own power comes from Gaia, which is the will of this planet itself, but at the same time, humans' beliefs and blessings are entangled with them. So, when their ego breaks through the authority woven by humans and descends to the earth again, it means that Gaia's side overwhelms Alaya's side, and when the godslayer of this world kills the disobedient gods, it means that Alaya's side temporarily overwhelms Gaia's side. Although it sounds like Gaia and Alaya have been fighting each other all the time," Dart tilted his head to examine the young man in front of him, and said softly, "So I advise you to give up, give the Stone of Origin to Adam, or someone else, and then don't interfere in this matter anymore. In that case, it means that things are still limited by the mutual struggles between humans, but if it were you, I would not hesitate to use the power of Gaia's side."
"I say, am I not a human being?"
Ling Wu Ji thought for a moment, then pointed at himself and said.
Dart shook his head. "Although I can't explain it clearly, don't you have that feeling? You are already entangled with a considerable amount of heterogeneity from a higher level. If you choose to replace Sakuraman Shu, that thing will not matter to Gaia, but if you choose to stop all this, then I will stop you."
"But if what you said is true, you also have power from the Alaya side, but after all these years, why hasn't the end of the world come yet?"
"Because not all human consciousness has chosen this direction, especially after seeing the pain caused by the Apocalypse Virus."
"Are you suggesting to me that this world-destroying crisis might end somehow even if I don't intervene?"
Dart smiled but said nothing.
Ling Wuzhi's fingers unconsciously tapped on the glass tube containing the Stone of Origin.
Gaia's side...the god of disobedience?
For him now, an opponent of this level is too dangerous.
Even if he wanted to deal with Luo Hao, it was only based on the accumulation of thousands of years of the mysterious side of China in the sky curtain barrier. But now his sky curtain barrier has not been completed, and it has not yet covered this area. Purely using "Liezi Wind Control Technique" and "Sky Escape Sword Technique" to deal with it, although it is not as bad as "Ant shaking a tree", but there is absolutely no chance of winning.
When Luo Hao accomplished the feat of killing the disobedient god, he was at least a golden elixir.
And now he is just a Yin God.
"You can consider it, but I won't give you too much time." The space beside Dart opened up and he walked in. His voice was lost in the night wind and gradually became inaudible. "I hope that by then, you can make the right choice."
Volume 1: The Bizarre Mysterious Side: Chapter 34: Meeting
"If the Origin Stone is given to Sakuramitsu Shu..."
There are just too many variables.
Sakuman Shu is the kind of person whose will is too weak, and he himself is aware of that fact. Even though he might have been a decisive, brave, and proactive person when he was a child, he has lost his goal now. Ling Wu Ji is very clear that the person who will dominate the direction of things in the end will definitely be Tsuchiya Gaya, not Sakuman Shu. He is too passive now.
As for Tsugamiya, Ling Wuji had already judged him as an overly selfish person.
If we let Tsumugami Gaya take charge of this process, it will definitely end up in a mess. He might do something for his own selfish reasons at the critical moment, and then die, leaving a mess for others to clean up.
And even if it went according to his plan, if it weren't for his "Hokuto Soul-Fixing and Life-Extending Technique", the final fate of Sakuman Shu's filter would probably not be very good.
"However, if it is purely out of selfishness, then what I am doing is no different from those people in the Non-Time Academy."
So, should we have a frank talk with them?
……
"There is good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"
Originally, Ling Wu Ji just wanted to hold a small meeting with Sakurami Shu and Tsuchiya Gai, but Tsuchiya Gai asked some people from the funeral home to join in. Ling Wu Ji was fine with it, so he just went along with them. However, apart from the three of them, there were only the white-haired young man Sifenyi wearing round-frame glasses, a fourteen-year-old girl Thrush dressed as a maid, and Shinomiya Ayase who had her legs healed and was currently undergoing rehabilitation.
Seeing that Yan Shen Ya didn't continue to pull people in, Ling Wu Ji said.
"Bad news first."
The Quadrant plays a role similar to that of a military advisor in the funeral home, so it is natural for him to start thinking from a pessimistic perspective.
"Dart, who is guarding the Stone of Origin, said that if I continue to participate in this matter, he will use a power similar to that of the God of Disobedience to stop me. If you don't know what level of power that is, you can think of it in terms of nuclear weapons. I know that what he said may be good news for you in a sense. However, if I withdraw and you can't think of any other solution and can only use my method in the end, then classmate Ji, who will act as a filter in the end, will end up in a very tragic situation."
Then everyone fell silent for a moment.