Chapter 593 Taboo and Amber

Change the future.

Because the future will eventually become the past.

There is also the possibility of a comeback in the future——

Professor Moriarty's voice was like a demon: "Even if you have no regrets now... are you so confident that it will be the same in the future?

"As I said—a necessary evil, an early death. If the time ahead is infinitely reduced, then it's basically the same as if I did nothing; and if the time back is infinitely short, then it also means nothing is lost.

"If you could just turn back time when you feel regret, all the tragedies would not have happened.

"It's like ordinary people buying insurance. Insurance doesn't prevent accidents from happening, it only reduces the losses. Because they can't prevent something from happening, nor can they prevent something from happening in the future... but we can.

"Are you so confident that you or your family and friends will never encounter any accidents? Do you believe that your future self will never regret anything?

"Even if history is shattered, we can only change one past... but that at least changes the tragedy of our own history, freeing us from having to accept an unwanted future. Although this power has been abandoned by the Celestial Master of Samsara, it was once wielded by a Celestial Master—specifically, one from the Path of Balance. In other words, this power itself is both legitimate and reasonable."

Professor Moriarty whispered, "Or... are you really not afraid of the 'unknown'?

"Even if you yourself are fearless, when the 'present' you cherish encounters an accident or misfortune, will you really not regret rejecting me today?"

This time, Aiwass was silent.

Unlike before, this time he was silent for a long time.

“…I don’t trust you.”

Aiwass finally spoke in a low voice.

His voice was a little hoarse, but his expression was extremely serious.

He no longer used honorifics and no longer addressed Professor Moriarty as father.

He spoke the truth this time—the real reason he disagreed with Professor Moriarty's plan: "You just want to use me. With your Spider Silk Sutra... with your power to steal the essence of others.

"Give up. I don't know where that power lies, but I will never give the key to someone like you.

"If I were a key, I would eventually be a ghoul key."

But when Professor Moriarty heard what Aiwass said, he laughed happily.

Because he knew that Aiwass was shaken at this moment.

James never lies or cheats.

The purpose of a lie is to convince others and make them act on your behalf... Therefore, the biggest lie is the truth.

No lie is more powerful than the truth.

Psychological influence, emotional incitement, logical loopholes...anything is worse than pointing out the truth that the other person has already known in his heart but does not admit.

To do or not to do—when people hesitate and ponder, they actually already have the answer in their hearts. It’s just that the answer has not yet surfaced.

What James did was not to suppress this answer, but to help others to surface those "answers" that should have surfaced but were suppressed by reason, morality, shame, emotion, and dignity.

That's what they were supposed to do.

He simply brings that moment forward, or prevents those who hesitate and regret this moment in the future from regretting it - what he provides is never deception, but wisdom and courage.

The wisdom to point out the truth, and the courage to face it.

That's why... when people are bewitched by James, they will only feel extremely happy in their hearts.

Aiwass is no exception.

As he said, Aiwass was too timid. Because he knew too much and valued too much, he always waited for the best opportunity... the opportunity with the least sacrifice and the greatest opportunity.

And this means that he is destined to fear the unknown.

He couldn't refuse the offer made by Moriarty.

"I might as well be more direct."

Professor Moriarty said softly, "You should know... for those who possess the Spider Silk Tantra, spider silk will emerge whenever they lie. I almost never use this power because I use it as a warning to myself - why do I lie? Why do I choose to lie? Why did I fall into the situation where I have to lie?"

“For me, it’s not just a strength…it’s a mentor, a supervisor.”

What he meant was that he admitted that he possessed the Spider Silk Secret Sutra and also acknowledged that he wanted to steal something from Aiwass.

"But, Aiwass, the Spider Silk Tantra has a condition—beings cannot steal, only parasitize. As long as you don't agree, I cannot transfer your specialness into my body. This is not 'stealing', but 'borrowing'.

"The scaly feathered god, weren't the scaly feathers he wielded also 'borrowed' from others? What you borrow must be returned... Ultimately, it belongs to you. That's why I keep saying 'we'."

"...Don't [we], you and I are not the same kind of people."

Aiwass warned again, "Now that the Beast Master and Supreme Heaven have left, the Nine Pillars are relatively satisfied with their current situation, and the upper echelons of the Dream Realm are generally stable. If it were to happen again, I'm afraid it wouldn't develop to this extent, so they will definitely oppose this plan. Not to mention the hostility of the Silver Crown Dragon and Hengwo towards this plan... Can you stand up to the Nine Pillars?"

"You mean...stable?"

Hearing this, Professor Moriarty laughed: "What about Huantiansi?

"When the Ouroboros finally surpasses its Snake Father and completes the final practice of the Path of Transcendence... it will gain the approval of the Source River of Change and change its path to Transmutation. If the environment of the Nine Pillars is truly stable and peaceful, then how was this future determined?"

Ai Hua's face suddenly changed.

How does he even know this kind of thing?!

Although Huan Tiansi's ambition cannot be called a secret, it is at least something that many Tiansi do not know - if nothing else, at least Zhigaotian certainly does not know it.

Not to mention, Professor Moriarty even clearly stated the exact name of the path: [Transmutation].

Today, this word does not exist in the power and honorable name of Huan Tiansi!

Aiwass remembered that a prophet's observation of the future could be disrupted. When they foresaw the future, if the person was entangled in too many, or too advanced, causal relationships, divination would become extremely difficult. This was exactly what Mina had done for Aiwass.

But Professor Moriarty could foresee the future that Pillar God would be more likely to face.

...Is the "Secret Sutra of Stargazing" too powerful?

Or...

"Have you guessed it? Or are you backing down from the truth?"

Jewelbird smiled. "I think the hints I gave are clear enough. You've told me a lot, so it's only fair that I share some of my secrets in return. After all, you're my child."

"Then I'll be frank, Aiwass."

Professor Moriarty declared, "I... or rather part of me, comes from another world."

Hearing this, Aiwass opened his eyes wide.

……What?

"Or to put it more clearly, I come from another history governed by the Nine Pillars.

"London in 1999—in my history, that was the capital of the United Kingdom of Camelot."

Professor Moriarty said slowly, "That's a hundred years in the future. From now on, it's exactly a hundred years.

"In my own history, the Snake Father had long been replaced. That event, known as the Fourth Pillar God Change in history, was called 'Patricide' by historians... That happened a hundred years ago.

"Yes, that very year. 1899."

Professor Moriarty declared calmly, "And in the history in which I was born...

"—The world was finally destroyed."

world……?

Aiwass's eyes widened.

He suddenly recalled Professor Moriarty's madness in the game world line.

When he first appeared, he was calm, elegant, and profound. But when he reappeared, he looked old and like a bald mad scientist. What happened in between?

Aiwass originally thought that he was possessed by some evil spirit...

But now that I think about it, there's no reason why Edward wouldn't recognize it.

He was a silent, kindhearted man, willing to swallow his anger. If Edward so resolutely followed Professor Moriarty, even enduring the pain of fusing with the dragon's heart and acquiescing in his use of Edwards as a pawn or even a sacrifice, it could only mean that Professor Moriarty had a reason for him to follow and unconditionally approve of him.

For example...

Not understood by anyone, save the world.

"I don't know how this happened. Is it because the fragments of reincarnation were lost? Is it because the thickness of a layer of history is limited? Is it because the amber swallowed up the possibilities of the future? Or is it that I only exist in a virtual world? I don't know.

“I only know that history had reached its limit at that time.

"At 11:59:59 on December 31, 1999, the next moment—

"The whole world is just a dim yellow void."

Professor Moriarty said word by word, "That layer of history collapsed and disintegrated, and before my eyes I was transported back to the very first day...

"—The demise of the Path of Taboo and the birth of the Path of Dusk; the day when Amber, the new heir to the River of Error, was born and ascended to the throne of the Pillar God."

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