Chapter 142 The Apostle of the Void Realm 2
The Divine Seal is a divine artifact capable of granting any wish, so I have no particular doubt as to whether the master of the Divine Seal, possessing the complete Divine Seal, can grant the wishes of others.
The question is whether he can restore the shattered divine seal to its wholeness.
While it's impossible to understand the current state of the divine seal—"both intact and fragmented"—assuming it's unable to function properly in this bizarre state, the Lord of the Divine Seal's most pressing task is likely to collect the fragments to restore its functionality. This might explain his elaborate mobilization of us.
As Xuanming No. 4 stated, the Divine Seal is an unknown creation that cannot be repaired by human power. Regardless of whether the master of the Divine Seal is human, since he claims to be the master of the Divine Seal and may even possess the complete Divine Seal, perhaps he has his own methods.
The task he proposed seemed harmless to us. We didn't have a way to repair the divine seal; we only needed to collect the fragments to have the opportunity to have our wishes granted. We didn't even need to collect all the fragments ourselves; we just needed to be the one who collected the most.
From another perspective, he also proposed a kind of competition—in this competition for fragments, only one person can realize their wish.
All of this is predicated on the premise that his words can be trusted.
Can any wish be granted?
The person who asked this question was neither me nor Number Four Xuanming, but Number One.
He had been silently and warily observing the Lord of the Seal, but after hearing that the other party could grant his wish, he couldn't wait to speak.
Perhaps he has a wish he really wants to fulfill.
The Lord of the Divine Seal gave a negative answer.
“Of course, not every wish is possible,” he said. “For example, if you wished for me to create a stone that you cannot lift and then asked me to lift it, I certainly couldn’t do that. In addition, I would not grant wishes such as ‘turning one wish into ten’.”
"Of course I'm not asking nonsense!" Number One seemed a little agitated. "I'm asking you... if I asked you to resurrect the dead, could you do it?"
His question caught my attention. You see, Ying Lingyun's only wish was to resurrect the dead demon Yin Yue. I had just ruled him out as Ying Lingyun, and he immediately displayed behavior that made me doubt his very existence.
However, the desire for the dead to be resurrected is a perfectly normal one. Many people have experienced the tragedy of losing someone important and hope for that person to come back to life. I've decided to trust the lie detector test result from Little Bowl Number Two; Number One is not Ying Lingyun.
The Lord of the Divine Seal replied casually to Number One: "Easy peasy."
"Can any dead person be used?" Number One pressed.
"Even if you asked me to resurrect every dead person in human history, I could do it, with specific individuals being an exception." The Lord of the Divine Seal uttered such an absurd statement, then looked at Number One. "Or do you wish to resurrect something other than human?"
"No, you want to resurrect a human being... I see. She died to save you, but you believe that you are the one who should have died, which is why you are looking for ways to bring the dead back to life or even change the past."
"--It's just 'changing the past,' and such a request is still within my jurisdiction."
Seeing the Lord of the Divine Seal's seemingly all-knowing demeanor, Number One was greatly surprised: "You—"
“There’s no need to be surprised. As I’ve said before, I know most of what happens in this world,” said the Lord of the Seal.
But I immediately noticed the contradiction.
"Since you want to collect the fragments of the Divine Seal and are so powerful, why don't you collect them yourself?" I asked.
"Because I cannot leave this illusory realm now, and cannot affect the world you live in," the Lord of the Divine Seal said quite frankly. "I am currently in a state that can be described as either death or slumber. The only thing I can do right now is to pull you, the chosen ones bound to the fragments of the Divine Seal, into the illusory realm."
He called the misty dreamscape a "virtual realm," but it's unclear whether this is a different concept from "dreamscape," an alternative name for the concept of dreamscape, or a specific reference to this misty dreamscape.
"If we don't collect the fragments of the divine seal for you, you won't be able to be resurrected or awaken, right?" Number Four's question was undeniably malicious.
"Without the fragments of the Divine Seal, my awakening process will be greatly slowed down, taking at least ten years," said the Lord of the Divine Seal.
Ten years? This number caught my attention. Is it a coincidence? In Luo Shan's doomsday prophecy, our world will also enter the apocalypse within ten years.
However, this decade is more closely linked to the increasing frequency of bizarre events that serve as omens of the apocalypse, and is therefore more akin to a natural process. The resurrection of the Lord of the Seals, on the other hand, seems to have been subject to considerable human intervention.
That being said, I cannot simply dismiss it as a coincidence. Is there a connection between the resurrection process of the Lord of the Seals and the process of the apocalypse?
Number Four, Xuanming, had clearly noticed the same problem, and his tone became dangerous: "You said before that any wish could be granted, right? If I become the final winner and wish for the world to be destroyed, will you destroy the world too?"
"As long as it is the wish made by the victor," said the Lord of the Seals.
"Since the conditions for becoming the winner are closely related to the number of Divine Seal Fragments we obtain, isn't that encouraging us to kill each other?" Number Five hesitated for a moment before saying, "A powerhouse like Xuan Ming could easily become the winner simply by finding us in the real world and taking away the Divine Seal Fragments we've collected. Even if our Divine Seal Fragments are bound to ourselves, he could just kill us."
"He could even go to greater extremes. If he kills us all and leaves only himself, wouldn't he become the winner without lifting a finger?"
He seemed to have temporarily accepted the competition rules given by the Lord of the Divine Seal, or rather, the situation was beyond his control, and he had no choice but to accept them.
"If the number of chosen ones in the virtual realm is too small, I will summon new chosen ones from the real world," said the Lord of the Divine Seal. "Furthermore, the condition for becoming a winner is not the number of Divine Seal fragments obtained, but the level of contribution made in collecting Divine Seal fragments. Of course, the more Divine Seal fragments obtained, the higher the contribution, which is also the most efficient way to make a contribution."
"However, killing other chosen ones in order to obtain more Divine Seal Fragments would contradict the word 'contribution.' If a chosen one who has collected two Divine Seal Fragments is killed by their own people, the latter would have to collect four more Divine Seal Fragments to offset the loss."
“Among us, there are also post-apocalyptic survivors like Number Two, who found the fragments of the Divine Seal during the apocalypse. Can I understand that after the Divine Seal shattered, its fragments were not only scattered in different locations, but also in different eras?” Number One showed a more invested attitude than others in this competition for fragments. “You don’t expect a helpless little girl like Number Two to help you collect the fragments of the Divine Seal in the post-apocalyptic land, do you? Or do you have a way to send us to the post-apocalyptic era?”
“Until she awakens, I cannot offer you any substantial assistance in this regard. As for how to reach the End where she is, you will have to figure it out yourselves,” said the Lord of the Seals. “Of course, you can also exchange a corresponding answer by handing over a fragment of the Seal to me, but it cannot be the fragment of the Seal that is currently bound to you.”
Number Six asked coldly, "Is this what you meant before, that to get the answer, you must follow the rules?"
“Indeed. I know most things in this world, and I know the answers you seek in vain. If any of you believe you cannot have the opportunity to fulfill your wishes, you can at least exchange knowledge with me on how to do so,” said the Lord of the Seals.
Upon hearing this, even Number Six seemed to be interested, while Number One and Number Five also showed unusual emotions.
I specifically observed Number Seven's reaction, and as expected, she remained unmoved. Whether it was the fragment competition proposed by the Lord of the Divine Seal before, or the current statement that even those who couldn't win the competition could exchange for the knowledge to fulfill their wishes, she remained extremely indifferent. It was as if she had known all of this from the very beginning. Or perhaps it was because she was without desire that she was invincible; nothing the Lord of the Divine Seal said could move her desireless heart.
"I will grant you the ability to sense fragments of divine seals. When you approach other fragments of divine seals, the fragments bound to you will vibrate slightly, and this vibration will not occur between the fragments of divine seals held by you chosen ones," said the Lord of Divine Seals. "Furthermore, this illusory realm can also serve as a place for you to exchange information. Within the illusory realm, you cannot attack each other; even if you force an attack, it will only result in something like Number Six's attack on me just now."
He also used the numerical designation to refer to us.
Number One suddenly asked, "Then, what if it's an existence outside the Void Realm?"
"There are only you and me here. There is no one else here," said the Lord of the Divine Seal.
“That’s not right, is it? Before Number Three and Number Four arrived, there was clearly an invasion incident here—an unknown ghost invaded what you call the virtual realm,” Number One said.
I immediately had a bad feeling, but the Lord of the Divine Seal answered directly: "That ghost is number three."
Number One was taken aback and abruptly turned to look at me. The others also cast their gazes at me with different emotions, even Number Seven, who was usually unmoved, actually looked over.
The Lord of the Divine Seal continued, "Unlike all of you, Number Three was not a chosen one invited by me. He forcibly invaded this illusory realm through some method."
(End of this chapter)
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