Chapter 243 Internal Drive Contradiction
My impression of Ying Lingyun has always come from various people, and everyone describes him with the same words: arrogant, insane, evil, ruthless, and like a demon...
However, Mr. Zhu also mentioned that Ying Lingyun was not like this at the beginning. Although he was an arrogant and pretentious man back then, he also had a righteous and passionate heart, which is why he took the path of opposing Yin Yue.
It was precisely because he realized that he had lost Silvermoon forever, the woman who was the most important to his life, that he stifled his past self with lofty morals, abandoned his wife, his children, and himself, and denied his greatest achievement in life, dedicating the rest of his life to the sole purpose of resurrecting Silvermoon.
He even descended into a state of mental derangement because of this—this is not a metaphor, but a fact. Through the knowledge and memories of the "possibility clone," he transformed himself into a mad scientist with super scientific research talent; however, according to the information provided by the girl Lu Chan, directly absorbing the knowledge and memories of the "possibility clone" would be a suicidal act that would destroy one's own personality.
All of this was based on the premise that "Silver Moon is truly dead."
If Yin Yue had already made effective preparations for resurrection, then what was the purpose of all that Ying Lingyun had done?
If Ying Lingyun were unaware of all this, one could call him a self-deluded buffoon, but the truth is far from that. He knew from the beginning what Yin Yue was planning, and all he had to do was fill in the gaps in Yin Yue's imperfect resurrection plan.
This is truly bizarre. Even if Silvermoon's resurrection wasn't perfect, she was still truly alive. It was a decisive transformation from death to life, from zero to one. Moreover, based on my interactions, while Silvermoon may not have regained all her power after her resurrection, she at least retained the power of a Great Completion level expert. Even if there are other significant flaws I'm unaware of, at least Silvermoon herself chose to accept them, or she has a way to address them later.
Was it really necessary for Ying Lingyun to sacrifice himself to such an extent just to fill in the gaps? The driving force that would have driven him to such a mad state was severely insufficient. Since he knew that Yin Yue would be resurrected, it would have been difficult for him to experience the utter despair of losing his beloved, and it wouldn't have caused such a drastic change in his personality.
contradiction.
In my mind, Ying Lingyun's once clear image has gradually become blurred again.
There must be some crucial information that I don't know about.
The reason why Ying Lingyun would go to such lengths when Silver Moon could clearly revive on its own is... I can only find one line of reasoning for now, which is that "the current Silver Moon" is absolutely unacceptable to Ying Lingyun.
Why? Because his beloved woman is now using his son's body, so he feels disgusted and repulsed.
Furthermore, since he knew from the beginning that Chang'an was the vessel for Silver Moon's resurrection, why did he keep Chang'an in the Zhu family all this time?
Chang'an was possessed by Yin Yue's soul after he emerged from the glass container in the secret room of the Humanitarian Department's hideout. The purpose of that glass container was to release the seal on Chang'an's demonic bloodline. Therefore, when Yin Yue launched his attack, for a moment I thought it was Chang'an's demonic bloodline going berserk. Based on my subsequent analysis, the prerequisite for Yin Yue's possession of Chang'an should be the event of "the release of the seal on Chang'an's demonic bloodline."
Ying Lingyun's apparent indifference to the Zhu family's sealing of the "conditions for Silver Moon's resurrection" for so many years inevitably raises suspicions. Considering his apparent inability to accept the possibility of "the current Silver Moon," perhaps the Zhu family did something to please him. But if that's the case, why did he place Chang'an in the glass container used to break the seal on the demon's bloodline not long ago?
Is it because he has now developed the "Rebirth Ritual," and although the "current Silver Moon" is unacceptable to him, it can at least be a necessary element for the "perfect Silver Moon," so he thinks the time is ripe?
While I was thinking, Fufeng and Dongche were taking turns interrogating the senior researcher.
Compared to Yin Yue and Chang'an, they were clearly more concerned about Xu Gou, the "missing Great Impermanence Qualification holder." Although Xu Gou was undoubtedly an enemy of the Humanity Department at present, that didn't mean he wouldn't become an enemy of Luo Shan. If the situation turned into the worst-case scenario, Luo Shan's three major threats would become its four major threats.
The senior researcher knew that resistance was futile, so he could only answer honestly. Although he didn't know Xu Gou's current whereabouts, he at least mentioned when Xu Gou defected. It happened only a month ago, which to some extent matched my previous reasoning. It was probably recently that Ying Lingyun made adjustments to the "Rebirth Ritual".
In addition, this is just my speculation. I estimate that there is another reason that prompted him to take action against Chang'an now, which is that he deduced that the Zhu family intends to personally remove the seal on Chang'an's demonic bloodline.
His reasoning process is probably not complicated—since the creator of the monster had seen me through the eyes of the Shadow-Switch, he must have also seen Chang'an at the scene when we interrogated the Shadow-Switch. And since Chang'an has come into contact with the supernatural world, the Zhu family will certainly not allow Chang'an to remain powerless.
Everything matches up.
The biggest problem right now is whether Chang'an can be saved, and whether he has already been consumed by Silver Moon as resurrection material.
I asked the senior researcher without much hope.
"...I think Zhu Chang'an's soul might still be alive." He actually had some idea.
I immediately asked, "What's the basis for that?"
He seemed to be organizing his thoughts: "Not long ago, you seemed to have fought with Silvermoon... but Silvermoon should have had no reason to fight you. She should have withdrawn from the battlefield immediately, but she chose to stay and fight you... Why is that?"
“She seems to have a reason to kill me,” I said.
“What follows is just my speculation. Yin Yue might want to drive Zhu Chang’an’s soul to despair,” he said. “This is a common tactic used by many possessing evil spirits. The evil spirit will manipulate the victim’s body to kill their relatives and friends, causing their soul to become depressed and collapse, so that it can take over their existence. And you seem to have some connection with Zhu Chang’an, so you might become a target for murder.”
Since Yin Yue needed to do this, it was enough to prove that Chang'an's soul still existed, which made me feel a little relieved. However, on the other hand, Fu Feng and Dong Che were also listening nearby, which made them realize that my close relationship with Chang'an was not a good thing, since I had now completely severed ties with the Zhu family on the surface.
"Regardless of whether I am really that important to him..." I said, "With Silver Moon's power, if she wants to control a mere college boy with demonic blood, is it really necessary for her to imitate an ordinary evil spirit and do something like that to seize his existence?"
“There’s no need,” the senior researcher admitted. “So this is just my speculation. Maybe Silver Moon just wants to manipulate her own son’s body to kill his acquaintances. We humans can’t understand those kinds of demonic thoughts.”
"You know so much... It's amazing how so much information just happens to come to you at the right time..." Fu Feng said thoughtfully. "Since you know so much, answer one more question: Did that Xu Gou also use your monsterization technology? Or to be more precise, did he also have your Heart Seed implanted in his body?"
“No.” The senior researcher shook his head. “All that was implanted in him was that unknown substance that looked like black jade.”
I thought Fufeng would ask about information related to the fragments of the Divine Seal, but he asked about something else instead: "So do you know who the originator of the Seed of the Heart—the original body of the strange man—is?"
“I don’t know.” The senior researcher shook his head again.
I remembered something mentioned in Dr. Silver Mask's diary.
Dr. Silver Mask once speculated that the provider of the Seed of the Heart, the originator of the monster, was likely the Great Impermanence outside of Luoshan. According to the information Zhu Shi once gave me, there are only two Great Impermanences outside of Luoshan: Xuan Ming, who defected from Luoshan, and a certain person known as the Lord of Peach Blossom Village.
The strange man's appearance can be traced back at least eighteen months, while Xuan Ming's defection to Luoshan occurred half a year ago, thus eliminating Xuan Ming as a suspect. The strange man's original form is most likely the Peach Blossom Village Master.
Telling this message to Fufeng wouldn't be a problem, but letting Dongche hear it in Fufeng's presence might not be appropriate. Fufeng might be the traitor from Luoshan who colluded with the Humanitarian Affairs Department, and he might silence Dongche for some reason. Although he's not entirely without motive to silence Dongche now, I don't need to make things worse.
I had this thought: I should go back and investigate the information about that Peach Blossom Village Lord again.
Fu Feng continued his thorough interrogation of the senior researcher, but still gained nothing. The interrogation was nearing its end; perhaps because of our presence, Fu Feng didn't seem to intend to drag it out any longer. Although I also had many questions related to Ying Lingyun, Yin Yue, and Chang'an, I couldn't extract any more answers from the senior researcher. Information that even the parties involved didn't know, of course, couldn't be obtained through questioning.
It seems we can only stop here for now. I transformed my body back to that of someone nearing twenty years old, while Fufeng called the interrogators back in and instructed them to take the senior researcher back to the cell block. We left the interrogation room and, led by Fufeng, returned the way we came.
Dongche slowed down slightly, seemingly consciously moving away from Fufeng, while frequently glancing at Mazao.
(End of this chapter)
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