Chapter 388 Ready
After I raised this question, Zhu Shi and Ma Zao exchanged a glance.
Then Zhu Shi asked suspiciously, "Your question sounds a bit strange. Do you think my father... Ying Lingyun, is definitely unable to successfully revive Yin Yue? Have you obtained some clues?"
As she spoke, a thoughtful expression appeared on her face: "What is needed to revive Silver Moon is another Silver Moon, namely my brother Chang'an; and an extremely large amount of power... He has already obtained the former, but according to Grandpa, the latter requires at least ten Great Impermanences to be drained..."
"If he is destined not to revive Silver Moon, then the reason should be that he cannot achieve the latter. According to common sense, he needs at least the help of eight Luoshan Great Impermanence, as well as Xuanming and Taoyuan Township Lord who are outside Luoshan. Of course, now we can add you, but you can't help him; and even if one or two of the other ten Great Impermanence suddenly go crazy and help him, it is impossible for all of them to lend a hand."
“But according to what you told us a few days ago, he still has at least two fragments of the Divine Seal. Although it seems inappropriate to attribute all speculations to the fragments of the Divine Seal, he might actually be able to use them to create some miracle and forcibly obtain the power of ten Great Impermanence units.”
Zhu Shi's conjecture made sense, so I continued, "Then... assuming he satisfied both conditions, would he still be unable to achieve his wish for some reason? What do you think that reason would be?"
Zhu Shi was even more puzzled. She rested her chin on her elbow and thought for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out. She had no choice but to raise her hands in surrender and say, "I don't know. Why did you suddenly ask this?"
“I’m a little concerned about Silvermoon’s attitude,” I said.
Last time, in Yin Yue's mental world, when I confronted her in the guise of Chang'an, she said that Chang'an was just a dream she had, an illusion, and she connected my attempt to save this "illusion" with Ying Lingyun, saying that Ying Lingyun also liked to cling tightly to "that non-existent illusion".
To save Chang'an, during my recovery, I constantly scrutinized Yin Yue's every move, analyzing any potential weaknesses she might reveal, while also searching for clues I might have overlooked. When I recalled her words, a sense of unease arose within me.
Ying Lingyun's goal was to resurrect the real Yin Yue, whom he knew well from her previous life. Even if Chang'an, whom I met, might just be a dream of Yin Yue, the real Yin Yue should still exist. Yin Yue calling it "that non-existent illusion" is utterly contradictory.
However, there's one thing I've figured out. Regardless of what she meant in her words, she was against Ying Lingyun's intention to revive the "real Silver Moon"—she clearly believed that Ying Lingyun was bound to fail.
It's one thing for others to say this, but I can't ignore Yin Yue's own attitude, because it will likely affect whether I can save Chang'an.
Perhaps because both Ying Lingyun and Yuchi are men who have lost their loved ones, as I thought about it, I inexplicably thought of Yuchi and the old fist god's question to Yuchi.
—"Is what you see the real her, or is it the her you've imagined?"
Zhu Shi and I continued our conversation for a while, but we still couldn't reach a convincing conclusion, so we had to put the issue aside for the time being. Then Zhu Shi left with Ma Zao, seemingly to have Ma Zao help him communicate about forging the Yama Sword.
Over the past few days, Zhu Shi had frequently dragged Ma Zao around the Luoshan headquarters sightseeing area. The outskirts of Luoshan headquarters city had many tourist attractions, including some bizarre and fantastical things that couldn't be seen in ordinary cities. Ma Zao seemed to really enjoy this kind of "sightseeing," an activity so rich in civilized connotations that it was unheard of in the post-apocalyptic era.
Their relationship is getting better and better.
Previously, although Zhu Shi also wanted to get close to Ma Zao, Ma Zao always kept her distance like a shy cat. But now that Ma Zao knows that Zhu Shi is Xiao Wan, after getting through the initial period of discomfort, she gradually let go of her distance and began to try to get closer to Zhu Shi.
Looking back, if Masako hadn't met me initially, she might have encountered Zhu Shi instead. Since she was initially in the area Zhu Shi was patrolling, and the two schools of thought, the Socialist and the Transcendental, were initially at odds over Masako's location, Zhu Shi might have also received the mission to find her.
Unlike me, Zhu Shi is a genuinely kind-hearted person who wouldn't stand idly by and ignore a wounded girl. The two might gradually accept each other after some initial friction, and then, under Ma Zao's influence, the person who finds the fragment of the divine seal in the basement of Chang'an's fifteenth-floor rented room will naturally become Zhu Shi. Afterwards, Zhu Shi will likely meet another version of herself in the virtual world, and Ma Zao will realize that Zhu Shi is the friend she met in the apocalyptic era…
Then, driven by fate, Zhu Shi will discover that the enemy's true identity is his own father, uncover a shocking conspiracy involving his brother, and embark on a magical adventure. With the help of his family's heirloom "Yama Sword" and his friend Ma Zao, he grows rapidly along the way... I couldn't help but picture this story in my mind, and even felt that this story seemed more "logical" than the version with me.
However, if I were to say that to Zhu Shi, she would probably laugh at me, saying that my head is full of fantasy stories; or she might joke with me, saying that I was the one who interfered in her relationship with Ma Zao.
In the future, it was Xiaowan who used the power of the divine seal fragments to make a wish for me and Mazao to be together. If she wants to blame me for taking Mazao away, she should blame her other self instead.
Just then, a voice came from afar.
"Zhuang Cheng, we are ready. Come quickly."
It was Fazheng's voice. The voice didn't echo in the environment, but rather entered my ears precisely. I immediately used my senses to pinpoint the source of the voice, which was in a clearing in the primeval forest outside the Luoshan headquarters.
Not only was Fazheng there, but Shenzhao was also there, and even Mingzhuo stood to the side with a sour face. In addition, there were more than a hundred demon hunters dressed in black impermanence uniforms standing around, looking ready to go.
I took a step in that direction, and the scenery around me changed rapidly. I arrived at the open space, and a group of people focused their attention on me.
Mingzhuo also looked at me with a gloomy gaze.
(End of this chapter)
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