According to Bering's understanding, time is like the most basic underlying logic, and any life needs to go through this logic over and over again.

But if there is something that can change its form and not join this cycle, then it will not be constrained by time.

Above time, there are several logics that are just below it. These logics are "death", "life", "soul" and so on.

If you intend to go against time, you must use various means to disrupt the exploration and cognition of the upper-level logic on yourself. It may be to just run away and ignore these logics, or it may be to lie down and let these things examine you, and then return to the starting point in the end and not go into the most basic cycle of time.

In short, the purpose is to make these underlying logics not recognize you or ignore you.

In fact both the Pale Lady and the Oathbreaker embody this.

The Pale Lady separated her life and death, half of which was herself and the other half was Han Qianqiu. The Oath Breaker, on the other hand, used other people's souls to blend into his own core, so that the underlying logic of recognition could not recognize him.

And Starscream inherited the practices of the Oathbreaker.

That's why she needs four cores.

Only by mixing other people's consciousness into your own consciousness, and then sending away the remaining cores and deceiving the underlying logic, can the real you escape scrutiny and no longer join the cycle of time!

The method Kaguya mentioned is actually just one of them. If Bai Ling wanted to, he could think of more.

But this one alone is already the simplest one.

In fact, it was because Kaguya told these secrets that Bering finally understood why the origin had never appeared in the previous thousands or tens of thousands of years.

In the past, there were probably many underlying logics, not just "death", "life", "soul", etc. However, as time went by, these underlying logics were probably occupied by aliens, and except for a few laws that could never be affected, the original "review steps" were gradually disappearing.

The final decision will probably depend on Hermes.

At some unknown time, Hermes stole the "soul" and destroyed this law that could not be affected.

Since then, it is estimated that these underlying logics have completely collapsed, and now only the two concepts of "life" and "death" remain.

Therefore, if an alien species wants to become the "origin", it probably only needs to avoid scrutiny in front of these two still complete laws.

Compared to thousands of years ago, this is undoubtedly countless times simpler. And it must be said that although avoiding "life" and "death" is equally difficult than avoiding "soul", at least there are traces to follow.

At least fake death and deception can be used to escape death and life, but the soul...

It's impossible to completely clear a person's mind.

If that's the case, then there's no point in transcending time.

It doesn't even have consciousness anymore. Even if it transcends time, it would probably just become a mechanical brain like a computer.

So when Hermes destroyed the "soul", he actually removed the last shackles on the alien's head.

Similarly, there is the last and most important point.

The shadow on An Jianxiu's body once said in person that "time" no longer exists in Tianyuan.

This means that the underlying logic has temporarily disappeared.

Perhaps this is why the aliens have a way to transcend time - time can no longer hang over their heads like it once did, unbreakable like a golden hoop! Then the next step is to use other methods to achieve the final result.

That means "reaching the summit".

To be honest, when Bailing first heard such information, he was also a little surprised.

Because this origin sounds so...random.

But after thinking about it, he felt relieved.

After all, the law is originally pure, or to put it more bluntly, it is rigid.

Although some alien species have stolen the laws, the most fundamental laws are probably still just sticking to the final stereotypes.

It's just like gravity cannot have different effects on different people because of personal likes and dislikes. It will only be affected according to the actual situation. At other times, it will always be rigid and generalizable.

Well, it sounds complicated, but that's how it is after all.

"But Hermes wants me to go with him to the Abyss to find time," Bering thought, "What does he mean by this? Doesn't time no longer exist in the Abyss?"

And Bering once said in the past that "prophet" is the means by which time repairs itself.

So according to this reasoning, "time" may have suffered a severe blow and then disappeared from the sky?

And Hermes might be able to use the prophet to pull time back to the abyss? Or, does He actually have deeper considerations?

Stroking his chin, Bai Ling fell into deep thought.

"Time is injured... What kind of thing can hurt time? You know, time is the most basic logic. Except for life or death, which is also the most basic logic, nothing else should have any meaning to it."

'No, the so-called injuries are actually the embodiment of this law. The collision between rules is far beyond my concept, and I cannot understand this existence at all with my life form. But one thing is beyond doubt - now time is missing, the soul is broken, so the origin can be born.'

'And Hermes, who has mastered some of the laws of the soul, may be one of the keys to the origin of the monsters? Can the aliens deceive the underlying logic through him? How are the laws examined during the deception process? What will be the result if it fails?'

Bering had no answers to these questions.

He even felt that even if he reached the end of the abyss, he would not be able to figure out the answers.

After all, as a human being, his reason, spirit and knowledge reserves are not enough for him to figure out such an abstract problem - if he were a brilliant scientist or a thoughtful philosopher, he might be able to summarize some clues, but an ordinary person like Bering, even if he had countless opportunities for trial and error, would have no way to figure it out.

Zero is zero, no matter how you perform conventional addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division operations, the result will not change.

But at least now, he finally understood the meaning of "origin".

The problem that had troubled him for almost several months finally came to an end at this moment.

Of course, this didn't make him much happier.

Looking at Kaguya in front of him, Bai Ling groaned: "So, you are saying that you have a way to merge? And you want to use this method as a bargaining chip in exchange for me helping you kill Xun Mo?"

Kaguya nodded heavily: "That's right."

She looked directly at Bai Ling: "I can admit that this is my last trump card. Therefore, unless you get things done, I will never reveal a single word - just like I said before, I have great 'trust' in your ability."

When saying "trust", Kaguya pronounced the words very clearly.

But Bai Ling just smiled.

He could sense Kaguya's decision.

Just as she said, unless Bering solved the matter and showed her the conclusive evidence, she would not reveal even a word - no matter whether he used torture or coercion.

With Kaguya's paranoid personality, she might really be able to do it.

Sitting on the chair, Bai Ling said calmly: "So, the purpose of your doing this is revenge?"

revenge.

When hearing this word, Kaguya was in a trance for a moment.

It took her a long time to come back to her senses. She smiled bitterly and said, "I really can't hide anything from you."

"Yes," she said simply, "I just want revenge."

"Like you said before, I am a hybrid of human and alien. My 'father' is from this country, and my 'mother'... if she can be called a mother, she is an alien."

Kaguya said calmly, "Several years ago, when I was still young, my mother had to seek to improve her strength due to certain circumstances. At this time, someone told her that she could get improvement on the peninsula."

"My mother believed it and went to that island, but in the end, she was beheaded," Kaguya said. "The one who chopped off her head was Xun Mo, and his record is probably still recorded on his gun. My mother's eyes were embedded in Xun Mo's sniper scope. Even if you ask him about this, he will answer it himself."

Kaguya straightened her body and said through her teeth: "Of course I can understand humans hunting alien species, but I cannot tolerate that my mother's body is defiled after being hunted down. You can say that I have double standards, yes, I fully admit it. But!"

Kaguya's tone became sharper: "If the blood feud cannot be truly carried out, I will not be able to forgive myself! Even if I know that Xun Mo is right, I can't stand it!!"

"That girl may be a monster to you, but to me she is the mother who raised me! Although we are not related by blood, her feelings towards me are closer than those of a pure mother. The two people behind you probably understand this - it is precisely because she is a monster that she cherishes the part that seems to have been peeled off from her body even more."

The witch and Starscream behind him listened to Kaguya's words and nodded subconsciously.

Most ordinary people love their children very much, as this is the continuation of blood relationship. But for aliens, if they are really born in the way Kaguya said, then most of the aliens who still have emotions will probably love their children very much.

After all, that is part of one's "essence", the continuation of one's beliefs, and also the offspring of this world that remains after one was distorted.

Even though most of the aliens are mentally ill lunatics, sometimes, precisely because of their madness, they take this point very seriously.

The same is probably true for Kaguya.

When he was in Yanxia Mountain, Bai Ling remembered his evaluation of Kaguya.

She is a guy who is even more sick than the "Black Scythe" in Western Europe.

She disguised herself well at first, but when the three years were about to end, Kaguya finally showed her true colors.

She drove all the guys who trusted her to the square one by one, and placed various monsters on all sides. Then she took a butcher knife and started to slaughter the people in the square together with those monsters, and swallowed some of them with great hatred.

He really swallowed it, which is even more amazing than Ji Qianqin who ate alien species raw [beep].

The reason she did this was because these were the people who had instigated and persecuted her mother.

In fact, it was once recorded in the diary that during the last period of Kaguya's life, Xun Mo, who had already retired, came to see her again.

It is unknown what kind of communication took place between them. But the result is obvious - Kaguya died at the hands of Xun Mo, and Xun Mo had his limbs chopped off, lying alone on an island country full of alien species.

Considering the situation at that time when humanity was on the verge of extinction, Xun Mo's ending would probably not be much better than that of the original Song Qingci.

Well, after all, it happened in the previous generation, so it’s hard for Bailing to comment on it.

After all, this thing itself is not easy to judge.

From an individual perspective, Kaguya's revenge certainly has her reasons, but because she is half alien and her brain is not quite normal, if we magnify it, it is certain that she has very serious problems.

Ultimately, it's because of the problem of the twisted law that gave birth to alien species.

If there were no such rule, perhaps Kaguya would have been born in a normal family and naturally would not have to consider such messy issues.

Thinking of this, Bai Ling couldn't help but sigh.

"It's impossible for me to take action against Xun Mo," he said, "You should also understand that I am the same as Xun Mo. If I encounter a harmful monster, I will take action without hesitation."

Looking at Kaguya's disappointed face, Bai Ling pondered for a moment: "However, there is a way to save the country in a roundabout way."

"I remember I asked Luqi to come with you, right?" he said, "What did you do to her?"

Luqi, Honglian’s “relative”, is one of the respected gods of the Nine-Headed Divine Religion.

Hearing Bai Ling's words, Hui Ye cheered up: "She's fine, she's staying back now. I didn't let her come out to see you because..."

Before she could finish, Bai Ling interrupted her: "I understand. Anyway, you should hand her over."

"There are things I need to discuss in front of both of you," he began gently, "not just with you, but with her as well."

The words fell.

Soon, Kaguya asked the people around her to call Luqi over from behind.

And just as Kaguya said, Luqi stayed behind the abandoned factory.

At this moment, Luqi has returned to her original appearance. When she looked at Bai Ling, she couldn't help but blurt out: "Is it really you?!"

"I thought you were dead," she said, "Kaguya told me you couldn't be dead, but I didn't believe it. I was thinking about just staying here."

Bai Ling smiled when he heard this: "You look a little disappointed?"

Luqi waved her hands: "How is that possible? I'm still waiting for you to revive Honglian for me."

As soon as she finished speaking, Bai Ling's expression became serious: "This is exactly what I want to talk about."

"In fact, Huiye, you don't need to rush for revenge," he said, "I once made a promise to Luqi. You were by her side at the time, so you should have heard it."

Kaguya seemed to have remembered something, and her expression changed slightly: "You mean..."

"That's right," Bai Ling responded decisively, "Not only Honglian, to some extent, your mother... can also be resurrected!"

Kaguya's eyes widened in disbelief: "You mean...! No, it's impossible!"

She was a little excited: "Before, you told Luqi that it was because Honglian died early, and it was only a possibility..."

This time, Bai Ling did not wait for Kaguya to finish speaking.

He smiled and said, "Of course, that's what I said before."

"But just go back a little bit in time, for example, to the day your mother died," Bering said patiently, "time is above the soul, I can testify to this."

After all, when Bai Ling rewound his memory, he actually changed his entire soul.

The Witch and Red Spider also knew this, and when Bering continued speaking, they couldn't help but reveal a thoughtful expression on their faces.

Although they had forgotten Bai Ling's previous memory of going back in time, they still thought of something when they heard Bai Ling say this.

Kaguya, on the other hand, still looked bewildered.

While she was struggling, Bai Ling spread his hands: "Actually, you don't have a better choice, right?"

"Just like Luqi, even if you succeed in revenge, what can you gain?" He raised the corner of his mouth, "This method can only give you some comfort, but it does not solve the fundamental problem. You killed Xun Mo, and the result is nothing more than revenge, but it is still empty."

"But if you are willing to believe me, believe that I can turn back time to the day your mother died and change the outcome of that day..."

Bai Ling's voice was very light: "Then, can we really let your mother come back and completely resolve all these contradictions and entanglements?"

While Bering was speaking.

Kaguya just stared into his eyes.