Ever since he learned about Senluo's world-destroying mechanism, Ash has always had a slight sense of disharmony in his heart.
It's just that accidents kept slapping him in the face like slaps. The gods from the Three Ages of Gods, the Ghost Prophet Vichy, the Doomsday Storm, the Ascension of the Silver Lantern, and the gaze of the Four Pillar Gods attacked him one after another. In just a few hours, Ash experienced disasters that would kill an ordinary person seven or eight times. It was simply an increase in quantity without increasing the price. All the happiness was satisfied at once. How could he have the time to do some in-depth thinking?
It was not until now that Tamashi said, "Master Zhan was dreaming about me," that Ash suddenly became enlightened, as if he had floated up from the deep sea, his heart no longer blocked by the turbid sea water.
The weirdest thing about the world-destroying mechanism is that although the mechanism is very clear, the guidance process is non-existent. It took two hundred years, two hundred years for Senluo Zhanzhu to be injured, before a silver lamp appeared to execute the world-destroying mechanism. If the silver lamp did not appear, then this mechanism would be non-existent.
Silver Lamp knew the truth only after inheriting the will of the Gray Fox magician. That is to say, even the step of "understanding the mechanism" was not announced by the Lord Zhan. It was the magicians who guessed and deduced that the Senluo people could choose how to exterminate themselves.
So who is the most anxious person in this process?
It’s Lord Senluo Zhan!
The mechanism of world destruction, the focus is not on world destruction, but on savior!
He was injured beyond self-help, and He needed to get rid of the burden of the Senluo Kingdom. He had already left a mechanism for the destruction of the world, but he had not arranged a guidance process! It was like you bought an extremely fun two-player cooperative game, prepared a sofa, a TV, and snacks, but you didn't have any friends at all until you waited for two hundred years and a little girl sneaked in.
Therefore, either Lord Senluo Zhan did not prepare a guidance mechanism, or the guidance mechanism he arranged was destroyed.
Thinking carefully, it is very likely that the Lord of Zhan would hand over the guidance process to the three gods. After all, the latter are gods who ascended from Senluo. If they were responsible for guiding the destruction of the world, there should be fewer obstacles. However, the Lord of Zhan did not expect the three gods to rebel, so the guidance mechanism was directly cancelled by the three gods, so Senluo fell into a wasteland chaos for two hundred years.
According to normal development, Lord Senluo Zhan would have been killed by the three gods.
The Lord God was killed by his own gods. This is not only unprecedented, but will probably never happen again.
But even with a guidance mechanism, there is still an insurmountable problem: the threshold for opening the spiral of silence is too high.
There are a total of 17 great methods, and only a completely crazy magician like Weisser can collect them all. There are many factors involved, such as the right time, the right place, and the right people. First of all, the wasteland does have nearly 30 great methods, which is the right time; she borrowed the power of the rise of the Four Pillars of God to complete the early resource accumulation, which is the right place; she has a way to lure the great methods, which is the right people.
Without any of these factors, Weisser would not be able to open the eighteenth level of the Spiral of Silence. Even without Ash's support, she would have been eaten by Fang Yuanchan in the Trial of Divine Fire.
The difficulty is so great and the requirements are so high that even if Lord Zhan has arranged a guiding mechanism, normal development may not be able to activate this foreshadowing.
But there is no other way. If the mechanism of world destruction is simple and ordinary Senluo magicians can easily trigger it, then Lord Zhan will be shooting himself in the foot. At least Yaxiu doesn't think that Lord Zhan will always keep an eye on Senluo Kingdom. What if He accidentally gets obsessed with studying something for a year or two, and then finds that Senluo Kingdom has been formatted, then He will probably be laughed at by other gods for thousands of years.
If he were the Lord of Zhan, he would never rely on the world-destroying mechanism. The real means of saving his life must be the ultimate miracle that can be activated without any guiding mechanism, even if the loss is heavy.
So, what’s the worst-case scenario?
The Lord of Zhan died suddenly, and the negative energy flooded the world, turning it into a green hell. Weisser said that the 18th layer of the Spiral of Silence was the closest to the Lord of Zhan, so the Lord of Zhan's death resentment would probably penetrate the Spiral of Silence from the bottom, and while it was greening all living beings, it would also trigger a falling disaster.
The worst outcome is death.
The corresponding means is naturally resurrection.
"It seems like there are a lot more things in my mind." Tamashi held his forehead with his hand, his expression haggard: "But now, the only thing I can use is the management method of Senluo Dream. I can control all fantasies at will, including..."
The emotions in Crow Killer's voice were very complicated: "It's part of my special physique."
"Your Void Realm Aversion Body is not innate?" Igula asked, "Have you been cursed by the Lord of Zhan?"
"You can say it's innate. After all, it has been with me since the moment I was born." Tamashi said, lying on Ash's back, "But this is not a curse. It's because I've been watched by the Deathwish Crow Dragon. Once I enter the virtual world, I will immediately be attacked by the Deathwish Crow Dragon, no matter where I am in the virtual world. Well, He didn't name it. For the sake of convenience, let's call this physique the Deathwish physique."
"Master Zhan seems to be the only Death Wish Master who grew up under the pursuit of the Death Wish Crow and the Erosion Dragon. He designed the 'Heavenly Scale Powder' mechanism for the Senluo Kingdom. All prisoners with Death Wish physique in the Senluo Kingdom cannot recognize any words under the suppression of the Heavenly Scale Powder, nor can they connect to the virtual world, cutting off all possibilities of being hunted by the Death Wish Crow and the Erosion Dragon."
"But the Tianhui scale powder has a second effect. All the mortals who can react to the Tianhui scale powder will gradually become the perfect container for the resurrection of Zhanzhu. The collapsed Senluo dream will become an eggshell, allowing the death wish container to hatch and be reborn again."
Finally, all the doubts were solved.
Ash and his companions will not be attracted by the World Destruction Magician because they are not Senro people; Tamashi will not be attracted because those with death-wish physiques are the resurrection containers left behind by Lord Zhan.
For a moment, Ash and the others didn't know how to comment.
There is no doubt that the original intention of the Lord of Zhan was good. When he was young, he had suffered enough from being hunted by the Death Wish Crow and the Erosion Dragon. He also knew how high the mortality rate of people with the Death Wish physique was, so he simply suppressed all his compatriots to avoid their fatal crisis. Although he lost the possibility of becoming a magician, at least he could save his life.
Ash and his friends were magicians themselves, so how could they not know the pain of being hunted by creatures from the virtual world? They had never heard of the name of the Deathwish Crow Dragon, and even if they were optimistic, it was at least a legendary creature that lived in the Ruby Mountain, but it was more likely a demigod that had entered the realm of God.
Put yourself in their shoes. You have just entered the virtual realm, with only a magic spirit in your body, and you have not even condensed the silver magic power yet, but you are being hunted down by such a being... I don’t know how terrifying the original Lord Zhan had to be to be able to grow up in such a situation where death is 100%.
If it were someone from another country with a Death Wish physique, he would probably die as soon as he entered the Void Realm. However, this record would only be attributed to the Fish-Slaying Dragon Head in the end, and no one would know that a higher-level creature was hunting low-level magicians.
Except for Lord Senluo Zhan, no one knows how to protect and how to protect the Death Wish mortals.
Over the years, countless mortals with death wishes have been protected by the Lord Zhan. Now that he is seriously injured and dying, is it too much to want to use a death wish physique to revive?
Not too much.
If it happened to someone else, Ash would definitely not think it was excessive.
"So, as long as I take you to the Kingdom of a Thousand Wishes, you can escape the fate of becoming a resurrection vessel?"
"I don't know." Tamashi said softly, "I don't know if escaping from Senluo can escape from Tianhui, and I don't know whether I should escape."
"Zhanzhu is the patron saint of us Senluo people. He established the rules of the dream and protected Senluo for more than a thousand years of stable development. Even if he has selfish motives, his actions have indeed benefited countless Senluo people... The most basic rules of the Senluo dream are 'immunity to all diseases', 'endless fertility of the earth', and 'good weather and good harvests'... Even if he binds himself to Senluo and uses Senluo to resist harm and escape death, I cannot blame him for his fault, because all this is given to us by him."
Igula immediately spoke up: "This is obviously--"
Tamashi raised her hand to interrupt the trickster: "I know you can definitely give me many wonderful reasons to make me feel at ease, but I know right from wrong in my heart. If the Lord of Zhan can be resurrected, he will definitely create greater value than me. At least this land can be reborn in His hands."
"Are your values so narrow that they can only tolerate the two extremes of right and wrong!?" Igula was so angry that he laughed: "You just want to die, right?"
"We Senluo people are all so simple." Tamashi nodded without getting angry. "So simple that we can only have one belief and have fought each other for hundreds of years in the wasteland. It's true that we can live happily by swaying with the wind, but only by being faithful can we feel at ease."
Igula was speechless for a moment. Ash took a long breath and asked, "Do you really think so?"
"Um."
"It's not that I don't know that people have different values, let alone gods and humans. I also know that you Senluo people are not afraid of sacrifice, even if it means living like fireworks. Even from the perspective of the world, the rebirth of the Lord of Zhan has extraordinary significance for the six countries." Yaxiu said, "But what if I don't agree?"
Tamashi was slightly startled, "You don't agree?"
"Have you forgotten that I am the judge who controls you? You just said you would follow me to hell, but now you want to go back on your word?"
"…Are you trying to convince me with this?"
"Not only that, you still remember that we are villains spanning several countries, right? Harvey can easily raise an army of undead; Igula can easily secretly control a country. Emotionally, we absolutely cannot accept that the Lord Zhan is resurrected in your body. Once He is successfully resurrected, the three of us will be His enemies."
Yaxiu said, "Tamahi, you don't want Master Zhan to be bullied by us, right?"
Harvey objected: "Actually, it's still a little difficult for me to raise a large army of undead..."
"Shut up." Igula said, "I've told him hundreds of times that psychics are not hypnotists, but he still didn't listen."
Tamashi didn't know whether to laugh or cry:
"How could you do this?"
"In fact, I can activate the wish center right now and take you away directly."
Ash said, "But I hope you know that you are no longer the black crow that roams the wasteland chasing the mercury trojan. You can care about your faith, your homeland, and those strangers you don't know, but you must also remember that there are still a few people in this world who care about you."
"So, don't let us down." He said, "Besides, there may be other death-wish constitutions. Even if we leave, Master Zhan may be resurrected."
Tamashi: "But doesn't this still require someone to be the container? And since the management authority is given to me, it means that I am the first priority container."
"What if there is a second or third person in the line, and they happen to be very willing to be the vessel for Master Zhan? You can't deny this possibility, right?"
"You are being unreasonable..."
"Yeah, but so what?" Ash blinked, "Is it weird that I'm unreasonable?"
"Black Crow, he may not be reasonable, but you cannot be unreasonable."
Igulla also said: "I am still alive now, so you can't die unless you want to go against your principles."
Tamashi was stunned for a moment, and then he understood the trickster's subtext: he didn't sacrifice Igula's life to kill the mercury horse just now, so he shouldn't sacrifice himself to revive the Lord of Zhan now. This is the path that Yashajin has taken - punishing evil or saving lives, but everything should not be at the cost of sacrificing lives.
But, is sacrificing others the same as sacrificing oneself? Tamashi felt that her thoughts were a little confused. Facing the Trickster's words, the newborn faith of the Crow Killer was severely tested.
However, his wavering heart finally got an answer that made him feel at ease.
"Being with you guys, I feel like I will become a bad person sooner or later."
Tamashi sighed, the corners of his mouth tilted upward, and a smile appeared in his eyes and eyebrows: "If you kidnap me like this, you might go to hell."
"But it will be fun to go to hell with you guys." He smiled and said, "I will introduce my sister to you again then."
"Then I'll just hold out hope." Yaxiu asked, "Don't you want to be a vessel for Master Zhan?"
“No.” Tamashi said seriously, “I, Tamashi Crowslayer, would rather go on a rampage with you guys. I care about you guys.”
Ash and the other two looked a little unnatural. As expected of Crow Killer, who was born in the good camp, he could actually say such words so calmly.
You know, when Ash recalled how he rushed over to hug them just now, he almost wanted to dig a hole and bury himself in it.
"Okay." Ash quickly changed the subject and took out the Wish Center: "Then let's--"
"Ash." Tamashi suddenly asked, "Are you still willing to save the Senluo people now? As long as you can do it?"
Ash looked at him strangely and nodded: "Of course."
"Then do you believe me?"
"Could you please stop talking nonsense?"
Tamashi jumped down, took the wish center from Ash's hand, and walked in the air. Ash was stunned - you didn't need me to carry you on your back anymore!
"I'm actually not sure, but maybe..." Tamashi walked to the front of the empty door, and saw him tightly grasping the wish center, and then stuffed it directly into the empty door.
The other three people watched this scene quietly until the empty door suddenly emitted a white light and quickly expanded, almost filling the entire crack!
Facing the surprised eyes of the three people, Tamashi explained: "I have mastered the management authority of Senluo Dreamland. Not only can I call upon existing rules, such as "Sanctuary" and "Kaleidoscope", but I can also create new rules - although this will further accelerate the collapse of the world."
"When I heard you say, Ash, that the Wish Center can be directly transmitted to the Thousand Wishes Heaven, I was wondering if it would be possible to create a temporary rule to allow the Wish Center to merge with the Kongmen Shuling."
"Now it seems that it should be successful."
Tamashi glanced at the huge light gate below and said to Ash:
"The Senluo people have been abandoned by Lord Zhan. Are you willing to accept them as your subjects?"