Chapter 206 The only way to replace the main god.
The hall was in an uproar; everyone was shouting, venting their fear, or asking questions everywhere.
Some people quickly realized the situation, but still found it unbelievable.
"You also came from the cycle of reincarnation? What happened?"
"The sky went completely dark! Everyone was kicked out, just like... that guy did."
"You too? Me too!"
"Have you noticed? We can't enter any of the worlds anymore!"
What happened in the hall?
"Have you noticed... that we seem to be able to go home?"
"Go back to reality? Can't we always go back?"
"No, it's about completely escaping the cycle of reincarnation! That button! It's lit up!"
"What??!"
Ying Yao pushed through the noisy crowd, his movements unusually rough, yet careful not to hurt anyone.
He was very fast, but he was still spotted by sharp-eyed people.
Without saying a word, Mo Gui took off after him. He was already surrounded by people he knew, and as soon as he moved, everyone followed immediately.
"Open the door." Ying Yao kicked at 404.
His expression was extremely frightening. Mo Gui was the first to catch up, and when he saw his face, he didn't dare to speak for a moment.
Everyone knew that Nanmen Jue had always lived in room 404 when he lived in the space, but few people had ever been inside. Now, a group of people rushed in and looked at each other in bewilderment at the pink princess-style room.
Zhang Zhi, who came to open the door, looked at everyone in horror. Nanmen Jue did not restrict her movements, but she was still a child after all, and her appearance in the space was very conspicuous. Therefore, she almost never stepped out of this room, even though it was in such a mess just now.
"You are... Zhang Zhi?"
Wei Chongru, who had met Zhang Zhi before, was astonished to learn that she had regained her body and looked her up and down.
Zhang Zhi nodded cautiously, but she didn't speak. The doll sitting on her shoulder spoke in a harsh tone.
"What are you looking at? Look again and I'll gouge your eyes out."
Everyone was startled.
“This is Yu Wanyan,” Zhang Zhi said. “My sister has placed her soul inside.”
The methods of the Reincarnators are unpredictable, let alone a genius like the Mechanical Girl who is one in a million. Terra and Deng Erhuai were initially wary of Yu Wanyan, but when they heard that it was Nanmen Jue who did it, they were relieved.
Ying Yao didn't look at anyone. After entering, he looked around and strode towards the studio.
"Hey! You can't go in!" Yu Wanyan shouted. "Nanmen Jue instructed that no one except her and us can enter there!"
"Yingyao, what are you doing here?" Terra asked.
Ying Yao ignored everything and went outside the workshop to push the door open, but he couldn't open it.
"I said you can't come in, and that means you can't," Yu Wanyan said. "Don't forget whose place this is..."
The doll had no expression, but you could still tell that Yu Wanyan's eyes had suddenly changed.
The others' expressions also changed drastically.
Ying Yao drew his lightsaber, raised it resolutely, and shouted as he brought it down, "Noctunas, come out!"
Who? Nocturnus?
Isn't this the name of the god who made a pact with Nanmenjue?
Ying Yao swung his sword down, and the door opened beneath the blade. But perhaps fearing he might destroy something inside, Ying Yao abruptly pulled his sword back, and he actually managed to stop it.
"Come in." The familiar sound of a crow came from inside.
Ying Yao went in first, and Mo Gui rushed in right after him.
As soon as everyone entered the seemingly ordinary room, they were stunned by the high-tech equipment inside and the huge culture tank in the center of the room.
The culture tank floated on a large pattern, the pattern's shape twisted and bizarre, emitting a faint golden light that reflected on the inhuman, writhing mass of flesh and blood inside.
"What is this?!" Ji Chengying, being relatively inexperienced, couldn't help but exclaim.
Many people realized what that might be, and the breathing in the room suddenly became rapid.
Many things have been answered. What has Nanmen Jue been doing in this room all this time? She is always pale, and even the restoration of the main god cannot restore her color.
“She’s gone mad,” Wei Chongru murmured, his gaze slowly shifting from the culture tank to the crow standing before the array, its wings folded as it looked at them. “Even the gods have gone mad.”
"No, that's not right." Zhou Yiming leaned weakly on Wei Chongru's shoulder and said quickly, "We need to leave right away!"
"What's wrong?"
“Do you remember? This god is bound to Nanmen Jue. If something happens to Nanmen Jue, He won't be able to escape either.” Zhou Yiming stared intently at the crow. “He might really have gone mad, He…”
He was stunned before he could finish speaking, because he saw Ying Yao stride toward the crow.
“I got it,” Ying Yao said.
His tone clearly indicated that he had been in contact with the crows beforehand, leaving everyone confused about what had happened.
Although the raven doesn't seem as cruel as the main god, it is still a god, and apart from Nanmen Jue, it never takes the initiative to talk to anyone.
Upon hearing Ying Yao's words, the crow nodded slightly and said, "Your friends have many questions. Shouldn't you answer them first?"
"Answer my question first." Ying Yao's eyes were already red, and his voice was frighteningly hoarse. "She really, really is...?"
The crow nodded again.
Ying Yao felt as if his bones had been removed; he staggered and fell to the ground.
"So what exactly is going on? Can someone please answer the questions of us mortals?" Mo Gui, unable to bear it any longer, walked over and stood between Ying Yao and the crow, asking loudly.
His expression was no better than Ying Yao's. He looked at this one and then at that one. Ying Yao's appearance sitting on the ground with red and dazed eyes was terrifying to him. He had never seen Ying Yao like this before, and there could only be one reason why Ying Yao was like this.
"What happened to Sister Jue? Can anyone answer me?!"
Mo Gui circled around in place, looking as exhausted as a trapped beast.
The crow sighed softly, "Don't worry, I've told you everything. There's no point in hiding it now. You are all very important people to Nanmen, and you should know the truth."
"Wait a minute." Lu Yunxiao quickly walked up to Ying Yao, squatted down, and carefully examined him. He immediately took out several props and used them on him. "What happened to you? Who could hurt you like this?"
Only then did everyone notice that Ying Yao, who had acted decisively and swiftly since returning to the hall, was frighteningly pale, not from fear, but from blood loss.
Lu Yunxiao lifted the hem of his clothes, and everyone's pupils contracted.
Ying Yao's stomach was ripped open with a huge hole, and it was almost completely hollowed out!
It looks like... it was eaten by something.
Ying Yao coldly brushed Lu Yunxiao aside, his gaze fixed on the crow, his voice trembling: "You promised me that as long as I brought the things back, you would find her..."
"What did you take?" Lu Yunxiao asked.
"You promised me!" Ying Yao suddenly roared.
"Calm down, everyone!"
Terra's tall figure stood in the middle of the crowd, her sharp gaze sweeping across the surroundings, forcefully suppressing the riot. Then she bowed respectfully to the raven.
"Please explain the situation to us. Although Ying Yao may know the inside story, he is in no condition to maintain basic rationality in his current state."
Ying Yao was forcibly restrained by Lu Yunxiao and Mo Gui, and everyone listened to Crow's account of the entire incident with unease and fear.
"She became the authority of courage and hope, and took the form of a black wolf. Some of you should have already seen her." The raven looked at the crowd. "That is her. The human Nanmen Jue is dead. What exists now is the god Nanmen Jue."
After listening, the room fell into a long silence.
“That’s impossible,” Deng Erhuai said in a low voice.
Mo Gui's legs went weak, and he knelt straight down on the ground.
He stared blankly at the ground. "So, all our efforts to clear Sister Jue's name, to earn people's respect and love, were actually killing her...?"
In the numbness of consciousness, this realization is like a nail driven into the brain, causing everyone excruciating pain in their head.
The crow did not answer the question, but continued, "This is the worst outcome we anticipated; her human self-awareness has completely disappeared."
"Disappeared? Why did it disappear?" Ji Chengying said. "What does it mean that self-awareness has disappeared?"
“You know what I mean,” said the crow.
“This is not fair,” Zhou Yiming said coldly. If you ignored his trembling hands, he seemed to be the calmest person present. “You and the Supreme God are also gods. You can laugh and get angry. You have such strong desires and emotions. Why should she become a heartless and emotionless god when it comes to her?”
The crow lowered its eyes quietly, recalling its own voice: My feelings are a miracle, a miracle that exists only because of you.
He whispered, “We still had a sliver of hope. If the ceremony had been completed and the power of faith had been gathered, perhaps she would have had a chance to stabilize the anchor point. But the attack by the Lord God made it too late for her.”
Now everyone understands.
The supreme god, again the supreme god.
He drove everyone to the brink of despair. Nanmenjue's station represents all the reincarnators and all the reincarnation worlds that He killed.
In the silence, someone asked softly, "Have the results... come out yet?"
“The chief god has been replaced,” the raven said.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then seemed to realize something.
Nanmen Jue did it. She... truly became that god. Perhaps ruthless, but her first act was to end the nightmare of all reincarnation worlds and reincarnators.
Everyone is free.
Everyone was so engrossed in the massive amount of information that they couldn't come to their senses for a long time, to the point that no one remembered Zhou Yiming's question from earlier.
The crow has a pact with Nanmen Jue and is one of Nanmen Jue's closest beings. How could it be so calm?
Mo Gui looked at Ying Yao and said in a hoarse voice, "What about him? What happened to him?"
"Ying Yao approached me and told me that in one of the reincarnation worlds he had experienced, there was a stone that could absorb people's emotions." The answer came from the crow again: "The stone has a mother stone that has absorbed the emotions of countless people, turning that world into a cold and chaotic one."
Those with quick minds already realized what He was about to say, and their eyes lit up immediately.
"You can't bring back the humanity in Nanmen with your power, and neither can I, but perhaps we can try this method." The crow looked at Ying Yao and finally turned its eyes to him. Only then did everyone see the turbulent light in its eyes.
He stared at Ying Yao like a vulture staring at the last piece of rotting flesh.
"Give me the Stone Mother."
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Author's note: My period really messes things up, otherwise I think I would have finished writing this already.
Let's see if I can finish writing it by tomorrow _(:з)∠)_
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