Chapter 1102: Thousand-Faced Sophist
"destiny……"
Aiwass chewed the word under his breath.
He felt a solemn and heavy power from it, as if he were on a dark stage with the curtain still open, being silently stared at by countless audience members on the other side of the curtain.
No wonder……
Huan Tiansi, who is immersed in nothingness, once possessed the power to reverse the world and return it to the position he wanted; and the power he wants to obtain in the future is the "transmutation" that represents the eternal change of all things; the Swan King, who has almost completely fallen into nothingness, possesses the power to write scripts and manipulate the possibilities of all things.
What they have in common is that their power is related to "destiny".
——From the very beginning, Ai Shiping has been targeted by "Nothingness"!
But from this moment on, Aiwass realized the opportunity——
It is the existence of "possibility"!
The "nothingness" that doesn't actually exist cannot be destroyed, but just as it chooses the Swan King as its representative and carrier of arrival... it must erode a Pillar God-level being before it can truly descend into this world. Just like a spider, even if it has digested its prey into liquid, it still needs to penetrate its straw to absorb it into its body.
Then according to this rule, the Swan King is only the "second choice"; the first choice must be Huantiansi!
Huan Tiansi's plan is to escape with Yuanhe, which in itself is a denial of the "meaninglessness" of his sealing of Amber and reincarnation for nine times... Then Huan Tiansi, who is helplessly seeking meaning in order to fight against nothingness, is destined to fall into nothingness.
But if he truly fell into the path of nothingness, it would instead give the "Whisper of the Void" a real carrier, and after descending, it would have the "possibility" of being killed or defeated, thus making this act a "sacrifice" and thus possessing the meaning of the Third Source River... and thus gaining the ability to fight against nothingness...
——This is undoubtedly a BUG!
Aiwass was now able to realize this matter instantly, and Huan Tiansi, who knew more information, and Whisper of the Void, who was a chess player, naturally knew it as well.
So who can kill Huan Tiansi?
——No matter how "fate" changes, no matter how "coincidence" occurs, who is the person who must kill Huan Tiansi no matter what?
There is only one such person in this world.
That's Aiwass.
As the Snake Tail, he must kill Huan Tiansi, otherwise he will be devoured and absorbed when Huan Tiansi ascends to become a Pillar God. This is their "fate".
As long as Aiwass remained alive, the Whisper of the Void would detect the "possibility" of its own destruction. To put it more clearly... as long as Aiwass remained alive, Huan Tiansi would not be completely infected by the void. Therefore, from a timing perspective... before August 8th, when Huan Tiansi ascended to the Pillar God, he would definitely not be consumed by the void.
Aiwass was not only Huan Tiansi's "tail", but also his insurance. It was the lifeline tied around his waist when he fell into the abyss to collect herbs.
"This so-called 'Twilight Species' behaves like a rigid AI..."
Aiwass murmured to himself, his tense and heavy mood relaxing a little: "It's too pure."
The catastrophic destruction that he could never forget finally had a clear solution.
At the same time, Aiwass was also relieved that his "past self" had not fallen to a level that he could not bear to watch.
No wonder Huan Tiansi allowed Aiwass to be born and constantly pressured him... yet he didn't "seek the right opportunity to devour Aiwass immediately." As a "snake," he must be adept at ambushes and, as Lucifer had said, deception and lies. Yet, he held off on taking ruthless action against Aiwass... precisely because he didn't want Aiwass to die prematurely.
The "last plan" hidden in Huan Tiansi's nine reincarnations and repeated failed salvation plans also became increasingly clear in Aiwas' mind:
If his plan succeeds, he will be promoted to a Pillar God and then complete himself, bringing the two source rivers to another world, combining them into the Source River of Miracles, and then returning to defeat the Dusk Race.
Then the dusk seed must make a choice, that is, to follow Huan Tiansi or stay in this world - if it chooses to follow Huan Tiansi, Huan Tiansi will have the possibility of sealing it with himself or taking it away and never returning; if it stays in this world, Huan Tiansi will have the possibility of successfully breaking through.
——This is exactly Aiwass’ favorite “dilemma”!
By constantly forcing the enemy to make choices, you can force them to make forced errors and thus seize the initiative.
Huan Tiansi accurately found the biggest weakness of this dusk species:
——It has only one conscious individual. Or, in other words, it is "one of" a huge population.
It can only descend into one container at a time. And when a Pillar God breaks through, it can only choose a direction to go or stay.
So even though its followers were constantly being killed by the candlestick, it was unwilling to descend into the material world to add new believers, because that would mean its power would be suppressed by the sand clock... and it only had one life.
No wonder the Snake Father chose to break through the "Wall of Twilight"...
That is not only an infection from the Beyond Path, but also an attempt by the Serpent Father to save the world!
Although it is not known whether the Snake Father died outside or was released directly...but in any case, his plan to lure away the Dusk Race must have failed.
And if the Dusk Seed descends upon Huan Tiansi ahead of time, that is to say, Huan Tiansi's plan fails... Aiwass will have the possibility of killing the Dusk Seed by killing him; if the Dusk Seed chooses to descend upon other Pillar Gods or Tiansi, he must also interfere with Huan Tiansi's plan of "taking away the two source rivers", otherwise, if Huan Tiansi succeeds, he may still come back to kill him.
“…As expected of me.”
Aiwass took a deep breath, realizing the snake's determination.
But he also realized... this was as dangerous as the Wall-Facing Plan in "The Three-Body Problem".
If even the slightest mistake were made, Huan Tiansi's plan to save the world would turn into a plan to destroy it. As the Lord of Scales and Feathers had said, the Duskkin were the embers left after the destruction of the world. They instinctively sought to expand their existence, and so they would attempt to destroy other civilizations by destroying their own.
But if Huan Tiansi's plan fails - if any link in it goes wrong, such as he cannot take the source river away, or he cannot break through the world, or he cannot synthesize the source river of miracles, or if Aiwas gives up his hatred for Huan Tiansi and is willing to sacrifice himself to return as the tail of the snake... then he himself will become the new Dusk Race because he destroyed the world with his own hands.
“…But even that is very much like me.”
Aiwass murmured softly.
The scene of his promotion ceremony emerged in his mind—
Before he fell into the devil's cauldron, he raised his third finger high with a wild and free smile.
[——Question three, do you dare to abandon the victory you have already achieved in order to seek a greater victory?]
“…Yes, I dare.”
At this moment, in the dream world, the focus.
Huan Tiansi held a glass of bubbling cola with ice cubes, looked at Aiwass through the screen, and said calmly.
He was having a conversation with Aiwass across the air.
...Even if Aiwass couldn't hear at all, he had no idea about all this.
But it doesn't matter.
This time, the snake's tail couldn't be easily retrieved. To maintain his humanity and prevent the "whispers of the void" in his head from leaking into the minds of others through conversation, he had long since become accustomed to talking to himself. If he had to converse with others, it was usually through his own clones, or he would use riddles to conceal his true thoughts.
Sometimes, he would imagine that his friends were still by his side.
Sometimes, he would imagine that Amber was still following him like a follower, flapping its wings.
At that time she was not yet called Amber, nor had she fallen into eternal sleep.
It was him...it was he who had buried her with his own hands, sealed her alive in a forbidden coffin, stripped her of her name, and turned her into "amber" that solidified her life. She hated him, and rightly so.
Now, when he looked out the window, he could only see the dim yellow of time frozen in time. Perhaps it was Amber still gazing back at him...
"……Oh."
Suddenly, Huan Tiansi sneered: "This trick has no effect on me."
His pupils were as cold as ice: "Whisperer, Sophist of a Thousand Faces...O Whisper of the Void, merging to this degree...I already know all your secrets.
"It crept into my mind and silently altered my thoughts. It made me think that everything I thought about was my own...
"—How ridiculous. How could I not know who I am? I no longer have those mundane emotions."
As he spoke, Huan Tiansi's pupils gradually turned yellow.
(End of this chapter)
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