Chapter 341 The Future Haina Dreamed of
“…Hmm.”
Haina opened her eyes slightly and subconsciously tensed her muscles.
She looked around, feeling momentarily lost. It was as if she had been in a dream for a long time, and suddenly returned to reality, even forgetting for a moment what she was doing before falling asleep.
"Yo."
Aiwass leaned over and greeted him warmly: "It seems everything went well. Let me ask you, how are you feeling now?"
“I… cough…”
Just as Haina was about to speak, she choked and coughed because of the excessive force exerted on her whole body.
The next moment, a thick murderous aura escaped along with a cough. Her pupils were completely enveloped by a silvery-white glow.
Haina gasped for breath, instinctively reaching out to grab at her clothes. It was like entering a plateau from a place with a higher oxygen concentration—her cheeks flushed and her heart began to pump violently.
"Don't disturb her yet."
Sherlock reached out and pulled back the curious Aiwass. "Advancing to the fourth energy level is quite troublesome."
Haina no longer cared about Aiwass.
At this moment, her soul, which had been strengthened and returned to the material world, was filled with the power she had gained from the dream world, just like a full cup that would overflow.
The moment she woke up and her consciousness returned to the material world, her soul finally poured those powers into her body.
The endless power of the Tao surged out from Haina's soul, visibly strengthening her body.
Her muscles and bones greedily absorbed the silvery-white essence of power. Her aura visibly increased. The invisible silvery-white aura enveloped her like a gentle eggshell.
Visible white ripples echoed in the air—a sign of the completion of the initial career advancement and the subsequent transformation of life form. Aiwass could capture the manifested power of the Tao with his naked eyes without even needing to activate his clairvoyance.
It wasn't gathered from the physical world, but brought back by Haena from the dream world. It was like dry ice returning to room temperature, steaming with white smoke.
——But after all, he had completed the promotion ceremony and was recognized by the world as a regular promoted person. The process of raising his power level was not painful or long.
After only about three or four minutes, the flames burning on Haina's body dissipated.
When she opened her eyes again, her expression became calm again.
Aiwass raised his eyebrows, sensing the change in Haina's temperament.
After Haena woke up this time, the clear sense of stupidity in her body almost disappeared. That carefree and gentle smile also disappeared.
Instead, there was a stern, almost dangerous aura.
The change in his sitting posture alone was obvious. His originally lazy and casual posture now became extremely sharp.
It wasn't until then that Aiwass realized that this was indeed "Nameless," the leader of the "Hyena Gang" in the game. Even though she had avoided that future thanks to Aiwass and Sherlock's help, she still had the talent to reach that identity.
Of course, Aiwass was not the only one who realized this. Lily and Sherlock also clearly felt the change in Haina's temperament.
But in the end, the first person to ask was little Sherlock, who had no idea what politeness was and was making full use of his current appearance to his advantage: "What did you experience in your dream this time?"
Haina, who always knew everything, subconsciously hesitated for a moment.
——Just this little bit of growth surprised Aiwass.
He could clearly sense that what Haina was hesitating about at that moment was "whether she should lie."
But in the end, Haina chose to tell the truth.
However, there is a difference between saying whatever comes to mind without any ulterior motive and deciding to say everything after careful consideration - the latter undoubtedly represents a deeper trust.
“…I may have foreseen the future.”
Haina's expression was serious, even solemn. "Because my promotion ceremony will take place in 1900—two years from now."
"Can the promotion ceremony foresee the future?"
Lily was a little surprised.
However, Aiwass and Sherlock did not react at all.
Sherlock looked up at Aiwass and saw that he looked calm. He turned back and explained to Haina, "It is indeed possible. But that is not the real future, it is just a possibility of the future.
"Perhaps Miss Haina's first promotion ceremony is too far in the past. During the first promotion ceremony, the host mentioned... the dream used in the promotion ceremony was an 'alternative historical possibility' deduced by the Nine Pillars. Since such deductions were prepared, it was natural to extrapolate into the future.
"According to scholars' research, two interpretations can be derived from this statement. One is the 'multiple histories' theory. This school of thought argues that history is not unique. However, the outcome of history—that is, the key nodes—is determined.
"They believe that the Enneads' constant rituals of promotion are a search for a 'best past'... That's why sometimes the Enneads say 'this is different from history,' but the actual development is the same. It's possible that it was once different, but it has been changed.
"I'm more inclined to support another faction, the 'Watcher Theory.' They believe the Ennead constantly weaves dreams and repeatedly performs ascension rituals in order to use the past to predict the future. Otherwise, they wouldn't have to obsess over deducing the 'possibility of the past,' because that's already the past, which cannot be changed.
"The Dream River is a great river that connects the past and present, transcending time and space. A dream-wandering monk once confirmed... Even mortals have the opportunity to travel directly into the future physically through the Dream River, but once they pass through, they cannot return. The Pillar Gods can see the other side from afar, witnessing the ever-changing future... Therefore, the Pillar Gods constantly confirm the possibilities of the future through the Ascension Ceremony, preventing possible catastrophes."
Sherlock looked at Aiwass deeply and said meaningfully, "Perhaps the root cause of some disasters is just a trivial matter. Or perhaps preventing one disaster will trigger another, even greater one."
"I know you want to say you're seducing your master again."
Aiwass complained, "I must say, you're prejudiced against animals like 'foxes'—you've read too little, and all you know is 'foxes seducing their masters' and you keep mentioning it over and over again. If that doesn't work, how about I change the code name for the next promotion ceremony?"
"I didn't say that."
Shylock denied it coldly, turned around nonchalantly, and continued, "The monks of ancient Horus once discussed the philosophical question of 'If a person can always go back to the past to resolve various misfortunes, then when he returns to the future, will the total amount of misfortunes in the world be reduced?'
"The answer is obvious - it's impossible. The world is constantly evolving and changing, woven together by countless coincidences. This means we can't look at a single moment in the past to judge the future.
"So, if there is any great being capable of knowing the infinite future, it would probably be God. But even so..."
At this point, Sherlock paused for a moment.
Because he didn't dare to continue speaking, he subconsciously backed off.
Aiwass continued without hesitation, "Even so, some of the Pillar Gods will fall. If the Nine Pillar Gods could know the entire future, then the Supreme Heaven would not have been pierced by the Silver Spear and fallen to the earth.
"Rather than the possibility that the former Crown Celestial Beings were able to avoid the gaze of the Pillar Gods, it's more likely that... even the Nine Pillar Gods can't know the entire future, nor can they alter any future that would lead to changes in the more distant future."
In other words, if we only rely on the Nine Pillars of Deity, the future they observe will inevitably be inaccurate.
That's why they need to hold a promotion ceremony and add mortal souls to increase the variables.
Sherlock concluded, "After advancing to the fourth energy level, there is indeed a certain probability of encountering dreams of the 'future.' However, generally speaking, this is a situation that only occurs at the fifth energy level... Some fifth energy level transcendents have also gone mad after being promoted because they saw fragmented fragments of the future.
"Because it's usually part of a disaster, it's easy for them to believe it. And after waking up from a dream, the memory quickly becomes fuzzy, and one's imagination will fill in many details, making the information even more unreliable.
"But that's not a story that's bound to happen; it's merely a possible future scenario—but compared to the certain past, this 'future possibility' is clearly more valuable. Even if it's just a possibility, this information is valuable.
"—So, what did you see? Tell us while you still remember it."
"I……"
Haina, who has been transferred to an arbitrator, just opened her mouth in response to Sherlock's question.
She whispered, "I dreamed... that Avalon was destroyed. Or rather, that Avalon perished."
Haina finished speaking in a sad tone, but the room was quiet.
Aiwass, Lily, and Sherlock all remained expressionless. One could even say they were expressionless.
Seeing her look up in confusion, Sherlock frowned and urged, "And then?"
"——Aren't you surprised?!"
Haina couldn't hold it in any longer and emphasized, "I dreamed that Avalon was destroyed by the Star Antimony people. It was completely destroyed - even the royal family no longer existed!"
Looking at Haina now, Aiwass felt that the sharp temperament before seemed to be just an illusion.
She is still that not very smart girl.
(End of this chapter)
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