Secret: I can play two paths

Chapter 300 This is not the first time

After a while, Star finally calmed down from the surprise of seeing his own "figures" and reacted to the scene he saw in the "River of Eternal Darkness".

At this time, his expression became slightly solemn, because according to his understanding of the "River of Eternal Darkness", which represents the three paths of the "Black Death War" leading to eternity, the end, and silence:

Those lines in the "River of Eternal Darkness" which are composed of the deep, dark, and unreal water flows in the "Flood of Eternal Darkness" represent the marks left after a person's death.

Just as the "Immortals" and "Miracle Workers" are immortal but also leave corresponding death marks in the "River of Eternal Darkness", every time they die and are resurrected, they will leave marks in this source that symbolizes death, eternal sleep, the end, the end, deep darkness and other things.

Even the "immortality" of the "immortals" is a "gift" from the "River of Everlasting Darkness". As the number of deaths increases, one day their real bodies may be sucked into the "River of Everlasting Darkness" and become one of the eternally wandering figures.

In other words, as long as the concept of "death" happens to someone, he or she will be included in the "River of Eternal Darkness" representing "death".

And there is only one possibility for Star to leave so many traces in the "Eternal Dark River":
He has died more than once.

There are even so many of them, so densely packed that they are countless, that in the end they almost overlap and become "unique".

But to be honest, Star was not too surprised by the death marks he left behind:

He had previously guessed that perhaps this was not his first time in this world - the reason was that some of the key figures he had come into contact with had an inexplicable sense of familiarity with him - especially the description of the honorific name "oddity".

Many times, he also wondered whether this gamification-like "tampering" method, which did not have any significant negative effects and no need for forced role-playing, was a little too pure?
Is it really just a welfare-like way brought about by “between virtuality and reality”?

What about the “price”?

What is the “price”?
Especially the guarantee of "restarting the world with you after death", Star felt that it was like a "life-saving amulet".

The feeling it gives people is:
He was just traveling secretly. There was no real risk at all. He just needed to accept whatever mission he wanted like a "player" in the game - save people if he wanted to, prevent tragedy if he wanted to, and take a good sleep and rest comfortably if he was tired.

There is no life-threatening risk at all.

And what brings all this security:

It is the "between reality and illusion" that cannot be perceived by any existence - any existence except itself - just like the "between reality and illusion" of the "Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Modifier".

This... is just as nonsensical as cheating - although Star doesn't think there is anything shameful about "cheating", as long as he can live a more comfortable life, then he can live a more comfortable life.

You won’t die, you have cheats, you can do whatever you want.

This kind of life is so comfortable.

However, the reality is that as a mysterious and extraordinary world, as long as it happens, Star still retains a doubt in his heart:
Could it be that it was like Xiao Ke had never left his "hometown" and was just plotted against by "Tian Zun" - even the "Source Castle" was arranged by Tian Zun, and his "travel" and the "gift" he received also had corresponding reasons?
Even the "cross-path promotion" that violates the basic common sense of extraordinary people is related to the "tampering" path and the unrevealed secrets of "between reality and illusion"?
This doubt sometimes lingered in Star's mind, and was finally relieved when he saw the figures in the "River of Eternal Darkness".

So Star's heart finally settled down:
It turned out that he had already died over and over again for unknown reasons, until the number of deaths was countless, until it reached uncountable "infinity".

Is this the "price" he has to bear?
Although the origin of "Between Reality and Illusion" has not been explained, at least Star has finally confirmed one thing:
Perhaps the "tampering" pathway that is compatible with all twenty-two pathways on Earth is also due to the fact that I have [compatible] this part of the extraordinary characteristics through my repeated deaths?
They even reached a relatively high sequence in these divine paths, thus having a certain degree of "superiority" over the corresponding paths, and leaving a corresponding spiritual imprint - just like the part of the original creator such as "Tianzun" and "God", which also left a corresponding spiritual imprint in the Beyonder characteristics?

So it can be thus:
Playing two paths?

But correspondingly, there is a problem:
If this explanation is true, why does all beings have no perception of this? Even he himself has no memory of this.

Are the corresponding clues only provided by the figures left behind in the "River of Eternal Darkness" due to the special nature of "death"?

Is it really like the "between reality and illusion" that is unknown to others, and is the "truth" that only he can feel?
Is this his real "golden finger"? Or his special gift?
So what principle is this based on?
Why did he die so many times, but in the end he not only did not die, but was miraculously resurrected again and again?
A series of speculations quickly emerged in Star's mind:
Such as "replay after death", "Poincare return", "quantum immortality", "world restart"...

But these are neither provable nor falsifiable at the moment.

All I can say is that if this is true, then things of this level are still too far-fetched for him at the moment.

After all, it seemed that even the gods, and even those Old Ones above them, those pillar-level beings, knew nothing about this and did not notice anything wrong.

And if the world could be "reopened" over and over again, infinite possibilities would be derived from it - this kind of ability, such as "concept level" and "absolute characteristics", cannot be measured by common sense.

To the world, this ability is probably ineffable, inexpressible, and indescribable.

There is no logic at all.

Thinking about this, it seems that in the absence of sufficient effective information, Star did not continue this useless work as it was difficult to get to the bottom of the reason.

Instead, I began to focus on another topic:
Assuming that he had left a mental imprint in the Beyonder Characteristics, why was it not noticed?
It can't be the same as the permissions in Sefirah Castle, where no one except him can access it? Or maybe one has to reach a certain sequence to access it...

Judging from the performance of "between reality and illusion" that no one knows about, the probability of this possibility existing is very high.

From this, Star thought of those figures sitting on the "Eternal Dark River", almost overlapping each other as if suspended in mid-air:

There was no confusion on their faces. They just sat on the river as if they were tired, and seemed to be waiting for something.

Their postures seemed different from those of the other death marks wandering in the "River of Everlasting Darkness" - most of the time, those figures wandering in the "River of Everlasting Darkness" were like water ghosts, dazed but without any fear, without any consciousness, trapped in the "River of Everlasting Darkness", a "river" that symbolized the death, end, and eternal darkness of the universe, wandering endlessly.

It may even sink uncontrollably to the "bottom of the river" and completely sink into the "River of Eternal Darkness", just like the "Phoenix Ancestor" Gray Carrie, sinking into the "water" with no chance of resurrection, and its death mark will be further dissolved.

Even for an angel like Azik who is a channel of "Death", or other angels that can be resurrected, the death mark they leave behind remains in a state of wooden confusion, moving back and forth endlessly.

A slightly better state is like the "King of Hell" Salinger, who can sometimes walk into the depths of the tributary and sometimes turn back - although he can't get away from the dazed figure in the river, he has to walk back and forth between the pale stone pillars on both sides of the "Eternal Darkness River". Therefore, when Star saw those with faces like his sitting quietly in the air above the "Eternal Darkness River", he couldn't help but have a question:
If they are really their own death brands, why are they so special?

Even the two "Gods of Death" who hold the power of "death" - "Phoenix Ancestor" Graygari and "King of the Underworld" Salinger, ultimately inevitably sank to the bottom of the water due to their failure to resurrect. How did those figures who were sitting in the "River of Eternal Darkness" as if suspended in mid-air and almost overlapping, do that?
Simply saying that he once mastered the uniqueness of the "Death God" path or even the "Source" doesn't make sense...

After all, if there is another question:
If he is really so special, why is it that even though those figures overlap, one can still see that their number is countless, almost reaching an endless level in "isomorphism".

——As for the two “Gods of Death” who hold the power of “death”: “Phoenix Ancestor” Graygari and “King of the Underworld” Salinger, they only have one figure.

Based on the theory that "after embracing 'uniqueness', even one's own death mark will become unique", has he never become a god before?

But this contradicts the unique "authorities" felt in the "River of Eternal Darkness" - if one has not even become a god, how can one leave a certain influence on this source substance?

On the other hand, they can show a "tired" look, which shows that they still have some consciousness? But why would the countless death marks left by themselves in the "Eternal Darkness River" feel this way?

With such a "golden finger" as the cheat in "Between Reality and Illusion", why do you feel that the experience you have gone through is something you cannot get over even if you die?
Even so, under the protection of “between reality and illusion”, do I need to die so many times?
Objectively speaking, if we don't mention the risks brought by the basic "knowledge pollution", with the "between reality and fiction" as an early protection, and the "tampering" method itself has comprehensive capabilities in all aspects - at some points it reaches a level where "the supermodel should be nerfed", so you won't encounter a situation like being "stuck" in the game and unable to pass it, right?
After all, even if there was no "mechanism" of "Between Reality and Virtuality" to pull others to start over after Star's death, he would always hide first at this time.

Wouldn’t the number of deaths reach a level that cannot be counted even in the “River of Eternal Darkness”?
The power of "between reality and illusion" has also been obvious to all during this period of time.

This doubt suddenly emerged in Star's mind, and he quickly tried to give his own answer:

What if even the strength between “reality and illusion” is accumulated by oneself over and over again?

Did he really "travel through time"? Is it possible that his understanding of this world was accumulated through repeated "rewinding"?
Those basic laws about extraordinary characteristics, those cognitions about key figures in the fate of the world, those secret messages about various levels...

Even the design of the "tampering" method was another divine method he had figured out on his own?

If this is the explanation, it can explain why he died so many times - this is all due to the "primitive accumulation" stage of the "Golden Finger".

So, his achievements today are not due to luck, but all to his own efforts?

Star found that from this perspective, all the doubts so far can be explained:

The origin of "Between Reality and Virtuality", the designer of the "tampering" path...

Including the scene left in the mist of history, which was also the scene left behind when he "reopened" again, so that after consuming some unknown power, "Between Reality and Illusion" became weak at that moment, and there was no light or shadow. It was only after taking the magic potion made of extraordinary characteristics that it recovered - well, from this perspective, Bernadette felt that she was a certain existence that was still in a state of recovery, and her guess was not wrong...

But in this way, everything returns to the most fundamental question:
"who am I?"

In other words, if even memory can be unreliable, then what exactly caused all this to happen to him?

Star just felt a little confused at this moment:
One question was answered, and then another one popped up.

Moreover, a voice arose in his heart:
"Did I miss something?"

"Like why I keep getting stuck and have to keep restarting?"

Is this the last time to achieve a certain condition?
Somehow, Star recalled the "abnormality" he felt when he talked about his honorable name with "Bai Zao" before.

The next second, he fell into a haze of "chaos" again.

So Star avoided the topic and, as if by survival instinct, thought of something lighthearted and complained:
Why bother with so much? At least his own death marks were reasonable and did not drag him into the source that symbolized death, eternal sleep, the end, the end, and darkness...

Although considering that "Between Reality and Illusion" once again reacted to the "River of Eternal Darkness", this should not be a big problem.

These thoughts flashed through Star's rapidly moving mind.

In short, in the process of helping Bernadette transform "Pale Death", I gained the opportunity to connect to the "River of Everlasting Darkness" and learn part of my origins. This was an unexpected surprise.

It was at this moment that he finally responded to Bernadette, who was looking at him with a complicated expression:
"Don't worry, 'Pale Death' is still there of course."

As he spoke, he reshaped the mask to make it look like a "battle axe".

"In this state, the negative effects of 'Pale Death' will be smaller, almost equivalent to nothing for you."

So Bernadette took over this new "Pale Death" with purple edges that could switch between two forms, and found that the extraordinary abilities it could use were no different from before.

On the contrary, with almost no perceptible negative effects, it even has a new built-in function.

Bernadette then stimulated it.

A special language accompanied by certain syllables and rhythm flowed out from it like thunder, and the surrounding air began to vibrate. The "battle axe" seemed to have received a "signal", and the symbols on it lit up one by one, emitting an indescribable aura of horror - containing the meaning of death.

"This is?"

"An ancient language."

After a pause, Star said slowly:
“It says, ‘You can get on.’ ”

(End of this chapter)