From the end of the world

Chapter 112 Doomsday Button
If the target of the investigation has the ability to counter divination, the relevant information that Ma Zao investigates will be fragmented. She once described piecing together these fragmented information as a "jigsaw puzzle game." Since it is a puzzle, it means that if you are lucky enough, you can directly piece together the desired result.

Perhaps because there was no time limit last time, she couldn't give an exact time. But this time was different. For her, who had a jinx physique, if she missed the time, she would not be able to track the target, which was roughly equivalent to "I will definitely be able to track the target within this period of time."

No matter how powerful the monster maker's anti-divination strategy is, even if the difficulty of tracking Mazao is increased from "jigsaw puzzle" to "finding a needle in a haystack", Mazao may still fish it out in the end, or clues may come from other inexplicable channels.

I wonder how the monster maker would feel when he finds out about this.

"It's simply cheating!" Zhu Shi exclaimed.

Ma Zao seemed to recall the past, his expression became somewhat complicated and melancholy, and he said: "I was forced to run and hide everywhere because of this physique that attracts weird things. I never thought that one day I would be able to use it positively..."

"If you think of something sad, I can hug you." My words showed my concern and were also a response to what I said before.

"What you did is a crime, Senior Brother Zhuang. Of course, being lied to is also a crime." Zhu Shi first complained, and then said to Ma Zao, "You were right to lie to Lu Chan before. Even if you really find out where the monster maker is, don't tell him the news.

"Although he is aware of his lack of combat power, he hates the Humanitarian Department too much. Once he gets the clues, he will definitely chase them. Not to mention that it will hinder the action against the monster maker, it is also a moth to a flame for him."

"From what I saw when he tried to stop the Shadow-Shadow Man before, he doesn't seem to have lost his fighting ability," I said.

"The reason why he was able to stop the Shadow-Changer's counterattack was because the Shadow-Changer had already weakened to the point of being a Bad Level, and his vision and judgment from his past as a Level-Cheng Wuchang were barely retained." Zhu Shi said, "As for the Monster Maker we are going to deal with this time, although there has never been any intelligence indicating that he has any special powers, judging from the fact that he is not afraid to engage with those cruel monsters, he may have powers that surpass those monsters."

I extracted the key words: "'We'?"

Zhu Shi was shocked: "Are you two planning to abandon me to deal with the monster maker?"

"I thought you were going to say we should get more people from Luoshan," I said.

"That won't happen. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, we must act with a small number of elites this time. And it is impossible to attract a stronger combat force than you, or a friendly force that is more capable of tracking the enemy than Ma Zao in a short period of time. In addition, if the Monster Maker displays strange abilities, I can immediately perceive it and find a way to counter it." Zhu Shi said, "My goal is not to eliminate the Monster Maker, but to obtain information related to the Humanitarian Department from him, and Ma Zao you..."

"My goal is to obtain information related to the apocalypse from the monster maker," said Ma Zao.

"I'm interested in both kinds of information," I said.

"Very good, we all want intelligence and have the same goal. Then the next direction of the battle is as follows..." Zhu Shi said, "In order to prevent the monster maker from suddenly pulling out a powerful trump card, we can kill it directly, but at least leave a complete head, which is the same idea as dealing with monsters."

After we finalized the idea, we found a karaoke bar nearby and went in. Ma had already taken out the head of the Shadow Changer in the private room and used his ability to concentrate on tracing the historical information in it.

I also quietly thought about my future activities.

If I had to say which one I'm more interested in, the intelligence about Doomsday or the intelligence about the Humanitarian Department, it would definitely be the former.

After finding Ma Zao, my biggest motivation was to investigate the truth of the doomsday with her. The doomsday crisis exists, and now I completely believe it. Originally, this was the most important thing for Ma Zao, but now it is equally important to me.

I was looking for an adventure beyond reality, and in this world, is there any adventure more magical and thrilling than the end of the world? Anyway, I can't imagine it.

The question is how I should face the end of the world.

Specifically - suppose the world ends with a pair of buttons of different colors, the left button is red, and pressing it will cause the end of the world. The reason why the future will become the end of the world is that in the original timeline, someone found and pressed the red button before us.

The blue button on the right will permanently disable the red button on the left.

After going through untold hardships, Ma Zao and I finally arrived in front of the pair of buttons.

Of course Ma Zao wants to press the blue button, but what about me?
Do I want to press the red button, or the blue button?
I also have friends and family, and of course I don't want them to suffer or even die in the apocalypse. But... suppose a red button is placed in front of me, and as long as I press it, society and civilization will collapse, and countless disasters will befall our world, will I really not have the urge to press it?

I know that my current thoughts are not normal. But the emotions I feel at this moment are probably not unique to me.

Even if I just grab a normal person from the street and put a button in his hand that can summon a super zombie virus to destroy the world, he might want to press it. Although it's strange to say this, the desire for doomsday seems to be very common. So I think there should be many people who can resonate with me now.

I wanted to disrupt my monotonous life and plunge into a chaotic adventure - when this thought came to my mind, I inevitably realized another problem.

Ma Zao is an important person to me, but we might be enemies.

Of course, it may be too early to make such a judgment now.

If the end of the world is a natural disaster that does not require a "promoter", then there is no need for me to think about whether I should promote the end of the world. In that case, I will just stand on the side of the good guy and enjoy the fun of preventing the end of the world.

"Preventing" is also a way to interact with the end of the world, and it is also a kind of "adventure". Moreover, according to the prophecy, the end of the end of the world is that the world itself will be destroyed. If it becomes that ending, I can no longer take risks. I can definitely tell the difference between a full meal and a full meal.

...No, I still have to admit that if it is the "end of the world", maybe it is worth having a full meal. I do have such a crazy idea. But this is not the most important thing now.

The most important thing now is "intelligence". First, we should fight side by side with Ma Zao and investigate the truth of the doomsday. It's not too late to think about the things after that.

"Zhuang Cheng, you have a very profound expression right now." Zhu Shi's voice sounded beside him, "What are you thinking about?"

Turning around, Zhu Shizheng and I were sitting on the sofa in the dim private room. She should not be using her ability to see through lies now.

"After thinking about it." I said something ambiguous, and then said, "By the way, can you do me a favor?"

Zhu Shi smiled and said, "Help? If there's anything I can do, just let me know!"

"I feel like there seems to be a little change in my superpowers. Can you help me take a look?" I asked.

Hearing this, she showed an embarrassed expression: "Help you see superpowers? I can indeed see other people's abilities, but..."

"What's the problem?" I asked curiously.

"You are too bright." She said frankly, "From the perspective of Mount Buzhou, looking at you is like looking directly at the sun with the naked eye. The brightness is so high that I can't see what you look like clearly.

"If I just use 'Buzhou Mountain' at low power, I can actually see some information from you. That's how I used to tell that your superpowers didn't come from the blood of demons and monsters, but I can't see the power itself. If I use full power to see, it will become what I just said.

"I think it's because you are a high-density flame aggregate. Seeing through your true form would be a hindrance to me."

"My elementalization actually has an anti-spying effect?"

This is really beyond my expectations. It seems that I can only find a way to study it myself.

At this time, Ma Zao, who was sitting on the sofa opposite, lowered her head temporarily, as if she was a little tired from using her abilities. Zhu Shi poured her a glass of carbonated drink and handed it to her. She drank it in one gulp and then burped a little.

She seemed to be troubled by something, so I asked her about it and she told me her thoughts frankly.

"It's about the monsters." She said, "This is the first time I've seen the monsters of this era speak so much. In my era, monsters... or demons would not talk to people normally. They are like real monsters, only knowing how to kill crazily..."

"Are you beginning to think that weirdos and demons have nothing to do with each other?" I probed.

"There are indeed differences between the two. The monsters of this era seem to be mostly human bodies with goat heads, while the karma demons of the end of the world are completely different. However, compared to the difference in appearance, what is more important is the fluctuation of mana..." She pondered, "The monsters of this era have enough mana fluctuations to identify them as karma demons. This is a feature that no other monsters or monks have."

"We can only let the monster maker solve the puzzle for us," I said.

"Yeah." She nodded and took a deep breath.

I remembered the soul trauma she mentioned when she talked to Lu Youxun, and asked with concern: "Can you tell me about your injuries? You said before that the trauma you suffered was left by the great demon, so it cannot be cured... Is this true?"

Zhu Shi also showed an expression of great concern and looked at Ma Zao with me.

(End of this chapter)