From the end of the world

Chapter 224: The Unpredictable in the Dark

Mr. Zhu was silent for a moment and then said, "...at least that's what it looks like at the moment."

I felt like I had no idea where to start.

I have personally experienced how powerful the mobility of the Great Perfection Rank is. Two days have passed since Yin Yue took Chang An's soul away. This long time is enough for Yin Yue to move to any place on Earth, even to the moon. Without any clues, it is an almost impossible task to find it.

Is there really no clue? I asked myself in my heart, and at the same time began to recall the memories in my mind, checking the scene when I defeated Yin Yue. No matter how I looked at it, I couldn't tell which route Yin Yue took to escape, which means that she could only have escaped by using space transfer. In this case, Ma Zao's tracking and investigation ability would become useless.

Is it feasible to use the Broom Star physique to attract strange clues? However, under the premise that there is no time limit and the target is likely to be far away, we cannot expect the Broom Star physique to be kind enough to specifically attract the strange clues we want to contact. It is originally an uncontrolled force to attract disasters, and it cannot be used as a convenient means at any time.

After racking my brain, a figure slowly emerged in my mind.

It was a gigantic statue that sat in the depths of the void, like a god.

He once said – “I know most of what happens in this world.”

As long as I use the fragment of the divine seal to exchange answers with him, I might be able to get clues about Chang'an. As it happens, I have a spare fragment of the divine seal in my hand.

Should I ask him for a deal the next time I enter the virtual world? But I don't know when I can enter the virtual world again.

Mr. Zhu took the initiative to move on to the next topic. This time, he mentioned the public opinion about me in Luoshan to me in a reporting tone.

"...The hottest topic in Luoshan right now is your deeds of defeating three great masters in succession in the old base of the Humanitarian Department. Many people think that you may become the new Great Impermanence." He said.

It is possible to become the new Great Impermanence. In other words, in the eyes of many people, I have not yet stepped into the threshold of Great Impermanence.

I also evaluate myself in this way. Although I can kill Chen Long and Shen Qiang with one strike, I still think it is still the combat power of the Great Perfection Rank. "Instantly killing a Great Perfection Rank" sounds amazing, but in fact, it is very likely that Great Perfection Ranks can easily kill each other in seconds.

According to what Zhu Shi mentioned to me in a previous chat, the magic of demon hunters and modern military technology have one thing in common, that is, the attack power is far greater than the defense power. Even Luo Shan Wu Chang, who pays attention to all-round development, is obviously better at attack power than defense.

Until now, I have encountered three masters of the Great Perfection level, namely Chenlong, Shenqiang, and Yinyue. Excluding Yinyue, who is not even a human, we can get a glimpse of the clues from Shenqiang and Chenlong, two human masters of the Great Perfection level. The "portal armor" symbolizing the ultimate defense against the Shenqiang's charged ultimate move symbolizing the ultimate attack power, the result is definitely not evenly matched, but the former was killed instantly by the latter.

In terms of pure strength, the attack I used to defeat the three people mentioned above was not stronger than the charged special moves of Silver Moon and Divine Spear. It's just that the latter two need time to charge, while I can just use it as a normal attack. To put it another way, what I can do, they can also do with some effort - this alone is enough to show that there is no essential difference between me and them.

The magic gun's ultimate move also has an outrageous "must hit, must penetrate" effect. I can kill him instantly that way, and he can also kill other great masters in that way. If other great masters get the upper hand, he might be the one who gets killed instantly.

The reason why I was able to crush the God Gun was not because I was stronger, but because I was inexplicably unkillable. Among the demon hunters whose attack power was far greater than their defense power, I was also an anomaly. But this did not mean that I was the Great Impermanence.

But... I'm still getting stronger.

This is something I have only gradually noticed in the past two days. Although I awakened in the battle with Yin Yue and my strength increased dramatically, this increase is not a one-shot increase. Even at this moment when I am talking to Mr. Zhu, my strength is still increasing.

In the past, I needed external stimulation to slowly unleash my inner potential, but now I don’t even need that. Perhaps this is what “awakening” means. Now that I’ve woken up, there’s no need for an external “alarm clock”.

According to my feelings, even if I do nothing now and just lie down somewhere, my strength will automatically increase, and I will be completely liberated in a month at most. By then, compared to my current self, I will be a complete transformation. Perhaps by then, I can truly enter the realm of great impermanence.

Speaking of "impermanence", I also remembered another important thing.

"By the way, Mr. Zhu... have you ever heard of the Great Impermanence called 'Fa Zheng'?"

This question is very important and is related to the authenticity of the "illusion" information.

"'Fa Zheng'?" Mr. Zhu asked unexpectedly, "Where did you hear this name?" Without waiting for my answer, he continued, "It just so happens that I was just about to tell you about Fa Zheng."

Judging from his tone, it seems that Fa Zheng is a real person!
"I don't know how much you know about Fa Zheng, so I'll introduce him to you from the beginning. Fa Zheng is the Great Impermanence who leads the ruling class. In other words, he is also the top leader of our Zhu family. Having said that, it is estimated that the Great Impermanence may not have paid attention to the Zhu family. Maybe he doesn't even know that we have his own subordinates - but that was as of yesterday." Mr. Zhu said, "Yesterday, Fa Zheng contacted our Zhu family, hoping to convey the news to you through us."

"Deliver the message?" I wondered. "Didn't the Zhu family openly cut ties with me?"

"That's right. Fa Zheng probably just used the Zhu family as a mouthpiece," said Mr. Zhu.

"So, what's his message?" I asked.

"He extended an olive branch to you, which means he wants to win you over," Mr. Zhu replied.

“To win over…” I said, “I obviously killed Luo Shan, who was at the Great Perfection level. Since this is a political society, he should pay more attention to the rules. What I did was obviously an act of rebellion against Luo Shan.”

The Dacheng rank is second only to the Da Wuchang in Luoshan, and there are less than 20 of them. Even if the Divine Spear is not Fa Zheng's own confidant, would this approach be problematic? Even if Fa Zheng can ignore many rules as the Da Wuchang, he should still pay more attention to the opinions of the Da Wuchang behind the Divine Spear.

Shen Qiang is a transcendentalist, and the Da Wu Chang behind him is probably also a transcendentalist; and Fa Zheng is from the political faction, so can he not care about the opinions of the transcendental Da Wu Chang?
I feel like there's something wrong with this assumption.

"If you just killed the Divine Spear in a normal way, it would be hard to say, but that's not the case, right? You made the right decision to release the two demon hunters back to Luo Shan. They have already publicized the story of your fight with the Divine Spear. In addition, the demon hunters who participated in the old base of the Humane Department also spread the story of your fight with Chen Long." Mr. Zhu said, "Chen Long is a great success of the Humane Department's technology. Luo Shan has always despised the technology of the Humane Department, so the gold content of your knocking him down with one blow is not worth mentioning in the eyes of others. But it's different to knock down the Divine Spear...

"Not only did you kill the Divine Spear in one strike, you also took the Divine Spear's fatal blow head-on, and remained unscathed. This feat is enough to draw a decisive line between you and the other Great Accomplishment Ranks.

"For the Great Impermanence, the Great Perfection Stage is just like this; but if you are not simply at the Great Perfection Stage, but the 'Future Great Impermanence', then the nature of the matter is completely different."

The story of the battle between me and Yin Yue didn't seem to spread much. No wonder, other people probably only judged the outcome of the two sides through the conflict of mana fluctuations, and didn't observe the actual battlefield up close. If there were really someone unfortunate enough to get close, they would have been turned into ashes in Yin Yue's nuclear explosion.

"The nature of the matter... This is probably also true for the Great Impermanence behind the Sharp Gun." I speculated, "If Shuozhi is trying to win me over, he should want to eliminate me."

Mr. Zhu said slowly, "Fa Zheng wants you to go to one of his bases. There, the Great Wuchang behind the magic gun should not be able to lock onto you. What do you think?"

I could tell he wanted me to accept this olive branch. He was also a politicalist, and perhaps he wanted to use this opportunity to get me to join the politicalist camp.

As for Fa Zheng, to be honest, I have some doubts that Fa Zheng knows who the Great Impermanence behind the magic gun is. Maybe there are internal disputes among the Great Impermanence. Now he is doing this not only to hope that I will join the rule of the world, but also to involve me in the internal disputes of the Great Impermanence.

I really have no interest in this kind of thing, and I don't want to be a knife for others. Moreover, Fa Zheng, the Great Impermanence, is also a bit suspicious... or should I say, suspicious...

Oh, I know what that weird feeling I had before was.

The one who commands the extraordinary Great Perfection of the Transcendentalism, the God Lance, is not necessarily the Great Impermanence of the Transcendentalism. In other words, I do not think that the Great Impermanence and the Great Perfection will be bound by the positions of "ism" and "faction". What determines their power is never the height of their position in this position, but the purest power.

I have to think like this - it is not that the great impermanence and the law of justice are subordinate to the governance of the world, but that the governance of the world must obey the law of justice, which are the great impermanence.

Similarly, transcendence probably does not have a strong binding force on the great mastery level of the Divine Spear.

They are not ordinary people who must be in an organization to ensure their influence.

In other words, it is entirely possible that Fa Zheng was the mastermind behind the kidnapping of Ma Zao by Shen Qiang.

To put it another way, even if it is not the case, we must not take it lightly. Because no one has ever guaranteed that there is only one person secretly coveting Ma Zao, the Great Unpredictable.

(End of this chapter)