From the end of the world

Chapter 259 The Girl Praying 1
Assuming that number one is really the dog, how much help can this fact provide me? I calculated in my mind.

At this stage, the most urgent issues I need to solve are the enemy Great Impermanence and the whereabouts of Chang'an's soul, which have nothing to do with this dog. From the point of view of his hatred for Ying Lingyun, we may be able to unite on the issue of dealing with Ying Lingyun, but I am not interested in seeking external help. Moreover, compared with those urgent matters, Ying Lingyun, the enemy, has to be put aside for the time being.

Since No. 1 doesn't want to reveal his true identity in the virtual world, maybe I can threaten him to do what I want by saying "You don't want others to know your true identity, do you?" But how much pressure can this level of threat exert on him, a Great Impermanence Qualifier? I am not proficient in the art of speaking, and if I fail to do it well, I will provoke another enemy at this stage.

However, even if I don't expose his true identity, I think he will soon become the first person to publicly reveal his true identity in the virtual world. He has never concealed his wishes in front of other chosen ones, and he has never concealed his hatred for Ying Lingyun. Since I can infer that he is most likely the Dog, maybe at this moment, for example, the number five may have already connected the number one with the Dog.

With this analysis, although No. 1 is very wary of others, he is not good at hiding his true feelings. His true personality is probably more straightforward, which means he is probably the same as me.

By the way, he should be using a female body now, right? I heard from a senior researcher that the female researcher who fell in love with him and saved him chose to give her body as a means to give him a healthy body. But I see that his body shape now has no female curves at all. He looks like a tall and thin man, and his voice is also a deep male voice.

Could it be that he is not actually a dog? Or is it that in the so-called "giving away the body to revive him in his perfect form", the female researcher's body is just the material that was consumed, and he was finally reborn in his original form? Since he is supposed to be restored to his own perfect form, it seems reasonable that his body is restored to a male form.

Or maybe in this misty dreamland of the virtual world, we all appear in an image that matches our spiritual self-perception, and having a female body in reality does not prevent him from appearing as a man in the virtual world?

"…Excuse me, what can I do for you?"

Number One seemed unable to endure my prolonged gaze and took a half step back as if he was afraid of being stared at by a monster, his attitude becoming extremely alert.

Small bowl number two also looked at me with some confusion.

At this time, footsteps came from afar, interrupting the stalemate between me and No. 1. We both looked over. Two figures came through the gray mist and came to the rock seat area. Judging from their outlines, they should be No. 4 Xuanming and No. 6.

It seemed that these two people who were at odds with each other had met each other in the gray mist before. Now they stood in two different places as if they couldn't see each other, and looked at the Lord of the Divine Seal at the same time.

They are all great impermanence, and they still give me the feeling of being huge. Perhaps it is because my perception has improved a lot, and now I can even distinguish the difference between them.

First of all, I can confirm that neither No. 4 Xuanming nor No. 6 are the hostile Da Wuchang who tried to attack me and Ma Zao last time. Speaking of impressions, No. 4 Xuanming gave me the feeling of an extremely huge volcano, and No. 6 was like a vast ocean formed by white light.

As for the last enemy, the Great Impermanence, to be honest, it might be because the opponent did not descend in person, so I couldn't distinguish it clearly, just like looking at flowers in the fog. It's like looking at the distant mountains in the dark night, you can only see a huge and blurry silhouette. But if you think about it carefully, it seems to have a taste of death.

At first, I thought it was because the other party was likely to bring death to me, so I had that unclear impression. But the more I thought about it, the more I felt that "death" seemed to be the inherent attribute of the other party.

In addition, I don't know if it's because of what I heard in the past, but No. 4 Xuanming's presence seems to be more powerful than No. 6 next to him. Is No. 4 Xuanming really an outstanding strong man among the Great Impermanence? I feel that even if I unleash all my strength, I may not be able to match him.

He and No. 6 seemed to have also paid some attention to me, but neither of them rushed to talk to me. Instead, they observed me with a mysterious attitude. After a while, Xuan Ming spoke first.

"Number Three, how did you invade the virtual world?" he asked.

"My method of entering the Void Realm is no different from yours."

Since no one would believe me anyway, I told the truth: "I got the fragment of the divine seal, bound to it, and was inexplicably pulled into this dream... I am just a 'victim' who went with the flow."

"'Victim', humph..." Number Six laughed distrustfully.

No. 2 Xiaowan approached me silently and held my left hand. Perhaps she could also feel the hugeness of No. 4 Xuanming and No. 6, so she wanted to get some sense of security from me - although I thought so, No. 2 Xiaowan seemed to have other purposes.

"Mr. Three, can you hear me?" Her voice came directly from my mind. Is this mental synchronization? No, it seems to be just a simple telepathic communication.

"I can hear you." I also tried to speak in my heart, "How about you?"

"Okay." She said.

By the way, she had mentioned before that her ability to communicate with animals and plants also includes the ability to initiate spiritual communication with the mind... I continued to say in my mind: "Your ability can be used in the virtual world?"

"I was just giving it a try. It seems that just like my ability to see through lies, my telepathic ability can be used normally here."

As she spoke, she sighed, "In fact, this ability is useless in the real world. Due to the influence of the pervasive madness, the gap between hearts has become extremely large, and my voice is always difficult to accurately convey to the hearts of others."

"Due to madness"?... I am a little concerned about this statement.

What I care about is not the madness itself, but the fact that Xiaowan No. 2 seems to know very well how her abilities would perform in the normal world before the doomsday. Since she was born in the doomsday era, even if she knows that her abilities cannot be used normally, she should not know so much about what she can do in the normal world. However, she seems to have that knowledge. Did she also learn this through her super intuition?

Or has she really experienced a peaceful era? Considering that the speed of time in the apocalypse is different in different places, Ma Zao even said that the survivors in some places believe that the apocalypse has just arrived not long ago, so maybe Xiaowan No. 2 was actually born and grew up in a peaceful era. Although she has forgotten it, the experience has not been lost.

It is also possible that she is also a patient with amnesia, and her soul traveled from my time to the doomsday era... If that is the case, why can't we find her information in the list of amnesiacs?

As I thought about it, I asked, "You specifically used telepathy. Is there something you want to tell me?"

If there is something she wants to tell me, she can just speak directly. Since she would specifically use telepathy, she must have a need to keep it secret.

"Yes, Mr. Three. In fact, I have been observing and guessing since the beginning, and now after observing other people, I have finally confirmed it. There is indeed some connection between us and this virtual world. And I can vaguely see this connection with my own eyes." she said.

"The 'connection' you're talking about is the factor that affects my activities in the virtual world?" I asked.

"Yes. Based on your past experience, the deeper your connection with the virtual world, the easier it is for you to pass through the fog here; and if the connection is shallow to a certain extent, it will be difficult for you to even have a body here... This is my guess." She said, "In my opinion, you are the one with the shallowest connection with the virtual world here. If we say that we are 'ten', you may not even have half of 'one'.

"Then, do you remember what happened before the last virtual world ended?"

“The Lord of the Divine Seal used some means to inflict extremely intense painful experiences on you...right?” I said.

"The Lord of the Divine Seal made me experience the illusion of death, and it is very likely that others have experienced the same thing. In fact, I don't even think it was just an illusion. He has the power to turn it into reality anywhere. Maybe we all experienced a real death at that time, but he turned it into a dream right after that." she said.

It sounds like Yin Yue's power of "turning illusions into reality", but Yin Yue's ability itself has a property similar to "all-purpose wishing machine". She can realize most human wishes with just a thought. The Divine Seal is a genuine wishing machine, and the owner of the Divine Seal will of course show a nature that makes people feel déjà vu.

From the perspective of power relations, it is more accurate to say that Silver Moon is like the Lord of the Divine Seal rather than that the Lord of the Divine Seal is like Silver Moon.

"The current Lord of the Divine Seal cannot leave the virtual world, nor can he affect the real world, but he can manipulate our life and death at will. If nothing unexpected happens, the source of the problem should be this 'connection'." No. 2 Little Bowl said, "This is the noose tied around all of our throats."

(End of this chapter)