From the end of the world

Chapter 325 Nostalgia
Ma Zao's ability to reset his own soul state is naturally not without limits.

For example, in a virtual game, if there is a character with 10,000 HP and a passive skill that automatically restores 100% of HP when hurt, then as long as the damage taken does not exceed 10,000, he will never die. Otherwise, no matter how much HP can be restored after taking damage, if the character dies, then that's the end of it.

Once Ma Zao's soul bears a load beyond its limit, the power of blessing will become unable to function, and the self-purification mechanism that removes the load will also come to a standstill.

However, to regard it as a weakness of Ma Zao's power is actually a bit of a nitpicking. It's like saying that no matter how powerful a weapon is, it is useless once the user dies first. As long as she always pays attention to the limit of her soul's single load, she can use any skill without any load.

Other losses, such as the damage she suffered in battle, can also be reset according to this logic. What's more amazing is that, referring to what she did to the people of Yueyin Mountain City before, this advantage can not only be established on herself, but also on all her partners on the same battlefield as her. And considering her space transfer skill, the condition of "being on the same battlefield as herself" can also be removed to a certain extent.

Due to her bad luck, Ma had been acting as a lone wolf most of the time in the Doomsday Era, and this situation may have buried her talent to a large extent. Although it is impossible to require her power to be effective for partners and enemies at the Great Impermanence level, her value is simply too high at the Great Perfection level and below.

So, is there a way to make Ma Zao also reach the level of Great Impermanence? Although this idea can be said to be greedy and may be regarded as a fantasy by others, I am thinking about it seriously.

And Ma Zao continued speaking.

She picked up the stone collar and reported her findings.

"Your reasoning about the stone collar is correct. This is indeed the sealing item that Yin Yue used to bind the Ancient Moon God in her own Fa Tian Xiang Di, and it was made specifically for the Ancient Moon God." She said, "In other words... this thing is also very effective even if it is used against Yin Yue herself."

I immediately turned my attention back to the topic: "Why is this?"

"Because the Ancient Moon God was designed by Yin Yue in order to create another self."

Although I have never seen Yin Yue and Gu Yue Shen in person, after a detailed investigation of the stone collar, Ma Zao may know more about Yin Yue and Gu Yue Shen than I do. She continued, "Although Yin Yue judged it as a failing work in the end and could not regard it as her own retribution body, from the perspective of design concept, it is indeed 'another Yin Yue'. The reason why Yin Yue can make such a sealing prop targeting Gu Yue Shen is because she has the 'design drawing' of Gu Yue Shen.

"On the other hand, the current Yin Yue is not the previous Yin Yue, but the incarnation of Yin Yue. It is also a product created with the core design concept of 'another Yin Yue'. Although they are very different in practice, they can be said to have the same purpose. This stone collar can perfectly restrain the Ancient Moon God, and naturally it can also perfectly restrain the current Yin Yue."

"In other words..." I looked at the stone collar, "Yin Yue made a magic weapon specifically to seal herself?"

At the same time, inspiration emerged in my mind.

Perhaps I had made a misunderstanding before. If I wanted to save Chang'an, there was no need to separate Chang'an and Yinyue.

Just as Yin Yue herself said, without her, Chang An's personality would become a castle in the air and could no longer be maintained. In this case, all we need to do is seal Yin Yue back into Chang An's unconscious realm.

It's not the first time that Yin Yue has replaced Chang An in the real world. She herself said that Chang An's loss of control when he was a child was not due to the rampage of the monster bloodline, but the result of her sudden awakening and surfacing. So as long as we repeat what we did in the past, we can transform Yin Yue's consciousness into the underlying building foundation for Chang An's personality. Although this is an approach that will leave huge consequences, it is at least ten thousand times better than having no solution at all.

Even now, the "strategy props" that can do this have been delivered to me!
Wait... Could this be the condition that Gua Tianshi had predicted for me to save Chang'an in Yueyin Mountain? Did I miss the chance to save Chang'an because I didn't realize the value of this stone necklace in advance?
When I brought this up, Ma shook his head.

"No, this stone collar was originally not meant to be used against Yin Yue..." She said, "After Yin Yue created this sealing item, she was not unaware that it might be used against her by others, so during the design phase, she set a mechanism that would prevent it from working against her.

"To be specific, this stone collar can only function normally within the range of Yin Yue's Fa Tian Xiang Di, and it must be powered by her own mana. No matter how much the stone collar can restrain her, if the source of power is herself, she can turn off the effect of the stone collar at any time.

"Even if someone can simulate her magic power, it will be useless. As long as it is input into this stone collar, the control of magic power with similar properties will automatically be transferred to her hands - this is also one of the potential functions of the stone collar."

In other words, this stone collar is like an electrical appliance that cannot be used without being connected to a power source. And Yin Yue is like a "superpower who can freely manipulate electricity." No matter what the specific function of an electrical appliance is, as long as it uses electricity, there is no reason to show off in front of her.

But I noticed that Ma used a strange word at the beginning.

"You mean... 'originally'?" I asked. She nodded first, then said: "Because this stone collar has worked before, I can use the power of return to make this stone collar return to working condition - even if there is no mana energy inside."

"You mean, it's like a cell phone that has no residual power inside and is not connected to an external power source, but somehow it can turn on and work?" I asked.

She thought about it, then said with certainty, "That's it."

It's basically a haunted machine.

However, in this case, Yin Yue would not be able to use the backdoor she designed in the stone collar to counterattack.

I still have doubts about using Silver Moon's items to seal Silver Moon, so I asked one more question: "If you do it yourself, can you reset Silver Moon to the 'sealed state'?"

"I'm probably no match for Yin Yue. My power of return will probably be countered by her power to modify reality." Ma Zao answered, "Although my power can probably cover her if I weaken her to an extremely weak state, the seal that the Zhu family has placed on Yin Yue in the past is probably not strong enough to truly suppress her soul, and she will soon break it.

"Unless my power can reset her consciousness and memory to the past state, but..."

She looked at the stone collar and said, "...Yin Yue's spiritual realm seems to be at a depth that I cannot comprehend. Even if she becomes very weak, I will most likely not be able to interfere with her consciousness and memory."

"Yeah……"

I thought of what Yin Yue mentioned. In the past, she challenged herself to prove her true spirit and realized the meaning of form and no form... The "spiritual depth" that Ma Zao mentioned may also be related to this.

"If it doesn't work, I can give it a try."

Maha looked at my expression, then mustered up the courage to say, "In order to restore me to my current state, you paid the price of not being able to save your friends... I will try my best not to let you down."

"No, it's okay... You've already brought me enough good news." I said sincerely, "If it weren't for you, I really don't know what I would do next... Please help me adjust this stone collar to a usable state."

"I understand." She nodded vigorously.

The next morning, Ma Zao and I returned to Xianshui City.

Yueyin Mountain City is extremely far from Xianshui City, but we don't care about this distance at all. I have already informed the Zhu family that we will go to exchange information next. Because there are many things to do, including Xiaowan and Zhu Shi, as well as my action plan after becoming the Great Impermanence, so it is best to bring Ma Zao with me for the interview.

This matter was not very urgent, so I asked them to deal with the matters at hand first, and I took a walk on the streets of Xianshui City with Ma Zao.

We passed by Xianshui University. The food trucks parked near the school were still operating there, selling hand-grabbed pancakes and soy milk. We also took a look at the restaurants and clothing stores that I had visited with Ma Zao and Zhu Shi before. Except for the details of the signs, everything else remained the same. However, this unchanging feeling did not bring a friendly feeling, but instead turned into an indescribable sense of distance, which stood between me and this city.

I took Ma Zao back to my home halfway through the trip. I hadn't been home for a few days. I sat on the sofa and looked at the deserted living room. I felt as if I shouldn't be here. After a simple breakfast at home, we went out again.

I am in Xianshui City, the place where I grew up, but for some reason I feel a sense of homesickness, as if I were walking in a foreign country. I can come back here at any time, and now I am walking on the streets here, but I feel like I can never go back.

I shared this feeling with Ma Zao, but she didn't quite empathize. Although she also felt that these images were nostalgic, they were not the same as my homesickness. To her, all places in this era were foreign countries. Although she was not as anxious as the doomsday era, she was entangled with a loneliness that was completely different from mine.

People see different scenery even in the same place from different perspectives. Now I can no longer see my hometown.

(End of this chapter)