From the end of the world

Chapter 327 Zhu Shifa Tianxiang Di 1
Even though I saw that Xiao Zhushi and Xiao Wan looked exactly the same in my dream, I was not completely sure that they looked the same in reality, because it was a scene I witnessed in my dream after all. Although it was a dream of Yin Yue and Chang An, since I, an outsider, joined in, it was hard to guarantee that the information in my memory would not be mixed in, and then Xiao Zhushi's appearance would be replaced by Xiao Wan's appearance that I had seen in the photo I had read.

However, if the white box that he had seen in the dream could be found in the Zhu family in the real world, the credibility of the matter would undergo a real qualitative change.

In fact, the Zhu family really had such a white box.

I was worried that the box might be involved in the attack on Zhu's house by Chen Long and become a waste. In fact, in that attack, the white box was not placed in Zhu's house, but in Zhu Jiu's ward in the military hospital.

And after that, Zhu Jiu, Zhu Shi's mother's recuperation place was changed from the military hospital to other safer and more secluded places. After Mr. Zhu and Zhu Shi settled in the villa in the downtown community, Zhu Jiu was also taken to the second floor room of the villa and was taken care of by the two of them personally.

After we arrived at the room on the second floor, I saw Zhu Jiu lying on the bed.

In the past, during the Fallen Demon Hunter incident, in order to remotely monitor the changes around Chang'an, I once followed him into the military hospital using "Firefly", and I also saw Zhu Jiu at that time. But this is the first time I am in the same room with him like this.

Zhu Jiu should be around 40 years old this year. Perhaps because of her training as a demon hunter, she looks like Zhu Shi’s senior in college. She leans on the pillow with her eyes closed, like the Sleeping Beauty princess in a fairy tale.

Zhu Shi took out an item from the bottom of the closet, which was a white box.

This box is almost exactly the same as the white box I saw in Yin Yue and Chang An's spiritual world. The reason why I say "almost" is not because there are characteristics that make me feel that they are different objects, but just because there are traces of aging left by time. After all, the white box I saw in that dream was an object from many years ago. After such a long time, some old colors must have emerged.

If it weren't for the comparison between the old and the new, and if my memory wasn't so strong, it would be hard to doubt that the white box in front of me was brand new. It showed that it had been well maintained over the years.

Zhu Shi opened the white box, which was filled with rag dolls that had been carefully cared for and protected.

“——Is it this box?” Zhu Shi looked at me anxiously.

I said firmly, "This is it."

Ma Zao had a dazed expression on his face, staring at Zhu Shi blankly, and said, "In other words, Zhu Shi is really Xiao Wan..."

"Can I see a photo of Zhu Shi when he was a child?" I asked Mr. Zhu.

Mr. Zhu nodded and was about to turn around to get something, but Ma Zao summoned the telepathic photo first. So Mr. Zhu took the telepathic photo and printed out Zhu Shi's childhood appearance from his memory. Ma Zao and I also used the telepathic photo to print out Xiao Wan's appearance.

Just in case, I even asked Mr. Zhu to print out Zhu Jiu's childhood appearance.

Because I had suspected before that Zhu Jiu might be Xiaowan, and this possibility has not been completely eliminated until now.

The souls of patients with amnesia might have traveled to the apocalyptic era - we have not yet obtained any evidence to deny this speculation (although there is no evidence to confirm this speculation), and at the moment, Zhu Jiu is the only one in the Zhu family who suffers from amnesia, and Zhu Shike is still standing in front of us alive and well.

It is true that even if Zhu Jiu really turned into a little girl in the apocalypse, she should not look exactly like her daughter when she was a child, but that is just a general theory. Parents and children who look exactly the same must exist somewhere in this world. Now that we have the conditions to confirm it, it would be a waste if we don't do it.

Mr. Zhu handed over a photo of Zhu Jiu when he was a child. Ma Zao and I looked at it at the same time. Even Zhu Shi couldn't help but lean his head closer and huddled closely with Ma Zao.

If it were in the past, Ma Zao might have revealed an expression of disdain and kept a slight distance, but now she just paused slightly and did nothing.

I looked closely at the little girl in the photo.

Putting the photo of Xiao Zhu Shi together, Xiao Zhu Jiu's appearance is indeed 90% similar to Xiao Zhu Shi. Of course, strictly speaking, Xiao Zhu Shi should be 90% similar to Xiao Zhu Jiu. Anyone with a discerning eye can recognize that these are two completely different children.

This was the first time that Ma Zao and I saw Xiao Zhu Jiu's appearance. Therefore, even if my memory flowed into Yin Yue and Chang An's dream last time, it was impossible for me to mistake Xiao Zhu Shi's appearance for Xiao Zhu Jiu. And Ma Zao could not have printed Xiao Wan's appearance as Xiao Zhu Jiu's appearance on the photo.

Now it seems to be completely confirmed.

Mr. Zhu pondered and said, "If you must say something is wrong... my granddaughter has been silly since she was a child, but from the photo you printed of this girl named Xiaowan, it seems she is very smart..."

"Grandpa!" Zhu Shi shouted in dissatisfaction. "Since Xiaowan is most likely the little girl that Zhu Shi transformed into through 'rejuvenation', and she has been struggling in the apocalyptic era for such a long time, it makes sense that she is smarter than Zhu Shi when he was a real child." I said, "But... there are still other things that don't match."

I recalled Xiaowan's performance in the virtual world last time, and then said, "Xiaowan told me that she has the power to communicate with all things in nature since she was a child..."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Shi's expression slightly changed, and Mr. Zhu nodded and said, "...This further proves that the small bowl you are talking about is my granddaughter herself."

"Why is that?" I asked, "Does Zhu Shi also have the same power?"

That shouldn't be the case. I have fought alongside Zhu Shi more than once before. If Zhu Shi really had such powerful strength, she would not have been able to hide it.

Unless the current Zhu Shi has lost that power.

At this moment, I remembered what Ying Lingyun...or the Monster Maker said to Zhu Shi when he appeared in front of us in the past.

——"How sad. If you were praised as a genius in your youth, you would have been recognized by the Yama Sword Forger long ago."

Thinking about it now, this statement is very problematic. He was praised as a genius when he was young - is Zhu Shi no longer a genius now?

Under normal circumstances, I would have asked Zhu Shi about this issue afterwards because I was concerned about it. However, at that time, there was such an exciting twist that "the monster maker who was burned to death by his own hands turned out to be Zhu Shi's father", so I couldn't help but ignore this information.

In most cultures, children are considered to be more spiritual than adults and can see supernatural things that adults cannot see. However, many talented children who are highly expected by their parents will gradually become adults with no special features like their parents as they grow into teenagers and adults.

Perhaps influenced by such views and experiences, some fairy tales and stories from ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad, occasionally feature the plot that "a child who can use magical powers becomes mediocre after growing up and loses the qualifications to manipulate incredible powers."

“The ability to communicate with all things in nature” also sounds a bit fairy-tale-like. Could it be that this is also “children’s magic” that will be lost as people get older?

Mr. Zhu thought for a moment, then said to Zhu Shi, "Should I explain it, or would it be better for you to explain it?"

Zhu Shi glanced at his mother lying on the bed not far away, then sighed and said, "Let me explain. Although I originally planned to wait until my brother's matter was settled before I told him..."

I've heard this statement before.

Zhu Shi lost her "love feelings", and the truth of this matter has something to do with Chang'an. Regarding the inside story, she said that she wanted to wait until the matter of Chang'an was settled before telling me. In addition, she also said that she hoped I would keep this matter secret.

"Is it okay to say it here?" I asked tactfully.

"……It doesn't matter."

Zhu Shi took a deep breath and explained the power he once possessed.

First of all, Zhu Shi did have the ability to communicate with all things in nature in the past, and this ability is not a superpower that can be produced simply by luck, but a talent that only appears in the descendants of Da Wuchang.

The reason why the Great Impermanence is regarded as a god is because they all have the power of intervening in the operation of the natural system, which is also the reason why they are regarded as mobile natural disasters. In other words, "the power of heaven and earth" is the embodiment of the divinity of the Great Impermanence. This divinity sometimes manifests itself in the form of talent in the descendants of the Great Impermanence with a very small probability.

Of course, unlike Da Wuchang, the descendants of Da Wuchang, who are born with divinity, cannot dominate everything in the universe from a high position.

They can just interact with all things in nature. Specifically, they can listen to the voices of all things in nature and pass on their own voices. If the natural world is likened to society, Da Wuchang is a super-powerful person who can mobilize social resources at will, and the descendants of Da Wuchang who have awakened their divinity are his children, who can make many forces in society sell themselves a face.

In some difficult situations for ordinary people, they can also get a green light all the way and have no obstacles. In specific situations, they will be very lucky. If they are given a math test paper with only multiple-choice questions, they can hand in more than 90 points just by filling in the answers randomly.

In Luoshan, this kind of talent is called "correcting the laws of heaven and earth."

(End of this chapter)