From the end of the world

Chapter 371: Impermanence and Doomsday 1
Is the shadow of the willow tree the Yin and Yang of the mountain?
Hearing me raise this question, Gua Tianshi paused for a moment, then continued, "Before I mentioned that he was similar to you, and I thought you would first doubt whether he was the descendant of Liang Yi. How come he suddenly rose to the level of Shan Liang Yi?"

As expected, Master Gua Tianshi knew that I was the descendant of Liang Yi.

"Since you said so, let me ask you first, is he the descendant of Liang Yi?" I asked.

"No." Gua Tianshi shook his head. "The most notable feature of the descendants of Liangyi is that they can only use the magic power corresponding to the four symbols, such as your Vermillion Bird's Fire and Xuanwu's Xuanwu's Xuanwu Water. Other than that, although it cannot be said that it is absolutely unusable, it is impossible to achieve any decent results.

"And Liu Shuying didn't use any of the Four Symbols' powers, so he couldn't be the descendant of Liang Yi."

In fact, I had some doubts about whether he was the descendant of Liang Yi, but now I can rule out one possibility.

Then, I answered the question that Gua Tianshi had asked: "If you just said that Liu Shuying was a genius that only appears once in a thousand years, I would not have thought of Shan Liangyi, but if you said that he had foresight, then the matter would be different."

According to the information I have, Shan Liangyi has the power of "reincarnation" and can be reborn freely into the bodies of people in different eras.

The "rebirth into different eras" mentioned here does not only mean that Shan Liangyi can be reborn from the present to the future, but he can also be reborn from the present to the past.

The willow tree shadows described by Gua Tianshi reminded me of the protagonists of some fictional stories about rebirth.

They can also use foresight to seize opportunities, and even the point that "the future becomes increasingly unpredictable as time goes by" is the same. Because the protagonists of rebirth novels cannot observe the future at any time and anywhere, they are just reborn from the future to the present. Therefore, after the future becomes increasingly distorted and changed due to their own foresighted actions, they can no longer make reliable predictions about the future.

What the protagonist of a rebirth novel can do, Shan Liangyi can also do. Moreover, if Liu Shuying is Shan Liangyi, it can also explain why he has extremely powerful power when he was born.

He became the Great Impermanence within half a year, maybe not because he became stronger very quickly, but because he had strength higher than the Great Impermanence from the beginning, and he was just acting in the early stage to cover up his tracks. Or it is also possible that the act of "reincarnation" would make him weak for a period of time, and later he just recovered to his original strength.

Although I became the Great Impermanence much faster than Liu Shuying, and I may not have the right to speculate on others, I actually had the power of the Great Impermanence from the beginning, but I just needed the stimulation of a strong enemy to release it. The reason why Zhu Shi was able to obtain the Great Impermanence level of combat power after eight months was because the Forged Yama Sword already had the power of the Great Impermanence.

Only someone who possesses the power of great impermanence from the very beginning can become great impermanence so quickly - I think my suspicion is reasonable.

"It's not surprising that you think so. Let me add one more thing for you." Gua Tianshi said, "Liu Shuying's speed in mastering his own power is also very fast.

“You should be very clear about the gap between someone who has just become a Great Impermanence and an old-time Great Impermanence, and that is the density of power, or you could also say the ‘proficiency in manipulating power’. However, Willow Shuying has reached a level on this path that is comparable to the old-time Great Impermanence in just a few months.

"In the long years, I have seen quite a few Great Impermanence, but a genius like him is still very unusual. It's like he was originally a veteran Great Impermanence, who was acting at the beginning, but gradually stopped acting.

"My eyes can see through the fate of everything in the world. Even if the target is the old fist god who is known as the most powerful and unpredictable in Luoshan, I can vaguely see part of his future direction. However, only Liu Shuying... I can't see through him at all."

Even the diviner said this, so the possibility that the willow tree shadow is the mountain's yin and yang increased dramatically in my mind.

Thinking about the doomsday prophecy made by Liu Shuying, maybe he actually used the power of reincarnation to be reborn from the doomsday era to the modern world. This would explain why he could describe the chaos presented by the doomsday era so accurately.

People who came to the modern world from the doomsday era... I suddenly thought of the person in the future who called himself the "Blessed Monk" and gave the prototype of future technology to Ying Lingyun, as mentioned in Doctor Silver Mask's document.

Is it possible that Ying Lingyun is secretly connected with Liu Shuying...Shan Liangyi?

Well, if I were to participate in the campaign proposed by Fa Zheng to destroy the Humanitarian Department and have a decisive battle with Ying Lingyun, would it be possible that I would directly encounter Shan Liangyi in the process?

And... Gua Tianshi said that Liu Shuying debuted four years ago...

Four years ago, I remember that this was also the period when the amnesia had just begun to spread. There is a direct connection between amnesia and the end of the world, and the willow shadow may come from the end of the world... Is there a potential connection between amnesia and the willow shadow? Or is this just a coincidence in time?

I felt as if I had obtained a large number of clues in one go, but lacked more specific evidentiary information that could connect them together, and I was unable to draw any more conclusions for the time being.

"In my opinion, you and Liu Shuying are quite similar." Gua Tianshi looked at me and said, "It's not about the speed of growth of strength, or other complicated things... Your temperaments are very similar. Maybe after meeting, you will have a lot of common topics." "If he is really Shan Liangyi, then the relationship between us is irreconcilable." I said.

Gua Tianshi just smiled and said, "Well, that's about it for the question about the doomsday prophecy. Do you have any other questions for me? Take this opportunity to ask them all."

"No, it's not over yet..."

I glanced at Ma Zao. After knowing that the prophecy of the doomsday was not proposed by Gua Tianshi but Liu Shuying, Ma Zao seemed to have no motivation to speak out again on this occasion. But I thought of other issues and continued, "Although the prophecy of the doomsday was not proposed by you, you are still the Great Impermanence who is proficient in prophecy. I don't think you are weaker than Liu Shuying in this aspect.

"You... or the other Great Impermanence, should not be taking the impending doomsday lightly, right? And you should have made some observations about the future."

"Do you want to get a prophecy about the end of the world from me?" Gua Tianshi said, "Then I can only disappoint you. Just like what I said before, in this increasingly chaotic world, the prediction of the future will only become more and more vague, and even I am no exception.

"Especially when it comes to foreseeing the end of the world, it's even darker. To be honest, I don't quite understand why Willow Shadow can predict the end of the world. Maybe his foresight can only be explained by the fact that he actually experienced the end of the world.

"But... I didn't gain nothing. I did get some useful clues about the coming of the doomsday."

As he spoke, the old man once again revealed his evil smile.

As always, he likes to first criticize and then praise us. He first says that he cannot meet our expectations, and then suddenly changes his angle and throws out a bait that we cannot refuse.

Ma Zao was already a little depressed. If she had ears like a cat on her head, she might have fallen down just now. But at this moment, her eyes immediately regained their spirit, her expression became focused, and her invisible ears suddenly stood up.

I asked on her behalf: "What is the clue? Can you tell us?"

"The little girl next to you is still the best."

Gua Tianshi first sighed in confusion, then replied: "The result I got is different from Liu Shuying's prediction. He predicted that the end of the world will come within the next ten years, while I think that the end of the world has already come.

“To be precise, the end of the world did not happen in the future, but in the past, and it only finally became apparent in the future.

"It's like some diseases. When they enter the stage where they show signs on the body surface and can be felt by human pain sense, they are actually in the advanced stage. We must respond as soon as possible when we are sick, but now it is too late and there may be no cure."

Seeing that he spoke so nonchalantly, I said, "You make it sound so easy... Once the end of the world comes, even the Great Impermanence will not be able to stay out of it."

"That's right. As long as we continue to stay in this world, even the Great Impermanence will be transformed into a great demon by madness. This is what Liu Shuying predicted..." Gua Tianshi said, "But... Zhuang Cheng, how big do you think this 'world' of 'the end of the world' is?"

“——Hmm?” I suddenly realized my blind spot.

"Do you think this doomsday event will be a disaster that will destroy the planet we are on, or will it destroy the entire universe, a disaster on the level of a big collapse or a big rip?" asked Gua Tianshi.

I don't think it will be the latter.

No matter what the source of the end of the world is, even if it is a divine seal that can fulfill all wishes, I don't think it has the power to change the entire universe. The magnitude gap is too big. Even if I can accept wild and unrealistic things now, I can't believe that the divine seal can make up for such a huge magnitude gap just by relying on its own uniqueness.

Even if it were any other source, at least from the information I have obtained so far, Doomsday has never exhibited the characteristics of an astronomical event.

An event of the magnitude of "Earth destruction" is not enough to threaten the Great Impermanence, which has the ability of interstellar travel.

(End of this chapter)