From the end of the world

Chapter 387 Zhu Shi's Attempt

Ma Zao and Zhu Shi are gathered in my room at this moment.

The purpose of giving the extra ownerless God Seal fragments to the two of them was to prevent the God Seal Master from collecting all the God Seal fragments through us, the Void Realm Apostles. Because the God Seal Master has the possibility of monitoring through the God Seal fragments bound to the Void Realm Apostles, even if I have to hide it in a hidden place, I can't hide it by myself.

If both of them carry the fragments of the divine seal and are recruited as apostles of the virtual realm in the future, this strategy will fail. As for myself, I don't want them to follow me into such an unknown place.

According to what the Lord of the Divine Seal said before, the new round of recruitment of Void Realm Apostles will not be carried out immediately after a vacancy occurs, but will only be carried out when "the number is too small."

Neither seems to be planning on shying away from the possibility of being called up.

"I can understand Ma Zao. She cares about Xiao Wan very much, so it is reasonable for her to want to enter the virtual world and reunite with Xiao Wan... Zhu Shi, why do you want to do that?" I asked, "Do you care about Xiao Wan very much too?"

"Of course. That little bowl is most likely my future self, or someone who is equivalent to my dream incarnation. Generally speaking, I would be concerned enough to have trouble sleeping, right?" Zhu Shi said as a matter of course, "But this is only a secondary issue. Since Zhuang Cheng, you have entered a place that might be dangerous, then I must go in too.

"Before, I was weak and didn't have the conditions to participate in the battle; now it's different. Although it will take some time, I will be able to become strong enough to fight alongside you in the near future. In this case, there is no reason for me to let you fight alone.

"Besides, if you just want to prevent the Lord of the Divine Seal from collecting all the fragments, you only need to ensure that at least one fragment is out of his control. Not to mention that other Void Realm Apostles must have done the same. Don't you have a third ownerless fragment in your hand that you can hide? The premise is that you don't plan to use it to exchange information with the Lord of the Divine Seal."

This third fragment of the divine seal is not without other uses.

In order to use the power of the God Seal Fragments, I must further understand the connection between myself and the God Seal Fragments. One possible direction is to increase the number of God Seal Fragments bound to myself, so that the connection between me and the God Seal Fragments will increase in number, and my perception of it will become more profound.

However, the connection between the fragment of the God Seal is likely to be the connection with the virtual world, which will increase the possibility of the Lord of the God Seal having the power over my life and death. Although I have bound to two fragments of the God Seal at the same time in the past, I did not exchange the answer with the Lord of the God Seal at that time, so the connection did not deepen; and now if I bind to a new fragment of the God Seal, there is no guarantee that there will be no unknown problems.

At the very least, I should ask Xiaowan for help next time and make a decision after discussion. No matter how much I like to take risks, I will not step into a defeat so carelessly.

“Also… since you know that Ma will want to enter the virtual realm after getting the fragment of the divine seal, then don’t give the fragment of the divine seal to her.” Zhu Shi pointed this out directly.

"That's a different matter," I said.

Ma Zao also nodded vigorously.

I don't want Ma to be in danger early - if that's the case, then not only should I not give her the fragment of the God Seal, I shouldn't even tell her that I got the fragment of the ownerless God Seal. Because she will definitely take this opportunity to try to enter the virtual world for Xiaowan.

But now I don’t want to hide anything from Ma Zao, and I don’t want to exclude her from my adventure in the name of protecting her.

Of course, I know very well that concealment and protection are the most reasonable strategies, but she said that she would accompany me on my adventures, to the ends of the earth, until I was very full, and then wait for me to choose her...

Will there ever be a day when I am so satisfied that I don't want to take risks anymore? I can't really imagine it. But I can't say that there is absolutely no possibility.

And just as she accepts everything about me, I must also accept her intentions when she makes them clear.

Ma Zao silently held my hand.

Zhu Shi seemed to be able to read a lot of meaning from my expression, and then said: "According to this trend... you are not planning to attack the Humanitarian Division headquarters with Ma Zao next, right?"

Ma Zaoxian shook his head and said, "No, that would only hinder Zhuang Cheng's performance in the battle. At least in the matter of fighting, I can't share the risk with him now. I can tell this clearly and will never make trouble unreasonably."

"I'm glad you're not blinded by love." Zhu Shi breathed a sigh of relief.

Ma Zao corrected him seriously: "Chuang Cheng and I are not in a relationship right now."

"You two are holding hands, and you still tell me that you are not in a relationship?" Zhu Shi complained harshly, "Do you know that I often feel redundant when I stand with you guys?"

I need to reiterate here that Ma Zao and I have not yet officially entered into a romantic relationship.

Ma Zao said, "At least wait until you grow up to a body that is comfortable to hug like Zhu Shi" before becoming a real lover with me, and I accepted her promise. Although I know very well that the statement that "we are not actually in love" is not convincing based on the interaction between Ma Zao and me now, sometimes even I forget this, and it may seem like some kind of weird interest to outsiders.

The distribution of the ownerless divine seal fragments came to an end here. As for the wooden box that came with the divine photo and was used to hold the three ownerless divine seal fragments, I did not throw it away.

This thing looks unremarkable, but it actually has the wonderful function of preventing the Void Realm Apostles from sensing the ownerless God Seal fragments. If the Void Realm Apostles' sensing is also a manifestation of the power of the God Seal fragments, then this wooden box can be said to have the profound ability to hinder it. Shen Zhao casually took out this item to give to others, which shows that he has studied the God Seal fragments and their power in depth. Assassinating the God Seal Master is definitely not an arrogant lie.

In addition, I heard from Mr. Zhu this week that Zhu Shi took advantage of Ma Zao's teleportation ability and found time to return to Xianshui City.

At first I thought she was just taking some time off to visit her still sleeping mother Zhu Jiu, but then I thought about it, she hadn't been away from Xianshui City for many days, and it was a busy period recently, so she might have other purposes. Now that I had the chance, I asked her what she was going back for.

Zhu Shi gave the answer: "I am going to try to regain the power of the correct position of heaven and earth as soon as possible."

"What does this have to do with your return to Xianshui City?" I was curious.

"I got this idea when I saw Lu Chan hanging around here recently." Zhu Shi said, "Do you remember how he got back his 'Possible Clone' ability?"

Hearing this, I immediately figured out the key point: "...I see."

Lu Chan once abandoned his original intention along with the national first-class demon hunter medal in the secret base of the Humanitarian Department. Later, by re-contacting the medal, he restored his past self and regained the power of "possible clones". Zhu Shi may also have similar "items that represent his past self" at home in Xianshui City. By contacting them, she may be able to turn back into Zhu Jiuxing and directly regain her love and the right position of the heaven and earth.

To be frank, I think this object is most likely the white box... or more precisely, the rag dolls and stuffed animals inside it that are filled with Zhu Jiuxing's innocent childhood memories.

"I took out all the dolls from the temple, placed them in a circle on my bed at home, and then took a nap inside," Zhu Shi said. "But nothing happened. I am still me, and Mount Buzhou is still Mount Buzhou."

I immediately said, "It would be best if nothing happened. If you really turn back into Zhu Jiuxing, wouldn't that mean that you would be spiritually dead now?"

After thinking that the changes in Zhu Shi’s childhood might be the same as Lu Chan’s past, I re-evaluated whether to help Zhu Shi regain his love, and then I realized the fatal point.

"No, I don't have a premonition that I will die now... I will just regain my childhood sensibility and become less suitable for fighting." Zhu Shi said, "Because my childhood self did not deny my past values ​​and thoughts, I just set up ambitions that are not suitable for me and forced myself to become cruel enough in certain choices.

“As for the lack of combat power, the main component of my combat power from now on will be the forged Yama Sword. Even if I become less suitable for combat, it will not affect my performance as a Great Impermanence-level combat power.

"As for the hindrance of my changed personality to combat... I am now an adult and have a lot of combat experience. I think I can solve this problem on my own."

The reason why she wanted to take back the Zhengwei Fa Tianxiangdi as soon as possible was probably because she wanted to obtain the Great Impermanence level of combat power within three days, and then join the battle for the Humanitarian Division's headquarters. I guess it was not only to fight alongside me, but also to personally draw the last scene of the life of her evil father Ying Lingyun.

It's a pity that she couldn't catch up.

She did not show much regret about this. Unlike Chang'an, her feelings for Ying Lingyun were not so strong that she could not let go.

At the same time, I noticed another problem.

“The great sacrifices made in the past… can they be undone so easily?” I felt that this did not go against my intuition.

"Big give up?"

Zhu Shi was confused at first, then suddenly realized and said, "You mean the extreme methods some demon hunters use to become stronger. Although I did give up important things in my childhood, it is not the same as that.

"In fact, I didn't gain more power from giving up in my childhood. It's just that my attributes have changed. If I have to say, my total talent may not be as good as my childhood self."

Indeed, although "Buzhou Mountain" is a powerful supernatural power, it does not give people the feeling of being as otherworldly as the correct position of heaven and earth, and its functional aspects have become narrower than the prototype.

"Buzhou Mountain" even has the restriction that "you can only exert your full strength in battle", which may reflect Zhu Shi's determination to "dedicate your life to battle". If I have to choose between the two abilities, I would rather choose the right position law of heaven and earth. ...Although the attribute that the eyes change color in battle is really very attractive.

"I heard that the Correct Positioning of the Heaven and Earth can be mastered through training." I said, "Although it seems to be extremely difficult, since you have the experience of mastering the Correct Positioning of the Heaven and Earth, and now you have Ma Zao helping you reproduce the Correct Positioning of the Heaven and Earth every day, is there a chance that you can master it again through training?"

"Probably not." Zhu Shi shook his head. "First of all, strictly speaking, 'Buzhou Mountain' is the transformed heaven and earth. Therefore, unless through special forces such as Ma Zao's return force, the two cannot exist at the same time under natural conditions.

"Secondly, for me, killing is an arbitrary act. And since I have accepted that I can kill, I can no longer master the power of communication such as the right position of heaven and earth.

"…It's not that killing people and correcting the heavens and earth cannot coexist, it's just that this is the case in my world. It's not impossible for me to become a person who can combine the two. The prerequisite is that I need to completely reorganize my values ​​based on my childhood spirit, completely kill myself mentally, and replace the old me with the new me."

To reach that point would be no different from giving up completely, and it was something Zhu Shi could never do.

From this perspective, even if Zhu Shi became Zhu Jiuxing again during her return to Xianshui City, it would be difficult for her to take the initiative to kill people in the future. I just don't know if she thought of this at the time. Of course, not being able to kill does not mean not being able to fight. She might become like the superheroes in American comics who adhere to the principle of not killing. To be honest, I think that might be quite suitable for her.

"It seems I have to wait patiently for eight months," I said.

"It's nine to ten months, Brother Zhuang, did you remember it wrong, or are you deliberately rushing me?" Zhu Shi said.

"Within nine or ten months isn't eight months away?" I said.

"But it sounds completely different." Zhu Shi said with a smile, "Brother Zhuang, are you lonely? Do you want me to fight side by side with you on the front line like we did before?"

"Yes," I said without hesitation.

I have always fought alone, and I really yearn for the scene where I can rely on my comrades-in-arms for support.

Zhu Shi said sarcastically, "Although I know you don't mean that, it's not good to admit it in front of Ma Zao, right?"

"Why not? The more fighting power around Zhuang Cheng, the better." Ma Zao said seriously.

“You two are obviously both blockheads, how come you make such fast progress when you work together…” Zhu Shi showed a speechless expression.

"Compared to this, there is one thing that I care about right now..." I said.

"What's the matter?" Zhu Shi asked.

I thought about it and asked, "...If Ying Lingyun is destined to fail in reviving Yin Yue, what do you think is the reason?"

(End of this chapter)