From the end of the world

Chapter 389: A Peep Through the Hole 1
When Mingzhu saw me, his expression was as if I owed him millions, but in fact, he still owed me a lot. His promise after the defeat included a large amount of material compensation to me, but I couldn't think of what material compensation I should ask him for at the moment, so I put it aside for the time being.

Now I am quite curious about why he appears here. Is he also going to participate in the battle of the Humanitarian Department’s headquarters?

At first, when I heard Fa Zheng say that in addition to the two of us, we would need two other Great Impermanence to participate in this battle, I thought one of them would definitely be Jian Feixian. Now it seems that Fa Zheng does not intend to let Jian Feixian participate. Perhaps it was because Xuanming and Xu Gou attacked two bases of his own Zhishiism some time ago, so Fa Zheng felt that he had to leave one person to guard the house.

I'm not surprised that Shenzhao is here, Fazheng told me about this last night. In addition to wanting Ying Lingyun's technology to use the power of the divine seal fragment, Shenzhao seems to be interested in the divine seal fragment itself that Ying Lingyun holds. Fazheng and he agreed that if an even number of divine seal fragments are found in the headquarters of the Humanitarian Department, they will be split in half; if an odd number is found, more will be given to Fazheng.

As for the fragment of the divine seal that fell into Fa Zheng's hands in this battle, the nominal ownership belongs to the hegemonic camp. Fa Zheng, Jian Feixian, and I only have the right to use it.

Speaking of which, the last time we met, Jian Feixian gave me a token and told me to visit him when I had time, but I ended up completely forgetting about it.

Forget it, let’s talk about it later.

"Mingzhuo, like Shenzhao, is also interested in Lingyun's technology, so he will participate in the battle this time." Fa Zheng took the initiative to explain to me.

The resurrection technology that Ying Lingyun researched should not be helpful to Mingzhu. After all, what Mingzhu lacks is not resurrection technology, but technology to prolong life. However, these two technologies are both in the field of life and death, so they cannot be said to be unrelated. In addition, Ying Lingyun's technical direction is a combination of science and mysticism, which may bring some new inspiration to Mingzhu.

Mingzhuo's hope of making any progress from this is still slim. On the other hand, he may already be in a situation where he has to personally go out and grab even such a slim hope.

"……snort."

Ming Zhuo still looked unhappy. He didn't respond. He just stood aside and made some sounds with his nose.

"Let me briefly explain the content of this operation."

Fa Zheng didn't care and continued, "This time we need to use the connection between Zhuang Cheng and his thermal energy mark inside the Humanity Division headquarters as a medium, and use the power of the divine seal fragment to forcibly perforate the independent reality space where the Humanity Division headquarters is located. It can be understood that we want to directly open a portal.

"During the battle, Shenzhao is responsible for providing technical and rear-line support, and must stay outside the Humanitarian Division headquarters to maintain the portal. Because according to speculation, once the independent reality space is no longer connected to the outside world, the interior will once again become another closed reality where the power of the God Seal fragment can act recklessly. The existence of the portal itself is indispensable, and the only one who can maintain it for a long time is Shenzhao, who has the deepest grasp of the power of the God Seal fragment.

"My mission is to cut off the escape routes of Ying Lingyun and other important personnel from the Ministry of Humanity from the outside. They are very likely to have realized their situation and prepared an escape procedure. Once they flee to the outside world, I can immediately launch an attack. Even if they teleport themselves to different regions, I can still kill them at the level of fate and cause and effect.

"Finally, it's Zhuang Cheng and Ming Zhuo's mission. The two of you are the main attackers, responsible for raiding the Humanitarian Division's headquarters."

Hearing this, I immediately questioned: "Me and Mingzhu?"

"Me and Zhuang Cheng?" Ming Zhuo also spoke at the same time.

In Luoshan, I may join forces with anyone except Mingzhu. I believe Mingzhu has the same idea.

"I know what you are thinking." Fa Zheng seemed to have already prepared something. "The reason is simple. The primary purpose of this campaign is to destroy the Humanitarian Department. It is useless to destroy the base itself. All the main members must be eliminated or detained. Therefore, people who stay in the outside world to block their retreat are necessary; and people who stay in the outside world to maintain the portal are also necessary.

"Let alone the irreplaceable Shenzhao, I'm sure neither of you two would be willing to take charge of blocking the enemy's retreat, right?"

I must break into the Humanitarian Division's headquarters to save Chang'an, so I will definitely not change my location. As for my fate...

"You will collect technical data on my behalf inside the Humanitarian Division headquarters. This is what we agreed on from the beginning, right?" Shenzhao said to Mingzhuo, "The Humanitarian Division headquarters may have a program that automatically destroys all data when it is captured. We can't wait until the operation is over to collect technical data. You don't want to end up with nothing."

"You don't have to tell me. I naturally understand this kind of thing." Ming Zhuo said gloomily.

I looked at the demon hunters dressed as Black Impermanence and asked, "So what are their missions?"

"They are my people, responsible for assisting in collecting technical information." Ming Zhuo said.

The highest level among these demon hunters is only at the level of Master, and they may not be able to guarantee their safety in the headquarters of the Humanitarian Division, which is full of unknown dangers. Logically, they need at least a Master level Wuchang as a leader, but now only Mingzhuo can go into battle.

It seems that I have really killed all the great masters on his hill. But I will not apologize. Ming Zhuo saw me looking at those people and seemed to think of the same thing, and his face became even more stinky.

"I should have killed you the first time we met," he said viciously.

"That was your own fault. But, speaking of our first meeting..." I recalled what happened at that time, "When you saw Ma Zao's dream, you seemed very surprised by the scenery there, right? Why?"

Mingzhu looked at me for a long while, and finally said: "...her dream was exactly the same as the afterlife."

The doomsday era is exactly the same as the world after death - in the past this was just my speculation based on Mingzhu's reaction, but now Mingzhu has finally admitted it himself.

Then, as if talking to himself, Ming Zhuo said the following sentence: "The buildings there... look like Luoshan from more than a hundred years ago."

"what?"

His words made my thoughts pause.

The last time Ma Zao and I entered the doomsday dream, we entered a desolate and empty courtyard.

Ma Zao said that there was the building of the Gospel Institute, the only large human force in the doomsday. However, Ming Zhuo not only thought that the doomsday era looked like the afterlife, but also felt that the building of the Gospel Institute looked like Luoshan from more than a hundred years ago?
More than a hundred years ago... I remember this time was at the end of the Qing Dynasty, when the Luoshan forces withdrew from the world of the living due to the prediction of the Heavenly Master that the afterlife would be destroyed. Why did the buildings of this time period appear out of thin air in the doomsday era?

Or will it be that in the future doomsday era, a horrific incident of the afterlife flowing into the world of the living will indeed occur, and the Luoshan building complex that was left in the afterlife more than a hundred years ago will also flow into the world we live in?
But why was that place occupied by the Gospel Institute? Could it be that the Gospel Institute is the remaining force of Luoshan in the doomsday era?
This speculation does have a lot of rationality. After the doomsday, it seems that some ordinary people survived. So a force like Luo Shan, which is full of demon hunters, cannot be completely wiped out.

But why did Ma Zao, who had stayed in the Gospel Institute for a long time, know nothing about Luo Shan at the beginning, and even seemed to have never heard of the name of demon hunter at the beginning?

Gua Tianshi once said that the end of the world does not happen in the future, but in the past...

I even couldn't help but have a ridiculous thought: maybe the doomsday era that Ma Zao experienced was not in the future, but in the past more than a hundred years ago; Ma Zao did not travel from the future to the present, but from the past to the present...

No, that's not right... There are still too many things that don't make sense. The easiest thing to think of is that although Ma Zao's initial attitude towards modern electrical appliances was not that she often came into contact with them, she was not completely ignorant of them. She herself admitted to me that she occasionally came into contact with modern electrical appliances in the doomsday era.

I tried to ask Mingzhuo again, but Mingzhuo seemed to hate talking to me and shut his mouth after a few words.

Fa Zheng and Shen Zhao walked to the center of the open space.

A complex and mysterious formation was carved into the ground in the center with grooves. Fa Zheng took out two fragments of the divine seal, projected them, and embedded them in two different positions of the formation. Shen Zhao came to the center of the formation, with a white light blooming in his hand.

The dazzling white light flowed onto the ground like liquid, and then, as if time accelerated, it filled all the positions of the formation grooves in the blink of an eye.

Not only was there fluctuations of Shen Zhao's mana, but the venue was also emitting mysterious fluctuations that reminded people of the power emitted by Doctor Silver Mask in the past when he used the power of reset. It was unique to the power of the divine seal fragments.

"Zhuang Cheng, it's your turn." Fa Zheng said, "Stand inside the magic circle, and then use all your strength to sense the thermal energy mark you left inside the independent real space."

"it is good."

I couldn't pry open Mingzhuo's mouth for the time being, so I listened to Fa Zheng's words, walked into the formation, and then began to try to sense the thermal energy mark I left in another space.

As I closed my eyes, the power of the divine seal fragments emanating from the formation began to gather on me, and seemed to slowly strengthen the originally erratic connection between me and the thermal energy mark, making it more stable and clear.

Gradually, I saw the scene of another space.

(End of this chapter)