From the end of the world

Chapter 444 Countdown Mechanism

On the one hand he said that he could always do it with himself, but on the other hand he said that he must never fall in love with himself. Zhu Shi's words sounded very contradictory.

It was as if she had drawn a taboo yet sweet line. The more she forbade others to like her, the more she would make others want to break the taboo. Moreover, I myself like to challenge the rules in many ways. She said this with a smile, as if she was seducing me.

I know her very well, she definitely doesn't have the idea of ​​seducing. Now she is like an unconscious little devil. Although she always appears to have the most common sense in front of me and Ma Zao, if you look closely, her personality is the most abnormal among us. She lacks some of the most basic perceptions of interactions between the opposite sex.

This abnormality seemed to have given rise to some kind of wonderful attraction. I felt as if I could hug her anytime and anywhere, hug her body, and possess her loyalty. She would definitely shyly abide by the agreement and accept all my desires with her soft body, again and again.

On the other hand, it seemed that I could never truly possess her and could only get along with her as a friend. This kind of intimate relationship made me feel the contradictory and unconventional charm from this girl.

Not only was she at a loss for this strange relationship, I was at a loss as well. We were like two animals that had just met each other in the wild for the first time, cautiously approaching each other, testing each other's boundaries, and trying to find a way to get along with each other.

And one thing seems to have become very clear - the one who falls in love with the other first is the loser.

"Why do you think if I do it with you, I might fall in love with you?" I asked back.

"Because I'm very good-looking, and I have a great body with curves. Even Xiao Qiao envies me in this aspect. It will definitely be very comfortable if you do it with me, and you might get addicted."

She seemed to have mysterious self-confidence in this regard, and after she spoke out, she seemed to gradually let go of some common sense concerns, and her words became very direct, "Besides, don't most of you boys think that you must be responsible after having sex with a girl? This is a good idea, but you shouldn't think that of me.

"Since you have already made an agreement with Mazao, you must continue to like Mazao. You can never feel that you have to be responsible for me just because you have done it with me. Our relationship is a pure one between a man and a woman that only involves physical contact."

Zhu Shi is now a "scumbag" manufacturing machine... I had this thought, and then said, "Have you ever thought that these words are actually very destructive to men?"

"Huh?" Zhu Shi was slightly stunned.

"There is one more thing that you seem to have forgotten. I have told you face to face more than once that I have always liked you." I said directly.

Zhu Shi blinked, then nodded repeatedly and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, that's it, keep it up!"

As she spoke, she began to ponder, as if thinking about the specific details of "doing" with me, and muttered to herself: "Well, before doing it, we must also prepare safety measures. It would be a bit bad to get pregnant now... It seems that there are some spells that can directly prevent it?
"Also, this matter must be reported to Ma Zao in advance. I can't do it with Zhuang Cheng behind her back... If she says she's willing but she's disgusted in her heart, I must do my best to refuse Senior Brother Zhuang... But it's also possible that she's willing in her heart when she says yes, and then when she's alone and thinks of me and Senior Brother Zhuang doing it, she'll suddenly feel uncomfortable...

"Should we just let her supervise me and Senior Brother Zhuang the whole time? That seems immoral. After all, she is still young...

"Or I can record the whole process in video form, blur out the key parts, and then send it back to Ma Zao? Uh uh uh, no, no, I think I've seen this plot in some work..."

Her thoughts seemed to be deviating from common sense, and when she finished reading, she seemed to be suddenly awakened, holding her head and shouting: "Slow down... What have I been thinking about since just now!"

I pretended not to hear her outrageous remarks and started eating the fruit platter.

The night passed.
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The next morning, Zhu Shi and I returned to Luoshan headquarters and took the head of the "Preacher" to find Ma Zao.

On the way, Zhu Shi had a serious face, as if nothing had happened, and discussed with me issues related to the last incident. Now I have calmed down, and I want to focus on the business more than the men and women, so I discussed it in depth with her.

Zhu Shi had already written a report about the details of the last incident at night and sent it to Luoshan headquarters. She also wrote that the master Wuchang was a hidden follower of Mingzhu, and pointed out in the report that there might be a traitor among Mingzhu's subordinates. After that, Mingzhu's forces would probably start an internal investigation. Regardless of whether the possible traitor could be caught, people like Mingzhu who like to do things in secret probably hate being done by others in secret, which can be said to be a kind of disgust for the same kind.

However, Zhu Shi seemed to have a slightly different view on this matter. When she opened her mouth, she asked a question that sounded very important: "Zhuang Cheng, do you think... is it possible that Ming Zhuo is secretly teaming up with the Taoyuan Township Lord?"

"What you mean is that it's not that there are traitors among Mingzhu's subordinates who defected to Taoyuan Township... but that Mingzhu himself was the leader in secretly exchanging information with Taoyuan Township, but this kind of communication was limited to a small range, so the Cheng-level Wuchang didn't know about it?" I asked, "Why do you think so?"

Zhu Shi nodded first, then said: "Doesn't the 'paradise' allow people to obtain nearly eternal life inside? And what Mingzhuo is pursuing is not to unlock the restrictions on his own life span and obtain a life span that matches his identity as the Great Impermanence?

"Although entering the 'Utopia' will most likely result in being controlled by the Taoyuan Village Lord, but under the most desperate circumstances, will Mingzhu turn against the enemy?"

I thought about it and shook my head.

"It's normal for traitors to appear among Mingzhu's subordinates, because Mingzhu uses terror to control his believers and subordinates. Even if this approach can really cultivate highly loyal subordinates, it will probably be difficult for them to resist the gentle land of 'paradise'... But it is absolutely impossible for Mingzhu himself to betray Luoshan." I said.

"Why is this?" Zhu Shi was curious.

"Because 'Utopia' cannot satisfy Mingzhu's wishes." I said.

The problem lies in the mechanism of the immortal body of Naraku of Mingzhu.

I have repeatedly triggered the Naraku Immortal Body of the Life Turbidity at close range. Combining it with other clues, I can figure out some of the specific operating mechanisms of the Naraku Immortal Body.

First of all, the countdown to Mingzhu’s remaining life span is only ten years at most. So, what time reference system is this “ten years” based on?
There was once a time user among Mingzhu's subordinates who could freely manipulate time and even enter a world where time stopped. I had entered this static world before, and Mingzhu must have tried to extend his lifespan through the power of this time user.

But according to the information at hand, all his attempts ended in failure. Even if he entered a world where time stopped, he could not stop the countdown of his life. This was enough to prove that this countdown had nothing to do with the objective flow of time.

My intuition and reasoning both point to the same conclusion - the countdown of Mingzhu's life span depends on his subjective experience. The number of days he experiences subjectively is the number of days his life span is reduced by.

Since the spirit of Da Wuchang has an extraordinary perception of time, space and cause and effect, he can still perceive the flow of external time by applying the power of time to himself. Therefore, even if his body and consciousness are accelerated or decelerated at the time level, it will be of no use.

However, if this acceleration and deceleration is not applied to himself, but to the external environment, things may be different. Judging from the case of time stopping, if Mingzhu stays in the world where time stops for ten years, then from the perspective of the space where time flows normally, Mingzhu will probably die instantly, just like his remaining lifespan is accelerated and exhausted in one go.

The whole process is not considered as intervening with the power of time, because according to the relative logic of fast and slow, this approach is equivalent to letting all people and things outside the life turbidity enter a space where time is infinitely accelerated, and then stop accelerating after the life turbidity's lifespan is exhausted. From another perspective, this is actually a method of time travel to let the whole world go to the future where the life turbidity is dead.

Under normal circumstances, it is best for Mingzhu to stay in a different dimension where the flow of time is much slower than in the real world. Although his subjective flow of time remains unchanged, Mingzhu's followers and subordinates in the outside world can get more time to help Mingzhu. However, due to the existence of the end of the world, doing so from Mingzhu's subjective perspective will actually accelerate the arrival of the end of the world, and in a sense, it will also shorten Mingzhu's lifespan.

Therefore, when I was thinking about how to kill Life Turbid, I also thought of a method, that is, let me and Life Turbid enter the different space where the time flow speed is much faster than the real world at the same time. In this way, I have the conditions to use ten years to completely kill Life Turbid before the end of the world comes within ten years. Although I said last time that if the conflict lasted for a long time, Life Turbid would win, that was without taking into account the fire of clarification. If I fight by any means, I can still have the confidence to kill Life Turbid.

Unfortunately, firstly, I don't know where there is such a convenient space that I can use at will; secondly, even if I really find such a space, with the boundless power that erupted when I clashed with the life turbidity, I am afraid that there is no space that can withstand ten years of peace and sound. Even the entire surface world will be destroyed countless times, and the unfinished "paradise" is probably no exception.

Since Naraku's immortal body has this mechanism, the method of extending life in disguise with the power of illusion dreams is useless. Not only will the life turbidity not join the "paradise", but it will stay away from it, so as not to affect its continued research on how to overcome the life countdown problem in the real world.

(End of this chapter)