From the end of the world

Chapter 445 Ma Zao's Reply

After listening to my explanation, Zhu Shi showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

Soon, Zhu Shi and I found Ma Zao in her residence at Luoshan headquarters, handed her the head of the "Preacher" and explained to her the origin of the head.

Ma Zao activated her ability and carefully investigated the contents of the skull. With her current ability, it was very quick to investigate this target who had only been raised to the level of a master by the Seed of Heart in his lifetime. Not long after, she finished her investigation and showed a frustrated expression.

"The historical records contained in this head at the mystical level have been blocked by an extremely powerful force," she said. "According to preliminary estimates, it should be a force at the level of Great Impermanence. There is no way I can break through this layer of power and trace its past."

It must have been done by the Taoyuan village chief.

While he relied on his avatar to block me in the isolation zone of "Paradise", he also wiped out and dealt with the "preacher" who was connected to "Paradise" through the air.

Since he would do such a thing, it means that he is well aware that we will use historical investigation skills to track clues through the remains of the "Preacher". Luoshan is full of heroes, and Ma Zao is not necessarily the only one who masters historical investigation skills, but this targeted defense still makes me think - maybe he knew that we had Ma Zao, so he did this.

We didn't hide Ma Zao's power in the past, but in the end, most people only knew that Ma Zao had a strange power of regression, and we were the only ones who knew that she had historical investigation skills. Although Lu Youxun knew about it while investigating the secret base of the Humanitarian Department, according to what he said now, he didn't find a chance to report this news to the people of the Fate Turbidity Force.

So, assuming that the Lord of Taoyuan Village was specifically on guard against Ma Zao, through what channel did he learn the details of Ma Zao's power?
For example, is there someone we don’t know but who knows about Ma Zao’s power, and is this person standing on the side of the Taoyuan Township Lord and providing him with relevant information?
I immediately thought of the unknown blessed monk who gave the prototype of future technology to Ying Lingyun.

Since this unknown blessed monk will cooperate with Ying Lingyun, he may also cooperate with the person Ying Lingyun cooperates with.

Although the above are just unfounded speculations, based on experience, I believe that there is a possibility that cannot be ignored.

The monk of unknown blessing is a character related to the doomsday problem; the Taoyuan village master is a character related to the mountain yin and yang problem. As long as there is an opportunity, Ma Zao's physique that attracts disasters will gather seemingly unrelated clues and events together at the same time, one wave after another, making people dizzy and unprepared. I believe that is such a power that is like a vortex of fate.

Therefore, even if I can't get a decent clue from the head of the "Preacher", I don't feel disappointed. I haven't thought for a moment that things will end here. Even if I can't follow the clues to get closer to the incident, the incident will take the initiative to approach me.

Whether or not I can get clues only affects whether I can make countermeasures and preparations in advance before the event occurs, and whether I can take the initiative based on this.

I tried to comfort Ma Zao who was unable to do anything, while Zhu Shi tried to change the topic, seemingly intending to shift to the "things" we talked about last night. It was really ridiculous, not only was I going to do "things" with "another woman", but I also had to walk up to the person I had agreed to be in a relationship with and report it to her.

Regardless of whether this request is reasonable, I have come out of the ambiguous atmosphere of last night and started to reflect on whether I am too unrestrained. Ma Zao has already made concessions to me in many aspects, and I still want to push for more. Is this too much?

The arrow has been put on the string and has to be shot. It is even more wrong to back down at the moment. Zhu Shi seemed to be a little hesitant, so I chose to take the first step.

No matter what, I have to make it clear. After I make it clear, I don't have to say anything about whether Ma Zao is willing or not, I should just take the initiative to cut it off first - I originally thought so, but I didn't expect Ma Zao to show a strange expression after hearing what I said.

Ma Zao glanced at Zhu Shi with surprise. Zhu Shi was embarrassed and flustered, like a mistress caught by his girlfriend in an affair. In fact, I don't know how a mistress would react in that situation. Zhu Shi may have prepared a lot of speeches, but now he became incoherent.

"Well, it's not what you think, Ma'am..." Zhu Shi seemed to be trying to explain something, "I just think you are too young now, and Senior Brother Zhuang has no way to vent his desires, and you can't control it, so I want to sacrifice myself to feed the tiger... No, what do you mean by sacrifice myself to feed the tiger? I mean to check for you first... Wait, why did I become the character who cheated on my best friend this time? Ah, that's not right! What exactly did I want to say before..."

She actually got stuck in this weird quagmire where she couldn't help but complain about herself in the middle of her defense.

Ma Zao looked at me again, looking confused, and then said in confusion: "So you haven't done it yet?"

“……Ah?” Zhu Shi was stunned.

"I thought you must have done it many times in the past month..." Ma Zao said, "Didn't you say you wanted to have a baby? You can't have a baby if you don't do it, right?"

"Etc., etc……"

Zhu Shi held his forehead, first called for a stop, then paused for a long time before continuing: "Ma Zao, although Senior Brother Zhuang and I are engaged now, we haven't gotten married yet after all. Didn't I say it last time? Senior Brother Zhuang and I can't get married until you and Senior Brother Zhuang officially enter into a romantic relationship... So even if we want to do that, it doesn't mean we have to have a baby now, right?" Ma Zao thought about it first, then asked: "Do we have to have a baby after marriage? Can't you have a baby if you don't get married? That would be too inconvenient..."

"No... do I have to start the explanation from this point?" Zhu Shi showed a confused expression.

It seems that we still underestimated Ma Zao's lack of common sense.

Ma Zao said seriously, "By the way, you just said that although you plan to do that, you will also take good contraceptive measures... Can you not use contraception?"

Zhu Shi turned around and looked for help: "Senior Brother Zhuang..."

"Ma Zao, I understand your desire for Xiaowan to be born soon, but Zhu Shi is still a freshman in college. You can't let her meet her classmates with a big belly, right?" I explained.

"That's true... But isn't Zhu Shi attending an ordinary school? In that case, he should be able to use illusion to get away with it, right?" Ma Zao thought for a while and said, "Although Zhu Shi himself doesn't know how to use illusion, Luo Shan should have a lot of props like the fake moon in the water. He can use those illusion props to create the illusion that 'Although Zhu Shi's belly has grown, she looks normal to her classmates'..."

Zhu Shi covered his face with his hands: "No, that's some weird play..."

"Can't I? Did I say something too much? I'm sorry..." Ma Zao admitted his mistake obediently.

All in all, Ma Zao seemed to have no opinion on what happened between Zhu Shi and me.
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Then I went to find Lu Chan.

He was supervising the construction of the temple dedicated to me, and it seemed that the temple was being renovated. The reason I was looking for him was related to the traitor in the Mingzhuo Force.

I have a feeling that my next course of action may be closely related to this incident. Lu Chan used to be a member of the Mingzhuo faction. He may still have some connections there, and may be able to help me find some important clues.

After hearing what I said, Lu Chan first wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, then sighed and said: "...You suddenly told me something like 'Are you still in contact with the people of the Mingzhuo force', I thought you finally couldn't help it and wanted to find a reason to settle accounts with me..."

"You can rest assured about this. Although it seems that many people think you are untrustworthy, I have never doubted your position. If you want to betray me, it is definitely not because you have defected to the Mingzhuo forces, but because I have become a person like Mingzhuo." I said.

Lu Chan was slightly moved, and then said: "...Thank you for your trust."

"So...what is your answer to what just happened?" I asked.

"You will definitely hear good news later." Lu Chan said.

"I'll look forward to it," I said. "By the way, what exactly is going on here?"

Lu Chan followed my gaze towards the temple building that was being renovated and replied, "This was originally a blank temple that was temporarily rented as a place for worship. Now it is being renovated into a dedicated temple that suits your style. If this style is suitable, temples of the same style will be built in other areas in the future.

"Considering that Luo Shan will also step into the world in the future, the belief in the Great Impermanence will inevitably gradually enter the society. In the future, you should see temples dedicated to you in cities all over the country. For example, according to the current plan, your hometown Xianshui City will definitely build many temples and statues of you.

"In fact, I think we should build a temple dedicated to you inside Xianshui University, with a statue of you inside and a statue of Zhu Shi, the wife of the god, next to it. We should build it in the first half of this year. What do you think?"

Even I couldn't help but be surprised by this devilish idea: "Is it because Zhu Shi is usually too harsh on you, so you want to take this opportunity to retaliate against her?"

If he could accomplish this, then there would be no need for my junior sister Xiao Qiao to set up tablets for Zhu Shi and me at home. She could just go to the temple building in the university to burn incense on her way to and from school every day - and she could even bring her best friend Zhu Shi along, in front of all the teachers and students in the school.

Lu Chan smiled with a refreshed look, then took out a piece of paper and said, "We have recently designed the totem logo of 'Zhuangcheng Faith'. Please have a look at it, Lord God."

(End of this chapter)