From the end of the world

Chapter 511 Ma Zao's Situation

If the "firefly" that helped me escape from the ocean of nothingness and reach the shore in the doomsday era is actually the great demon of disaster, then an inexplicable contradiction will arise.

First of all, the biggest question is, why can the Great Demon of Disaster connect with me who has fallen into nothingness. In other words, you know, in that state, I can't even connect with the countless "fireflies" I set up in the modern world, so why can I do this to the Great Demon of Disaster in the apocalypse era?
Is it because the "signal strength" of the Great Demon of Disaster is much higher than those "fireflies" which are only small flames? If so, why is it that the signal strength between me and the other party has not increased further even though I am already in the Doomsday Era? The connection within the same era is always stronger than that within and outside the world, right?

And, based on the vague sensory feedback, I can analyze that the "firefly" that is the source of the signal has not moved at all. At least, since I traveled to the apocalyptic era, it has always stayed at the same coordinates. If it is the Great Demon of Disaster who is actively chasing Xiaowan, it is impossible to explain such a motionless state.

Unfortunately, this is the best I can analyze. Although I know the opponent's coordinates have not changed, I don't know the exact location of the coordinates. Not to mention how far away the opponent is, I can't even tell in which direction the opponent is. Otherwise, I would have moved in that direction a long time ago.

After completing the preparations, we left the pedestrian street.

As we moved forward, the time and space around us changed again without us noticing. Although the lantern and the fireball I summoned provided illumination, the darkness still covered and surrounded us in the distance like an overwhelming curtain. The scenery lurked in the darkness and changed constantly. When it appeared next time, it was completely different from the previous moment.

The scene sometimes turns into a wilderness, sometimes into a town, and I can't tell how far away I am from the pedestrian street I was in before. This chaotic change is not only in space, but also in time. Maybe the time I am in now has become the time before I arrived at the apocalypse, or when "another me" is eating poisonous food in the cartographer's safe house.

As expected, we encountered more than one attack from strange creatures on the way. I won't describe the details in detail, as I basically dealt with all these attacks. Occasionally, one or two strange creatures would sneak up close with mysterious power and try to attack the weakest member of the team, Tan Xiang, but they were intercepted by wandering souls in time and killed by me.

As a monk of the highest level, Youhun has excellent athletic ability and reaction ability. Although it is not as good as the monsters of the same level, it is enough to perform super-fast movements like the biochemical transformation people in science fiction movies.

In contrast, not only was Tan Xiang unable to keep up with our movements, he was also the only one among the three of us who really needed to eat and drink. Needless to say, the Wandering Soul relied on its immortality, and it seemed that after reaching a certain level of hunger and thirst, it could reset its state by committing suicide and reviving. Abnormal states such as hunger, thirst, injury, etc. would not be inherited.

Tan Xiang seemed to be getting more and more anxious about this. To be frank, he is useless in this three-person team. In my heart, it doesn't matter if he is one more or one less. Even if he dies in front of me, I won't have any psychological fluctuations. However, considering that I will meet Xiao Wan later, it is better to protect him by my side for the sake of impression points.

Although you can pretend to be unable to protect him and let him be killed by the monster, Xiaowan has the ability to see through lies and acting, so it is better not to play that kind of trick. Moreover, I personally don't like this kind of conspiracy and trickery, and I don't really want to play such a sinister trick.

The amount of food and water that Tan Xiang collected from the ruins of the safe house was not much and would soon be exhausted. I also checked my belongings to see if there was any food or water in them.

Although I don't need to eat or drink, there are indeed some food and water in my flame, which I can use as food when I'm bored. In addition, there are many other miscellaneous items. Sometimes I don't know what is in it if I don't check it carefully.

There is even a fragment of an ownerless divine seal among them.

This is one of the fragments of the divine seal that Shenzhao gave me before he died. Because I didn't know where to hide it, I kept it with me. Logically, when it came into contact with my magic power, the ownerless divine seal fragment would be bound to me, but the wooden box that Shenzhao gave me has the function of isolating the connection between the inside and the outside, and it can even do the absurd thing of keeping it in my consciousness without coming into contact with my consciousness itself.

Or should I just discard this ownerless fragment of the Divine Seal on the roadside in the apocalyptic era, so that the owner of the Divine Seal will never be able to collect all the fragments of the Divine Seal? Although I had this idea, as my understanding of the power of "fate" deepened, I felt that "hiding the ownerless fragment of the Divine Seal somewhere" was a wrong decision.

As long as the Void Realm Apostle is consciously active, the God Seal fragments are destined to be collected, even if they are thrown into the sea. In the doomsday era, there is No. 7, a Void Realm Apostle who is suspected to be on the side of the God Seal Master. If you casually discard the ownerless God Seal fragments, they will most likely be picked up by the other party by luck. The safest place to keep them is indeed at your own hand.

At the same time, Tan Xiang seemed to want to distract herself from the anxiety, and took the initiative to communicate with the wandering soul: "Since you used to believe in the god called 'Tai Sui', why didn't you stay with the remnants of Tai Sui?"

"The remnants of Tai Sui have experienced many splits under the suppression of the Gospel Institute. I probably escaped one of them." The wandering soul said indifferently, "Also, it is said that the remnants of Tai Sui have provoked the great demon Xuanwu, and are now being hunted by the great demon Xuanwu. Perhaps they have all been destroyed by now."

"You mean Xuanwu?" I was drawn to it. "Why would they provoke Xuanwu?"

"Maybe it's just bad luck." Youhun said, "I'm not sure about other things."

The flesh and blood of the Great Demon Xuanwu is the only way to completely heal Ma Zao's soul. If I return to the modern world in the future, it will be necessary to hunt it before returning, or at least get a part of its body.

Although we don't know where the Great Demon Xuanwu is, it sounds like as long as we find the so-called "Taisui remnants", we can just sit back and wait for the Great Demon Xuanwu to come to us.

But I’m not sure if I can be a match for the Great Demon Xuanwu.

At the same level, the restraint of the descendants of Xuanwu on the descendants of Suzaku is irreversible. Even I was no match for the Water Master Xuanwu when I was at the Great Perfection level. It was only after I became the Great Impermanence that I defeated him by suppressing him by magnitude.

The Great Demon is at least the ultimate monster that is on par with humans and gods.

The ghost stared at me without saying a word. "Is there anything you want to tell me?" I asked curiously.

"You are very powerful. You have eliminated all the monsters that appeared along the way. Even in the Gospel Temple, it is rare to encounter a blessed monk as powerful as you." Youhun said in a calm tone.

"Thanks for the compliment. So what?" I asked.

The wandering soul seemed to be organizing his words, and then said: "You told me before that your goal is to find Xiaowan and provide her with shelter... Are you serious about that?"

"Of course I'm serious," I said.

"But... can you really protect her instead of framing her?" Youhun asked back.

I asked unexpectedly, "Did I behave badly in some way that made you suspect that I had ill will towards Xiao Wan?"

"This has nothing to do with your subjective will." The wandering soul said, "I have seen that what you said is true. As long as we follow you, the weird things will continue to emerge and attack us. This bad luck phenomenon is completely opposite to when we act with that girl.

“Although it’s not nice to say this to your benefactor, you are simply like a jinx. Once you get together with her, her ‘luck’ will most likely be weakened by your ‘misfortune’, or even completely overwhelmed.

"So, if you are really her friend, then please stay away from her and stop thinking about being with her."

Hearing this, I looked at Youhun carefully a few times.

He looked suspicious and asked, "I'm sorry, did I say something wrong?"

"No, how should I put it...I just feel a little emotional," I said.

The ghost just called me a jinx, but I was not angry. Because for me, being favored by the power of a jinx is a kind of luck, not misfortune. However, I couldn't help but think of what Ma Zao had described before, her past experience.

Although it is still unclear what the "Witch of Gospel" described in the cartographer's diary is, for a long time, Ma Zao seems to have been regarded by many survivors as a jinx spreading misfortune, and was hated and feared in every way. Even a person like Youhun who puts his own life aside will probably spare no effort to persuade her to stay away from those few good things.

The reason why she exiled herself and lived a life away from other survivors was probably because she heard similar words again and again.

What I am facing now is mostly the situation that Ma had passed a long time ago.

"Besides... even if you really reunited with Xiaowan, what could you do?" Youhun continued, "Not only me, even a powerful demigod is nothing to the Great Demon of Disaster. If you go to her side, you will just be like me, forcing her to share some of her luck with you, which will make the situation even worse."

Tan Xiang directly raised an objection: "So what? No matter how powerful that guy called the Great Demon of Disaster is, can he be as powerful as Zhuang Cheng?"

The wandering soul frowned and said, "You don't understand how powerful the demon is. It was once a god. Only human gods can contend with it..."

"But isn't Zhuang Cheng also a god?" Tan Xiang asked back.

"What did you say?" Youhun was stunned.

It was at this moment that strange noises suddenly came from the darkness in the distance.

It was a nervous sound of footsteps, as if walking on muddy ground.

I couldn't help but feel surprised. Tan Xiang opened her eyes wide in surprise, and Youhun's face suddenly changed drastically and he looked in that direction.

(End of this chapter)