From the end of the world

Chapter 513 Rules of Killing 2
"——Did you finish it?"

Looking at the strange scene of everything turning to ashes, Tan Xiang seemed to utter these words unconsciously.

Based on my experience of reading many fantasy stories, if a character in a story says this in a battle or crisis, the source of danger will basically come back. Tan Xiang seemed to realize belatedly that his words were unlucky, and quickly covered his mouth as if he had messed up something.

But this time, I believe that the weirdness will not appear again.

The wandering soul silently climbed up from the ground, first looked in the direction where the monster disappeared, and then looked at me.

He seemed to want to ask about my power, and after hesitating for a long time, he still asked about what happened just now: "What did you do? It seems to me that you just burned the monster in a very ordinary way... Did you delete the killing rules that were its source from this world?"

I thought about it and answered, "That's the result."

"…'Result'?" asked the wandering soul.

The way I dealt with that weirdness wasn't actually that complicated.

Even if that weirdness could transform itself into an existence like the laws of physics, it would still reveal flaws in some aspects that the real laws of physics would not reveal.

As the saying goes, the highest good is like water, which benefits all things without contending. The same is true of the rules of the world, which are equally and evenly distributed everywhere in this world. For an object of such a large scale, I cannot delete or destroy it with my current strength.

However, that weirdness is different. As a rule, it will target a specific object - its own prey.

Just like the cartographer said, this killing rule will not be effective for multiple witnesses at the same time. Since it only targets me, it means that the scope of its rule is reduced from the world to me. As the Great Impermanence, although I cannot stop a certain physical law in the whole world, I can make it fail around me.

Then the next thing to do is very simple, that is to manipulate my power to penetrate the time from now to the future, killing it now while killing it that may be resurrected in the future. To put it more simply and crudely, I injected a strong curse into my flame, not only targeting it at this moment, but also swearing that it will be effective against it that may appear around me in the future.

The likes and dislikes of the Great Impermanence can be transformed into blessings and curses to affect others - I rarely use this skill, but once it is used actively, its power can far exceed the definition of curse in the demon hunter's common sense system.

This could even be said to be establishing a new law within one's reach. But perhaps this is how so-called power should be used. To make one's will known, and then to enforce it with violence, forcing everything around to submit to oneself - this is how the rules of the human world are established.

Of course, this practice is easy to do in the modern world, but it is not so obvious in the chaotic apocalyptic era.

Youhun must have thought of this. After listening to my explanation, he asked in confusion, "After the apocalypse, the concept of 'time' is broken, and there is no such thing as 'past and future'... How is it possible for you to attack a target in the future?"

"It's only the objective timeline that doesn't exist. Our subjective timeline still exists." I said, "For example, I first met the cartographer, then met Sandalwood, and then met you... No matter what time we are randomly teleported to, the order of this set of events will not change in my consciousness."

The wandering soul asked uncertainly: "In other words, in the apocalyptic era when there was no timeline, you rebuilt the timeline with yourself as the center?"

After thinking about it, I nodded, "About that."

Time can also be interpreted as a narrative tool. "Re-establishing time" may sound mysterious, but anyone with narrative ability can re-establish a timeline for themselves. Not only can I do this, but Sandalwood and Youhun can also do this in theory.

I, who had just traveled through time, was unable to find this angle. This was also one of the results I obtained after using the blessed lantern in my hand to continuously observe and analyze the chaotic time and space of the doomsday era.

According to my observation, the chaos of time and space does not make the survivors' minds confused... No, maybe the reason why the survivors lose themselves one after another and turn into demons in the doomsday era is inseparable from the chaos of time and space. But at least when you are still awake, your mental memory can become the most stable reference system.

Especially since madness doesn't seem to be able to easily erode my soul, I can become the best reference for re-establishing the timeline. This is not just a verbal statement, the existence of the Great Impermanence itself is the most powerful medium of mysticism, and the timeline that I personally recognize is powerful.

And as long as my Fa Tian Xiang Di is restarted in the future, maybe I can stabilize the time and space around me with my own thoughts.

"But you still can't observe your own future, right? How can you interfere with the future if you can't even observe it?" Youhun still seemed a little confused.

"Of course I can," I said.

"How is it possible? Even if you are a god, in this time and space..." Youhun was incredulous. "This is not a mysterious thing either. You can do it, even ordinary people like Tan Xiang can do it." I said, "As long as you have a strong enough willpower and make a vow to yourself, such as not giving up the promise you made, or not regretting what you have done no matter what happens...

"Then even if you don't have the extraordinary ability to observe fate, you can still correct your future within your ability and eliminate certain factors from your fate. You may still not know what path you will take in the future, but at least you can know what path you will not take.

"This is also the 'power to intervene in fate' that ordinary people can master."

This is not something I made up, but a theory of mysticism that I saw in Luo Shan's materials in the past. To be honest, even I feel that it sounds a bit like "chicken soup for the soul". However, in Luo Shan's mysticism, the strong and firm willpower, execution, and action power of mortals are often regarded as a kind of "powerful magic power", and can even be the basis for immunity to some powerful spells.

Actually, I just said that Youhun and Sandalwood can do it, but it is a bit too much. It's not that I look down on them and think that they will never have an iron will, but in the environment of the doomsday, it is a luxury to always remember the oaths you made in the past.

Hearing this theory without any sense of mystery, Tan Xiang was dumbfounded and said, "How can this thing be considered as the power to interfere with fate..."

"So... you rely on similar images to eliminate all the monsters that may be resurrected in the future..." The wandering soul thought.

"Whether they have been completely eliminated depends on the feedback later," I said.

Then we left the area.

After a period of time, the strange thing never appeared again.

I used it to destroy that strange power, and most of it was used to destroy it if it was resurrected in the future. It didn't have much destructive power for the present. If it could really be resurrected, then the time of resurrection would not be delayed, and it should have appeared again long ago.

"It has really been destroyed..." the wandering soul whispered.

Then, he looked at me, and there seemed to be more awe in his voice, "You... are really a human god?"

"That's right." I admitted directly, "What you said before makes sense. If Xiaowan and I are together, it will indeed reduce her luck. However, since Xiaowan is now being hunted by the demon of disaster, the problem cannot be solved by her good luck. I must go to her side."

In fact, before Youhun pointed it out, I really didn't think that being with Xiaowan might put her in danger, and the big flag I raised now was also a temporary thought. The reason why Xiaowan concealed his power of the right position from Ma Zao in the past was because he didn't want Ma Zao to worry about this aspect.

At the same time, I could see that the reason why Youhun questioned me was because he had negative emotions about himself. I couldn't help Xiaowan who was in danger, so I could only turn around and run away. Could this person who came from nowhere and claimed to be Xiaowan's friend do the same? He seemed to have this idea.

In addition, I also sensed a more special emotion from him.

"Just like I can destroy that monster just now, Youhun, I can also break your immortal body and kill you directly." I said, "Your wish is to die, I have the ability to make your wish come true directly."

Tan Xiang, who was listening, was stunned for a moment, while Youhun fell into a long silence.

Of course I won't really kill the wandering soul, because I still need him to find the Three Lives Stone Powder. However, I can observe that every time he mentions the Three Lives Stone Powder, a certain desire that I cannot understand always emerges in his soul.

The only thing that can be understood at the moment is that he not only desires death, but also desires the Three Lives Stone Powder itself.

I want to ask about his sincerity. Since his memory recovery is deeply related to resolving Xiaowan's crisis, his motivation for seeking memory recovery may be a clue.

After a long while, Youhun finally spoke again.

"...Please have mercy and forgive my previous disrespect, stranger god."

He lowered his posture very low, and said in a humble tone: "But... I don't want to die now. If you want to punish me with death, I hope you can wait until I take the Three Lives Stone Powder before executing me. No matter how tragic the death is, I will accept it willingly."

(End of this chapter)