From the end of the world

Chapter 516 Communication Across Time and Space Continued

Based on my understanding of Mingzhuo, he would not dare to take action against Ma Zao for at least half a year after I "disappeared".

With only half a year of hard work, Zhu Shi would not be able to fully master the White Tiger Killing Power of the Yama Sword, but at least he would not be at the mercy of others. The White Tiger Killing Power was a power specialized in combat, and even if he only mastered it initially, he could probably fight against an enemy of Mingzhu's level a few times, and he would have a chance to survive in a defensive battle.

If we can delay for another two or three months, so that Zhu Shi can fully master the forging of the Yama Sword, perhaps he can improve to the point where he can compete with Ming Zhuo...

However, all of this was based on optimistic estimates. What if Mingzhuo had already made a move on Ma Zao? What if my calculations were wrong, and Zhu Shi, who had only spent half a year communicating with the Yama Sword, was still not strong enough to defend against Mingzhuo's attack? What if Mingzhuo used some tricks to make it impossible to delay the next two or three months?

Should I abandon my nostalgia for the apocalyptic era and return to the modern world?
From the perspective of my original intention, Ma Zao is no longer useful to me, and the Doomsday Era is where I want to stay the most. However, when I think that Ming Zhuo might attack Ma Zao again, or even kill him, I feel very angry. Even if I really make the decision to stay in the Doomsday Era, I may not be able to immerse myself in the adventure of the Doomsday Era in the future.

No... maybe I can really do that kind of thing.

Because I will not regret what I have done. I have sworn to myself that I will not regret what I have done. I have never felt that I cannot do it. I am the kind of shameless person who will quickly forgive myself even if I have done something wrong. This is my nature. But at least, at this moment, I do not aspire to be that kind of person.

Is there a way to have the best of both worlds? If there is a way to freely travel between the apocalyptic era and the modern world, then I don't need to be torn between the two.
Since Huang Quan, the human god of the Gospel House, can travel to the modern world, and accidentally sent me to the apocalypse, this wish may not be just a foolish dream.

The gray mist around him became thinner and thinner, and the contact with Yuchi seemed to be entering its final time. Yuchi himself seemed to be aware of this matter, and muttered: "...I will...call...again..."

He probably meant to say that he would try to connect again.

I suddenly realized - does this mean that I, in the doomsday era, have the opportunity to achieve a stable information exchange with the modern world?

If even such an outrageous thing can be done, doesn't that mean that returning to the modern world from the apocalyptic era... or even wanting to travel freely between the two eras is not a directionless thing?

Could Yuchi actually develop a "time machine"? This surprising thought occurred to me. If he could really do it, then maybe I wouldn't have to be in such a dilemma anymore.

Finally, the human figure condensed by the gray mist dissipated and disappeared in front of me, and the surrounding gray mist also completely dissipated.

The communication connection between Yuchi and me was disconnected.

When I came to my senses, I had returned to the abandoned Gospel Temple. Youhun and Tanxiang stood on either side of me, tensely alert to changes in the surroundings, while observing me with an inexplicable look.

"——Have you been attacked by something?" Tan Xiang asked anxiously, "From just now, you have been standing there in a daze without any reaction... Is there a powerful monster lurking nearby? In which direction?"

The wandering spirit was also watching me out of the corner of his eye, as if silently assessing my mental state.

I sorted out my thoughts a little. This contact was not smooth, and it was difficult to judge whether the information I wanted to convey was accurately conveyed. However, as the saying goes, "Once there is a first time, there will be a second time", so I will look forward to the second contact. I can't send myself back to the modern world immediately. I haven't even figured out the direction of action yet, so it's a waste of effort to worry. For now, I should focus on the goal of "continue to search for the Sansheng Stone Powder".

"It's okay. I wasn't attacked. I was just thinking." I said while thinking, "As for the monster..."

As I was speaking, I suddenly reacted and paused.

Because I vaguely felt that near us, in a corner that could not be captured by the naked eye, there seemed to be something lurking silently in the dark.

The other party is observing us.

However, the other party is probably not the monster that Tan Xiang said. This feeling of being secretly watched, if I am not mistaken, the other party should be a human. I can capture the "human emotions" contained in it. Vigilance, doubt, curiosity, rejection... This hidden human seems to be examining and analyzing us like a human, and is unsure of how to deal with us.

I can't tell where this person is hiding for now. Although there are doomsday factors, the other party's hiding skills are also quite amazing. After all, even if the perception of spiritual consciousness is not very effective, I can strengthen my hearing to scan the surroundings. Inside this abandoned gospel temple, I can even clearly capture the movement of small bubbles in the underwater part. It is not something that any small character can do to prevent me from finding him.

I pretended to know nothing, and continued to explore the abandoned Gospel House with Youhun and Tanxiang. The lurker seemed to follow us secretly, observing us from different angles.

Exploring inside such a broken building is a very attractive ruins exploration activity for me. However, Tan Xiang seemed to be the opposite of me, or perhaps he simply couldn't stand the gloomy and terrifying atmosphere formed by the combination of the strange situation that could appear at any time and the current silence, so he spoke to the wandering soul again.

"This place used to be the Tai Sui Gospel Temple, and Tai Sui was the god you believed in before, right?" Tan Xiang asked, "But I don't seem to see any sculptures or portraits of gods here... What kind of god is he?"

"I also remember it vaguely, but since there are no sculptures or portraits, I can tell you directly." The wandering soul replied, "In my impression, Tai Sui is a god who doesn't like to be worshipped. He even hates being treated as a god.

"Although there is a place to worship him in Tai Sui Gospel Temple, it is rarely used. In the past, believers secretly carved a statue of him out of wood and worshiped him. Tai Sui severely criticized this after discovering it. Therefore, since then, even making an idol of him has been regarded as an unwritten taboo.

"There are many statues and portraits of gods at the Gospel Institute headquarters and Huangquan Gospel Institute managed by Yama. Although I have never visited Shentu Gospel Institute, it is probably similar. The only exception is Tai Sui. He always tells believers that he is just a human who happens to have very powerful powers."

After hearing these words, Tan Xiang was a little stunned: "Uh..."

I didn’t expect there would be human gods who hated being treated like gods.

I also feel that being worshipped as a god is somewhat shameful, but I have never thought of prohibiting others from doing so. Objectively speaking, although I am far from the omniscient and omnipotent gods of monotheism, I at least meet the definition of polytheistic gods. I can't say that all the wishes of ordinary people can be fulfilled, but at least most of them can be fulfilled.

It’s not that I really think I’m not a human, but if others want to define me as “a human who happens to have very strong powers”, I won’t deny it. This is indeed a fact.

But if I really say such words in person, and say them to ordinary people and demon hunters, I can't help but feel that this approach is a bit hypocritical.

A city can be destroyed with a mere thought, a country can be destroyed with a full effort, and a little time can cleanse the surface of the planet and cause mass extinction of life - such an existence will make it difficult for people to truly believe the words "all beings are equal" no matter how many times they repeat them.

But putting these aside for now, apart from Tai Sui’s attitude towards his own positioning, I still feel that putting him together with the other four Gospel House gods and men is out of place.

Yama, Huangquan, Shentu, Chakravartin... these four gods all have names that are closely related to death.

Yama is the "first dead", Huangquan is a synonym for the underworld, and the Wheel King is one of the Ten Kings of Hell. Shentu is the god who guards the gates of hell in mythology and legends, so he is also regarded as a door god, and sometimes as the god of the underworld.

Only Tai Sui is different. Perhaps when some people hear the word Tai Sui, they first think of the meat Ganoderma in traditional medicine, but in the mythological system, Tai Sui is the abbreviation of "Tai Sui Xingjun". Just by listening to the name, you can know that Tai Sui is a star god, which originated from the ancients' observation of the planetary cycle, so he is also an astronomical god, which is far different from the divinity of the underworld.

The relationship between Tai Sui and the concept of "death" is also very distant. If we must say, Tai Sui has the divine power to control the good and bad fortune of the world. To put it more concretely, Tai Sui has the divine power to control time and fate. The ancients said that "if someone dies unexpectedly, it can be blamed on Tai Sui".

In short, if "naming" can even affect the fate of humans and gods, then just from analyzing the name, it can be seen that Tai Sui and the humans and gods of other gospel temples are not the same kind of people at all.

While thinking this, I finally figured out the direction of the person lurking in the dark.

(End of this chapter)