My personal opinion on Gensokyo

In the blink of an eye, the universe-sized blue lotus quickly shrank into a human-sized blue lotus.

The green lotus rotated clockwise, and its shape became fainter and fainter, transforming from a solid object into an illusory shadow of green lotus. Finally, even the illusory shadow of green lotus disappeared into the sea of ​​chaos.

Chaos energy once again filled the vast space previously occupied by the Chaos Lotus. This time, no matter the perspective, this place was a chaotic sea where chaotic currents ran rampant. The higher beings observing this place could even foresee that at countless future time points, countless new universes familiar to the immortals would be born on this chaotic sea.

As far as the immortals can see, the history of all life in the countless new universes in this chaotic sea in the future, and the history of all worlds are all within the eyes of the immortals, but they can no longer search for any information about the disappeared blue lotus in the long river of time.

"...No, it's a new world. Just now, it was the 'normal' birth process."

The astonished superior being pondered for a moment and then once again insisted on his own judgment.

"But, what it gave birth to was not a 'new universe', but rather a strange life form... from the Chaos Sea, 'outside' the history of the multiverse, but 'inside' the Tao?"

While the Eternal One was thinking, he conveyed his thoughts, which he was not entirely sure of, to the other higher beings.

The other higher beings also pondered for a while, each before withdrawing their gaze from the Chaos Sea.

All that remains is the chaotic airflow in this chaotic sea, flowing freely and without any rules for billions of years.

unknown space.

The shadow of a green lotus appeared in the empty hall, and the shadow solidified and transformed into the shape of a human body.

Then, the young man stood on the ground of the empty hall again.

Welcome back, Doctor.

The voice of Miss Amiya Kugimiya appeared in the young man's heart.

The young man with black messy hair did not reply, but immediately observed his body.

Stretch your arms, lift your legs, and jump in place.

[Is there anything wrong, Master?]

Mashu Kugimiya sent her heartfelt greetings in a timely manner.

"I felt an unprecedented sense of comfort. If I had to describe it, my body in the past, judging by today's standards, was like an old computer whose hardware and software were years out of date, and whose internet connection often dropped."

The young man raised his arm again, showing great interest in testing his new body, but then he frowned.

"There's a rather obvious problem. If the body previously had a reaction time to the brain's commands, now the body's reaction speed is too fast, and the consciousness can't keep up with the body's instinctive reaction... Is there a change in the neural reflexes?"

The Captain's body no longer relies on human reflexes to control it, and the operating mechanisms of his consciousness and soul are also different from those of human life forms. The situation the Captain described is merely a small remnant of human instinct in his consciousness, and it will soon disappear.

"Once the remnants of instinct disappear, you're completely no longer human."

The young man sighed, quickly adjusted his mindset, and looked up at the big glowing egg above the empty hall.

"Well, Miss Lord God, it seems we will be living together for quite a while. I hope my personality won't cause you too much trouble."

"...Based on my current impressions, I think the Admiral is alright... I'll just have to get used to it."

Hearing this very uncertain answer, the young man with black hair couldn't help but smile, staring at the Lady of the Lord God, emphasizing every word.

"This is a formal self-introduction."

"The 'Shang' in 'If we do not meet in life, our movements will be as sharp as those of the scorpion 'Shang', and the 'Yang' in 'Gongyang clan'."

"My name is 'Shang Yang'."

PS1: The Celestial Being Brushing the Stone: This comes from a Buddhist legend. There was a rock in the world, forty miles in radius. Every five hundred years, a celestial being would brush the rock with his sleeves until it turned to ash. This was the Stone Brushing Disaster.

The length of time in the legend of Sammo Hung is really amazing and so romantic. This is one of the things I admire about Sammo Hung.

PS2: If we don’t meet in this life, we will be as busy as the sun and the moon. What night is this, we share this candlelight. How long can we stay young? Our hair has turned grey. When I visit my old friends, half of them are ghosts, and I am shocked by their warmth. Who would have known that twenty years have passed, and I would be back in the gentleman’s hall. When I left you, you were not married, and now you have children. You greeted me with a cheerful attitude and asked me where I came from. The questions and answers were not over yet, and my children prepared wine and soup. Spring leeks are cut in the night rain, and yellow rice is cooked in the new rice. The host said that it was difficult to meet, and he drank ten cups in one go. Even after ten cups, I am not drunk, and I feel that I am deliberately drinking longer. Tomorrow, we will be separated by mountains and the world will be in a vast distance. - Du Fu, "Presented to the Eighth Hermit of Wei"

Here is one of my favorite Tang poems for you all.

PS3: I came back late today and am even slower. It is not easy to revise the old article. I want to let myself go and I have to consider the framework issues later.

PS4: The cover has passed the review, yeah, it has that old feel.

PS5: New content and settings have been added on the basis of the old version. When I wrote the book, the settings of super-timeline masters like Feng Ji and Dr. Chen had not yet appeared. I only had similar vague ideas at the time. Old readers should be able to see this. It’s 2020, and the times have changed. It’s just the right time to use this mature system to play with memes.

Volume 1: Heian Past and Present Stories: Chapter 4: Your Future Self

[I am... never mind, I'll just call you Miss Lord God as the Master said.]

Miss Lord God wanted to say something, but after hesitating, she strangely accepted the title of Miss Lord God.

[Back to the point, Admiral has one last ten-draw combo left, please draw a card.]

"Okay, then..."

Shang Yang, the young man with black hair, heard the unknown sense of alienation from the Lady Goddess, but he didn't care. He was not the type of person who pursued exploration too much.

Turning his attention to the golden cards floating in the sky, he intuitively selected ten golden cards for the third time.

"That's all."

The same process took place. Ten golden cards chosen by Shang Yang floated in front of him. One of the golden cards shone with golden light and fell into Shang Yang's raised right hand.

But strangely, no information appeared on the card this time.

[This is a special 'trait' that requires a certain opportunity to use, and the provider is unknown.]

Miss Lord God explained somewhat unexpectedly.

[To use a mobile game analogy, it's similar to the limited-edition gift cards for the Grand Prix 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 events.]

“…I understand this metaphor.”

Shang Yang also looked at the golden card with unknown symbols engraved on it in his hand with some surprise, then put the golden card away and asked Miss Lord God.

"I've also finished the three-draw 10-draw, so there's a problem."

"Miss Lord God, are you coming with me, or will I return here every time I resolve the abnormal causal structure of a world?"

I'll go with the Doctor. Although I've created a Reincarnator model, this is just to make it easier for the Doctor to understand the situation. In reality, resolving a world's abnormal causal structure will take a considerable amount of time. It's not like a Reincarnator who completes a specific mission in a certain world and then returns.

[Before departing for the world of Gensokyo, I will first show the Captain a data template that quantifies his current status.]

Similar to an AR device, a virtual template that only Shang Yang himself can see unfolds before his eyes.

"File No. 1——■■ (On Agent Duty)"

Record name: Shangyang

Sex: Male

Race: Yuanshi Tianyao (single-player race, ■■■■)

Talent: ■■■■■■■ (unknown personal ability) Ability to interfere with the law of causality (Causal Mystery)

Health: 1000+ (Supplementary note: 7-12 for human males)

Mana: 3000+ (Supplementary note: 0 for human males)

Strength: 700+ (Supplementary note: 7-15 for human males, enough to penetrate ancient city walls)

Defense: 100+ (Supplementary note: Human males are 7-10, and can be immune to damage from cold and hot weapons to a certain extent)

Rating: Terrible (Supplementary explanation: Very bad, unable to defeat most monsters)

[I know what the doctor wants to ask. The data quantification template is the Causal Mystery's own 'program' and is not subject to my interference.]

Before Shang Yang could speak, Miss Kugimiya Amiya interrupted him.

[The blacked-out section denies me "access," so I don't know what it hides. Perhaps it's information some causal mysteries deem unnecessary for the Master to know at this stage, or some unknown information that won't be confirmed until some point in the future. Just like the blacked-out first column for talent, the description in the first column won't become clear until the Master awakens their talent.]

[The Causal Mystery is the work of an ancient, superior being skilled in the ways of cause and effect. It is a tool specifically created to deal with the anomalous causal forces of countless parallel worlds. The Admiral will need to continue researching it in the years to come, perhaps to fully understand its full uses.]

[As a 'customer service AI', I am merely a part of the mysteries of cause and effect.]

"That should be the case," the young man nodded, "I trust the judgment of Miss Lord God."

"Then, I have another question for you, Miss Lord God."

"Miss Lord God just said, 'It actually takes quite a long time to resolve a world's abnormal causal structure.' So, as I understand it, this means that the higher beings who created the Causal Mysteries and the multiverse are not 'urgent' to resolve the abnormal causal structure?"

[As expected of you, Captain, this is a core issue.]

Miss Kiana Kugimiya praised the young man.

[The key to this problem is the issue of viewing angle height.]

"Viewing height..."

The young man pondered for a moment and spoke uncertainly.

"Is it a matter of time..."

From the perspective of the River of Time, assuming the Doctor spent a considerable amount of time dismantling all the rigid historical structures of Parallel World A, then during this period, the mechanically deterministic historical process of Parallel World B would likely have exceeded a threshold, triggering a rejection reaction from the universe, and leading to the destruction of Parallel World B. This is a contradiction that cannot be resolved within the River of Time.

[However, this contradiction does not exist for the Mysteries of Cause and Effect, the Higher Beings, or the Great Universe.]

From the perspective of higher beings, who are above the river of time, after the Doctor and I meet, the problem of the destruction of parallel worlds governed by abnormal causal structures will be resolved. With the person and the cause to solve the problem, the result of solving the problem will naturally appear. In the future beyond the current time point, the perspective of higher beings can directly see the results of the dismantling of the abnormal causal structure. This is also true for the multiverse.

[Specific to us and the Causal Mysteries, the theory is that even if the Admiral spent billions of years to completely eliminate the abnormal causal structure of Parallel World A, when we travel back again, the Causal Mysteries will still take us to the historical point where the abnormal causal structure of Parallel World B just emerged, rather than to the distant future where Parallel World B has been destroyed by the rejection control of the multiverse.]

[Using a dating game as an analogy, it's like a rollback feature. All the "plot lines" that caused problems are fixed for us, just waiting for us to "complete" them at any time.]

"...This is the rhythm of becoming the ultimate tool man."

Thinking of the countless parallel universes, the countless parallel worlds with abnormal historical structures, and considering how long it would take to "solve them all", the only word that popped up in the young man's mind was "forever".

[It's certainly not easy to be a tool of the universe.]

The Lady Lord was quite open-minded and comforted the young man instead.

[Thinking from another perspective, the Doctor has already achieved a lot. Not to mention immortality, which has been pursued by countless heroes throughout the history of the Doctor's world, traveling to these fantasy worlds should also be your wish.]

"That's right."

Shang Yang nodded and agreed with what the Lord Goddess said.

Is this also the wish of Miss Lord God?

Shang Yang looked at the Lady of the Main God floating in the empty hall and swallowed this inappropriate question.

"Well then, Miss Lord God."

The young man asked softly in a calm tone.

"Are we ready to go?"

[Of course, Master.]

As Miss Mashu Kugimiya answered the young man in an energetic voice, the glowing egg - the main god system - flashed a dazzling white light.

Amidst the dazzling white light, the enormous egg of the Lord God shrank rapidly, transforming into a delicate, thumb-sized crimson ruby ​​pendant suspended in mid-air. Of course, this might not be an illusion, but rather the true form of the "Cause and Effect Mystery" inhabited by the Lady Lord God.

The crimson ruby ​​pendant fell, the silver pendant chain hung around the young man's neck, and the ruby ​​pendant hung in front of his chest.

Miss Lord God's energetic and confident voice is full of Kugimiya.

[We're on board.]

The crimson gem pendant emitted red light, and ribbons of red light surrounded the young man with black hair and the main goddess who had turned into the pendant.

In the dazzling light, Shang Yang and the goddess disappeared in the empty hall.

PS1: I’ll see if I can update another chapter later, or write something else to make up for what I missed yesterday.

PS2: I modified the new setting, so I finished the time travel setting in the fourth chapter. I am so awesome. ()

Volume 1: Heian Tales of the Past and Present: Chapter 4.5 The World in 695 AD

In 695 AD, in a parallel universe, in the world of Gensokyo, the third planet in the solar system, Earth.

On the planet in the year 695 AD, in the far east, five years ago, the center of the Tang Empire experienced a bloody political struggle.

After the struggle, the political victor, the Heavenly Saint of the Tang Empire, purged all her political enemies, proclaimed herself emperor in the Luoyang Palace, and became the new Saint of the Tang Dynasty.

The empress changed the Tang dynasty into the Zhou dynasty, transforming the 72-year-old Tang Empire into the Wu Zhou empire overnight. Empress Wu Zetian thus became the first female emperor in the history of the Central Plains dynasties. However, in her purge of political enemies, she murdered countless outstanding officials and skilled generals.

This serious consequence means that in the next decade or so, the Tang Dynasty's army deployed in the Western Regions-Grassland line will experience a painful and huge strategic contraction, and will be forced to once again hand over the new territories that the soldiers shed countless blood and made huge sacrifices to the Tang Dynasty's enemies.

This is a painful labor pain that the people of the Tang Dynasty need to endure.

However, this is just the beginning. In the next two thousand years, the serious consequences of this excessive killing may become an opportunity, which will bring a long, long history of suffering to this land in the next two thousand years.

At the same time, the Middle East is the junction of the three continents of Asia, Africa and Latin America.