Unusual Fate Records

Chapter 298, Section 027: Breaking Through the Realm with a Single Slash
[Tracing back to the source] Staring intently at him, his bald head obscuring his expression, after a long while, a soft sigh was heard:
"Congratulations, you have passed the test."

Jin Ziyue nodded.

"The fact that you reacted so quickly shows that you've truly matured. Congratulations, host." The previously tense [Tracing the Origin] now simply smiled calmly.

Even if it were conscious, it would be no match for humans in the 'Realm of Soul Tracing,' a disadvantage inherent to the Fate Word. The Fate Word's consciousness is weak, leaving it with no chance in a battle of souls.

Jin Ziyue recalled, saying:

"The so-called 'subconscious' isn't really my subconscious; it's just you trying to make me believe that it's me, right?"

"Yes. Human consciousness can be suggested and induced, leading people to mistakenly believe it is their own will, unaware that many times it is simply the result of being manipulated by others." [Tracing the Roots] does not hide this fact.

"Why do I feel pain even when I hurt you?"

"Heh." [Tracing the Origins] laughed, "A petty trick, not worth mentioning, just one of the methods of implication."

"Then why can you even imitate my moves and ideas?"

Jin Ziyue felt that his understanding of the destiny words was still insufficient. The [Tracing the Origin] technique was able to personally serve as a trial participant and replicate many of his own movements and moves.

"I know you inside and out, but don't forget, I still reside inside you. I can detect most of your every move through your muscle movements."

Jin Ziyue nodded thoughtfully.

“Remember what you said.” [Tracing the Origin] had no intention of continuing the conversation, and said, “Take this power and leave. I can’t maintain this dream for long. Now that you can comprehend it, I can say that I have done right by the previous host.”

His eyes looked tired, clearly indicating that his energy reserves accumulated over eighty years were about to run out, which was having a significant impact on him.

"Old Jin, he..." Jin Ziyue seemed to see Jin Junlai vomiting blood.

"Life and death are all predestined. In this dream, the previous host had his own consciousness because he was familiar with me and had nurtured me for many years, leaving behind some traces of his soul."

【Tracing back to the source】As he spoke, he slowly transformed into a ball of light.

"He helped you entangle a tricky character to ensure the trial proceeded smoothly. Some characters in this world are too energy-intensive to simulate, especially when they're fighting."

To maintain this world and ensure the trial's continuation, I have to conserve more energy. Therefore, I have no choice but to appear and personally take on the final step of this trial. Once you leave, everything in this world will vanish like smoke and rain.

"Isn't this the world you created?" Jin Ziyue asked.

"This is a world I cleverly projected," [Tracing the Origins] said calmly. "The course of events is not something I can control."

Jin Ziyue asked, "Did everything Ruolan and the others experienced really happen?"

"That's not necessarily true." [Tracing the Origins] glanced at him and said leisurely, "Host, think carefully about how much your appearance has changed the course of history."

Jin Ziyue remained silent, carefully sorting through all of this.

He caused a commotion in the class by hugging Fu Qin, and that was the beginning.

The homeroom teacher would then step in to smooth things over and ask him to check on the students' situation.

So, Jin Ziyue arrived downstairs at Chen Ruolan's building...

Moreover, if he hadn't met Lao Jin and learned about destiny, he wouldn't have been a match for Ming.

Ming didn't die; instead, she found out everything about him.

Every cause has an effect; a hundred causes produce a hundred effects.

Jin Junlai's words still echoed in my ears.

……

He silently dispelled the 'Realm of Soul Tracing' and left the soul world. Since he hadn't yet awakened his life consciousness, he lost the vision of [Tracing the Origin].

This time, he truly felt that he could escape from the dream at any time if he wanted to, just like a lucid dream, which can be paused as long as he finds the "switch".

A halo rose from beneath Jin Ziyue's feet.

“Go back,” said [Tracing the Origin]. “With new power, return to your world.”

Jin Ziyue nodded his thanks to it in the void.

He stepped onto the halo, as if ascending to heaven, with rings of light pulsating endlessly.

As his body became semi-transparent, Jin Ziyue slowly realized that he had returned to his adult form, and the teleportation array was displaying his own consciousness.

The image of "Tracing Back to the Source" has condensed into a ball of light, watching Jin Ziyue's figure slowly disappear.

Suddenly, a sudden change occurred!
A bright white light appeared on the horizon, moving at incredible speed, spreading from the seaside to our view in an instant.

"Watch out!" [Tracing the Origin] also noticed the single-line arc slash and hurriedly exclaimed a warning.

The white light seemed to fly away, and in the blink of an eye, the line of light where the sea and sky met magnified within the visible range!
Jin Ziyue's heart pounded wildly; that sharp feeling felt as if it would slice him in two!
He had to interrupt the teleportation array and leap up, twisting his body to dodge.

His intuition told him that this terrifying strike was so powerful that it could even cleave through the soul.

Just as he leaped into the air, the white light arrived, vanished in the blink of an eye, and drifted away into the unknown distance.

The light cluster stagnated as it traced back to its origin.

Jin Ziyue landed, and with a thud, his severed left arm also fell to the ground.

He stared incredulously at his left hand, then at the [Tracing Back to the Source] sign.

The decree fell silent, and within two breaths, it shattered and dissipated.

Jin Ziyue's body was inexplicably weak; it was because his destiny had been forcibly erased, and the host's body would react accordingly.

Jin Ziyue gritted his teeth.

Blood was gushing from the gash on his left arm.

[Tracing back to the source] was actually wiped out with a single sword strike.

The whole world has changed.

The classroom where students were studying in the evening suddenly went dark as if the power had been cut off, and then it never came back on.

Darkness surged like a tide, its origin unknown, coming from all directions.

The dilapidated stairwell was instantly swallowed up, and the roadside trees along the way were also not spared.

Everything in this world is dying out.

The vines and mountain paths that had been cultivated in the morning were completely hidden by the night.

The convenience store was swept away by a black wind and lost all its color.

As Jin's mother silently knitted a sweater, her husband and son never returned, and the darkness behind her opened its bloody maw.

Fu Xun, who was engrossed in his homework, seemed to be summoned and looked up to see an endless expanse of black.

All the scenes are like ink wash paintings spreading out, and everything is dying in collapse.

……

Jin Ziyue clenched his fists. [Tracing the Origin] wasn't dead, but it was nearing its end; it had completely lost consciousness and could only maintain its last energy by shrinking its world.

Under the moon, at the seaside, on the sandy beach, the waves crashed.

The man's wooden clogs made no sound as they stepped on the fine sand.

The long sword was pointed diagonally, slashing along the ground.

He approached silently, his eyes gleaming with a cold light like moonlight.

“I’ve found you.” Katsuhiko Kamiizumi stared intently at Jin Ziyue.

(End of this chapter)