I created the Anomaly Control Bureau

Chapter 865, Question 860: "All Correct"

After escaping the ambush of the Divine Eye, Ma En also began to observe the memory he had randomly jumped to. Although there might be some dangers hidden in the past memories, he was not particularly worried about it.

After all, the danger that could threaten him now must have been extremely rare in the past.

He believed in mathematics.

It was nighttime, and he had a beautiful night view of the entire city before him, completely different from the scenes Maren had ever seen in reality. The city's glow was a color he was not familiar with.

Moreover, the city's aura was spreading in a completely different way than it had before. He felt as if he were inside a luminous cube, with countless huge points of light flashing in all directions.

It was incredibly huge; that was the feeling Marne got from the city.

It wasn't so clear during the day, but as night fell, Maren noticed that these cities were far larger than any of the bustling cities he knew in terms of the overall three-dimensional space.

Moreover, about two hundred meters below him, and also two hundred meters above the ground, there was a vast band of light covering tens of square kilometers, within which there were countless signs of human activity.

This made Marx and Engels realize once again the enormous chasm between the past and the present.

Then he began to pay attention to himself and his surroundings.

His location was clearly not on the ground; a simple glance was enough to tell that he was currently on the rooftop of a building. However, what concerned Maren even more was his current physical condition.

Although he was still using his own body, there were some differences this time as well.

He had an unusual feeling of lightness, and even a subtle illusion that even if he stepped off the rooftop and let gravity catch his body, he wouldn't fall.

"Isn't it beautiful?" A voice that was both familiar and unfamiliar to Ma En suddenly came from behind.

Ma En turned around and saw a young face that he had never expected.

It was familiar because he had heard this body's voice before, but strange because of the tone of her voice, as if the person using this throat was a completely different soul.

She was a girl hidden in the darkness.

Moreover, although he knew the other person, this girl was not a close friend of Ma En, nor could she be considered an acquaintance, much less one of his entangled enemies.

He had only met the other person a few times.

“Karina,” he asked tentatively.

The goddess of darkness, who had been sitting on the steps, stood up and walked to his side, overlooking the city:

“You see, they don’t even notice our existence, it’s like they’ve forgotten about us.”

"It's better to forget." A cool, distinct female voice, different from Karina's, came from somewhere.

Like Karina, Maen was completely unaware of the speaker's presence beforehand, but this did not surprise Maen at all, after all, this was the mysterious past.

But her appearance made Ma En tense up slightly.

The pitch-black shadows were like a hazy veil, and through it was a tall woman, pure to alluring. As her feet touched the ground, shimmering silver light followed like a follower of a god.

The moon goddess gazed upon the city:

"Changes in weather are simply a normal part of life. When the cries of mortals outweigh those of the sun, we should be mindful to step back and remain in the background," Karina continued.
“Of course you can step back and stay in the background. You’re used to hiding anyway, and I don’t need to be noticed. But that doesn’t mean all of our compatriots have the same ability.”

The Moon Goddess said indifferently:

"Then they should just accept their fate. Nothing is permanent anyway."

Karina looked at Marne:
"What do you think?"

Marne had not yet fully grasped the situation when she asked the question.

If he understood correctly, this seemed to be some kind of meeting about the fate of the gods, which meant that Karina should be the former goddess of darkness.

However, in reality, she can not only project her power out of the Southern Federation, but she is also completely unaffected by the Anti-God Crystal. The former can be explained, but the latter basically proves that she is not a god.

Are you suggesting they just look exactly alike?
After all, the true goddess of darkness is not this body, but a special life form called a deity. This body should be a follower controlled by her, which means that the current Karina may be this follower.

However, there is a problem with this: when Ma En tentatively called out Karina's name, there was no instability in this memory space.

In other words, "they" have the same name.

Or perhaps the Goddess of Darkness, like the Goddess of Earth, transformed her divine power into other forms of energy, thus escaping the influence of the Titan's seal.

It was precisely because of this that the anti-god crystals that restrained the gods lost their effect on her.

But regardless of the explanation, there are many unreasonable aspects to it.

However, at this moment, Ma En also began to understand Karina's strange self-perception. Perhaps the reason for the difference in perception between her and the Sea God was the gap between their understandings.

When the apocalypse came, something happened to her that had never happened to any other deity.

Besides this, there was another huge problem facing Marx and Engels.

So who is he?

This appears to be entirely an internal communication between deities.

If he wasn't a god, how did he manage to infiltrate the ranks?

However, it wouldn't be right to say he's a god, since gods aren't a status, but a special race completely different from humans, and there's no indication he's a god in his other memories.

Did he also impersonate a deity in the past?
But these things don't make sense either. For example, if he was impersonating a god, he could only impersonate a new god. If that's the case, how did he infiltrate this conversation between top-level gods?
Or perhaps, in reality, it wasn't oneself participating in this conversation.

Could it be that he was once a believer, and a deity participated in the dialogue through his own body? That would allow him to access such fragments of memory.

However, there are many doubts surrounding this speculation.

For example, why he became a follower of a certain god? At least in Maren's current view, it was impossible for him to do such a thing, since the existence of the Control Bureau required him to keep it highly secret from everyone.

Could it be that I hadn't yet taken control of the Anomaly Control Bureau at that time?

Or perhaps he completely misunderstood; in fact, he participated in the conversation as a human being.

Furthermore, why would he have encountered Karina and the Moon Goddess in the past? If he was a "super villain" who hung out with magicians before, he shouldn't have any reason to become a believer in the gods.