Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1102: The Thousand-Faced Sophist

"destiny……"

Aiwass chewed the word under his breath.

He felt a solemn and heavy power from it, just like being on a dark stage with the curtain still open, and being silently stared at by countless audiences on the other side of the curtain.

No wonder……

Huan Tiansi, who is immersed in nothingness, once possessed the power to reverse the world and return it to the position he wanted; and the power he wants to obtain in the future is the "transmutation" that represents the eternal change of all things; the Swan King, who has almost completely fallen into nothingness, possesses the power to write scripts and manipulate the possibilities of all things.

What they have in common is that their power is related to "destiny".

——From the very beginning, Ai Shiping has been targeted by "Nothingness"!

But from this moment on, Aiwass realized the opportunity——

It is the existence of "possibility"!

The "nothingness" that doesn't actually exist cannot be destroyed, but just as it chooses the Swan King as its representative and carrier of descent... it must corrode a certain Pillar God-level existence before it can truly descend into this world. Just like a spider needs to penetrate a straw to suck its prey into its body even if it has digested it into liquid.

Then according to this rule, the Swan King is only the "second choice"; the first choice must be Huan Tiansi!

Huan Tiansi's plan is to escape with Yuanhe, which in itself is a denial of the "meaninglessness" of his own sealing of amber and reincarnation for nine lifetimes... Then Huan Tiansi, who is helplessly seeking meaning in order to fight against nothingness, is destined to fall into nothingness.

But if he really fell into the path of nothingness, it would give the "whisper of the void" a real carrier, and after it descended, it would have the "possibility" of being killed or defeated, thus making this act a "sacrifice", and thus having the meaning of the third source river... and thus gaining the ability to fight against nothingness...

——This is undoubtedly a BUG!

Aiwass was now able to realize this matter instantly, and Huantiansi, who knew more information, and Whisper of the Void, who was a chess player, naturally also knew it.

So who can kill Huan Tiansi?

——No matter how "fate" changes, no matter how "coincidence" occurs, who is the person who must kill Huan Tiansi no matter what?
There is only one such person in this world.

That's Aiwass.

As the tail of the snake, he must kill Huan Tiansi, otherwise he will be devoured and absorbed when Huan Tiansi is promoted to a pillar god. This is their "fate".

As long as Aiwass is still alive, the Whisper of the Void will detect the "possibility" that it may be destroyed. To put it more clearly... as long as Aiwass is still alive, Huan Tiansi will not be completely infected by the void. Therefore, from the point of time... before the Huan Tiansi is promoted to the Pillar God on August 8, He will definitely not be swallowed by the void.

Aiwass was not only the tail of Huantiansi, but also his insurance. It was a lifeline tied around his waist when he fell into the abyss to collect herbs.

"The behavior logic of this so-called 'Twilight Species' is just like that of a rigid AI..."

Aiwass whispered to himself, and his tense and heavy mood relaxed a little: "It's too pure."

The calamity of annihilation that he could never forget in his heart finally had a clear solution -

At the same time, Aiwass was also relieved that his "past self" had not fallen to a level that he could not bear to watch.

No wonder, Huan Tiansi allowed Aiwas to be born and constantly put pressure on Aiwas... but did not "swallow Aiwas immediately when the opportunity arose". As a "snake", he must be good at ambushing, and as Lucifer said, he is also good at deceiving and lying. But he has not yet taken ruthless action against Aiwas... because he does not want Aiwas to die early.

The "last plan" hidden in Huan Tiansi's nine reincarnations and repeated failed salvation plans also became clearer in Aiwas' mind:
If his plan succeeds, he will be promoted to a Pillar God and then complete himself, bringing the two source rivers to another world, combining them into the Source River of Miracles and returning again to defeat the Dusk Race.

Then the Dusk Seed must make a choice, that is, to follow Huan Tiansi or stay in this world - if it chooses to follow Huan Tiansi, Huan Tiansi will have the possibility of sealing it with himself or taking it away and never returning; if it stays in this world, Huan Tiansi will have the possibility of successfully breaking through.

——This is exactly Aiwass’ favorite “dilemma”!
By constantly forcing the enemy to make choices, you can force them to make forced mistakes and thus seize the initiative.

Huan Tiansi accurately found the biggest weakness of this dusk species:

——It has only one conscious individual. Or, it should be "one of them" in a huge population.

It can only descend into one container at a time. And when a pillar god breaks through, it can only choose a direction to go or stay.

So even if its followers are constantly killed by the candlestick, it is unwilling to descend to the material world to add new believers. Because that means that its power will be suppressed by the sand clock... and it only has one life.

No wonder the Snake Father chose to break through the "Wall of Twilight"... it was not only an infection from Beyond the Path, but also the Snake Father's attempt to save the world!

Although it is not known whether the snake father died outside or was released directly...but in any case, his plan to lure away the dusk species must have failed.

And if the Dusk Seed descends upon Huan Tiansi ahead of schedule, that is to say, Huan Tiansi's plan fails... Aiwass will have the possibility of killing the Dusk Seed by killing him; if the Dusk Seed chooses to descend upon other Pillar Gods or Tiansi, he must also interfere with Huan Tiansi's plan to "take away the two source rivers", otherwise, if Huan Tiansi succeeds, he may still come back to kill him.

“…As expected of me.”

Aiwass took a deep breath and realized the snake's determination.

But he also realized... this was as dangerous as the Wall-Facing Plan in "The Three-Body Problem".

If there is a slight mistake, Huan Tiansi's plan to save the world will turn into a plan to destroy the world. Just as the Lord of Scales and Feathers said, the Dusk Race is the embers after the destruction of the world. They have the instinct to try to expand their own existence, so they will try to destroy other civilizations by destroying their own civilization.

But if Huan Tiansi's plan goes wrong - if any link in it goes wrong, such as he cannot take the source river away, he cannot break through the world, he cannot synthesize the source river of miracles, or if Aiwass gives up his hatred for Huan Tiansi and is willing to sacrifice himself to return as the tail of the snake... then he himself will become the new Dusk species because he destroyed the world with his own hands.

“…But even that is very much like me.”

Aiwass murmured softly.

The scene of his promotion ceremony emerged in his mind.

Before he fell into the devil's cauldron, he raised his third finger high with a wild and free smile.

[——Question three, do you dare to abandon the victory you have already achieved in order to seek a greater victory? ]

"...Yes, I dare."

At this moment, in the dream world, the focus.

Huan Tiansi held a glass of bubbling cola with ice cubes, looked at Aiwas through the screen, and said calmly.

He was having a conversation with Aiwass across the air.

...Even if Aiwass couldn't hear anything, he had no idea about all this.

But that doesn't matter.

This time, the snake's tail could not be easily retrieved. In order to maintain his own humanity and to prevent the "whisper of the void" in his mind from flowing into other people's thoughts through conversation, he had long been accustomed to talking to himself. If he had to talk to others, it was basically done by his own clone, or he would use riddles to hide his true thoughts.

Sometimes, he would fantasize that his friends were still by his side.

Sometimes, he would imagine that Amber was still following him like a follower, flapping its wings.

At that time she was not yet called Amber, and she had not yet fallen into eternal sleep.

It was him... He was the one who buried her with his own hands, sealed her alive in a forbidden coffin, stripped her of her name, and turned her into "amber" that solidified her life. She hated him, and that was right.

Now when he looked back out the window, he could only see the dim yellow color of time frozen. Perhaps that was Amber still staring at him...

"……Ah."

Suddenly, Huan Tiansi sneered: "This trick doesn't work on me."

His pupils were as cold as ice: "Whisperer, the Thousand-Faced Sophist...O Whisper of the Void, after merging to this degree...I already know all your secrets.

"It sneaked into my mind and changed my thoughts silently. It made me think that everything I thought about was my own thoughts...

"——How ridiculous. How could I not know who I am? I no longer have those mundane emotions."

As he spoke, Huan Tiansi's pupils gradually turned yellow.

(End of this chapter)