Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 886 Awakening
The void, the place where stars have fallen.

"It seems that it has already begun."

A calm voice rang out from beneath the shattered starry sky. On a dazzling ring of planetary debris, the man in the white suit glanced at the scholar in white robes beside him and spoke:

"So, what exactly will happen next? What could possibly cause such a huge upheaval in that newcomer's karma?"

He had personally witnessed how the other party's fate was transformed from illusion to reality under the witness of a group of supreme and even peak experts. Having suffered such a fate witnessed by so many people, yet experiencing such a huge upheaval simply because of an abnormal world, it meant that what was about to happen in that world was an event that could have a huge impact on the entire life of that guy named Xin Lailai.

"do not know."

The white-robed scholar gazed up at the distant scene, his deep, star-like eyes reflecting the shattered star rings. He said calmly, "Didn't I say that this time, I won't use my divination abilities? I'll just rely on my experience to choose a suitable location and guide the scene appropriately?"

"...Are you serious?"

"Of course, otherwise... why do you think that thing didn't come looking for you to watch the show this time?"

"..."

The white-robed scholar's words silenced the white-suited man sitting on the plastic chair beside him, who clearly couldn't find a way to refute the other's words.

As the other party said, since the guy who loves to see the newcomer make a fool of himself didn't show up at this time, it means that what is about to happen is not the result of anyone's deliberate interference, but a certain inevitability in the newcomer's fate.

"Just like I said before, this time, all we need to do is observe and record."

The white-robed scholar glanced at the ancient notebook floating in mid-air beside him, lowered his eyes slightly, and said, "Use your Book of Imagination to record everything that is about to happen for them. That is what you need to do next."

"..." After saying this, the man in the white suit remained silent for a while before looking at the Book of Imagination in front of him and said, "You should know very well that simply using it as a diary will provoke its strong dissatisfaction."

The use of something that is inherently sinful must come at a price; otherwise, it will personally collect the 'debt' along the path of cause and effect.

"that's not important."

Faced with the white-suited man's reply, the white-robed scholar merely glanced dismissively at the ancient notebook floating in mid-air and said indifferently, "It's just an ancient original sin that has just been revived. If you refuse to listen to advice, just extinguish its spirituality and scatter its origin."

"This is another reward I'm giving you: after you finish this task, for the next three times, it must do as you want, whether it likes it or not."

"This is also for you, understand? If you want to stay in the Astral Plane, do as I say, otherwise, go back to where you came from."

As the white-robed scholar spoke, his gaze fell on the old notebook beside him. He spoke calmly, and as soon as he finished speaking, an ancient and terrifying aura of decay suddenly erupted from the old notebook, which was being slowly turned, as if it was dissatisfied with the white-robed scholar's domineering attitude.

But just as those tentacle-like, decaying auras were about to touch the other party, they seemed to sense something and immediately and obediently withdrew, falling silent along with the old notebook, as if acquiescing to the white-robed scholar's suggestion.

The man in the white suit who witnessed the whole thing fell completely silent.

"..."

Very well, now he was even more certain that this guy was a monster.

“I suddenly understand why those people of the original sin race would rather hide in the deep zone than confront you guys directly.”

Although he had doubted it many times in the past, he has only now truly confirmed this conjecture:
—But those original sin sources in their original sin state cannot truly threaten the supreme peak.

……

Void, the constellation Virgo.

"Ah sneeze!!!"

An unusually loud, pleasant sneeze rang out from the girlish pink room. On the snow-white princess bed, Saintess, wearing star-patterned pajamas, shook her head and muttered:

"Tsk, what's that guy Meimu up to now? How did he manage to create such bizarre twists and turns in fate..."

As the most... no, the most limited in terms of strength among the current peak beings in the Astral Plane, Saintess is well aware that she is often just a bystander. The true determinants of the Astral Plane's fate have always been those few monster-like individuals who are known as the supreme peak beings.

only……

"Tsk, even if you don't need their help, you can't just keep stirring things up in the river of fate! Do you think people don't need to sleep? And you deliberately chose to be so close to them... wait, why are they so close this time?!"

The saint muttered to herself, then took out a small figure resembling a scholar in white robes and poked it with it as if to vent her anger. She muttered fiercely, but just as she was halfway through her sentence, she seemed to suddenly realize something, and a look of suspicion appeared in her eyes.

Something's not right. That bastard Mei Mu, why did she choose to target someone who's connected to her this time?

Wait a minute, thinking about it this way, this seems like a great opportunity to spy on what the other person is doing?!
Thinking of this, Saintess's eyes lit up, revealing a hint of eagerness.

Although she is the true bearer of the astral destiny now, because a certain scoundrel shattered the stars and monopolized most of the power of destiny, she can only passively sense how the other party is stirring up the river of destiny. She can't usually see what the other party is doing on the level of destiny.

"Cough, you scoundrel, always spying on others, this time I'll get a little bit of revenge!"

Saintess muttered to herself, eagerly closing her eyes and immersing her consciousness into the 'river' that only beings of her level could clearly perceive, quickly tracing the ripples she had just witnessed.

"Hmm? It seems to be going pretty smoothly? Did that guy with the eyebrows not use the power of fate this time?"

A massive amount of information, along with the threads of fate, flooded into Saintess's mind, and as she experienced the unusually smooth 'peeping' process, a hint of suspicion appeared in her eyes.

Wait, could this be another scam?
Was it actually that guy who deliberately woke her up this time, just to wait for her to take the initiative to spy, and then step into some trap, paying the price of his spying fate for her, just like before?!

Suddenly, a strong sense of doubt arose in Saintess's mind, making her hesitant and uncertain.

It wasn't that she was cautious, but rather that a certain white-robed scholar was simply too outrageous. Not only did he use the excuse of training his strength to trick her into taking on certain fateful backlashes, but he also frequently came to borrow money from her when she wasn't thinking clearly. Several times, she was so angry that she had to get up in the middle of the night to stab his effigies a couple of times before she would stop.

The problem is that she has always been the one being played in the past. This is the first time in her life that she has had the opportunity to take the initiative to peek into the past. If she misses this opportunity, she estimates that she will not be able to sleep well for the next few days.

"Just a little bit at a time! As soon as we spot any sign that guy is making a move, we'll immediately withdraw the cause and effect to prevent him from blaming us!"

Saintess muttered to herself, raising her head as if unwilling to give up. She bit her lip and cautiously continued to probe towards the 'river' she sensed, carefully climbing along the faint ripple of fate she remembered, until finally—

"This is……"

Saintess stared wide-eyed as if she had witnessed something incredibly informative, then frantically opened the communication channel provided by the Void Tree Imprint and dialed a name.

[Ding—!] "Hey? What's up? I'm having a good time with Xiaoxue and the others, you little brat, don't go around like that..."

"Gran... Oh no, Viana, something terrible has happened!!!"

"Okay, okay, just tell me who came to see me again? Is it the little queen of the Crystal Realm? Or that little brat from Night Planet? It can't be someone from the academy..."

"No, how many people have you messed with... Oh no, that's not what I'm talking about! It's about that big movie I told you about before!"

"A big movie? Oh, that one, what happened? Did someone turn you down again? I told you, this kind of thing..."

"No, it's the screenwriter! The screenwriter! The kid I was supposed to be the screenwriter got kicked to the curb by that bastard bishop! Ugh! What am I going to do? I haven't even had a chance to ask him for the script yet..."

"...No, you called specifically for this?"

"Of course! This is a huge deal! Do you know how much effort I've put into this movie?! I even spent a whole month learning directing techniques and collecting tons of material! Ugh, that bastard Meimu, calling himself the screenwriter...!!"

On the princess's bed, Saintess, feeling like she was about to collapse, was whimpering and looking like she had tears in her eyes. The red-haired woman on the other end of the communication screen listened to the other's complaints, her expression twitching slightly, and she didn't know how to respond for a moment.

She suddenly felt that it was a bit too defamatory for those guys who knew her to call her a "crazy woman" just because she had done a few bad things.

Compared to this guy in front of her, whose brain can malfunction in such an abstract way that it's impossible to follow his train of thought, she's practically normal, okay?

At least, even she couldn't understand why some weirdo, while spying on other people's fates, neither cared that the person being spyed on had died, nor cared about the real culprit who caused it all, but instead called her the moment she was born, crying that her movie screenwriter, whose career was still in its infancy, was about to die!
……

Meanwhile, somewhere.

Tick-tock, tick-tock...!

The damp, rotten air assaulted her nostrils. In the darkness, Xin Lailai struggled to open her eyes, but felt an inexplicable weakness throughout her body, making it difficult for her to open them even slightly.

So dark...

I can't see anything clearly...

Is there something wrong with the energy system inside the space bombardment device?
No, that's not right.

This feeling is more like...

"Ok?"

"?!!"

In the darkness, a gentle, soft exclamation, both familiar and strange, rang out, jolting Xin Lailai's consciousness awake. A tiny point of light suddenly appeared in the darkness before her, rapidly expanding in response to the fluctuations in her consciousness.

The instant the darkness before him was completely enveloped by a blanket of white, Xin Lailai abruptly opened her eyes, staring in astonishment at the scene before her:
"Lord Ash, are you awake?"

A strange, gentle female voice, carrying a strange sense of familiarity, fell, accompanied by a pungent stench and a somber, oppressive gray sky, appearing in Xin Lailai's hearing, smell, and sight.

The moment his vision returned, the first thing he saw was a hazy, gray sky and a woman with her eyes covered by a black cloth, her face pale, looking as if she hadn't rested in a long time, dressed in what appeared to be a nun's habit.

"here it is……"

"Lord Ash, this is the graveyard of heroes. Do you remember anything?"

What do you remember...?

No, that's not right. The most important thing right now isn't that, but why is he in a place like this?!

"Hiss, who am I...!"

Inside the cemetery, Xin Lailai, who was lying on the lap of a strange woman dressed as a nun, covered her forehead and subconsciously tried to sit up, but suddenly felt an extremely strong sense of weakness. She could only lift her head slightly before she suddenly fell back into the other woman's lap.

"Ah! Lord Ash, you have only just awakened and are still extremely weak. Please do not move around recklessly."

As Xin Lailai suddenly acted, the nun-like woman in front of her seemed to be startled, exclaimed in surprise, and hurriedly reminded her.

wake……

Lord Ashes...

And his current physical condition, he remembered that they were supposed to enter the Macrophage world community by taking the space bombardment device, why has it turned out like this now.

"Lord Ash, I understand you have many questions. After all, as Ash resurrected from the dead, your memories should be severely damaged. Therefore, please allow me to..."

Resurrected from the dead?

The gentle female voice fell again, and this time, Xin Lailai, who couldn't even move a finger, seemed to grasp something crucial. Her gaze shifted slightly, and she subconsciously looked to the edge of her line of sight, and then—

[Warning: The branding notarization validity is severely insufficient! The current branding function has a remaining integrity of 7.46%]

[Warning: The pioneer was detected to be in a ??? state. Due to ???, temporarily ??? (insufficient notarization validity, unable to determine)]

A scarlet warning flashed across her vision, causing Xin Lailai's pupils to contract slightly. Staring at the largely darkened area of ​​the branded interface, she seemed to realize something, her breath catching in her throat. But she still subconsciously swiped upwards through the notifications and warnings, looking at those she had absolutely no recollection of:
[Note: Due to ???, the Pioneer's current physical attributes are temporarily at ??? (insufficient notarization validity, unable to determine)]

[Warning: ... detected]

【...】

【...】

[Note: Due to [unclear], the pioneer has [unclear] (insufficient notarization validity, cannot be determined)]

For a moment, a large number of incomplete notification messages swept past Xin Lailai's line of sight. Each message she flipped through caused her gaze to tremble slightly. When she finally reached the bottom of the notification history, she stared at a particular message and fell completely silent:

[WARNING: The Pioneer is dead!!!]

……

(End of this chapter)