From the end of the world

Chapter 543: Number 's Reload

The fragments of the divine seal bound to the Void Realm Apostle will remind the Void Realm Apostle with slight vibrations when encountering other fragments of the divine seal.

There is only one situation in which the Void Realm Apostle will not receive this reminder when encountering other fragments of the Divine Seal, and that is when this "other fragment of the Divine Seal" has already been bound to another Void Realm Apostle in advance.

Furthermore, the fragment of the divine seal bound to the Void Realm Apostle cannot be lent to others. Not only because the binding relationship will automatically return the fragment of the divine seal to the Void Realm Apostle's hands, even if someone else wants to take it in their hands, it will pass through like trying to touch a holographic projection. This is true even if the "other person" is another Void Realm Apostle. Xuan Ming once threw the fragment of the divine seal bound to him to Xu Gou, but the latter couldn't even catch it.

In front of us, the mysterious woman closed her fingers and tightly grasped the black jade floating in the air with her fingertips.

She proved through her actions that she was an Apostle of the Void Realm.

Before today, all the Void Realm Apostles had revealed their true identities in my eyes.

Number one is Xu Gou, number two is Xiao Wan, number three is Zhuang Cheng, number four is Xuan Ming, number five is Yu Chi, number six is ​​Shen Zhao… and finally, only number seven’s identity is unknown. Therefore, the apostle of the virtual world who appeared in front of me at this moment must be number seven.

It's impossible that she is actually the "real master of the divine seal" - the "person who holds the seal"? This joking thought came to my mind.

"I remember Number Four said that Number Two is a divine child with the right position to rule the universe. She should be able to tell if I'm lying. If you still doubt me, why not ask her."

After saying that, the mysterious woman turned her head and looked at Xiaowan, who nodded seriously and said to me: "I'm not lying. She is indeed Ms. No. 7."

Judging from the previous reasoning, this means that even the Lord of the Divine Seal may not know Xiaowan’s true identity, so No. 7 is unable to know Xiaowan’s offline background.

Why is that?
Is Xiaowan's true identity so special? Or is there something else going on with the Lord of the Divine Seal?
"...I understand. Then, let me formally introduce myself." I said, "I am Zhuang Cheng, number three. Thank you for your guidance."

"Don't take advice seriously."

Although she has the name "Rainbow Grass", I prefer to call this mysterious woman who is elusive "No. 7". She continued: "I think you have guessed my intention of guiding you to the Tai Sui Army base. Yes, I have something to ask of you. For this, I can do it at all costs.

“Unfortunately, I must admit this embarrassing fact: no matter with the background of the Tai Sui Army or my own strength, I cannot pay the material price that is enough for a human god to use his full strength.

"And if I have any treasures to show off, it's the 'truth'. I know many truths that most people in the doomsday era don't know, and I believe that even you can't get them easily.

"So from now on, except for a few secrets that I cannot answer on my own, I will answer you as long as I can."

Hearing this, I got straight to the point and said, "Oh, really? Then tell me what the relationship between you and the Lord of the Divine Seal is."

This question immediately silenced No. 7. After a moment of silence, she said, "...I'm sorry, what you're asking now is 'the very few secrets that I can't decide on my own.'"

I said bluntly, "Just now you showed an attitude of telling me everything you know, and now you tell me that you want to keep it to yourself. Is this how you treat others when you ask for help?"

"I can assure you that this is the last time I will do this," said No. 7. "Except for what happened just now, I will answer any questions you ask me. If you can't do that, you can just kill me and I will accept it."

Xiaowan seemed to sense the sincerity of Ms. Seven's words, and then gave her own judgment: "...Ms. Seven is not lying."

Number Seven glanced at Xiaowan and showed a bit of helplessness.

If Xiaowan, the "super lie detector", hadn't been there, she might have really lied when faced with the question just now. But now she could only bluntly refuse to answer.

Although I didn't get a direct answer from her, I didn't gain nothing. People who keep secrets also need to keep the secret that they are keeping secrets. Her attitude undoubtedly exposed a fact that Xiaowan and I could only suspect but not confirm in the past.

Number Seven really has a secret connection with the Lord of the Divine Seal!

I don't think I can dig all the truth out of No. 7's mouth right away. You have to eat one bite at a time, and you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. After all, No. 7 is a demigod who has reached the realm of great perfection. Even my power of words can't force her to tell the truth that she has tried her best to keep secret. Fortunately, I am not without the patience to get closer to the truth step by step. On the contrary, I am more or less enjoying it, and even having the fun of hunting.

No matter how much No. 7 wants to cover up his little secrets with his body, I will expose them all in the end.

"Well, answer this question first." I said, "Last time when I was on the battlefield with the Great Demon Xuanwu, how did you transfer me away? That should be your special ability, what is the specific principle?"

Hiding one's special abilities is a basic quality for demon hunters, and the same is true for blessed monks. Although for the Great Impermanence, "special abilities" don't mean much, but the special abilities that No. 7 has shown can even directly interfere with the outcome of the battle between me and the Great Demon Xuanwu, and its value is immeasurable.

Asking Seven to expose it was like asking her to expose her most private parts to me.

And this time, Number Seven exposed it without hesitation.

"I haven't officially given my ability a name, but I can call it 'Death Return'," she said. "The effect of this ability is that after I die, I can return to my original time and be resurrected.

"Or, I can choose not to return to my original time, but just return to the space I was in before to be resurrected. To the outside world, it would be like I was resurrected in another place after I was transferred to another space at the same time as I died.

"When I activate this ability, I can also choose the people around me to return to the past time or space together. I haven't tested how many people I can choose, because apart from the part that I couldn't answer you before, this ability is my secret.

"Then there is the shortcoming of this ability... I can't use this method to go back to a time and space I experienced a long time ago. At most, I can only be resurrected to a recent past.

"Once I've been resurrected once, the coordinates of my resurrection will be temporarily recorded and fixed, and will last until the coordinates are no longer 'not long ago'. Therefore, I have no way of returning to the time and space I experienced long ago by repeatedly committing suicide.

"This 'not long ago' doesn't have a specific length, but it will be adjusted according to my subjective feelings. If I feel that something happened just yesterday, then even if it was many years ago, I can still travel back in time... But it's hard to be that convenient in reality."

She seemed to be recalling something, revealing a bit of melancholy.

"Ms. Seven, your ability..." Xiaowan opened her mouth slightly.

Isn't this what is called "reloading the game"? This thought reflexively came to my mind.

The abilities of these demon hunters and blessed monks are really outrageous. Although I have seen outrageous abilities of all kinds before, No. 7's ability can be said to be top-notch among them. The shabby abilities like "controlling fire" are probably only at the bottom.

Being able to "reload the game" means you can challenge the enemy again and again. The lessons learned from each failure will become the steps to the final victory. No matter how many times the enemy wins, you can deny it. Only your victory counts.

What's more, you can even bring other people to start over again, which is something that the "reload and restart" function in ordinary fantasy stories may not have.

I also felt the greatest sincerity that No. 7 showed towards this side at this moment.

Although it is a basic quality for demon hunters and blessed monks to keep their superpowers secret, the ability to "reload the game" is the most important type of superpower that needs to be kept secret among all superpowers, especially since she can only return to a fixed time or space not long ago.

Once known to others, the invincible ability is no longer invincible. The enemy can make corresponding countermeasures against her ability, and it is even possible to design a "dead end that cannot be broken no matter how many times it is repeated within a limited time and space", which is the so-called "bad game".

(End of this chapter)