From the end of the world

Chapter 551 Evil Will
Ma Zao has a dark past, which is full of blood and sin.

Whether she was a child at the time and unfortunately received the wrong education, driven by evil teachers and environment, or because she has lost her past memories, she is not the same person as she was in the past... I believe that many people would not think that this is a reason to wash away sins. Zhu Shi would probably make such a judgment, but the world is not so tolerant. I also think that a person cannot simply distance himself from his past.

At the same time, I feel like those are irrelevant issues.

Because I am a scumbag. If the same thing happened to me, I would not take it seriously. Therefore, after hearing about Ma Zao's dark history, I just felt that I had a richer understanding of Ma Zao. Other than that, I would not have too many thoughts.

I can still hug Ma Zao without hesitation.

However, if Ma knew these things, she would not be able to let it go easily. It is probably this character that easily attacks herself that prompted her determination to save the world.

Number 7 looked at me, and seemed to be unable to hold back, and finally asked: "I heard that Ma Zao came to your side... Is she doing well recently?"

With No. 7's "secret intelligence channel", I should be able to have a basic grasp of Ma Zao's activities after she came to the modern world. However, what she wants to ask is probably not the kind of rational, objective and neutral information, but the subjective feelings of someone close to me. So I said this: "At least she smiles more than when I first met her."

"Really..." Number Seven seemed to have no idea how to process this information.

"Ms. Seven, I have a question about what you said before..." Xiaowan said seriously, "Can I continue to ask questions?"

Number Seven nodded and said, "Of course."

"Why would the Gospel Institute massacre the survivors of the afterlife?" Xiaowan asked, "Compared to the humans in the living world, the number of patients with amnesia transferred to the afterlife is overwhelmingly small. Simply massacring them will not help prevent the end of the world.

"Plus, the time and space in the afterlife are extremely chaotic, and the human cost of slaughtering the survivors is very high. Instead of wasting energy on this, it is better to focus on invading the world of the living. Huang Quan's activities in the world of the living should be partly for the purpose of planning this matter, right?
"Even if the survivors are all destined to be wiped out sooner or later, it is obviously much easier to wipe out their bodies sleeping in the world of the living. I don't see the value of the Gospel Institute forcing the executors, including the former sister Maha, to complete such an inhumane task in advance."

Seeing Xiaowan clearly stated the contradiction, No. 7 gave an answer after thinking for a while: "There is actually more than one reason. One of them is to train the troops in advance for the large-scale formal implementation of the plan in the future. And behind the scenes, I guess another reason is to obtain the 'blessing'."

"Blessing?" I was surprised. "I did hear that all blessings come from the Gospel House... How could this be closely related to the massacre of survivors? Could it be that blessings are made from human souls?"

The last sentence is just my guess. The raw material of a certain sacred treasure is actually the human soul - I feel that this setting can be found in many fantasy stories.

"The Gospel Institute does not have the ability to create blessings. These are obtained by offering sacrifices to certain beings." No. 7 first said, "Do you know the 'Will of Naraku'?"

"Naraku's Will - as the name suggests, it is the will of the afterlife." I expressed my understanding, "It is said that the immortal body of Naraku of the Fate Turbidity was obtained by signing a contract with Naraku's Will."

Considering that the world after death has the attributes of a common dream for human beings, the so-called will of Naraku is actually the collective unconsciousness of human beings.

However, according to the knowledge here, strictly speaking, the afterlife is not only a common dream of human beings, and it is even more impossible to accommodate only human souls. The afterlife is actually the final destination of all dead creatures in the ecosystem of this planet. The "afterlife as the embodiment of human history" and "Naraku's will as the collective unconsciousness of human beings" we are talking about now are just one aspect of the afterlife.

It is said that before the afterlife was established, the souls that died in the Earth's ecosystem had another destination...but that knowledge was destroyed and sealed for some reason, and I only learned about its existence when I read the sealed part with the authority of the Great Impermanence, and there was no more specific description of that part.

"The object of worship in the Gospel Temple is the Will of Naraku?" I naturally thought of this.

Number 7 shook his head and said, "After the apocalypse came to the afterlife and made it chaotic and disordered, Naraku's will fell into a very serious decline. At the same time, an unknown will replaced Naraku's will and caused great changes in the afterlife.

"Have you ever wondered why the afterlife looks like the apocalypse after the apocalypse?"

I really haven't thought about it that way, but Xiaowan showed a tacit attitude.

At first glance, No. 7's question is really confusing. The end of the world has come in the afterlife, so what's wrong with the afterlife becoming the end of the world?

Fortunately, even if my brain is not as smart as Xiaowan's, it is not stupid either. Soon, I realized the problem.

The end of the world has come to the afterlife, so the afterlife should be destroyed. But the fact is that the afterlife has been reorganized and has become a "future form" of "the modern world developing into the end of the world"...

It was like a young man was stabbed in the heart by a weapon. He should have turned into a corpse next, but he inexplicably turned into a terminally ill old man.

It is also because of this that all survivors believe that they are in the world after the end of the world, rather than the afterlife.

And the problem doesn't just end here.

The world after death is supposedly the world of souls, but when I sense other people, what I sense is not spirits, but living people with physical bodies.

If it weren't for this, there would be no need for No. 7 to tell me here. From the moment I met the cartographer, or even earlier, I could tell that the "Apocalypse" was the afterlife. "The afterlife now mimics the 'world of the living that is in the apocalypse', and the souls that live in it are also automatically mimicked into a physical form." No. 7 said, "Due to the influence of the chaos of time and space on perception, and the preconceived impression, I'm afraid it's difficult for you to recognize the flaws."

"I see, that's why you said at the beginning that this place 'used to' be the afterlife..." It dawned on me.

"All of this is most likely the work of the unknown will that occupies the top of the afterlife." No. 7 said in a deep voice, "At the same time, this unknown will is also the source of all good news. The reason why the survivors become demons at the end of the madness infection is because of its existence. It is also the source of power for all blessed monks.

“The Gospel is a psychedelic voice that instigates the Karma Demons and the Blessed Monks to kill people. There is no doubt that the unknown existence that made this voice is a demon-like thing that aims to slaughter humans.

"Yama seems to be able to communicate with the evil will and reach an agreement with it in some aspects. The Gospel Court was not originally called the Gospel Court, but was renamed after that."

"The gospel that instigates murder... It turns out that it is not just the delusional claim of the fallen blessed monks, but the gospel is really tempting the blessed monks to kill people?" I asked.

Number 7 nodded heavily, and then said, "The massacre at the Gospel Court can also be used to exchange for many conveniences in the afterlife from that evil will... Blessing is the main part of it."

Xiaowan was in deep thought.

As far as I know, there are two "mysterious voices" in the apocalyptic times.

One is the "voice of the world" that Xiaowan claims to be able to hear, which is vague and chaotic, like the ravings of a mental disorder, and perhaps is on the verge of death;
There is also a kind of voice that can only be heard by those who are on the verge of becoming a demon and blessed monks, which instigates them to kill.

Now it seems that the former is probably the severely exhausted will of Naraku, and the latter is the "evil will" that replaces the will of Naraku.

The exchange came to an end.

Afterwards, Xiaowan and I asked No. 7 a few more questions, and she answered all of them without reservation.

"One last question..." I said, "As you know, Xiaowan's memory was washed away by the madness to the point where she couldn't even remember her real name. Do you know a way to help her recover her memory? Besides the Three Lives Stone Powder."

The truth about the end of the world, the purpose of the Gospel House, Ma Zao's past... No. 7 has solved many important puzzles for me. But if there is any puzzle that I can't let go of, it is Xiaowan's true identity.

Only by helping Xiaowan recover her memory can this mystery be solved.

But No. 7 said: "I'm sorry, if you want to ban the answer of Sanshengshisan, then I can't give any method."

Xiaowan also seemed to care very much about her origins. When she heard what No. 7 said, she sighed softly.

Then, No. 7 changed the subject and said, "But then again... the reason why you can't accept the answer 'Three Lives Stone Powder' is because as long as you take the Three Lives Stone Powder, it will lead to death, right?

"If I tell you there is a method that can not only avoid the side effects of Sanshengshi powder, but also enhance its effect and restore all lost memories... would you accept it?"

Xiao Wan opened her eyes wide and asked, "Such a method actually exists... and Ms. Seven happens to know about it?"

"It's not a coincidence. It's strange that I didn't know about it." Number 7 said as a matter of course, "Not long ago, Zhuang Cheng went to the ruins of Tai Sui Gospel Temple in order to obtain the Three Lives Stone Powder..."

She turned her head and looked at me. "Although I don't know why you know that there is the Sansheng Stone Powder there, it is not a coincidence that the Sansheng Stone Powder appears there. It is the product of Tai Sui's past research. I have also been deeply involved in the research and development process.

"And because of its major flaws, it's a failed product."

As she spoke, she stretched out her hand. A small paper bag appeared in her hand, which was exactly the same item as the Sansheng Stone Powder she gave me last time.

She gently threw the paper bag towards me, and I raised my hand and caught it in my palm.

"The Tai Sui Army still keeps a few copies of the San Sheng Shi Powder. If you need them, I can give them all to you," she said.

Hearing what she said, I really don't know whether the San Sheng Shi Powder she handed over last time was something she had with her originally, or something she recovered from the abandoned site of Tai Sui Gospel Temple.

"Thank you for your kindness, but we only need this one." I said, "Then, may I ask what we need to do to avoid the side effects of Sanshengshi Powder?"

(End of this chapter)