From the end of the world

Chapter 584 Suspect Xuan Ming
"Suspect..." I tried to define the suspect in my mind.

Xiaowan directly stated his reasoning.

"Before the head of the Gospel Temple, Yama, issued a wanted notice for me, there were only two people in the afterlife who knew that I was the son of divinity. One of them was me, and the other was Ms. No. 7." She said, "Through the recovered memory, I have ruled myself out of suspicion; and Ms. No. 7 does not have the position or motivation to leak this information.

"The Gospel Institute and the Tai Sui Army she is in are in an irreconcilable hostile relationship, and the head of the Gospel Institute, Yama, is the murderer who directly killed Tai Sui. Anyone in the afterlife could betray me, except Ms. No. 7. If we really can't let go of our suspicion, we can ask Ms. No. 7 in person later. With my ability to test lies, she can't lie to us, and concealing it is tantamount to acquiescence.

"Now that we have ruled out the suspicion of Ms. Seven, there is no one in the afterlife who can leak my information. So the next suspect is the real world... the world where the living live."

"Wait a minute, I have a question here." I interrupted and asked, "Why must someone who knows the information about you leaked it, and why can't the Gospel Institute get information about you, the Son of God, out of thin air through divination technology?"

Xiao Wan patiently explained: "Because the afterlife we ​​are in now is a space-time that simulates the apocalypse. Although it is not the real apocalypse, it has all the characteristics of the apocalypse. Furthermore, according to Ms. No. 7, as the place that bears the brunt of the apocalypse process, the afterlife itself is truly bearing the impact and destruction of the apocalypse... This is actually a zone that has fallen into the apocalypse.

"In the afterlife, there are even some parts of the 'long future' where even the most basic laws of physics cannot be maintained, and the order of time and space collapses to the point where no life can exist... That place is very close to the true end of the world."

It seems that the previous cartographer also mentioned something similar to me.

"And Gua Tianshi has told Brother Zhuang Cheng before. The closer the world is to doomsday, the harder it is to use abilities like divination." Xiao Wan continued, "This is because the essence of divination ability is the perception and calculation of space-time information. If even the world itself is full of mistakes, it's like a mathematician using the wrong mathematical tools and formulas to calculate data. What can he achieve?

"My divination ability has already had a flaw in the real world that even the Heavenly Master cannot make up for. In today's afterlife, it will become worthless. In addition, the Right Position Law of Heaven and Earth that I possess will provide me with a shield in terms of time and space. With the added power of the Divine Seal Fragment, even the Great Demon of Disaster who controls the Gravity of Fate cannot completely lock me in a short period of time.

"Not to mention other people's divination. It is almost impossible to figure out my details by using that method without anyone noticing."

"Okay... I understand," I said.

"Then let's talk about what happens next. In the real world, those who know that I am the son of divinity can be divided into two groups. One is centered around Brother Zhuang Cheng, Sister Ma Zao, Zhu Shi, and... uh, Zhu Shi's grandfather..."

Xiao Wan seemed to be at a loss as to what generation to address Mr. Zhu, so she had to skip it vaguely and continued, "… There is no way my information would be leaked out in this part. Not to mention accidentally leaking it, there is no need to even mention me on a daily basis.

"There is another group of Void Realm Apostles. After removing me, Brother Zhuang Cheng, Ms. No. 7, and the deceased Great Impermanence God Zhao, there are only Mr. No. 1 Xu Gou, No. 4 Xuan Ming, and No. 5 Yuchi..."

"Number One Dog doesn't have any knowledge of mysticism. The most he can do is to see that you are special, but the possibility of him being able to tell that you are the Son of God is extremely low - he may not even know that there are different types of Law of Heaven and Earth." I made an analysis, "And Number Five Yuchi... I have communicated with Yuchi, and he doesn't seem to be able to tell that you are the Son of God."

In fact, Ying Lingyun also knew that Zhu Shi was the son of divinity in his childhood, but he could not have known that there was a small bowl in the afterlife.

After following this line of speculation, I suddenly realized that there was such a person who had both the motive to harm Xiaowan and a criminal record that harmed Xiaowan. He even had the conditions to contact the Gospel Temple and the capital to make the Gospel Temple's master Yama take action for him.

“——Is it Xuanming?” I read out the name.

"Yes. I suspect that the Great Impermanence Xuanming may have reached some common opinion with the Gospel Institute." Xiaowan said seriously, "In order to smoothly advance the plan to eliminate the old human history, the Gospel Institute will definitely try to win over the Great Impermanence in Luoshan. Then what about the Great Impermanence outside Luoshan? They will definitely try to win them over. In fact, the human god Huangquan has already reached a cooperation with the Taoyuan Township Lord. So there is no reason for them not to contact Xuanming.

“After learning the truth about the end of the world and the conditions of the afterlife from the Gospel Institute, Xuanming will definitely realize that ‘Number Two Living in the Doomsday Era’ is actually in the afterlife.

"He wanted to attack me for some reason... Although I don't know what that reason is, originally, because of the 'different eras', he could only attack me in the virtual realm. But now it's different, he can enter the afterlife to find me and carry out his goal." I continued with Xiaowan's words: "But he may have other important things to do in the world of the living, and the secret method of traveling between the two worlds is controlled by the Gospel Institute. There is a risk of being plotted against if he enters the afterlife in person..."

"So his best strategy is to let the Gospel House find and capture me in the afterlife on his behalf." Xiaowan said, "The order to arrest me was issued by the head of the Gospel House, Yama, himself. He even promised that as long as I was captured alive, he would fulfill any wish of the meritorious person...

"I think only the Great Impermanence Xuanming is worthy of the Gospel Master Yama's fuss. Even Mr. No. 1 probably can't do it, and Mr. No. 5 Yuchi is even less likely to do it."

Her reasoning almost convinced me.

But then, she hesitated, and then said: "...but, there is still one thing I can't explain.

"During the virtual realm meeting that was destroyed, Xuanming once reminded me that the Son of God has always been loved by heaven and earth, so it is easy to become a living sacrifice to heaven and earth... If he had already made up his mind to capture me alive at that time, why did he specifically remind me to be careful?"

After thinking about it, I answered: "...Maybe it's because I can't stand it."

"Can't stand it?" Xiaowan asked curiously.

I nodded and explained, "For me, targeting children is a shameful thing to say. It sounds inferior, so generally speaking, I won't do it. But that doesn't mean I won't do it. For example, if a child stabs me with a knife with evil intentions, I can certainly disarm him with my strength and let him go, but even if I really kill him, what's the problem? I won't feel any discomfort in my conscience.

"Even if it's not a passive counterattack, but I have something I have to do, and it is likely to cause the death of others in the process, I will still do it to the end. Of course, from the perspective of those who are implicated and die innocently, this matter is definitely very unfair, but I will not stop.

"Even if there are children, women, and the elderly here, I admit that I am walking on an unjust path. And since my actions will kill or harm someone, I will not change my policy just because the other party is a man or a woman, old or young. At the same time, I will also face up to all the retribution and condemnation that may befall me in the future."

In Yin Yue’s “world of possibilities”, Zhu Shi and I turned sword against sword because of this.

What would I think about when I saw this scene? I believe that I would not go beyond what I have described now.

"However, I am not doing this specifically to kill those people. If one day, I want to accomplish something that will inevitably lead to the death of a weak child, and the other party is completely unaware of the fate that is about to befall her, then I will definitely be more or less unable to bear it and will want to remind her that she should run away next." I said.

"It's obvious that doing this will have a negative impact on your own intentions?" Xiao Wan frowned and said, "Isn't this a kind of hypocrisy... just a form of self-satisfaction?"

"I don't know what Xuanming is thinking, but at least I'm not doing this out of conscience, or because I want others to think I'm kind." I said, "As for what you said about self-satisfaction, I am satisfying myself. I have always acted to satisfy my own heart.

"Even if this hypothetical child really seizes the opportunity and escapes successfully, causing my original goal to fail, that is her own ability. To be honest, I don't think it is a bad thing. I am not interested in absolute victory or absolute defeat. If she escapes successfully, I might be surprised by this accident, because this is what I am really pursuing... uh..."

As I talked about this, I suddenly realized that this hypothesis seemed to be getting closer and closer to the motivation model of the Great Demon of Disaster chasing Xiaowan.

Xiaowan looked thoughtful.

"Anyway...that's all I have to say." I ended the topic.

(End of this chapter)