Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 729 The Worst Possible Case
Even though he's being this cautious, someone still managed to track him down!?

Before the cultist could turn around, irregular, twisted patterns appeared on the saintess's body. She pushed off the ground, slammed her shoulder into the ground, and crushed the cultist while heading straight for the strange white figure behind her.

bass!
A flash of white light brought the saintess's unstoppable momentum to an abrupt halt. The patterns on her shoulders were easily cleaved open, and the flesh was torn apart by the axe blade, reaching right to the bone.

She twisted her waist and abdomen in time, avoiding being instantly killed by the axe through her shoulder and heart. After gaining a moment to catch her breath, she quickly retreated and created distance.

During this process, the saint's robes could no longer conceal her appearance, revealing her unsurprisingly black female face.

“That was a symbol of ‘skin’ just now, right? So you were still around.” Shang Xia blinked, remembering what Zheng Fan had told her about the spokesperson for the dark world.

The Black Cult was run by "Pi," who cultivated three holy sons and daughters within it to serve as vessels for his own descent. Two of the holy sons were killed by Zheng Fan, and the other was used to open a portal in the former Central District.

Now only one saintess remains.

This is the last saintess. If "Pi" has no other trump cards, this is his last efficient and movable piece in the white world.

“A woman from the capital… then it’s not surprising.” Pi said in a deep voice.

Shang Xia looked her over and said, "This is the last usable body you have, isn't it? Aren't you going to try to escape?"

"It's all irrelevant now. Whether I have this body or not, there's nothing I can do in Dadu. At this point, all I can do is wait and see how things develop," "Pi" continued.

"What's going on?" Shang Xia sensed that the other party's attitude was not quite right.

It feels like they've already given up.

That doesn't make sense. Isn't the Black World carrying out a brand new parallel world plan? And just now, the Black Cult members and those people from the casino gathered together and were discussing something. Since they're still active, it's hard to say they've completely given up.

"Pi" covered the wound that Shang Xia had slashed, which was difficult to heal, and blood flowed down his arm from his shoulder until it dripped to the ground.

She remained silent for a long time, seemingly deep in thought.

"What exactly is going on with the parallel world thing? You guys were behind it, weren't you?" Shang Xia asked.

"That was indeed our plan, and it was our trump card. Even we wouldn't open this Pandora's box unless absolutely necessary. But we had no other choice but to deal with the tree branch." Shang Xia had originally thought of testing the waters since the person wasn't running away, not expecting any response from them, but he didn't expect "Pi" to be so cooperative.

"According to the records of Dadu, parallel worlds have the potential to cause a major impact. Are there really other Dadus in that world?" Shang Xia asked, voicing his doubts.

The concept of parallel worlds is vast. The fact that top-tier powerhouses appear in large numbers from those worlds is truly against common sense.

Ultimately, as a daughter born in Dadu, she still couldn't believe that a place as significant as Dadu could be cheapened because of the concept of "parallelism".

"That's the truth. When time and space diverge, and the concept of 'parallel' is separated from that fragment of order, Dadu, though special, is no longer so special. However, this city is also very cunning, as can be seen from the fact that it created you. At the very beginning of the parallel world's birth, Dadu gave it a 'false' fantasy concept. This is like a wall, preventing the parallel world from being legitimate, making it unable to reach reality and threaten itself."

"Pi" spoke without joy or sorrow: "Originally, even we almost overlooked this world. It was only many years ago that the restless humans dug up this deeply buried concept again, almost causing a great disaster. Although it was remedied in time and the parallel world did not become a big thing, it still opened up loopholes."

"It also made us aware of the existence of this dangerous weapon."

"However, it is not realistic to rely on parallel worlds to slowly destroy Dadu under the current circumstances. Dadu did have its own superior status before being replaced by parallel worlds, and the tree branches cannot be included in parallel worlds, so it is equally difficult to bypass this threat."

Shang Xia asked, "What have you done?"

“A precise search, a meticulous search,” Pi replied calmly. “This has consumed a great deal of illusion and gathered much of our power. We found parallel worlds, opened them up, and then filtered through them. We found the worst and strongest possibilities and sent them to the main world’s capital.”

“Doing this… makes no sense.” Shang Xia still harbored doubts.

Without Zheng Fan, this was a very effective plan: a powerful figure suddenly appearing out of nowhere would exchange pieces with the powerful figures in Dadu and then drag Dadu down.

As "Pi" said, the representatives of the dark world chose the worst yet strongest possibilities relative to most of the main world.

Black-Veined Sparrow Princess, Doll Doris, and Insect Armor Lu Chongming are all far stronger than their counterparts in the main world under normal circumstances.

But everything changed after the intervention of the huge variable of Zheng Fan.

The Shang and Xia dynasties, which were born because of Zheng Fan, cannot be found in parallel worlds. These two evil spirits, Black and White, are an obstacle that parallel worlds can never overcome in their entire lives if they stand in the main world.

In fact, this is indeed the case.

The fact that three individuals who were powerful and influential in their own worlds came to the main world was like that of country bumpkins from a parallel universe begging for food in the main world.

It's really hard to say what the effect is.

If that were all, the underworld wouldn't have considered this plan as a last-ditch effort.

"Our plan is for our counterparts to destroy each other. We have a basic understanding of the tree branch's personality traits. Our counterparts in parallel worlds will accurately find their counterparts in other worlds, kill them, and replace them as much as possible. If we succeed even once in multiple attempts, we can easily provoke the tree branch to kill us."

Shang Xia was taken aback: "You mean..."

"When he comes to kill us, it doesn't matter if we abandon everything, even if we degenerate into the lowest parasites. At that time, he will be forced to take the final step, born of personality and destroyed by personality, to achieve supreme power. At that time, it doesn't matter what world it is, we will eventually be unified."

When Pi said this, his tone was so calm that it made Shang Xia feel a little scared.

What it reveals, however, is a deep sense of helplessness.

This parallel world plan is actually an assassination plot targeting all of Zheng Fan's interpersonal relationships, aiming to provoke Zheng Fan and catalyze his stagnant sublimation process due to his personality.

They could even abandon everything to feed Zheng Fan, achieving their goal in one fell swoop.

It seems there is no other way.

"Wait a minute. Has something gone wrong with your plan?" Shang Xia was shocked and his thoughts were racing when he immediately realized the problem.

"According to this plan, you should have sent out all your counterparts at once, while simultaneously using the existing arrangements in Dadu to create chaos and overwhelm Zheng Fan, thus creating a dangerous situation. Sending them out one by one like this is just... well, to use Brother Fan's words, 'like the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather'!"

“That’s why I didn’t choose to run away but stayed here to tell you this.” “Pi” sighed deeply. “The dangers of parallel worlds are beyond our imagination, or rather, the power we give them to filter them out has probably also filtered out an extremely bad possibility for us.”

"I choose to stay here and inform you of this possibility."

"Killing Lin Yilin is the last remedy you can make."

(End of this chapter)