Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil.

Chapter 574 The Fourth Calamity
Even if Li Weide is an outsider who doesn't belong to this world.

However, it's impossible that all parallel worlds are devoid of his parallel universe counterparts.

As long as he exists, there will inevitably be different changes, thus creating another timeline.

For example, if Li Weide steps out with his left leg first when leaving home in the morning, then there is a possibility that Li Weide will step out with his right leg first.

If this possibility exists, it will be a completely new timeline.

Such timelines are destined to be endless, but right now there's only him...

It's as if the worldline in which Li Weide exists has been isolated from all other timelines, and no matter how things change, no new worldline will be born.

Or rather... the newly created world line disappeared before it even took shape.

It was precisely for this reason that, after fully understanding the existence of parallel worlds, Li Weide became increasingly suspicious, which strengthened his doubts about the Grim Reaper. He then dug deeper and deeper, and even prepared nine ways to deal with it.

Although these methods were ineffective, they proved that Li Weide's suspicions about her were not insignificant; he had simply kept them buried in his heart and had not expressed them.

Until she revealed more and more flaws...

At present, the matter is quite clear.

In retrospect, that female Grim Reaper was indeed a fake.

and……

Even though the diary could only convey limited information and couldn't tell Li Weide much, it still confirmed many of his previous assumptions.

In fact, Li Weide from the other world had already given him a lot of hints.

For example, gloves that can conceal the scent of marks on the hands, or a small space that isolates you from everything.

For example... a magic that allows a person to absorb the power of their counterparts in a parallel world!

A person's magic can also be described as their life force.

For those who control the laws of life, inventing a spell to absorb the life force of their own kind is incredibly easy.

Therefore, Li Weide only has one enemy, which is himself... or rather, another possible version of himself.

Li Weide is now following a path that can be described as one of kindness, after all, thanks to his efforts, many tragic figures have received better endings.

Then we can foresee what the other possible version of ourselves would be like...

No one knows better than Li Weide what a pure Fourth Calamity is!
Similarly, Li Weide knew very well how terrifying he could be if he were unscrupulous...

This is why Li Weide from another world added a merit point system to the system.

Only with this kind of setting, which almost induces him to do good deeds, can it be guaranteed with a high probability that the other self who inherits this system will not go down another extreme path.

Li Weide recalled that he had wanted to abandon his principles and do something outrageous countless times, but he restrained himself for the sake of the system's rewards, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Damn... Tom was right all along, I really am not a good person...

Then there's the imposter Grim Reaper. She said she had been watching Li Weide, the one who created the system, and that Li Weide eventually discovered her too, but by then it was too late to cooperate...

These words contain a mixture of truth and falsehood.

Thinking about it this way, it makes sense why Li Weide, who gave him the system, was so secretive and like a riddle teller.

Because he also noticed the abnormality of this so-called Grim Reaper and realized that she was watching him.

Therefore, he also needs to hide his true thoughts and then let another version of himself slowly understand his hints.

In other words, perhaps after the system is 100% fixed, something more intuitive and useful will appear to help you achieve victory.

There's also some bad news...

Li Weide originally thought that the fake Grim Reaper was another version of himself from the evil storyline in disguise.

If that's the case, Li Weide still has a chance to defeat his opponent.

However, the diary told him the correct answer...

This imposter Grim Reaper is just a small fry...

In other words, things have become more difficult. If even a lowly henchman has such abilities, just how strong can Li Weide, who is willing to do anything to improve himself, be?
On a flying RV.

Li Weide shared his guesses with Miravia and Caroline, who were standing nearby.

"But why would the other you separate this timeline and only support one version of yourself? Shouldn't you support as many as possible?" Caroline asked, puzzled.

Li Weide sighed and said, "If it were me, I would do the same... Because at his level of strength, a group of immature versions of himself are no longer of any use to him. He can only spend time cultivating one fully grown version of himself... As for why he only cultivates one at a time? Perhaps he knows his own abilities... Facing several fully grown versions of himself at the same time would be too unpredictable. Of course, it's also possible that he's only missing one fruit... As long as he eliminates me, the grown individual, he will have achieved his goal, so there's naturally no need to risk cultivating more versions of himself to become his enemies."

“No wonder…” Miravia sighed, “No wonder you made Tom so strong… you were testing that possibility.”

“Actually, there’s another possibility…” Li Weide’s gaze deepened, “He’s wary of me learning from him… learning to cultivate my parallel world self. If that happens, he’ll have to defeat more than just one fully grown version of myself… That’s why he separated our timeline to ensure that there won’t be any more versions of me as opponents.”

Miravia and Caroline were speechless.

The only one who truly understands Li Weide is himself...

Moreover... humanity's greatest enemy is itself. What's more, Li Weide is not only facing himself, but also a completely unscrupulous, corrupted version of himself.

What you can do, he can do too; what you can't do, he can do without hesitation...

How can we fight like this? There's absolutely no hope!

The power to turn evil is ten times stronger, and that's no joke.

A sense of despair slowly filled the train carriage...

Li Weide stared blankly at the scenery outside the car window, lost in thought.

The diary says he's already been disappointed once... Li Weide suspects that the one who first disappointed the real Grim Reaper was himself, the one who created the system...

In other words, he has already failed once! He may not even have seen the Fourth Calamity before being defeated by the great demon Lucifer!

“I have to win this time no matter what, because I don’t even have the right to make any remedial measures…” Li Weide murmured.

The merit system should be another remedy for dealing with failure.

And now, it seems that the fourth version of himself is only missing this final fruit.

If he fails again, there won't be a third time...

"What should we do now?" Miravia murmured in despair.

“From today onwards… you’ll rely on others to think for you.” Caroline stood up. “What you can think of, he can probably think of too, but what others can think of, he may not be able to…”

Before she could finish speaking, Caroline fell silent.

That being said, everyone knows how meticulous Li Weide is in his thinking.

Even if it wasn't something he himself thought of, Li Weide had most likely already considered it.

Therefore, relying on others for advice is almost useless... "Perhaps..." Miravia suddenly looked at Livid, "you should consider things you haven't paid much attention to before... for example, acquiring some powers that you previously thought were unnecessary..."

Li Weide's eyes flashed, "Things I won't pay attention to... powers I feel are unnecessary to master... that is, things I used to look down on..."

……

When Li Weide and his two companions reappeared in front of the portal.

Death was already standing there, and it seemed he had been waiting for a long time.

"Did you go back a thousand years?" Death asked.

“Yes, we’ve been there twice, but you didn’t show up either time. Can you tell me why?” Li Weide asked, puzzled.

"As I told you, most of my power is used to maintain the stability of other parallel worlds. If I were to travel back a thousand years, it would consume too much power, leaving me with insufficient power to maintain the stability of other parallel worlds. I forgot to mention this to you. Perhaps you have already noticed that this portal can only allow for time travel spanning approximately one thousand years, which is why you cannot travel to parallel worlds two thousand years ago or two thousand years in the future."

When Death explained, his cold face showed no flaws, as if he were telling the truth.

Li Weide's heart skipped a beat. It seemed that not only had his parallel world been separated, but even its timeline had been severed.

Otherwise, he could have gone back to an earlier timeline and found the real Grim Reaper who hadn't left yet...

At this moment, Miravia and Caroline, whose memories had been altered by the power of the diary, had no suspicions whatsoever.

As for Li Weide himself, he relied purely on his acting skills to portray the surprise of hearing about the matter for the first time.

“That’s a real shame… I was originally planning to go back and see what Qin Shi Huang was like,” Li Weide shrugged.

“You can choose a time span of a thousand years,” Death said.

"No, we've been traveling for more than half a year, and our strength has improved quite a bit. Let's take a break for a while," Li Weide suggested.

The Grim Reaper's magic swept over the group, then he nodded. "Good, you've gained a lot this time, and you do need time to properly integrate the extra magic."

After Death left, Miravia and Caroline departed together, while Levi returned to his room and lay down on his bed.

He thought that confirming his guess would make him feel better, but unexpectedly, he felt even heavier now.

Is it a power I didn't pay attention to before?

Is the source of my power inherently wrong?

perhaps……

"bump!"

Li Weide's figure vanished instantly, appearing in the small space.

"Huh? You're back? How did it go? I'm almost defeated your clone!" Tom said smugly.

Li Weide grabbed Tom's arm and asked earnestly, "Tom, do you know what love is?"

Tom was stunned at first, then became furious, "You son of a bitch, what's wrong with you now?"

"Going crazy? No... I just think that the Fourth Calamity must have long forgotten what love is."

……

“The teacher has been gone for a long time.” Ravenclaw sat by the lake, resting his chin on his hands, gazing longingly at the other side of the lake, at the end of the road.

That's where the teacher disappeared...

Slytherin sat to one side, leisurely fishing while slowly reading a book.

He will come back eventually. Why are you so distracted?

"I was distracted, and you were completely fine?" Ravenclaw glanced at him sideways.

“Of course I’m perfectly fine. The teacher will definitely come back. What do I have to worry about?” Slytherin said calmly.

"Heh... If you hadn't forgotten to bait the hook, I almost would have believed you," Ravenclaw chuckled.

Slytherin was slightly taken aback, and quickly pulled up the fishing rod to look at the hook.

Sure enough, the hook was completely empty; there was no fish, not even any bait...

"Ha, these fish are quick to bite," Slytherin forced a laugh. "They've eaten so clean, and they still won't take the bait!"

"Come on, you haven't even taken out the bait you prepared..." Ravenclaw continued to undermine him.

Slytherin's lips twitched slightly. "Well... I am indeed uneasy... but I'm not worried about him not coming back, but... I'm worried about his safety."

“The teacher is so strong, there’s definitely no danger!” Ravenclaw frowned.

Slytherin sighed. “When my father goes to do something very dangerous, just like my teacher, he doesn’t take me with him, and then he’s gone for a long time… You know, with my teacher’s abilities, if what he’s doing is easy, he has no reason to leave us all behind.”

Hearing Slytherin's words, Ravenclaw's mood grew even heavier.

"How about... we go find our teacher!" Gryffindor emerged from the carriage, carrying the bait that Slytherin had forgotten to take. His eyes gleamed with an excited anticipation of adventure.

“But…the teacher told us to stay here.” Hufflepuff had also appeared by the lake at some point.

Of the four students, Hufflepuff was the most obedient, instinctively resisting any suggestion to disobey the teacher's orders.

“Let’s stay here. What if the teacher comes back and can’t find us?” Slytherin said.

For a moment, all four of them fell silent, sitting together by the lake, looking dejectedly at the road in the distance.

Just as the four were feeling down, Ravenclaw's eyes suddenly lit up, and he pointed into the distance, "Is that...is that our teacher? Our teacher is back!"

With that, Ravenclaw, like a bird released from its cage, stood up and ran off into the distance.

At this moment, the other three also saw a familiar figure appear at the end of the road in the distance.

An old man, leaning on a magic wand, slowly walked towards them from afar...

Seeing this, the three Slytherins excitedly followed Ravenclaw over.

Li Weide watched the four students running towards him from afar, his thoughts slowly drifting into memories.

After failing to get an answer from Tom, Li Wade was somewhat disappointed, because he couldn't ask Dumbledore, as that would expose his intentions, unless he risked pulling Dumbledore into the small space as well.

So, he had no choice but to reluctantly pull out his diary in the small space and ask Death what love was.

Love? The physical kind, or the emotional kind? You're so young, and you're already...

[The kind of emotional connection!]

Li Weide immediately replied, interrupting the long passage in the diary that couldn't pass censorship.

Oh, that kind of thing... Actually, everyone knows what love is, but most people ignore it and slowly forget it... If you want to remember what love is, you have to experience it yourself! Go back a thousand years, where no one bothers you, and there happens to be someone who can remind you what love is...

(End of this chapter)