Infinite Reincarnation: Survival Begins from Ishimura

No one in the entire Bloodborne Curse truly knows the origin of the ancient god Rom.

He is inherently different from both the native ancient gods and the descending outer gods.

In this dream realm where time does not exist, it is because of His existence that time has a spiraling, forward-moving trend, forming a vague timeline.

He does not follow the will of the Lord of R'lyeh to expand the world like the native ancient gods, nor does He need to seek offspring like the descending gods.

He can sacrifice His life to fight against Yharnam, the Queen of the Gods, and can also be reborn as a foolish student and return.

It can be said that His existence is both insignificant and seemingly omnipresent.

His existence is uniquely special in this world.

And whether it is the Lord of R'lyeh or the ancient gods, they can only passively utilize His abilities and characteristics.

Obviously, He is the only existence not controlled by the Lord of R'lyeh and those ancient gods.

Seemingly inherently independent of everything else.

Therefore, Mu Xing guessed that Rom is the core of this Holy City sealing key.

As he approached step by step, the spider Rom also seemed to awaken.

On the petrified "meteorite" body, spider eyes lit up with a faint glow.

The curled spider legs began to unfold.

When it stood up, it was even larger than Mu Xing had imagined.

"Old Man Qingzhu... won't he have any problems?"

Man Shan said with a worried face.

Ye Changfeng looked calm: "It is not easy for him to get here step by step. The Survival System will send him here, there must be a fundamental reason."

"And our mission has finally come to an end."

His bright eyes could not hide his exhaustion, but also revealed a light of expectation.

At this time,

Mu Xing had already walked up to the spider Rom, and at the same time, he discovered that this Rom was different from the Rom on the great lake outside.

Even different from the Rom crawling on the timeline.

He is like a tangible object composed of pure time.

The reason he could sense this difference stemmed from his Dooms Awakener ability.

This talent made him particularly sensitive to time.

Mu Xing tentatively reached out his hand, and the spider Rom subconsciously took half a step back.

But when the palm of his hand emitted a strong amount of Caryll material, the spider Rom immediately curiously lowered its head and approached to observe.

Caryll material, as the essential substance of time and space, indeed attracted Rom's attention.

At the same time, Mu Xing stretched out his hand and touched the spider Rom's head, which resembled a black and white meteorite.

In an instant,

Mu Xing felt endless light and darkness drill into his body, and spiraling time threads poured into his body like spider silk.

Every stage of this world, from its birth to its prosperity, flashed through his mind.

"Damn, is it trying to seize my body?"

Mu Xing sensed the great spider turning into temporal spider silk and frantically drilling into his body.

It seemed to be searching for the source of that Caryll material.

Mu Xing tried to use his Chaos Consciousness to block this temporal spider silk.

However, chaos had no effect on intangible time, and was easily penetrated.

"No, I'm going to die!"

Mu Xing quickly woke up the sleeping Evil Spirit: "Stop sleeping, help!"

As soon as the Evil Spirit woke up, it saw a virtual spider face pressed close to it.

It directly slapped it with a cat's paw: "What the hell is this?"

"It's the ancient god Rom!" Mu Xing's voice sounded.

"No, kid, why did you swallow this thing into your stomach? Isn't eating chaos enough? You want to eat an ancient god too?"

"I didn't, it drilled in by itself, it seems to be attracted by the Caryll material in my body."

"Then quickly use dark gold energy, Chaos Will," the Evil Spirit reminded.

"It's useless, I've already used it, it has no effect on it."

The Evil Spirit slapped its head: "I forgot, it is a pure creation of time, not an existence with spatial and material characteristics. Right, use the Tower!"

"The Tower? Can the Tower control time?"

The Evil Spirit quickly said: "In many universes, the operation of the world needs observers to determine, whether it is material existence, spatial operation, or the concept of time."

"Otherwise, it is just a mass of disordered chaos. And you humans, these intelligent life forms, inherently possess subjective will, which is a natural observer and determiner."

"Because there are you observers, the disordered universe has a definite state."

Mu Xing was a little speechless: "When in doubt, quantum mechanics, right?"

"Otherwise, why do you think Chaos Will wants to go to war with you? Disorder and order are inherently antagonistic."

Mu Xing was stunned. Did this fat cat inadvertently reveal the essence of the Nightmare Battlefield?

The Evil Spirit continued: "As an observer, the Observer's Tower in your hand naturally has the ability to determine time."

"Moreover, maybe you can take the opportunity to open up the eighth floor!"

Mu Xing was stunned. The Evil Spirit's words gave him a sense of sudden enlightenment.

He quickly released the Tower and took himself and Rom, including the entire Moonlit Lake, into it.

Ye Changfeng and Man Shan outside only felt a flash of light in front of them, and the entire Moonlit Lake disappeared.

"What's going on? Where's the lake?"

"It's there!"

Ye Changfeng pointed to the strangely shaped tower.

The seven-story tower was now beginning to form an eighth floor.

The silver Moonlit Lake shimmered. It didn't seem to be lake water, but time water. The water in the entire lake had turned silver-white.

In the center of the lake, Mu Xing piled up a large number of Caryll crystals.

Immediately afterwards,

The spider Rom rushed out of his body and pounced on the Caryll crystals, devouring them greedily.

"As expected, it was attracted by the Caryll material."

Mu Xing felt relieved after Rom left his body.

But at this moment,

A familiar voice that shouldn't be here suddenly sounded.

[Ding, the Nightmare Mission "Seize the Key" is complete.]

[Reward: Apostle Core.]

[Please return to the main defense line to claim it.]

Mu Xing listened blankly to the familiar Survival System prompt. How could the Survival System penetrate here?

Could it be...

Mu Xing subconsciously looked at the spider Rom next to him.

As Rom ate the Caryll crystals, it began to emit a strong and decaying aura.

This decaying aura felt extremely familiar to Mu Xing, as if he had seen it somewhere.

"Wait, could He be..."

Mu Xing suddenly thought of the creator hidden beneath the Dead Sea, in the dark world in Death Stranding.

Mu Xing couldn't help but look at the spider Rom. As the decaying aura spread out, His body seemed to be reborn.

Wisps of golden substance seeped out of His black and white meteorite-like body.

It was as if He was being reactivated.

Mu Xing stared at the bizarre scene in front of him, his mind churning with thoughts.

He thought that the schemes of Chaos and the Lord of R'lyeh were deep enough, but he didn't expect the Survival System's schemes to be even deeper.

Mu Xing's mood was extremely complicated at this time. Why did he feel like he had been tricked by the Survival System again?