Infinite Chimera Creation

However, the changes between Momiji and Rentaro over the past month, and Yuan Yuan's increasingly satisfied attitude, forced Shiki to admit the facts she didn't want to acknowledge. In a moment of agitation, she ran to confront Yuan Yuan. Yuan Yuan, naturally, used his usual methods to calm Shiki down.

Although Siji had calmed down, there was still some resentment in her gaze as she looked at Yuan Yuan, as if something that belonged only to her had been taken away by someone else.

Looking at the resentful Siji, Yuan Yuan curled his lips and said mockingly,

"Oh, right, I have some good news for you."

P.S., I changed my keyboard and it's so hard to get used to. I make several typos almost every sentence, which keeps breaking my train of thought. It took me four hours to finish one chapter, and I was on the verge of a mental breakdown afterward.

Chapter 57 Positioning and Experimentation

"Good news? What news?"

Siji immediately became alert, feeling no anticipation, only a strong sense of foreboding.

Ignoring Siji's attitude, Yuan Yuan beckoned with his finger. With that movement, a massive black beetle appeared out of nowhere and swallowed the glowing cube capable of simulating the world's consciousness and vision whole. Without Yuan Yuan's command, the beetle automatically flew out the window and disappeared into the distance.

Seeing this, Shiki's expression turned grim again. Shiki herself was the world's consciousness, so she naturally knew that the body of a mere beetle could not possibly block the world's consciousness's view. Most importantly, the cube's vision was clearly shared with Yuan Yuan; that is, wherever the beetle flew, Yuan Yuan could see it through the world's consciousness.

Judging from how easily Yuan Yuan created the cube, it's clearly not difficult to make. Given Yuan Yuan's personality, I'm afraid…

“That’s right. After I confirmed that Rentaro Satomi had magic markings, these beetles had spread all over the earth. So, no matter where magic markings appeared, they couldn’t escape my eyes. However, apart from the ones on Rentaro’s body, I didn’t find any other magic markings. But now it’s different. I have confirmed that magic markings can be artificially cultivated.”

Seemingly guessing what Siji was thinking, Yuan Yuan nodded, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

"Then the next thing to do is, naturally, to manufacture a quantity of runes that satisfies me."

Siji was taken aback. Forgetting her fear of Yuan Yuan, she slammed her hand on the table, stood up, glared angrily at Yuan Yuan, and loudly questioned him.

"Do you know what you're saying? Do you know how important runes are to the world? Creating runes? Or creating a large number of runes? What you're doing will accelerate the world's aging, and might even kill this world outright!"

Looking at Siji with icy eyes, Yuan Yuan remained calm and unconcerned about Siji's anger, coldly saying,

"So what? It's just a world. I've said it before, the world is a very fragile thing. Isn't it normal for fragile things to be destroyed? But you, do you know what I want to do right now?"

Staring at her with Yuan Yuan's cold, emotionless gaze, Siji felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her head. She instantly calmed down, instinctively shrinking back and answering tentatively.

"No, I don't know. Who could know what you're thinking?"

"Really? You don't know? Well then, I'll tell you: I want to kill you."

Looking at Yuan Yuan, whose eyes held no murderous intent yet coldly uttered the word "kill," Siji trembled violently, forcing a smile as she spoke.

"Calm down, didn't we get along really well before?"

"It's precisely because I'm so calm that you've become the first person to repeatedly question whether I'm still alive. If it weren't for my rational thinking telling me that I shouldn't have so easily eliminated my first chosen collaborator, you would definitely be gone by now."

His eyes remained cold, his tone indifferent; Yuan Yuan spoke as if crushing an ant were an easy task.

"After all, the world is fragile, and the world consciousness that depends on the world is also fragile. It is not difficult to kill it."

He was serious. This thought rose in Siji's mind, causing her to tremble unconsciously. Only then did she truly recall the terror of the person in front of her. Her body seemed to lose all strength in an instant, and she slumped back into the chair.

"You are my partner, and I can give you some privileges that others don't have, but that doesn't mean you can test my patience again and again. Think carefully about your own position. If this happens again, I will regretfully announce that I will be changing partners."

After speaking, Yuan Yuan fell silent and began to drink his tea. Siji, sitting opposite Yuan Yuan, also remained silent, her head bowed, her hands clutching the hem of her skirt, which trembled occasionally.

Yuan Yuan finished his cup of tea, then got up and headed towards the laboratory without lingering.

"You don't need to come as my assistant today. Think about it carefully on your own."

Just as Siji subconsciously got up to follow Yuan Yuan, she heard these words and sat down again, trembling.

Inside the laboratory, Yuan Yuan surprisingly did not conduct the experiments he usually did every day to accumulate data. Instead, he sat lazily in a soft chair, staring at the white lines in front of him with a blank expression.

The white gaps revealed a variety of scenes: enormous monsters, resembling both dogs and dolphins, swimming freely in the sea; warships radiating a cold blue light, with distinctive young women standing at their bows; dense thorny bushes that existed as spirits throughout the forest; Gastrea creatures with a purple eye on their foreheads, standing atop treetops gazing intently at a distant human city; and many more strange, eerie, and wondrous life forms or groups of life.

These lives have nothing in common with each other, but without exception, some kind of change is slowly taking place around them, and these changes are subtly guiding them in some strange direction.

"Of the 1,784 guided experimental subjects, 31 have shown slight improvements in talent, luck, or the acquisition of new abilities; these have been identified as key targets for monitoring by multiple researchers. Four other subjects have shown significant changes,"

Behind Yuan Yuan, Alaya, who resides in the tenth level of Hell, left Hell for the first time. She was now lying on the table in the form of a large fur ball, earnestly reporting the experiment's progress to Yuan Yuan in a childlike voice.

"The first case is the experimental subject, Guro. Currently, Guro has developed stable, incomplete magic runes. Due to the severity of the incompleteness, their meaning cannot be determined."

"The second case is canine test subject number 174. This test subject showed a dharma pattern reaction three hours ago, but the reaction disappeared again after lasting for seven minutes and thirty-four seconds."

"The third case is the Sea Fog Fleet, an experimental group of races. A group of magical runes appeared in this experimental group, which was judged to be a racial magical rune that had never been discovered before. It has great observation value, but the rune disappeared after lasting for three minutes and seventeen seconds."

"The fourth case is the test subject, Bai Ye. Three days ago, the test subject showed obvious magic pattern reaction. The magic pattern was already more than half formed. It is estimated that it will be fully formed in 36 days at the latest. Based on the current observation results, the meaning of the magic pattern should be of the type of [treason] or [rebellion]."

After a pause, the large, furry Alaya-vijnana made a concluding statement.

"I have been directly monitoring all four of the experimental subjects. I will notify you immediately of any new changes."

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Chapter 58 Yakumo Yukari

Just as Yuan Yuan was thinking of causing some trouble for the world, a seventeen-year-old demon sage who had just woken up from hibernation and was extremely bored also went to a certain world with a mischievous sense of humor, intending to cause him some trouble.

In a certain world, within the Sky Palace atop its dome, a thunderous roar suddenly erupted, the ripples of air it created tearing wisps of white clouds to shreds.

"Damn old bee, get out of here with your disgusting thing!"

Those coming and going in the Sky Palace glanced at the inner sanctum, exchanged glances, and then, unfazed, went back to their own business. They all knew that only Prince Dumbledore could have angered Lord Voldemort so much, and they had no right to interfere in the affairs of the two princes.

Next, just as everyone expected, Lord Voldemort's furious roar continued, piercing through the hall and tearing apart the clouds that hadn't yet gathered outside.

"When we first met, you liked to eat those disgusting cockroach candies. After you turned into a dragon, you started eating worm candies, and now you've even started eating sweet slugs! Can you be any more disgusting?! I have no problem with your unusual hobbies, but what do you mean by always bringing those disgusting things to invite me to eat with you?!"

After seeing off a wizard who had just returned from a dragon-hunting quest and already earned the title of "Hungry Wolf Wizard," Lupin, who had lived for over three hundred years, looked at his old friend beside him and gave a helpless smile.

"The professor is still the same, always liking to provoke Lord Voldemort and make him angry. It's really frustrating."

Although three hundred years had passed, Lupin still habitually addressed Dumbledore as "Professor" instead of "Your Highness" as ordinary wizards would. Sitting beside Lupin, Peter was still short, but no one dared call him "Little Pettigrew" anymore. Looking at Lupin's gentle smile, unchanged for centuries, he smiled and shook his head.

"This is the way the professor and Voldemort interact; it can't be changed, and besides,"

As he spoke, a worried look appeared on Peter's face, and his tone became somewhat heavy.

"With the two of them like this, everyone can know that there's nothing wrong with the world, right?"

Lupin's smile froze on his face. After a long pause, he managed a weak nod and said,

"Yes, there were no problems."

Inside the inner sanctum, Voldemort and Dumbledore sat facing each other. Voldemort showed no anger whatsoever, as if the roar he had just unleashed had not come from him. Beside them sat a female elf clad in magnificent armor, her arms and face adorned with exquisite silver patterns.

"For now, this is the only way to stabilize public morale."

Voldemort sighed, wearily rubbed his temples, and said in a heavy, slow voice,

"We must find a solution as soon as possible before a real major problem arises, otherwise..."

Although Voldemort didn't finish his sentence, his heavy tone suggested that what he was about to say was definitely not a good outcome.

"Before a major problem arises?"

The female elf gave a mocking smile, as if she had heard something amusing, pointed at Dumbledore to the side, and asked Voldemort,

"As beings of authority who are the guardians of the world, they are now severely ostracized by the world, and sometimes even lose control of their abilities. Isn't this a big problem?"

As if in response to the elf's words, when Voldemort looked at Dumbledore, a layer of golden scales suddenly appeared on Dumbledore's face, then vanished in an instant, as if the scene just now was merely Voldemort's illusion.

Dumbledore gave a wry smile. Just as the female elf had said, not long ago, the world that he had felt so close to since becoming a being of authority suddenly began to reject him for no apparent reason, weakening his authority and even affecting his abilities. As a result, Dumbledore's control over his abilities had now dropped to a minimum. No matter what ability he used, there was a risk of losing control, including even the most basic ability like humanoid transformation.

Voldemort's expression grew even more somber. He sighed deeply, offering no rebuttal to the elf's words. In fact, he had recently encountered the same problem as Dumbledore, though his authority seemed to be higher than Dumbledore's, so it wasn't as obvious. But it was still a significant issue.

Seeing that neither of them intended to refute her, the female elf pursed her lips and continued,

"According to the investigation by my elves, only a small number of wizards have experienced this phenomenon of losing control of their power due to being rejected by the world. And these people all have one thing in common: they are all your subordinates or students, and they witnessed the two of you ascend to the power three hundred years ago, and have lived to the present day."

Voldemort and Dumbledore were startled; large scales suddenly sprouted from their faces, and Dumbledore even cried out in uncontrollable surprise.

"You mean we're the cause of this incident!?"

The female elf did not speak, but simply nodded silently.

Seeing this, Dumbledore and Voldemort's expressions turned grim. They had always considered themselves the protectors of the world, and being rejected by it was already deeply distressing. Now, knowing that those close to them were also rejected because of them nearly caused them to lose control of their emotions.

"Oh dear, seeing how seriously wrong your answers are, I just can't stand it anymore."

Suddenly, a bewitching and mysterious voice rang out in the hall where only three people were present. Instantly, a chill ran down their spines, and they unleashed a massive amount of magical energy, filling the entire hall. However, what made them even more anxious was that, despite releasing their full magical power, they still couldn't find the person who had spoken.

"If you guys are so nervous, I'll be really sad. Am I that scary?"

The voice rang out again, and the three of them looked up without hesitation. What came into their view was a pitch-black rift, filled with large, malevolent, blood-red eyes. At either end of the rift, two bows were tied in a grotesque manner. These two bows, far from making the terrifying rift cute, actually added to its eerie atmosphere.

What attracted the three's attention the most was naturally the blonde woman sitting on the crevice, holding a parasol, with a strange and dangerous smile.

"My lady, Yakumo Yukari, would like to ask for your guidance, gentlemen."

A mysterious and elegant woman slowly descended from the crack, and the moment her toes touched the ground, an immense and terrifying aura swept through the hall.

P.S., thanks to [Dark Dragon Warrior] and [Nickname Cannot Be Nine Characters] for the donations.

Chapter Fifty-Nine: Strangers

"Revered powerful one, is there anything we can do for you?"

Under the terrifying pressure of the other party, Voldemort felt as if his soul was about to shatter. The intense fear made him want to immediately transform back into the World Serpent and flee for his life. Fortunately, he hadn't completely lost his mind. He forced himself to bow to Yukari Yakumo and asked softly.

Compared to the Fallen Demon, Dumbledore's performance was far inferior. He suddenly stood up, and a large number of golden scales appeared on his body. His eyes also turned into dazzling golden vertical pupils, staring intently at Yakumo Yukari with a face full of surprise and fear.

Previously, resisting the world's rejection and maintaining his human form under that rejection had already exhausted Dumbledore's energy. Now, suddenly being suppressed by Yakumo Yukari's power, his body instinctively began to transform into his golden dragon form. Fortunately, he noticed it in time and stopped the transformation.

The female elf, who wasn't a creature of authority and seemed unremarkable, was actually the best performer among the three. She calmly stood up, bowed to Yukari Yakumo, and repeated Voldemort's question once more.

Yukari Yakumo casually pulled out a chair from the gap, sat down gently, and at the same time, withdrew her terrifying aura. She smiled and waved to the three of them, signaling them to sit down as well.

"We were just giving the world a warning, telling it not to bother us. Don't be nervous."

Upon hearing the unimaginable words, "Warning the World," the three's pupils contracted again. In their minds, the world was the supreme being, and anyone who rebelled against it was destined for destruction. Even those of them who held positions of power were practically crippled once rejected by the world.

But now this person named Yakumo Yukari casually uttered such an unbelievable statement as "warning the world." It was clearly a fantasy, but when they thought of the terrifying, sky-collapse-like pressure they had just experienced, they couldn't muster any doubt.

Not daring to disobey Yukari Yakumo's wishes, the three exchanged a glance, cautiously and slowly returned to their seats, and then looked at Yukari with restraint, waiting for her to continue.

“We originally just intended to take a look, but after seeing your flawed reasoning, we couldn’t help but stand up and correct you. You won’t blame us, will you?”

The three shook their heads in unison, secretly thinking to themselves, "Are you kidding me? After witnessing that kind of aura, who would dare to blame you?"