As the savior, I only want to play single-player games.

Tendo Kagura did not force her.

Ultimately, she took the initiative to do so, and at that moment, she became aware of the situation.

This kind of awareness is not as grand as saving the world or humanity, nor as lofty as blazing a trail through a dark wilderness.

She just wanted to protect the environment she was familiar with.

In the name of Yotsuya Miko, she could face anything.

Even if the chances of survival in other places decrease, she doesn't want her neighborhood and the city she lives in to become a ghost town.

"Humans are selfish. Compared to sacrifices I can't see, I still don't want to see people I know sacrifice themselves."

Seeing that Zi had said this, he suddenly burst out laughing.

She really doesn't have any lofty ideals.

In comparison, Tendo Kagura seems to have a cold and indifferent attitude, almost as if the world is heartless.

After all, he said that he would save the world even if humanity were to perish.

However, she did not hold a grudge because she could understand Kagura's thoughts.

“You…” Nishimiya Yuzuru was speechless for a moment, and moved his lips.

“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that…” Yurikawa said.

On this matter, she and Miko share the same attitude.

Survival itself is the most powerful resistance against absurdity: Chapter Thirteen: Humans Gazing into the Abyss

However, without high-end combat capabilities, nothing can be protected.

Even those with supernatural powers wouldn't stop the Doomsday Knight.

Are the various branches of the Human Union avoiding direct confrontation, doing everything possible to ensure the safety of all members? Not only Mount Fuji, but there must be similar refuges in other countries as well, to maintain the integrity of the Human Union as much as possible.

As mentioned before, this is an inevitable trend that cannot be changed by anyone's will.

If there are many survivors here, then many more people will die in other places.

A fixed number must be reached.

Now, Yotsuya Miko doesn't care how many people in other places will die; she only wants to protect the people she knows.

It was a difficult choice, but on the basis of saving herself, she was willing to save more people.

However, their capabilities are limited.

Even those reincarnated supernatural beings can only protect a small number of humans at most.

She hasn't reached that level yet, so whether she can protect Chiba is a big question, and the probability is extremely low.

The difference in rank is like an insurmountable chasm. Even if the spiritual path can restrain the divine path, if the gap between the two is too great, any restraining force will be ineffective.

Yotsuya Miko and Yurikawa Hana quickly left the shopping street.

They hadn't gone far when they stopped, staring at a figure standing in the dark alley.

Her body, resembling an inkfish, was a chaotic darkness that blended into the background. An ominous aura emanated from her, and countless tentacles roamed in mid-air.

“Yuriya…” Yotsuya Miko looked at the figure and sensed her increasingly chaotic aura.

"You've become stronger..."

“Yes, according to you, I am already Sequence 7.” Now, Yuria’s voice was very inorganic, a kind of indifference that was almost ruthless.

"When did this happen?" Jian Zi's pupils shrank, somewhat startled, even though she had only just reached this level.

This speed of promotion is simply unbelievable.

Strictly speaking, spiritualists a thousand years ago needed to spend more than ten or even several decades to elevate their level of spiritual development.

The time required for deities is even longer; without the use of faith and other means, it is normal for them to make no progress for a hundred years.

Yuria said indifferently, "A long time ago."

Jianzi was unaware of her current situation. Although they communicated occasionally, it was always via phone and the internet. She assumed that Yuria was still the same as before, because as long as Yuria wasn't mentally impaired, she wouldn't choose to upgrade on her own initiative.

Are you alright now?

Yuria's true form is a demon. If her great-grandson hadn't been struck by a hidden lightning bolt, causing all his emotions and thoughts to collapse and leading to his self-annihilation, then he would only be on the same level as the current Yuria.

She was somewhat worried about Youlia's condition. Youlia had provided her with a lot of valuable information from the spirit world and the gods, so that she wouldn't be completely clueless.

Putting all that aside, if she could do it, she certainly wouldn't want Yuria to become like that.

“My sanity is beginning to crumble,” Yuria said.

"Because my power is increasing, constantly increasing. Although I resist the power of the demon, it's as if there are invisible ropes pulling me, and a continuous stream of power is flowing into my body, allowing me to advance rapidly."

This is something many sequencers dream of, but for her now, the stronger she becomes, the more easily her forcibly fixed rationality collapses.

She felt that her human emotions had sunk into an endless abyss, and what was still supporting her reason was that thin steel wire.

But when the wind blew, her body on the wire began to sway, and she lost her balance; sooner or later, she would fall.

Yotsuya Miko's expression immediately became much more serious. "Is this only happening to you, or are all demons like this?"

“All demons are like this; they are all passively becoming stronger,” Yuria said. “Demons are ascending…”

"What did you say?"

"Yotsuya Miko, the demons are ascending; they are going to ascend to the real world." Yoria cruelly revealed this truth.

"I've come to see you one last time." As she said this, a faint, almost imperceptible look of confusion appeared in her eyes.

Why did the gods want the spirit world to leave the mortal realm a thousand years ago?

Yuria muttered to herself, this behavior brought annihilation to all psychics, directly ushering in the end times, and completely extinguishing supernatural powers in the human world.

The gods' decision caused an uproar throughout the entire mystical world.

Many lower-level deities and mediums unanimously believe that the increasingly frequent divine wars and the increasingly sharp conflicts between supernatural beings and gods may destroy Earth, the only planet with life.

Some believe this is the gods' revenge on the psychic system, drowning them in a cycle of despair.

While this is one of the reasons, it is not accurate.

In any case, it didn't affect the subsequent outcome.

The spirit world has receded, losing its fertile ground for the extraordinary.

"The correct answer is: the gods discovered a great problem, a fatal problem that horrified them."

"Before the gods were born, the spirit world was a special dimension that appeared and disappeared intermittently, just like a star system, with stable periodicity and regularity."

"After the birth of the gods, in order to rule the sky and earth of the human world, the gods used the earth as an anchor point to lock the entire spirit world in the present dimension. That was an ancient project, even more ancient than the land of ascension, and was led by the gods of the four great civilizations. This also established the absolute transcendent status of the gods of the ancient civilizations."

"This directly led to that golden age of flourishing diversity. Their approach was extremely dazzling at the time because the gods of that era could not detect the drawbacks of this method."

"Mortals are not very clear about the existence of the spirit world; they only have the primitive beliefs and barbaric rituals that have been passed down."

Because without the necessary qualifications, it's impossible for humans to see another world, so talking about it is pointless.

But later, when civilization had reached a certain level, the gods discovered something that terrified them.

"The spirit world is merging with the real world. This is not an overlap, but rather two originally independent dimensions that have started to do things that defy common sense without any interference. For example, Muggles without qualifications have begun to see the true forms of gods, and low-level gods walking in the spirit world can also influence the real world effortlessly."

"In other words, there will be more and more 'visible' humans, and the basis for becoming a psychic is 'seeing'."

"This is not a good thing..."

"Even for the psychic system, this is by no means a good thing that those powerful beings who are both gods and humans should be happy about."

Even those with supernatural powers, especially those with great supernatural powers, are afraid of this.

"Because once the fusion begins, it is irreversible. From the original shallow layer, the deeper layers will gradually be exposed, and then even deeper layers, just like peeling an onion, until the final place will also merge with the present world."

The problem lies here: even the gods only occupy a relatively small area in the spirit world.

As early as the primordial era, the gods had been suppressing those demons, and finally sealed all the demons in the spirit realm.

Although this sounds forceful, all demons have no self or instinct; they are like the source of disorder and chaos.

All the gods did was lead them into the deeper parts of the spirit world.

If they merge, not only will the gods be forced to manifest, but the demons will also break free of their bonds and wander endlessly throughout the universe.

At that time, the gods noticed something amiss and made a decision in a very short time, fearing that there would be no more chance to escape.

After repeated calculations and reconciliations, the gods discovered that the situation at that time was indeed perilous.

If it had been two years later, it would have been truly a catastrophe.

"The influence of the spirit world on Earth a thousand years ago has not yet been eliminated. Now, it has had no choice but to return and has begun to merge again. They had already predicted this. Even without external invasion, the speed of merging between the two worlds is far greater than in ancient times, based solely on the level of modern civilization. In ancient times, it would take hundreds of years to merge, but for modern society, as long as our understanding changes, the present world and the spirit world will be completely merged within a dozen years."

"When mankind gazes into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into mankind."

"The gods initially created Heaven to gain a space for ascension, but now, it is still to escape the real universe that is destined to become a demonic paradise."

Yuria's voice was faint, icy, and had an inorganic, electronic quality, devoid of any emotion.

From any perspective, this is inevitable.

Humans ascend to heaven, while demons undergo a different kind of ascension.

The original universe will become a paradise for demons. No intelligent life can continue to survive in that universe. No one can resist the endless mental damage. In the end, they can only go along with it, throw themselves into the embrace of madness and chaos, and become a part of the demons.

“They’ve achieved their goal, isn’t that great?” Yotsuya Miko said. She knew that Yoriya, as an anomaly among demons, could hear the voices of the gods, though the exact mechanism was still unclear.

But Yuria had already told him about this.

Although she was shocked at the time, upon closer reflection, she realized that it was not impossible.

She couldn't imagine what it would be like if the spirit world and the mortal world merged; she could only try to imagine what the consequences would be if ink were dropped into clear water.

Pollution!

Pollution is so deeply intertwined that it's impossible to separate the two.

"Is it good? Do you think the current situation is good?" Yuria asked.

Yotsuya Miko closed her eyes helplessly. Humanity had indeed gone to heaven, but the price was too high.

"I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do. Everything happened too fast, too fast..."