Life has dealt a heavy hand to a weak demigod like me.

"But I still have a lot of questions. I wonder if you can explain them to me?"

Ciel looked at Pandora and said seriously.

The other party nodded calmly.

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Chapter 300: Chapter 180: Traces of Existence, Friends from the Past

At this time, Charles had many questions.

But when I saw the other person's peaceful eyes, I didn't know where to start.

"Can you introduce yourself to me and this city?" Charles's gaze slowly shifted from Pandora to the surroundings.

Although there was no living creature in his sight, he seemed to be able to vaguely see some shadows with some of his power.

Through the interpretation of these shadows, he seemed to be able to see a city existing in this valley.

However, what made him feel strange was that the structure of this city was very strange, and the residential buildings seemed to be countless buildings overlapping each other.

"Of course." Pandora nodded, then smiled and said, "This is the Valley of Existence, the starting point of everyone, and the place where the last traces of all things' existence remain."

"I can barely be considered the master here, having been given the authority to control this power by my father."

"Can you be more specific?" Charles raised his eyebrows and then his expression became serious.

This place... I always feel like there's something weird about it.

"Actually, there's nothing much to say. You can think of this place as another world that's different from the main world. The residents of this world are the final resting place of those who have died in the main world."

"The underworld?" Ciel asked with a frown.

As we all know, there is no such place as the god of death, the underworld, the underworld, or reincarnation in this world.

But Pandora's description of this place made Charles feel something was wrong.

Pandora shook her head. "It's not the world described in novels. Although my father did have such an idea at first, he gave up."

"After all, death is death, and birth is birth. Why should we mix death and birth together?"

"If the so-called underworld exists, and if it has the function of reincarnation, then is the new life considered to be yourself or someone else?"

This was a question Charles could not answer, or rather, no one could answer.

After all, in essence, if reincarnation exists, everyone will have countless identities, which can be themselves or other people.

"Having similar functions might make things easier for the world, but for humans themselves, such rules might cause some trouble."

"For example, the digestion of the potion may lead to the past hidden deep within the soul. Under the influence of the potion and the impact of the past, the advancement of the extraordinary person will face greater risks."

"Although this place can be considered a place where the deceased rest, it is not a place like the underworld in stories."

"This is just a place that records the life traces of everyone in this world."

"Theoretically, there shouldn't be anyone here. But I feel like this world is too empty, and I'd get lonely after a while. So I've chosen some people who only lived in the main world for a short time to stay here for a while."

"They are not real living beings, they do not have real souls, they are just traces of their existence, just living beings with thoughts, but they cannot break through the thoughts before death."

This is a very unique state.

The "people" living here have all the knowledge they had before, but they can no longer remember any other knowledge. They can live happily here, but they cannot come into contact with any existence they do not know, except Pandora.

"I'm just a recorder, and this is just a place that records the glorious past of countless people."

“The passage of time will erase many things, but for me, as long as it has existed, it will leave its special traces.”

Charles understood something, but when his sight slowly shifted to the empty space, he hesitated for a long time before he couldn't help but ask, "Are there any traces of people who disappeared at any time?"

Pandora looked at Ciel, then nodded silently, "If there is someone you want to see, I can help."

"But you have to know that the 'people' here are not real people. They are just special beings that I have recorded, with traces of their thoughts and existence."

"Unless you want to stay here forever, it's best not to hold on to too many emotions."

Pandora's words left Ciel silent.

"Wait a moment...After I resolve some questions, I want to ask some people and some questions."

Ciel could understand Pandora's words and knew what the so-called traces of existence were.

But in his heart he longed to see some people.

Even if it's just to meet them and talk to them like you did in the past.

Although the other person may forget him in the next moment, for him at this moment, just looking at him and talking to him can bring him great comfort.

At the same time, it is not only a comfort, but if possible, he can also learn some more detailed things about the past from the mouths of those who have passed away.

"Pandora of the Sea of ​​Lust is Xiao Ai. Is she in a living state or just a trace of existence?" Charles asked again.

"Yes, it has everything. Although this place is just a place that records everyone's existence, it still has some special features for us."

"Every Pandora who dies comes here before reappearing in her own city."

"Their traces of existence are different from those of other people. They can remember past events and continue to learn new knowledge and meet new people. But at the same time, like those traces of existence, they cannot be seen or captured by normal people."

"For others, this is a record house, but for us, it's a place between life and death. Sometimes, because I'm too lonely, I'll ask others to die and keep me company."

Die over here? I'll keep you company...

Are you serious?

The corners of Charles' mouth twitched slightly, but when he thought of Pandora's performance in the Sea of ​​Desire before, he had no way to refute the words of the person in front of him.

Although each Pandora is an independent individual, there are still differences between them and independent individuals.

At least they lack the fear of death.

Even if they have the ability to resurrect, lacking this kind of reverence is a very bad thing.

"Can you tell me more about Ms. Doom?"

Pandora shook her head. "No, I don't know her, and there's no trace of her here, so I don't know much about her."

"The reason I took action this time was simply because of my request."

True gods, even starting from the gods, their existence has gradually disappeared from this world. Or in other words, the power of their existence is controlled by themselves.

As long as they have the slightest ability to control their own existence, they will not continue to record their existence here. After all, for them, existence may serve as an anchor for their resurrection or achieving a certain goal at some point in the future.

It would be a bit dangerous to put it here in Pandora.

"How did she ask you to do that?"

"Is she still in this world?" Charles was shocked, then asked seriously.

"About the day before you set foot in Visdel, the main body came to the Astral Plane and awakened all of us except Gluttony and a few sisters, and asked us to help her with something."

"You should still remember her. After all, I see her aura in you."

As she spoke, Pandora exuded a strange aura. After a moment, she continued, "The me you first saw was our true form."

"She doesn't exist in this era. She came to the present from the past through Diana's power."

Ciel could sense the difference between the previous Pandora and the later Pandora, and he had guessed that the Pandora he first met, who was very "respectful" to him and always used honorifics to address him, was the real Pandora, but he never expected that she would appear beside him across the timeline.

"Why did she do this?" Charles asked quickly.

"The main body has a good relationship with Lady Doom. She wants to know what the person Lady Doom is obsessed with looks like."

"It just so happened that Lady Diana sensed a ray of Lady Doom's power from tens of thousands of years later, so they used this power as an anchor to send their true form here."

It's so willful to have power.

As he lamented this, Ciel felt a little regretful.

If I had known that the guy I met before was so powerful, I should have pestered him and asked him about his past.

Unfortunately... he failed to grasp this opportunity, and Pandora's subsequent clones were obviously unaware of what had happened in the past.

After all, the City of Knowledge, Visdel, has just awakened from eternal sleep, and other places are similar except the City of Gluttony. Although Pandora in the City of Gluttony is very cute, she is just an authentic foodie and has no other memories except those about eating.

So what about this one?

He didn't have high expectations, but Ciel asked anyway.

"Hmm... that thing? I have some impression of it. I vaguely remember that the original body seemed to be going somewhere with them."

"Originally, the real body didn't need to go, but she was worried that her friend would encounter danger, so she went with them." "After that, we were forced into eternal sleep. Apart from being able to vaguely confirm that she was not dead, we had no more information about her." Pandora did not hide anything and told everything she knew.

Ciel fell silent. Pandora's words were almost the same as the information she had, but at least she could sense some of her own condition.

Thinking of the current state of Sif and Mernadè, an idea suddenly emerged in Ciel's mind, "Pandora... could your true form be in the main world right now? Existing in a special state?"

"The main world?" Pandora looked at Charles strangely.

"No, if the real body is so close to us, we can't help but feel it." Although they are different individuals, they still have a deep connection with each other.

At least, as clones, they can feel the state of the original body.

"What if she loses her power and authority now?" Charles asked tentatively again.

Pandora shook her head again. "Not to mention how powerful her true self is, even if she truly loses her power and authority one day, with us here, she can recover quickly."

"Even if we can't quickly restore her authority and power, she can temporarily replace any one of us and obtain the corresponding power and authority. This is an authority that is higher than ours and cannot be resisted."

"Suppose the current original is just as you describe, or even worse, like having lost its memory... but it has previously crossed the timeline to come to this era. Even if something were to happen to the original that stayed in this era, the original in the past would be able to detect it."

"So what you think is not going to happen."

Ciel nodded thoughtfully. "Under what circumstances would a true God or a righteous God lose his memories and live in this world like an ordinary person?"

Pandora looked at Ciel with a strange look.

"A normal Sequence 1 True God would experience a similar situation if they made a mistake while resurrecting after falling, but this is impossible for a True God."

"Or something like this can't happen to them unless they volunteer."

"After all, in many ways they represent everything in this world."

"As long as this world doesn't completely perish, then they won't completely perish either."

Is it voluntary?

Charles fell into deep thought again.

Many of the things he knew seemed to be combined into one point, vaguely connected together, but when it came to the critical moment, he lacked important information, which made him feel a little irritated.

After entering the astral realm, Charles felt that he knew a lot of things that he didn't know before, but the doubts in his heart did not decrease, but increased instead.

"Can you help me meet some of my old friends?" Charles still had a lot to ask the other party, but his irritable mood made it impossible for him to think about some things.

So he wanted to relax temporarily - at the same time... he also wanted to calm his heart which had been restless since he knew the other party's ability.

"Of course, but because the time is so long ago, it is very troublesome to summon the beings of that era, even if there are relevant records. Therefore, I can only summon one person at a time."

"So... is Mr. Alford okay?" Charles asked tentatively.

Pandora shook her head. "Those who disappeared along with the main body also disappeared here, so I can't summon their existence."

Although he felt a little disappointed, he was not surprised by the result.

He then remained silent for a moment before speaking, "Nibel Ross... you should be able to summon him."

The other party nodded, and then a illusory light flashed across, and Charles felt a familiar breath slowly approaching him.

He did not turn around immediately, but tried hard to adjust his state, making himself less excited, or less embarrassed.

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Chapter 301: The Faith of Nibel Ross

Unlike the always smiling man in Charles' memory, when he saw him again, his face seemed to be filled with some sadness.

Or rather, he has become much more mature.

Facing him like this, Charles had a lot of words stuck in his throat and couldn't say them.

Pandora tilted her head to look at him, then put her hand on him.

A special power was transmitted into his body, which could temporarily allow him and Nibel Ross to gain the same power as them, allowing them to communicate and remember things.

Then Nibel Ross's gaze gradually became fixed and fell on Charles.