Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo
Chapter 310: Retribution Body Yinyue 2

Chapter 310: Retribution Body Yinyue 2

"Taking the ’possibility clone’ as an example, perhaps there is only one way to ensure its survival when the original self is killed by Impermanence, and that is to deliberately create a clone whose thoughts are vastly different from one’s own."

"In the past, Dr. Silver Mask managed to become independent from Ying Lingyun’s consciousness network through this characteristic. It is likely that when I was destroying all the ’possibility clones’ of Ying Lingyun along the consciousness network, I did not necessarily reach Dr. Silver Mask."

"However, this type of clone obviously does not meet Yinyue’s needs. What she wants is another entity that is completely—or at least significantly—similar in thought to herself, as a continuation of her own self. Creating a clone like Dr. Silver Mask would be putting the cart before the horse."

"I think you might be misunderstanding something. Yinyue never placed her hopes on the path of cloning from the beginning, and I am not her clone." The Ancient Moon God said seriously, "I was born from the faith of the Ancient Moon Villagers, and can be considered a deity."

"Can deities be born from faith?" I asked.

This concept isn’t really novel; in many folk tales and myths from around the world, there are stories where people’s prayers or desires give rise to spirits or demons; and in modern fictional stories, to explain the existence of deities, some stories advocate that it is not the deities that come first and then faith, but rather faith that comes first and then deities, deriving the explanation that deities emerge from the collective faith.

But as much as fantasy is fantasy, whether this explanation could stand in reality was something I still needed to verify.

"Not all faiths give birth to a deity, sometimes even religions with numerous followers don’t produce any, while sometimes even the prayers of just a few people are enough to generate a sacred spiritual body," explained the Ancient Moon God patiently. "The emergence of a faith deity is indeed an unreplicable miracle each time. And the Ancient Moon Villagers aren’t so special; they do not have the conditions to produce a deity... Of course, even if you ask me what those conditions are, I cannot answer. At least the villagers of Ancient Moon do not possess the charisma to call forth miracles.

"However, Yinyue possesses the superpower to turn fantasy into reality. With her encouragement, originally unreplicable miracles become easily manifestable in her hands."

I felt once again, the superpower to turn fantasy into reality, exactly how unreasonable this power truly is.

To think that even creating a deity was possible. Even though this "deity" is definitely nowhere near as powerful as Impermanence, who is revered as a god on earth, it still sounded incredible enough.

"To allow the Ancient Moon Villagers to produce a deity similar to herself, she repetitively demonstrated her ’miracles’ to the villagers. Then, to ensure the power of their faith-fueled thoughts would create me and not just focus on her, she started to disappear from everyone’s sight from a certain day onward," the Ancient Moon God continued. "Suddenly deprived of divine protection, the villagers reverted to their harsh lives, praying fervently out of fear, and eventually, they successfully birthed my existence.

"However, my birth did not completely satisfy Yinyue. Though my power attribute was similar to hers, my thoughts were markedly different from hers. The component that formed my existence included too many of the villagers’ sincere hopes, making me a benign deity with no malice towards humans.

"Yinyue could accept my weakness, but she could not accept that my thoughts differed from hers, meaning I was not another her, unable to continue her legacy.

"Fortunately, perhaps because she perceived me as a failure but still valuable as a case study, she did not destroy me on the spot but sealed me instead on Moon Concealing Mountain. Afterwards, she left without saying goodbye and never returned. Based on the vague connection between her and me, she seems to have died nearly twenty years ago.

"And just recently, although I don’t know how, she resurrected using some unknown method..."

"Resurrection?" Hearing her previous words, I grew skeptical about this claim and said, "You claim to be a benevolent deity with no malice towards humans... but those villagers don’t see you that way, do they?"

"This is because Yinyue altered history, and the fog outside is also a manifestation of her power," she answered calmly. "In the original history, Ancient Moon Village was never renamed to Hu Family Village, after Yinyue left, and I was sealed, all the villagers moved out of the mountain.

"In the altered history, however, I became a depraved Evil God, and the person who sealed me switched from Yinyue to a fictional Immortal. Those villagers are actually people who had died long ago, merely brought back by Yinyue’s power of altering history.

"However, because the soul inherently transcends time and space, merely modifying history is not enough to truly resurrect the dead. Those villagers, who appear to be alive, are actually just illusions believing they have souls, and their mission is to monitor me."

"Monitor you, why?" I asked.

"Because I hold a portion of Yinyue’s authority," she stated frankly. "Although I do not know through what method she has now resurrected, it is clear that she could not regain her full power immediately after her resurrection.

"She likely foresaw this and left a backup of her power somewhere beforehand. Thus, as soon as she resurrected, by summoning her backup power, she could quickly return to her prime.

"However, this method seems to have encountered a flaw due to my existence. A portion of the power she summoned automatically entered my body on Moon Concealing Mountain, preventing her from returning to her peak. Soon after, she sustained a severe blow in your hands and then fled to Moon Concealing Mountain."

"She must have realized that the reason she couldn’t smoothly recover her power was because of me, so she wanted to kill me and take away the part of the power that belongs to her. However, because her condition is very poor now, she temporarily can’t kill me and can only strengthen the Sealing on me, waiting for her injuries to recover before dealing with me again. I could have broken the old Sealing in a short time with my enhanced power, but now I can only be trapped again in the mystical fog, unable to escape."

Speaking, she touched the stone necklace around her neck.

It seems that the physical manifestation of the Sealing is this stone necklace.

Yinyue sustained serious injuries... Last time, although she managed to escape from my grasp mysteriously, it turns out she was not unscathed.

"Trapped in the mystical fog—not trapped in the shrine?" I asked.

"This shrine, I can leave whenever I want, but as long as I can’t leave the fog, it’s all the same wherever I go. Those illusion villagers outside are just doing their duty loyally, I don’t want to cause them trouble," sighed the Ancient Moon God deeply.

Even worrying about the illusion villagers, is she too saintly?

Although such a thought came to my mind, I still haven’t completely believed that she is the so-called "benevolent deity."

So far, her account of her origins and nature is just one-sided. No matter how gentle she appears, I can’t just believe her right away.

I asked pointedly, "So, where is Yinyue now? I’ll go and kill her right now."

"Yinyue is in the deepest part of the mystical fog. However, you absolutely can’t find her now," said the Ancient Moon God, "’Trapping me’ is just a secondary function for this fog; the main function is to protect herself before she recovers from the serious injuries.

"The deeper you go into the fog, the more you lose the correct direction, and eventually, it will be like encountering a spatial rift, making it impossible to go further. I do have the ability to break it because my power is the same as Yinyue’s. But now I’ve been Sealed by Yinyue, to go deep into the fog, I must first break the Sealing imposed on me by Yinyue."

"Breaking the Sealing..." I looked at the stone necklace on her neck.

She quickly protected her neck and said, "That... if you destroy this necklace, I will also die, please don’t do that.

"There’s a very simple way to break the Sealing, just take me outside the mystical fog. The main purpose of this Sealing is to keep me trapped in the fog; once I’m outside the fog, the Sealing will lose its purpose and then crumble.

"You should be able to leave the fog, right? Although being inside the shrine, I can vaguely sense the changes in the outside world. I saw that you left the interior of the fog with the help of that girl. Please help me; let that girl take me out as well."

"It seems you really want to leave the mystical fog..."

I realized that regardless of her true intentions, "leaving the fog" must be a crucial step for her.

And the more she wants to leave the fog, the more I need to carefully consider the consequences of taking her out of the fog.

Also, since those villagers make me feel they are not human because they are illusions created after Yinyue altered history, then what about Dong Che?

It’s impossible that even Dong Che is a dead person from history, an illusion born from Yinyue altering history, then how could Gua Tianshi possibly value Dong Che so much?

Dong Che’s admiration and trust in me, along with his indifferent attitude towards life and death, touched me. If an opportunity arises, I would want to save him from a fatal conclusion. Thus, I also tried to inquire about Dong Che with the Ancient Moon God.

She seemed a bit puzzled, apparently unaware of Dong Che’s identity. Seeing this, I explained Dong Che’s background and his identity as a Direct Disciple of Impermanence. After listening, she showed a thoughtful expression.

"I see... So that young man is actually Gua Tianshi’s Direct Disciple..." She seemed to understand something, "No wonder Gua Tianshi suddenly appeared nearby."

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