Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo
Chapter 323 - 302 Shan Liangyi 1

Chapter 323: 302 Shan Liangyi 1

Water Navy Xuanwu is truly planning to be my enemy!

As soon as he said that, a surge of passion resonated within my heart’s valley. I observed him with extra care.

Although I myself do not possess the abilities of the spiritual realm, since my Power Awakening and my sharpened Perception, I can vaguely sense many intangible things, including the emotions of others—especially those directed at me, such as malice, hostility, and intent to kill.

Now, Water Navy Xuanwu displayed a very clear intent to kill towards me, and I was able to discern clearly that this murderous intent did not contain anger or hatred. He simply chose to be my enemy out of some necessity and calmly wanted to kill me.

I had once suspected that his attempts to kill every Flame Ability User he encountered were due to some deep hatred for Flame Ability Users, but now it seems that this possibility can be ruled out.

The tone of his voice when he declared his intent to kill was so bland, it was almost as if he was just mentioning one of the tasks written in his daily schedule.

"Regardless of whether you have the ability to take my life..." I said, "Could you first tell me why you would want to kill Flame Ability Users?"

"I am looking for a specific Flame Ability User, and for some reason, I must kill him," he actually began to explain to me, "but I don’t know the name of this Flame Ability User, nor do I know what he looks like, I only know that he definitely possesses the ability to manipulate fire.

"He is most likely a super genius in the way of fire, born to sweep away all obstacles. However, I cannot rule out the possibility that he might not be able to display his talents for some reason, or perhaps he might have learned about the origin of his powers through some means and decided to conceal his abilities to avoid certain disasters.

"Therefore, whenever I meet someone who might be that person, I kill them to verify my thoughts. And in my opinion, you are very likely the person I am looking for.

"The flames that refine everything, a talent as unfathomable as the myths reborn, no mentor yet still able to grow swiftly...

"Although I once thought Xuanming might be the target I was looking for, I never really suspected him that strongly, just took a shot in the dark when probing him. But compared to Xuanming, you are over a hundred times more suspicious. Rather, it would be hard to explain many things if you weren’t the target I am looking for."

Listening to his words and combining them with what he said earlier, I slowly realized that the matters he was talking about might be connected to the origins of my superpower.

"You still haven’t explained clearly why you want to kill that specific Flame Ability User," I said.

"That’s my secret, and for a target I intend to kill afterward, it seems unnecessary to say too much," he replied coldly, "If I had to start explaining from scratch to every Flame Ability User I intend to kill, it would probably take more than a day to sum it all up."

"Since you already consider me a dead man, why not speak out? Besides, according to you, even amongst all the Flame Ability Users you have encountered, I should be particularly special, shouldn’t I?" I said.

"Do you think I can’t kill you as if it’s none of your business?" he challenged.

First, he looked at me sternly, then, surprisingly, he seriously thought about it for a while, and finally nodded: "However... it’s not unreasonable."

"Are you willing to speak now?" I asked.

"Although it’s a secret, the only reason to keep it secret is to avoid gossip," he thought for a moment and then said, "Since you are very likely not an unrelated person, there’s no harm in telling you... Have you ever heard the name ’Shan Liangyi’?"

Shan Liangyi...

An immediately familiar feeling arose. I definitely heard this name somewhere. And it had even been in recent times.

Shan Liangyi, Shan Liangyi... I quickly sifted through my memory and recalled the scene when I first heard that name. It was during the old confrontation at the Human Bureau’s base against Yinyue, and when she saw me appear unharmed in a nuclear explosion, she mentioned that name with a tone of awe.

—"Does ’Innate Manifestation’ really exist in this world?"

—"If Shan Liangyi knew that such a genius could actually appear under the heavens, she would probably be so jealous that she couldn’t sleep well."

Yinyue seemed to have some understanding of the person called Shan Liangyi.

Because many other things that caught my attention happened afterward, I quickly put that name out of my mind at the time. Unexpectedly, a name that flashed by in battle would appear again in this place. And it seemed to have an unknown connection to the origin of my superpower.

"Who exactly is Shan Liangyi?" I asked.

Water Navy Xuanwu no longer continued to be evasive and revealed the background of Shan Liangyi to me.

Shan Liangyi is an Impermanence that has been active since a very long ago, the earliest traceable to how long ago even Water Navy Xuanwu could not ascertain, only knowing that it was at least from three thousand years ago already recorded in the history of the abnormal world. If I remember correctly, the script used back then seemed to be Oracle Bone Script.

According to legends, Shan Liangyi is an Immortal who has penetrated the true meaning of "Reincarnation" on land, reaching a domain equal to the ultimate realms that demon hunters such as True Spirit, Dream, Manifestation, and others yearn for. It is said that even if he dies, he can reincarnate with his complete memory preserved.

Although the Impermanences were supreme among the gods of the afterlife world in the past, even they could not touch the mysteries of reincarnation. Or rather, the so-called "Reincarnation" is considered a superstition even in the abnormal world.

Perhaps some spells could achieve effects similar to reincarnation into a new life, but that is different from the concept of Reincarnation; it is more akin to the act of seizing the fetus. There is no function related to reincarnation in the afterlife world, where either humans or animals, once dead, the soul could only remain until it degrades and annihilates, finally returning to nothingness.

There are those who believe that the mechanism of Reincarnation genuinely exists objectively, but no one can verify it, even Impermanence— including those like Gua Tianshi who wield "Knowledge" as their power, yet they are unable to observe it. Only those who have penetrated "Reincarnation" can touch its existence. And it seems Shan Liangyi is able to do just that.

Therefore, no means can truly kill Shan Liangyi; even if his soul is utterly annihilated, he can resurrect unconditionally.

Even the Undying Body of Ming Zhuo comes with a price, which is the locking of one’s lifespan in exchange, while Shan Liangyi’s Undying Body does not even have that limitation.

It sounds like as long as humanity or even all the creatures in the world are extinct, he would no longer have a point of reincarnation. However, according to some records, Shan Liangyi can reincarnate not only into the future but also into the past and even freely reincarnate to otherworldly realms.

In other words, this person can not only "rebirth" infinitely but also "traverse" infinitely. If this world is destroyed, he can move on to the next world.

However, whether this is truly the case, even Water Navy Xuanwu cannot be completely certain. He can only confirm that Shan Liangyi can achieve "historical rebirth," but cannot verify the authenticity of "cross-dimensional traversal." Perhaps the only people who can verify this are those who stand on the same ground as Shan Liangyi. All in all, Shan Liangyi is a character so preposterous it’s beyond imagination, which has deeply struck me.

And here lies the problem.

Shan Liangyi seems dissatisfied with the power he has obtained. Although he has penetrated the true meaning of "Reincarnation," his original goal was not "Reincarnation" but another state called "Manifestation."

Reincarnation was merely an amateur interest he delved into while pursuing the path of Manifestation. It’s not that Manifestation is more powerful than Reincarnation; rather, it’s the other way around—in the history of demon hunters, only a few individuals have penetrated Manifestation throughout the ages, while only Shan Liangyi has ever understood Reincarnation. For some reason, he is extraordinarily persistent about Manifestation and is willing to pay any price to realize it.

Using an inappropriate analogy, his situation is like a professional long-distance runner who casually learns physics during his spare time, accidentally becomes a groundbreaking scholar, yet still constantly thinks about his Olympic dream.

However, someone who can become a pioneer in physics might not necessarily become an Olympic gold medalist. It’s not that the former’s difficulty and value are higher, and achieving the former would definitely lead to achieving the latter; they are two unrelated fields. Although he has the talent for Reincarnation, he lacks the talent for Manifestation, no matter how much he pursues it, he fails to achieve it.

So, he came up with a ridiculous method—if he couldn’t ascertain Manifestation through wisdom, then he would force it out through power.

Although the specifics are unclear, he seems to believe that by accumulating enough power on his current path, even lacking certain essential talents, he can surpass them with strength.

Then, during one of his Reincarnation processes, he transformed his power into several seeds through a mysterious ritual, scattering them to embed in geniuses of his reincarnated era.

Each seed has different attributes and does not directly give the target power; instead, it transforms the target’s talent into a state that matches the seed’s attributes and fully manifests it.

For example, if it is a "Flame" seed, the genius invaded by the seed could have potentially been a political giant dominating that era, a pioneer in the scientific community with no predecessors, or might have other paths to follow. However, from the moment of infection, regardless of how many types of talents the target originally possessed, they would all be transformed into just one type of talent.

That would be the talent to manipulate flames.

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