Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo
Chapter 476 - 446 Gua Tianshi’s Warning

Chapter 476: 446 Gua Tianshi’s Warning

Regarding the evils committed by Mingzhuo’s influence, I indeed do not know much. I only know that Mingzhuo once kidnapped many people born with strong spirituality and killed them, and Lu Chan was also involved in these incidents. The reason why Dong Che has no friendly expression towards Lu Chan is probably due to this reason.

Besides, I can only estimate from some stereotypes about the Extraordinary Fanatic. In fact, most of the Extraordinary Fanatics merely wish to have great privileges in the future world, to rise above others, while the ones who want to turn all mortal groups into raw material resources are the extreme Extraordinary Fanatics.

Mingzhuo’s influence is a congregation of extreme Extraordinary Fanatics.

"The evils of Mingzhuo’s influence even make the Human Bureau pale in comparison," Lu Chan simply commented, "If you want to know specifically what other evils they’ve committed, I’ll organize the information for you to see later."

"It’s not just in the past," Dong Che said, "Senior Zhuang Cheng, have you heard that some governments in certain places have recently been turned into puppet states by the Extraordinary Fanatic camp? It’s said they might have already started experiments."

"Experiments? You mean?" I had a guess.

"The societal experiment of turning all mortals into raw material resources," Dong Che said in a deep voice, "What they want to do is create such social clusters on a small scale, researching how to implement it with specific systems on a large scale in the future.

"Just like how our Governance Ideology is trying to integrate demon hunters into normal society in many places, the Extraordinary Fanatics are also practicing their worldview in different directions.

"Currently, the Divine Light is dead, King Zhuanlun is still missing, and my teacher... I cannot believe he would personally participate in such matters. So, behind-the-scenes support for this is most likely from Mingzhuo. And Mingzhuo definitely doesn’t intend to confront the Great Impermanence of the Governance Ideology head-on; even if they want to support, it’s probably only from behind the scenes..."

According to Dong Che’s analysis, the Extraordinary Fanatic camp seems very disunited, and due to my increase and Divine Light’s decrease, the balance seems to favor the Governance Ideology camp a bit.

However, the Governance Ideology camp can’t be said to have united hearts either. The only real believer in Governance Ideology among the Great Impermanence is Fa Zheng, and Jian Feixian actually comes across as more inclined towards the Extraordinary Fanatic, only standing with Fa Zheng out of friendship. And I’m not fighting for Governance Ideology either, even hoping for Doomsday to come.

As I pondered, I looked over at Lu Chan, who nodded and said: "I’ve also heard similar information, just that they keep it extremely secretive on their side. I can only speculate it’s highly possible, but I don’t know where specifically they are conducting this. Without surprise, it’s likely outside of our borders...

"No, they wouldn’t choose overseas; that would mean they aren’t the orthodox. Although it seems to us they’re doing shameful deeds, in their Extraordinary Fanatic camp’s narrative, they represent an unstoppable trend. Weighing the circumstances, they’ll most likely start the experiment from the border."

This investigation is best left to Fa Zheng. If they need me to contribute, I won’t refuse.

Later, Dong Che demonstrated his faith power a few times in front of me.

Although he is the first among my follower group to directly showcase faith power, he clearly isn’t the most fervent among all followers.

After all, as Gua Tianshi’s direct disciple, he doesn’t have the thick lens of mystery towards the Great Impermanence like ordinary demon hunters and agents. He knows the Great Impermanence isn’t strictly a God, but merely an entity with very strong power. So even if there’s admiration, it isn’t blind faith.

However, as someone of an achieved level in Mana, he also possesses an unparalleled perception talent, even reflecting this in his manipulation of faith power. While other followers are racking their brains over how to establish a connection with the retribution body of the God, he has already grasped the key, proving his genius once more.

Truly, who knows what Gua Tianshi would think if he saw this scene.

The next day, I met with Gua Tianshi.

This day marked the grand funeral of Divine Light, with nearly all the demon hunters from the Luoshan Headquarters attending the ceremony, along with many demon hunters from distant branches. The scale of the ceremony was enormous. Typically, you wouldn’t see many demon hunters in cities, yet they’ve gathered like a crowd in the cemetery at the Luoshan Headquarters. Are there really so many demon hunters? I couldn’t help but wonder.

Luckily, the cemetery is vast enough; it was mentioned previously that Luo Mountain culture places special emphasis on death and burial, making the large cemetery comparable in size to the Luoshan Headquarters. Even if the attendees for the Divine Funeral ceremony were ten times more, the cemetery could accommodate them all.

Countless demon hunters entered and lined up in an orderly fashion. Most had to remain on the outskirts of the cemetery. According to rank, I was to be seated on the platform closest to the Great Impermanence Grave Area. This platform was an ancient-style structure hastily constructed with immense manpower and resources over the past month, reminiscent of an enlarged composite shrine. Considering the identities of those sitting here, it indeed felt like a shrine.

Surrounding us were many skilled demon hunters maintaining order; an ordinary demon hunter approaching casually might get killed.

As the Divine Funeral ceremony neared its start, I could hear the melodious sound of music. Moments later, the ground started to tremble slightly, and the tremor source grew ever closer. It was a while before a huge black silhouette reminiscent of a horizontally placed building slowly emerged from the horizon. It was a gigantic black coffin.

The ones carrying the coffin weren’t human; they were four stone giants, dressed in funeral robes and manipulated by mysterious forces. A scene seemingly from the world of myths unfolded slowly before us.

The coffin seemed like it would take quite a while to reach here; meanwhile, I scanned the surroundings.

The Old Fist God and King Zhuanlun remained missing, but apart from them, all other Great Impermanence were present, seemingly here to confirm whether Divine Light was indeed dead. Furthermore, I wasn’t sure if I should be shocked to see that "Prophet" Liu Shuying, whom I had only heard of in rumors before, was also present.

Liu Shuying’s overall appearance resembled just an ordinary young man; he wore casual white attire, with black hair. While exuding an air of confidence as if wisdom was at hand, it was difficult to immediately recognize him as a formidable figure.

Both his epithet and the scattered, fragmented rumors about him gave the impression that he was akin to a protagonist from a fantasy story. However, upon reflection, every Great Impermanence was a protagonist of their own era, with their rise being nothing short of a tumultuous legend, much like the novel-worthy individuals around me.

In the past, it was said Liu Shuying had always been active within the Arctic Circle, seemingly in search of something.

Divine Light had once mentioned that, according to Gua Tianshi’s divination, the Master of Divine Seal was once merely a mortal, having found the divine seal in a "Forbidden Land to Living Beings" where mankind had never ventured before.

Though the claim that "the Master of Divine Seal was mortal" has been refuted, this certainly doesn’t imply that Gua Tianshi’s past divination was entirely wrong. The mentioned "Forbidden Land to Living Beings" warrants attention, and I strongly suspect this place refers to a certain location in the North Pole.

Neither Antarctica nor the Arctic are absolute sanctuaries from life. Just as Antarctica has penguins, the Arctic has polar bears. However, as one of Earth’s most extreme terrestrial environments, the Arctic surely has areas inaccessible to normal life, such as the depths of glaciers and ice shelves.

Most importantly, this speculation aligns with the clues I obtained in Yinyue’s "possible world." The place in the Arctic where the complete divine seal is acquired is a lead I’ve always kept close at heart.

Did Liu Shuying also obtain related clues there, believing the North Pole holds what he is seeking?

Noticing my observation, Liu Shuying, seated at a distance, suddenly turned his head, directing his gaze at me. He stared quietly for a few seconds, then revealed a smile seemingly imbued with deeper meaning before nodding at me inexplicably and turning his head back.

What does this gesture mean? I found it hard to grasp his intent. To consider it a gesture of greeting a new "colleague" seems slightly off.

He seemed like he wanted to say something to me, only the current setting was not appropriate, so he held it back for now.

Just then, a figure approached my side; it was Gua Tianshi.

"My disciple is very fond of you, so I might have to trouble you to look after him more in the future," he politely said, "Though his temperament is mild and obedient, and he is willing to listen to elders, he may occasionally do things that astonish others. If there’s anything that offends you, please bear with it."

Though I have no disciples, if mine went to become a follower of another Great Impermanence, I would surely be displeased, yet Gua Tianshi seemed to harbor no discontent over Dong Che becoming my follower.

Seeing this, I went along and said, "I will."

"Mm, thank you."

Gua Tianshi nodded slightly, then glanced at Liu Shuying sitting afar and said, "Did Liu Shuying say anything to you earlier?"

I sensed his attitude seemed a bit odd, so I decided to deny it: "No, nothing."

After pondering for a moment, Gua Tianshi’s tone suddenly turned secretive, saying, "...Let me preemptively state, I have no intention of sowing discord. This is merely my personal advice; take it as you will.

"It’s best not to let Liu Shuying see that girl who always follows you around."

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