Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo
Chapter 505 - 475 Tailoring History

Chapter 505: 475 Tailoring History

Changan glanced around and then said, "I’m going, where the hell did you take me? This place is about fifteen hundred kilometers from where I was just sitting... Wait a minute, how do I know the exact distance?"

He complained to himself while looking at my face, then exclaimed, "No... who are you?"

I reacted a moment late, realizing I was still in disguise, so I raised my hand to rub my face, restoring my original appearance.

"How about now, can you recognize me like this?" I asked.

"Oh oh..." Changan nodded.

Actually, even without doing this, he could probably recognize me with his perception. It’s just that he probably still relies on sight; when seeing me return to my original form, he seemed relieved and looked around again, his gaze falling on those victims tormented beyond recognition.

"They are..."

Changan hesitated a bit, then glanced at the severely injured Great Success Rank Evil lying at my feet and asked, "Why did you bring me here? What is it you want to do?"

"I saw you doing exercises all the time over at Mr. Zhu’s place, which must be pretty monotonous, so I found you a chance to have a sports practice class outdoors. Take this opportunity to enjoy the wind and thank me properly," I said.

"I see, really thanks a lot—did you think I would say that!" Changan retorted.

"Just kidding. The truth is I need you to do me a favor." I pointed at the Great Success Rank Evil lying on the ground, "I need you to interrogate this guy. Make him incapable of silence or lying in the following time—can you do that?"

The Great Success Rank Evil looked at me with shock in his eyes as I restored my appearance, muttering, "It’s... it’s you?"

I never planned to let this guy go back alive after obtaining the information I needed, so I didn’t mind him seeing my true appearance.

Changan’s expression turned serious after hearing my request, saying, "You need my help... Okay, I’ll definitely help you. You want him to answer your questions, right? Leave it to me."

"No need to be so tense. Even if you fail once, it doesn’t matter; you can just try again. Treat it like an outdoor sports class," I said calmly.

Changan nodded earnestly, then together we began conducting psychological manipulation on the Great Success Rank Evil on the ground. I was mainly responsible for suppressing the seed of the heart that possessed anti-psychic intrusion abilities, while Changan was tasked with applying hypnotic brainwashing effects on the target using his Illusion Technique power.

"Who are you...?"

The opponent looked at Changan, seemingly inferring Changan’s identity through my identity and actions, "Could it be... you are the rumored one who resurrected and returned, heralding the first large-scale recognition of the abnormal world by the mundane society, the one who set off the chaos, the Great Evil..."

"—Who am I?"

Changan’s eyes turned unnaturally calm, and he glanced lightly at the man reduced to puppet-like control, "All forms are illusory—"

While speaking words akin to scriptures, he reached out and pressed down on the opponent’s face, continuing to recite calmly, "If one seeks me by form, if one follows me by sound, they walk a deviant path and cannot see the true self."

Like silver moonlight, mana gushed from his palm, seemingly transforming into numerous horrifying or beautiful illusions, completely engulfing the opponent’s mind and consciousness.

Changan easily completed the task.

This Great Success Rank Evil’s soul had already been weakened to a Residence Level by my power, and although it still retained the essence of a Great Success Rank in Spirit Rank, Changan also had the essence of a Great Success Rank. Unlike this fast-track Great Success Rank though, Yinyue, akin to Water Master Xuanwu, was probably only a step away from Impermanence, a super Great Success Rank. In comparison, this guy in front of us was entirely insignificant.

This seemingly extremely swift process might have contained Changan’s first-time hypnosis brainwashing awkward redundancy, otherwise it could have been even faster.

The Great Success Rank Evil’s eyes quickly lost focus, becoming empty and monotonous, like a puppet on strings.

"Is it done...?"

Changan seemed to snap back to reality, regaining his normal expression. He looked at the result after his intervention, almost unable to believe it could be so effortless.

I carefully checked if there were any signs of runaway while Changan used his power earlier. The change in attitude seemed to be merely a side effect of deeply employing Yinyue’s mana. Even Yinyue wouldn’t revive so easily.

Changan probably overexerted himself to fulfill my "help request," as it would have been more than sufficient without going to such extremes. If I had known, I might not have rashly brought him along. Doing this kind of thing too often may lead to unknown strange conditions in the future.

After confirming that Changan’s spirit hadn’t encountered issues, I earnestly reminded him to only use his mana within a range he could proficiently control. Having gotten his affirmative reply, I thought it would be okay to inform Mr. Zhu afterward, then seamlessly transitioned into the interrogation phase.

The Great Success Rank Evil became utterly forthcoming, like an automated answering machine, spilling the information he knew as if pouring beans.

It didn’t take long for me to understand why Xu Gou appeared at this branch base as an adversary against me.

Xu Gou wasn’t an ally of the extreme Extraordinaryists; instead, he had joined the organization Taoyuan Village. Because this branch base was secretly infiltrated by Taoyuan Village, Xu Gou acted defiantly when I destroyed this place.

Moreover, this place didn’t just serve as Luo Mountain’s traitor, selling information to the Taoyuan Village Master, but further descended into becoming an asset in the Taoyuan Village Master’s pocket.

Since Ming Zhuo suffered a humiliating defeat under my hand last year, although it maintained a Naraku representative label in Luo Mountain’s circle with unwavering followers, Luo Mountain ultimately is full of worshipers of strength. Some believers developed cracks in their faith, which Taoyuan Village opportunistically infiltrated during.

This originally Residence Level pseudo-Great Success Rank was one such Ming Zhuo believer who defected to Taoyuan Village back then.

As all Great Success Rank members under Ming Zhuo were killed by me, the best Residence Level talent could become under Ming Zhuo’s regime, and this person became even more valued due to the disappearance of his superiors. His status among Ming Zhuo’s believers was notably high.

Unlike the talented-filled Luo Mountain, Taoyuan Village lacked any formal Great Success Rank members, and all relied on the Taoyuan Village Master’s high-grade seed of the heart to tentatively elevate a scant number of high-level officials with Great Success Rank capabilities. Therefore, this traitor gained a significant position in Taoyuan Village after obtaining a high-grade seed of the heart and becoming a Great Success Rank.

Why was someone like him easily valued by those he defected to? There were several reasons, one being his extremely crucial position within Ming Zhuo’s influence–he could assist with the Taoyuan Village Master’s plan to study the Power of Divine Seal Fragments.

In the past, the Taoyuan Village Master wasn’t unaware of studying Divine Seal Fragments; however, like Ming Zhuo, who couldn’t advance the project any further due to lacking technological prowess, forcing him to outsource this to Divine Light, the Taoyuan Village Master also previously outsourced Divine Seal Fragment research to Ying Lingyun. In reality, Fa Zheng did something similar as well; he exchanged technology for using the Power of Divine Seal Fragments with Ying Lingyun while clandestinely supporting the Human Bureau before.

Now that Divine Light was dead, Ming Zhuo could only find ways independently; similarly, with Ying Lingyun’s death, the Taoyuan Village Master had to seek new paths.

One of the routes found by the Taoyuan Village Master was "borrowing a chicken to lay eggs." Since Ming Zhuo was conducting his independent research, the Taoyuan Village Master planned to catch a "hitch" by exploiting the opportunity of Ming Zhuo’s betrayals, secretly utilizing Ming Zhuo’s research data and equipment. Despite seeming low-class, this was the only feasible option, given that Taoyuan Village’s research conditions and heritage were comprehensively inferior to Luo Mountain’s.

This branch base was initially set to become a Divine Seal Fragments research base, but as of now, equipment and personnel had yet to be mobilized, while the Taoyuan Village Master already laid plans through local traitors. Xu Gou was present here intending to be part of Taoyuan Village’s research force; it remains unknown, though, if Xu Gou aimed to be a researcher or a subject.

All of this was dismantled by me beforehand.

Meanwhile, Changan also learned about the series of events related to the distant tortured victims from this Great Success Rank Evil, and instantly became enraged, seemingly intent on flaying the man alive.

"You... You actually dare!" he fumed, clenching his fists angrily.

Looking at the Great Success Rank Evil, I puzzled, "Did Xu Gou see what you did and have no reaction at all?"

Hearing this, the Great Success Rank Evil surprisingly also showed a puzzled expression, muttering as if talking to himself, "I... I don’t know?"

I grew even more confused.

"What do you mean by ’I don’t know’?" I asked.

"He didn’t react after seeing what we did...? No, he reacted, and then he..."

Telling this, he fell into incoherence, seeming to spiral into madness, his emotions chaotic as well, "He... killed us. Yes, he killed all of us! Those mundane people asked him, hoping he’d kill them too, so he slaughtered those mundane people as well...

"Huh... odd, if we all died, then why... why are we still alive?

"Am I actually dead... or alive?"

As he spoke, his entire body unexpectedly resembled a disordered phantom reflected upon the water, due to ripples, rapidly turning translucent, his form also wavering.

"What, what’s happening!?" Changan was shocked, "Why did he suddenly become like real matter created by my Illusion Technique?"

Real matter formed by Changan using Illusion Technique could not become permanently real like Yinyue, as it would be automatically corrected and annihilated by the real world after a period. The current disappearance of this Great Success Rank Evil mirrored the disappearance of illusionary objects rectified by reality.

"—Stop."

I used the Power of Word Spirit.

The disappearance of the Great Success Rank Evil was halted as if a pause button was pressed; however, similar transformations emerged among different people. Those distant victims also began to show signs of disappearing as illusionary objects corrected by reality; hence, I had to repeatedly recite "stop" to pause their disappearance process.

Upon close observation, I finally comprehended the situation and deduced the possible truth by integrating the clues at hand.

Xu Gou indeed possibly slaughtered all extreme Extraordinaryists and granted "liberation" to all victims in this branch base in the past.

Yet, after all, he had joined Taoyuan Village, bringing along a mission. Regardless of his motives for joining Taoyuan Village, now that he indulged himself by killing all "his people," he could undoubtedly not explain himself to the Taoyuan Village Master later. Therefore, to mend the damage after killing everyone, he did a corrective action.

He used his Power of Cutting to cut a segment of the past time and pasted it onto the world at present.

In the cut-out time fragment, the extreme Extraordinaryists and victims had not perished, whereas those pasted in the "present" could only live out repetitively within the preset confines of that time fragment.

Since the "present them" were already dead, the real world would regard these seemingly living people as "phantoms that shouldn’t exist." While Xu Gou was present, they would be spared from correction under his power’s protection; now that Xu Gou had absconded, they must be subject to the world’s reparation.

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