Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo
Chapter 545 - 511 Murder Rule 1

Chapter 545: 511 Murder Rule 1

Under the gaze of all three of us, a monster that seemed to turn a human body inside out, with steaming hot viscera hanging all over it, giving a bloody and terrifying impression, stepped out of the darkness in the distance.

This wasn’t my first encounter with this strange entity; it first appeared deep within an abandoned amusement park, then when I was meeting up with the cartographer, and later on the way to the safe house with the cartographer and Tan Xiang. Now this is the fourth time, and I hadn’t expected it to revive and return once more.

Looking at this blood-soaked alien monster, I couldn’t help but lament internally, time and again, how these doomsday anomalies never cease to surprise me.

Compared to me, and Tan Xiang who was completely unaware of this anomaly’s mechanism, the specter’s reaction was much more intense. He instantly shouted, "You two... don’t look at it, and don’t think about it!"

Last time, Tan Xiang had seen me kill this anomaly, so he probably thought it was not threatening and asked, "Uh... why?"

"Because this anomaly decides whether to possess stronger power based on whether its first observer thinks it looks terrifying," I explained. "Don’t worry, it’s after me, and I don’t find it scary."

The specter immediately caught on to the implication in my words, "Wait... you mean, you’ve seen it before and even managed to destroy it once? So that’s why it’s coming after you again?

"But... this anomaly should randomly attack its target several times to more than ten times a day, and before, I never saw it among the attacking anomalies..."

It seemed the specter knew very well about this anomaly’s mechanism.

"I know this anomaly has an exceptionally powerful undying body, and I had previously tried to kill it using methods meant for dealing with undead anomalies, but it seems my approach was quite ineffective."

As I spoke, I launched a fire bullet, breaking the legs of this anomaly opposite us, and then continued questioning the specter, "You seem to know a lot about this anomaly. What do you think about how to kill it?"

"...Although I don’t know the specific method you used last time to defeat it, any strategy that aims to ’kill’ it is useless against this anomaly."

The specter seemed to momentarily gather his thoughts and then answered me, "Because this anomaly isn’t really a form of life... Fundamentally, it is one of the countless ’murder rules’ that emerged on the land after Doomsday, and the blood-soaked monster before us is a derivative of its rule, akin to a natural phenomenon."

"A rule?" Tan Xiang was shocked, "You mean... this thing is essentially on the same level as heat not spontaneously transferring from a cold area to a hot one, or action and reaction forces being equal in magnitude... akin to those physical laws?"

Hearing this, it seemed the specter thought for a moment. Just when I thought he would point out the differences between them, he surprisingly nodded earnestly and said, "That’s exactly it."

Tan Xiang was stunned, muttering to himself, "Is this... even reasonable?"

No wonder my attacks imbued with the intent to kill couldn’t kill this anomaly last time, after all, it’s impossible for me to kill something that doesn’t even have the concept of ’life and death.’

But strictly speaking, my attacks last time weren’t entirely ineffective.

Absolute power can override everything, even twisting the reasonings of the world, which includes physical laws within this so-called ’reasoning.’ Since the opponent isn’t life but rather physical laws and phenomena, it’s unkillable—this commonsense is also not completely applicable in the realm of Impermanence.

Of course, just like there are no absolute rules in this world, there is no absolute power in the world either. Even the power of Impermanence isn’t enough to be called ’absolute.’ Therefore, if an Impermanence tried violently to interfere with the physical laws related to ’wind,’ it’s impossible to make wind disappear worldwide forever.

At most, it can only cause a temporary suspension of certain physical laws within a certain range centered on itself, making the area windless and waveless. Due to the limitations of the Doomsday Era, Impermanence finds it incredibly challenging to sense the abstract domain, further restricting what it can achieve.

The effect I achieved last time was essentially similar. My attack imbued with the intent to kill landed on this anomaly; while it didn’t eradicate it completely, it significantly delayed the time until this phenomenon reappeared in my vicinity.

"Is this thing that’s so easy to get rid of... really that formidable?" Tan Xiang still seemed unable to accept it.

"It has nothing to do with being powerful or not, it’s a structural issue."

The wandering spirit first responded to Tan Xiang, then turned to me and said, "It’s good that you’re not afraid of this monster, let’s not waste any more effort on it."

"Your Flame Power is indeed impressive, but pure strength alone is ultimately limited in what it can achieve. Even human gods have moments where they lack the strength, let alone us mere mortals."

At this point, Tan Xiang seemed to lack the energy to argue, just looking at the strange creature whose lower limbs were shot off, constantly struggling on the ground with a skeptical look.

But when the wandering spirit spoke, the challenge impulse burning inside me grew even stronger, focusing all my attention on the root of the problem.

To be able to enter a realm akin to physical laws, even turning oneself into a rule of killing, is something even Impermanence cannot do.

I don’t think the other party is stronger than Impermanence, as the wandering spirit said, it’s a structural issue. For example, a submarine built with the most advanced human technology can dive to depths of ten thousand meters in the abyss, withstanding pressures of more than a thousand standard atmospheres. Yet, even in this deep-sea hell, traces of some invertebrate deep-sea creatures can be found.

Just in terms of physical strength, an ordinary person can easily kill a group of these creatures, yet the latter can dive to depths unreachable by the most advanced human technology. This Doomsday monster also exhibits a similar nature, being born in a realm unreachable by humanity’s full strength.

However...

"You say even the human gods can’t destroy it, but I doubt it," I said.

The wandering spirit was slightly taken aback and said, "Indeed, I’ve never seen a human god take action personally, so I don’t know to what extent they can manage... but what does this have to do with you? What do you plan to do?"

"Of course, to destroy this monster."

I’d already thought of a specific method, then let one of the fireballs floating around us to provide light move over. While holding this fireball, I began to continuously inject my Spirit into it.

As more fuel was added, the orange-red fireball burned brighter and brighter, but I forcibly contained it to a size equivalent to a soccer ball. The mana fluctuations of the fireball also continuously rose, significantly impacting the state of the wandering spirit.

Excessively strong mana fluctuations can cause discomfort to surrounding demon hunters. In the past, when Chen Long first appeared, his hurricane-like mana fluctuations caused Mazao, who was in a state of severe soul injury, to feel dizzy, unable to even walk properly. Even Mazao, essentially at the Great Success Rank, was affected, so a demon hunter of a lower level would find it even harder to bear.

In extreme cases, a Great Success Rank demon hunter can even render lower-ranked demon hunters unconscious simply by mana fluctuations, without taking action. Although I myself don’t emit mana fluctuations, the summoned flames do, so when using power carelessly, it could cause those below the Great Success Rank to experience physical and spiritual suffocation. Over time, it could easily exhaust their souls to death.

At this moment, I allowed myself to slightly loosen the reins. The wandering spirit clearly sensed the mana fluctuation emitted by the fireball, his face turning extremely pale, breaking out in cold sweat, his legs weakening, unconsciously sitting on the ground.

His mouth opened wide, seemingly trying to breathe, yet like a deep-sea fish thrown onto land, he appeared on the verge of suffocation. In contrast, Tan Xiang, an ordinary person unable to sense mana fluctuations, was full of surprise, as if they didn’t know what was happening.

To be honest, I can’t say I had no mischievous intent. Because the wandering spirit underestimated my strength, I couldn’t help but feel a childish desire to show off my abilities, and his earlier comment advising me to stay away from Little Bowl might have echoed many people’s views on Mazao, so this was a tiny bit of revenge for both myself and Mazao. I’m quite petty sometimes.

However, I didn’t really want to harm the wandering spirit. When the mana fluctuations reached a certain height, I hastened to further inject fuel. Then, the mana fluctuations seemed to break through a limit, the wandering spirit’s entire body lightened, able to breathe normally again, seemingly becoming like Tan Xiang, suddenly unable to perceive the mana fluctuations of the fireball.

The wandering spirit quickly took a few deep breaths, and as if realizing something, looked at me in shock: "This... this phenomenon is..."

The monster, bloodied and twisted, struggled, crawling across the ground towards me. I first took a deep breath, secretly preparing myself, then as if casually tossing a volleyball, I threw the fireball in my hand that emitted fluctuations from another dimension.

The fireball traced an arc in the air, hitting the monster’s back head-on.

Then, as if it had fallen into a field of gasoline, the fireball erupted into a massive blaze on the bloody monstrous creature. Without having had time to struggle, the monster turned to ash in an instant, like being cotton encountering a flame.

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