Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo
Chapter 562 - 528 Ming Zhuo’s Army

Chapter 562: 528 Ming Zhuo’s Army

I originally lacked a real sense of Huang Quan’s death, and now hearing Little Bowl make the same judgment, the feeling that "Huang Quan might not be dead" became more pronounced.

However, what I pursued in this matter was not simple subjective feelings but objective intelligence and reasoning. Therefore, I did not immediately agree but instead asked back: "How can you be sure?"

"First of all, after being wanted by the Evangelical Institute, I tried to carefully inquire about information related to the Institute, especially about the human gods of the Institute," Little Bowl said.

It’s certain that the Institute’s human gods designated Little Bowl as prey, among them Master Yama being the most important, because he told all the Blessed Monks that catching Little Bowl alive would grant them any wish.

Although there hasn’t been any intelligence related to "the reason for the Evangelical Institute wanted Little Bowl," after much thought, there’s only one direction worth suspicion, which is the Right Positioning Heavenly Phenomena.

The Divine Son with the power of Right Positioning Heavenly Phenomena has always been the supreme living sacrifice for the rituals of heaven and earth, and it seems Xuanming also acted on Little Bowl for the same reason. Even though I don’t know the significance of starting a ritual toward heaven and earth in the insane Doomsday Era, I can’t think of another reason anyway. But with this comes a second question, which is how the Institute knows Little Bowl is the Divine Son.

You must know that not even Mazao, who spent every day with Little Bowl, knows that Little Bowl actually possesses the power of Right Positioning Heavenly Phenomena.

Could the reason lie in the chaotic, yarn-like timeline of the Doomsday Era? Is it because Institute-related personnel in the future contacted Little Bowl, then spread the information to the past Evangelical Institute, so even if Little Bowl hasn’t leaked any information now, the Institute will still snipe and want him? If a leak happened like this, it would be truly unjust.

Or did Little Bowl accidentally leak his information long before meeting Mazao, and he himself has forgotten it?

Little Bowl continued, "There are currently four human gods in the Evangelical Institute, Yama, Huang Quan, Shentu, King Zhuanlun... Right, this last human god also seems to exist in the modern world, remember Brother Zhuang Cheng mentioned it before?"

"Mentioned before. But I still don’t understand why this human god appears in the Institute during the Doomsday Era," I said.

"I don’t understand either, let’s skip it for now," Little Bowl nodded, "Among the remaining three human gods, there’s very little information on Yama and Shentu. The former, despite being the leader of the Evangelical Institute, remains high above, rarely manifesting in front of others; the latter has the shortest experience, reportedly still being a Great Demon, and even the Institute’s own people are very wary and distant from him.

"The human god most active in front of people is the last one, Huang Quan. Many survivors even carve statues of him, worshiping and offering sacrifices in secret, hoping for his blessings to ensure their future safety. Thanks to this, I managed to gather quite a bit of information."

The Evangelical Institute is an organization that exterminates humanity, yet its human gods are still worshiped as gods. Though not the first time I’ve heard this, it’s still hard to comprehend. Is it because the survivors of the Doomsday Era have a longing for death? Or is it that in this utterly despairing environment, they’ve found no other source of spiritual solace?

Then, Little Bowl talked about the most important part: "Huang Quan, the human god, has a widely circulated uniqueness—he can resurrect."

"You mean... he’s like Ming Zhuo, unable to die no matter how he’s killed?" I asked.

"There may be some discrepancy with the Naraku Undying Body Brother Zhuang Cheng described before," Little Bowl, after thinking, said, "I’ve heard that in some past period, the Evangelical Institute battled the Great Demons, and Huang Quan got besieged and killed by multiple Great Demons in one battle.

"Yet, after a period of time, Huang Quan reappeared elsewhere.

"If Huang Quan possesses the same undying body as Ming Zhuo, we wouldn’t need to worry about his comeback. According to your description, the nature of the Naraku Undying Body is to revive infinitely at the same location after the user’s death, so as long as he’s banished to nothingness, we’re fine.

"Even if the Naraku Undying Body can revive infinitely in nothingness, as long as he can’t return to the real world from there, it’s equivalent to death."

Saying this, if I grasp the method to banish enemies to nothingness, in the future I might not find a way to thoroughly kill Ming Zhuo, but I can completely eliminate the threat of Ming Zhuo.

"From the rumors we can analyze that Huang Quan cannot revive immediately after death but can make his resurrected self appear in different locations. Despite some inconveniences compared to ’reviving on the spot’, at least he can avoid being completely sealed off with measures like ’banish to nothingness’," Little Bowl said.

"However... this is just hearsay, right?" I said, "Maybe Huang Quan wasn’t dead at that time, merely moved elsewhere to recuperate... of course, if he does have such an undying body, the tactic of banishing me to nothingness makes sense."

"Using a single rumor for reasoning is somewhat imprudent. Since outsiders can hardly intervene in the battlefield between human gods and Great Demons, it’s understandable if the battle situation gets misreported," Little Bowl said, "However, I’ve also gathered another piece of information through my own investigations, that Huang Quan before the Doomsday arrival... or should say, in an even older era, had a student.

"This student inherited almost all of Huang Quan’s teachings, and according to the records, his name was ’Ming Zhuo’."

"Ming Zhuo was Huang Quan’s student?" I was shocked, "Where did you find this out?"

Little Bowl recalled something, showing a look of pity, and replied, "It’s a long story; some Evangelical Institute members told me personally."

"If Huang Quan and Ming Zhuo were teacher-student, then Huang Quan also having the undying body seems logical...," I slowly processed this information.

Ming Zhuo’s undying body was gained by signing a contract with Naraku’s Will, not through learning. So trying to prove Huang Quan also possesses an undying body, simply from this mentor-student relationship, is insufficient. However, if not as a conclusion but as a reasoning tendency, it’s enough; by combining Little Bowl’s rumors and past evidence, it’s reasonable to temporarily regard it as a conclusion.

At the same time, I noticed something else.

Since Huang Quan was Ming Zhuo’s mentor in the past, he likely was one of the Impermanence at Luo Mountain long ago. Plus Yama and King Zhuanlun, there might be a direct link between three out of four human gods of the Institute and Luo Mountain. If it keeps going like this, discovering that Shentu was a previous Impermanence of Luo Mountain wouldn’t surprise me.

Is the Evangelical Institute actually the future Luo Mountain?

"Let’s proceed assuming Huang Quan is still alive."

I set the tone first and then said, "So, Little Bowl, what do you think we should do next?"

Then, I remembered that mysterious female. If I want to return to the modern world and uncover the truth about the Doomsday Era, I should meet her at the Tai Sui Army—she told me that before we parted. So I told Little Bowl about this, and also recounted my experiences since entering the Doomsday Era.

"Lady No. 7 is also in the Doomsday Era, and part of the Tai Sui Army being hunted by Great Demon Xuanwu?" Little Bowl was shocked, "If that’s the case, we’d better meet her as soon as possible."

She then showed a thoughtful expression, "Let’s not discuss what the ’truth of the Doomsday Era’ refers to... is she also capable of time travel? Perhaps through the same methods as Human God Huang Quan reaching the modern world?"

The "truth of the Doomsday Era" made me even more restless, but I didn’t mention it to Little Bowl; instead, I said, "I have a similar thought, just unsure how to find the Tai Sui Army..."

"It’s alright, Brother Zhuang Cheng, I have clues," Little Bowl calmly said, "Previously, I was in the survivor gathering point, where Tai Sui Army members would connect with their undercover team in the Evangelical Institute. I know the route to return there. From them, we should be able to get information related to the Tai Sui Army’s location."

Even knowing such inside information, your intelligence gathering skills seem a bit overpowered? I couldn’t help but think.

Once we decided on the course of action, we left the area surrounded by withered trees and pools, heading towards the direction of the survivor gathering place.

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