Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo
Chapter 578: Reload Save No. 7

Chapter 578: Reload Save No. 7

The Divine Seal Fragment bound to the Apostle of the Virtual Realm will exhibit slight vibrations to alert the Apostle when encountering other Divine Seal Fragments.

There’s only one scenario where the Apostle of the Virtual Realm won’t receive such an alert upon encountering another Divine Seal Fragment, and that is when the "other Divine Seal Fragment" has already been pre-bound to another Apostle of the Virtual Realm.

Moreover, the Divine Seal Fragment bound to an Apostle of the Virtual Realm cannot be loaned to others. It’s not just because the binding relationship causes the Divine Seal Fragment to automatically return to the hands of the Apostle, but even if others try to hold it, it would seem as if they are attempting to touch a holographic projection, passing right through it. This is the case even if this "other person" is another Apostle of the Virtual Realm. Xuanming once threw his bound Divine Seal Fragment to Xu Gou, and the latter couldn’t even catch it.

In front of us, the mysterious woman closed her fingers and pinched the black jade floating in the air tightly with her fingertips.

She demonstrated her identity as the Apostle of the Virtual Realm through her actions.

Before today, all the Apostles of the Virtual Realm had already revealed their true identities to me.

Number One Xu Gou, Number Two Little Bowl, Number Three Zhuang Cheng, Number Four Xuanming, Number Five Weichi, Number Six Divine Light... And only the identity of Number Seven remained unknown. So, the Apostle of the Virtual Realm appearing before my eyes at this moment must undoubtedly be Number Seven.

Is it really impossible that she is the "true Master of the Divine Seal"—the "Seal Master"? This jesting thought crossed my mind.

"I remember Number Four said that Number Two is a Divine Son with Right Positioning Heavenly Phenomena. She should be able to tell if I’m lying. If you’re still suspicious of me, feel free to ask her."

As she spoke, the mysterious woman turned to look at Little Bowl, who then earnestly nodded and said to me, "No lie. She indeed is Lady Number Seven."

Considering the deductions made earlier, it also implies that perhaps even the Master of the Divine Seal is unaware of Little Bowl’s true identity, hence why Number Seven is unable to ascertain Little Bowl’s underlying details.

Why is that?

Is Little Bowl’s true identity so special? Or is there some hidden situation on the side of the Master of the Divine Seal?

"...I understand. Well then, let’s formally do a self-introduction." I said, "I am Number Three, Zhuang Cheng. Please advise."

"I wouldn’t dare."

Although she has the name "Hongcao," I am more inclined to refer to this enigmatic woman as "Number Seven." She continued, "You must have already deduced my intention of guiding you to the Tai Sui Army stronghold. Yes, I have something I wish to request earnestly from you, for which I am willing to pay any price.

"Unfortunately, I must admit to such an embarrassing fact: neither the resources of the Tai Sui Army nor my own power can afford the material cost of a full effort from a human god.

"If there is anything else I can offer you instead, it’s the ’truth.’ I know many truths that most people in the Doomsday Era are unaware of, truths that even you may find hard to easily grasp.

"Therefore, in what follows, apart from the extremely few secrets I can’t disclose arbitrarily, anything I can answer, I will answer for you."

Hearing this, I straightforwardly said, "Oh, is that so? Then tell me, what is your relationship with the Master of the Divine Seal?"

This question rendered Number Seven silent. After a moment, she said, "... I’m sorry, the question you’re asking now is ’one of the very few secrets I can’t disclose arbitrarily.’

I rudely said, "Just now, you presented an attitude of being willing to share everything without reservations. Yet now, you immediately tell me you still want to keep things hidden. Is this how you request favors from others?"

"I can assure you, this will be the last time I do this," Number Seven said. "Aside from the aforementioned part, whatever questions you ask me, I will answer. If I cannot do this, you could just kill me, and I would accept it."

Little Bowl seemed to gauge the sincerity level in Number Seven’s words, then gave her own judgment: "... Lady Number Seven didn’t lie."

Number Seven glanced at Little Bowl, showing a hint of helplessness.

If it weren’t for Little Bowl, the ’super lie detector,’ present, she might have lied in response to the previous question. Now, she could only awkwardly refuse to answer.

However, even though I didn’t get a direct answer from her, it wasn’t a total loss.

Those who keep secrets must also keep secret "the fact that they are keeping a secret." Her attitude undoubtedly side-exposed a fact that Little Bowl and I had previously only suspicions about but couldn’t verify—

Number Seven indeed has private connections with the Master of the Divine Seal!

I didn’t expect myself to be able to dig out the entire truth from Number Seven’s mouth all at once. You have to take things one step at a time—you can’t eat hot tofu in a rush. Number Seven is, after all, a demigod who has reached the realm of Great Success Rank; my Power of Word Spirit couldn’t force her to disclose the truths she’s keeping secret. The good thing is, I am patient enough to get closer to the truth step by step; on the contrary, I somewhat delight in it, even finding the pleasure of hunting.

No matter how much Number Seven wants to use her body to cover her little secrets, in the end, I will wholly expose them all.

"Then, first answer this question." I said, "Last time on the battlefield between me and Great Demon Xuanwu, how did you transfer me away? That should be your special ability, right? What is the specific principle?"

Concealing one’s special ability is the basic literacy for a demon hunter, and it is the same for the Blessed Monks. Although for Impermanence, a "special ability" doesn’t mean much, the special ability demonstrated by Number Seven can even directly interfere with the battle outcome between me and Great Demon Xuanwu, its value immeasurable.

Requesting Number Seven to disclose it is like asking her to expose her most private parts to me.

And this time, Number Seven disclosed it without hesitation.

"I haven’t formally named my ability, but I can tentatively call it ’Death Return.’" She said, "The effect of this ability is that after I die, I can return to revive at the original point in time where I once was.

"Alternatively, I can choose not to return to the original time but merely return to the space I was previously in to revive. To the outside world, it looks like I simultaneously activated Space Transfer upon death to resurrect at another location.

"When activating the ability, I can also choose to return to the past time or space with people near me. I haven’t tested how many people I can select because aside from the part I couldn’t answer you earlier, this ability is my deeply hidden secret.

"Then there’s the flaw of this ability... I cannot reach any distant past time or space this way; at most, I can only revive to a short time ago.

"Once I carry out a resurrection, the coordinates for resurrection will be temporarily recorded and fixed, persisting until the coordinate is no longer ’from a short time ago.’ Thus, I cannot repeatedly commit suicide to reach much earlier experienced times and spaces.

"This ’short time ago’ doesn’t have a particularly concrete length but is adjusted according to my subjective feeling. If I feel an event happened just yesterday, then even if it actually was many years ago, I can travel to it... just that in reality, it’s rare to have such convenient situations."

She seemed to recall something, revealing a hint of wistful emotion.

"Lady Number Seven, your ability..." Little Bowl’s mouth slightly opened.

Isn’t this what is called "save and reload"? This reflexive thought arose in my mind.

These demon hunters and Blessed Monks truly have extraordinary superpowers, one more outrageous than the other. Although I have experienced all sorts of outrageous abilities before, Number Seven’s ability still stands as top-tier among them. Abilities like "controlling flames" appear impoverished in comparison.

The ability to "save and reload" implies one can challenge enemies repeatedly. Every failure’s lessons transform into steps towards final victory. No matter how many times the enemy wins, you can deny it; only your victory counts.

Moreover, the fact that it can allow others to restart together—general fantasy stories about "save and reload" might not even include this feature.

I feel I’ve experienced Number Seven’s greatest sincerity displayed at this point.

While demon hunters and Blessed Monks tend to keep their superpowers secret as a basic trait, the ability of "save and reload" is considered very confidential among all powers, especially since she can return only to a time or space ’not long ago.’

Once known, adversaries could prepare countermeasures targeting her ability, rendering her invincibility not so invincible anymore.

Nonetheless, despite this limitation, knowing numerous truths unknown to most in the Doomsday Era guarded by the Master of the Divine Seal and possessing a "restart" capability, makes Number Seven’s abilities of extremely high value.

It also somewhat corroborated her supposed connection with the Master of the Divine Seal, which Little Bowl and I had long suspected but couldn’t verify.

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