Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo -
Chapter 604 - 566 Little Bowl Innocence
Chapter 604: 566 Little Bowl Innocence
"The Fire from the Catastrophe Demon?" No. 7 blurted out.
Even Little Bowl made a surprised nasal sound next to my cheek.
It’s probably the first time these two have seen me use the Solar Eclipse Fire, so it’s no wonder they’re surprised. However, the Solar Eclipse Fire I’m using now is different from the "Eclipse" I used in the past.
The "Eclipse" I used to use was considered a killing move, a technique that required summoning a large amount of ordinary fire and condensing it before it could be executed, involving considerable preliminary actions. But now, I can naturally transform the black Solar Eclipse Fire, which means my understanding of the Solar Eclipse Fire has reached a qualitative change.
The most direct experience I gained from the battle with the Catastrophe Demon was regarding the Eclipse form. Compared to how better to manipulate the normal flame power I have, I’m actually more familiar with using black flames. Of course, the black flames ultimately deviate from the main theme of fire, with a significant difference from the path I’m currently walking. No matter how much more rich the experience is, in practice, I still find the normal flame power more handy to use.
In fact, the black flames I’m transforming into now can’t match the extreme of the Catastrophe Demon. Although you could say it deviates from the fire element mana, it’s not completely becoming earth element mana either. It’s in a transitional state of "neither here nor there."
These black flames can avoid the attribute constraints of the Great Demon Xuanwu, but they are insufficient to counter the Great Demon Xuanwu in return. Moreover, if used too often or for too long, they could skew my own flame power. After painstakingly accumulating so much proficiency with flame power, I have no intention of "changing my profession" to the Catastrophe Demon.
Whether I can adapt to the power of other attributes is secondary. Finding my power attribute changed might even make me unable to use the Ash Weapon, reducing my combat effectiveness by a notch. Having already defeated the Catastrophe Demon in practical battle, proving to be stronger, there’s no need to become the opponent.
I don’t want to change my evolutionary path just to better suppress the Great Demon Xuanwu. This is already sufficient. Besides, the black flames merely change my own attribute, without breaking free from the framework of the Four Symbols and Five Elements.
I once pondered whether "Eclipse" could become a key clue to escaping from the Four Symbols and Five Elements system, and thus the grasp of Shan Liangyi’s dominion, and in the end, the wrong evolutionary path of "Eclipse" merely moved from "Fire Element" to "Earth Element," still within the essence of the Four Symbols and Five Elements system.
When encountering the true master of Shan Liangyi, there still wouldn’t be a fundamental difference. Moreover, considering Earth element power is Shan Liangyi’s "exclusive realm," his mastery of such power is likely unmatched by all the previous Impermanences. The flame attribute power I’m using now won’t be countered by earth element mana, but if I step onto the same track as Shan Liangyi, I would likely be overwhelmed by him on an experiential level.
As I ponder the future, I explain to Little Bowl and No. 7 the origins of the black flames, then ask, "Little Bowl, I feel your blessing is still ongoing on me... Is your energy okay?"
Little Bowl’s blessing was an essential victory element for defeating the Catastrophe Demon and an indispensable force in future battles.
Not to mention, my True Spirit Power is also based on Little Bowl’s blessing. Without this blessing, it would just be a useless power merely altering my mana fluctuation frequency, far from enough to truly kill Huang Quan with an Undying Body.
Furthermore, if not for this continuous blessing state, I wouldn’t have been able to summon this black flame so easily right now.
To fully digest the experience from the Catastrophe Demon and thoroughly comprehend the correct evolutionary path reverse-engineered from it, I still need some time. Under normal conditions, it would take me at least a year to achieve mastery; in a sustained blessing state, it would take only a few days to a dozen days to complete all progress.
More crucially, being endowed with the blessing, I can advance into a "completed state" ahead of time.
Little Bowl can’t directly increase my power; however, her enhancement is much stronger than directly increasing power. Her existence might, in a way, subvert my understanding of the concept of power.
And she promptly brought great news.
"No problem... As long as I stay in contact with Brother Zhuang Cheng, I can maintain this blessing," she said, "And as long as Brother Zhuang Cheng’s thermal energy marker remains planted on me, it’s equivalent to always being in zero-distance contact with Brother Zhuang Cheng.
"The energy consumption is negligible; this aspect of power is primarily provided by the Divine Seal Fragment. I just need to maintain a mindset of hoping Brother Zhuang Cheng will be successful in all things," she explained.
No. 7 couldn’t help but ask, "But... I’ve somewhat understood matters related to the Divine Son. Even if you can bless those in the same alliance that everything goes smoothly, if the target is a human god, it’s a very intense blessing that requires keeping your mind completely pure... Aren’t you tired maintaining a state of no malice towards Zhuang Cheng always?"
Little Bowl naturally retorted, "Why would I be tired?"
"Uh..." No. 7 was left speechless.
Even when facing their own parents, spouse, or children, it’s difficult for humans to keep themselves completely free from sinister thoughts at all times. Occasional complaints and ill feelings, or even curses, are the norm. Though one can verbally fully affirm another person, it’s almost an impossible challenge psychologically. Even forcing oneself to think that way would unconsciously generate disgust and weariness, and the very situation of "having to force oneself to think that way" becomes a source of negative thoughts.
Yet Little Bowl actually feels she can always fully affirm me... She once said that I am the embodiment of her dream, so she will unwaveringly stand by my side... Were those words completely without embellishment?
Does she genuinely believe that trusting in me is trusting in herself, and sees me and herself as a true community of fate?
Honestly, being regarded with such high expectations can instead easily create significant psychological pressure, for fear of disappointing the other’s hopes. The warm young girl’s body that intimately hugs my neck from behind and clings tightly to my back seems to have turned into something incomparably heavy.
Could it be that even my thought of "not wanting to disappoint" is also part of Little Bowl’s calculations? I can’t help but think that way.
No. 7 glanced at Little Bowl, then at me, seemingly a bit hesitant to ask further.
"By the way... No. 7, what do you plan to do next?" I proactively inquired about an important matter, "According to the plan we discussed earlier, we’re supposed to attack Yellow Springs Evangelical Institute next, and your Tai Sui Army is responsible for infiltrating internally to find the ’Du Shuo Mountain’ technical data and the Divine Seal Fragment... but now the Tai Sui Army has been annihilated, should this plan continue?"
Hearing this, No. 7 displayed a very pained expression, then said: "...First of all, the Tai Sui Army is not completely annihilated.
"There is a large amount of equipment infused with my mana inside the base, which would activate immediately to teleport the Tai Sui Army to a safe area when they encounter an overwhelming enemy...
"Of course, since the attacker is a Great Demon, these tools can’t really come in handy, but still, about twenty to thirty percent of the troops were luckily transferred out... Maybe because Great Demon Xuanwu didn’t exert much effort against groups of weaker ones."
For an organization to be slaughtered to the point of only having twenty to thirty percent of its numbers left, isn’t that enough to be declared destroyed? I couldn’t help but have this thought but didn’t say it out loud.
No. 7 continued: "Moreover, some of the Tai Sui Army operates outside in the form of an ordinary survival team, and combined with spies infiltrated inside the Evangelical Institute, it’s still possible to barely reorganize into a faction."
"But this should take a long time, right? I don’t think they can catch up with this operation. Or do you wish to prepare for a bit longer?" I asked.
Little Bowl suddenly said: "No... No way, absolutely cannot prepare, we must act now."
Seeing Little Bowl suddenly make such an aggressive statement, No. 7 was first stunned, then showed a thoughtful expression, and then suddenly realized.
"Yes, we definitely can’t wait! Huang Quan has already become aware of your existence. If we continue to waste time, Huang Quan will inevitably join with other human gods of the Evangelical Institute to launch a joint hunt on you," she couldn’t help but say.
I understood this logic and then identified the flaw within, "Waste time? ’Time’ in the Post-mortem World can’t be used as a reference factor. It seems that Huang Quan used suicide as a means to escape not long ago to us, but over on Huang Quan’s side, it’s probably not the same, right?"
"Brother Zhuang Cheng can rest assured on this point, Huang Quan and now you are human gods with high adaptability and understanding of the chaotic space-time of the Post-mortem World, your Fatian Xiangdi will automatically suppress the surrounding time and space. What is a chaotic Post-mortem World to us is relatively close to order for you. Plus, having had direct exchanges and contact before, now the time flow between each other should not diverge much. Huang Quan is at most just starting to revive. We must seize the time and strike quickly," Little Bowl explained patiently.
"I see..." I accepted Little Bowl’s explanation.
No. 7 nodded as well, like she had organized her plan next, and continued saying: "So... this operation will be carried out by us here.
"Only the details need to change. The original plan was for you to attack the Yellow Springs Evangelical Institute from the outside directly, while I simultaneously led a large number of people to infiltrate its interior. But now we need to first infiltrate its interior, and after locating the approximate position of the ’Du Shuo Mountain’ technical data and the Divine Seal Fragment, we will then employ the original action process.
"The locations storing those two items must be heavily guarded, sneaking them away is impossible, only forced intrusion can work. And after committing suicide, it is very likely Huang Quan would return to the Evangelical Institute base he was in charge of; at that time, he will definitely not stand idly by, you will have to be his opponent.
"Finally, even this infiltration step itself requires the personal involvement of Little Bowl."
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