Pretending To Be A Boss
Chapter 912 - 64: Zhong Yao's Innermost Thoughts_2

"Similar existence?"

"It's called Junlin, an anomaly that inherited the power of the Destruction God."

"Haven't you gathered the inheritance of the Beast Gods?"

"No. The inheritance of the Destruction God ultimately fell into Junlin's hands. If Junlin becomes the next Destruction God, then the Lord of Eden would have inadvertently created the one entity it least desires to confront."

"I thought the teacher sent you here only after you'd gathered the Beast God inheritance," Zhong Yao said.

"So, you mean the advice Bai Shuang gave me, urging me to enter the Eden Ruins last, was actually the will of the Eden Lord?" Tang Xian picked up on the crux of the matter.

"Yes."

Tang Xian hadn't expected the trouble to stem from this.

From Zhong Yao's earlier reactions, it seemed evident that Zhong Yao was somewhat troubled by being trapped in this place.

But Zhong Yao's attitude towards the Eden Lord was complex. There appeared to be a slight inclination to assist the Eden Lord.

Tang Xian trusted his intuition. The true intent of the Eden Lord might not be to oppose humanity outright, but its eventual actions would inadvertently lead to humanity's ruin.

This gut feeling was something he couldn't quite explain. Looking at Zhong Yao, Tang Xian asked as gently as possible:

"Do you revere the Eden Lord?"

Zhong Yao seemed to anticipate this question. She neither shook her head nor nodded but replied faintly:

"I don't truly understand such a grand existence. At least to me, its power is strong enough to prove the existence of a god in this world."

Tang Xian nodded. He was certain his mother was concealing something, though he did not rush to investigate further.

Regardless of what kind of indoctrination the Eden Lord had subjected his mother to, Tang Xian firmly believed—

Zhong Yao remained the same woman who once brought him love and blessings.

"Let's continue discussing the Eden Lord. After the birth of the Destruction God, it created the Eden Embryo. What happened next?"

"The teacher tried to gain more creator-like authority, and these mystical forces could seemingly be achieved via the Soul Crystal. The Soul Crystal is akin to a Pandora's box, capable of transforming power into any form. The Beast Gods, as a result, possess vast and diverse domains of strength. The teacher's domain relates to life, which profoundly shaped its ideology," Zhong Yao explained.

"It further convinced itself that it's the creator?" Tang Xian asked.

"Yes, it believes itself to be a true creator—a leap from simply being a 'creator.'"

Deep within Zhong Yao's eyes, there was a trace of fear.

"We cannot imagine what it would mean if this world had consciousness. But in the eyes of the teacher, this is an intriguing hypothesis. Of course, the world itself lacks consciousness. Yet, it envisions creating a conscious entity that would embody the new world."

"This new world... is the Eden Sanctuary?"

"Indeed. The Eden Lord's secondary law domain, born under the stimulation of the Destruction God, enables it to materialize consciousness using the Soul Crystal's power."

"This breaks every known law of physics in the universe, doesn't it? No wonder it began to conceive itself as the world's dominator."

"The power hidden within the Soul Crystal defies explanation." Zhong Yao had once attempted to understand this power but ultimately failed.

"Initially, this domain was tiny—just the size of a single room. To the Eden Lord, this small chamber represented the intersection of illusion and reality."

The intersection of illusion and reality?

This phrase inexplicably made Tang Xian think of a doorway between the third dimension and the second dimension.

"Gradually, that small chamber began to expand, though at an extraordinarily slow pace. Based on the teacher's explanation, if it were to continue at that speed, even billions of years from now, the domain of consciousness wouldn't encompass the entire world. This power to materialize consciousness wouldn't be of practical use in battles either. Once, it even invited the God of Time and Space, Galaxy, to visit this domain."

Tang Xian became noticeably intrigued by this part.

He was starting to understand the Eden Lord's true intentions.

"The Eden Sanctuary is the crystallization of the teacher's consciousness. Within this sanctuary, everything is governed by its will and can be destroyed or created on a whim."

"Though currently limited to a single room, the shape and structure of this domain can be infinitely altered."

"But the Beast Gods within this domain exhibit no signs of subjugation. No matter how the teacher's consciousness morphs or how the surrounding environment changes, it cannot influence the Beast Gods."

Zhong Yao's words reinforced Tang Xian's suspicions.

He suddenly thought of an intriguing hypothesis:

"Maybe this is the world's ultimate limitation imposed on the Eden Lord. The Beast Gods are, in essence, a 'balance patch?'"

"A balance patch? Using gaming terminology to explain the Myriad Beasts Realm is quite novel."

Zhong Yao wasn't sure if Tang Xian's theory was correct or not.

But Tang Xian pressed on:

"Since it can't affect the Beast Gods, your teacher abandoned the notion of using this domain for combat purposes. However, if the problem cannot be solved, then it will eliminate the source of the problem. It seeks to kill the Beast Gods and even seize their inheritance?"

"Perhaps. After that, the teacher began scheming and strategizing against the Beast Gods," Zhong Yao nodded.

"Do you know how its schemes against the Beast Gods brought calamity to humanity? The centuries we spent resisting in the Pyramid—all stemmed from its machinations."

Tang Xian's tone carried a hint of anger.

Zhong Yao nodded, her gaze tinged with helplessness. She understood all too well.

"Child, your father and I have always been searching for ways to free humanity from the tyranny of the enforcers. I always believed our greatest enemy was the enforcers. Back then, my mindset was that humanity could triumph over heaven."

After a brief pause, Zhong Yao gazed at the heavens and said:

"But how many layers of heaven lie beyond the ones we know? All our efforts as children of order over hundreds of years have amounted to nothing more than a fragment of its grand design. How does one fight such an enemy?

When I entered this domain and realized I could never leave, it began explaining many things to me. Perhaps it was because it had finally found someone who could understand such profound knowledge. Or perhaps it merely needed a spectator to witness its achievements? I gradually came to grasp its greatness and its invincibility."

"Those enemies we fought against for centuries—in its eyes, they were nothing more than tools. Faced with such an existence… can humanity ever defeat it?"

"It began passing down vast amounts of knowledge to me—knowledge which, had it reached humanity centuries earlier, might have prevented the judges and mechanoids from driving us into the Pyramid."

"I can no longer leave this place. Whatever I do here changes nothing outside. All I can do is wait and learn. I call it my teacher because here, I've truly learned things that transcend eras. But alas… I cannot take them out."

Zhong Yao looked particularly weary as she said faintly:

"This place is shaped by its consciousness. In this domain, everything we see and sense is under its control. This is the true Divine Realm—not an illusion nor a spiritual invasion. Your consciousness has been forcibly exiled here. Even time itself is equivalent here."

"I… I have been trapped here for so very long. Truly… a long time."

Tang Xian gazed at Zhong Yao with pity and instinctively hugged her.

Zhong Yao gave a contented smile.

For a moment, the mother and son both felt a heavy burden in their hearts.

Tang Xian gazed at the unchanging skies in the distance and thought: if the Eden Lord can arbitrarily alter the dimensions of time—

Then the period of his mother's imprisonment here may be much longer than just a decade or two.

Decades, perhaps even centuries or longer.

After Zhong Yao disclosed these matters, Tang Xian felt a mix of emotions—sorrow over the overwhelming power of the adversary, yet relief.

As the previous generation's Ju Mang, his mother addressing someone with knowledge spanning several eras as "teacher" was understandable.

Anyone confined to a place with no escape, where their only neighbor was a being of unparalleled greatness, would inevitably feel insignificant.

Even as a child of order, one would unconsciously feel a sense of inferiority.

Tang Xian had already deduced the true purpose of the Eden Lord. The final piece of the puzzle was now in place.

What follows would be the time for counterattack, starting with his mother.

He needed to show this despairing woman that gods can be defeated, that the Eden Lord is not omnipotent.

Tang Xian declared:

"Now, let's begin our search for this world's weaknesses."

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