Chapter 600
She looked at Lei Mei Dai Si in front of her and continued, "Unless you can prove that you can keep the secret I'm about to share, there's no point in discussing it."
Upon hearing Xia Er's words, Lei Mei Dai Si showed no surprise; the revelations brought by the witch before her had already been more than enough.
From the future...
Just this alone made Lei Mei Dai Si unperturbed, regardless of how strict the other party's confidentiality measures might be.
"Then let's put this topic aside until we leave the Land of Death," Lei Mei Dai Si said, shaking her head and cutting off the conversation. "There are no secrets in our discussions here."
No secrets in our discussions here...
Both Xia Er and Lei Mei Dai Si calmed down, yet they continued to gaze at each other.
At first, it was Xia Er who was filled with questions, eager to inquire, but her demeanor began to pile up a mountain of questions in Lei Mei Dai Si's mind as well.
Their eye contact was interrupted only by Sa Da Na's return. Sa Da Na looked at the two locked in their gaze and felt a flicker of confusion.
What’s going on? I just stepped away for a moment; what happened here?
It had been a long time since she had seen Lei Mei Dai Si with such a serious expression.
Tap, tap—
The sound of footsteps descending the stairs caught Xia Er's attention, and she turned toward the wooden staircase of the inn.
Sa Le Si had redressed and walked up behind Xia Er, standing silently without saying a word.
"Your follower?" Lei Mei Dai Si finally looked at Sa Le Si and said, "You really are bold, bringing someone over from the realm of death."
"Sort of," Xia Er replied, glancing at Lei Mei Dai Si. "Are you familiar with the God of Death?"
"Not really. He's the new God of Death, a former professor at the Natural Academy," Lei Mei Dai Si shook her head.
The term "God of Death" left a deep impression on Xia Er.
When she faced a crisis of dehydration in Bo Lun City, the sealed object buried by Xie Lun in the underground sewer of the square, used to trigger a virus, was called "The Gaze of Death."
If that sealed object was made from the remains of the God of Death, then Xia Er could probably piece together what abilities the God of Death possessed.
His abilities surely included those of a "physician" and a "toxicologist," but aside from these two, there might be other powers at play.
However, from the future developments, it seemed the Land of Death did not survive the transition of eras, and there were no records of the Land of Death or the God of Death even in the Holy War Era.
Xia Er pondered for a moment and asked, "What do you know about the Abyss? Are you aware of the Eternal Silence's Herald, Mo Luo Si?"
"I know him, an ascendant whose faith collapsed," Lei Mei Dai Si nodded and replied. "Part of his remains is stored in the Natural Academy."
Xia Er: "Faith collapsed?"
"Yes," Lei Mei Dai Si confirmed, "He created the paths of light and darkness, spreading faith according to his own way, and was worshipped as a deity in that small world of the Abyss."
"Until he opened the path from the Abyss to the surface and couldn't accept the reality of the upper world, he destroyed the 'seed' and fell into madness."
Hearing this, Xia Er asked with some confusion, "What did he see?"
"He saw..." Lei Mei Dai Si paused for a moment before continuing, "the ascendant who kept him captive, who made him experiment with the 'Cocoon of Light.'"
Caged... Mo Luo Si?
Caging an ascendant?
The entire Abyss... is a breeding ground?
Xia Er frowned slightly, recalling the terrifying pressure she felt when she saw Mo Luo Si's corpse, a pressure that could drive anyone to madness, as if the emotions he experienced in life still lingered.
Xia Er vaguely sensed some key points.
"Aren't seeds supposed to grant abilities to the contractors? Why the need for experiments?" Xia Er inquired.
"Not a contract, but a symbiosis," Lei Mei Dai Si corrected Xia Er's misunderstanding. "How much authority one can draw from the seed depends entirely on the will of the symbiont."
"The process of collecting faith is also the process of merging with the seed... Aren't you a symbiont? Why don't you know this?"
At this point, Lei Mei Dai Si felt a hint of confusion.
This red-haired girl was clearly an ascendant who symbiotically coexisted with the seed; why did she seem to know nothing at all?
Xia Er didn't rush to respond to Lei Mei Dai Si; she was still digesting the information from the earlier conversation.
Coexisting with "uniqueness"... while collecting faith, drawing power from "uniqueness"?
It sounded like some kind of ritual, and one that couldn't be repeated if it failed...
But why did Lei Mei Dai Si get a second chance? She even remade her physical form?
If one could remake their physical form, then why did the ascendant who kept the Abyss need others to act as pioneers for experiments?
Was Lei Mei Dai Si special? Or... could anyone have a second chance before becoming an ascendant, a transcendent?
Moreover, this world had many "uniqueness" authorities... countless "seeds" held by different symbionts, all of whom considered themselves divine ascendants.
"Is everyone in this world using 'seeds' to gain the power of faith?" Xia Er didn't answer Lei Mei Dai Si's question but instead posed a doubt. "Does each different 'seed' represent a different path to divinity?"
"You can understand it that way," Lei Mei Dai Si nodded. "Atheists only exist within the tower; the outside world is filled with 'deities' and 'followers.'"
The story of Mo Luo Si in the Abyss, the God of the Dead's exploration of paths... the God of Death's harvesting of followers in the Land of Death...
"Has anyone succeeded? Fully merging with a 'seed'?" Xia Er looked up at Lei Mei Dai Si.
"Not yet," Lei Mei Dai Si shook her head, genuinely curious about why a person from the future was asking such basic questions.
Could there be some world-altering event in the future?
At this moment, Xia Er listened to Lei Mei Dai Si's response, her mind racing with thoughts.
No one has perfectly merged with a complete "uniqueness"... everyone is unaware of what true "ascendance" entails...
Xia Er couldn't grasp the relationship between "uniqueness" and "symbionts."
It seemed like a masterless entity with power and authority; as long as the inheritor collected enough faith and continuously transformed and evolved themselves to fit the "uniqueness," they could ultimately achieve divinity...
But thinking from another angle.
What if "uniqueness" isn't a symbiotic entity but a parasitic one... completely transforming the host into a vessel suitable for its descent through the power of faith... could I understand it this way?
And the "potions" and "reproduction rituals" of later generations are just attempts to replicate the paths and experiences of those ascendants and symbionts, constantly moving closer to "uniqueness"?
The whispers of "potions" are the murmurs of ascendants, and the pollution of potions is a step toward the form of "seed symbionts"...
Like moths drawn to a flame, following the light of the "reproduction ritual," they rush toward the fire one after another.
If the old days operated on such logic, then how did the tower establish itself in those times?
And who was it that caused the transition from the Age of Chaos to the Age of Holy War, trapping all ascendants in the other realm...
What was their purpose in doing so?
The more she learned, the more questions flooded Xia Er's mind; the closer she felt to the truth, the more fog obscured her path ahead.
"Let's return to the tower," Lei Mei Dai Si said, looking at Xia Er. She stood up and said, "Come with me; we need to talk."
Not just Lei Mei Dai Si, but Xia Er also had no desire to remain in the Land of Death for even a day longer. She was eager to resolve the doubts swirling in her mind, even putting aside the matter of killing Sa Da Na for the time being.
"Alright," Xia Er nodded.
She had no attachment to the Land of Death; converting believers and finding agents didn't necessarily have to happen there.
"Sa Le Si," Xia Er turned to the undead behind her and spoke in a tone of mourning, "I'm preparing to leave. Do you want to stay here, or come with me?"
"I..." Sa Le Si lowered her head and replied, "If you agree, I would like to follow you."
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