Chapter 644
The buzzing sound echoed once more, and that green brain, along with the outstretched right hand of Sha'er, was directly erased! It was as if the fingers of Sha'er’s right hand had never existed, vanishing from her grasp... without a hint of pain.
“Zzzz—”
A high-pitched, insect-like screech erupted from the throat of Lei Mei Dai Si.
The shadow beneath her dark robe no longer held back; black tendrils erupted from the depths of her cloak like a volcanic explosion, some wrapping around Sha'er’s body, dragging her closer.
Other tendrils surged toward the sea to the right, like arrows released from a bow.
The frenzied tendrils tore through the air and crashed into the ocean, while Lei Mei Dai Si stared blankly at the dark waters. Yet, in the next moment, a flicker of confusion crossed her face.
It seemed she had forgotten what she intended to do and why she had attacked the water’s surface.
Wrapped in the tendrils, Sha'er’s body flickered, her gaze filled with bewilderment as she looked at her right hand.
She felt as if she had never had those four fingers, even growing accustomed to their absence... but deep inside, a hint of confusion lingered.
After a brief moment of stillness, time resumed, and Sha'er’s form slipped free from Lei Mei Dai Si’s grasp, flashing back to the spot where she had stood fifteen seconds earlier, her wound already healed.
In that instant of rewind, all the effects of the previous attack vanished from Sha'er’s mind, and she almost immediately realized.
It was His minion!
What Sadana had left behind was deemed impactful by Him... and He had directly erased it!
“Lei Mei Dai Si! There’s an enemy!” Noticing that Lei Mei Dai Si had also fallen into confusion, Sha'er quickly called out.
The enemy had swiftly erased His own presence after launching the attack, likely the reason for Lei Mei Dai Si’s bewilderment.
Buzz—
The buzzing sound returned, but this time, it was not directed at Sha'er and Lei Mei Dai Si.
The blood-red light of Sadana’s eyes, which had illuminated the sea above them, extinguished with the sound of the buzz.
Sha'er and Lei Mei Dai Si quickly looked up, and in Lei Mei Dai Si’s increasingly panicked gaze, they saw Sadana’s massive form, seemingly sliced in half, a vast, smooth fissure appearing in the middle.
Not just Sadana’s life force, but even the aura of “uniqueness” dissipated in that moment.
After a brief moment of rigidity, Sadana’s colossal body crashed to the ground, and at that moment, the spiritual alarm ringing in Sha'er’s mind gradually faded away.
In an instant, Sadana was erased before their eyes, his core of life, along with his “uniqueness,” wiped away as if he had never existed.
The torrential rain that had been halted by Sadana now poured down once more, and the collapse of his body sent a storm sweeping toward Sha'er and Lei Mei Dai Si.
Without the support of the core alchemical device, Sadana’s massive form began to disintegrate rapidly, blood and flesh melting into a crimson tide that spread across the sea, carried by currents and waves toward the harbor.
The blood was washed ashore in wave after wave, leaving behind not only remnants of Sadana’s blood but also mutated and dead marine life, tainted by the blood.
“Tap... tap?”
In the downpour, Lei Mei Dai Si stood frozen, staring at the dissolving mound of flesh before her, a look of confusion on her face.
She seemed unable to comprehend why Sadana, who had been perfectly fine just moments ago, had suddenly split in two and begun to self-destruct...
She didn’t even remember that Sadana had once offered a green brain.
All that information had been erased, consumed in the process.
Only Sha'er remained, her expression grave as she surveyed everything before her, rain mingling with blood washing over her.
There was no anger or fear on her face, only a calmness and contemplation aided by her rational mind.
Lei Mei Dai Si had forgotten everything that had just been erased, even how Sadana had sustained a fatal injury moments ago...
But Sha'er remembered everything.
It wasn’t the power of the “Echo of Time”; after the “Echo of Time” ended, Sadana was attacked, and she could still recall it.
When the attack didn’t directly affect her, everything He erased remained in Sha'er’s memory...
Just like how everyone in the previous simulation forgot about Li Qi, but Sha'er still remembered...
Why didn’t He kill her?
With His power, it should have been easy for Him to erase her...
Unless... He didn’t want to erase her.
Across the world, the “Crimson Bacteria” that Sha'er had unleashed was likely still wreaking havoc, plunging at least this continent into chaos.
Sha'er had indeed intended to draw out His minions through widespread loss of life... but in the end, it was Sadana, who had wanted to convey information, that was attacked.
He didn’t want to kill Sha'er... or rather, from the last experience, He already knew that killing Sha'er would serve no purpose and could even trigger a reset...
The information from those minions... was it interconnected to some extent?
Were they different entities? Or was there only one existence all along?
Why?
A question blossomed in Sha'er’s mind.
Why did they seem so... inexperienced?
If their information could be shared, Sha'er’s previous reasoning had already proven that this cycle could have repeated countless times...
In the earlier cycles, they should have found Sha'er and attempted to kill her... they wouldn’t make such a basic mistake, using her sister Li Qi to lure her into a trap, revealing the existence of a god born from the future.
Unless...
During a reset, for some reason, the information retained by those minions would also be reset...
No wonder they were so averse to a reset...
Sha'er had originally thought she was in the light while they were in the dark, but now it seemed that she and they were on the same starting line.
They possessed a kind of extraordinary power governed by rules that Sha'er could not yet decipher, and they could perfectly conceal themselves, ready to strike at any moment.
But Sha'er had the ability to see through their extraordinary powers, the ability to flip the table and start over, the ability to make them unable to distinguish which of the countless timelines was real...
In their eyes, even though she stood right under their noses, she was still in the dark, indistinguishable from any other.
They weren’t in a hurry to kill Sha'er; they simply wanted time to pass quickly until the day of divine descent.
The actions of those minions just now were enough to prove that Sha'er’s unleashing of the virus in reality had no impact on the future... but the information Sadana provided held significant weight.
That’s why they didn’t even bother to act, directly erasing the defenseless Sadana before Sha'er’s eyes.
They had weaknesses too... they were not invincible...
“Sha'er...”
Following the voice, Sha'er turned to see Lei Mei Dai Si, who had been standing beside her, looking somewhat helpless, her pupils trembling slightly.
“Save... her...”
“Sha'er...”
Sha'er looked at Lei Mei Dai Si, slowly extending her hand to rest on her shoulder.
“It’s okay, she’s not dead.” Sha'er’s tone remained calm.
Perhaps it was this calmness that brought some comfort to Lei Mei Dai Si, as her emotions gradually stabilized. After casting one last glance toward Sadana’s direction, the shadows around her began to stir.
The shadow beneath Sha'er’s feet enveloped her, and in the next moment, Sha'er’s figure was expelled from a shadow at the edge of the cliff.
This was the site of the earlier spiritual summoning ritual.
Having just unleashed her power in a full-force attack, Lei Mei Dai Si seemed to have exhausted a significant amount of her strength to remain in reality, and her body began to disintegrate at an alarming rate.
“Go back, Lei Mei Dai Si.” Sha'er looked at her and spoke.
“Save... her...” Lei Mei Dai Si looked up at Sha'er, half of her cheek already dissipating into black mist, yet she still did not leave, seemingly waiting for an answer.
“I will.” Sha'er nodded gently at Lei Mei Dai Si.
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