OBS Chapter 4036 The Fate of All Things
Chapter 4036 The Fate of All Things
Chapter 4036 The Fate of All Things
"Shad, what have you done?"
“I don’t know how to make the other’s ‘infinity’ collapse into ‘one’, but I know that I am unique, that I have the uniqueness of destiny, something you and Luvia have both said.”
Therefore, I tried to use my uniqueness to interfere with the other's infinity. It was simple: every time it appeared, I would use 'bloodline parasitism' to give it a portion of my spiritual and life force. Each possible death would significantly reduce the parasitism's effect, but fortunately, the essence of each possibility remained the same individual. So, after so many attempts, I finally accumulated enough bloodline to successfully control it.
Adele tried to help Shad up:
How much vitality did you give?
"It's hard to say. Don't worry, I'll recover immediately after I go back and take a few breaths."
He didn't let Adele help him up; he was only severely weakened, not truly seriously injured.
"Let's go see it."
The two walked through the sandstorm to the pile of blackish-red "mud." Professor Reinhardt's huge head was floating in the "mud," his eyes lifeless as if he were dead.
The bloodline forcibly corrupted its body, which wouldn't be so simple in reality. This was made possible by the power of the Tree Father, which forcefully suppressed the power of the apocalyptic evils that entered the plaza area; moreover, the opponent was a calamity of fate, not a calamity of creation.
"Actually, I only doubt whether this method is effective. Let's verify it now and see if any new professors will appear."
Shad raised his staff high, letting silver-white lightning dance across it, summoning the lightning spear as a "spiritual weapon."
"Goodbye, Professor Reinhardt!"
The lightning spear pierced the pale head, and at that moment, both Shad and Adele heard overlapping sighs. The sighs echoed continuously in the sandstorm, sounding close yet gradually fading into the distance until they completely dissipated in the wind.
After his head was pierced, "Mud" quickly turned to ashes in the yellow sand. Adele looked up again, but there was no new Professor Reinhardt in the distance; Shad had truly succeeded.
The head eventually turned to ashes in the crater created by the lightning spear, and at the bottom of the black staff, a brand new card appeared in the pile of ashes that had not yet been blown away.
But this time, when Shad bent down to pick up the cards, he unexpectedly discovered that there were other things in the ashes. The previous doomsday monsters never dropped anything else.
"Hmm? The Ring of Fate?"
The black ring lay silently in the sand. Adele, who also possessed the ability to interpret fate, spoke the meaning of that fate together with "her":
"The destiny of all things represents the infinite possibilities of destiny. Under normal circumstances, the holder is no longer bound by any so-called destiny."
But this was not a normal Ring of Fate. Although it had a specific meaning, fate itself had been completely distorted into error. In the real world, apart from the fate represented by Mr. Snake, Shad had never seen a Ring of Fate that had been permanently corrupted. As he carefully picked up the ring, Adele said:
"All destiny has become a mistake in this era. Do not try to use its power. It, like this world, is not something you should provoke."
"Yes, as I just said, the only thing that attracts me in this era is you."
Shad said with a smile, and Adele pursed her lips and playfully slapped him, but she was smiling.
Finally, Shad suggested:
"Then, seal this ring and bury it in the Snow Mountain Hall, next to Claire's mother's grave."
Adele's expression softened instantly, and she nodded gently, knowing that she had indeed made the right choice.
By touching the oil painting of "The Town of Doom, Kyle-Todd," the two once again traveled to the ruined town buried under the yellow sand. After returning to the snow mountain hall, which had been sealed by Adele's magic, the still somewhat weak Shad dug a grave next to the original burial site. Adele then sealed the power of "All Things" with a spell and placed it into the grave.
"And this too."
She took out the glasses and letter she had taken from Claire's mother's body last time, hesitated for a moment, and then put the glasses into the grave as well.
After burying the belongings, the two stood silently before the new tombstone for a moment before returning together to No. 6 Place Saint-Delan. At this time, Shad's condition was still quite poor. Although Adele knew that Shad would recover immediately once he left, she was still worried about him.
"What will the situation be like outside after you go back? Will there be anyone to take care of you?"
It is nighttime now.
Xia De was a little embarrassed:
"Luvia is at home."
Adele wasn't upset; on the contrary, she seemed much relieved.
"That's good. Annette won't let anything happen to you easily; she still needs you now."
She knew that Shad didn't have much time left, so she had him sit on the sofa and rest. She made tea with the supplies Shad had brought and also brought out some of the precious snacks. Time in the apocalyptic era was completely disordered, and only when Shad came was the flow of time somewhat normal, so Adele didn't care whether these things could be preserved, since everything here was meaningless.
"Then, let's continue our previous topic."
She forced Shad to eat two chocolate biscuits and a small cream cake, then wiped the cream off the corner of Shad's mouth with her finger, licked it herself, and said:
"Your two most important things recently are Vigo's mother and the 'Spark.' Almost everything else can be related to these two things. I can't help you with Vigo's mother's matter, but I know about the Spark. It's the core of this chosen one's story, and its status is equivalent to the snake's molt in the snow mountain."
"But on Fatumunst Island, almost everyone had a snake slough, but the source of fire..."
Just as Shad was about to say, "Only what I have and what the traitors have," he saw Adele's meaningful look and nodded knowingly.
“I’ve got it. It’s a pity I couldn’t bring my spark source with me, otherwise I could let you assess its stability.”
"Since it was manufactured using methods provided by Annat, there's no need to worry about its stability."
Adele continued:
"As for the chosen one this time, the information you have received from the church is all very accurate—duality, inanimate objects and flesh and blood are both paths, the necessity of reproduction, and the need to create something."
She clearly knew a lot about the "chosen ones," but couldn't tell Shad everything. After hesitating for a long time, she finally asked Shad:
Do you know what the most tragic thing is about living in the Sixth Age?
Shade shook his head, and Adele said softly:
"It is too tragic for a life to be born on the eve of the end of the world."
Xia De then thought of that phrase he had heard many times recently:
"The beginning of birth is the end?"
Adele nodded, but did not continue the conversation:
"There are also some things I'd like to remind you about, which concern life energy. I don't want to comment on the Church of the Righteous God's research on mechanical life, or the flesh-and-blood experiments conducted by numerous illegal organizations. What I want to talk to you about is life energy itself."
Every life yearns to exist longer; therefore, the thirst for life energy is an instinct etched into the flesh and soul of all intelligent life, and hunger is the manifestation of this instinct. You mentioned that when you draw out the normal life force, even Galina and the others felt a slight longing for it.
Normally, the desire to prolong life can motivate us to actively modify our environment and obtain sustenance, but in the story of creating the chosen one, this can lead to major problems. Anyone—yes, almost anyone—can be drawn to the embodiment of life energy, the spark of life.
Shad understood what Adele meant:
"But a distorted spark doesn't seem to make people think that way."
"That's just because the quantity isn't enough. Wouldn't a large enough number of sparks already attract Vigo and other spark sources?"
Shad nodded:
"Understood. I must also guard against mortals' greed for life."
Adele smiled:
"Yes, but you don't need to worry about being attracted for now. Your life energy is so vast, like the brightest moon in the night."
In the current apocalyptic era, due to the lack of many essential resources, maintaining and restoring physical health does not require too much attention to other aspects. Focusing on one's own life energy is basically sufficient.
Although the apocalypse has come, people can still create new powers. I don't know exactly who invented it, but this era has a new and wondrous technique that allows surviving superhumans to restore the purest life energy in even the dirtiest and most filthy places without consuming external substances.
She took Shad's hand, clearly intending to teach him this extraordinary skill:
"The most significant advantage of this extraordinary technique lies not in its restoration, but in the fact that the life energy restored is absolutely pure. This is especially important in the post-apocalyptic era; otherwise, one will become a monster craving life force. I hope you can learn this to prevent accidentally consuming unclean life force in the process of restoring your own life force."
Shad nodded:
"Then, Adele, please bestow upon me new power once more."
The Great Witch of Time smiled and then embraced Shad:
"Then please feel it carefully~"
She extended her fingers towards Shad, and bit Shad's right index finger herself. As they simultaneously bit each other's fingers and sucked blood, their life energies briefly established a complete circuit. Adele's soul propelled her own life energy to surge, allowing Shad to perceive the most primal rhythm of life.