Doomsday Jigsaw Puzzle

Chapter 263: Chapter 67: A World Where Only Liu Hu is not a 25er

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Discussing the disappearance of Shen Ta, Silly Lili wants to see him.

The dwelling of the euphonious Sister Ruan has shrunk, moving forward into the white fog.

To investigate the situation, he planned his next departure from the front of the tower. The frequent exits from the tower were due to the dense white fog that left no time for consideration inside the tower.

Or perhaps some connection with the high tower drives people to madness...

Twisted faith can drive people to commit acts of insanity. Twisted times will create twisted faith.

Just by dispelling the blinding faith, but not only through non-traditional science, can one construct a sealed belief around such a strange phenomenon as Divine Lake.

This exit from the tower made Reincarnation think of one person.

It might just solve one of his troubling issues: what the twists mean outside the tower, why does the high tower exist, and perhaps there is an answer one day.

If the answer lies outside the tower, then it was fundamentally wrong to think it was all just a mere coincidence. Various signs clearly indicate that this leg of his own journey was just the beginning of a death march.

Reincarnation felt oddly unsettled in his heart when he thought about that one name listed in Wang Hai’s Spiritual Possession department’s phone directory.

After all, he was the very person who met his father day after day in this world, moving further back in time.

"...although he is my true soul, that’s not just an obsession of mine..."

It could be a certain action that had something to do with his father, he guessed.

But this event was certainly unexpected. He felt an abrupt flash of rage, indicative of his longstanding death.

There was something peculiar about Reincarnation’s expressions.

He was even more willing to believe in Reincarnation.

Although Wang Hai expected that Fifth Level wouldn’t demand the board and hoped to come out verbally, he had to think twice. Even the mere mention of it gave him a sense of danger, but that was only a feeling that had occurred to him.

Reincarnation did not conceal anything about Fifth Level. "Yes," he said.

"But could the full moon shard indeed bring you back to life, when what actually happened was that you really died in that queue?"

The investigation team was a part of the army. Second Level of the high tower.

...

...

The perimeter was entirely twenty-five. Liu Hu stood firmly on his ground, the only person among the three groups of so-called surveillance walkers.

If the course of events changes tremendously, Liu Hu would most likely sympathize significantly with him.

He needed to be quiet for a while because he was in the midst of transformation, mostly due to the memories he was trying to recall.

Jiaxie did not report in detail the full strength of Reincarnation and Fifth Level nor confirm its accuracy, as he had not informed the banquet of his own accord.

Attempting to help Reincarnation, Jiaxie planned this, well aware that he was unacquainted with Chu Qing.

Chu Qing just tried to help Reincarnation by probing Jiaxie during this exchange.

Chu Qing had already become half an ally to Reincarnation, as he had been summoned by Elder Jiaxie, and he admired Reincarnation’s extraordinary power.

"You’ll see, whether or not you want to report it. They are quite interested in you, but it’s merely a sense of fun to me, even though I should not even be aware of it. Liu Hu remains unconscious, not realizing; I am not Wang after all."

"So then, you would report it?"

"Definitely not."

"Would it not be advantageous or at least harmless to report it, according to what you from Jiaxie’s say about Qing Valley and Reincarnation?" ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

"That is indeed the truth."

"They are another group altogether. Jiaxie has nothing to do and no interest in the external forces of the tower that associate with your group, as far as I know."

The cold silence and rational aloofness seemed to be his natural state during the feast, there was no sign of resentment or aggression, only the high tower he returned to at this moment.

But his sister was already dead.

He had a sister, and having already thought of some matters, he began to reminisce.

At the very least, his own memories didn’t need to be wiped clean; to Shen Ta, it was actually a good thing that the betting hall had been destroyed.

"They have already proven the reality of their life force... their next move is evident now that they’ve destroyed the upper echelons," Shen Ta said to himself, "To find the root cause of the life hall’s destruction, we have been sent by the higher-ups. Why do you seek revenge, Liu Hu? Only with people like us, close to the jade of Green Valley and White Mist, clearly visible, can you report on whatever matter you choose."

Jiaxie spoke as he descended the ladder from the fourth level, heading towards the fifth level. Shen Ta and Jiaxie were moving forward to the fifth level.

Meanwhile, Xuan Jiang indicated that he would take a stroll to the first level, as White Mist and Wu Ji were immediately heading towards the second level.

He had already thought well on crafting the follow-up investigation report.

With Shen Ta waiting at the top this time, neither White Mist nor Wu Ji were the focal points anymore.

Attracting the attention of everyone once again, a person from the high tower emerged from the bottom level, shrouded in the red glow of mysterious significance, their adversary’s strength of presence already powerful beyond the ordinary.

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...

As if he had given them a sign during his departure from this world.

Erleipu had not popped up a dialog box and had not had any sort of exploratory behavior in the overall network area during his time of departure.

Several people continued to activate the "Reincarnation" wheel after concluding their journey to this Divine Lake tour.

"There also won’t be any tight security. No issue."

It seemed as though Shen Ta was looking down at Liu Hu with an extraordinary level of dissatisfaction, as if he was under the surveillance of the Monitoring Group.

Shen Ta pointed at White Mist.

"Wouldn’t it be best to let him go back to where he came from, with no incident?"

Considering that he, at his peak of strength, was stronger than the ruler of the Sixth Level, it was imperative for him to move forward, incognito, towards Shen Ta of the high tower. Only Shen Ta possessed both pieces of the "wheel plate," which meant he could wield control over so many rulers in his hand.

This affair would help White Mist to reassess Shen Ta yet again; the area bathed in the red glow remained undisturbed.

At the very least, they didn’t come across a single "wheel plate" in their hands; this was a good piece of news for the Seven Great Families, as White Mist felt somewhat reassured, not quite believing in Shen Ta’s temper and spirit.

The significance wasn’t that great; this thing might have only seven out of ten parts, perhaps fewer than seven.

If, as Shen Ta had put it, just one person held a piece of the "wheel plate" in their hand, the entire map of the tower might as well have been completed already.

"The significance isn’t that great, and although this thing is valuable, there is more than one of it. Naturally, you own the ’wheel plate’; since she gifted it to you, it’s rightfully yours," said Shen Ta.

"Wouldn’t you be tempted to steal my ’wheel plate’?" asked White Mist.

White Mist replied, "It’s also a suitable asset to exploit." ’

"The ’Reincarnation’ wheel plates are rare indeed, with each major family holding just one. They’re the basis of our many years of guarantees; each family guarantees their own through substitution, with the House of Clocks handing over an array piece periodically. But that doesn’t mean anyone can outright refuse a request from another family to use theirs," said Shen Ta.

"Doesn’t your family have one, excluding the House of Clocks?"

At this point, only Xie Jing was knowledgeable about this event among the people in the know; the House of Clocks had already perished, with even Zhou Xu falling, and Clock Snow being their contact.

"We have come through the House of Clocks, though you wouldn’t have seen this thing... but that’s what you say, isn’t it?"

He listened to Shen Ta’s words while keeping a few pieces hidden. This revealed that the Seven Great Families were not powerful enough to keep all four remaining pieces.

Even though Clock House had one piece still in its hands and Shen Ta had one in his, two pieces were now in the hands of the possessors. White Mist pondered.

"But this thing only had seven pieces to begin with, according to the records from seven hundred years ago. They were all in the Fifth Level of the high tower. As the high rulers became fewer and fewer, only some took it away with them when they left. The ’Reincarnation’ wheel plates would be able to guide humans in their exploration of the tower’s external map, perfecting it even further. If one has it, they can overlook the three-day rule and leave the tower at will, moving forward to the past world from the outer tower. Only then can it be unrestricted travel; without it, one normally can’t leave the foundation levels for long intervals."

: Yan couldn’t hide it at the banquet. freёwebnovel.com

"Isn’t it useless to talk about the entanglement of the Reincarnation’s affair?" Bai Wu proposed in a timely manner.

Yinyin’s potential power was great indeed, and could’ve been directly taken over by her with nothing but resentment, but nothing of her true nature was seen, not even a glimpse of red.

In this place, there was none who could stand equal to Yinyin; among the many disciples, it was actually jealousy of Bai Wu that was stronger. It was truly here that he assumed the identity of Xuan Jiang.

Yan’s own banquet was also good, and even though Liu Qing, this girl, was very dangerous, even to the point of being comparable to Shen Ta, Jiaxie eventually backed down knowing the situation.

But, after absorbing the resentful energy from Divine Lake, Yinyin’s aura changed to have a few oddities, though she appeared to be quite harmless.

Yet, every pair of eyes carried disdain looking at her as she was left holding the gas sphere, but Yinyin couldn’t care less.

One wouldn’t say such domineering words, especially not from a little girl who greatly differed in aura.

"I don’t care what you are, I’m doing this for my big brother, you better not deceive and let down my brother; otherwise, you won’t get out of Shen Ta, not unless you’re at the ends of the heavens and the sea, I will also chase to kill you," she declared.

Bai Wu said, matching Yinyin’s audacious tone, "Red Heart Divine Lead."

He could at this moment think that Bai Wu was completely recognizing Yinyin as an evil being; he could destroy an entire group by himself, being such a terror.

It was not only that Yinyin cleared away the negative emotions and evil thoughts invading his body, but having the banquet in Yinyin’s presence gave Bai Wu slightly more favorable feelings towards her, no longer seeing her as utterly evil.

But Yan still frowned, thinking that now, within this place, what is more fearsome than Divine Lake might still exist; although he had resolved the issue with Divine Lake himself, he seemed to almost forget the whole event.

"You shouldn’t ask me why do I recognize the evil beings, when you’re bringing me this ’thing,’ I would only know about this ’thing’ and start mess with Reincarnation," he said.

"That’s exactly what you should know."

"Well, we’re clear, but even though you saved me, I never thought of clinging to you. I’m just a lowlife from the bottom, so be it," Yinyin remarked.

Bai Wu naturally had no expectations of her.

Yan really didn’t want to get Bai Wu involved in a battle just to get the two of them closer.

"There’s no need to go so far as to stand up for me just because I helped you previously. That was a one-time event," he stated firmly.

"Ah, but just now we were shoulder-to-shoulder in battle, real comrades, and suddenly you’re questioning me now," Bai Wu observed.

Yan remained silent.

It was Bai Wu who was lingering over the Reincarnation affair, after all.

Yan’s eyes flashed with a hint of excitement—how would Bai Wu wrap things up? He was very curious.

"Since you guys know her and recognize this area, then why did you come to this zone? It can’t be that you passed through the stone tablet by chance and had this area just randomly transmitted to you, right?" asked Lin Haigu, his mind not settled on reporting these incidents to the authorities just yet, but rather explaining another matter.

He would still need to observe these two more to be certain of their situation; for now, it was just a preliminary look.

It was very possible that Bai Wu and Fifth Level had already explored the red zone enough to have real power.

Yan had already made a certain recognition during his investigation.

Though Liu Hu didn’t reveal himself as obviously as the "lower-ranked warriors" like Fifth Level and Bai Wu, Yan wasn’t taken aback by them initially.

It was, after all, to investigate some matter. To verify the authenticity of the fourth level sub-controls was indeed the initial intent of the supervisory team.

"There’s a problem with the army’s investigation team, our supervisory team this time?" said Yan, glancing at Fifth Level.

Yan couldn’t believe it; Liu Hu was still in this place, and the party had very quickly returned to the village entrance.

Bai Wu had no more doubts.

"Hmm, being here is just like a dream, it looks like a long dream when looking back, but in reality, it might just be an hour or a short half an hour, even much shorter," he mused.

"Time does pass very slowly indeed, but looks to go by very quickly in the world we came from," replied Fifth Level, confirming that he wasn’t Yinyin. "Not four hours," she answered.

"Have we been staying in this place for too long?"

The white fog hasn’t leaped over that piece of Divine Lake.... Perhaps the Fifth Level is still exhibiting some matters that need to be waited out and returned to.

Mechanism City is a convergence of various twisted entities as one body.

Encountering the strange vast domains within the white fog is a given. The largest area heard of so far should be Mechanism City.

Amusement parks, casinos, resorts, phone booths... all incredibly vast,

but the areas actually encompassed by the white fog are still very small, seemingly cut off for now.

And yet, it’s even more vast...

One can only imagine the required irregularities for domains that delve deeper into the Well—a place like Divine Lake could naturally be created if that’s merely the outermost boundary.

There will be an opportunity to explore slowly later, as this place has already been recorded by Reincarnation, signifying a certain direction, not entirely unknown.

Indeed, it seems to be the path leading to the Well, the outlying areas of the village. Observing him, the white fog remains unable to articulate his true inner thoughts.

"Hmm, Divine Lake is essentially according to the likeness of Bai Lu—an early incarnation of evil. I’m currently investigating outside of Shen Ta, but Bai Lu has appeared too early, it’s time,"

"Do you recognize it only as White Deer?"

Fifth Level asked.

"In that lake on the other side, there has never been a White Deer, while we have ceaselessly undergone death, forever present in this world; I’ve never had it since I arrived here."

"Only that White Deer has appeared?"

Suddenly wondering, Bai Lu gazed at the palm trees while facing the lake.

Hong Yin didn’t say anything more, just nodded her head.

This village itself didn’t have any living creatures; it was as if all the people had dressed up to enter this world today,

Yet, in the village, there were traces of someone else’s presence—Hong Yin thought it might have been nostalgia that brought her to this place...

One after another, Bai Lu would completely eradicate any vestiges of evil in Bai Chuan City, with the help of these people; Hong Yin, Sharp Forest, Nie Chongshan, Lin Haigu, and others, but the white fog still had faith.

A great calamity in Bai Chuan City on that day of disaster turned it into a severely affected area. The White Fog wanted to gather all the people together in Bai Chuan City.

This was an invitation to her brother, Hong Yin realized. The White Fog never divulged too many details, just assumed the role of a host during the banquet.

"They’ve finally come looking for you, which is just fine; we need the time,"

"Only by slowly assimilating them can we truly have the power to absorb all these resentful spirits,"

Hong Yin nodded.

Of course, to Bai Lu, Hong Yin is also someone worth protecting.

Although Xiao Hei might not make the same mistake next time, Xiao Hong had already committed one error this time, and her red dress had already turned half black.

"Do you still need some time to absorb the strength of Divine Lake?"

White Fog said, displaying a reluctance to part with Hong Yin.

Fifth Level said, "We should go back."

The fact that the team leader is still alive is an important matter, regardless of the association with the accusations; he would surely speak out about his own process, relieving his concerns very quickly.

White Fog paid attention to Hong Yin’s expressions, guessing that she might still be able to make some sort of move.

With a smile, Fifth Level said, "At any rate, I’m not the one responsible for an entire area of water mist this time during our exploration."

Although the flesh remained unharmed, a group of resentful spirits had already been absorbed entirely by his soul.

He had already died away, protecting himself... He could very clearly remember that this was the team leader.

Outside of Shen Ta, the team leader would demonstrate his combative prowess, being the only one different from the previous meticulous preparations and watchful eyes—he looked at the team leader.

White Fog became even more twistily afflicted with negative emotions, as if dealing once more with the innermost red room door matters.