Doomsday Jigsaw Puzzle

Chapter 519: Chapter 136: Changes in the World

Outside the Mist.

Jing Er, Hong Yin, and White Deer followed the traces left by the Evil Fallen, passing through Evil Fallen City.

Feeling the presence in the area, Jing Er said,

"There’s a familiar aura here, it seems to come from my elder brother."

The balloon that Hong Yin was holding could now sense resentment. With furrowed brows, the young girl said,

"A very terrifying creature was born here, I can feel the fear and anger pervading the surroundings."

Evil Fallen City was not their destination, so the two of them, along with the deer, continued forward.

The closer they got to the site of the former battlefield, the more alarmed they became.

Many areas they passed were warped to a degree comparable to Inside the Mist, and Jing Er had begun to understand what had happened.

Upon finally reaching the battlefield and seeing the widespread devastation, Jing Er brought his hands together in prayer: freēwēbnovel.com

"We are too late."

"Why?" Hong Yin didn’t understand.

Only a day had passed since the great battle ended.

The scent of blood still lingered on the battlefield, along with traces of battle left by powerful beings.

The sky was overcast, and Jing Er, looking up, said,

"The High Tower is gone, the god... has emerged. Everything is over, and humanity has failed. Hong Yin, although I am starting to question the gods, for beings like you who oppose them, everything has ended."

Hong Yin still didn’t understand.

Jing Er began to predict what would happen next:

"Perhaps the god will leave some humans for some reason, but he will certainly try his hardest to kill those who entered the High Tower."

"So the emergence of the god... does not mean he can instantly kill everyone?" Hong Yin asked calmly.

Jing Er paused, then nodded.

In his subconscious, the god was omnipotent, almost a fixture in his mind.

But Hong Yin was right, Jing Er realized that the god had not yet become so powerful that he could instantly kill everything.

Hong Yin still had a stern expression, clearly displeased:

"So isn’t that settled? Since you say he will try his hardest to kill, it means there is a difference between difficult and easy tasks for the god."

"If there are difficulties, it means that there are things in this world that are very hard for him to do, and his powers are not infinite. Otherwise, killing one person or killing everyone should be of the same difficulty for him."

Jing Er was completely stunned, not expecting Hong Yin to be so logical now.

White Deer seemed lackluster on the side. It had grown accustomed to scenes of the monk being lectured by the young girl.

Even though this monk... was frighteningly powerful.

Hong Yin was not afraid of Jing Er, not because of Jing Er’s Buddhist nature, but because Jing Er had hurt Bai Wu.

Anyone who was an enemy of Bai Wu, Hong Yin would not fear.

However, over the past few days with Jing Er, she indeed saw him in a new light.

From the initial disgust and loathing, she had come to a point where they could communicate with each other.

Jing Er sighed and said,

"Even so, a god is still a god, possessing power that no creature can match. Add to that my elder brother, the two of them will not give humanity any chance to breathe."

"Only you have a brother? Your brother is no match to mine," Hong Yin retorted.

Hong Yin didn’t know how Bai Wu was doing; although the last time she saw him, he had grown much stronger, he was still not on the level of the Well Level beings.

But Hong Yin firmly believed that Bai Wu would surpass those Well Level creatures.

To this, Jing Er made no objections:

"Bai Wu is indeed interesting, containing possibilities in him that I cannot see through. There is no longer a need to remain here, let’s go."

"What about the High Tower?" Hong Yin suddenly asked, looking into the distance, where only the salty breeze from the West Coast reached them.

Not long ago, a colossal structure indeed towered here.

But now, it had vanished.

From Jing Yi to Jing Liu, all could sense the appearance of the High Tower.

It was precisely because the High Tower appeared that Jing Er believed the gods could possibly make an appearance, and he wanted to consult the gods on some questions.

But now, he couldn’t sense the aura of the High Tower.

"Was it destroyed?" Hong Yin was very concerned.

Jing Er shook his head:

"The High Tower isn’t that easily destroyed, but the High Tower... is no longer the high rise that humans can live in."

"I have always suspected something."

"What is it?"

"The High Tower actually leads to somewhere."

Hong Yin widened her eyes as she stared at Jing Er, she could understand him dressing like a dead old monk, but why did he also have to speak like one?

Jing Er realized that he should be more direct when speaking with Hong Yin:

"I’m just speculating, the High Tower isn’t simple. An area that even the Wells can’t affect, isolation from the Twisted... is very absolute and has a high degree of fault tolerance."

"For instance, even powerful beings like us would disintegrate in an instant upon entering the High Tower..."

"We wouldn’t even be able to get in. Upon touching the human’s return device, and as the device activates and begins the process of spatial transposition, we would suffer devastating blows."

"Of course, we wouldn’t die."

This conversation actually represented that within the six Well Levels, at least some had tried entering the High Tower using human methods.

But undoubtedly—it had failed.

As for whether it was Jing Er, Jing San, Jing Wu, or Jing Yi who had tried, Jing Er didn’t say.

"So for us, the High Tower can isolate all of the Evil Fallen’s aura, but as far as I know... very few individuals can wield the power of the Evil Fallen, such as the Semi-Evil Fallen, such as the actions of some special Sequences."

"Even Bai Wu who drank from the Well Water... These people can enter the High Tower without triggering any reaction from it."

Hong Yin now heard the key point:

"The High Tower’s purification mechanism is very special, and you believe—that the High Tower doesn’t completely repel the Evil Fallen. But your god..."

Jing Er shook his head:

"The god has not been purified away, which proves my point is correct. It means that on a certain level of the High Tower, the Evil Fallen can actually survive."

Hong Yin couldn’t help but laugh at one thing:

"You have never entered the High Tower, nor have you even seen it, and neither have I. The two of us who don’t know what the High Tower actually is, discussing the High Tower—aren’t we just talking into the air? Perhaps my brother would know more about these things."

Under the dimming sky, Jing Er’s eyes flickered with compassion.

Despite Hong Yin’s apparent hopes for Bai Wu, in Jing Er’s view, Bai Wu most likely had already... met with misfortune.

"I’ve seen the High Tower, in my memory, or rather, in the process of my incubation. Ever since then, I have felt that the High Tower is endless, like a passageway."

"Since that time, I have thought that the tower might lead to somewhere."

Hong Yin looked at Jing Er with some amazement, probably not expecting the monk to have such an imagination.

The balloon swayed in the wind, countless evil eyes hidden within, because of these days with Jing Er, those originally fearful looks had once again become the spine-chilling gazes of the past.

"Where should we go now?"

"Back to where we came from."

"After all this trouble to get here, we’re going back?" Hong Yin wasn’t satisfied with the answer.

But Jing Er said:

"The world is about to undergo a huge change, the concentration of the Twisted will become higher everywhere. The Evil Fallen will also become more and more powerful."

"Only the regions where Wells are located are safe, but I’m not asking you to go to a safe place. Rather, it’s to find a Well because with the coming of the gods, the Wells will likely undergo some sort of change. Perhaps there we can learn what has happened, and what is about to happen."

Jing Er led the White Deer back the way they came.

Hong Yin looked into the distance, where the world had nothing but desolation and deathly stillness.

Occasionally, she could sense the presence of the Evil Fallen, they were frightened and lying in wait.

Perhaps before long, the world would transform into a thoroughly Twisted world.

Suddenly, she felt concerned for Bai Wu.

...

...

Inside the Mist, the farm.

The massive high walls shattered, and innumerable black mists spread into the farm.

All the children who came into contact with the black mist turned into the Evil Fallen.

What used to be grasslands, a chapel, and a rest tower, now only ruins remain.

Among the entire farm, only Farm No. 7 could still be considered normal.

Because the chapel of Farm No. 7 was the resurrection site of Jing Yi.

Jing Yi’s body was shattered, his original visage marred by countless fractures.

Not long before, he was crossed by a mysterious bald man, who covered immense distances in a blink and appeared right next to him and Jing Si.

Then, under an irresistible force... he was easily defeated.

As for Jing Si, in Jing Yi’s view, he probably didn’t fare much better; after all, no matter how strong Jing Si was, he surely couldn’t compare to that bald man.

It was an unimaginable level of power.

Jing Yi knew it would take a very long time to fully recover, but in the end, the High Tower disappeared.

His ultimate purpose had been achieved.

Through the connection with Jing Yu, Jing Yi knew that the Twisted Master had descended upon the human world.

His mission was thus nearly complete.

As for the current chaos of the farm, Jing Yi didn’t care.

Outside the chapel, a familiar voice— a woman’s voice— could be heard:

"I’m back."

"Hmm, I’m injured. I will leave everything about the farm in your hands."

"I’ve brought a friend back with me."

"A friend?"

If Jing Yi weren’t so weakened now, he would have definitely chosen to take a look at Dong Nianyu’s friend.

Outside the chapel, speaking with Jing Yi, was indeed Dong Nianyu.

"Not exactly, just think of it as a toy. Woman, the farm is in need of people, isn’t it?"

Hearing this, Jing Yi felt somewhat reassured, and he gave his order:

"Clear out all the children who have been affected by the black mist and turned into the Evil Fallen; before my lord returns, the farm must be as it once was. As for the children... in Sanchez City, where humans dwell, there are many who are willing to sell their own children and reproductive abilities."

Dong Nianyu knew of this plan, the so-called "my lord" was the monster in the High Tower.

She wasn’t sure why the monster from the High Tower hadn’t appeared at the farm.

But what she did know was that Bai Wu was very likely dead already.

She had to consider whether the promise Bai Wu made to her could still be fulfilled?

Should she tell Jing Yi that the so-called friend, or whatever, was actually one of Bai Wu’s two undercovers?

Dong Nianyu was slightly torn for a moment but eventually decided not to spill everything.

"Is there anything else?"

"That’s all. I’ll take care of everything."

Dong Nianyu left.

In the end, she made her choice, believing that one day she would definitely see Bai Yuan.

The old grudges from seven hundred years ago must come to a clear resolution.

...

...

Outside the mist, the polar seas.

Initially, the Ark was not an icebreaker, but its massive size indeed allowed it to voyage through the ice seas.

In two days’ time, departing from the harbor of the West Coast of Meinan, the Ark aimed to head towards a place with fewer humans as much as possible.

The extremely low temperature was biting, but the Evil Fallen that filled the ship adapted well to various extreme climates.

And the humans who had boarded not long ago, who were the elite from the High Tower, were similarly resistant to extreme temperatures.

On the deck, Wen Hao faced the blizzard, feeling the chill of the far north, behind him no longer stood the Three Great Commanders of Calamity, disease, and human disaster.

Gu Qingyu’s attire had changed; the polar region knew only bitter winter weather, so he wrapped himself in a scarf.

In the cold wind, one end of the scarf kept fluttering, with a long knife and a short knife both at his waist, his figure looked very lonely.

He indeed felt very lonely.

In the final battle, almost everyone had headed for the Ark.

Although the High Tower had been destroyed, Wen Hao was confident he could avoid the Twisted Master.

Perhaps humanity still had a chance to build its own civilization, with the Ark on the sea and the refuges Inside the Mist offering people a chance to breathe and recover.

But such an opportunity did not belong to Bai Wu and Li You.

Not long ago, humanity had evacuated from the perimeter of the High Tower, and with the help of Qian Yixin, everyone had successfully reached the West Coast.

Only Li You and Bai Wu... were cut off.

Wu Jiu had a certain sensing ability with Li You, but for some reason, the last thing that reached Wu Jiu’s mind—was a farewell from Li You.

"Our relationship has been dissolved, do not linger on me."

He and Li You were supposed to be linked in the senses; if Li You died, he was to die as well.

Logically, as long as he was alive, it meant Li You was also alive.

But Wu Jiu did not feel such confidence now.

Because he felt as if he had been completely cut off from Li You. The last words Li You left in his consciousness—made Wu Jiu unable to stop thinking in that direction.

A rule more powerful than Myriad Forms Doomsday Shape had dissolved their contract of Myriad Forms Doomsday Shape. freewēbnoveℓ.com

He had become a free individual.

But Wu Jiu’s heart was heavy.

Bai Wu and Li You had very likely met with misfortune. No one could survive facing the Tower Monster.

A person who says, "do not forget me," is often forgotten.

A person who utters "do not linger on me" is often the one people hold dear.

"Where is the place we’re headed to next? You asked me to come here, what do you want to tell me?"

Wu Jiu shook his head. The cold wind couldn’t stop him from missing those from the past, and he could only try to distract himself with a different subject.

"Not long ago, Bai actually came to see me and solved a very tricky problem in this cruise ship."

"He left some memories, in a place where memories are stored. There, I encountered the owner of that place, a girl who speaks in contradictions."

"She knew everything. When I entered that place... well, it’s not appropriate to call it a forbidden area now, let’s call it the Memory Palace, after I entered the Memory Palace, she found me."

Wen Hao looked at Wu Jiu:

"At the same time, she also allowed me to enter Bai’s memories and look up some things. In Bai’s memories, many people were actually insignificant, but you were different."

"So, in the days without Bai, I will consult with you. This ship doesn’t have a deputy captain, but now, you are the deputy captain of this ship."

Wu Jiu was taken aback, "You trust me so much?"

"Doing so would allow the humans to integrate quickly, my crew, your friends, need to come together as soon as possible."

"I trust the person whom Bai trusts. Perhaps the world entered an era of distortion from the moment a monster emerged from the High Tower, a new era entirely."

"But Bai will certainly come back to end it all."

"They might have already died," Wu Jiu said.

Wen Hao remained unfazed:

"Perhaps you and Bai have gone through many life-and-death experiences and know him better than I, which is why you get distraught."

"You don’t?" asked Wu Jiu in return.

"I don’t, you cannot understand my feelings when I saw Bai again after seven hundred years, nor can you understand how I felt after he resolved the crisis in the forbidden area by himself."

A child, about to be abandoned by his parents, but because of a stranger’s ticket, forged a legendary life.

Through this process, he gradually became powerful, earned respect, and faced insurmountable challenges.

But fate made him meet that stranger once more, and the latter helped him again.

This sense of destiny made Wen Hao have the utmost fondness for the stranger.

Wen Hao, facing the icy sea breeze of the Arctic, said boldly:

"Unlike you, I have absolute confidence in Bai. He will definitely come back."

(The next Chapter goes back to Bai Wu’s storyline, updates around 12 o’clock at night.)