Doomsday Jigsaw Puzzle

Chapter 535: Chapter 152: Alpha and the Kitten

In the area beyond the Mist, on the western border of Jin Ze Country, lies the world’s most famous volcanic belt.

The ground is covered with a layer of gray volcanic rocks, and occasionally a gusty wind sweeps up the gray dust, revealing the earth’s crimson veins.

Over a range spanning tens of miles, everything is eerily silent; the deathly gray that envelops the landscape seems like a carpet of desolation laid by The Undead.

This place used to be a dormant volcano, but the recent breaching of the Hei Wu by the Twisted has changed the rules of the area.

The volcano had even seemed to develop its own thinking.

To approach this place was undoubtedly highly dangerous.

Two figures walked in the grayness, gradually moving deeper into the volcano.

These two beings were not human, stepping on the lava without feeling any discomfort.

One figure was tall and burly, the other petite and delicate.

"Is it in here? Why didn’t he hide your body further away?" the delicate figure spoke.

Between her and the towering figure, there lay an insurmountable power disparity, although she was one of the most powerful creatures of her time.

But compared to the volcano explorer before her, she was still far too weak.

Yet she, accustomed to pride, never spoke in a lowered tone.

The fact that she had Legendary Tier Entries was the reason she could stay by this person, but her personality was actually a plus.

Maybe he was tired of seeing too many people bowing and scraping, whether in the previous civilization or this one, inside the High Tower or out.

The two visitors...

were none other than Li You and the Twisted Master.

"Alpha, answer my question."

"I told you not to call me Alpha; you should show me more respect."

The Twisted Master turned his head.

Li You dismissively responded,

"Okay, Alpha, no problem, Alpha."

The term "Alpha" was originally Bai Wu’s way of addressing, which Li You later learned from Wu Jiu’s memories.

She found it much more agreeable to the tongue than the grandiose title of Twisted Master.

"Forget it, it’s not important. Call me whatever you like. You are one of the Eternal Beings, to whom death itself is a release. I have no desire to mix loyalty with fear."

Alpha came to terms with this way of address.

He was not the Alpha of the Evil Fallen, but the name suited him in all aspects.

"The World Will understands my abilities. Distance, be it far or near, only serves as a basic means of delay to me."

Alpha addressed Li You’s initial query.

In appearance, Alpha was shrouded in a black robe, his body enshrouded like mist within it, with only one arm that was solid.

He bore a resemblance to Jing Yu.

He looked like an adult version of Jing Yu, who had long been devoured.

In the battle defending High Tower, the farm "Sir," who posed a great threat to humanity, met his predetermined fate while harboring resentment towards the gods and failing to understand why the honor of being "Well Transformed" was bestowed upon Bai Wu.

"The real intention behind the World Will’s actions lies in using the barrier to buy time, and indeed, it has succeeded in doing so."

The grown-up version of Jing Yu bore a strong resemblance to "Jing Yi."

This was the "human form" Alpha had chosen for himself.

His massive arm shrunk to human size, yet its strength was immeasurable.

Li You was acutely aware that facing this person, she didn’t even have the possibility of escape.

The worst outcome might not be death, but a fate worse than death, a walking corpse, being forced to have her memories and will twisted...

In any case, it was becoming a slave, so before the worst outcome arrived, Li You decided to puff out her chest and act like a cat.

Of course, she was not a cat.

But she dearly missed the days when she pretended to be a cat by someone’s side.

"So, you can break this barrier? It seems the World Will is not that strong after all," she said.

"No, the fate of creatures against the world has always been one and the same. Even for a creature like me, his time is limited, he can do very little. Those powerful barriers, he doesn’t have the time to cast them," Alpha replied with a smile forming at the corner of his mouth.

Looking at the barrier over the volcanic crater, he gently lifted his one and only physical arm.

The endless black mist slowly devoured the golden barrier.

Such a barrier, which had confined The First Generation for seven hundred years, Alpha could unlock.

But even for him, it required a considerable amount of time.

Even he, or his arch-enemy from many years ago, probably could not have predicted that this world—

would see the emergence of an existence like Qian Yixin.

"It’s not that the World Will isn’t strong enough; it’s just that heaven has yet to destroy me," Alpha said, as frost suddenly appeared around him.

The frost quickly spread, and soon the entire volcano was encased in ice.

Li You asked,

"What part of you is this? Arm? Leg? Liver? Spleen? Lungs? Stomach?"

"The other hand."

After leaving the High Tower, Alpha’s soul was no longer bound, and his consciousness gradually returned to its peak state.

Now, he was far more powerful and agile than the Will that Bai Wu had encountered on the sixth level.

In fact, at this moment, Alpha was more like Jing Yi; he shared a resemblance to Jing Yi and had very similar behavioral patterns to Jing Yi.

"So, what do you plan to do? Rule the world?" Li You always had many questions.

"You really are a curious little cat," Alpha remarked as he looked at Li You, without any intent to kill, finding her rather amusing.

It was like a human encountering an unusually large ant, feeling a brief curiosity before choosing to crush it.

"Rule the world? Is such a world even worth ruling for you?" she continued.

"Rule? Such a matter is but a trifling task that my old nemesis and I would do in passing. I wish to create worlds, not rule them."

"Create worlds?"

If Hong Yin and Jing Er were here, they might even see a look of familiar pity on Alpha’s face.

Alpha spoke as if he were preaching to his believers,

"Don’t you feel that the original world is devoid of life?"

"The life of a human is incredibly brief, and their desires must be suppressed. All things operate by the rules, yet they can never choose to change the rules."

"Time, gravity, birth, aging, sickness, death, all creatures and things seem like a stagnant pool of water. Even if occasionally someone sparks an emotion, it can’t purify the stagnant waters."

Li You just thought it was all nonsense.

Her spiritual power was extremely strong, and as the owner of the Ten Thousand Phantasmal Bodies, she had absorbed countless techniques.

But for some unknown reason, every word uttered by Alpha seemed to ripple through the depths of his soul.

"Don’t you find the world so very fascinating now? It’s like this volcano, which has also acquired its own soul, lifeless things can twist and change themselves, even altering the rules."

"Humans, all beings, can have extended lives due to twisting."

"The sparks of emotion burst forth, incandescent. Under the influence of twisting, the world has gained many possibilities it never would have had before."

"The mysteries of time and mathematics are easily destroyed, the rules of the universe, rewritten by the will of all beings, desires breaching the barriers between spirit and reality."

"What is there not to like about such a world?"

"Just like you, from an ordinary human woman, a being of a secondary civilization, you evolved to what you are now, even capable of standing on equal footing with many of the common people in my species; isn’t that good?"

Li You always felt she could counter this speech, but when the words came to her lips, she couldn’t utter a single one.

Each word murmured by Alpha invaded the depths of Li You’s consciousness.

As if his words were the world’s own truth.

She wanted to shout out in protest, but simply did not know what to say.

Gradually, Li You’s emotions no longer fluctuated, as if accepting those words.

Or perhaps, she realized that attempting to refute would only plunge her into a state of confusion.

So she decided not to think about it at all.

Li You was very much aware of her own capabilities; to convince this monster before her was simply impossible.

Both in terms of spiritual or actual power, she was like a mayfly compared to the vast ocean that was Alpha.

"I may not be able to refute you, but I don’t believe your doctrine. You can choose to kill me."

"Your entry resulted from you devouring a Sequence aberration, and this Sequence is of great aid to me. You are not yet allowed to die."

The dense Hei Wu devoured the barrier, while Alpha sat cross-legged on the side, gazing at the distant, murky heavens and earth, appearing at once like mere dust between heaven and earth, and simultaneously like the center of it all.

In that moment, Li You suddenly understood why those powerful beings chose to serve this man.

He was the most evil of existences, yet this evil was hard to detect in him.

On the contrary, this man appeared divine, profoundly inscrutable.

Vaguely, he seemed to become one with the laws of the universe.

Only in the presence of that bald man did Li You ever get such a feeling.

Though, in Alpha’s words, he was not as significant as that bald man, perhaps they did indeed exist on the same level?

"Why is that Sequence so important to you?"

"Can’t say?"

Li You pressed on; Alpha replied with a smile:

"There’s nothing to hide. The power of Sequence is a restraint against twisting, sealed in the process within the High Tower, and I have always been attempting to comprehend this power."

"This power belongs to another group within the civilization I come from. Originally, the number of entries was not as great as that of the Sequences."

"But as I’ve mentioned, the power of the entries is an embodiment of twisting, and to twist means to disregard rules."

"Thus, the entries grew ever more numerous, gradually surpassing the Sequences, and later, powerful entries emerged, even Legendary Tier Entries."

"But entries could never reach the zenith of the top-tier Sequences."

"From that point on, perhaps it was wiser to seek understanding in Sequences."

Li You understood a bit:

"Just how powerful are the top-tier Sequences?"

"So powerful that for countless years... I had to remain within the High Tower, powerful enough that even with my immortal body, I still succumbed to my opponent."

"The Well collects the most genuine desires from the depths of humanity’s twisted emotions, those desires create various powerful entries, but Sequences are different."

"The existence of Sequences is more ancient than the entries. They are some applications of origin power, yet sometimes they can transcend origin power."

"The Ten Thousand Phantasmal Bodies is a critical Sequence, which lies beneath the power of Origin but is capable of drawing from its power. Ten Thousand Phantasmal Bodies can bring countless changes and absorb any power for its own use."

"Deep within the Well World, Sequences present themselves in the form of covenants, comprehending the Myriad Forms, perhaps I could understand all the phenomena in the world."

Li You said:

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"Your entry is very close to the Myriad Forms, even surpassing it in some areas. But after all, they are two different types of power. I keep you around simply to facilitate thinking."

Li You understood.

The Myriad Forms Doomsday Shape might be on par with the Ten Thousand Phantasmal Bodies, but in the end, it is not the Ten Thousand Phantasmal Bodies.

The gap lies between the nature of the Sequence and the entry itself.

And Alpha keeps her by his side as merely a point of reference.

"How much longer can I live?"

"Killing you is meaningless to me. Do you think that everyone who opposes the Twisted must die?"

Li You nodded, to her, Alpha’s question seemed pointless.

But Alpha simply smiled:

"In a twisted world, the boundaries between life and death are vague. Perhaps death... is just the beginning of the next journey."

"I won’t kill you, because in my eyes, you are part of the Twisted, nor will I exterminate humanity."

"On the contrary, I will grant humanity a Sanctuary of Survival; they only need to provide blood, provide offspring regularly, and they will be able to live happily in the Sanctuary."

"The various emotions of humanity are nourishment for the Well. As a product of the Twisted, you should know the taste of emotions."

The most delicious food for the Evil Fallen is emotions.

Of course, Li You knew all of this, it was just because of someone, she had not killed for a long time.

And had not harvested human emotions for a long time.

"Once you’ve acquired the Ten Thousand Phantasmal Bodies, will you have everything?"

"There’s one more Sequence, a power that can precisely change the effect of time on one’s self. Although I possess Temporal Power, which is origin power, the same phrase applies, Sequences have special attributes."

"A Sequence is a Sequence, origin power is origin power, an entry is an entry."

Saying this, Alpha seemed to remember something.

"My new Angel Envoy, appears to have another power directly stemming from emotions."

"This is truly a masterpiece. Therefore, the imagination of humanity is rich, for this reason alone, I must keep humanity."

Li You didn’t quite understand, but still guessed something:

"You’re talking about Bai Wu?"

"Yes, this name is indeed confronting me. He possesses the fourth type of power within him, I am very much looking forward to what he will bring me after breaking out of his shell."

Alpha was indeed curious; he had never encountered a being like Bai Wu before.

Although he did not partake in the history of the past seven hundred years, he could foresee that his disciple—Jing Yi, had encountered several very creative humans.

Li You did not want to mention Bai Wu, as it was Bai Wu who arranged for her to stay by Alpha’s side, so she believed Bai Wu must have plans to follow up.

"After finding the body, you will find the owner of the two Sequences?"

"Yes, the order is not fixed, we’ll see how fate decides."

Alpha appeared very calm, for in this world... with the death of the World Will, there was no longer anyone who could stop him.