Doomsday Jigsaw Puzzle

Chapter 556: Chapter 173: Alpha, Beta, Omega

Only when Bai Wu truly saw the person before him did he understand where that sense of incongruity came from.

The man in the real world was very timid, so much so that when those lamb-like innocent eyes showed a hint of malevolence and dominance, Bai Wu couldn’t remember why for a moment.

"Bai Xiaoyu."

"Are you surprised?"

"Yes, after all, your human form has a very faint presence in the real world."

"Let’s change the name, I am indeed his Evil Fallen Body, and he is indeed my human form, but I am not him, only when he completely becomes Evil Fallen will the barrier between him and me disappear. You can call me Omega."

Bai Wu furrowed his brows, what kind of name was this?

Omega said in a teasing manner,

"Don’t you refer to someone as Alpha? Then just call me Omega, others may refer to me as their leader, but you need not."

"Why is it that the more difficult it is for someone to become Evil Fallen in this world, the stronger their Evil Fallen Body is?" Bai Wu asked.

Omega explained,

"It’s simple, once in the real world, our human forms become Evil Fallen, it will lead to us as Evil Fallen Bodies in this world... leaving..."

"Once we leave, aside from you who has some kind of save device... it’s basically impossible to come back," Omega said.

"So the longer one stays, the stronger one becomes. Of course, this is just one factor. Another is, the harder it is for someone to turn Evil Fallen, the greater the obsession needed, and naturally, their corresponding Evil Fallen Body is that much more powerful."

Bai Xiaoyu was indeed someone very difficult to turn into Evil Fallen.

Every time Cain was about to break Bai Xiaoyu with torment, Bai Xiaoyu would enact a rebound from the depths of his despair.

In his mind, he would conjure up someone who could lead him out of suffering.

But now Bai Wu thought about it, Cain had neither killed Bai Xiaoyu nor given him up...

Indeed, quite suspicious.

Bai Wu said, "Your personality is completely different from the Bai Xiaoyu I know."

"Of course, it’s different. As I said, I am me, and he is him. Only at the moment he becomes Evil Fallen do he and I truly become one."

Bai Wu understood that essentially, as long as Bai Xiaoyu doesn’t become Evil Fallen, then the Evil Fallen Body in this world and the human form in that world... their personalities and behavioral logic remain independent.

"So, my Evil Fallen Body... is also different from my own personality?"

"Your Evil Fallen Body?"

Omega truly gave Bai Xiaoyu’s timid face another kind of temperament, as if encountering something very difficult to describe:

"For a while, we even thought... that your Evil Fallen Body, the legend of this world, was about to leave."

Omega’s expression was complex:

"For a time, we didn’t know whether to cheer or to mourn."

"The cheering is because of what?" Bai Wu was somewhat curious about his own Evil Fallen Body.

"The cheering is because... your Evil Fallen Body, let’s call it Beta."

Beta?

Following the alphabetical order, it’s right after Alpha, Bai Wu just took it as Omega’s casual remark.

"It is a tyrant."

Well, Mr. Bai exclaimed in his mind.

"That’s interesting."

Omega shook his head,

"No, not interesting at all. In this world, be it the Seventh Consortiums or Evil Fallen, anyone who provoked him would be relentlessly tortured, wrung out for a pitiful amount of negative emotions, then brutally killed."

"..." Bai Wu had nothing to say.

Was his own Evil Fallen Body so cruel? But wasn’t I, Mr. Bai, beloved by everyone?

Omega looked at Bai Wu:

"Actually, even without my saying, you should know that you are a monster."

"Then say it anyway, how exactly am I a monster?" Bai Wu retorted, unconvinced.

Omega continued:

"A monster without negative emotions, although you’ve managed, through your own learning, to make yourself as much in line with the public’s sense of good as possible."

"But essentially, Bai Wu, you are not a good person. Indeed, through constantly self-suggesting, opposing Bai Yuan’s expectations, and conforming to the public, your logic and the world view you present are commendable in the eyes of most."

"But we all know—if your childhood experiences had been a bit more twisted, you might have become a monster without human empathy, without a sense of morality."

Bai Wu did not agree with this statement, but Omega also said:

"But there are no ifs, your special experiences have made you a monster without negative emotions, rather than a monster without human emotions, which is good."

"Those people on the plane, and that mechanical dog named Jing in Baichuan City Zoo, as well as the you that my human self has seen... are all beings worthy of respect."

It seems that the huge mechanical dog from Baichuan City Zoo, whose obsession dissolved and then vanished, also exists in this world.

Bai Wu said:

"I understand what you mean, I’m not a monster, but I could have been one, so my Evil Fallen body is an utter brute?"

Omega laughed:

"It’s not that bad, after all, Beta... is brutally principled."

"He has his own territories, his own resource points; he seldom causes trouble if left alone. But if you inadvertently offend him... then, well..."

As Omega was speaking, he undid his black robe, revealing his toned muscles.

Bai Wu thought the other party was suddenly preparing to do something outrageous, then watched as Omega pointed to a scar that couldn’t be erased and said:

"Once I went to ask for help, and brought a significant amount of resources, only to disturb him, and he beat me up."

The scar appeared black, extending from Omega’s shoulder blade all the way down to the waist.

It looked like a ravine.

Bai Wu roughly understood.

But could you please announce yourself before you undress next time? It made me feel like I narrowly escaped a catastrophe.

Bai Wu frowned:

"You can’t beat him? I feel like when I turn into the Evil Fallen body... it’s not that strong."

His own Evil Fallen body almost didn’t win against the Lake God. If it was not for the sudden rush of angry emotions, that fight could have indeed gone south.

Since Omega leads the Evil Fallen, surely he can’t be weaker than his own Evil Fallen body.

Shockingly, Omega actually rolled his eyes at Bai Wu.

How discordant does it look for him to roll his eyes with Bai Xiaoyu’s face?

It’s like one second ago someone had the demeanor of Xu Sanduo, naively saying: Living well is meaningful, and being meaningful is living well.

The next second, his eyebrows arch into the attitude of Yu Xiufeng arrogantly stating: Both rank and death are determined.

Bai Wu didn’t voice his thoughts, and Omega maintained that teasing demeanor and said:

"That’s because you took a shortcut."

"Huh? A shortcut?"

"Both you and Gu Qingyu are individuals with a high threshold for emotion, but your transformations into Evil Fallen were through the use of objects. Objects are shortcuts."

Bai Wu was taken aback, suddenly realizing something.

Normal people become Evil Fallen due to emotional breakdowns.

But not him or the captain; they became Evil Fallen because they wore the Spirit Possession watches.

The Spirit Possession watches indeed turned him and the captain into Evil Fallen, yet lacking the true emotional feedback.

"So, even though that wristwatch has stolen Yan’s MVP several times, it also, to some extent, constrained itself from performing?"

Omega saw Bai Wu’s expression and guessed that Bai Wu must have realized something:

"It seems you’ve understood."

Bai Wu had indeed understood, and he let out a light gasp:

"But this is a Schrödinger’s Evil Fallen Body... Without relying on the Spirit Possession wristwatch, I couldn’t become an Evil Fallen. And it seems like I won’t turn into an Evil Fallen anymore."

Omega shook his head and said:

"If you’re human, you can definitely complete the Evil Fallen Transformation. The reason you won’t become an Evil Fallen is because you drank the Well Water and received the opportunity to use the power of the Evil Fallen series. But this doesn’t mean you have gained the power of your Evil Fallen Body."

"His power is not simple."

That’s interesting, Bai Wu said:

"You’ve beaten around the bush and even brought up the captain, so what exactly happened to the captain?"

The topic returned to the right track.

Omega said:

"His Evil Fallen Body was captured by the people of the Seven Major Consortiums. They likely came for you, or to be precise, for the weapon you possess."

Bai Wu didn’t speak, and Omega continued to explain what happened:

"Not long ago, the people from the Seven Major Consortiums expended a great deal of manpower and resources, and after suffering heavy casualties, they captured the Evil Fallen Body of Gu Qingyu, well, he also has his own name, we call him Crimson."

"Crimson..."

Bai Wu still remembered the captain’s posture during his Evil Fallen Transformation, the first thought was—the captain is very tall.

The second thought was, he was surrounded by a crimson crystal wall.

Crimson was indeed fitting, like the name of a mecha.

Bai Wu asked, "Is his personality very different from the captain’s?"

Omega shook his head, "No... Gu Qingyu and Crimson... their personalities highly overlap."

"That’s right, heroes are always similar; it’s the villains who each have their own evil," Bai Wu accepted this point quickly.

Omega sighed:

"I told you before, this world’s Evil Fallen are divided into the Deceased Faction and the Native Faction, with the Deceased Faction mainly protecting the Native Faction. However, Crimson, as an Evil Fallen of the Native Faction, often protects other Evil Fallen."

"He’s considered one of our heroes."

That’s very captain-like, Bai Wu said:

"We have to rescue him."

"Yes, we do need to rescue him, but you also need to be prepared for something."

"What preparation?"

"He might die."

Bai Wu’s index finger trembled slightly, and he asked in a calm voice:

"If... the Evil Fallen Body in this world died, what would happen to a human’s body in the real world?"

"They would permanently turn into an Evil Fallen. And cannot be... saved by the Doomsday Puzzle pieces."

Bai Wu had actually guessed that the real-world captain might be in danger.

Because he had helped the captain avoid a catastrophe, but just as there is logic to time, there is logic to causality as well. freewebnoveℓ.com

Those who play with time will be played by time, and the same applies to causality.

Yet, Bai Wu wasn’t worried, because he thought that even if the captain turned into an Evil Fallen, it wouldn’t matter since Baichuan City had already collected enough regional pieces.

As long as they took refuge in the Baichuan City shelter, the captain could be restored to human form by the Doomsday Puzzle pieces.

But a single sentence from Omega caused Bai Wu to panic instantly.

"We should act immediately," Bai Wu said, pressing on Omega’s shoulders.

Omega wasn’t surprised by this response:

"Even monsters have their own friends, which is nice. But an attack now is impossible; if we attack now, countless Evil Fallen will die, not just one native Evil Fallen like Gu Qingyu being captured, but many others too."

"According to the intelligence we’ve gathered, Crimson isn’t dead yet, just being tortured. But I estimate... Gu Qingyu has already undergone Evil Fallen Transformation. If Crimson dies, Gu Qingyu’s transformation cannot be reversed by the Doomsday Puzzle pieces."

Evil Fallen Transformation, in today’s world, isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

Gu Hailin, Nie Chongshan—these seniors from the Investigation Corps could have been restored, but to protect humanity, they chose to continue living as an Evil Fallen."

Without a doubt, Gu Qingyu also had such resolve. Perhaps in the real world, after being transformed into an Evil Fallen, Gu Qingyu would just sigh lightly a few times.

Then, because of gaining greater power, decide to shoulder an even heavier future.

Heroes are often simple, Bai Wu... saw through people like The First Generation and Wu Jiu all too clearly.

But he didn’t want this; if he had lived in The First Generation’s time, he would have hoped The First Generation lived well.

And living in the captain’s era, he also hoped the captain wouldn’t have to shoulder too much.

Omega said:

"Perhaps this bit of sentiment from a monster towards humans is precisely a tyrant’s principle? Our current combat power hardly stands a chance against the joint forces of the Seventh Consortiums; they’ve set a trap, waiting for us to retrieve your weapon."

Bai Wu asked:

"Even with you and me together, are we not a match?"

"We’d be facing members of the board of directors of the Seventh Consortiums, and possibly even the Seven Sins themselves. Just the two of us indeed aren’t enough," Omega replied calmly.

Calmness implies confidence, and Bai Wu understood:

"So you specifically mentioned me and the captain because, on one hand, you want me to save the captain, and on the other hand, you want me to... convince that tyrant to help?"

"Exactly. No matter how brutal he is, he wouldn’t kill his own human form, would he? Otherwise, his status would change from a native Evil Fallen to a Deceased Evil Fallen, from a Free Being to a Guardian," Omega said, his face a picture of composure.

Upon hearing this, Bai Wu completely understood.

Everything started because of him.

His entry into the Well World triggered a series of butterfly effects.

First, there was "Zero," wavering over something from seven hundred years ago. In the end, inside the Eternal Bank building, Zero met death, enabling himself to reach the third level.

Robbing the Eternal Bank successfully humiliated the Seven Consortiums.

Therefore, the people of the Seven Consortiums quickly decided to retaliate against him in the Deep Well World, that is, the third level.

By using the captain’s Evil Fallen Body, they aimed to retrieve the Seven Sins weapon.

Meanwhile, the Evil Fallen led by Omega saw an opportunity.

If they could convince him, perhaps they could also persuade the Skeletal Tyrant, increasing the chances of joining forces to take down the encampment of the Seven Consortiums...

In this way, Omega might lose quite a few Evil Fallen, but they could gain a resource-rich stronghold, severely damage the Seventh Consortiums, and also form an alliance with the Skeletal Tyrant, laying a foundation for future cooperation.

Many birds with one stone.

"It seems you’ve been waiting for me to show up," Bai Wu sighed.

"Yes, I’m sorry, Crimson will have to suffer for a few more days. Next... please come with me to the tyrant’s location," Omega said.

My human self, persuading my Evil Fallen self to save my friend’s Evil Fallen Body in order to rescue my friend’s human self.

The situation might sound a bit complicated, but it’s actually quite simple.

Although Omega was using him, cooperation is about mutual use for a win-win situation.

Bai Wu didn’t care too much about that, and nodded, saying:

"Alright, it so happens that I also want... to have a talk with my Evil Fallen self."

(There will be double monthly tickets on the 29th... After doing the math, the exact day isn’t determined yet, but there will be a big update. Actually, it’s not that there weren’t big updates before, but the focus wasn’t there. However, the plot to rescue Crimson does have a focal point.)