Doomsday Jigsaw Puzzle

Chapter 592: Chapter 209: Doomsday Puzzle Pieces and World Will

The character "Well" undoubtedly caused everyone to suffer a spiritual shock.

After Bai Wu spoke calmly, the surroundings suddenly became silent.

Only Wu Jiu seemed very calm.

Because he had Crimson’s memory, whether it was the Bone Demon before him or many things about the Well World, he was very familiar with them.

Taking advantage of the silence of those around him, Bai Wu began to introduce everyone one by one.

Each person gave a brief introduction.

When it came to the last person, Wu Jiu, the Tyrant’s gaze was unusually less sharp:

"You are the one chosen by Crimson."

"Yes."

"How much does he approve of you? Have you seen me?" the Tyrant asked with a hint of doubt.

Wu Jiu nodded:

"Actually, even in my own memory, I am not unfamiliar with you."

After all, Wu Jiu had seen Bai Wu exhibit the Evil Fallen form.

"Of course, it’s only with Crimson’s memory that I can truly distinguish you from Bai Wu. The current me... is still Gu Qingyu, but I will carry out Crimson’s will."

The others didn’t understand. They maintained a somewhat confused posture, but Bai Wu understood, his face showing surprise and then a bit of pride and joy.

So the captain is that person!

Not long ago, he and the Tyrant had discussed the fusion of the human form with the Evil Fallen form.

It was very difficult for the Tyrant to gain the full power of the Evil Fallen form.

There were hardly any examples in history.

But the captain had done it; the captain had made someone like Crimson willing to entrust everything to him.

After a moment of silence, the Tyrant spoke slowly:

"You, not bad."

After a pause of a second, as if he felt this praise too conservative, he added:

"Very good."

"Tsk tsk, praise me more," Bai Wu said with a laugh.

The Tyrant ignored him and simply said:

"You came back much sooner than I imagined... I thought you would be gone for a very long time, but I didn’t expect..."

Bai Wu had thought so too; his goal was to meet with old friends.

But he hadn’t expected that his old friends would all have their own missions.

And...

His old friends understood him without words.

He needed the Doomsday Puzzle pieces, and the captain, as if aware of everything, began to collect the Doomsday Puzzle pieces. freēwebnovel.com

When he himself stepped out of the Well World, the captain had already prepared everything.

It was just missing one handover.

The feeling was good, as if there was a tacit understanding between mind and spirit.

"Why is he here?" Zheng Yue, who had also seen Jing Wu before, was there.

Seeing Jing Wu here, Zheng Yue always felt uneasy.

Nie Chongshan and the Tyrant were actually very similar; both had wings, both were like demons.

But he could sense that this Bone Demon was much stronger than him.

On the other side, standing alone, Jing Wu also felt different in his aura from when he had arrived on the island.

Even Bai Wu was no longer the same as before; compared to the last time they met, Bai Wu’s strength had increased terrifyingly.

Seeing all this, even someone as strong as Nie Chongshan had to admit: The path of cultivation is long and far.

Everyone’s gaze converged on Jing Wu once again.

Though Jing Wu had called for a ceasefire from the start, he was, after all, of the Well Level.

Bai Wu was actually worried about Jing Wu’s potential betrayal. He had brought along Jing Liu, who appeared to cooperate very obediently all the time.

But it was all an act, all for the sake of using him to delve deeper into the Well World.

If the Twisted Master hadn’t suddenly attacked, perhaps... Jing Liu might have actually succeeded.

The Jing Wu before them now was naturally not as clever as Jing Liu, but Jing Wu had changed too.

Bai Wu narrowed his eyes.

The next task was, of course, to integrate the fragments of the Doomsday Puzzle and piece together that scroll.

But before that, he needed to ensure the team was united in purpose.

Deep down, Bai Wu could absolutely not consider Jing Wu one of his own. The grievances between Jing Wu and himself could not be resolved.

But at least for now, he could try not to be enemies.

"Did you choose to ally with me because you saw karma in the captain?"

Jing Wu didn’t respond.

Bai Wu continued:

"Speaking of which, you seemed quite concerned about the smith and the merchant during the last fight?"

"Shut up; I don’t mind fighting you right now."

"But you can’t beat me, especially when I have quite a few helpers right now."

Bai Wu completely disregarded Jing Wu’s threat.

Never mind that Jing Wu was no match for him now; even if Jing Wu were to power up to his own level, there were still tyrants here.

And the captain, Nie Chongshan, Zheng Yue, and so on.

Of course, it was hard for Bai Wu to gauge how strong Jing Wu had become now.

In any case, the less Jing Wu wanted Bai Wu to speak, the more Bai Wu wanted to:

"Actually, I was thinking, if you aimed that punch at me back then, given the captain’s temperament, he would certainly have stepped in front of me." ƒrēewebnovel.com

"And after losing the two subordinates from Black Gold Island, did you realize you were somewhat alone?"

"You used to be someone who valued your subordinates quite a bit, didn’t you?"

Bai Wu indeed inferred Jing Wu’s psychological journey.

It was because of the shared belief in protecting subordinates that Jing Wu chose to stand with Bai Wu and confront Jing Yi.

Of course, this face was given to Wu Jiu, not Bai Wu.

"What are you trying to say?"

"I beat around the bush so much, I actually want to tell you that you still have the chance to see the smith and the merchant."

Jing Wu’s eyelids twitched.

Bai Wu said:

"Certainly not by using the Power of Life and Death, you’ll find that not every dead person has a soul to speak of."

Huangquan Island and Mechanical City would shelter many "deceased," but that didn’t mean every deceased was in these two places.

A portion of them belonged to the Well World.

"Your two subordinates are in the third layer of the Well World; I’ve seen them. They aren’t living too well right now, but thanks to my help, they aren’t suffering too severely."

Bai Wu began to narrate the events he witnessed in the third layer of the Well World with the merchant and the smith.

He mentioned how the merchant and the smith had become increasingly "thin."

This seemed to overlap with Jing Wu’s dream, making him more inclined to believe what Bai Wu was saying.

At this point, the others also came to understand what Bai Wu had been doing in the Well World these days.

Adventuring continuously at the source of the distortion, he experienced the Eternal Bank heist, the Seven Sins battle, and grasping the Seven Sins weapons and the Sequence accord.

Bai Wu omitted his experiences in the "Original World" as well as the part with Jing Liu and the Ten of Spades.

He briefly talked about his experiences in the second layer but focused on narrating his experiences in the third layer.

Finally, Bai Wu said:

"Whether the Well World can return to the upper levels, I’m not sure, but I speculate there is a way to return. In the lower levels of the Reverse Tower Area on the fourth floor, you can find many ancient texts."

"In the spherical buildings, there are many pieces of knowledge about the Well, which you are free to view."

"So Jing Wu, we’re not friends, but we can temporarily not be enemies. If you wish to be our enemy, you’d better weigh it out—not in terms of strength, but in terms of interests."

Jing Wu remained silent.

The fact that both the blacksmith and merchant were still alive indeed excited him.

If a way to return to the upper levels could be found here... it seemed like teaming up with Bai Wu wouldn’t be a bad idea.

Seeing that his words had an effect, Bai Wu also felt much reassured:

"And in the coming time, I need the Doomsday Puzzle pieces."

The team formed by Nie Chongshan and Wu Jiu was responsible for collecting the pieces, while Zheng Yue, as a human, was in charge of keeping them safe.

Bai Wu needed the pieces, and Wu Jiu just happened to be out collecting them.

It almost perfectly corresponded with the timeline...

When Zheng Yue took out several cases containing the pieces and handed them over to Bai Wu, he suddenly realized something:

"Do you and Wu Jiu have some kind of little secret?"

"What do you think?"

"Tch, I’m too lazy to guess."

Actually, Bai Wu’s impression of the Zheng Family was quite average, but persons who could be friends with the captain couldn’t be too bad.

"By the way, how do we return?" Zheng Yue asked as he watched Bai Wu open the cases.

"Everything here is very similar to the High Tower, the method of leaving is the Teleportation Stele."

Bai Wu paused slightly, his gaze scanning over everyone:

"Many things left behind by a previous civilization, I have not yet researched; there once was a high-dimensional civilization that studied the Well here. My suggestion is, since you’ve all come, why not explore thoroughly?"

"Many things here might improve your use of various powers."

While it’s true that not every person can be generalized, watching Bai Wu continuously break through in such a short time, Nie Chongshan really wanted to explore:

"I’ll stay."

"Then I’ll stay too, it’s pretty quiet here, suitable for sleeping."

If one considered oneself a genius, lacking only opportunities and adventures compared to Bai Wu and Wu Jiu, then Zheng Yue believed this was the adventure.

After Nie Chongshan and others expressed their intent, the three of Calamity, Disease Demon, and Gu Hailin were also willing to stay.

After Bai Wu briefly explained his understanding of the place, he went to a quiet corner to study the Doomsday Puzzle pieces with the captain.

...

...

"These pieces, although every four form a system, many need to be distinguished when piecing them together."

In the third layer of the Inverse Tower, Bai Wu looked at the pieces while conversing with Wu Jiu.

The others had all gone to the lower levels of the Reverse Tower Area, ready to study those things they currently did not comprehend.

The Tyrant... this most irritable monarch of the Evil Fallen, now became a translator.

That was Bai Wu’s plan, but the Tyrant didn’t have time to deal with these people.

Wu Jiu and Bai Wu, meanwhile, were studying the puzzle pieces.

Wu Jiu said:

"How did you know these pieces were collected completely? There are actually many areas in the world worth exploring. Although with Crimson’s memory, I found quite a few pieces, whether there are any omissions, I’m not sure."

Bai Wu’s hands swiftly assembled the puzzle as he explained:

"Since interpreting Sequence 6, my eyes have been able to sense the flow of various powers."

"Order, distortion, sequences, terms—their paths all have traces in my view."

"Sometimes their paths outline patterns, which evoke certain associations in me."

"When we arrived at Black Gold Island, the pieces on you, the pieces on me, and the many pieces hidden on Black Gold Island started to relate. The patterns formed by the merging of various energy paths told me... that the Doomsday Puzzle pieces were completely collected."

Wu Jiu was astounded, as he could not perceive such a trajectory at all.

It was as if Bai Wu’s eyes could already capture the energy of higher dimensions.

"Sometimes I wonder if I could change these trajectories," he said.

"For instance, Captain, when you are about to use Instant Shadow... I might be able to see some kind of Sequence energy fluctuation. If I destroy that fluctuation, I could cause Instant Shadow to fail."

Wu Jiu could no longer use Instant Shadow.

Now, as Evil Fallen, Wu Jiu’s Instant Shadow had already become a Sequence.

In the moment Bai Wu paused, his tone suddenly filled with self-reproach.

Wu Jiu patted Bai Wu’s shoulder, squatting down beside him, gazing at the chaotic puzzle pieces scattered on the ground.

"So you’re saying that now you can destroy others’ Sequences?"

"In theory, yes, but in actual combat, I haven’t tried it yet. And it’s not just Sequences; terms or Source Powers should be possible too. But again, that’s just in theory."

During the enemy’s activation of Bipolar Transposition, destroy the Sequence fluctuation to make Bipolar Transposition fail.

During the enemy’s use of Temporal Return, disrupt the Sequence fluctuation to make Temporal Return fail.

Or during the enemy’s activation of various terms, destroy the twisted trajectory to prevent the term from functioning normally.

However, Bai Wu was unclear on what consequences such destruction would have.

Sequence 4, Rule Binding, is an absolute twist suppression, rendering all distortions ineffective.

But Sequence 6, Law of Order, allows one to glimpse the rules and truths behind twists and turns.

It can simulate all sorts of Sequences one has felt, or it can destroy the effects of the opponent’s Sequences.

It’s just that Bai Wu was not absolutely sure about this kind of destruction.

Compared to Rule Binding, Sequence 6 is more like an unstable rule modification.

It’s like disrupting Instant Shadow, that is, changing the effect of its activation. Perhaps it would prevent the opponent from teleporting successfully, but there’s also a chance it could cause the opponent to teleport even further...

So far, Bai Wu was unable to see the essence of this, as he had not yet reached the necessary realm to make such predictions.

However, in theory, the ceiling of Sequence 6 is very high.

It can bring someone to a state of returning to simplicity, where, by destroying any Sequence before it takes effect, one would stand on an invincible ground.

"Let’s not discuss this anymore, grasp it slowly. Maybe one day, after the Sequence advances, everything will become clear. For now, we still need to study the fragments of the Doomsday Puzzle."

Wu Jiu was concerned about something:

"Although there are many fragments, compared to the vast number of regions, they still seem too few. Could it be that the Doomsday Puzzle fragments from other regions are meaningless?"

"Or maybe we have truly collected them all?"

Bai Wu shook his head:

"There are many fragments, and in fact, the fragments are more like a protective mechanism. Since Qian Yixin displayed his powerful capabilities, I’ve been thinking that perhaps this world, under the distortion, has become Spirit Possessed as well."

"Spirit Possessed by the world?" This notion shocked Wu Jiu.

"Yes, an item that has been Spirit Possessed has its own will, and so does the world. The Doomsday Puzzle fragments are, in effect, a protective mechanism designed to balance certain overwhelmingly powerful beings."

"So there must be many excess fragments, and it’s not a situation where one less or one more piece would make everything just right. If that were the case, Alpha would’ve surely sent people to continuously collect the fragments."

Wu Jiu nodded; Bai Wu’s words made sense.

But it raised a chicken-or-egg question.

Is it because of the distortion that the World Will came to be, or is it because the world suddenly gained its own will that the distortion descended...

Wu Jiu did not ask this question.

"While assembling the puzzle, and recalling Crimson’s memories, Captain, you realize the locations of many fragments. Both Crimson and the Tyrant are actually creations of the Will of the Well," Bai Wu said, piecing together the puzzle and sharing his speculation.

"Is the Will of the Well the same as the World Will?" Wu Jiu asked a crucial question.

"Perhaps they’re like an Inner Personality and an Outer Personality, two sides of the same coin."

As the puzzle became increasingly complete and the scroll more orderly, Bai Wu began to look forward to the journey through the fifth layer, the Deep Well World:

"Maybe on the fifth layer, we’ll come into contact with this kind of will."

(Yesterday’s leave was canceled, and then tentatively rescheduled for tomorrow~)