[You have returned to the safe house. Do you want to end this deduction? 】
【……】
[The deduction will end in 10 seconds...10,9,8...0]
【End of deduction!】
[You entered the vortex of time and witnessed the world being swallowed up again after a thousand years of disaster. In the ocean of bones, no life could survive. After you left, the "light" of the church completely dimmed and disappeared.
There is not a single human being on the continent]
[At every moment, there are a million possibilities for the direction of civilization, each of which is full of uncertainty]
[Congratulations on completing the chapter "Catastrophe (Abyss)", rewards will be distributed soon]
[Rewards are as follows]
[Body function +10]
[Title: "Hand of Doom"]
(Introduction: You have completed thirteen deductions, experienced the destruction of countless worlds, and destroyed countless people)
…
The room shook slightly, and this deduction came to an end.
Cheng Lin heard the narrator's "voice" in the chaos, and finally woke up leisurely.
A quiet room appeared in his field of vision.
The walls are painted white and there are no unnecessary furnishings.
The door is closed and no one disturbs you.
He was sitting on a chair. There was a cup on the low table in front of him, and the coffee inside was slightly hot.
"I……"
Cheng Lin opened his mouth and found that his throat seemed to be blocked and extremely hoarse.
There was a pause for a few seconds.
He raised his right hand stiffly, picked up the cup, and drank it slowly.
Feeling the warm liquid flowing through his esophagus and into his stomach, his almost frozen body finally regained consciousness little by little.
"call……"
Putting down the cup, Cheng Lin closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and clutched the armrest with his left hand to suppress the shock in his heart.
Based on the scene before him, he quickly judged that he had returned to reality. In other words, the thirteenth deduction had ended.
He should currently be in a quiet room in the headquarters building complex of the First Division in Yanshan, the capital. Liang Jing is still waiting outside for the result of his "summoning dream".
"calm down……"
Cheng Lin repeated the word in a low voice. After dozens of seconds, he calmed down and his mind became clear. Immediately, he was indescribable shock.
At the last second of the deduction, he stood at the midpoint of the two "universes" and saw a planet that was experiencing the "end of law", also known as "spiritual withering".
Saw the migrating dragon...
Obviously, the scene he saw was from the previous "Dragon Civilization" deduction...
He is no stranger to this kind of weird timeline jump. A similar one was the deduction between "Wujiang Xiandao" and "Dao Dao Sect". In the Xiandao deduction, he witnessed the scene of his ascension in the "Dao Dao Sect" deduction.
This was later confirmed.
But this time, he saw himself in the "Dragon" deduction in the "Catastrophe" deduction. Well... this was not the source of the shock in his mind. In contrast, the most critical issue was that person!
That person who seems to be "driving" the ebb of spiritual energy!
The person who is in the same deduction as myself!
"Shi Shengcun...how could it be him? How is it possible?..."
Cheng Lin thought this was incredible.
He did have many guesses about the deduction system, and the most daring one was sent by his future self.
Well...this is an idea that came about after confirming the fact that different deductions can span timelines.
But now, things are obviously completely different from what he imagined.
"Let's put aside the issue of Shi Shengcun's identity. Judging from the pictures I saw, it seems likely that he did it in the end of the Dharma era of the dragon civilization. In some way, through the 'black hole', he extracted the aura of the universe.
In the post-catastrophic universe...well, think about it this way, was the time that led to the catastrophe...also the result of being artificially extracted?"
"Then how was it done? Could it be... the spirit gathering array?!"
Cheng Lin's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly remembered what he saw when he was in the sky, the pale golden beams of light rising from countless churches on the land of the Three Kingdoms.
That beam of light shoots straight into the sky like a sharp sword!
At that time, he had a strong sense of familiarity.
Now that I think about it, those churches and the distribution pattern of the light beams are clearly a super-large version of the "Spirit Gathering Array"!
The "Temple" headquarters of the Kingdom of Dipispo was the Formation Eye, but the materials for the formation were hidden underground in those churches, so he didn't see it.
Through a super large spirit gathering array, the spiritual energy of another planet is drawn over... hiss...
Cheng Lin took a breath, feeling that this operation was really shocking. In comparison, his move to expand the spiritual world seemed too petty.
As for how the church was built, this is obviously a matter of annihilation in the "Era of Cataclysm", but it is generally related to the "revelation" given by the "unknown in the starry sky".
"Now that I think about it, during the time of the Dragon Civilization, Adelaide received a revelation from fate and knew of my arrival in advance. This time in the Cataclysmic Civilization, the high priest also foresaw my awakening from the revelation...could it be that,
The one who gave the revelation was...Shi Shengcun?"
Cheng Lin was silent, poured himself another cup of coffee, and continued to think.
"The two deduction issues have been clarified, and then the rest is Shi Shengcun... Looking back now, there is still a big difference between Shi Shengcun and reality..."
Cheng Lin thought carefully and found that although the appearance and demeanor of "Shi Shengcun" were very similar to those in reality, the details were different.
For example... hair, the hair of "Shi Shengcun" seems to be pale.
The human charm is also more restrained and quiet.
Although there is not much difference in appearance, he looks older than he is in reality.
"In addition, he also holds the 'He Sword' in his hand. Why is the He Sword in his hand? ...By the way, the origin of the He Sword is also very strange.
According to the timeline I currently know, the He Sword was first obtained by me in the valley when I participated in the Great Dao Sect's assessment. After that, I practiced Qi for a thousand years and used it to kill foreign demons. Then, it ascended with me...
After that, he probably returned to the Wutong Immortal Sect with the 'Immortal Talisman' and was put into the sword formation. Later, I got it when I was exploring the magic city..."
"I didn't think so much at the time. I just felt that everything was just a deduction of the plot. But now that I think about it...who threw the He Jian into the valley of the Dao Dao Sect? Was it also him?"
Cheng Lin leaned back in his chair and pinched his eyebrows with his right hand.
At this moment, he suddenly felt that there was a pair of invisible hands behind his back, pushing everything.
This is most likely the creator of the "deduction program", and this person is so similar to Shi Shengcun.
Yes, they are similar, but they are not the same person.
At least not the head of a division in this time and space, the eighth level.
This is a strong spiritual intuition that is part of the perception of high-level monks.
And, logically this is also true.
"And the sentence he said...'Hello, Cheng Lin' is also very strange. This sentence is the message I sent into the universe through the astronomical telescope in the third deduction. Is it the strange giant face in the starry sky?
Is it him?... No, it doesn’t make sense. At the very least, it’s not completely correct. There must be something else in it that I have overlooked or don’t know..."
"If these deductions are related to each other, and there is a secret 'continuity' in many of them, then maybe each deduction is not simple...especially the first few...well, the first two are not a big problem
, the fourth time is very complete, it was triggered by Leonardo da Vinci’s prophecy, there should be no problem, only the third time... it’s weird, very weird..."
Cheng Lin thought as the details of the third deduction began to emerge in his mind...
He went to Jiamusi invisibly and fired "Hello, Cheng Lin", and received a response from Starry Sky.
Then the earth stopped and there was a nuclear war... I was wanted all over the world... There was even a statue of me hanging on a cross outside Sand City...
statue……
Cheng Lin shivered for no reason, feeling vaguely uneasy.
Especially after looking at the reward for this deduction, the title "Hand of Doom", I felt even more irritated.
"I still can't figure it out..."
Sighing deeply, Cheng Lin forced himself to pause his thinking, because with the information he currently had, it was really impossible to explore the truth.
"But there are finally clues...Shi Shengcun...the matter must be related to him..."
Cheng Lin stood up and wandered in the room, thinking about whether he should go to Shi Shengcun to find out...
"No...it's not the time yet...and it's still open to question whether the one I saw is Shi Shengcun from this time and space."
Different universes have emerged, so it is not difficult to accept that there are different Shi Shengcun.
Cheng Lin quickly made up his mind to wait and see for a while.
As for the current matter...
"Let's finish this exploration first." Cheng Lin sighed and cleared his thoughts.
According to convention, current deductions accept that there should already be projections brewing around the world.
Within a day or two, the projection will inevitably be activated, and I need to lead this exploration as a "commander".
No matter what is behind the matter, let’s wait until this exploration is over.
"I don't know what form this exploration will take... Well, at least one thing is clear, it should be all undead... It's still relatively simple, just organize the people, pull up the team, and then enter without thinking. As long as
As long as they are not surrounded, these undead should have no IQ to speak of..."
After making a simple and rough plan, Cheng Lin heard the clear footsteps outside, and his mental tentacles took on the appearance of Liang Jing in his mind.
Cheng Lin straightened his expression to appear calm and composed, then walked over and opened the door.
"Squeak——"
The double wooden doors slowly opened. Liang Jing, who was waiting anxiously, looked over in surprise and moved his lips: "Commander Cheng, how is the situation?"
Cheng Lin smiled: "Success, the projection should have appeared worldwide."
After a pause, he added: "As for the content of this projection...well, how about teaming up with Hammer Skeleton Soldiers to find out?"