Chapter 665: 623 Gate of Life and Death 1 - Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo - NovelsTime

Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo

Chapter 665: 623 Gate of Life and Death 1

Author: Book-eating Goblin
updatedAt: 2025-08-29

This unexpected guest knocked on the door of the mansion. Although the force was not strong, it was enough for me, in the depths of the mansion, to hear. I sensed briefly and was able to discern the identity of this guest. It was Weichi.

Probably here to inquire about the Great Demon Qilin. Since my mana fluctuations are similar to those of the Catastrophe Demon, it's no wonder the mana fluctuations of the Great Unpredictable Qilin and the Great Demon Qilin are similar as well. Weichi would exhibit such an undying attitude towards the Old Fist God because of his love for his deceased wife, the Qilin. And after countless years, the Qilin's mana fluctuations reappearing in this world would surely shake Weichi's heart.

But Fa Zheng is still busy pulling Jian Feixian, engaged in rescuing the ordinary people affected by the Doomsday Chaos Space-Time. Weichi wants to find the old superior to thoroughly understand the ins and outs, but can't manage to do so. Finding someone in the Doomsday Chaos Space-Time is an enormous difficulty, whether it's him of Great Success Rank, or others of Great Unpredictable needing to exert much effort first. The only one he could find currently is me.

I plan to go to greet the guest first, while Mazao perhaps thinks it's inconvenient to disturb our conversation and heads over to Zhu Shi's side.

Zhu Shi is currently engaged in closed-door cultivation, like a master in those martial arts stories. I heard she rented a cultivation chamber at the Luoshan Headquarters that isolates all external disturbances, dedicated entirely to communing with the Yama Sword. That's why, even though Mazao and Little Bowl appeared earlier, she did not; the incident on my side has probably yet to reach her ears.

But Mazao still visits Zhu Shi periodically, partly to use the Power of Return to temporarily restore her Right Positioning Heavenly Phenomena ability, helping to accelerate cultivation progress, and partly to serve as supervision. Although without supervision, I trust Zhu Shi wouldn't slack in her cultivation, having someone watching and not watching would affect the practitioner's mindset differently. Some people might feel focused when there's no one watching; Zhu Shi evidently isn't that solitary type.

Little Bowl is somewhat interested in Weichi. Being the same as the Void Envoy, despite hearing some information about Weichi from my mouth, seeing is believing. As for the area Weichi is most skilled at, array formations, it overlaps somewhat with Little Bowl's Right Positioning Heavenly Phenomena; it's unknown what kind of chemistry their encounter might yield.

I naturally had no reason to refuse and brought Little Bowl to the mansion's reception room, saying remotely towards the direction of the door: "Please come in."

From a distance, the mansion's main door automatically opened. Not because the door had voice recognition functionality, but because the main door understood my words. My proficiency in the Order Ability regarding all things by nature as the Great Unpredictable is becoming ever more proficient. Weichi also heard my voice and walked past the threshold towards my direction, nonchalantly. Soon, we met face to face in the reception room.

Weichi was in his usual attire, wearing a white Unpredictable uniform, appearing burdened with concerns, with signs of fatigue and weariness unique to long hours of desk work on his face. Surely he'd exert much effort recently studying the "Du Shuo Mountain" technical materials.

He greeted first and then looked curiously at Little Bowl.

"Long time no see, Weichi," I said, "Let me apologize first; last time I promised to shelter you when Ming Zhuo posed a threat to you, but I've been trapped over in the Post-mortem World for over four months.

"The person who initiated contact with me in the Post-mortem World last time was you, wasn't it? Thanks for conveying my survival message to Mazao and them after. I couldn't properly provide you with shelter, instead you helped me out."

"No problem. Our transaction premise was me helping you pinpoint the spatial-temporal location of the 'target,' but you went to that spatial location beforehand yourself..." Weichi showed a humble expression, "As for the message relay, it was just a small favor. The 'Firefly' you left with me allowed me to put on a facade of power; it evens out."

Maybe because he still didn't know Little Bowl's specifics, he substituted "No. 2" with "target" in his words. Although I did inform Fa Zheng that Little Bowl and I are Void Envoys, I didn't reveal Weichi's details to Fa Zheng, so presumably, that side didn't tell Weichi either.

Nonetheless, Weichi seemed to have his own speculation; he looked at Little Bowl, and with a serious expression, asked, "Could she be..."

"Nice to meet you, Mr. No. 5," Little Bowl gave a gentle smile, "I am the No. 2 you just mentioned, you can call me Little Bowl."

Weichi nodded as expected and responded with polite remarks, then observed Little Bowl again, saying, "Pardon my rudeness... You resemble Zhuang Cheng's fiancée very much?"

"That's quite a long story. Shall we get to the main point first, Weichi, have you come seeking information about the Qilin?" I asked.

Weichi's expression quickly turned solemn, nodding with an extremely peculiar tone, saying, "Although the mana fluctuations transmitted were intermittent and chaotic due to that Chaos Space-Time impact, but... Zhuang Cheng, you battled with the Qilin, right? And in the end, the Qilin's mana fluctuations vanished, don't tell me..."

"Indeed, I killed it," I said frankly.

Wei Chi's fist reflexively clenched tight.

"Do you also intend to fight me to the death? Just like you did against the Old Fist God?" I asked.

Wei Chi seemed to notice his slight lapse of composure just then, he gave a bitter smile and then relaxed his palm, saying, "When Fa Zheng asked me to analyze the 'Du Shuo Mountain' technical documentation, he also explained to me comprehensively and in detail about the current state of the post-mortem world. The unexpectedly appeared Qilin should be the Great Demon Fa Zheng mentioned.

"Only those who harbor destructive wishes against the world might be summoned by the Naraku Gospel as a Great Demon... I am well aware of what kind of role my wife played before her death, her being summoned as a Doomsday Demon by the Naraku Gospel is entirely logical.

"And I definitely won't harbor any real emotions for that monster imitating a fallen wife, though there might indeed be some complex thoughts... do you have to answer me in that blunt manner? I should actually thank you, thank you for substituting the weak me by eliminating that anomaly that defiled my wife's reputation... Do you seriously think I could mindlessly become an enemy to you?"

"That's hard to say." I said, "Feelings are inherently irrational, you dared to oppose the Old Fist God, who knows what bizarre answers your mind might concoct."

I occasionally get comments about being mentally unstable, but in my view, Wei Chi is not far behind in certain respects.

Then, I explained to Wei Chi the whole story of my confrontation with the Great Demon Qilin. After listening, Wei Chi seemed finally resigned, letting out a long sigh.

"Thank you for telling me this." he said, relieved.

"Are you planning to leave?" I asked.

"Yes, I came solely for this matter. I have many tasks ahead, the most important of which is the teleportation array of Du Shuo Mountain." Wei Chi's tone gradually turned into one of complaint, "Fa Zheng has high hopes for me, as if he believes that as long as it's me, I can definitely unlock the mysteries of that teleportation array, but to be honest, this is simply impossible."

Not only does Fa Zheng have high expectations for Wei Chi, I also have immense confidence in Wei Chi, but his thoughts were unexpected to me, leading me to ask, "You couldn't even decipher that technical documentation?"

"No, I deciphered it..." Wei Chi said helplessly, "After all, they practically threw the answers in my face. If I couldn't even copy them down, it would let down the reputation of being the top of the Luoshan Array. But precisely because I could decipher it, it makes me feel powerless.

"The technical documentation itself has problems. It is a technology with massive deficiencies and, in principle, shouldn't work. As an array for traversing between two worlds, it is still in the drafting phase as a prototype technology. It can't be put into practical use without conquering several key nodes."

Upon hearing this, I remembered what an achieved realm cultivator from the Yellow Springs Evangelical Institute had mentioned.

That cultivator didn't know the teleportation array of Du Shuo Mountain had already been completed, in his view, it was supposed to be still a prototype.

Perhaps the information he held wasn't wrong, Du Shuo Mountain's teleportation array indeed is a half-finished product.

"With my knowledge, I can roughly estimate what's needed to conquer those key nodes." Wei Chi said, "One is the Power of Divine Seal Fragments... Without this, it's impossible to turn what Ming Zhuo impossibly strives for—the crossing between the boundaries of life and death—into reality. I can use the Power of Divine Seal Fragments, so I can tackle this part with my power.

"But having the Power of Divine Seal Fragments alone is not enough. Turning impossibility into possibility sounds good, but it's merely a breakthrough from zero to one; the complete realization of the teleportation array requires a leap from one to one hundred. It's by no means any simpler than the breakthrough from zero to one.

"The difficulty of traversing between the living world and the current post-mortem world surpasses reverse travel by water; it is akin to defying the heavens itself. The Evangelical Institute can ignore this point and succeed because they currently symbolize the Heavenly Dao with the endorsement of planetary natural will.

"Just like an imperial envoy representing the Emperor can freely intervene in various affairs, now even physical laws open doors for the Evangelical Institute; they are in a full cheat mode."

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