CHAPTER 462: CHAPTER 462: COMPATIBILITY CONJECTURE

Since stepping onto the path of cultivation, over thousands of years, Yun Qingzi had seen much of the vicissitudes of human emotions, the farewells of life and death, and had personally experienced countless hardships. He had profound insights and understandings about life.

But summarizing the feelings after death is indeed difficult...

Especially since this process was nothing like he expected.

"Relax, everyone who’s been here for the first time feels this way; feeling confused is normal," Yu Sheng noticed the confusion in Yun Qingzi’s eyes and said with a smile, "Of course, most people who come here are usually on the brink of mental death, but for someone really dead like you, this is indeed the first time..."

Yun Qingzi sat on the cathedral’s pew, hesitated for a long moment before looking into Yu Sheng’s eyes and speaking, "Friend, could it be that you are the Divine Monarch ruling this afterlife world?"

"Divine Monarch? No, no, you’re overthinking it; I’m just an ordinary... alright, maybe not that ordinary, but I’m just a human," Yu Sheng waved his hand, then pointed around, "But this place is indeed mine. You can consider it my ’Cave Mansion’, it’s a bit special, allowing Spiritual Bodies to enter..."

Yu Sheng briefly explained the situation of the Soul Wilderness to the old man in front of him and casually mentioned the possible reason (Blood Transfer) why he arrived here after death. Throughout, Yun Qingzi didn’t speak, listening intently as if... like thousands of years ago, he followed his master into the path of Dao for the first time.

Yun Qingzi looked into Yu Sheng’s eyes, observing this being insisting they were a "human," even attempting to be a "normal human" (unsuccessfully)... an unknown existence.

Yu Sheng told him many things, most of which were honest and credible, but the credibility of the sentence "I am human" in Yun Qingzi’s heart was absolutely zero.

The old man had seen much in his life and firmly believed that the being in front of him, even if made of concrete No. 42, could not be a person!

Could people be like this?!

But as Yu Sheng enthusiastically talked about many things related to this Soul Wilderness, and then some knowledge about Blood Transfer, Yun Qingzi quickly suppressed the urge to question aloud that was bubbling inside him.

If he says he’s a human, let him be one; it’s better than him being something else.

Then Yu Sheng introduced Luna beside him and Erin in the portrait.

Previously, through the eyes of the Black-clothed Cultivators, Yun Qingzi had "seen" their appearances in the real world, but upon reaching this Soul Wilderness, he truly didn’t recognize them.

"No wonder, whenever I saw this blonde girl, I always felt her aura was a bit familiar, yet couldn’t recall it," Yun Qingzi looked at Luna in realization, and then puzzledly glanced at Erin, "As for this Erin girl... her aura has completely changed here, there’s not a hint of familiarity."

"Of course, C-type fastenings are so shallow, and I have such depth!" Erin boasted in the portrait, hugging a bear with her head held high, although she didn’t know what was worth boasting about, but she had already started bragging, "Look at my frame, isn’t it handsome?"

Yun Qingzi: "..."

"Don’t bother with her, Erin is just like that; when you feel you can’t keep up with her pace, just let her boast by herself," Yu Sheng waved his hand and curiously looked at the old man in front of him, "I’ve done my introduction, now it’s your turn, isn’t it?"

Yun Qingzi thought briefly and recounted the events he could remember since arriving here.

"... I only began to ’awaken’ midway through, initially only recalling some muddled fragments. Later, as I walked further, my mind started to ’fill in’ the gaps...

"On the way, I encountered a large bonfire with twelve stone pillars around it. I rested by the bonfire for a while and somehow ’knew’ where to go next...

"By the way, I also brought something with me, and you might be interested in it, my friend..."

As Yun Qingzi spoke, he suddenly remembered something, then rummaged in his bosom and pulled out an irregular crystal the size of a walnut in front of Yu Sheng.

Erin, who was floating nearby, immediately noticed the crystal’s texture and color, stiffened in mid-air, and then fell to the ground with a thud: "Holy crap—"

In the next second, she shot up again, bouncing in the portrait as if she wanted to jump out: "What did you bring back, old man!? Why is this thing still here!?"

"Calm down, calm down," Yu Sheng hurriedly caught the bouncing portrait, calming Erin down while focusing on the "seed" in Yun Qingzi’s hand. After observing for a moment, he reached out with another hand, "Let me see."

Yun Qingzi handed over the seed, "It should be harmless, but with my limited knowledge, I dare not make conclusions loosely. You should examine it thoroughly, my friend."

Yu Sheng took the seed and scrutinized it carefully, occasionally furrowing his brow, displaying a contemplative look.

After a long while, he suddenly looked up at Luna.

Luna, holding her gleaming golden double-handed Holy Sword, arrived with firm steps, exuding an aura of fierce confrontation.

"Stop, stop!" Yu Sheng broke into a cold sweat at the sight, quickly stepping back half a step, "It’s not bloodletting— I was asking if this church yard has a place, a place for planting trees."

Luna paused with her Holy Sword, then put the sword down with an incredulous expression, "Master, are you planning to... plant this thing here!?"

"Holy crap, are you two playing this big?" Erin exclaimed, twisting her frame to look at Yu Sheng, "C-type fastening calls you master here, huh?"

Yu Sheng: "... So, this is the part that caught your attention? You’re not even a bit surprised that I want to plant the seed of an Inference Star Body here?"

"Nonsense, your usual dimwitted ideas are countless, am I ever surprised?" Erin stood akimbo in the painting frame, but quickly furrowed her brows and changed her tone. "But speaking of which, are you sure this thing... can be planted?"

Yu Sheng didn’t speak for a moment, simply staring intently at the crystal in his hand.

The crystal refracted a dim glow in his eyes.

And in a deeper layer of "perception," he could observe more.

The moment he got this seed, he reestablished his connection with it—now, he could "read" the information it carried, understand its structure, and even vaguely see its future form when it grew.

A giant pure white crystal tree rooted in the Soul Wilderness, its canopy shading the church, branches reaching towards the sky.

The seed slumbered lightly, imagining and sketching its future in its dreams.

"...It’s the third generation," Yu Sheng suddenly said.

Erin blinked: "...What do you mean?"

"The first generation was the ’Mother Vine’ of the Alternate Dimension, the second was the Inference Star Body wandering in our universe, and the third is this seed." Yu Sheng raised his head, patiently explaining the information he read from the seed. "If my judgment is correct, the Inference Star Body eventually broke through its ’Ascension Cycle,’ and this seed is the result."

Erin’s eyes widened slightly: "Ah... wait, no, how did the Inference Star Body do it? Wasn’t it stuck in an endless cycle?"

Yu Sheng didn’t answer immediately but recalled in his mind the "blossoming" that occurred above the Taixu Spirit Hub.

The Dark Angel is an "anomaly" not welcomed by this universe, rejected by the laws of everything, and can only be stuck in its own death cycle as "Otherworldly Remains," with Anka Aela stuck in the fairy tale dream realm, and the Inference Star Body stuck in its own "Ascension Cycle." This "stuck" phenomenon has always been unsolvable.

Perhaps it is precisely this "stuck" state that turned the Dark Angel into an "unkillable" calamity in this world.

They themselves are eternally trapped in the cycle of death, and for those threatened by the Angel, they cannot kill something that "does not exist within logic."

Yu Sheng slowly fiddled with the seed in his hand, his thoughts unconsciously extending, as certain long-standing confusions gradually revealed clear outlines in the depths of the mist—

Everything stems from the "incompatibility" between different universes.

...Then what if there was "compatibility"?

Complete compatibility is difficult to achieve... but what if just an "interface" was established between the two systems? Even if it was just a piece of information that both systems could read, an insignificant footnote, a... moment of convergence.

Die in a foreign land.

Yu Sheng raised his head and spoke seriously to those around him: "Death is the greatest common factor between the Dark Angel and this world—in fact, at present, it might also be the only common factor."

Erin was taken aback, turning to Luna in the frame: "What’s he saying?"

"I don’t know," Luna shook her head but then confidently said, "but it’s surely something very logical."

"You should be sitting with that silly fox!" Erin glared, then turned and tapped Yu Sheng’s arm with the frame. "I don’t understand anything about common factors. Just talk about this seed... in any case, you mean this thing is harmless now, right? But why plant it? This thing was born from that ’Inference Star Body’; it still feels a bit awkward."

Yu Sheng thought for a moment: "I have an idea..."

Before he could finish, Erin immediately waved her hand in the painting: "Alright, I understand, you plant it."

Yu Sheng: "...Hey, no, I just said I have an idea, don’t you want to hear the specifics?"

"You’ve already said you have an idea, what else can I say? I can only comply," Erin justified herself, but finally pouted. "Alright then, looking at you bursting to speak, spill it, what do you want to do?"

"This seed may represent the potential for the Dark Angel to achieve ’compatibility transformation’ with our universe," Yu Sheng explained earnestly to the little puppet. "Of course, it is still very weak now and shows no ’power,’ but I want to try cultivating it strategically—perhaps one day, we can fully master this ’compatibility transformation’ technique."

Erin listened, thinking earnestly.

Couldn’t figure it out.

"Alright, I completely understand," the little puppet gave Yu Sheng a thumbs up, showing a brilliant smile. "This idea is great, I support you!"

Yu Sheng: "..."

He suspected the puppet understood nothing, and there was no need for evidence.

But it didn’t matter; he was used to it anyway.