Surviving in a Collapsed World, Is Something Wrong?

Chapter 216: Understanding Cause and Effect, Crossing the River, Dual Rules Constructing the Body

On the way back to the temporary residence, Mistellin couldn't help but ask again.

"What is the purpose of that tombstone and epitaph?"

Jiang Ming looked at Mistierine, who had a calm expression but eyes full of curiosity, and sighed helplessly.

After all, even she herself thought that compared to her own [transcription] that could preserve thoughts and experiences as much as possible, a stone tablet, and an inscription summarizing the deceased - all of this seemed extremely futile and incomprehensible to her.

But he still spoke.

"I think its function is to prove the existence and significance of the deceased, but...Misterine, you don't have to be so suspicious of everything. There are many things in this world that even humans themselves can't explain clearly. They just feel that they should do this in their hearts. Otherwise, they will be ashamed of themselves, others, and their ancestors."

Jiang Ming slowed down his pace and looked at Mistierine with a gentle expression but firm eyes.

"There is truth and goodness in this world, but there is also hypocrisy. You want to understand humans, but I'm afraid you can't fully understand them - they are too complicated... Let's go."

The two of them did not stop, and Mistierine did not ask any more questions, and they soon returned to their temporary residence.

"I am back."

After Jiang Ming brought Misterine into the house, he shouted inside and soon a weak voice responded.

"Ah... Welcome back. Thank you for your hard work... Hmm?"

Alexandra immediately noticed Misterine who was following behind Jiang Ming. Although she had a blank expression on her face, she looked like she was thinking.

“Who is…?”

When she saw Mistelline, Alexandra's face showed obvious surprise. Her appearance brought her thoughts back to the time when she was fleeing a few months ago - the girl who saved her from the monster siege.

"Oh, I met her on the road. She was also a victim of the second Honkai, so I brought her here."

"Ah...I see. Since this is our first meeting, just call me Alexandra."

"...?"

Mistyline tilted her head slightly as she looked at Alexandra's face with some anticipation, until her eyes met Jiang Ming's hint and she realized that she had to say her name at this time.

"Ah... Hello, my name is... Misterine, Misterine Shaniat."

It seemed that she mustered up a lot of courage to say her name. Mistelline's voice was very loud, but Alexandra didn't care and even smiled with her hand covering her mouth.

This made Mistierine wonder if she had said something wrong, and she immediately looked at Jiang Ming for help - in this regard, she had become somewhat dependent on Jiang Ming.

Jiang Ming also chuckled in his heart.

"Okay, she didn't mean to laugh at you. There are many kinds of laughter. The laughter just now was a smile when something cute happened."

"..."

Mistyline took another look at Alexandra lying on the bed and quickly understood her current situation. Being pregnant in such a harsh environment was obviously the worst thing, but under Jiang Ming's care, her condition was even better than that of normal people.

"...!?"

Mistelline stared at Alexandra blankly, and suddenly she was shocked unconsciously - she was cursed with the stigmata, had poisonous blood of Honkai, and exuded an extremely huge Honkai energy, but... why was this ordinary person in front of her not hurt at all?

There is only one possibility - the other party, like Jiang Ming, has the possibility of becoming a qualified person!

Mistrine subconsciously wanted to inject her power into the woman named Alexandra. This was her instinct. After that, she would undoubtedly obtain the holy marks and gain the power to survive in this world.

In Mistelline's view, it was a good thing for both her and Alexandra, but she suddenly found that although she had indeed released the power that could activate the stigmata, she could not enter Alexandra's body at all, as if there was an invisible space blocking her.

Mistierine once again set her sights on Jiang Ming. Even though the other party had not revealed any clues, she knew that he was the only one who could do such a thing - the man in black robe.

"...Misterine, let's talk outside."

After Jiang Ming gave Alexandra some brief instructions, he took Misterine out of the house.

"Is not it good?"

Mistherine asked the question first. Jiang Ming looked at her first, then looked at the sky. He did not explain directly, but told Mistherine's experience in a leisurely manner.

"Misterine, your birth was an accident after all. What exists here is just an [imaginary concept] that invades reality, not a real stigma life. At the beginning, you tried to lock yourself in the depths of the cave where humans could not enter. That was when you did not know your own state, which would cause Honkai beasts to be born continuously until you saw the disaster there."

"If your senses were the same as those of an ordinary person, you would probably have been content to imprison yourself there forever. However, every time you reappeared in this world, [pain], [reluctance], [death], and similar concepts would flood in from all directions. Only then would you understand that even if you were not close to any existence, you were still the source of disaster..."

"Later... you left the cave and tried to make up for your mistakes with your own hands. You were able to save people from being bitten by the Honkai beasts, but your appearance could only make them die in another way and no one was spared."

"You hate yourself, you hurt yourself, you can't forgive yourself, because you are the crystallization of the concept of [Relief]... But how could that little trick hurt you? After that... you met me."

"......what do you want to say in the end?"

Mistryn frowned, and it was obvious that she didn't want to recall this.

"Don't worry, the next part is the key point."

Jiang Ming turned around and looked into Misterine's eyes.

"So... you thought of awakening the stigmata in humans and trying to make them adapt to you, just like you wanted to do just now."

In the original plot, Mistline saw that Alexandra lying on the bed was extremely weak and would die even if she didn't care. So, for a glimmer of hope that never came, she tried her best to inject the power that could activate the stigmata into Alexandra's body, and the result was unexpectedly successful.

But because of this, the baby in the womb would not have the possibility of being born. Jiang Ming would certainly not just sit there this time, as he had his own plan.

"Since birth, you have never seen beings like me and her. You cannot know many details, which I can understand, but I hope you know that the mysterious power that can stimulate the holy marks will pass through Alexandra's blood at all times, attacking the child in her belly like attacking other people..."

Having said that, Mistierine also understood what Jiang Ming meant, but she still retorted.

"Is this... worth it?"

"..."

Jiang Ming's expression froze for a moment, which made Mistierine feel that she had a sure win and could convince him, but just as she wanted to continue speaking, Jiang Ming held his hand and laughed out loud.

“Hehe…hahahaha…”

"...?"

This time it was Mistryn's turn to be stunned. Humans have changeable emotions, but Mistryn didn't expect that even the man in black robe was like this.

After laughing for a while, Jiang Ming let out a long breath, and the words he said made Mistierine confused.

"Forget it, forget it. It's not good to delay. Whether it's you, me, or her, we all have very little time left. I'm tired. Let's just do something direct."

"...What do you mean?"

"Haha, don't move, I will convey my meaning to you soon."

Jiang Ming walked forward slowly, while Mistierine waited there.

"Don't resist, soon... you will know everything."

Jiang Ming gently placed his hand on the top of Mistlin's head and began to activate the rules of the memory universe just like when he shared his memories with Cheng Lixue before.

"——!?"

Soon, a memory belonging to Jiang Ming entered Mistrylin's mind, which surprised her extremely. After the memory sharing ended, Mistrylin couldn't help but talk to herself and quickly told the content of her memory.

"Alexandra's husband is not dead, and many of the Valkyries of Destiny are not dead. Even the culprit who caused the second collapse and Cecilia Shaniat are not dead. You saved them. The black robe is you, and the white robe is also you. You know the cause and effect of fate. You crossed the long river of time and came here to change all this. You are planning, a very big plan..."

Jiang Ming shared everything about the second collapse and what would happen in the future with Misterine's mind.

Of course, not all of it, only before the third collapse, and the system didn't tell her about it.

But this was enough to make her understand why Jiang Ming wanted to stop her. Everything Jiang Ming showed made Mistryn dumbfounded, but as a [rational type], she would naturally not always be like this.

Mistierine understood everything—why he found her, why he helped her, why he wanted to stop her, she understood it all, but she did not have any negative emotions about it. Instead, she was very grateful. After all... everything she had done was much worse than what he had done.

"...I kind of understand what you mean. What are you going to do next?"

"It's simple. First, remove the curse from your body."

"Do you have such ability?"

"of course not."

Jiang Ming said as a matter of course.

"..."

"But I can make you human."

"——!?"

Jiang Ming's words surprised Mistrylin again for a moment, but she soon understood it.

After Jiang Ming's operation, a body exactly like her own suddenly appeared in her eyes. Both the appearance and figure were impeccable. Of course, the clothes were made before the body was constructed.

"You want to create a body exactly like mine, and then transfer my consciousness into this body to get rid of the curse on me?"

"Yes, I can share consciousness and transfer it. Don't underestimate this body I created. It is a product of the rules of the universe and the rules of the life universe. It is completely consistent with humans in every aspect. Even its recovery ability is far better than your current body. However, your ability to activate stigmata on people is probably gone. But this is harmless, right?"

"...Yeah, but I am a little surprised by your recovery ability."

This is true. Mistrine's created body itself gave her the recovery ability of the Herrscher of Death, and now Jiang Ming told her that her final body even surpassed this level.

"When does it begin?"

"Now, listen to me and don't resist. Otherwise, I don't know what will happen to your consciousness."

Jiang Ming responded and put two fingers of his right hand in front of him. Suddenly, his eyes flashed with light and he shouted.

"Memorize the rules of the universe and pass it on!"

With his order, Mistletoe's consciousness was transferred from her original body to the body created by Jiang Ming.

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