Chapter 42: The Apocalypse of the Parallel World of Reality and Illusion (5)
“What is it~ What is it~ As expected, Juncheng, you still can’t bear to give up the harem state surrounded by beautiful girls, right?”
The touching atmosphere was completely ruined.
Clearly, both Juncheng and I had held hands, and we were about to have a standard romantic development of hugging and kissing. Before I could be pulled into Juncheng’s embrace, this damned purple fox fox jumped between us.
Did this guy do it on purpose? It was definitely on purpose, right?
“It feels good, doesn’t it~ That’s right, men are creatures who think with their lower bodies. Even if you are a Buddhist, Juncheng, you’ve already tasted the forbidden fruit and can’t break free~”
This person really dares to speak.
She was so scared earlier that she didn’t dare to come find Juncheng directly, relying on lewd jokes to pretend to be calm, and finally couldn’t help but follow to eavesdrop.
As soon as she confirmed Juncheng’s thoughts, she immediately reverted to her original form.
What kind of demon are you, spewing lies?
“Choosing between a harem of beautiful girls and a single, lonely person, anyone would choose the former~ There’s no man who would give up a happy life, right? Hohoho… I knew it, Juncheng wouldn’t make such a stupid choice~”
Even if you say so, Juncheng shouldn’t be considered a lonely person. He clearly feels more comfortable alone and at most wants to make some friends. He probably never thought about being popular with girls.
Moreover, even if ‘we’ are not by his side, ‘another group of girls’ will surround him, right? Perhaps that’s how it unfolds in other timelines.
If he were in a normal class instead of a class full of anomalies, it would definitely be a campus romance harem comedy.
After all, Juncheng is a born womanizer.
He’s not the kind of man who’s so handsome that people fall in love at first sight.
Like a slow-acting poison, he seeps in.
By the time you realize it, he has already become an indispensable existence in your world.
So, if you continue to provoke him like this, he might change his mind.
As I expected, Juncheng scratched his cheek, looked away from Zihua, and muttered to himself.
“…As expected, I still choose to be ordinary. It’s more comfortable alone. Besides, you and Lianbing really go too far sometimes. You treat me like a machine…”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry! I won’t get carried away again! Please don’t change your mind! Wuwuwu~ No~”
Zihua suddenly burst into tears, kowtowed, hugged Juncheng’s leg, and rubbed against it with all her might.
At this time, there were quite a few people strolling in the park after dinner, and they all looked at us, pointing and whispering.
From the perspective of outsiders, this scene now looks like a cliché dog-blood drama between a scum and his current girlfriend and mistress.
Even Juncheng couldn’t stand it. He patted Zihua’s head, covered his face, and said helplessly.
“I won’t change my mind, really…”
“Eh? This reaction, it’s still effective?”
The Holy Novel
Corpse SF Light/
Juncheng seemed surprised, but why did this scene feel so natural to me?
“It seems to have become a conditioned reflex, Juncheng, you perverted scum…”
“Wait, wait, Zi’ai, what are you looking at! I didn’t play that kind of game with Lan! It’s just that I don’t know when she started barking every time I told her to shut up!”
As soon as he said that, the surrounding noise grew louder. Juncheng sometimes… doesn’t understand the occasion.
“Woof! Woof woof!”
Zihua barked a few more times, as if the current chaos wasn’t enough, looking at Juncheng expectantly, as if she had a real tail wagging behind her.
I could see the hearts condensing in her pupils.
This has already been trained, hasn’t it? This means that even if it’s just a joke now, these two will eventually become a couple who walks out together, right?
“…Pervert (to be).”
“What do you mean by ‘to be’! Don’t read out what’s in parentheses!”
I don’t want to be involved with these two anymore; it’s too embarrassing.
Is this really how the team that bears the future of the world should behave… I can’t help but worry about the future.
“Hey, wait, Zi’ai! Uh, Lan—no, Zi, let go of me, wait, what are you doing! What are you doing! Hey, hey, hey! Stop fooling around! Stop licking!”
Do you know there are a bunch of onlookers watching us!
“Ugh, enough!”
It was already past 8 PM when I dragged these two screw-loose individuals, who almost committed public indecency, back.
As a result, the first day was wasted.
I took a bath.
Back in Juncheng’s room, Juncheng and I discussed future matters while eating hot pizza. Zihua had gone to take a bath.
“Juncheng, have you really decided?”
“Mm…”
After swallowing the pizza in his mouth and taking a sip of soda, Juncheng exhaled and spoke.
“Phew! Yes, I’ve decided. The main reason is that I don’t want to forget what has already happened. If we change the past, then neither you nor I will remember each other, right?”
“That’s true…” Heartfelt Novel
“Phew! Refreshing~ Ah, is the pizza here~”
“Hey, you guy, at least put on a towel.”
“We’re all family, what are you afraid of~”
Zihua, naked and still dripping wet, walked over brazenly, picked up a slice of pizza, and started eating.
“Mmm~ delicious, too bad there’s no milk.”
“Why are you looking at me expectantly? I don’t produce milk.”
“Hohoho, Juncheng, shall we make some seasoning right now?”
It seems I have no choice but to intervene.
I pressed on top of Zihua’s head, forced her to turn around, and then leaned close to her ear, shouting at the highest volume.
“Put on! Your! Clothes! Properly! No! More! Messing! Around!”
After scolding Zihua, we could finally have a proper late-night snack and conversation.
Zihua, now wearing a bathrobe, also gnawed on pizza and said.
“Then it’s decided, it’s the Easy difficulty storyline. Maybe we’ll have ten days to half a month left, and then we can enjoy ourselves to our heart’s content.”
“What’s in your head?”
Is all that’s left is sex?
“Aiya, since I’m about to disappear, I want to enjoy myself in my last moments~”
Right, she had almost completely depleted her Destiny Power and could only exist for about thirty more days.
She wanted to indulge herself in her final moments…
“Hohoho, this is a rare chance to have Juncheng all to myself! I won’t let it go!”
So it’s possessiveness flaring up!
“By the way, if this is Easy difficulty, are there other difficulties?”
“Yes, although we are currently in the past, the future cannot be changed just because you want it to. Moreover, there are only three of us, and there are limited things we can do. Depending on Juncheng’s choices, the difficulty will vary. ‘We’ have already anticipated several choices you might make and designed mission objectives for them.”
“Then what difficulty is the choice to return to being an ordinary person and regain my daily life?”
“Hell difficulty. The mission objective is to completely destroy the organization and smash the Yata no Kagami within twenty-five days.”
“Otherwise, Juncheng, you’ll still be assigned to the anomaly class and eventually get involved in all sorts of dangerous events.”
That’s true.
If Juncheng is to stay completely away from the hidden world, the organization must be completely dismantled.
“Assuming I exhaust my remaining Destiny Power, the success rate is about 13%. Although it seems low, it’s still worth a desperate try.”
“13%, that’s a rather subtle number, but this isn’t a gacha game. I’m not going to gamble you.”
“Hoho, I knew you were the best, Juncheng~”
“Can Juncheng still use his abilities?” Others?
“Hmm? Let me see… My Spiritual Power is fine. Acceleration and Intimidation can still be used. But I can’t use Destiny Power anymore. I can’t feel that special power.”
Unable to use Destiny Power…
“It’s because in this past, none of Juncheng’s respective Holy Witches have awakened yet. A Master of Fate without a Holy Witch is like an empty shell of a pistol without bullets.”
I see. Indeed, in this era, whether it’s Ji Lianbing, Jiang Xueqing, or Kaoru Tsukiyose, they haven’t awakened as Witches of Calamity yet.
But what about Li Nai…
I remember she seemed to have become a zombie five years ago, right? She seemed to be the first Witch of Calamity discovered by the organization.
Is the reason she became a zombie related to her awakening as a Witch of Calamity?
Zihua also mentioned that of the two things to be done later, reviving Li Nai is the key.
“So, I’m not sure what the so-called Easy difficulty entails… Oh, right, Zihua, you said the first thing is to prevent Juncheng’s death, and then… prevent Li Nai from becoming a zombie?”
“Yes, but actually, these two things can be considered as one.”
“What do you mean? I can understand the first part, but what does the second part have to do with the future?”
“Of course, it’s more accurate to say preventing Li Nai from becoming a zombie is the most crucial part. Juncheng, you should know what consuming a lot of Destiny Power costs, right?”
“Lifespan.”
“Yes, lifespan. Both the Master of Fate and the Holy Witch consume lifespan when using Destiny Power. So, can someone who has no lifespan limit use Destiny Power?”
“…If they could, it would be too OP.”
Having infinite lifespan means having infinite Destiny Power, so couldn’t anything be changed?
It’s indeed a bit of a cheat. “That’s right, the answer is of course no. Undead creatures cannot use Destiny Power. And Li Nai is a zombie, an ambiguous existence between life and death, so even if she were a Holy Witch, she couldn’t use Destiny Power. You see, her title isn’t [Plague’s Calamity Witch], right?”
“Eh? But at that time, I really revived Xueqing using Destiny Power…”
At that time, Juncheng’s body was also infected with the Zombie Virus. If zombies couldn’t use Destiny Power, Juncheng shouldn’t have been able to either. “‘So’ Juncheng, you died.”
“Huh?”
“Because using Destiny Power consumed lifespan, the process of death that was on hold was finally completed, so Juncheng ‘naturally’ died there.”
“So it’s not that you can’t use Destiny Power after becoming a zombie, but you’ll die if you use it!”
“Yes, Li Nai is in the same situation. As long as she uses Destiny Power, she reaches death. And… she will definitely use Destiny Power for you. There are already signs of it. Juncheng may not know, but Zi’ai, you should be very aware. Why is Li Nai unconscious? Now that I think about it, Li Nai is in a near-death state. I couldn’t figure out the reason before, but now I finally understand: it’s because she used Destiny Power…”
“…. ”
“In the time I experienced, Nai Nai had already died a long time ago. She didn’t reach us together… The four of us were incomplete, which is why we couldn’t stop…”
Zihua showed a dejected expression, her gaze towards Juncheng filled with sadness, but it was only for a fleeting moment.
She immediately returned to her usual smiling face and clapped her hands.
“So, the question is, how can we change all this~ The answer is super simple~ Hoho~”
“Prevent the Zombie Crisis that is about to break out in this city–”
So, it’s ‘five years ago’ after all…
Everything is planned.
“Bingo! Mwah~”
“Alright, my future self has already written the script for reversal. I’m excited!”
