Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo

Chapter 798 - 753: Entering the Void

I tried closing my eyes to see if I could cross the world's wall and sense the void beyond.

"The world's wall" is not something I encountered for the first time. Back in the now utterly destroyed Southern City, I had experienced the "Outer World Wall" summoned by the "Paradise."

However, to be precise, compared to the "Outer World Wall" formed as a self-defense mechanism by the yet-to-fully-arrive "Paradise," a genuine cosmic barrier is vastly different. For one, such a "wall" doesn't simply appear in some physical space. The boundary between the world and the void isn't something so straightforward.

Void is something that is both everywhere and nowhere, and things located within the void can sometimes, under certain conditions, connect with a location within the world. The basement of the fifteenth floor in the past is an example of this. Although this junction point has now been turned into a teleportation door, at least there was a point of contact here. Sensing in this place, although it might have a psychological comfort factor, could potentially provide some assistance.

Soon, I experienced a sensation difficult to describe with existing linguistic systems. To put it simply and bluntly — I can indeed travel to the void in one go.

, a super-being spanning across the two worlds, it's not to say the two time-space axes are entirely unrelated. But it is a fact that I am currently outside the real world, so I cannot perceive it like when I'm inside it.

Under these conditions, I cannot use Flame Transmission to skip the void and directly reassemble myself in the real world. Because "time" equates to "process," "operations without process" are still too difficult for me at this moment. I wonder if I observe for a long enough time, would I find the knack.

The perception of the Manifestation Realm is extremely mysterious. Sensing the world from an outside perspective is truly bizarre. The concepts of time and space seem to become full of loopholes. All times seem to become the same time, thus transforming into an indeterminate state akin to chaos. Combined with the scientific hypothesis of time and space unification, it seems this could lead to the conclusion "all spaces are the same space." This inevitably reminded me once again of the Great True Spirit hypothesis, where all life is the same life—

I see. Perhaps I understand a bit about the "integration with all things" and Shan Liangyi's "reincarnation" of Manifestation. Since ultimately all things are the same thing, naturally, there is no distinction between them; although Shan Liangyi cannot simultaneously become "all life" as the Great True Spirit, it can constantly transition from "one life" to "another life."

Just like "Manifestation," in some sense, "reincarnation" is also an unyielding compromise to achieve "True Spirit"... it is a fork in the path to self-proving True Spirit.

And since I cannot skip the void, I must bear the cost of not being able to freely choose the time point when returning to the real world.

However, since "firefly" signals are used as guidance, at least I won't jump to a past where the target "firefly" doesn't exist or a future where it has been eradicated. The random time range might not be extraordinarily outlandish. Combined with the sweeper star power, I shouldn't miss any important events.

After finalizing the departure details, Mazao and Zhu Shi handed the Divine Seal Fragment that they had been keeping to me.

"Even though we're not sure if it'll be of use... you just keep it for now," Zhu Shi said.

I reached out to take it and stored it in the small budding Void Realm. Now, as long as I don't intend to, even if I take the Divine Seal Fragment barehanded, it won't automatically bind.

"To prevent Shan Liangyi from suddenly restarting the teleportation door and barging into the Post-mortem World after you leave, we must first depart this area and act in secrecy. And if you're the one restarting the teleportation door, please notify us through the fire you leave behind when the time comes," Fa Zheng said.

"Understood," I replied.

"Speaking of hiding in the Post-mortem World, I have some experience, and Hongcao... No. 7, along with the Tai Sui Army she leads, should be far more adept than I am," Mazao suggested. "We can try to rendezvous with her afterward."

Jian Feixian nodded and said, "There should still be quite a few remains of the Evangelical Institute, and it is necessary to clean up this part of the forces."

"Then... see you later," I said.

Mazao came forward and hugged me tightly.

This time separating, from her time experience, might be yet another lengthy farewell.

"Zhuang Cheng, make sure to come back alive and save the world together," she said.

"I definitely will," I nodded.

Mazao stepped back two steps, and I etched the images of her and Zhu Shi into my heart, then turned around and took a step forward.

It was like stepping off a stair into nothingness; though the front was flat ground, my vision suddenly swirled, turning promptly into utter darkness.

With just one step, I stepped out of the world and entered the void.

Time, space, matter, energy... an environment without any elements swallowed me. Here, not even life and death exist, nor do they allow any consciousness and perception to exist.

Even in my period of Innate Manifestation, I had felt immensely suffocated by this true meaning of utter darkness devoid of anything. If I stayed here for a long period, my own spirit would dissolve and dissipate like sugar in boiling water. Although saying "a long time" in a place without time is odd, I couldn't find another way to express it.

But this time it was completely different; I felt my spirit incomparably clear, even bringing my whole body into here.