I created the Anomaly Control Bureau

Chapter 224 222. Imitator (seeking monthly ticket~)

Shang Mingxin stood expressionlessly in front of the sink, silently staring at the water washing his hands.

After Ma En killed Hong Yuan, Qin Lan became the interim head of the Confederate Salvation Alliance group, taking the position that Hong Yuan originally wanted, while Li Xiuyu and Nathan became the two closest to her. Level IV abilities.

They re-discussed the matter of the negotiation, and finally everyone agreed with Qin Lan's decision-that is, to cease war with the Federation, and sent the most trusted people to handle this matter.

If all goes well, this matter will end immediately, and they can all get a safe and free future. Although this also means that they will never have a chance to rescue Skywalker, the result is already considered very good.

Especially for him.

Although Qin Lan didn't mention this matter, everyone remembers that Hong Yuan once told the reason why he was able to hide it from them, because Kaya who tested the authenticity of the prophecy had been bribed by him.

After the banquet, Li Xiuyu and Nathan did not let Kaya leave smoothly.

In the end they decided to deal with the traitor.

And he is responsible for doing it.

Shang Mingxin reached out to turn off the faucet, wiped it off with a towel, and then walked out of the bathroom.

He stopped.

Because a man with a cane is sitting on the couch in his living room.

He swallowed.

Holding on to the crutches, the man stood up with some difficulty, turned around and smiled at Shang Mingxin:

"Surprise?"

Shang Mingxin looked at him with some horror:
"Are you dead or alive..."

Hong Yuan said with a smile:

"You are a capable person, why are you still afraid of ghosts?
"Of course I'm still alive. Do you think normal people turn into statues when they die?"

Shang Mingxin looked at him with guarded eyes:
"Then what are you here for?"

While talking, he observed Hong Yuan unobtrusively.

Hong Yuan's skin looked much paler than last time, and his body was half a circle thinner, as if he had lost a layer of skin, and his center of gravity was obviously tilted towards the position of the crutch, and his whole body was precarious of.

Shang Mingxin also noticed that the shape of this walking stick is very unique. The theme looks like twisted dark gray tree roots, and at the top it slowly forms a shape similar to a human face, with eyes and a mouth holes, and like a howling wraith.

Hong Yuan looked at him and smiled:
"Why are you here? Of course I'm here to find my most steadfast follower.

"Didn't you personally dispose of our other companion, concealed your identity and waited for me?"

of course not.

He went to deal with Kaya himself only because he was afraid that she would reveal his identity.

After seeing Hong Yuan defeated by Ma En in the blink of an eye, Shang Mingxin "forgot" the matter of following Hong Yuan, and decided to negotiate a complete truce with Qin Lan as if nothing had happened.

Even now that Hong Yuan came back from the dead in front of him, Shang Mingxin still did not change his mind.

"You don't look very well," he said to the man on crutches.

Hong Yuan followed his gaze, and then said with a somewhat exaggerated expression:
"Oh, you said this...

"No, this is just a small problem, at least it is within my acceptable range at the cost of resurrection.

"You don't need to worry at all, although I look a little weak, as if I just crawled out of the grave.

"And in fact, I did suffer a lot. A lot of resources that survived these years were consumed in this resurrection. Of course, this is why I stored them...

"But no matter what, I'm still a reality bender."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Shang Mingxin with a smile, waiting for his answer.

Of course Shang Mingxin understood what he meant.

Regardless, he's a reality bender who can kill himself.

This is also the reason why Shang Mingxin turned his back on the Salvation Alliance. He could not see any possibility of surviving in this war, and after Hong Yuan approached him, he made a decision without hesitation for too long.

Now it seems that the basis he used to judge at that time was not reliable.

Shang Mingxin took half a step back and said:

"I don't understand why you came to me.

Marne has exposed your conspiracy, and now you will not be able to act according to the original plan even if you go back.

"Since you are a reality bender, and you may be dead in their eyes, you can just stay away from here, no matter where you go, you can live well, I can't see you looking for me reason."

Hong Yuan laughed twice:

"Plan? It seems that you really believe it."

Shang Mingxin said puzzledly:

"Didn't you agree with us..."

"There is no plan at all." Hong Yuan had a slightly sarcastic smile on his face, "I made it up to tell you, of course, now I admit that it is not very good to do so, but I never had any plan.

"My will is the plan, the reality to come."

Shang Mingxin asked puzzledly:

"Then what do you want to do now, take revenge on Marne and the Salvation League?"

There must be a reason for the other party to appear in front of him. If he no longer wanted to get involved in the affairs of the Salvation Alliance, he would have taken the opportunity to disappear before their eyes forever, and no one would look for him again.

Hong Yuan brushed his shoulders calmly:

"I don't like to use the word revenge and I don't hate Mane.

"He is a member of the Salvation Alliance. Since he has noticed my conspiracy, it is reasonable to try to kill me, so I can't say that I have any bad views on him. On the contrary, I still think he is quite interesting.

"It just happened that he stood in front of me, let me explain briefly, reality benders have their own way of seeing the world, and in most cases, reality benders don't have any overlapping abilities with each other.

"It's not our characteristic, it's just a matter of probability.

"And I happen to be an exception. I am a strong reality bender, so that sometimes I can turn my will into reality more easily than them, although in your opinion, my ability is just to create some so-called confusion, but this is actually a misunderstanding.

"It's the misunderstanding that ordinary people have about us.

"My ability is simply to turn will into reality, and it can almost be said to be the closest to omnipotence among its kind.

"As for the God of Chaos, it's just self-deprecating, because in your eyes, everything I do is naturally chaotic, and this is only because I am above order.

"For example, you will think that the number 56 is followed by 30.00%. Seven is chaos, the front is chaos, the back is chaos, the space does not conform to your understanding of distance, it is chaos, death equals life or chaos, duck is red, it is chaos...

"But we're chaos to you, and I'm just taking shortcuts you can't see.

"It's just that other people's expressions are just within your understanding, but our essence is something you can't understand. It completely destroys the order and logic in your eyes. You are too unimaginative about the word omnipotent." .

"My thoughts are the reality, not the vessel you are in.

"Of course, when you hear this, you will definitely think why I was defeated by Mann."

No, what Shang Mingxin thinks now is that he must not be able to leave easily.
"Hmm..." Hong Yuan thought for a while and said, "Actually, the situation is quite complicated, but it can be explained simply with a few reasons.

"First of all, it must be because I underestimated the enemy, but even if I was really cautious about Marne at the time, I might not be able to win, because this Marne is actually quite rare among you. The second is because he has the ability to fight in this battle. I came prepared, but that's not important...

"The main reason is actually because I'm still restricted.

"After all, if I were truly omnipotent, I would have ruled your world long ago.

"I still have various restrictions for the time being, for example, my physical body is very fragile, just like the one who is destined to return.

"And I need to consume power to change the reality, the more it deviates from reality, the more difficult it is, for example, I am far from being able to modify the laws of mathematics, and I have no way to produce power by myself.

"That's why I'm getting involved in this."

Shang Mingxin had vaguely thought of what was going on:

"You originally wanted to draw strength?"

Hong Yuan agreed:
"That's right, I guess you have already figured it out, not just any energy can meet my needs, I will stay in the Salvation Alliance because there are things I need here, what I was going to do may be one way or another thing.

"But in essence, I just intend to draw on the strength of her staying here."

Shang Mingxin asked puzzledly:

"But isn't she already imprisoned, how can she have her power here?"

Hong Yuan said with a smile:

"Of course there will be here. In what form do you think Shenxiao's power exists? Is it some kind of energy that you can measure? No, the 'prophecy' she left here is power.

"And I planned to use this identity to steal her remaining power. To tell you the truth, this is actually a very rich meal for me. Unfortunately, it is all destroyed by Ma En now."

These are the parts that Hong Yuan intends to tell the other party.

About [-]% of this conversation is true, and the remaining [-]% is nonsense to cover up the truth.

Hong Yuan really needs to gain power in this way. Without the existence of other reality benders, he would not be able to have any influence on reality, but he is not as omnipotent as he said.

At least it is quite difficult for him to achieve something with will alone.

Even creating an ordinary item is difficult for him, because a lot of power will be wasted in the process.

Hong Won chose the chaotic "space" to fight Ma Eun at the time simply because it was easier for him.

This is because one of the reality benders he has come into contact with in the past can do the same thing, and he can use the collected power to reproduce the "miracles" of other reality benders at a relatively low cost, as long as he accepts constraints on them.

This is also the reason why he can be resurrected and his body needs to remain fragile all year round. He also served in the Holy Church for a period of time in the past and gained a lot of strength.

And he put all of his strength into building that church.

Although the former confidante was arrogant, she still had an instinctive fear of death.

It's just that the Resurrection Church is still not particularly perfect, so Rosset must enter the church on time on behalf of the angel to complete the content of the ceremony he ordered, and if he misses the time, he will die forever.

If he hadn't been reminded by the nightmare, he would never have thought that he might die at the banquet.

In addition to that, he can also convert the collected power into other reality distortion forms he is already familiar with at a cost of at least three to one, which is how he handles the power of Shenxiao.

This seems like a wasteful approach.

Shen Xiao's power itself is actually quite powerful. It can not only neutralize the weakness of his physical body, but also provide the ability to predict the future, but even so, he still does not directly use Shen Xiao's power.

Because he was also restricted by Shen Xiao.

If he wanted to become Shen Xiao, he had to embark on the road of salvation.

Obviously, he is walking on a path that is quite unfavorable to salvation. If he goes too far, he himself may become the target of Shen Xiao to solve, so no matter how much power of Shen Xiao he collects, he can only use it in other ways.

This is also the reason why Shen Xiao allowed him to join the Salvation Alliance.

Maybe she had other arrangements for herself before she lost, but these are meaningless now.

Hong Yuan looked at Shang Mingxin and said:
"This is the answer to that question, the purpose of my coming to you is naturally to get your help.

"And you'll get paid more than you were."

What he has to do now is to earnestly collect the power that Skywalker left here.

In fact, the omnipotence he just claimed is not completely false.

In theory, as long as he keeps getting acquainted with the way the other reality bender powers work, he can make steady progress toward true omnipotence, with just one small problem to fix.

That was how few reality benders he'd ever seen.

Shang Mingxin said reluctantly:
"But we can now have a truce with the Federation..."

Hong Yuan said:

"Think clearly, they can have a truce with the Federation.

"You have already betrayed the Salvation Alliance. Even if you want to recover from your mistakes now, you can't make up for the mistakes you made. You stopped betraying them just because you thought I was dead. How could they believe you?

"You followed a reality bender once, and it was the right decision.

"It's time to make a fresh decision."

Shang Mingxin was silent for a moment, but finally lowered his head:

"what should I do?"

Hong Yuan showed a satisfied smile:

"Very well, what we have to do now is to destroy the truce between the Salvation Alliance and the Federation, because what happened at that banquet made me realize that this is actually part of Shenxiao's plan, and what we have to do is to destroy it.

"By the way, we have to kill Marne."

Shang Mingxin looked at him in surprise:
"Did not you say……"

Hong Yuan repeated:
"I want to kill Marne, and it's not because I want to complete the original plan and kill him by the way. Killing him is my purpose.

"But I assure you that this is not revenge, this decision is not out of personal grievances or emotions at all, I have no intention of letting him die at all.

"It's just reciprocity. If he can survive, I won't deal with him again."

Just like him.

　I’m not sure, so I’m asking. If you combine the previous instructions to the servants, you can see that Hong Yuan’s last thought in Chapter 219 is to say that this is not a dead end.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)