Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 455: Conversation

When Xin Lailai opened her eyes again, the first thing she saw was not the familiar snow-white ceiling of her exclusive room, but an endless starry sky.

Did Xiaobai and the others turn on the environmental mimicry function?
This was Xin Lailai’s first reaction.

But he immediately realized that something was wrong. Although the environmental mimicry function in the exclusive room was excellent, it was far from reaching this level of reality. Moreover, most importantly...

"The imprint interface is gone. Does that mean this is a dream or an illusion?"

Xin Lailai glanced at the edge of his unusually clear vision, then looked down at the slowly flowing galaxy below him. Just as he was about to think about the situation in front of him, a somewhat bewildered voice suddenly came from beside him:

"Lailai?"

Ling Yuzi's figure appeared beside him without him noticing, which made Xin Lailai startled. At this moment, a familiar and elegant male voice suddenly came from in front of them:

"Don't be too surprised. This is a dream I created. It's not convenient for me to rush back to the park right now, but it's not convenient to explain this matter using the communication channel alone, so I used this method to bring you here."

A gentle voice like a spring breeze sounded in Xin Lailai's mind. Xin Lailai looked up, then was startled and said in astonishment:
"Boss Meimu, you...hiss!"

Almost at the moment this sentence was spoken, a memory suddenly flooded into Xin Lailai's mind, causing Xin Lailai to subconsciously cover his forehead.

He...remembered.

After he and Ling Yuzi completed the [Eternal Oath] promotion ceremony, he fell asleep directly in his exclusive room. When he woke up, he saw a communication from Meimu, asking him and Ling Yuzi to go to the deepest room on the top floor of the Lailai Cult headquarters.

As a result, after they pushed open the door, they inexplicably lost consciousness, and when they opened their eyes again, they were already here.

"Although the dream-entering method allows me to communicate with you across the vast starry sky, it puts too much of a burden on my mental strength. People with weak mental strength may not even remember that they had a dream after the dream ends. You were able to recover so quickly, it seems that your mental foundation is pretty good."

The scholar in white robe explained slowly and calmly, then with a wave of his sleeves, three cushions suddenly appeared beside the three people.

"As for the rest, sit down first and talk about it later."

After hearing this, the two nodded and sat cross-legged on their respective cushions. After Meimu also sat down, Xin Lailai asked:
"Um, Mr. Eyebrow, what on earth is this...?"

According to what they had said, the other party had something to talk to them about and that's why he pulled them into the dream. But the question was what exactly did he intend to say that made him leave such a good communication channel unused and instead resort to such a troublesome method?

"The reason why I use the dream method is that it is easier to communicate, and it can also minimize my influence on your karma."

As if he had seen through Xin Lailai's thoughts, he explained in a gentle tone without waiting for her to finish, then glanced at the two of them and said:
"As for the reason why I asked you to come this time, it's actually very simple..."

As he spoke, his eyes slightly lowered, he stared at the two of them, and said:

"I miscalculated."

"The guy who targeted you showed more interest in you than I could have imagined, and some things have happened that are completely beyond my expectations."

"?!"

When Xin Lailai heard Meimu's words, she was shocked, but there was more doubt in her eyes.

"Of course, you may not understand what I mean, so I will explain it to you from the beginning."

"First of all, Xinlailai and Lingyuzi, the two of you destroyed the Lord's core fragment that the Scarlet Lord's remnant was attached to in the Hellsing world, right?"

"Um... um! That... Boss Meimu, is there any problem with this? Could it be that the Scarlet Regret is not dead yet, or has other tricks up his sleeve?"

After Xin Lailai nodded to confirm the other party's inquiry, he asked tentatively with a hesitant tone.

"There is indeed a problem, but it's not because the Scarlet Remnant is still alive. Quite the contrary. The biggest problem is that the Scarlet Remnant shouldn't have died in your hands."

Shouldn't he have died in their hands?
When Xin Lailai heard this, a look of confusion appeared in her eyes, and for a moment she was unable to understand the specific meaning of Meimu's words.

Could it be that the bright red remnant was actually some kind of backup plan arranged by Boss Meimu, and the other party's plan was ruined because of their actions?
"It's not a matter of plans. What I mean by "shouldn't" is about fate. Do you know that you are actually walking on a fate that shouldn't exist?"

He shook his head, denying Xin Lailai's words in advance before she even had time to say them, then stared into his eyes with his eyes as deep as the starry sky and said in a deep voice.

A destiny that shouldn't... exist?

The never-heard-of term not only failed to alleviate Xin Lailai's doubts, but made them even stronger.

"Um, excuse me, Mr. Meimu, can you please elaborate on what you just said?"

“Don’t think about it so complicatedly. In fact, you only need to think about it. If you hadn’t encountered that accident in the Demon Slayer world, where would you be now? And who would replace you in everything you experienced later, and you will understand.”

If they hadn't encountered the accident in the Demon Slayer world, where would they be now? Who would have replaced them in their later experiences?
Upon hearing this, Xin Lailai subconsciously began to think quickly, and then suddenly thought of a possibility, and her expression was stunned.

Wait, could it be that Mr. Meimu meant...

"Yes, although you don't realize it, in fact, you are now protected by the fate that originally belonged to the Death Bearer. In other words, you are taking the Death Bearer's place and walking the path that should have been completed by her."

"In the original destiny, the Death Keeper would not die in the Demon Slayer world, but would successfully leave that world alive. Not only that, it was not you who originally entered the Black Clover world, but the Death Keeper."

"This is the tribulation and training of the Death Bearer. In the original trajectory, the Death Bearer would have taken your place and solved the abyss invasion of Black Clover on your behalf. But because of the deal I made with her, the Netherworld tacitly agreed to let you take over this fate. She would use the tribulation she was supposed to experience to replace the desperate situation you were supposed to encounter, thus forming a blessing of fate."

He spoke slowly and steadily, and Xin Lailai's head was buzzing. The overwhelming amount of information made him rub his temples and asked in a somewhat unbelievable voice:

"Well, Mr. Meimu, wait for me to sort it out... According to what you mean, the abyss invasion of the Black Four World should actually be handled by the Death Bearer, but it turned out that we have to help her deal with it?"

"Yes and no. On the surface, although you took on the death of the Death Holder, from the perspective of fate, you actually used her fate to avoid the death that you were supposed to encounter."

"Um... Boss Meimu, what you mean is that we were originally in Black Four... emmm, in the second world after Demon Slayer, and encountered even more horrible things? As a result, because we replaced the fate of the Death Master, we only have to face the Remnant of the Abyss?"

"Yes, perhaps the enemy you encountered may be weaker than the remnant of the abyss you mentioned, but if it weren't for the protection of the fate of the dead, you would not have encountered the agent in the second world."

"..."

He stated it calmly. Upon hearing it, Xin Lailai imagined the situation in her mind and fell silent.

Indeed, if the situation in the Black Fourth World had really been changed to a situation that was easier to handle but without Yamu's help, there was a high probability that they would have died there.

"Um... Mr. Eyebrow, does the person who holds the dead know about this?"

"I know, but you don't need to feel any psychological burden because of this. Although you have been blessed by her fate, this is actually a mutually beneficial cooperation."

"Because of the setbacks you brought, she was able to escape from her original destiny and become stronger than before. You are protected by the remaining destiny of hers, using her disaster to replace your own death."

"And this was also my original plan. In my plan, the fate of the dead should at least protect you and allow you to safely pass through to the third level. But now, due to the interference of a certain existence, this result has changed."

"To put it more bluntly, you can understand it this way..."

As he spoke, he took a deep look at the two of them and said:

"Xin Lailai, and Ling Yuzi, you will die in the next world."

The plain words made the expressions on the two people's faces change slightly, but before they could ask, the white-robed scholar continued:
"This is not alarmist or exaggerated. If I'm not mistaken, you should have more or less realized this."

When Xin Lailai heard this, the [Aria of Light] that he bought from the Honor Store flashed through his mind. He fell silent and did not answer.

"At the same time, I can also tell you that this time, there is no way to avoid it. From the moment your fate suddenly became strong enough to sever the cause and effect of the Scarlet Lord, your fate has been completely anchored by it."

"Of course, if you don't understand, you can understand that at this moment your fate is implicated by a cause and effect that is so powerful that it is almost impossible to interfere with. The reason why you were able to kill the Scarlet Remnant is because your fate was interfered with by this cause and effect."

"It does not allow you to fall into the Hellsing world, but requires you to survive and face the disasters of the next world. This indirectly causes your fortune to become extremely strong when facing the threat of the Scarlet Regret that may cause your early death, and even reaches the point where you can kill it."

"...Brother Meimu, when you say that, it feels like the God of Hell wants us to die at five o'clock in the morning, so who dares to let us die at three o'clock in the morning?"

"You can understand it this way. The power of fate and cause and effect comes from this." "..."

Mei Mu's voice echoed quietly around. Xin Lailai sat cross-legged on the cushion, fell silent and said nothing.

"If you have any other questions, you can ask them here. There is still plenty of time."

He looked at the black-haired young man and the white-haired girl in front of him and spoke calmly.

"Um... Boss Meimu, I want to ask about the things Lailai and I encountered after the Black Fourth World. Are they all influenced by the fate of the dead?"

A pleasant voice sounded from the dream space. This time, it was Ling Yuzi who asked the question.

The girl looked at the white-robed scholar in front of her curiously with her ruby-like eyes, and asked him respectfully.

"Part of it is, and part of it is not. Some of the other worlds you have experienced are not in the original trajectory of the Death Holder, but they happen to intervene in the fate of other people with powerful fortunes."

"Is this also your arrangement, Master Meimu?"

"No, but the 83203 who is guiding you may be guiding you with this purpose. In fact, if we really talk about the degree of my sincerity, my help to you is actually more out of personal purpose, and the help from Mr. 83203 is more inclined to help you two than mine."

"Compared to me, the leader, she actually believes more in your ability to overcome those disasters. In this respect, I am not as good as her."

He stated calmly, and after hearing the other party's story, Xin Lailai, who had been silent, moved his eyes slightly. Various details of his interactions with 83203 flashed through his mind. Finally, he looked at the back of his right hand and looked at the devil's mark on it.

'One more thing, I hope you remember that the development of Nirvana is to keep you alive, not to kill you.'

The cold voice echoed in Xin Lailai's mind along with the memories, causing Xin Lailai to shake his head and laugh twice. After taking a long breath, he looked at the eyebrows in front of him calmly and said:

"Boss Meimu, can I ask you a few questions?"

"Just ask."

"You said at the beginning that Ling Yuzi and I's current destiny is based on the original destiny of the Death Keeper. But considering the differences between our styles and the Death Keeper's, I'm sure many things are still different from now, right?"

"Yes."

"Then, I want to know, in the original trajectory, what happened to Xiaobai and Xiaopu?"

"In the original trajectory, the Deathbringer did not assist Julius, resulting in the enemy she faced being stronger than the one you faced. In the end, she did not defeat it like you did, but relied on her talent awakening and at the cost of her own death, dragged it and the entire Black Clover world into destruction."

"Therefore, the parasite crab will not be captured by the Black Clover World, but will continue to wander. After drifting for decades, it will fall into a derivative world, and in that world, it will be recruited by the Sanctuary Paradise and embark on the path of a worker."

He spoke calmly, paused, looked at the two of them, and then continued:

"As for the mutant young wild god, because in the original trajectory, the battlefield world was participated by the agent you know, it was directly destroyed in the boundary thunder along with the world child of that world."

"That's it..."

After listening to Meimu's story, Xin Lailai looked up at the boundless starry sky, closed his eyes, and was silent for two seconds. Then he opened his eyes, took a long breath, stood up, bowed deeply to Meimu, and said in a tone of great respect:

"Thank you, Mr. Meimu, thank you and Mr. 83203 for everything you have done for us."

If it wasn't for Meimu guiding them to replace the original fate of the Death Bearer, if it wasn't for the big boss 83203 guiding him to step into the battlefield of the God Eater world, he and Ling Yuzi might have died long ago, and Xiaobai and Xiaopu would never have the life they have now.

"It seems that you have made a decision."

"Maybe. To be honest, I still can't believe that there are so many things hidden behind the worlds we have experienced. And when I just heard you say that the two of us will die in the next world, I was really shocked."

"what about now?"

"Well~ Actually I'm still quite shocked. But, Boss Meimu, is there really no way to avoid the disaster in our next world?"

"Sadly, not really."

"Is that so? It seems there is really no other way."

"What are you going to do?"

"Hmm... Let me think about it. After I get back, I'll write a suicide note, arrange my funeral affairs, have a meal with some acquaintances, and then relax. The rest..."

Xin Lailai muttered to himself, pointing a finger every time he said something. At the end, he paused, smiled, and continued:
“Just trying to survive in every possible way.”

Yes, do whatever it takes to survive.

Not only for him and Ling Yuzi, but also for Xiaobai and Xiaopu, and all the people who had placed their expectations on them along the way.

"Although I don't know how terrible the disaster you are talking about will be, I am now a winner in life, and I don't intend to die here so easily."

"After all, I'm planning to prepare birthday gifts for my two children when it's their birthday."

In the gradually fading dream space, Xin Lailai hugged Ling Yuzi, whose cheeks were slightly red, looked at the eyebrows in front of him, and said with a smile:

"Well, Mr. Meimu, see you later."

The next second, the dream dissipated, and the two figures disappeared from the spot, leaving only one person standing in the starry sky, gazing into the distance, with a deep look in his eyes.

"That should be about it, right?"

After today's conversation, the two people's desire to survive will surely be stimulated to the greatest extent.

Although this would certainly go against someone's expectations and be in serious contradiction with the 'great deeds' and 'miracles' he expected, in terms of the probability of survival, this was the most likely way for the two men to survive.

"If Hao Guang were here, he would probably scold me for being heartless, right?"

The white-robed scholar smiled self-deprecatingly, glanced at the two cushions in front of him, and lowered his eyes slightly.

He knew very well that if someone he knew was here, he would never blindly stimulate the two people's desire to survive, but would have higher expectations for them.

After all, even though he didn't say it, he had already witnessed with his own eyes how huge the waves those two had caused were, and he knew better than anyone how difficult it was to achieve a result that was more perfect than the original trajectory.

There is no doubt that these two people are definitely qualified to pursue great things.

But it's a pity...

"Who told me to be a realistic guy?"

He doesn't believe in miracles.

"I won't hold such high expectations for you. In my opinion, it's already a miracle that you can survive."

If it was a normal trial, he would never stop it, but this time the trial had far exceeded the scope of the word trial.

"So, live well, Xinlailai, Lingyuzi."

The most perfect approach is to survive, and then continue to move forward steadily with the help of the fate of the dead, reaching higher peaks step by step.

"Don't ever... try to pursue the so-called great cause, don't embark on that path..."

“The point of no return.”

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(End of this chapter)