Zongman: Beginning with the Killer Queen

"Let the supreme apostle who can destroy the universe with a single thought be dragged into this deadlock. No matter from which point of view, the price I paid is not worth mentioning."

Roland said in a gentle tone that was neither fast nor slow.

"However, as far as the ultimate goal is concerned, I just didn't lose."

Although Black Snake is trapped outside the world, from another perspective, isn't Roland a prisoner on the throne?

Even Roland, who declared before the war that he did not want to lose, did not expect that this sentence would become a motto.

The results of this battle were very fruitful. Not only did it retain the integrity of the original world and complete its own closed loop, it also devoured thousands of additional bonded spirits, greatly increasing Roland's power.

But all of this can only be realized after he comes back to life.

When Roland has been in a state of neither victory nor defeat, this is nothing more than a blank check.

But the situation is so embarrassing, once he leaves the golden throne used to increase {reason}, even if he does not intend to survive.

Just trying to recover from injuries or interfere with other worlds will immediately break this balance.

The black snake that has locked onto him will not leave Roland time to escape.

Therefore, Roland, who was a candle in the wind, did not even have time to recover himself, and could not leave the Golden Throne at all.

This undoubtedly leads to Roland's biggest advantage at present, the shuttle function that comes with the Key of All Souls has also been restricted in disguise.

Although Roland can now travel freely in the sea of ​​​​the world on his own, under the current situation, the importance of the Key to All Spirits is no less important than any principle of desire he holds.

The considerate function of automatically navigating according to needs is Roland's best way to break the situation.

"But I can't do this alone."

Roland narrowed his eyes slightly and frankly stated his shortcomings, "When Black Snake and I use the Principle of Moment as a chain to restrain each other, only you who are caught in the gap can complete this critical step."

Although the essence of the eternal moment is that new life cannot be born, the world cannot move forward, and it will not change, it is an endless hell that is only slightly better than complete death.

But things must be reversed at their extremes. On the other hand, it also has the potential to become a beautiful paradise.

All the good things you have will be fixed and become an unbreakable stronghold. You will never lose anyone you care about, and you can share your time with the person you want.

And this is the variable that Roland is looking forward to.

"If you can't change the nature, why don't you just start with the shape?"

Yakumo Zi looked at the sea and sky in the distance, thoughtfully.

You don't need to think about it to know that even if Roland's possibilities are pushed to the extreme, neither humans nor monsters can change Roland's state.

But taking advantage of the privilege of being allowed to act within the principle of the moment, human beings in this world can still retain the changes they have made.

Although the destruction and creation they made seemed to Roland to be based on the existing amount of data in the universe, they did not have the power to touch the essence of the changes in material properties.

But change is change, even if it's small.

The same is true for this temple of infinite time built from dreams that is also located at the bottom of the universe.

Even if its quality cannot be shaken, it is not impossible to turn it from water into mist and spread it to a larger area while retaining its magnitude.

When the objects that Roland can directly interfere with are no longer those lucky people who can actively contact the subspace or have the qualifications, but become the entire world, the impact he can have will undoubtedly be drastically changed from what it is now.

After all, even if Roland's dream spreads from fantasy and spreads to the real world, it has been diluted many times, the gap is still higher than that of many people and even the universe.

Finally, he can even seize the opportunity to spread the dream outside the universe, using this trick to avoid the disadvantages of being trapped on the throne.

"So, how do we make the dream spread? In this matter, I don't know how to start."

After thinking seriously for a while, Yakumo Purple became a little frustrated.

Even though she has mastered the realm and reached the pinnacle of abilities and characteristics, she cannot enter the depths of Roland's dream through the gap. She can only cross the nodes on foot, especially for other anomalies.

The gathering of monsters who don't even know the end of the universe can't touch the boundary of dreams.

Roland sits alone on the throne for the sake of the world, no matter what he thinks subjectively.

At least the world was saved and the Savior suffered for it. These are indisputable facts.

Therefore, whether it was due to the attitude of the monster sage or her own selfishness, Yakumo Purple wanted to help reduce Roland's burden as much as possible.

But the answer Roland gave still confused her.

"Just spread the fire."

"Eh?"

Roland's light words made Yakumo Purple stunned, and he blinked in confusion.

Even with her rich life as an eternal seventeen-year-old girl, she could not understand the meaning of passing the fire.

How could the flames burn in the Temple of Infinite Time where even realms cannot take effect?

"After burning out all possibilities, I am just a ball of ashes without fire. But even like this, if I can eat the firewood, I can still emit the light of the firewood and use it as motivation. This dreamland will be It will spread out naturally," Roland explained calmly.

"Firewood?"

Such cruel words made Yakumo Purple silent for a while.

“What are the specific requirements regarding firewood?”

"The higher everything - life, objects, spirituality, the more demonic and extraordinary elements contained in the body, the longer it can burn."

Yakumo Purple's eyes were slightly absent-minded, and she began to search hard for options that met this requirement. Soon, her heart sank.

Human beings are very much in line with this requirement both in terms of numbers and spirituality, but they carry most of the present world view and destiny.

In a large-scale crisis, the sharp decline in the number of humans may directly lead to the collapse of the cornerstone of the balance of the dream and the world, which will cause more serious consequences.

On the contrary, in Gensokyo, there are more people who meet Roland's conditions.

The anomalies and monsters are in despair, but at least they were once rich. Because of a refuge like Gensokyo, the most elite and powerful people in the world are now gathered here.

Great monsters, gods in heaven, evil ghosts in hell, and immortals who have achieved enlightenment through practice.

Even if their own strength is ineffective, as firewood, they should still be very good.

If there are enough, they might be able to take Roland's place on the throne, at least giving him some freedom to move around the border.

only……

Yakumo Purple smiled bitterly.

She is a sage on the side of monsters. Although Gensokyo's status in her heart is far greater than that of monsters, it does not mean that she is indifferent to such things.

Strong people always cherish each other, and most of those candidates who meet the requirements of firewood can be regarded as her friends.

Yakumo Murasaki is not so shameless that even if it is related to the survival of the world, she thinks that her actions must be justice.

These have always been two different things that need to be looked at separately.

"Let me tell you first, I don't intend to send them in directly to be burned as firewood, but what kind of image do I have in your mind..."

Probably seeing through Yakumo Purple's thoughts, Roland shook his head with a subtle expression: "I don't deny that if it reaches the point of no return, I may become the kind of person who does not want to spread the fire for you, but I will help you spread it. character, but at least not to this extent yet.”

The essence of desire is ultimate selfishness.

Now Roland has understood who is the real chaos and the real freedom between doing what he wants to do and not doing what he doesn't want to do.

If the apostle of the Supreme Heaven breaks through again and breaks the current balance, he will drain the world dry without hesitation, and then use the fuelwood born from it to buy himself opportunities.

At that time, except for the remnants of the immortals who have lost their humanity and are unwilling to disappear and give up spreading fire, the world will only be an abyss of death.

Because he knew how desperate such a world would be, Roland could maintain his rationality.

Although it was annoying to be trapped on the throne, it was obviously not time to catch all the benefits.

"After all, Gensokyo is also my property. It would be too wasteful to use such a good asset to fill the holes at this moment."

Roland shook his head and chuckled.

"You can tell from the name that I plan to use a gentler approach. Why should I take the initiative? Under the beautiful appearance of this Utopia, which is a mixed bag of good and bad, there are already hidden countless conflicts that can be detonated at any time. No matter what If you don’t do anything, it will explode in a way you are very familiar with.”

"...Mutation."

Yakumo Murasaki whispered this method.

When it comes to mutation, a characteristic of Gensokyo, even the usually casual Yakumo Murasaki has a hint of helplessness in her tone.

Because of the activated barrier, Gensokyo is not static and conservative, and new characters or forces will join it from time to time.

Compromises or struggles, and even balances between different forces are very fragile.

The sage group headed by Yakumo Murasaki has gone through many reforms, turning the life-and-death struggle into a very distinctive barrage battle under the rules of spell cards, but this method ultimately treats the symptoms rather than the root cause.

Newcomers who don’t know the heights of the world want to show off their strength, old people who have been silent for a long time want to stretch their muscles, internal fights and demonstrations between different forces, and even external struggles, there are countless types of changes.

Therefore, rather than letting these troublemakers take the initiative to cause trouble, Yakumo Purple often becomes the initiator or instigator behind the scenes and actively maintains balance. This is why she is recognized in Gensokyo as not wanting to touch the top of the list of characters.

After hearing Roland's words, Yakumo Purple more or less imagined his plan.

Different from the petty spell card battles, since it is a major event that can be called a mutation, it must be based on making the entire Gensokyo tremble. Monsters and humans will be affected by the mutation. .

After many serious mutations are successful, Gensokyo will directly undergo permanent changes, from a refuge to a reminder of death.

In other words, such a huge change makes it very easy to obtain abnormal power.

"The failure to handle things within your capabilities is due to your own lack of ability, but if I entrust you with tasks beyond your capabilities, it would be my negligence." Roland glanced at Yakumo Murasaki.

"You only need to intentionally guide the occurrence of changes, or actively cause changes. This should be what Zi you are good at. My only request is that the sooner the better."

"I see."

After hearing these words, Yakumo Zi lowered her eyes and nodded.

She has a clearer understanding of her mission.

but--

"Mutations are often not something that happens overnight, and they are often relatively independent. It takes a lot of time to brew before the power can bloom. On the basis of maintaining the frequency, if the affected humans and monsters are not allowed to slowly The time it takes to digest and recuperate may directly disrupt the current balance.”

Gensokyo is not a world completely dominated by the strong, but a home maintained together.

Even little monsters, humans living inside people, are also an important part. They cannot treat the mutation as a funny drama in the theater like Yakumo Murasaki or Roland.

When many mutations happen to them, they are natural disasters that are just one step away from death.

"Not to mention that..."

This time, even if Yakumo Purple didn't say it explicitly, Roland understood her concerns.

Gensokyo, as a node, has the ability to connect everything, so it can affect the whole body. Under the subspace, the black snake is still watching eagerly.

It was just trapped in a state of half-dream and half-awake by Roland's reasoning, and it was not dead.

Yakumo Purple's heart was still frightened by the fact that Black Snake was almost awakened due to observation.

As for the abnormal movement that would cause changes in Gensokyo, even if it wasn't the alarm clock that would wake up the monster, it would probably be an annoying noise.

"Although this thing will erupt like a volcano as long as I stand up, the same thing will happen when I sit on it." Roland's eyes were full of smiles. "Even if it wakes up, it will never reach the point where it wakes up." reality."

Roland raised his head. Under the light of the setting sun, most of his face seemed to be covered in orange flames, and what was reflected in the bright light was a face as dangerous and sacred as a skeleton.

"After absorbing the power of the mutation, whether the apostles of the Supreme Heaven wake up, or the wear and tear suffered by the residents in the disaster, it will only become an ending that is not recognized by me."

In the cage composed of the principle of eternal calamity and stagnant time, although Yakumo Murasaki and the others do not seem to be trapped, they are just prisoners in a wider cage.

"No matter how prosperous the changes have been, the lives in Gensokyo will not be damaged in the slightest. As for those profound memories, they will also be forgotten under the influence of the barrier,"

Saying this, Roland chuckled.

"Discover the changes, solve the changes, then review the daily life with laughter at the banquet, and continue to welcome the next change. This is the day-to-day life in Gensokyo."

"There is no need to worry about life, death, or the future. Just be happy and enjoy every day in the present with your friends and loved ones. This is the whole plan of Gensokyo Paradise.

——How is it? It’s beautiful, isn’t it? "

Yakumo Purple's heart moved. Although this approach may be a little crooked in the ethics of the world, it may be the best ending for the current Gensokyo.

"but--"

Yakumo Murasaki suddenly spoke, attracting Roland's attention.

"This plan is missing the most critical link, so before it can be implemented, you must first find a witch."

"Miko?"

"Yes...the new Hakurei Miko."