Chapter 530
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Chapter 530: The One Behind
“Did you say he’s going to die? What’s going on?”
Lin Qiye stood in front of the cell of the Seer, one hand gripping the railing, his brow furrowed.
The shadow with crimson eyes shook its head. “I’m not sure about the specifics.”
“Aren’t you able to foresee the future?”
“I can only see the future of a single object within a week, and only the events that object experiences; it’s not indiscriminate foresight.”
Lin Qiye’s gaze sharpened slightly.
“Are you telling the truth?”
“I swear by the name of the supreme master I serve.”
“Can the future be changed?”
“It can,” the crimson-eyed shadow nodded slightly. “My Eye of Secrets does not predict the future in an absolute sense; it merely extrapolates possibilities. When the predetermined trajectory of events is disrupted, the future will change accordingly.”
“So, as long as someone intervenes, he might not die?”
“Theoretically, yes, but it’s not that simple.” The shadow gestured in the air, and several black threads appeared out of nowhere. “The existence of all things has its original predetermined trajectory; some call it fate, others call it destiny…
Assuming these threads represent the fate of all things, the thickness of the fate threads varies for different objects and lives.
For example, a reptile has very thin fate threads. To illustrate, it should be born on a Monday and accidentally stepped on by a passerby on Sunday. To intervene in its fate, one only needs to make the passerby walk a second earlier or later; the cost of intervening in its fate thread is minimal.
However, the closer one is to the limits of existence, the thicker their fate threads become, as their actions can influence thousands of lives and even the laws of the world. Changing the fate of such beings requires a significant cost…
If the power intervening in their fate is not strong enough to completely shake that fate thread, the world itself will correct the timeline, and the future will not change.”
After hearing this, Lin Qiye fell into deep thought.
“You’re saying that the world itself has a self-correcting function, and if the power to intervene in fate does not match the cost required, then even if fate is changed in the short term, it will be pulled back into alignment by the timeline?”
Now it was the crimson-eyed shadow’s turn to be stunned.
“You… you actually understood?”
“Hmm? Was it difficult?” Lin Qiye raised an eyebrow. “To change fate, one must pay a price; it’s merely another form of conservation.”
“When that great being explained this theory to me, it took me a long time to grasp its meaning.” The shadow sighed. “You truly are remarkable, Director Lin… Now, can I stay in this hospital?”
The shadow’s gaze was fixed on Lin Qiye, filled with expectation and sincerity.
Lin Qiye pondered for a moment. “You can, but I have one more question.”
“You said that as long as it doesn’t involve that great being, I can answer.”
“Twelve years ago, when you descended upon Cangnan, what did you do?” Lin Qiye’s eyes narrowed slightly.
The crimson-eyed shadow paused, hesitated for a moment, then slowly spoke: “Following the guidance of that great being, I found a little girl on the outskirts of Cangnan City…”
“A little girl?”
“Yes, about seven or eight years old. Her name is Ji Nian.”
Hearing this name, Lin Qiye’s heart stirred.
He was not unfamiliar with this name; it was the signature at the end of the letter he found in the director’s office of the Asylum of the Gods. If nothing went awry, she was the previous director of this asylum.
“And then?” Lin Qiye asked.
“Then, I gave her a letter from that great being, along with a formation diagram.”
“What did the letter say?”
“That great being didn’t allow me to see the contents of the letter, so I don’t know what it said, but…” The shadow paused, “I did see the formation diagram. It’s called the Three Saints Spirit Communication Formation, which can break the constraints of time and space in a short period by using three artifacts imbued with the power of laws, allowing one to act from any point in the past or future within the coverage of the formation.”
“Three artifacts?”
In an instant, Lin Qiye recalled the three artifacts that Ji Nian had won.
According to the sage, after Cangnan was erased by the Wrath of Shiva twelve years ago, the Night Watchmen unearthed fragments of three artifacts from the underground of the low house where Lin Qiye was at that time. The reason young Lin Qiye survived the erasure might be related to these three artifacts.
Combining this with the information just provided by the crimson-eyed shadow, Lin Qiye began to vaguely piece together the reason for his survival.
Twelve years ago, the crimson-eyed shadow descended upon the Great Xia according to the will of the great being it served and found the previous director of the Asylum of the Gods, Ji Nian, making some kind of transaction with her through the letter.
Thus, Ji Nian came to that low house in advance, secretly setting up the Three Saints Spirit Communication Formation underground, implanting the Asylum of the Gods into Lin Qiye’s mind…
When the Wrath of Shiva erased Cangnan, the Three Saints Spirit Communication Formation activated, and that being acted from across the river of time, preserving itself from the erasure.
Then, the Seraph chose him to become the agent of the divine.
A vast amount of divine power was poured into Lin Qiye’s mind, awakening the Asylum of the Gods hidden deep within his consciousness. However, due to Lin Qiye’s weak mental power, he was unable to sense the existence of the asylum for several years.
It wasn’t until a few years later, when his mental power grew strong enough for him to see the asylum, that subsequent events unfolded.
Putting it all together, the being behind the crimson-eyed shadow not only preserved its own life under the Wrath of Shiva but also allowed Lin Qiye to obtain the Asylum of the Gods and become the agent of the Seraph…
Without that being, Lin Qiye would never have grown to this point; he should have been completely erased along with Cangnan twelve years ago.
At this moment, Lin Qiye recalled the theory of fate threads that the crimson-eyed shadow had just mentioned.
If the erasure of the entire city was the fate Lin Qiye was originally meant to have, then the being behind the crimson-eyed shadow not only changed his fate but also altered his future to an utterly unpredictable extent…
What kind of price did that being pay to achieve all this?
Why did they do it?
Lin Qiye couldn’t understand.
The only explanation he could think of was what the crimson-eyed shadow had said at the beginning.
“…Because they and you are on the same side; even if the whole world stands against you…
They will always stand by your side.”
