Choosing not to bind with additional Divine Seal Fragnts is of course aningful.
At the present stage, the handling of the Divine Seal Fragnts in the hands of us Chosen Ones is entirely up to us; however, if the Master of Divine Seal wishes to resurrect himself, he must completely restore the divine seal. The current situation actually does not serve the interests of the Master of Divine Seal.
Zhu Shi and I have speculated in the past that the Master of Divine Seal might possess a thod to forcibly reclaim all Divine Seal Fragnts at the final stage, relying probably on the binding between us and the Divine Seal Fragnts. And now, it seems, our connection with the Void Realm can also serve as supplentary material.
When I first ca into contact with Dr. Silver Mask’s Divine Seal Fragnt, the fragnt automatically bound itself to without regard to my will. I suspect the sa has happened to others. Divine Light No. 6 must have noticed this and, therefore, likely delegated the collection of the subsequent Divine Seal Fragnts to those under his command who are destined with the fragnts.
This is to prevent the Master of Divine Seal from forcibly reclaiming Divine Seal Fragnts through our connection in the future, a preventative asure. I previously thought about offering the extra Divine Seal Fragnts to Mazao and Zhu Shi, and even I could think of that, given the sa intelligence there’s no reason Divine Light No. 6 wouldn’t have thought of it.
"To discern my intentions so quickly implies that you’re thinking from a stance similar to mine. Indeed, just as I suspected, you are an adversary of the Master of Divine Seal, aren’t you, No. 3?" Divine Light No. 6 said to , "You are the person I most want to invite. If you join and disclose your thod for entering the Void Realm, I am willing to exchange three Divine Seal Fragnts with you."
"I’ve emphasized before that I haven’t used any special thod."
If I were to na it, it would be Mazao’s Broom Star Physique, yet I couldn’t possibly reveal this to anyone, especially not to Impermanence. The significance of the Broom Star Physique to Impermanence is abundantly clear to .
Divine Light No. 6 silently stared at , while Xuanming No. 4 let out a strange laugh, saying to Divine Light No. 6: "You dare to expose to that you possess so many Divine Seal Fragnts, aren’t you afraid I’ll sneak to your ho?"
"Co if you dare, Xuanming, I will kill you," said Divine Light No. 6, brimming with murderous intent.
Hearing him casually talk about pulling out three Divine Seal Fragnts, No. 1 thought for a mont, then asked the Master of Divine Seal, "Master of Divine Seal, how many Divine Seal Fragnts are there in total? How many do we need to collect for it to count as complete?"
"The total number of Divine Seal Fragnts is not fixed; it changes depending on the ti and thod of observation. I have controlled it within the range of twenty-one to thirty-five pieces, and I will declare it complete once all are collected," the Master of Divine Seal answered.
"An indefinite amount" is truly an incredible statent, but since it is related to the Divine Artifact, I can accept it.
I computed in my mind, assuming the existing Divine Seal Fragnts are the minimum number of "twenty-one," subtracting the seven fragnts corresponding to the seven Chosen Ones, the two fragnts I traded before with No. 5, plus the fragnt from Xuanming No. 4 and the three from Divine Light No. 6 (of course, I am certain they have more), and the one from Fufeng Base, the remaining unidentified Divine Seal Fragnts could be at most seven.
If it is the maximum number of "thirty-five," that ans twenty-one more need to be found, which sounds like many, but considering more fragnts likely possessed by Xuanming No. 4 and Divine Light No. 6, fragnts owned by Ying Lingyun, and other fragnts Impermanence may have collected... the truly unidentified "ownerless Divine Seal Fragnts" might only be a minority.
And if calculating based on the dian number of "twenty-eight," there might not even be any so-called "ownerless Divine Seal Fragnts" left; those not in the hands of us Chosen Ones might only number in the single digits.
Looking at this, the competition for fragnts seems to have unknowingly progressed to the later stages, with Divine Light No. 6, seemingly indifferent to the opportunity to make a wish, apparently leading.
But I feel this affair won’t end so easily, not to ntion, there could be more than one Divine Seal Fragnt that has flown to the Doomsday Era. Those are fragnts only No. 2 Little Bowl, who is in the Doomsday Era, can collect. However, Little Bowl’s power is limited; her inherently poor skills in fending off danger are even more sealed in the Doomsday Land, making it difficult for her to collect unidentified Divine Seal Fragnts.
As long as she doesn’t collect them, the divine seal cannot be repaired, and the competition for fragnts will not be able to co to a close. How does the Master of Divine Seal plan to solve this problem?
Everyone seed imrsed in their thoughts, so pondering the remaining Divine Seal Fragnts, so contemplating Divine Light No. 6’s recruitnt, amidst all these varied emotions, I noticed that No. 7 still looked leisurely. She sat bored on a rock seat, not uttering a word from beginning to end, as if a bystander watching the fire from across the shore.
The Void Realm fell into a silent atmosphere, with no further communication or trade proposals.
Sensing that this eting in the Void Realm was about to end, I looked toward No. 2 Little Bowl once more—to this little girl, wiser and more world-weary than , who values others above herself.
In her, I saw a trace of the forr Mazao.
After leaving the Void Realm, she will return to that oppressive, terrifying, and dangerous Doomsday Land.
I want to save her.
"I rember. You suspected that Sister Mazao and I were soul-loss patients from the Peace Era, souls transferred to the Doomsday Era, forgetting our pasts and believing we were natives of the Doomsday Era... Even Sister Mazao had such doubts, but you didn’t find my existence on the list of soul-loss patients," she said.
"Yes, but I still don’t intend to completely give up on this assumption. Maybe you really are one of the soul-loss patients, we just haven’t identified you yet. I want to try again," I said.
She did not deny my idea, but followed up with, "Then, Mister Number Three, how do you plan to try?"
"I want to know your mories of the past," I said, "I’m well aware that you have forgotten those things, but, could there still be so fragnts remaining?"
"I used to have a friend who wasn’t very close who said that while knowledge is objective, people can only process and digest it through their own subjective perspectives, adding their own subjective colors to the knowledge. Although your event mories may be forgotten under the wash of Frenzy, skill mories remain. And the relationship between event mories and skill mories shouldn’t be absolutely clear-cut."
So people learn knowledge through books, so through practice, the latter building knowledge on interaction with the external world. The results of such interactions, stored in the mind, are both skill mories and event mories. Even if the attributes of events fade, since skill mories remain, the core event mory parts would not have been completely deleted.
Humans aren’t born able to speak and possessing social norms; these are ford through interactions with the external world. And since Little Bowl Number Two hasn’t forgotten language and common sense, there should still be so fragnts of past mories remaining.
"Fragnts..." she muttered to herself.
"Anything is good. An image, a sound, a sll, even just a little vague impression," I said.
As if straining her brain, she pondered intently, and after a mont, she said, "...I’m not sure if this can be a clue, or even if it’s really my mory or just an impression I fabricated."
"Go ahead, tell ," I said.
"I think I used to have a mother," she said.
"Mother?" I asked.
"I can’t rember my mother’s face or na, and I don’t know when we parted, but I rember... there might have been such an event..." she said dreamily, "As a child, I seed to have many dolls, but then sothing happened, and I decided to abandon all the dolls... However, my mother picked up all the dolls I abandoned and carefully stored them in a white box."
"Mother, dolls, white box..." I noted, "Anything else?"
"...No, that’s all," she said apologetically, "Sorry, that’s all I can rember."
"It’s okay."
These pieces of information, as clues to find her real-world identity, I really didn’t know how to use.
Though I didn’t voice these thoughts, her ability to read nuances and the ongoing telepathy connection likely allowed her to sense it. I could only try to change the subject, and at that mont, I noticed the surrounding grey mist was becoming denser.
This was the signal for the end.
The gathering in the Void Realm was finally coming to a close.
Lastly, I rembered sothing that might be important.
"Right, you ntioned before that we hadn’t truly gotten to know each other. I don’t think I ever told you my real na," I said.
Hearing this, her voice gained a hint of anticipation: "Yes, Mister Number Three."
"My na is Zhuang Cheng," I said, "I hope to et you again next ti."
"Mhm, see you next ti, Brother Zhuang Cheng."
With a slight smile, she responded to my farewell.
The dense fog enveloped everything like a curtain.
The dream ended.
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