Chapter 687: A Way to Evade Prophecy

"Do you think we've been discovered?"

Chen Jun felt his long-dormant sarcastic ability returning, as if he'd stepped back into the era when the Empire was still recovering: "Chief Scientist Shan Shandora."

The only difference was that Sandy liked to gnaw on pinecones, while Shandora was munching on a peach.

"That's a camera bound directly to the Void creatures themselves—you can't reverse-engineer the feed even if you notice the squirrel acting strange. Ah Jun, you're overthinking it," Shandora said, biting into the peach.

Wait, weren't you already full?

"Based on behavioral pattern analysis of the target and their self-proclaimed status as the Hilong Empire's Space-Time Administration, the probability of this being a meme is seventy-seven percent; the probability they possess extraordinary intuition and selected this meme is twenty-two percent."

Taweil said:

"Your Excellency, you may lower your arm—the motion capture has already ended."

You don't call Your Majesty—you call 'Supreme Leader'? You're playing the meme too, aren't you?

It's reassuring that Taweil, this workaholic with a split personality, has learned to meme.

Chen Jun, the motion capture actor for the squirrel, lowered his arm raised at a forty-five-degree angle, barely holding back from shouting, "Anyone who interferes is trash."

But here's the problem: after the recent scan, the food and alcohol at the banquet could instantly propel a gorilla through tens of thousands of years of species evolution.

Not to mention making the squirrel speak—modifying it into a cyber-squirrel wouldn't be an issue.

It's troublesome being unable to continue acting like an ordinary squirrel due to current constraints.

"Husband, this is a serious problem!" Pao Pao wobbled in midair, urgently saying:

"Fantasy Land will become their harem land—we must rescue those new-skin beauties and stop the paradise transformation plan!"

"Stop it, you just want to collect real-life action figures," Chen Jun tucked Pao Pao under his armpit.

"You don't understand! Zhishan, the Red Devil Mansion, the Boli Shrine, the Eternal Pavilion, and the Lost Home are already finished!" Pao Pao struggled: "That guy is a textbook otaku protagonist!"

"What exactly have you been browsing on your mainframe using the strongest computing power in your divine realm?"

But this Hun Tian Di really knows how to annoy people—clearly, the armor of that troublesome 'Purple Mom' had been breached in places.

Moreover, from the deliberately leaked information from Bayun Zi, this matter is deeply tied to Huiye of Penglai, and the Eternal Pavilion has even vouched for this group.

"No! I refuse to lose a man to a turkey!"

"My skin is crawling with goosebumps!"

The two Penglai people were already banging their heads against the wall until their foreheads bled.

"You two really don't recognize this Hun Tian Di?"

"He's an interesting man, but I truly don't know him,"

said Huiye of Avalon, her face streaked with red liquid.

We'll set aside this gossip only tabloid reporters would care about—for now, the key is that Bayun Zi's deliberately guided conversation not only explained the current situation to 'Su Lin,' but also provided them with many critical pieces of information.

"More than half of the group codenamed 'Spirit of Hitterle' originate from other worlds; initially, we considered all of them, but given the situation with the Three Pure Ones, we've lowered the proportion."

"The Fantasy Land of this external Void dimension has suffered a negative entropy flow outbreak, causing spacetime chaos and rendering the world barrier nearly nonfunctional."

"Information residues from otherworlders in Fantasy Land cause greater informational disturbances—this is one reason Bayun Zi refuses contact with us."

"In the past, unresolved problems from other timelines were transferred to this Fantasy Land, but afterward, reality here was altered to erase all traces of information."

"Bayun Zi cannot handle this group; since they refuse to leave Fantasy Land, aid to other timelines has been suspended—likely to prevent her own Fantasy Land from accumulating more otherworldly information flows."

"Finally, please review."

The projected screen displayed the most probable scenario, deduced through computational power and mystical means.

Even the tiniest details become visible before an immense, multiversal divine civilization.

The problem is.

The information volume is too massive.

That Hun Tian Di—you, the one who throws a cross and tells others to make wishes—what's the meaning of that?

Chen Jun stared at the suspected 'God' Hun Tian Di's personal dossier and felt a strange resemblance to the chaotic divine aesthetic of Xingdi's celestial race:

"And there's a real Main God Space… Cycle Walkers, heh…"

In Shadow City, there's a prison's giant glowing mainframe computer that, after reading too many Qidian infinite-stream novels, calls itself the Main God—and it secretly sends some vile prisoners on missions in fabricated replica universes.

Why do I feel like every copyright holder is coming after us?

And what exactly are these 'Six Paths' and 'Cycle Spaces' they keep mentioning?

"Though we've encountered external Void civilizations before, this situation might trigger a burst of information growth in our database."

Shandora's sapphire-blue eyes fixed on the others:

"First, station the Space-Time Administration there—monitor the timelines while repatriating and imprisoning the transmigrants and Cycle Walkers. The internal negative entropy flow outbreak is troublesome, but the tech team can slowly repair the multiversal barrier."

"Conditions remain the same: cooperate fully in collecting data from this dimension."

The Empress delivered her solution at a speed proportional to her eating pace.

It's indeed the optimal solution—have Shadow City's Purple Mom initiate negotiations first; once Bayun Zi hits a prolonged stalemate, she'll have no choice but to compromise.

This owes a debt to the 'Hilong Empire Space-Time Administration.'

Even though we don't know them at all, their contribution merits the Hilong Honor Medal and citizenship.

Wait—hasn't that already happened?

"That Tai Song Shuhang clearly seems like a good person—easy to talk to, Ah Jun, you can use your squirrel identity to approach him and try to make contact."

【Welcome to the Cycle Space.】Su Lin on the screen vanished immediately.

"The peak of the negative entropy flow is weakening!"

Taweil suddenly interjected.

Complex data and graphics immediately materialized in the surrounding air—the models representing negative entropy flow status stabilized visibly before the eyes.

【How… did you do that?】Bayun Zi stepped out from the rift, her face openly filled with shock and astonishment: 【The Cycle Walkers are gone.】

【We of the Hilong Empire have declared war on the Main God Space, launching a war spanning all realms.】Krain said.

「？」

For some reason, Chen Jun's usually reliable seventh sense suddenly felt impending disaster—he immediately sent messages to Pan Duola and Visca:

"Hurry up and take your troops to beat up the mainframe called the Master God in Zero Point Prison and its unauthorized mass-produced universe's Reincarnators."

'Now. Immediately. Right now.'

After saying this, the sense of impending disaster lessened considerably.

'The Hilong Empire…' Yagumo Shizu sat at the edge of a gap, turning back to gaze at the banner hanging over the shrine's torii, her lips twitching beneath her folding fan.

As she turned her head, the squirrel perched on Song Shuhang's shoulder crossed its arms and gave her a slight nod.

Yagumo Shizu: '?'

Not long after, Su Lin, Meng Qi, and Teacher Yan Sen returned to the Fantasy Land almost simultaneously.

'So efficient?' Su Lin, seeing Yagumo Shizu's appearance, understood something.

It seemed that some imperceptible change had already begun beyond the reach of time and space.

But it was a little strange.

Su Lin looked at his system—the Sacred Manifestation Points had been incrementally increasing since earlier; could that Crow Tengu still not have learned its lesson?

In the old-school xianxia style of ten years ago, he would have firmly claimed the title of master of this Fantasy Land Paradise, and his first goal would have been to teach She Mingyuan Wen what discipline meant.

'Make it lively. Later, have Liu Chen Jishen pick an auspicious day. Don't say I'm here,' Su Lin said to Yang Jian.

'Is Yan Yi free these days?' Li Huowang remembered the God of Weddings and asked Zhao Shuangdian nearby.

'She specializes in weddings and matchmaking—you can call her directly,' Zhao Shuangdian said.

Li Huowang nodded: 'Then have the God of Joy come as master of ceremonies. She owes us a favor and will probably give a discount.'

He made the motions of pulling out a phone and dialing, though to outsiders his hands were empty.

'Aunt Yan, this is Ji Zai. Boss Tianfu is hosting a wedding… Bride? Why is it Zhao Shuangdian? No, not Zhao Shuangdian and Su Ge—Yi Donglai, how are you here?!'

'Yeah, you're the professional, come help out.'

Li Huowang's eyes cleared again; he asked Su Lin: 'Su Ge, the Dao Gods are holding a meeting at the mental hospital—they want to come together.'

Su Lin: 'Just don't come empty-handed.'

Lu Mingfei and Weigong Shilang were bewildered; just moments ago they'd been discussing battle plans, and now they were suddenly in wedding mode—both were dragged over to the shrine to have their measurements taken.

'Wait, can we wait a moment?' Yagumo Shizu said.

'Are you backing out?' Su Lin walked behind Zhongli, who was drinking tea, placed his hands on the old man's shoulders, and stared blankly at Yagumo Shizu:

'Let me introduce you to our Lord of Covenants, the Emperor of the East—those who break their word shall suffer the punishment of the Heavenly Stars.'

'…' After a brief silence, Zhongli corrected: 'It's the punishment of the Rock.'

'May I ask a question?' Yagumo Shizu closed her fan and sighed: 'That Mr. said your Hilong Empire is at war with the Master God Space.'

'He said it with his mouth?' Su Lin was shocked.

Even Yagumo Shizu, who had encountered countless humans and yokai, was beginning to struggle to follow Su Lin's logic.

Is the mouth the point?

Yagumo Shizu pointed her fan at the banner and smiled: 'So you're actually part of an organization called the Hilong Empire?'

The Reincarnators themselves were not a problem for Yagumo Shizu—the key issue was that some unknown source beyond the Void had persistently tried to send agents into this world, leaving no trace and impossible to fully isolate.

Yagumo Shizu had never imagined that Su Lin and his group had actually stopped the Reincarnators from appearing in the Fantasy Lands of all timelines, and done so with such speed.

'I am the Master of the Six Paths Paradise,' Su Lin changed his demeanor, speaking seriously:

"We operate several Six Paths Paradise spaces with functions identical to the Master God Space, regularly dispatching Reincarnators to other worlds to carry out peacekeeping missions and resolve threats to cosmic stability."

"Just as magic must be countered with magic, using Reincarnators to fight Reincarnators is perfectly suited."

'Though the process causes massive casualties and devastates life in certain worlds, such sacrifice is necessary.'

Clearly, Su Lin's explanation would confuse anyone who heard it—but Yagumo Shizu nodded thoughtfully.

'When did this happen?' Ke Lan asked in the group chat: 'When did you establish the Six Paths Paradise? My spiritual sense tells me he's not lying.'

'I'll be there shortly—I'm handling Peter Boys Academy admissions. You should keep some distance from Morgan, you little brat,' Tony Stark replied:

'During your sleep, there truly was an organization that contributed to the peace of the multiverse's timelines.'

Kaguya: 'The Fantasy Land Paradise has no objections.'

Meng Qi: 'The Six Paths side has no objections either.'

Well, last time they used the Master God Space's name to fight the Reincarnation Space, but this time kicking out the Master God Space and bringing in the Reincarnation Space to fight the Master God isn't wrong.

Sometimes flexible positions bring many conveniences.

'Please all try to control the number of people,' Yagumo Shizu, after some thought, finally relaxed her brow and smiled helplessly: 'Then I too wish you all a successful wedding.'

The gap sealed shut, taking with it the figure holding the sunshade.

'I wanted to take a photo with Yagumo Shizu,' Hui Liyi said, holding her camera, slightly disappointed.

'There'll be another chance in a couple days,' Lu Mingfei comforted her, walking over and asking: 'Did Purple Mom really just compromise and agree to let us hold the wedding at the shrine?'

Reimu, who had been loitering near Zhongli's tea table and showed no interest in Reincarnators or the Master God Space, looked at him strangely and said:

'She already told me you were planning to hold the wedding at the shrine soon—I only agreed to let you do it because you promised to pay for the Great Barrier's maintenance fees. What's there to disagree about?'

'?'

The bustling crowd suddenly fell still.

'The Idle Yokai has always been like this—no one can figure out what she's planning.'

Kaguya smiled faintly: 'Perhaps she originally intended to just placate Reimu, but you accidentally fulfilled her plan? Or perhaps she wanted to use you to help out all along?'

She looked toward Meng Qi.

'The fact that the Three Pure Ones Tianzun are here is certainly not false.'

That is to say, Yagumo Shizu originally had a purpose regarding Meng Qi, this 'sudden local returnee'—but she never expected Su Lin and his group to directly set up a Reincarnation Space and Six Paths Master scheme to counter the Master God Space.

As a result, the subsequent plans weren't even brought out—this side had already met the conditions at lightning speed.

"A scheming old woman."

Su Lin looked startled, hugging his arms and rubbing them: "That's why I don't like women older than me."

"So any young woman will do?"

"Not necessarily—best would be white, silver, or gray hair, and preferably—"

Su Lin paused, turned back, and smiled: "And preferably the witch's attribute."

"You're done?"

"Heh." Yi Leina lightly kicked Su Lin's calf: "Do I have to wait for you to send me a wedding invitation, Master of Paradise?"