Chapter 424: The Twin Goddesses of the Beginning and the End

Within a courtyard shrouded in misty white fog.

A dainty, white-haired girl in a kimono and an elegant, soft-featured woman with black hair sat together beside a stone table in a gazebo.

In the center of the stone table, a transparent water mirror suspended in mid-air was emitting a dim, ghostly blue light.

This was a gift Haotian had bestowed upon them before leaving, the Heaven-Viewing Mirror; it contained the 【Omniscience】 Authority, which approached the level of Truth, thus allowing them to monitor everything within Little Garden.

At this moment, the Heaven-Viewing Mirror was displaying a tea party between the Halloween Queen and Shiroyasha inside the Heavenly Courtyard.

"Little Wansheng is about to become a true Sun Star Spirit; shouldn't we stop her?"

Sitting on the right, looking as if she had been carved from the same mold as Shiroyasha—her appearance nearly identical, save for a more mature temperament and an inexplicable charm—Alpha said in a tone devoid of emotional fluctuation.

"Stop her? What would be the point of that? In any case, this Little Garden is not far from its end."

The elegant, mature, soft-featured woman with black hair yawned, watching the scene in the mirror with interest.

"Otherwise, do you truly wish to watch that monster suppressed by Shakyamuni be born?"

"If it were to be born, even I, having retrieved all my power, would not be its match, would I?"

Alpha and Omega, the twin goddesses of the Beginning and the End.

The two symbolize the beginning and end of the Little Garden world; they are the true cornerstones of the rules of Little Garden, and the world's archetypal truth where the Creator of the beginning and the Creation of the end are equal.

They are two of the four oldest Truths that existed at the very inception of Little Garden, and even among the Two-digit Authority Domain Rulers, they are extremely special existences.

Speaking of this, Omega waved her hand boredly and said.

"That is why I say, for a world destined to reach its end, just let these youngsters toss and turn as they please."

"In any case, the worst-case scenario is merely the Decadent Wind clearing everything away, and us returning to one, back to our former Boundary."

"Then what should become of Xiao Bai?"

Alpha was somewhat hesitant; it would not be difficult for her to retrieve everything she had once severed from herself and ascend to a peak far exceeding her former one.

But in retrieving everything of the past, the most unavoidable element was the 【Original Star】 she had severed from herself.

The 【Original Star】 is the starting point of all Cosmology in Little Garden, the origin star of all universes.

And she is the 【Beginning】 as a Concept, the phenomenon itself, and the personification of these concepts and phenomena.

If she were to return to her former status, the most unavoidable step would be to converge everything once divided from her; naturally, the 【Original Star】 severed from her would also be retrieved.

The consequence would be that the Star Spirit of the Original Star, Baiye, would vanish, would die, and would once again become a part of her.

As two halves of the same whole, Omega naturally understood what Alpha meant.

Watching Alpha like this, Omega's expression paused, and she looked at Alpha and said.

"It seems your humanity has increased once again."

"If it were the you of the past, you would not consider such things."

Omega was speaking of the past Dawn Period, when she defeated Shiroyasha, the Star Spirit who was the Original Star, forcing her to make the decision to let the sun set, demoting her from the Star Spirit of the Original Star to a Sun Star Spirit.

And in the process, the Original Goddess—the 【Cause of the Beginning】, Alpha—snuffed out the possibility of Shiroyasha becoming the central will of Little Garden.

If it were the Alpha of the past, she would not care about the future of a defeated servant.

Even if that servant was a part severed from her that had regained its will, equivalent to the existence of her daughter.

"Is this not exactly what we truly craved when we established Little Garden?"

Alpha's gaze was filled with determination; if not for this precious 【humanity】, why would she have slashed herself so many times, allowing herself to go from the metaphysical 【Beginning and End】 to the physical 【Twin Goddesses of the Beginning and the End】?

The so-called noble world of Little Garden where the beginning and end coexist refers to her existence within Little Garden.

Little Garden appears noble because of her existence.

Hearing this, Omega said with a hint of surprise.

"But we could completely preserve Xiao Bai's will and let her be born again, could we not?"

"No, it is not the same."

Alpha held her chest and said softly.

"I do not know why, but I have never had such a thought, and upon hearing your idea, I felt a bit of anger."

Hearing this, Omega raised her eyebrows slightly.

"Hmm, you are actually acting a bit like a mother now; to care so much about Xiao Bai? It is actually a bit unlike you."

Alpha did not refute, but said calmly.

"When the day comes that you become a mother, you will understand as well."

Hearing this, Omega could not help but laugh, shook her head helplessly, and said.

"I fear that day will never come for me; after all, the 【End】 is not suitable for the birth of life."

Like Alpha, she also severed a part of herself, using it as the ending and mechanism for Little Garden, and it is an existence equivalent to the 【Original Star】.

This is Humanity's Final Trial—the Decadent Wind.

However, unlike the Original Star, the Decadent Wind has no possibility of giving birth to life; it will only ever be a mechanism of Little Garden, so for her, there is nothing to feel sorry about in reclaiming the Decadent Wind.

The End is, after all, not as soft-hearted as the Beginning.

"Besides, it is not as if there is no turning point now; who is to say this Little Garden might not be saved without us having to destroy it?"

Omega rested her chin in her hands, looking at the other person Shiroyasha and the Halloween Queen were discussing in the mirror—Su Nian.

He was also an existence that had come to Little Garden beyond her expectations.

Just like those two fellows, Shakyamuni and Li Boyang, he had leaped to a status nearly equal to theirs in an extremely short time, in a way they did not understand.

In their view, Su Nian seemed to possess the same potential as them, only in essence, Su Nian was closer to Haotian; like him, he was the personification of a metaphysical concept.

The difference between him and them was that Su Nian's scale was simply too small; he needed to grow.

"As long as he can become a One-digit Dragon Species before that monster is truly born, it will suffice."

"That is difficult."

Alpha said faintly; the definition of One-digit had not even been perfected, let alone becoming a One-digit.

Even with their former Boundary, they failed to explore the path to becoming a One-digit, let alone Su Nian.

As for the paths of Shakyamuni and Li Boyang? They are completely non-replicable; perhaps a One-digit does not exist at all?

Or perhaps they are the One-digit?

"But one cannot say there is no hope, can one?"

Omega cupped her face, looking at the mirror surface with a gentle expression as she spoke.

"At the very least, the feasibility of his plan is far higher than that plan of Vishnu's."

"The first One-digit of Little Garden can be a Star Spirit, can be a Dragon Species, but it uniquely cannot be a Divine Spirit."

A One-digit god? To put it another way, can this be considered to mean that a One-digit god is the Only God?

This is the reason why Omega is wary and does not support the Sun King Group's plan.

The Only God? There is a great possibility that it will awaken that monster suppressed by Shakyamuni.

No, to be more precise, that monster will descend in the identity of the Only God.

A 【God】 equal to the one from the past, a metaphysical, truly omnipotent monster in the true sense.

Gods and Buddhas, Gods and Buddhas? Why would Buddha be equated with God?

This is Shakyamuni's method: using the Concept of 【Buddha】 to erode the Concept of 【God】, delaying the time of that monster's birth.

"Or are you planning to let us return to our former state?"

Omega looked up, looking at Alpha with a serious tone.

That state of having no perception, no humanity, and no self—she does not want to go back to that.

Now, they cannot predict if, after regaining everything and undergoing extreme sublimation, they will still be themselves.

A Two-digit attempting to understand the one who was once suspected to be a One-digit? This is simply a joke, even if this Two-digit is the one who was once suspected to be a One-digit, now downgraded.

"And perhaps, he can take Xiao Bai further and let Xiao Bai completely break away from you."

Omega looked at Alpha and said meaningfully.

"Moreover, haven't you realized that the Central Hub is also progressing? So it is also time to tell Xiao Bai her true identity, isn't it?"

"Absolutely not!!"

Alpha shrieked as if her toes had been stepped on; she had no idea how to explain this matter to Shiroyasha.

Back in the Dawn Period, when they first acquired humanity, their divinity was ridiculously high, so they were nearly heartless when facing Baiye, the daughter born from them.

Baiye's three defeats, the splitting of the Sun Authority, the atrophy of the Heaven-Moving Theory Spirit Grid, finally becoming their defeated servant, and the will of the Central Hub—none of it can be explained at all.

One can't just say that one used to be a bad mother and has now turned over a new leaf, right?

She does not have the thick skin for that, nor can she bring herself to do it.

"Sigh, two stubborn fools."

Omega let out a sigh, feeling inexplicably weary.

Alpha's humanity seems a bit too rich, and her maternal instincts have gained the upper hand.

What does she expect her to do about this?

"Just keeping it hidden like this is not a solution, is it? Otherwise, our cute daughter really will have a mental breakdown."

"Hmm... Baiye and 'Black Night', that actually seems quite nice, doesn't it?"

Watching the gradually maturing will and increasingly sound intelligence of Little Garden Central, Omega could not help but reveal a smile.

If Little Garden Central previously still retained the will of Shiroyasha, then now, Little Garden Central is about to give birth to its own brand-new will.

It is just unclear how Little Garden Central views Baiye—as its own original body, or as a true will?

Or does it view itself as Baiye's daughter? Or perhaps it will directly become a brand-new individual, preparing to snatch a man from Shiroyasha?

Omega is very much looking forward to these situations.

In any case, this is all Alpha's indecisiveness; she is just a spectator.

When the time comes for Baiye to bring her little friends to settle accounts with Alpha, that will be the most lively moment.

Although she and Alpha are different facets of the same existence, that does not hinder her from enjoying the show.

(End of chapter)