Chapter 408: Sins and Redemption

【Warning, ex051, your actions have caused the special Plot Character Saitama to exhibit trans-dimensional characteristics; please terminate your actions immediately.】

【Warning, ex051, please distance yourself from the special Plot Character Saitama immediately.】

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Lying in the ruins of a building, Bai Cangshu's body was constantly recovering; he felt his flesh rapidly repairing itself, yet his eyes were fixed on the space interface.

"Cough, it's all thanks to His Excellency's power that I actually managed to break away from Saitama, heh..."

Bai Cangshu could roughly guess the reason for Saitama's change; it was nothing more than the realization that Reincarnators simply do not care what becomes of this world.

No matter how "true, good, and beautiful" a Reincarnator of Lilith's level acts, it cannot change how Reincarnators with real strength survive in mission worlds.

The various Milestones that require killing to achieve, the Drop Cards that only appear upon killing, the powerful abilities that can only be obtained by killing powerful Plot Characters, the Singularities that can only be gained by changing the fate of key Plot Characters...

It can only be said that the very existence of this 【Infinite Dimensional Space】 is constantly guiding Reincarnators to become what they are today.

It is not that these Reincarnators are "dark, deep, and cruel," but that the space is such.

Rather, it is the small minority of Reincarnators like 【Qingkong】 and Lilith who are more like Outliers; in a Reincarnation Space where one could die at any moment, they abandon short-term benefits and instead pursue so-called long-term interests or peaceful coexistence with Plot Characters.

This type of Reincarnator is deformed.

It is a self-indulgence that only a portion of Reincarnators who possess powerful strength can choose.

Bai Cangshu had no intention of "repenting" in the slightest; he felt that there was nothing wrong with his and Shuming's methods, and the only problem was that 【Saitama】's positioning in this world was too high.

This is a character who has completely broken away from "limitations," possessing almost what is called "invincible" power.

Therefore, in this world, when this "invincible" Plot Character stands on the opposing side, the space temporarily establishes new rules to let Reincarnators avoid such an existence.

Bai Cangshu realized ever more clearly that the 【Infinite Dimensional Space】 is essentially more like a beehive or a queen ant; it does not have the ability to directly influence mission worlds, at least not Secondary Worlds.

It cannot directly kill Saitama, but Saitama can cause huge losses to its "assets," so it rationally restrains its worker bees, not allowing them to have contact with Saitama that exceeds the limit.

This can also explain the 【Iron Law】 that those Title-level Reincarnators keep insisting they must follow.

Bang!

Bai Cangshu moved his shoulder, pulling himself out of the collapsed building.

He could not be sure where he was; the power of Shuming's strike was inconceivable, and he did not know how far he had been sent flying.

If that force had exploded directly inside his body, Bai Cangshu estimated that his body would have shattered on the spot, with only his left arm remaining intact.

"Who would have thought that His Excellency, who holds the title of Shuming, would actually specialize in brute force, heh..."

Bai Cangshu gave a light jump, his body drifting down from the air as if defying gravity; with the 【Super Limit Spiral】 activated, he even began to be able to deeply understand 【Shen Wulong】's 【Logic】.

Pfft~

A blood vessel somewhere in his nasal cavity ruptured again, and black plasma flowed out; Bai Cangshu reached up to wipe it, the wound recovering much slower than he had imagined.

This was likely the weakness of the 【Super Limit Spiral】 talent; the spiral power, which transcends the understanding of the scientific side, caused his genes to have a not-insignificant risk of collapse.

Amidst the pungent smell of blood, Bai Cangshu left the block he had smashed into ruins with a cold expression.

Sporadic crying emerged from the ruins, but more intense was the bloody smell that appeared after human bodies were crushed, and the foul stench of incontinence during the moments of dying.

Bai Cangshu looked back and saw that a corner of this city had actually been completely collapsed by his own flying impact; various buildings had toppled, the ground had shattered, a scene like the end of the world.

He was expressionless and felt no pity, only sighing in his heart that this was, after all, not his own power.

"Help... help me!"

A weak cry for help appeared from somewhere in the ruins.

Bai Cangshu stopped his Footwork; the voice seemed to be able to hear Bai Cangshu's footsteps, becoming even more agitated.

"Please... save my child..."

"She's stopped crying..."

The man's voice was also very weak; if not for Bai Cangshu's excellent hearing, he probably wouldn't have been able to hear the content at all.

Bai Cangshu arrived at a corner of the ruins and raised his hand to grab the corner of the tilted building; it was likely this structure that allowed the two people hiding here to luckily survive.

Boom!

Bai Cangshu threw that corner of the broken building backward.

The man, seeing the sunlight again, was covered in blood but squeezed out a smile, his complexion improving rapidly; in Bai Cangshu's current 【Six Eyes】 and 【Transparent World】, the man's cardiopulmonary function had recovered quite a bit.

But the aura of 【Qi】 on his body surface was rapidly weakening.

This was a flash of clarity before death; he was dying.

The man arched his body and crawled two steps to the side, revealing the daughter he had been shielding beneath him; the young girl did not have many injuries, only her forehead was bleeding.

"He—Hero, save her..."

The man lay on the edge of the ruins, looking up at the man who was tall and sturdy like a god in the sunlight; he felt he had probably seen this hero before, but at this moment, he could not recall the other's name.

Bai Cangshu reached out his hand, the man's pupils dilated, and the joy in his heart reached its peak.

This is fine... as long as she can survive, it's fine...

Bai Cangshu, however, suddenly stopped his hand, shook his head, and withdrew it.

"I will not save her."

The man felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar; he could not care about questioning, trying to pick up his daughter again, but he had no strength left at all.

At this moment, Bai Cangshu reached out his hand toward him, and above his head, the golden Ouroboros Crown slowly radiated light.

"If you want to save her, then pray that you possess power."

The man's vision began to turn black, but white light enveloped him.

He saw the man wearing the crown, as if draped in white robes, like a god descending into the human world.

This time, Bai Cangshu did not ask if the other party craved power, but only asked:

"Do you need power?"

The man knelt before Bai Cangshu without hesitation.

Divine Power rapidly entered the man's body; tears flowed from the man's eyes, he did not care what this power was, he only wanted to save his daughter.

Bai Cangshu spread his arms, and a brilliant white light began to envelop the entire block.

"Has a god descended?!"

"It's a miracle!"

The scattered voices were filled with joy.

Bai Cangshu stood in the Hell that he and another Reincarnator had personally created, yet he was praised as if he were a god.

【Milestone: Superhero progress updated, current: 3715/10000】

(End of chapter)