Chapter 325: Gradually Indistinguishable

【"Lin Liu! What have you done?!"】

【Li Ziliang, shocked and furious, quickly found the shogunate and shouted, accusing you, the culprit!】

【This isn't hard to guess, because in this world the only one capable of large-scale slaughter of mortals is you and your New Heavenly Court.】

【But the shocked and furious Li Ziliang just couldn't understand: you are clearly an innate ox-and-horse holy body who toils for the people; by rights you couldn't possibly harm living beings, so why are you doing this now?!】

【In his confusion and shock, his emotions had already spiraled out of control……】

【"Shut up! You white-bearded old villain, gray-haired fool! How dare you question the Holy Sovereign Majesty!"】

【"Do you deserve the Holy Sovereign Majesty's grace?"】

【"Surely you are a remnant of the Heavenly Court! Utterly disloyal!"】

【The True Gods, utterly loyal because of the Blood God Son, immediately stepped forward to denounce him and firmly pressed him to the ground.】

【But this in no way could quell Li Ziliang's sky‑rocketing fury!】

【His eyes held anger, bewilderment, sorrow, and…… the violent rage of being deceived!】

【"Why! Why! Why deceive me!"】

【He roared, "Why use noble‑sounding words to deceive people! What exactly are you trying to do!"】

【Faced with his shouting, you, who had just awakened from that final phantom dream, involuntarily froze……】

【But you didn't bother to explain, merely closing your eyes: "I have my own reasons."】

【"What reasons! Your reason is just to slaughter innocent beings?"】

【He kept shouting, but you no longer wanted to listen, calmly saying: "Lock him in the Heavenly Prison."】

【"Yes!"】

【……】

【Each day thereafter, you must send dreams to countless unaware mortals, using the rare opportunity to expound the Dao as a pretext, and together with the gods construct a vast dreamscape.】

【Once the dreamscape formed, you then uniformly narrated to them that "alarm clock"……】

【Again and again, each time countless curious and excited mortals, under your deception, fell into ignorant, unconscious death!】

【As they died, your anxiety grew ever more severe, for the dreamscape heaven and earth still showed no sign of shattering.】

【This shows that the dreamer is not among these people……】

【And as you slaughtered more and more, you gradually realized a fact: trying to find that dreamer is like seeking a needle in the ocean; all you can do is foolishly drain the sea!】

【This is an absolutely foolish plan.】

【But…… you have no other choice.】

【This is not only because you originally had no solution, but also because……】

【Moreover, you can no longer turn back!】

【You have killed so many; the price has already been paid. If you quit halfway, those already dead would have died in vain.】

【Besides, you know the dreamer will eventually be found; as long as you press on, you will succeed. In that case, why not go all the way?】

【Most importantly, you firmly believe: if you succeed in reaching reality from the dreamscape, those who died will be as if they never died; they will awaken from falsehood into reality and gain immortality in the "Eternal Primordial".】

【So you can only keep killing, must keep killing; only by slaughtering your way to an ending can you know whether these guesses and paths are reliable……】

【……】

【In the year 263 of the New Heavenly Court, you initiated this slaughter destined to be a one‑way road to the bitter end.】

【Or perhaps it shouldn't be called slaughter; you stubbornly call it "liberation", believing the dead aren't really dead, merely gone to another world where everything is like paradise, and there they will attain bliss and immortality!】

【You, you're becoming more and more like a cult leader……】

【The following year, you slaughter…… you liberated the entire South Jambu Continent!】

【Another year later, you slaughter…… you liberated the entire Xiniu Hezhou!】

【Yet another year, it was the Northern Kuru Continent……】

【In just four years, you brought over eight hundred True Gods to linger on the final island of the East Victory Divine Continent.】

【You liberated all mortals and cultivators of the four continents; between heaven and earth, only you and your subordinate gods remain……】

Standing on this small island, the white‑haired Lin Liu gazed wordlessly at the island's cities and villages: whether city or countryside, he had swept them clean!

But, after carrying out both "de‑urbanization" and "de‑ruralization", the anticipated shattering of heaven and earth still did not come……

"Report! The East Victory Divine Continent has no living souls left!"

A True God excitedly reported to Lin Liu: "Congratulations, Holy Sovereign Majesty! Congratulations, Holy Sovereign Majesty! Your merit surpasses heaven! Your grace runs deeper than the sea!"

"You have liberated all mundane beings; even if they lived forever, they could never repay your grace! They will surely sing of your merit in the Eternal Primordial for generations, down to eight thousand generations, until pebbles become boulders, until boulders grow moss……"

As he spoke, he even became moved to tears: "How magnificent! Holy Sovereign Majesty!"

"You truly…… I'm dying of tears……"

Not only did he weep, but over eight hundred others also wept together, praising Lin Liu's merit and grace while they cried. This scene, contrasted with the lifeless cities and villages below, is so bizarre and abstract it could be called extreme; approaching science, it would merit at least thirty episodes……

In short: more cult‑like than a cult!

And such an abnormal, bizarre scene is certainly not from their normal hearts; it stems from over‑forceful brainwashing by the Blood God Son.

In their eyes, anything Lin Liu does is enough to move people to tears……

The bizarreness of this scene even dulled Lin Liu's uncertainty about the future, leaving him wanting to speak but holding back:

This Blood God Son is indeed too evil; it really shouldn't be used, forcibly turning perfectly normal people into brainless fans who can praise anything and be moved by anything……

Taking a deep breath, Lin Liu reluctantly put on a serious face and said to this bunch of abnormal people:

"Among mortals in the world, is there any omission?"

The crowd shouted in unison:

"Not a single one left! Thanks to your blessing, we've liberated everyone!"

Lin Liu let out a long sigh, saying nothing at all.

Although theoretically speaking, even if it were like searching for a needle in the sea, this time the needle should have been found, because everyone else is dead; according to the method of exhaustion and elimination, whether Lin Liu believes it or not, the dreamer can only be among these over eight hundred people.

But now he has fallen into the deepest level of self-doubt:

Theory, is it really useful?

Is it really possible for the dreamer to be among these remaining over eight hundred people? He has failed too much, the cost is too great, and the once supremely confident Lin Liu now dare not guarantee anything……

After calming down for a long while, Lin Liu closed his eyes then opened them again, and slowly said:

"Now, only you remain."

【Facing these final eight hundred people, you entrusted them with your last hope, even though this hope remains slim……】

【"His name is Zhao Si……"】

【You slowly began to tell them about the "alarm clock".】

【They also listened very seriously; after the brainwashing, they feared nothing, and your words became their sole creed……】

【Gradually, surprise appeared on their faces; even with the Blood God Son's brainwashing, information of this level would still trigger their instinctive surprise.】

【After that, they simply stopped moving……】

【And after you waited a long time in that final hope, the hope also turned into despair.】

【With each passing second, a bit of hope is erased and a bit of despair added……】

【After a day and night of self-hypnosis, you, utterly lost, were finally forced to accept this hard-to-swallow fact: the dreamer is not here either.】

【So where exactly is he?】

【……】

【Carrying this bewilderment and over eight hundred god corpses, you slowly arrived at the "God's Tomb" in Xiniu Hezhou.】

【This place buries over a thousand true god ministers of the Heavenly Court, and now it will also gain over eight hundred new residents……】

【Inside the God's Tomb, two people are waiting for you: one is a monkey, and the other is…… the Heavenly Emperor.】

【Seeing you return in silence, the person and the monkey stared at each other: it seems you have failed……】

"Master……"

【The monkey stepped forward first to comfort: "It's all right…… you can try again, you have countless chances……"】

【The Heavenly Emperor also approached with a complex expression, but he did not offer words of comfort; instead he said softly: "Your scene of having slaughtered the whole world and then failing again feels very familiar to me……"】

【Familiar? Indeed.】

【As you gazed at him, your mind conjured the "other self" who had told you about the previous chapter's events: in his third life, Xue Xuan had once carried out a massive slaughter to bring away the beings of the Primordial, hoping to profit into the Eternal Primordial, but suffered repeated failures, his mindset collapsing again and again……】

【The situation you now face is very similar to what Xue Xuan once faced; the only difference is that he slaughtered while you "liberate souls"…… Of course, perhaps there is not much difference between the two……】

"I have failed."

【You let out a long sigh.】

"I cannot find the reason……"

【You, lost and becoming ever more lost: the ones you were supposed to liberate souls from, you have liberated them all, yet you still have not cleared the game.】

【What now? You don't know, because you truly have no way left; even employing the method of exhaustion had no effect—what other method could there be?】

【At this moment you begin to doubt that anyone in this world is dreaming at all, that the world is not false but truly exists…… you, perhaps having been given false information by the "other self"……】

【There is fundamentally no "Eternal Primordial," nor any "Lord of Dreams," nor even an "other self"; everything is merely your imagination…… No! Perhaps even you yourself do not exist! You are merely under the illusion that you are real……】

【Real? Fake? True? Dream?】

【After even the infallible method of exhaustion failed, your mindset suffered a massive blow, this blow even heavier than what Xue Xuan once endured, leaving your mind somewhat troubled…… you cannot tell, you truly cannot tell……】

【……】

(End of chapter)