Chapter 419: The Solution

How to say?

Facing Airuisi's revelation, Lin Ke spoke calmly, asking calmly.

He seemed not at all surprised.

In fact, he already had doubts in his heart, guessing why Airuisi said that.

After all, Airuisi's special status as an 'Outsider' was jointly recognized by the Five Saints of the Supreme Council.

The Celestial Gods Civilization Heavenly Court accepted this.

Airuisi also indeed passed a series of tests, opening the channel between the two universes, fulfilling the prophecy made by Nuositelo before the Grand Curtain's demise.

Now, Airuisi suddenly said, she is not considered an 'Outsider', there must be a reason.

Moreover, this reason is very important, very important!

Airuisi didn't beat around the bush, let Lin Ke guess wildly, and directly gave a hint: "Wizard Civilization can have True Spirits coming from other civilizations or even other universes as 'Outsiders'; naturally, some True Spirits will also be lost to other civilizations or even other universes, becoming those civilizations' and universes' 'Outsiders'."

Lin Ke, having some insight, tentatively asked: "You mean you are originally a Wizard of the Wizard Civilization, accidentally became an 'Outsider' of another universe, and then tried to return to the Wizard Civilization?"

Exactly so.

Airuisi nodded, admitting without reservation.

It seemed as if what she admitted was just a trivial small matter, not the major issue that the Celestial Gods Civilization Heavenly Court and the Wizard Civilization's Supreme Council were desperately investigating.

Moreover, it seemed as if returning from another universe to the Wizard Civilization Universe was a trivial, basic operation.

Lin Ke suppressed the absurd feeling rising in his heart, then tentatively asked: "So, is your True Spirit really the thing carried in the second beam of light?"

No.

On this point, Airuisi denied it, then said: "What is carried in the second beam of light is precisely the 'Special Ruined World' recognized by the Supreme Council. Of course, it has now become my Natal World."

Upon hearing this, Lin Ke fell silent for a moment, then frankly said: "I still don't understand some points."

Airuisi smiled: "Which points? Go ahead, I'll answer whatever I can today—miss this chance and there'll be no more."

"Two beams of light, according to the information I have: one beam carries my True Spirit, one beam carries the Special Ruined World, and the 'shell' of the second beam was taken by the Heavenly Court and the Supreme Council to bind the fate of Michelle Celestial Venerable; then where did the 'shell' of the first beam go? What was it used for?"

With a calm face and a slightly heavy tone, Lin Ke voiced his doubts.

Hmm... or rather, Lin Ke actually already had an answer to his doubts; he just came to ask Airuisi for confirmation.

Airuisi took a deep breath, met Lin Ke's piercing gaze, and replied in a low voice: "Just as you thought, the 'shell' of the beam carrying your True Spirit was used to bind your fate. However…"

However what?

Lin Ke was very curious about this.

Moreover, his intuition told him this was extremely important.

However, something went wrong.

Airuisi's tone became somewhat strange, seeming helpless, resentful, and also feeling wronged and aggrieved.

All these emotions mixed together, and what ultimately stood out was loneliness and desolation.

What aspect of the mishap?

Lin Ke observed Airuisi's expression, but didn't have the leisure to show concern, first pursuing the matter at hand.

One must have a sense of boundaries.

He had already married Mo Li and had a daughter, so he couldn't be overly intimate with other female friends.

Thus, this is a responsible attitude toward him, Mo Li, and other female friends.

To be honest, although Airuisi's heart wasn't completely devoid of disappointment in this situation, it was merely disappointment.

However, being late is being late.

Friends are friends.

There's nothing to complain about; just accept it.

Quickly adjusting her slightly fluctuating emotions, Airuisi said: "The Wizard World Will is an extremely special existence. Not only in our universe, but even placed among many other universes, it is a unique special existence. The reason is not only that it integrated the consciousness of the Five Saints and the collective consciousness of the Five Wizard Schools, but also there is an extremely special aspect."

After a slight pause, Airuisi spoke with utmost solemnity:

"That is, the origin of the Wizard Civilization is not long ago, yet in a short time it developed to its peak, annexing many civilizations and their World Wills. Just as overeating causes indigestion, so does a World Will."

"The Wizards, in order to help the Wizard World Will digest quickly, created the existence of 'Outsiders'."

"Utilizing the fact that multiple parallel universes are not always in a parallel state, they attracted special True Spirits from other civilizations or even other universes, transformed them into Outsiders, to promote the Wizard Civilization's integration and diversified development, enhancing 'hardware' to advance 'software' evolution."

"In this process, the Wizard World Will gradually developed into its current special form."

"In a few words, it's hard to explain fully, but that's the gist."

After listening to Airuisi's lengthy discourse, Lin Ke wasn't confused, grasped her implied meaning, and directly asked: "You mean the special-form Wizard World Will interfered with your arrangement? And did It intentionally intervene?"

Airuisi didn't answer but countered: "Do you still remember what I once said about the circumstances of my birth?"

I remember.

Lin Ke nodded and replied: "I remember you said you were born on a battlefield, and many of your ailments came from the womb."

"This is what the Wizard World Will did."

Airuisi said indifferently.

Upon hearing this, Lin Ke fell silent for a long time.

The more information he gained, the more doubts arose in his heart.

Lin Ke felt he needed to sort things out.

If the information he obtained is accurate and complete, some things can be confirmed, while some problems may arise accordingly.

As the Grand Ancestor Master said, two beams of light originated from the source of the time river of other universes, passed through the Celestial Gods Civilization Universe, and traversed to the Wizard Civilization Universe.

First, the first beam carried Linke Grand's True Spirit, and its 'shell' was also taken to bind Linke Grand's fate, driving him to actively or passively face his current situation.

Then the question arises: Linke Grand's previous life was clearly an ordinary mortal to the extreme; why did he receive such treatment?

Not only did he hitch a ride across the universe, but he also received preferential treatment?

Next, the second beam of light carries the 'Special Ruins World'.

This also indirectly explains a phenomenon that Lin Ke could not understand after reaching the Special Ruins World twice.

Humanity, which should be in the midst of a large-scale war affecting the entire world, why did they suddenly all disappear at once, leaving only the traces of war and intelligent machines?

The cause is very likely being selected by the second beam of light, and then, under the action of a mighty power that technology cannot resist, turning into flying ash.

Just like in a movie from my previous life, wearing a glove inlaid with five gems, a snap of the fingers wiping out half of all life in the universe.

The question is, when exactly did the two beams of light arrive at the Wizard Civilization?

After all, the origin of the Machinery Wizard seems to come from the Special Ruins World, only elevated to a height of technology that even looking up from the Special Ruins World cannot reach.

Moreover, the Machinery Sage had already ascended to the Sage's Peak before the great war between the Wizard Civilization and the Gods Civilization.

From this point, the two beams of light must have arrived in this universe before the origin of the Machinery Wizard School.

Furthermore, based on the fact that before Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke there was another Beast Taming Wizard, Ai Rui Si. Mei Xi Ya, born in the Northern Border a few hundred years ago, can we determine that the two beams of light had already 'awoken' and become active at least a few hundred years ago?

Or perhaps the two beams of light are just two beams of light, and 'Ai Rui Si' is simply 'Ai Rui Si'.

It is not the two beams of light driving the activity of 'Ai Rui Si'; rather, 'Ai Rui Si' is controlling the two beams of light.

After all, there were two beams of light; one carried Lin Ke's true spirit, the other carried a special ruined world.

This is the last thing Lin Ke needs to figure out. Finally, how did Airuisi's true spirit return to the wizard civilization universe?

His status was insufficient, his insight lacking; Lin Ke pondered for a while but could not find any clue.

Instead, more problems arose in his mind.

Slowly closing his eyes, Lin Ke employed the wisdom sword of the Brain Seal Technique, which he hadn't used in a long time, to cut off distracting thoughts.

His thoughts instantly returned to clarity, grasping the core problem.

As long as you grasp the core, all other problems can actually cease to be problems.

"Why me?"

Lin Ke opened his eyes, gazed into Airuisi's eyes, and asked in a low voice.

"What, why are you?"

Airuisi calmly countered, "Why bring your true spirit wandering through the universe to the wizard civilization? Why not attempt to let you be born several hundred years ago? Why bind your fate?"

"Hmm."

Lin Ke nodded, waiting for Airuisi's answer.

"There's no why."

Airuisi softly said, "What happened happened; there's no why."

Upon receiving this answer, to be honest, Lin Ke wasn't completely unprepared in his heart.

Having expectations is one thing; whether he can accept it is another matter.

Even if he could accept it, whether he could accept it happily is yet another matter.

Lin Ke's current situation is that he can accept it, but cannot accept it happily.

"Any more questions?"

Airuisi then took another sip of the brown sugar deer pellet cow milk tea, and asked softly.

"Yes."

Lin Ke nodded, then glanced at the milk tea in Airuisi's hand.

After a moment's thought, Lin Ke also lifted the brown sugar deer pellet cow milk tea before him and took a sip.

For a long time, Lin Ke had only drunk green and black tea; he hadn't had milk tea in a while, and found it hard to adjust to this sweetness.

His brow involuntarily furrowed.

Airuisi keenly noticed this and considerately said, "If you don't like it, you don't have to drink it."

"I used to like it quite a bit."

Lin Ke replied lightly.

"Just in the past?"

Airuisi seemed to care a lot about this.

"Just in the past."

Lin Ke fell silent for a moment, without pretense or deceit.

"How about Mo Li? Does she still like it?"

Airuisi then asked again in this way.

"It's okay; I drink it occasionally."

Lin Ke continued to answer truthfully.

Airuisi took a deep breath, smiled, and said, "Let's get down to business; what other questions do you have?"

Facing Airuisi's somewhat complex gaze, Lin Ke kept his composure and calmly asked, "Why bind my fate?"

"Actually, it's not a binding but a delimiting of a range."

Airuisi first corrected Lin Ke's statement, then said, "Fate is something that exists but cannot be blindly believed; disbelief also cannot be totally denied—it's wondrous and contradictory. I can now frankly tell you a few things; listen, think, reflect afterward, and if you still have questions, don't ask me yet—go discover and understand them yourself."

"Okay."

Lin Ke nodded in agreement.

Airuisi continued:

"The two beams of light are like a snowboard; my true spirit rides the board, sliding from the time river of the universe where I was reincarnated toward the source of the time river of the wizard civilization universe."

"That universe is quite far from the wizard civilization universe; in between lie several universes, among them the immortal-god civilization universe."

"Before passing through the immortal-god civilization universe, I experienced several mishaps."

"First, in a parallel universe of the immortal-god civilization, I inadvertently brought you along;"

Second, in the mirror parallel universe of your parallel universe, I brought along the special ruin world that the Supreme Council later recognized;

Third, I fought a great existence at the source of the cosmic time river;

Fourth, while passing through the immortal-god civilization universe, due to an unstable state, I formed a bond with it;

Fifth, after returning to the wizard civilization universe, my injuries flared up, and I fell into a near-death slumber;

Sixth, the reincarnation backup I set up began to lose control under the cumulative influence of a series of accidents.

He paused, letting Lin Ke digest these words, and then Airuis continued:

"The person with surname Ai and given name RuiSi is not my 'past-past life', but a dream I had while in near-death slumber."

"This dream is related to you, related to the special ruin world, and even more so to the fact that the special ruin world is the mirror-image world of your past-life living world."

"'I' expended great effort to break free from the endless dream and struggled to wake up."

"The bond that originally existed between us has become deeper."

"Initially, I was unwilling to reincarnate into the wizard civilization while carrying that bond, as it would hinder my return to the peak."

"Thus came the beast-taming wizard Airuis Meixiya from a few hundred years ago."

"Faced with the failed reincarnation, 'I' had to change strategy, no longer avoiding the bond with you."

"Thus, I completely discarded the exposed skateboard, drawing the attention of the wizard world's will and the vague notice of my existence at that time."

"This gave rise to the prophecy of the Nostradamus Sage."

"Then, using another skateboard, I set your destiny, using your destiny as an anchor, to proceed with reincarnation."

"Despite expectations, an accident still happened."

"The wizard world's will held back a move, intervening in my reincarnation at the last moment."

"What happened afterward was not in my plan."

After hearing this long, heart-to-heart talk, Lin Ke figured out many doubts, and, as Airuis had said beforehand, he also came up with some new questions.

But since Airuis had said that, letting him not rush to ask, Lin Ke also did not rush to ask.

He kept it in his heart, slowly observing, slowly thinking.

For example, what exactly is the difference between the 'I' that Airuis speaks of and me?

Also, is he actually the anchor point, or just a decoy?