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Le Zhengling ignored them and looked at Chengzi instead.

"Aozaki Touko, may I ask how you know me?" Yue Zhengling was a little concerned about this. Logically speaking, the Aozaki Touko in this world was not the one he knew, and as far as he knew, she did not have the means to observe parallel worlds. Could it be because she had broken through the origin of "soul" and unified her consciousness?

The Jewel King is in this state, but that's because he has fully mastered the effects of the Second Magic. No matter how many parallel worlds there are, there is only one Jewel King now. The moment he became a magician, he was unified across all worlds.

"No, I just synchronized with my counterpart in Lingjun's world when I came into contact with her." Aozaki Touko took off her glasses and observed Yue Zhengling with her Mystic Eyes.

In her eyes, this Yue Zhengling was completely different from the previous one. If she could still see his appearance before, now he was just a silhouette of a starry sky in the shape of Yue Zhengling.

It now appears that the alien god's ability is related to space; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to synchronize himself with his counterparts in other parallel worlds.

But if the current Yue Zhengling is the alien god that King Arthur spoke of, Aozaki Touko feels something is wrong. This feeling is very strange. Based on her knowledge as a Grand Puppeteer and her intuition as a woman, the combination of these two tells her that the current Yue Zhengling is not a controlled alien god.

So here's the problem: when I first met Yue Zhengling, he didn't give me that impression. And according to what Arthur and I observed in that bar, the alien invasion had happened several days ago.

Why reveal their identity at this crucial moment without warning? If they knew the power of King Arthur's holy sword, wouldn't it have been better to stay hidden? After all, this alien god has put some pressure on them, but they don't really think he's that strong.

At that moment, Aozaki Touko glanced at the robe in her hand, and a flash of inspiration struck her. She silently narrowed her eyes and looked at Yue Zhengling.

After listening to Chengzi's words, Yue Zhengling lowered his head and thought for a few seconds before realizing what was going on. "So that's how it is. It's because of the influence of the [gate]."

Having figured this out, Yue Zhengling seemed to have lost all interest in Aozaki Touko, and turned to look at Grey, "So it's your turn now. You were the one who found me, Yad, right? How did you manage that?"

"Why should I tell you!" Yad said in a sharp voice, seemingly mocking Yue Zhengling's ignorance.

“Oh, I understand. It’s because of resonance…” Upon hearing Yad’s words, Yue Zhengling’s eyes sparkled, and then she looked at the stone pillar in her hand.

Everyone found the conversation extremely strange. Yad wasn't the answer, so why did you suddenly say you understood?

"Although you may not know it, Yog Sothos's alias is the Omniscient One. Although his abilities have been greatly weakened, if he wants to know something, as long as we are in the same space, all causes will be traced back to their origins in the results."

The stone pillar in Yue Zhengling's hand, forged by the same fairy, resonates with Yad. If Yad were just an inanimate object, its wielder would not be able to guess what was going on. However, Yad has its own personality, so it can tell its wielder everything it knows. It was because of this resonance that Gray and her group were able to find Yue Zhengling.

"Then it's your turn, King Arthur. What are your plans?" Yue Zhengling turned his head, looking at Arthur with a half-smile.

"Haven't you already neutralized my backup plan?" Arthur was now hesitant. He wasn't hesitant about whether to continue playing hide-and-seek with Yue Zhengling, but rather whether to take action and tell this so-called "illusory figure".

Just now, Gaia gave him some information, and the person in front of him, Le Zhengling, has always been there and has never left.

Although Arthur didn't know why Gaia told him this, he couldn't pretend not to know now that things had come to this. The Holy Sword had been completely unsealed, which meant that Yue Zhengling had become an enemy of the Stars. As the wielder of the Holy Sword, he had to fulfill his duty.

"Oh, the planet has already told you? But it's mistaken." Yue Zhengling smiled faintly. Just as he himself said, in this space, he could know anything he wanted to know.

"Merlin is no pushover in any world. Your Merlin has contacted you several times through that robe and my characteristics."

Looking at the robe in Chengzi's hand, the starlight in Yue Zhengling's eyes flickered again, and then the robe suddenly returned to his hand.

"Alright, now that you know what you wanted to know, I won't keep you company any longer. Farewell, everyone." Surprisingly polite, Yue Zhengling nodded to everyone before disappearing.

"Wait, Lingjun!"

"Wait, listen!"

Just as Yue Zhengling was about to make a move, Arthur was ready to attack, but he didn't expect that Orange would join him in taking action.

Seeing that Orange was blocking his path of attack again, Arthur had no choice but to stop.

"Is there anything else, Aozaki Touko?" Yue Zhengling looked at her expressionlessly.

"You promised to answer three questions for me, but you left before you even finished asking them?" Aozaki Touko put her glasses back on and said to Yue Zhengling in a very gentle tone.

“…Indeed, the ‘me’ of the past promised to answer three questions for you, so now there are two left. What do you want to ask?” A strange look appeared on Yue Zhengling’s face.

“You wouldn’t lie, would you?” Orange took two steps closer and squatted down in front of Le Zhengling again, staring straight at him.

"No, but you have the right to choose whether or not to answer." Under Chengzi's gaze, Yue Zhengling took two steps back with an uneasy expression.

Upon seeing this, both Orange and Arthur had a sudden realization; this action explained a lot.

“Well then, I’ll start asking.” Orange slowly reached out and placed her hand on Yue Zhengling’s head again, but unfortunately, she didn’t feel it.

"You weren't actually being controlled, but were directly using the power of that alien god, were you?"

"...I said that, in terms of appearance, inner self, memories, and emotions, I am exactly as I am. I am him, but he is not me."

"The past me is not the present me. Okay, I understand." Orange understood the meaning behind the other person's words perfectly. Having recovered the body she created several times, she already understood Yue Zhengling's current state.

His strange behavior just now was all a deception. Arthur could tell from Yue Zhengling's retreat that Yue Zhengling's behavior pattern had not changed, while Orange could tell from Yue Zhengling's failure to refuse her question that he was faking it.

If her personality has truly changed, the other party will absolutely ignore her.

"So what's the last question?" Yue Zhengling urged.

"Is there any hope for this world? No, never mind, let's try something else. Do you have a way to go back to the world you were born in?" Orange's words startled everyone. Waver, Bartholomew, and the magician from the Clock Tower, who had been silent all along, jumped out again.

"Aozaki! What are you doing!" Barthemello shouted hurriedly.

"Miss Orange, let him answer the first question!" Weber was extremely anxious.

Le Zhengling paused for a moment, then shook his head and nodded, seemingly trying to express something.

Seeing his action, Orange's eight-point guess became a full ten. Yue Zhengling was still the same Yue Zhengling, only now he had some more power and was affected by that power.

"Wait! What does this mean?!" Basemelo rushed over at this moment, only then realizing how stupid she was. If she had gotten there earlier and taken the initiative, things wouldn't have turned out like this.

“Nodding means there’s still hope for this world, so what does shaking your head mean?” After making his own judgment, Arthur sheathed his sword and walked to Orange’s side.

When they encountered that alien god, Yue Zhengling said that it was not very dangerous. At that time, the Holy Sword was released in the same way as now, and it was in a state of restraint. Whether or not to attack was entirely up to him.

If the other party chooses to descend, he will of course stop them at all costs. But whether it was last time or this time, although he felt a crisis, he did not feel danger. Based on this feeling, he chose to intimidate last time, and this time he chose to observe.

"My main body has already run far away, what are you still doing here?" Yue Zhengling looked at him with feigned indifference.

“I’m now certain that you are the Ling I know. If you really had changed, you wouldn’t care about our agreement.”

Arthur's smile returned, and then he scratched his face a little sheepishly. "Sorry, it was my duty. I acted impulsively just now."

"Huh? You pretended for so long, but you still found out—" Yue Zhengling first showed a relaxed smile, then her expression changed instantly, "You thought I would say that! How naive!"

The air in the room suddenly fell silent, and everyone was frozen in place by an invisible shock.

Then Yue Zhengling's breathing became even more chaotic, and a mocking smile appeared on his lips.

"I already said I've left, this is just a projection, why don't you believe me? So, question one, when did I leave?"

For some reason, Yue Zhengling started asking questions, but ended up answering them herself, and her behavior became even more bizarre.

"Of course, it was when I found out I'd been tricked by Aozaki Touko~" He took two steps back and spun around in place again, the starlight in the room gradually increasing.

Chapter 127 The Proclamation of the End Times

"Question two is here~ Why do we need to understand the methods you used to track me down?"

He vanished from Arthur and Orange in an instant, reappeared in front of Grey, and took Ad from Grey's immobile hands.

"Let me go! What do you want to do!" Yad, who had been taken into Yue Zhengling's hands, turned back into a box.

"Although you can't move, you can still hear and think. So listen carefully to the answer: it's to eliminate your means of tracking the main body. Genius, right?"

"What's going on! Grey! What's wrong with you guys!" On the other end of the communication line, Webber was sweating profusely as he looked at his disciples who were frozen in place, but neither Orange, Grey, nor even Arthur reacted.

"So, question three—why didn't I launch the plan immediately when I knew Gaia was communicating with Arthur?" He swayed his body, walked up to Arthur, and stood on tiptoe to bring his face close.

"Of course, it's to see if Gaia can tell whether I'm the real me or not!"

After saying that, he reached for the holy sword in Arthur's hand, but because Arthur was holding it too tightly, he couldn't take it off. Finally, he squatted down, pried open Arthur's right hand fingers one by one, took the holy sword, and then placed Mary's robe in Arthur's hand.

Looking at the holy sword and holy spear in his hands, Yue Zhengling's expression turned somewhat cold. "Tell me, what do you think would happen if King Arthur's two most important weapons clashed together?"

"You're insane!" Although Yad was caught by Le Zhengling, he kept shaking and struggling.

"So much nonsense~~~" Yue Zhengling raised the Holy Sword and Yad like a child who had received a new toy. Then a black membrane appeared on his head and sucked the Holy Sword and Holy Lance into it.

After doing all this, Yue Zhengling tilted his head and clapped his hands. "Ten seconds have passed, and time has resumed its flow. Ah, of course I was just kidding. I don't actually have the ability to stop the world."

"Where did you send Yad?!" Upon regaining her mobility and discovering that the link between her and Yad had been severed, Grey angrily lunged at Le Zhengling, only to pass right through his body and fall to the ground.

Having lost the Holy Sword, Arthur was much calmer. He looked at Yue Zhengling, somewhat at a loss. Could it be that his guess was really wrong?

On the contrary, Orange, who hadn't been bothered, calmly took out a cigarette and started smoking. She looked at the rather abnormal Yue Zhengling, Arthur who was frowning and thinking, and Gray who was sitting on the ground looking bewildered, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Question four~ Am I really Ling~?" The starlight in the room was reflected in Yue Zhengling's eyes. "The answer is of course no~"

“That child has further closed off his heart. My name is Yog-Ling-Sothoth, and I use this name to let you know—”

The instant Yue Zhengling made his declaration, everyone on this planet who was still conscious was pulled into a space.

This space is deep space in the universe. They can sense the presence of people around them, but they cannot see their figures.

What they were standing on was an Earth shrunk to about 300 meters in diameter.

Above is a child sleeping soundly with his knees drawn up, as if he would never wake up again. In front of the child is a sphere reflecting the starry sky, encased in the Metatron Cube.

That was an ultimate existence beyond their comprehension, a transcendent being beyond words, yet its vast consciousness made it clear to everyone what it was saying—

I hereby use this name to let you all stand before me and hear my words;

All living beings, regardless of who they are or their status, must know this;

To save my heart from collapse, you must give me your utmost.

In order for the Mandate of Heaven to be renewed, you must carefully follow this command;

Seek out where I am, the five hundred sunrises and sunsets form a pattern;

The way to save the world is to repay what is given; here we establish a covenant for the world!

At this point, everyone's consciousness returned to their bodies. They were all drenched in sweat and panting heavily. In the instant their consciousness was withdrawn, everyone was forced to share some extremely uncomfortable emotions.

Many people became extremely depressed; some were laughing hysterically, some were crying incessantly, and some even attempted suicide.

Arthur, who shared these feelings, shook his head, Orange took deep drags on her cigarette, and Grey had already passed out.

"What was that just now?" After suppressing the emotions that were not his own, Arthur turned to look at Yue Zhengling, who had not yet disappeared.

"Ah, don't look at me like that, it'll make me shy." Without a trace of embarrassment, Yue Zhengling tilted her head.

"Ling, what exactly do you want to do?" Chengzi quickly recovered as well, her eyes fixed on Le Zhengling, as if trying to figure out what he was up to.

"To bring this world to its end, and to bring me peace, I've expanded my bet with Arthur to the whole world." Yue Zhengling revealed a shy smile befitting his age.

Arthur clenched his fists, walked up to him, and then punched Yue Zhengling.

"It's no use, I'm not Ben at all..." However, before Yue Zhengling could finish speaking, he took a solid punch from Arthur and was sent flying against the wall.

"Huh?" Orange's eyes widened.

"How is this possible? How did you do this—" Yue Zhengling, who had slid down the wall, covered his left cheek, but before he could finish speaking, he was punched in the chest by Arthur, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

This time, Orange finally saw clearly that when Arthur beat up Yue Zhengling, a blurry figure appeared behind him.

"A Stand user?!" Orange was so shocked when she saw it clearly that she dropped her cigarette.

In that alternate dimension, Yog Sothos, inside the Metatron Cube, took on a different appearance. She wore a black, fitted chiffon dress, had skin like an albino, and a small black horn protruded from her gray-white hair.

She hunched over like an anxious girl, secretly raising her head to look at the sleeping Yue Zhengling.

"You... you really are quite clever," she said haltingly, her words not quite flowing smoothly.

"To use me in order to escape corruption, and to make me do it willingly, that's really impressive." Like a young girl in love, Yog Sothos slowly walked up the invisible steps to Le Zhengling's side.

"It's okay, don't be afraid. You and I are both special." She stood next to Yue Zhengling and pulled his hands away from his knees, making him relax a bit.

"Sleep? Sleep! Dream." Yug Sothos turned over and lay flat next to Yue Zhengling, his forehead level with Yue Zhengling's chin. Then he reached out and clasped his hand together with Yue Zhengling's hand, which was slightly clenched.

"Flawed? Interesting! Useful?" Then she closed her eyes, slowly relaxed her mind, and the starry sky began to narrow.

When the starry sky narrowed to only about ten square meters, it stopped. The space around them changed. It was the sky above the three black stone pillars, the only place in this world where they could see the blue sky.

Chapter 128 Sharing of Spirit Foundation

Seeing that he had actually vomited blood, Yue Zhengling's eyes were filled with confusion. He clearly didn't have a body, he was just a soul, so how could he vomit blood? What's more, this wasn't his real body, it was just a phantom!

Before he could even figure it out, Arthur, without a word, grabbed him by the collar and twisted him up.

He looked at Yue Zhengling with a very calm gaze, "I've wanted to hit you for a long time."

Upon hearing this, Yue Zheng forgot all about vomiting blood, and his expression gradually returned to its previous crazed state. "You've endured so much—"

But before he could finish speaking, Arthur suddenly swung his right arm and threw him away.

"boom!"

Le Zhengling smashed through a wall, and the rubble hit the ground, raising a layer of white dust that blocked everyone's view.