I want to just drift through life in Type-Moon.

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In less than a minute, all the plants within a 500-meter radius had withered, and this area was gradually expanding.

Chapter 41 Circular Absorption

“Even we’re affected, this isn’t good.” Tsbia looked at the crimson light emanating from his exposed palm, his eyes deep and amused.

A black light was also drawn out of Fuaburo's body. He knew it was his life force, but he didn't care, since this life force was not even one ten-thousandth of his.

"Kid, I've avenged you. I don't know if he's completely dead, but if he reappears, I'll do as I promised and kill him again and again!"

Fuaburo tossed Huangye Zonglian's head next to Yue Zhengling. The reason he didn't go over was because he didn't know what had happened yet. After all, judging from the situation, even his previous Creation Soil had been absorbed, and it might be dangerous for him to go over there.

After doing all this, Fuaburo didn't even put away the Creation Soil on Le Zhengling's body, and turned to leave.

"You're leaving already? Don't you know this kid? Aren't you going to watch anymore?" Tsbia looked at Fuabro in surprise as he walked away step by step. He didn't expect the man to be so decisive.

"There's no need. I've done what I needed to do. What's happening now is beyond my control, and besides..."

At this point, Fuabro turned his head and glanced at Tsbia, "And don't you also want me to leave as much as possible?"

Tsbia, who had been seen through, smiled mysteriously and remained silent.

“I don’t know who told you to come here, and I have no interest in knowing what you’re planning to do, but remember…” Fuabro turned back and continued walking forward, “If you did anything to that kid’s body, then you’ll be my next target.”

Hearing this, Tsbia's smile remained, but a slight chill ran through him. "Then you shouldn't leave like this. Maybe I'll need your help sometime in the future."

Fuabro stopped again.

“Although I don’t know what happened to this child, someone else does. Aren’t you curious?” Cibia sensed the goodwill that Fuabro had for Le Zhengling from his words, so he tried to persuade him to stay. After all, according to his calculations, he alone could not handle the current situation.

“You heard that too, right? So what should I do now?” Tsbia took a button out of his pocket and asked the person who, though not physically present, was watching everything through his eyes.

“This is tricky,” the old man’s voice echoed in the space.

Upon hearing that voice, Fuabro shuddered and turned sharply to look at the button in Tsbia's hand. He knew exactly whose voice it was!

Why is this person involved? What exactly happened to that child?

Fuabro's current state of mind can only be described as shock, after all, anything related to this sound is no small matter!

“Faubro Lowein,” the voice from the button called out. “I need your help now.”

Upon hearing the voice say this, Fuablo walked back to Tsbia's side without hesitation. "What do you want me to do?"

“I can’t see what happened tonight anymore. That thing’s interference was too great. Could you tell me what you know?” The old man’s voice sounded very calm.

“No problem.” Fuabro did not refuse and explained everything he knew in great detail.

"Is that so? So that's how she died." The old man said with a deep sense of helplessness. "It's alright that she died, but why did she have that necklace..."

At this point, after listening, Tsbia couldn't help but interject, "You mean that necklace? What's wrong with that necklace?"

“That necklace, it’s [that thing]…” The other person paused for a moment and then said, but before he could finish, he was interrupted by Tsbia in an extremely shocked tone.

"Wait! Wasn't that thing in your hands? Why is it here?!" He couldn't help but look at Yue Zhengling's chest, his face filled with horror, as if he had seen something terrifying.

The ring was still spinning at high speed, absorbing all kinds of energy. Now, even the magic diffused in the atmosphere was being continuously absorbed by it.

Fuaburo sensed that the absorption range of this thing was only about 800 meters. Apart from the two vampires, all life in this space had died. Fortunately, this was not a residential area, but a park, so apart from a dozen or so homeless people, unlucky guys, and people who had sex in the wild, no one died.

Fuabro didn't know why Tsbia seemed so scared; it seemed the key was the truth about "that thing."

"Calm down and listen to me. That's only a part of [that thing]. The main body is with me!" the old man said in a low voice, calming Tsbia down.

Hearing this answer, Tsbia let out a long sigh of relief, looking like he had just escaped a disaster. "Thank goodness, I thought I was going to die here tonight. If it really was [that thing], even my parallel world self would be wiped out..."

Upon hearing Tsbia's incredible words, Fuabro stared wide-eyed at the wildly spinning ring in disbelief.

He looked at the thing carefully and found that the power that had been sucked into the ring was compressed into a single point. Although it was completely black, it gave people the feeling that it was "emitting light".

The old man's voice continued to come from the button, "Faubro, Tsbia, what you need to do now is stop that ring by filling it with something to make it stop."

"How do you stop? What happens if you can't stop?" Fuabro asked the person on the other side of the button.

"If it doesn't stop, it will first absorb the magic power floating in the atmosphere, and then, based on this magic power, it will gradually increase the suction force and range. Eventually, due to the increasing gravity, it will form a vicious cycle of life force - no life force - magic power - expanding range - life force, which will eventually lead to the depletion of the world's great source and destroy all life on this planet."

"..." Fuabro paused for a moment after hearing this, "What exactly is that thing, and why is it in that child's hands?"

"I can't tell you exactly what it is, but you are entitled to know the child's identity. She is the last bloodline of the [most important inheritance]," the old man said slowly and cryptically.

"So, I was fooled by this kid and his grandfather?" Upon hearing the so-called most important inheritance, Fuaburo knew what it referred to. It was something every magician should know, but he never thought that Yue Zhengling was from that lineage. Although his tone was very calm, he was obviously suppressing something.

Seemingly sensing his emotions, the old man said with certainty, "It shouldn't be. Although that child should know some things, she is indeed an ordinary person. As for her grandfather, I don't know exactly what happened in this world, but if it were him, there would be no reason for him to deceive you."

Chapter 42 You've got it wrong

Hearing this answer, Fuabro calmed down. After all, if Yue Zhengling was indeed the bloodline of that lineage, what he said to him before his death was likely true, which meant that he treated him, who was his enemy, with goodwill.

This deeply moved Fuabro, who had regained his humanity.

"So what do we do now?" Tsbia asked, seeing that Fuabro hadn't said anything more and knew he had agreed.

"Ultimately, what that thing needs is life force and magic power. Tsbia will be in charge of the magic power aspect, while you, Fuaburo, will be in charge of the life force aspect. Release a portion of your clone to fill it in. As long as the two reach a balance at the same time, I think that thing will stop."

The old man spoke with certainty.

“I will guide this intricate calculation. I will first assess the current state of that thing.” Tsbia nodded to Fuabro, then flicked his right hand, sending several invisible nano-scale filaments toward the necklace on Le Zhengling’s chest.

"The ratio of life force to magic power is now about 200 to 1. It seems that the quality of the primordial soil you left here was very high. This is really a bit troublesome..."

Tsbia looked at the Creation Soil that had not yet been fully absorbed and said with a slight headache.

Fuaburo remained silent. He had left five magical beasts here to protect Le Zhengling, but logically speaking, since they were both from the land of creation, why were the five magical beasts that were farther away from Le Zhengling absorbed first, while the ones covering him were being absorbed slowly now, and were resisting as if they were conscious?

"Never mind, I'll just go ahead and do it." With that, Tsbia began transmitting magic power through the nanofilaments, while simultaneously monitoring the ratio of magic power to life force in order to complete the mission safely.

Three minutes later, the immense magical power had been transferred to Tsbia, and the blackness at the center of the necklace became even more dazzling, its absorption capacity further enhanced. The Creation Soil left on Le Zhengling's body had been absorbed down to just a tiny bit.

“Alright, Fuaburo, now follow my instructions and slowly release your life force. Just release it, and I will cooperate with you.” As he spoke, Tsbia drew a circle in front of Fuaburo using nanowires, and the life force through this large circle was all sensed by him.

Upon hearing his words, Fuaburo said nothing, and similarly extended his right hand, releasing the primordial soil in a thread-like form.

“Very good, this amount is enough. Now, when the soil of creation on the girl's body completely disappears, the magic power and life force will reach a balance.” Tsbia nodded in satisfaction.

At that moment, the old man's voice came from the button again, "That old man's granddaughter is well-behaved in other worlds, but she's particularly troublesome in this one. And why would that old man leave this necklace here? Shouldn't he be responsible for taking it away?"

Hearing this, Fuabro finally couldn't help but speak up, "Are you sure you're not mistaken? That child is a boy."

Fuaburo had been wondering why these two people kept calling him "granddaughter" when he had heard them say it. Yue Zhengling was clearly a man, and he had even admitted it himself. Why would these two people say he was a woman?

Upon hearing Fuaburo's words, neither Tsbia nor the old man spoke. Tsbia even gave Fuaburo a funny look and said, "Then you must be mistaken. The next generation of Le Zheng Weng's descendants will only be his granddaughter. This is the same as Aozaki Aoko's inevitable inheritance of the Fifth Law and Akasha's Serpent's death from the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, no matter which parallel world it is. These are all predetermined events and there is absolutely no way they could be wrong."

Hearing Tsbia speak with such certainty, Fuabro became even more puzzled, "But Le Zhengling told me personally that he is a man."

"Hahahaha! She must be lying to you. That old man's granddaughter in this world is quite interesting, but it's not surprising. In some worlds she died at birth, and in others she grew up smoothly. Those who survived have all sorts of personalities. It's not unreasonable for one of them to have gender identity disorder."

Gender identity disorder and gender awareness disorder are different.

The latter refers to certain groups having similar preferences to the opposite sex, such as men liking to wear makeup, grow their hair long, and wear women's clothing, or women liking to wear men's clothing and always hanging out with boys. This involves identifying as a different gender, and is called gender identity disorder. It is a psychological disorder, a form of self-suggestion, and can be alleviated or cured through systematic treatment.

The former is much more serious.

Normal children can recognize their own gender around the age of three, and then know that gender is stable over time. They like to play with children of the same sex and naturally follow their internal gender role requirements, showing gender differences in behavior.

Boys typically exhibit masculine behaviors, while girls exhibit feminine behaviors. These gender differences become more pronounced with age, even when raised in a relatively gender-neutral environment.

However, some children's perception of their own gender, their speech and behavior are contrary to their true gender (physiological and anatomical characteristics), that is, they dress and behave like the opposite sex or insist on denying their true gender, which is called gender identity disorder.

Mental symptoms accompanying gender dysphoria. While most people can easily maintain their identification with their biological sex, it is different for those with gender identity disorder.

For example, when patients are asked to write as many self-descriptions as possible as quickly as possible, they usually make many descriptions related to their gender.

The descriptions made by most people are consistent with their biological sex or the corresponding gender characteristics generally recognized by society. However, people with gender identity disorder make many descriptions that contradict their biological sex.

This contradictory gender identity often causes severe distress, and this sense of gender incongruity is often accompanied by mental symptoms.

However, Yue Zhengling does not fall under any of the above circumstances. In the past few days, Nero Chaos, who collects biological systems, Aozaki Touko, who can see the big picture from small details, and Araya Sōren, who has an unparalleled understanding of the human body, have all confirmed Yue Zhengling's gender, which is [male].

But the old man said that in any parallel world, Yue Zhengling is a woman, and that is a given. This means that Yue Zhengling in this world is exceptionally special, perhaps a miracle that even the old man has not discovered.

“No, you’ve got it wrong. I’m absolutely certain that Yue Zhengling is a man. When I examined his heart before, I simulated his physiological structure to try and save his life. At that time, I knew his gender very well; he was definitely a man,” Fuabro said firmly.

Chapter Forty-Three: Cease

"impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

Tsbia and the old man shouted in unison.

Because Fuablo's answer was so unexpected, even Tsbia didn't notice that his magic control had gone wrong and unconsciously increased his magic output.

“Why is it impossible?” Fuabro looked at the button. “Although you claim to be able to see any parallel world, human strength has its limits. Yue Zhengling is indeed a man.”

"How could this happen? How could this happen!" the old man said in a completely incredulous tone, sounding as if he had suffered some enormous blow.

"Tsbia!" the old man suddenly shouted.

Upon receiving the news that Le Zhengling was a man, Tsbia Eltnam Oberon, who was in a state of confusion just like the old man, suddenly shuddered upon hearing the loud shout, and his magical output instantly erupted.

"Damn it!" The massive torrent of magic surged into the necklace, shattering the balance that was just about to be reached. The magical impact was compressed through the center of the glowing black hole, turning into needles that pierced through Yue Zhengling's chest, reaching his heart. The remaining Creation Soil seemed to have found a refuge and flowed into his heart from that place, disappearing instantly.

This happened so suddenly that even the two high-ranking Death Squad members present couldn't stop it in time.

“…Old man, this has nothing to do with me, does it?” Tsbia looked at Le Zhengling with a bitter face, the suction force had increased again.

"Forget it, let's put those things aside for now. You all focus on stopping that thing. We'll talk about other things later." The old man's tone was extremely disheartened. Things had completely spiraled out of his control. If the Le Zhengling in this world was indeed a man, then things were in serious trouble.

Fuabro didn't interrupt because he didn't know the specifics, but he felt that Yue Zhengling's gender seemed to be related to something very important.

Things proceeded smoothly thereafter. With the support of the immense magical power and life force of the two Twenty-Seven Ancestors, the necklace finally stopped after the two forces balanced, just as the old man had said. And the moment the dark light disappeared, Le Zhengling's body fell back to the ground.

Neither of them went over; they were waiting for the old man's next instructions.

“Tsbia,” the old man’s voice was low, as if he was suppressing something, “first confirm whether he is alive or dead…”

“No problem, but…” Tsbia knew why the old man said that, but what he wanted to know was what to do after confirming whether the person was alive or dead.

"...If he is really male, we must save him no matter what, even if it means turning him into a dead apostle, a half-doll, or a vegetable, we must save his life no matter what."

“I understand.” Tsbia nodded and was about to walk over when he was blocked by Fuabro.

"Faubro, what are you doing?" The button shimmered with iridescent light.

"It's nothing, just getting in your way." Facing Tsbia, Fuabro Lowen assumed a fighting stance, continuously releasing magical beasts from beneath his robes. Facing the Night of Wallachia, who was also one of the Twenty-Seven Ancestors, there was no possibility of concealing his strength.

Although there are only about 500 monsters left in my body, that's enough to fight the Night of Valachia, since the opponent isn't a Death Apostle who specializes in combat.

"Why do you do this?" the old man asked softly.

“Why would you do this…?” Fuabro Loven paused.

He first looked up at the bright full moon in the sky, then turned back to look at Yue Zhengling lying on the ground, and continued in a very complicated tone.

“That kid was actually terrified of death, but even so, when I asked him twice if he wanted to become a Dead Apostle to escape death, he refused. He said it was because he didn’t want to become someone who wasn’t himself, and this strange insistence amused me.”

At this point, he looked at the button in Tsbia Eltnam Oberon's hand and continued in an unusually serious tone, "I know your duty is to maintain the continuity of all worlds, but that is not a reason for you to disregard that child's wishes!"

"I was appointed by Le Zhengtu! That guy's guardian!" the old man said angrily.

"So what? I didn't see you lend a hand when he was in trouble, and as his guardian, you didn't even know his real gender. It's clear you've never truly cared about him," Fuabro said in a calm and knowing tone.

Hearing this, the old man did not refute it. After all, he knew that what the other party said was absolutely right. He had never paid any attention to Le Zhengling in this world. Even when he asked him for help, he was just standing in a high and mighty position, mocking Le Zhengling for being ungrateful.

The old man knew that his personality was a bit bad, but he had never had any major problems in the past. However, he did not expect to suffer such a big setback this time.

"I don't want to argue with you about these things right now. Please step aside. This Le Zhengling is too important! We can't let him die no matter what!" The old man put aside all distractions and said in a cold, hard tone.

At this moment, Tsbia also spoke up, saying, "Faubro, I know you are very resentful towards us, but please step aside for the sake of the world."

He opened his eyes, his gaze filled with seriousness. "You don't want that child to really die, do you? If I intervene, even if he dies, he might have a chance to come back to life."

“I told you, he doesn’t want to be a Dead Apostle,” Fuabro retorted firmly.

"Is that so? Then there's nothing we can do." Tsbia's eyes turned completely bloodshot, his face contorted into a ferocious expression, and his mouth split open to reveal sharp teeth.

Fuaburo stopped releasing his monsters, his body swelling slightly, clearly preparing to make his move.

But at that moment, the old man spoke again: "Faubro, if I assure you in my own name that I will not tamper with the child's body, and I also promise you three things afterward, can you let us go and examine him?"

The tense atmosphere eased slightly because of those words. Fuabro took a deep look at the button, quickly weighing the pros and cons in his mind. If he could get help from this person, even for just one thing, the gains would be immeasurable.

After all, this would not harm either side, and he would also keep a close eye on Tsbia's every move.