Deep in the quaint and dark corridor, there are half-open doors on both sides, with a few flickering candlelight, revealing a somewhat eerie and silent atmosphere.
A handsome young man was walking in the hall, and he seemed to be trying his best to suppress his excitement. He looked at the door at the end of the corridor, and there was a hint of fanatical expectation in his eyes.
"Finally I can get close to Him..."
The young man was at Zi Ke.
Since the war began, he has lost all trace, and Chouke could not contact him no matter what means he used.
At the beginning, Chou Ke thought that the reason why Zi Ke initiated this plan was because, like the original leader of the post messengers in the past, he wanted to use this plan to use other post messengers as a ladder to ascend to the position of "gravekeeper".
But he didn't expect that once the curtain of the attack was opened, Zi Ke disappeared completely and never appeared again until the last moment. Chou Ke felt that he had made a mistake, but Zi Ke did not have this idea.
... In fact, Chou Ke's guess was not wrong. What was wrong was that he underestimated Zi Ke's madness.
Zi Ke foresaw the failure of this plan from the very beginning, or rather, he did not think it could succeed.
Zi Ke was very confident that even if he gambled all the resources of the Messenger of Doom and hysterically eroded the Land of Origin, there would be no possibility of success as long as he did not participate in it.
How could Zi Ke possibly step into this path that is doomed to failure
So, Zi Ke chose to watch the fire from the other side of the river, watching his colleagues step into the fire pit step by step until they were completely defeated.
Of course, the fact that the Messenger of Doom would be defeated so quickly was beyond Zi Ke's expectations. He had been prepared to wait for decades.
"You died well, died well..."
A sneer appeared on Zi Ke's face.
"If you didn't die, how could I have come this far?"
The Zi Ke who is staying in the mysterious cemetery at this moment is not a projection of consciousness, nor is it consciousness, but his real body.
Zi Ke has stepped into a mysterious cemetery that is isolated from everything. This is why Chou Ke cannot contact him no matter what means he uses.
This is the "Ancient Pilgrimage Road" in the mysterious cemetery. Because of the restrictions, consciousness can easily step in, but entities cannot approach.
After accepting the Doomsday Messenger, Zi Ke had tried countless methods, but was unable to step into it.
Until the main station was attacked not long ago and three messengers were killed in an instant, Zi Ke discovered that the "Super Saint Ancient Road" had some unusual movements at this moment, as if some changes had occurred in the "doomsday" deep inside.
This unusual movement gave him a glimpse of the possibility of entering with his real body.
As long as you can enter the "Ancient Pilgrimage Road" to get closer to this "doomsday"...
"Just a gravekeeper..."
A smile that was hard to conceal emerged on Zi Ke's face.
At this moment, he suddenly sensed something and immediately turned his head to look in a certain direction, showing a bit of shock.
"Brand? Why would there be a branding reaction?"
Chapter 100: Zi Ke's plan, unexpected discovery (8k)
Mysterious cemetery.
This was the common name used by the first messengers of Doom when they discovered this place. At that time, they did not know the origin of this place, but the will of "death" was everywhere, which was enough to show that countless people had perished here, but almost all of them had been swallowed up by nothingness, leaving no trace at all.
Coupled with the gloomy layout of the surroundings and the strange and terrifying statues, they called it the mysterious cemetery. Even after a long investigation, they found that the real name here should be "Valhalla", in order to conceal the truth, they still called it the mysterious cemetery.
In fact, except for the three original messengers, other doomsday messengers knew nothing about this "Valhalla". For some reasons, Zi Ke and Chou Ke almost erased all information related to "Valhalla".
After entering the mysterious cemetery, the Twelve Minutes of Doom are basically confined to the conference room and the strange statue, and cannot continue to explore outside.
Only Chou Ke and Zi Ke have conducted the most in-depth research on the mysterious cemetery.
Chouchou was obsessed with the old materials that were deliberately collected in the mysterious cemetery, including the name "Valhalla" and the old plans of Valhalla, all of which were gradually discovered by Chouchou through his research on these materials.
Zi Ke is more inclined to explore the "Hall of Valor" itself. This ancient relic is quite large. After all, it was the plan of the old Valhalla to avoid the coming of "doomsday". According to a rough estimate from the data, it can accommodate at least tens of thousands of people.
It’s a pity that most locations are restricted. If you break in by force, it may damage Valhalla itself.
The "Ancient Pilgrimage Road" is one of them. The old Valhalla got a hint of the real "Doomsday" from somewhere, and tried its best to imprison Him in the "Holy Hub", which is the room at the end of the "Ancient Pilgrimage Road".
At that time, the old Valhalla had already discovered this characteristic of "Doomsday". If it was slightly touched with consciousness, it would allow awakened people with certain qualifications to control certain powerful abilities, namely the "Doomsday" path.
Those who have successfully awakened to the "Doomsday" path are called saints, and the rooms on both sides of the "Ancient Pilgrimage Road" are the residences of these saints.
They are trying to comprehend the true meaning of "Doomsday" day and night, and try to fully control the corresponding abilities, so that they can use these abilities to protect others when "Doomsday" comes.
The concept of "gravekeeper" in the Doomsday Messenger is derived from here. However, judging from the subsequent results, these saints may not even have the ability to protect themselves. Not even one of them can become the Chosen One of Doomsday by comprehending "Doomsday".
Otherwise, when old Valhalla was hit by the aftermath of "Doomsday", Valhalla would not have been completely wiped out, without even a single figure left.
Of course, there is no way of knowing whether it will be impossible to make further progress in comprehending "Doomsday" or whether it will bring about immeasurable serious consequences.
What is certain is that no matter which situation it is, it is not a good thing.
Therefore, in this respect, Chou Ke improved the plan of the old Valhalla.
This trace of "Doomsday" is only used for the entry of the Doomsday Messenger and awakening the corresponding qualifications, rather than using Him as a means to become the chosen one of Doomsday.
Moreover, the ultimate goal of the "gravekeeper" is only to protect himself, rather than being arrogant enough to protect one side.
The original leader of the messengers even pioneered a method that could go one step further on the path of "doomsday", which was to use his own abilities to cause a place to fall into "doomsday".
This method was very effective. After several couriers suffered casualties in the initial operations, almost all the remaining couriers reached the point where they could use the power of doomsday at a cost.
—Except Xuanyuan'e.
Luo Ling also learned about this from Chou Ke's memory. At first, Xuanyuan'e basically ignored the actions of the Doomsday Messenger. As a descendant of Xuanyuan at that time, she did not try to stop it. Just standing by and watching was already the limit. It was impossible for her to help Zhou to commit atrocities.
It was not until her friend died and Xuanyuan'e decided to take on the role of "tombkeeper" that she truly became the swordsman Yinke.
Among them, the biggest difference between Xuanyuan'e and other doomsday messengers is that most of them have already collapsed mentally when they come into contact with "doomsday", believing that the future of this world is only despair, and after the "doomsday" comes, everything will cease to exist.
Including Zi Ke and Chou Ke, they never thought of saving the world from beginning to end.
Because of the Xuanyuan family, Xuanyuan'e knew about the existence of "Doomsday" from the beginning. After coming into contact with "Doomsday", she only felt pessimistic, but not to the point of despair.
In short, from then on, the Messenger of Doom had completely embarked on a path of no return. In addition to Columbia, several areas of the Great Xia Imperial City also fell into their hands.
In fact, Columbia had gone too far. The Doomsday Messengers who did not evacuate in time at the last moment all became puppets of Puppet Rumor and were eventually annihilated together with Columbia. Therefore, in this incident, the Doomsday Messengers did not receive much power.
Among the plans made by the Messenger of Doom, almost every one is closely related to the Old Valhalla, but until the Messenger of Doom is about to die, there are still many mysteries about the Old Valhalla.
Who can restrain this trace of "doomsday", and who created this strange and mysterious cemetery...
The timing of the research material is unclear, and the timing of exploring the mysterious cemetery is also unclear.
However, unlike Chou Ke, who shared all the information with the other two original couriers and asked for their opinions as soon as he studied it, Zi Ke concealed many of the results of his exploration of the mysterious cemetery from the other two original couriers.
Chou Ke more or less discovered this, but he didn't care. Everyone has secrets, and he was just willing to share them. No matter what Zi Ke planned, as long as it didn't endanger the "Watching over Civilization" plan, it would be fine.
Among the results that Zi Ke concealed, the most important one was...
Enter the mysterious cemetery with your original body.
The mysterious cemetery "Hall of Valor" is the result of the old Valhalla's attempt to avoid the disaster of the coming of "Doomsday" in the form of a conscious body, but it ultimately ended in complete failure.
From the very beginning, the first twelve messengers were all conscious beings when they mistakenly entered there. They accidentally stepped into this place when they came into contact with a dilapidated relic in the real world.
Therefore, at first, the messengers didn't even know the real location of "Valhalla", let alone entering it in person. They had searched for it, but in the end they found nothing.
However, exploring "Valhalla" with consciousness is actually a very dangerous behavior. In addition to the heritage left over from the old Valhalla, there are still many disasters left over from the "doomsday". The original messengers suffered a lot in this regard.
Fortunately, they later discovered the back door of "Valhalla", and were able to step into it as a projection of consciousness after leaving an imprint of consciousness. It should have been used by the saints at that time to communicate with the outside world. After all... the place where the imprint was left was a meeting room.
The old Valhalla of the past also had meetings.
After experiencing a drastic change, the Messenger of Doom, Zi Ke, gained great power and became the leader of the Twelve Minutes of Doom. He was able to focus more on exploring "Valhalla".
Finally, by chance, Zi Ke discovered the true location of "Valhalla", and after studying and tinkering with it for a lot of time, he successfully stepped into it.
It was not until he actually walked into the Hall of Valor that he discovered some of the secrets of the Hall of Valor.
The densely packed remains of saints were all kneeling on the columned hall, facing the "Ancient Pilgrimage Road". This was a scene that had never appeared in the consciousness of "Valhalla".
By examining these remains, Zi Ke was shocked to find that the remains of the saints had become alienated to a greater or lesser extent, and could actually accommodate pure nothingness.
Even though none of them has entered the realm of the Chosen Ones of Doom, their situations are completely different from those of the Doomsday Messengers.
After all, the doomsday messengers only use the power of "doomsday", but they are not crazy enough to use the power of "doomsday" to transform themselves.
While collecting these holy remains as fuel for his reincarnation, he studied them carefully, and finally determined that it should have been achieved through a trace of "doomsday" at the end of the "Ancient Pilgrimage Road".
All of these saints back then entered Valhalla with their real bodies, intending to burn themselves out in order to protect the tens of thousands of heroes in Valhalla, but unfortunately they ended in failure.
However, at least one thing can be explained, compared to taking a step further on the path of "doomsday" by annihilation, the changes brought about by comprehending "doomsday" will involve one's own existence, which can be regarded as two different ways of practicing "doomsday".
In other words, perhaps through this method, it would be possible to break through the predicament that the Doomsday Messenger has always been in and give birth to the first gravekeeper.
The reason why Zi Ke did not tell other messengers about these discoveries was that he was different from Chou Ke. He did not care about the birth of more "gravekeepers", even if he was the only one who could succeed in the end.
More importantly...
Zi Ke did not intend to be like these saints and just contemplate the "end of the world". He wanted more.
If... If, he could successfully contain this trace of "doomsday".
He is just a "gravekeeper", what does that matter
At that time, he will be the one favored by the God of Doom, and the spokesperson of the God's "Doomsday" in the world.
After coming up with this bold idea, Zi Ke encountered a problem. His real body could hardly move forward on the "Ancient Pilgrimage Road" and could hardly get close to the room at the end.
If only the consciousness approaches, it will be meaningless. What Zi Ke wants is to contain this trace of "doomsday" with his body, just like the deceased saints.
Until the Doomsday Terminal was attacked not long ago, and three messengers died instantly. After they were completely annihilated, their power seemed to return to the "Doomsday" deep in the "Ancient Pilgrimage Road", and at the same time eased the restrictions of the "Ancient Pilgrimage Road", allowing Zi Ke to move forward a distance and see the gate not far away.
Most of these restrictions were set by the old Valhalla. They were probably worried that this trace of "doomsday" power would completely disappear, so when the power was not sufficient, they would use restrictions to prevent the saints from approaching.
As the power of "Doomsday" grows, this restriction will gradually be lifted, and we will be able to continue to move closer and comprehend "Doomsday" at a closer distance.
After learning this, Zi Ke immediately made a plan to send away the other Twelve Minutes of Doomsday in waves. It happened that it was after a civil strife, and coupled with the truth Zi Ke obtained at the end of the world, he went with the flow and carried out this crazy plan.
Until his death, Chou Ke thought that Zi Ke wanted to reach the level of the Chosen One of Doomsday by devouring other messengers, but he never expected that Zi Ke actually had such an intention.
The successive deaths in the twelve moments of doomsday were beyond Zi Ke's expectations. He had made long-term plans to gradually comprehend the "Doomsday" here and ultimately achieve the goal of accommodating Him into his own body.
Not to mention that the twelve moments of doomsday fell so quickly that Zi Ke was able to get directly close to the door, and he didn't even need to wait, and could directly try to contain this trace of "doomsday".
Even if he fails in the end, it doesn't matter. With the existence of the art of reincarnation, Zi Ke has many opportunities to try. He believes that he can always become the one favored by the God of Doom before the "Doomsday" comes.
Most importantly, no one will come to disturb you.
The old ruins that allow one to enter Valhalla as a conscious being have been moved by Zi Ke, and only he knows the exact location. Even Chou Ke and Yin Ke are not clear, which directly eliminates the possibility of anyone coming to this mysterious cemetery through the old ruins.
Almost all the messengers died in that battle, which is an indisputable fact, otherwise Zi Ke would not have been able to get close to this location, so even the projection of consciousness would not appear.
Without the guidance of the messenger's consciousness projection, the "Ancient Pilgrimage Road" cannot be opened.
This is a foolproof strategy. What follows is the smooth road to becoming one of the gods' favorites at the end of the world. Zi Ke is already full of confidence and is determined to reach heights that no one dares to imagine.
until...
He suddenly felt that the imprint of consciousness in the conference room was connected and activated, and then a new consciousness projection descended into "Hall of Valor".
"How is this possible..."
Zi Ke's shock can be imagined. All the twelve moments of doomsday were dead except him and Yin Ke, and Yin Ke erased the imprint of his consciousness in front of him and Chou Ke.
Who else could come in through the consciousness imprint
Could it be a ghost
Ghosts do exist. For some people with powerful spirits, their spirits can still remain in this world for a period of time after their bodies die.
But Zi Ke didn't believe that any of the messengers could have their souls left behind...
Without the protection of the body and not being a user of the "Dream Wandering" - "Nightmare" paths, most of the souls, even if they are able to remain, will only be remnants that will collapse at the slightest touch.
Would the existence of the envoy be so foolish as to let a fragile soul escape
Even... there is a chance to connect the consciousness imprint and come to "Hall of Valor"
If there is not a sufficiently safe environment, allowing the consciousness projection to descend into "Valhalla" is almost equivalent to suicide.
After hesitating for a moment, Zi Ke looked gloomy and quickly made a decision.
In any case, see for yourself.
"If it was Master Chou or Sister Yin, they wouldn't be restricted. If it was anyone else..."
Zi Ke's mind moved, and a projection of consciousness appeared beside him, and the real body sat down cross-legged.