Stray Chapter 88: Ascension

   Actually, Xia Ran still has some things she wants to ask, but after thinking about it, she feels that it is unnecessary. Since the girl in the kimono did not take the initiative to explain, it must not be a special secret, and she can explore and verify it by herself.

The main reason for    is that he realized that he didn't have much time-

   Although all the elements here are prepared, there is nothing, not even the concept of nothingness, let alone time. The fact that he can "exist" here is an extremely contradictory thing in itself, thanks to the particularity of this place.

   is both the beginning and the end of all things. It records the whole of this world and is the place where all the reasons scroll.

  Because everything is ready, there is nothing - the state of convergence and pervasion is superimposed, the past, present and future are not separated from each other, all contradictory things exist at the same time, and they are all contained, from the greatest to the smallest. To real and to fantasy.

   As long as you can get here, you can have the power of the real "God", this is true. But through simple proof by contradiction, it just shows that only the true "God" can reach here, because this place is originally the seat of the Creator.

   In addition, the living cannot reach the root no matter what, if the individual "human" can step in, the meaning of existence will disappear.

   Xia Ran is able to appear here because he is not alive, he is dead.

  After death, the soul that originally belonged to oneself lost its original body, and the projected soul returned to its source. It is just that the soul of knowledge itself does not have the ability to understand the root, and although the soul is close to the root, it also lacks the intellect to understand the root.

   Therefore, only when a person has a soul at the same time is it possible to recognize the root cause, and a person with a soul at the same time is a living being, a living being, so there is absolutely no chance to touch the root cause... This kind of contradiction is life. cannot reach the inevitability of the first cause.

  But...

   He claimed to be God, imitated the Messiah, incarnated the Antichrist, accomplished the Trinity, and was nailed to the cross to die in the judgment on Good Friday, completing the key to this goal.

   So he is indeed dead, falling into absolute nothingness...

   But death is not the end, but just the beginning, and it can even be said to be a superficial process, because he will definitely come back to life.

   is basically like this. By touching the porcelain bible system and cleverly "borrowing" the power of the creator's religious ideas and mythological system, he got stuck in a bug, reached the root as a dead person, and then resurrected to become a living person again.

The most intuitive result of repeated horizontal jumps like this is—

  He arrived at the root and understood the ultimate knowledge, but he did not lose the meaning of existence.

   did not disappear into the cause and effect of the infinite world, traces and records were wiped clean from the past, present and future.

   But also because of this, there is only one chance of resurrection. He must leave before the time limit comes, so that he can return from nothingness intact and return to the world as a living person. If it is delayed If...

   He really can't go back.

   So he had to get out of the way. After all, it was just a bug when he arrived here. It doesn't mean that Xia Ran has really reached the realm of omniscient and almighty. reside on it.

  "All spirits ascend and descend on the scale of the sacred ladder, the key to omniscience is in hand, and it is not too far away from completely cutting off the shackles of all these..."

   The indescribable room returned to silence, and the girl in kimono quietly stared out of the room, her face neither sad nor happy.

   Even though he stared into the distance all the time, he couldn't see anything.

  Even though you have been waiting for something, you can't see anything.

  …

  …

  The real world.

  London, St. George's Cathedral.

   The sunset slanted westward, and the sunset glow seemed to be burnt through by fire. The magnificent and solemn sanctuary was surrounded by a silent atmosphere.

  Kanzaki Kaori stood in the open space in front of the church, staring blankly at the glorious cross that was ten meters above the church, and the "person" who was nailed to it.

   The power in his body that is so huge that it can shake the world, I don’t know if it is completely dissipated and smashed, or it is nailed to death by the torture instruments of crosses and nails. Laws and cosmic constants that lead to the appearance of anomalous phenomena.

  “…”

  The girl "Saint" tightly pursed her lips and could only lower her head.

   Today, she was assigned to be here on duty, and she saw this unfamiliar guy again after the holy war three days ago.

   is just different from the boy who used to be high-spirited, and his actions had a hint of arrogance and even unscrupulousness, which made people hate it. Today, this person is very quiet, quiet and lonely, let her Some are reluctant to believe that all this is true.

  The boy stretched out his hands like a bird, and was nailed to it in the posture of a child of God...

  He lowered his head and his long hair fell like a waterfall, but he remained motionless and would never move again...

  Because he had already died after being tortured on the cross a long time ago, and now it has been many days, and the blood in his body has completely drained...

  "Kanzaki, let's go get something to eat first, you've been standing there all day."

   At this time, Stiyl's voice came from the front, the flame magician walked out of the great sanctuary, with a bandage on his head, one hand still hanging from his neck, a wounded The patient's appearance is also full of bitterness and hatred on his face.

   After all, he is not the perverted physique of a "Saint". As long as he is not fatally wounded, he will be able to recover completely in a day or two, so he naturally appears in a state of embarrassment and bruises all over his body.

   That’s right, the jihad of the Eastern Crusade is not without cost. I don’t know how much the cross has accumulated over the years. The Roman Orthodox Church, the Anglican Church, and the Russian Orthodox Church have all been severely damaged, and the right seat of God has been defeated. The fire on the right, the shadow behind the scenes that terrified the members of the Roman Orthodox Church, was directly crippled.

   I don't know how many elite magicians have completely fallen on the battlefield, dedicated to the glory of the Lord, and the bones are still unable to be transported back to China.

   After all, during these three days, the whole world was in a state of turbulence.

  Let's not mention that it has suffered a catastrophic disaster and is currently rebuilding Academy City, it is certainly impossible to say that it was beaten and still laughing together. In the spirit of friendly humanitarianism and harmonious and friendly internationalism, Selfless help the Crusaders solve their difficulties.

  So except for those who were able to retreat in time at that time, everyone else was detained. The living magician was arrested and squatted. The seriously injured are still lying in the hospital, and the dead are naturally impossible. Said to be transported back to the country, there is no such treatment.

   On top of that, the undercurrents began to swell around the world. The previous myth war really shattered the jaws of billions of people and gave their worldview a slap in the face.

   Ordinary people have healed their scars and forgot the pain, let alone those careerists and illegal organizations. After they reacted, they tried desperately to understand the other side of the world they didn’t know, and the other side was just around the corner. took action, trying to seize this opportunity to do something-

  Even if the Crusaders wanted to make a smooth transition and not cause further turmoil, the highest bishop of the English Puritanism unanimously said that the people who had been crucified on the cross before were indeed the same The religious vision of the suffering of the Son of God is the manifestation of a miracle.

   But there are still many crazy people who think that this is their chance, and believe that the so-called "God" is just a powerful creature. Now all of this is to bring them and these people to truly gain extraordinary power and higher level. The chance of life forms, fate destined them to be extraordinary...

   is probably like this, who knows what they think, but it really caused quite a headache for the magic side of the Crusaders.

   After all, he was already severely injured, and the accumulation of many years has been emptied, and then he has to face the aftermath left by the **** ancient snake, and he must try his best to deal with it, which is already seriously understaffed. And then, those **** lunatics dare to take advantage of this time to try to seize extraordinary secrets and the like.

   is really overwhelmed.

   So it's the same now. St. George's Cathedral is blocked and closed, and outsiders are forbidden to invade. Kanzaki Kaori, a "saint" who is in relatively good condition, and his partner Stil are responsible for guarding here... After all There is really no time to find other suitable personnel.

  --Although the Crusaders won the glorious holy war, they also fell into the lowest period.

   "Well, I see..." Kanzaki Kaori replied in a trance, but still stood there motionless.

   Her thoughts were confused, her mood was complicated, and she felt sad and painful. The girl has always felt that she is very pious, but she has always been very confused. She has always been unable to understand a problem, as if she does not understand why people like herself who are not strong at all are especially favored.

  Why only some people can be happy?

  Why does the unselected have to go to hell?

  If God has the power to save all people without exception, why not make everyone equally happy and make everyone laugh?

   looked up at the quiet figure on the cross, the girl bit her lip tightly, she knew that her current thoughts were really a little rebellious, but no matter what, she couldn't be like other cross religions Like believers, they are naturally fanatical without thinking of their own.

   Maybe it's because he is still alive and the other party is dead.

   Recalling the powerlessness faced by the nun at the time, Kanzaki Kaori did not doubt that neither himself nor Stiyl had any reason to survive, but in the end they were let go lightly, and the only explanation was that Someone didn't hurt them.

   Combining the other party's bad behavior, this may not be gentle, but Kanzaki Kaori still feels that... she has no way to associate this person with the evil and defeated enemy of God described in the Bible.

  click.

   Very slight footsteps came from not far away.

  's ears moved slightly, and the girl "Saint", who seemed to be in a daze, looked sideways and sighed softly, as if she had expected it, "You are here."

  “…”

  “…”

   Probably understood that he and others were exposed, the spiky-haired boy took a deep breath and walked out of the hiding place first, followed by the girl with brown hair and others.

   They stood before the solemn and solemn sanctuary, looking up at the cross on the church and the figure nailed to it, all clenching their fists tightly. She bit her lower lip, almost bleeding.

  Kanzaki Kaori didn't say anything, just waited quietly, gave them enough time, and after a while, he said softly: "To be honest, you are able to come here, it really makes me It's amazing."

  "...someone gave us some help."

   Kamijou Touma said in a hoarse, barely audible trembling voice, his fingernails sinking into the flesh and bleeding from the pinching.

  "Kanzaki, will you also become our enemy?"

  The figure that was crucified on the cross, the tragic injuries, the mottled bloodstains, everything was so shocking, which made the spiky-headed boy almost collapse, he struggled to hold back the emotions that were surging in his heart, but He still hated his own humility and powerlessness.

   He is a warm-blooded man who attaches great importance to friendship. When he sees troubled people, he will sacrifice himself and refuse to leave it alone. Naturally, it is more difficult to tolerate the death of familiar people.

   Especially when you know what decisive role the right hand that was taken away from him played in this "murder", it can be said that his right hand nailed the store manager to death, allowing the unreasonable invasion After the vicious victory of the Crusaders in Academy City, he couldn't forgive himself.

  At least... at least get the body back... at your own risk!

   Remembering what the store manager once said to himself, he clenched his fists tightly, no matter how powerful the enemy is, no matter how cruel fate stands before him, he must succeed this time!

  Someone to help them...

   But this is the most heavily guarded St. George's Cathedral in the UK at present. Who has the ability to allow them to cross the line of defense of countless magicians and fanatics and unknowingly approach this final destination? Supreme Bishop Laura?

  Kanzaki Kaori thought this silently, her face was a little strange, she remembered that the supreme bishop used a high-sounding reason to transfer herself and Stiyl here, and then put the original guard in the The team here is sent elsewhere to do quest stuff.

   hesitated for a moment. At this moment, she subconsciously made a decision that could be regarded as betrayal of her beliefs. She did not send a signal. Open the way:

  "Sorry."

   After a brief silence, the battle is about to break out.

  "Get out of the way~!!"

   The hysterical pupils of the brown-haired girl reflected the power of thunder that she held in her hand and contained her strongest emotions, slashing straight ahead!

  …………

   goes up.

   goes up.

   infinite ascent.

   Compared with the previous fall, now it is another extreme. Xia Ran feels that his consciousness is under some kind of infinite divine power, like a fish being held up and jumping out of the long river of time, seeing everything , and is still rising infinitely, to reach a height above all.

  The past is no longer flowing, and now it is completely stopped. The future also differentiates the fate of all kinds of possibilities, and everything is in his sight.

   was just a short while, he woke up in reality and knew what happened in the three days he died.

   Wrists, ankles and other parts still have a clear feeling of being nailed through, and the deadly pain so severe that it can penetrate the soul comes wave after wave... Although he has been resurrected, the judgment on Good Friday still does not exist. At the end, he was still firmly nailed to the cross.

  But——

   is only limited to this last moment.

   The "person" who was nailed to the cross slightly raised his drooping head, and under his long messy hair, his clear eyes clearly reflected his body in the air, and he did not know under what force. Under the projectile, the spiky-headed boy rushed towards the height of more than ten meters above the ground.

   Kamijou Touma waved his right hand fiercely, smashing his fist into the cross with unprecedented ferocity.

  Click!

   The cracking sound of cracking sounded clearly. On the surface, it seemed to be flawless. In fact, it was full of cracks due to the confrontation of the enemy of God.

  The dazzling rays of light bloomed, and the night just after the dusk was instantly expelled, and the dark sky was directly torn apart by the burst of light, like a bright sun suddenly rising in the sky !

  …………

  The pure white divine radiance bursts out in the universe, and there are vaguely high-pitched or ethereal voices resounding in the void, that is prayer, that is praise, that is hymn.

  "We came from you, you are holy because of you, you are yesterday, today, and tomorrow..."

  "You are one and all, and the beginning and the end. The heavens speak of your glory, and you alone are the Lord who created all things..."

   "Our father in heaven, I hope that people will call you holy, and I hope that your land will come. I hope that your words will be placed on the ground to be useful, just like the sky..."

  “…”

   seems to have thousands of priests singing loudly in the past and future timelines, and the verses carry an unparalleled sense of sacred reverence.

   It seems that there are countless people shouting in unison, including the elderly, children, men, women, in various languages, and the voices converge together, vague and solemn.

   is entrenched in the upstream of countless time lines. The huge ancient snake with seven heads and ten horns rises from the turbulent abyss, grasping the source of the universe. His divine brilliance shines infinitely. The ground, infinitely large and infinitely small, eventually rushed out of the closed world on this side.

   And the boundless divine brilliance still does not stop, it is still toward the end of other universes and all time and space, endlessly spreading in the void, and shining freely and freely.

   seems to be a new ascendant, proclaiming his own existence to the infinite world.

   looked one after another, with doubts or relief, curiosity or indifference.

  This is a named person, an immortal almighty who can also be named in the infinite multiverse...

  It is named - "King of Antichrist".