Chapter 238 [Extra Update]

Chapter 238: "Catch-up"

At the same moment, Moses Goby, whom the mushroom people were worried about, had already returned to Lin's divine realm.

Lin had called him back, and without knowing what had happened, he even abandoned his task of covering the slaves' evacuation, rushing back only to see Lin sitting cross-legged in front of his divine body array, staring at the flickering mirror fragments with eyes that blinked on and off, lost in thought.

Looking so relaxed, it made Moses stop in his tracks, standing there with his arms crossed, letting out a cold snort through his nose.

"Well, Your Highness," the Holy Mermaid, unable to resist being sarcastic when thinking of Lin’s main body at the headquarters of the Judicature, said, "Things have been busy here at the Dark Sea Cave. I didn’t expect you to be so busy too, waiting for me?"

"Hmm..." Lin mused.

"What happened?" Moses took a few steps forward. "Our setup at the Dark Sea Cave shouldn’t have been exposed yet, right?"

"No," Lin replied immediately, "not necessarily."

Moses didn’t press further, but Lin knew he was waiting for an explanation. Struggling to divert some attention from his thoughts, Lin continued, "The conflict at the Dark Sea Cave dock last night, Teacher Moses, you should know about it, right?"

Moses nodded, and Lin went on, "That out-of-control test subject, Number Seven, her rampage started precisely when False Yuan Sen Zebao contacted me in my dream."

"False Yuan Sen Zebao?" Moses asked, "I remember you mentioned this name before. He was one of the Maidens of the Silver Moon’s apostles, who you killed with an emotional explosion. Where did this False Yuan come from?"

Lin gave him a brief explanation, making sure Moses understood, then continued, "Number Seven’s rampage makes sense logically, but she became far too powerful afterward, a level of strength that can't be explained by her fiend lineage alone.

"The three Crimson Mages who came to the Dark Sea Cave had encountered Snow Claws at the outpost. She smelled the scent of Snow Claws on them, which is reasonable, but she quickly pinpointed Snow Claws over a hundred kilometers away, which shouldn’t be possible."

"If it was a very powerful fiend..." Moses hesitated.

Before the Old Calendar, some fiends could surpass the limits of high-level professionals, reaching a power level above high-level professionals but below apostles. However, after the New Calendar began, such powerful fiends seemed to have been gradually eradicated by the Judicature.

They were eradicated, but the potential of fiends still existed. A test subject with fiend lineage gaining perception beyond that of a high-level professional due to a rampage wasn’t impossible, right?

"Even if it were possible, happening simultaneously with my contact with False Yuan, I don’t think it’s a coincidence," Lin stated directly.

"... The Silver Moon?"

"Possible?"

"Her purpose is..."

"To get to Snow Claws, or rather, to me through Snow Claws."

Lin affirmed, glancing up at the mirror surface where Snow Claws was.

Snow Claws was still cooperating with the Chief Judge of Sapphire City, Silver Cliff Sergien, to create an illusion, but whether this illusion could fool the Maiden of the Silver Moon was uncertain.

Not to mention, Number Seven initially wandered around the island several times before rushing out of the Dark Sea Cave dock. Would the Maiden of the Silver Moon fail to notice that someone at the Dark Sea Cave had come into contact with Snow Claws?

"We can’t take the risk," Lin said, "withdraw immediately."

"Alright," Moses was convinced, but the Holy Mermaid’s serious expression quickly turned to disdain as she asked, "So what are you doing now?"

"Oh, I called you back for this, Teacher," Lin maintained his thoughtful expression, "do you know how to divide a divine realm?"

Moses, realizing that Lin had called him back for something important, was speechless: "..."

Moses felt completely unable to follow his Highness’s train of thought: "What are you planning to do?!!!"

"Divide the divine realm," Lin said seriously, "just like Black Sun split the Shadow Realm to create his own divine realm, I want to carve out a part of the mirror reflection world."

"..." Moses still didn’t understand.

He could only take a few more steps forward, sitting cross-legged in front of the flickering divine body array alongside Lin, asking, "Why do you want to do this?"

"Grandma Luoqiao has become a professional," Lin explained, "she gained a spell called Mirror Leap, which allows her to enter the mirror world through any mirror she can pass through and exit through another."

"It’s an evolution of your domain ability," Moses commented, "if you use this spell, can you leave the divine realm?"

"I’ve tried," Lin sighed, "unfortunately, no matter which mirror I use, I always return to my main body."

Moses also felt disappointed.

"Really... forget it, let’s not talk about that," Lin redirected the conversation, which had veered slightly off course, "the greatest benefit of this spell for me is that I can bring others into my divine realm, but I’ve realized that many parts of my divine realm aren’t suitable for everyone."

Lin trusted Grandma Luoqiao’s character, but as more believers of the Mirror Sight emerged, not everyone would be like her.

In Lin’s divine realm, the reflections of hearts would always speak their true thoughts, and letting all the Mirror Sight hear these truths wouldn’t be appropriate.

Moreover, those who might enter wouldn’t just be the Mirror Sight.

Thinking of the slaves still at the Dark Sea Cave who hadn’t evacuated, Lin rubbed his temples with both hands.

His troubled appearance made Moses tut in sympathy, but he finally understood Lin’s intention, asking, "You want to carve out a section of the divine realm for ordinary people to enter and exit, but prevent them from directly interacting with the heart reflections, right?"

"Exactly, even ignoring the privacy issues caused by the leakage of inner thoughts, ordinary people attacking the heart reflections could cause psychological trauma to the real individuals, so we can’t let them interact recklessly..."

"In that case, instead of crudely dividing the divine realm, why not create layers within the divine realm?" Moses suggested.

"…Huh?"

Lin was confused.

He knew a divine realm could be divided, as Black Sun had demonstrated, but creating layers within a divine realm? How would that work, like building a city with foundations and skyscrapers?

"Adult deities can easily layer their divine realms, or rather, divide them into different zones," Moses gave an example, "for instance, Bellringing Frost Crow, He is the Lord of Death and the patron of artists, the silent recorder.

"He has three domains, yet when people talk about His divine realm, they only mention the snowy plain where souls rest, while art and records are nowhere to be seen, because He specifically designated a zone for death, allowing the souls of the deceased to rest in peace in the snowy plain."

So that’s how it works! Lin pondered thoughtfully.

But Moses poured cold water on it again, saying, "I guess it's hard for an immature god to divide the territory of his own divine kingdom."

Of course it is. The divine kingdom of Mirror Pupil had yet to be fully constructed; the unlit darkness prevented Lin from having complete control over his divine kingdom.

But Lin was not bothered by this.

His divine kingdom had already evolved once. Before the evolution, his divine kingdom was shrouded in darkness, with only a few lit mirrors and the reflections of human hearts they cast.

To make objects without souls appear, one needed particularly fervent faith to reflect them into the divine kingdom.

Unexpectedly, after the divine kingdom evolved, reality was completely mirrored within it, transforming his dark divine kingdom into the current reflective divine kingdom.

What did this mean?

It meant that even without evolving, Lin could still achieve the functions of an evolved divine kingdom!

He suddenly stood up, turned around, and surveyed his vast divine kingdom, excitedly asking, "How should we divide it?"

Moses: "..."

You’re completely ignoring advice.

However, if the divine kingdom could be divided into regions, many things would become much easier to manage.

Moses wasn’t really trying to dissuade Lin from doing it; he was just afraid that Lin’s enthusiasm would lead to failure and disappointment.

"Failure can't discourage me," Lin said, looking around for a place to start. "Even if I fail, as long as I keep trying, I will eventually succeed."

"Just a kid's talk," Moses commented sharply, but with a smile.

Lin would succeed, and he believed it too.

But... how exactly should he do it?

After looking around for a few minutes, Lin awkwardly turned back, seeking Moses' gaze for guidance.

If I knew how to divide it, would I hide it from you? Moses replied with his eyes, wanting to grab the young god by the shoulders and shake him, reiterating that he was just a holy spirit with the memories of an apostle, not the real Moses Cubi, and certainly not the Horn Blower.

Lin could only shift his pleading gaze from Moses' face to his own array of divine bodies.

No, let's not consider the array of divine bodies.

Lin himself couldn't think of a way, and his fragmented parts, which were only a fraction of him, certainly couldn't either.

Despite this, Lin couldn't help but stare at his fragments, again and again.

A few minutes later—

Moses: "...Are you sure?"

Lin: "Let's try it first."

The god with silver eyes held a mirror, which was the reflection of a real mirror.

Lin infused it with magic, then raised his hand and threw the mirror upward into the sky of his reflective divine kingdom.

The mirror rapidly expanded under the infusion of magic, absorbing so much power that even Lin felt strained, causing several more fragments to break off from him. The enormous mirror almost covered the entire sky of Lin's divine kingdom, reflecting the already inverted reality onto its surface.

Thus, Lin created a reflection of his divine kingdom.

Or perhaps it should be called a world of double reflections?

Next, all he needed to do was prevent the reflections of human hearts from appearing in the world of double reflections, creating a region where only the reflections of reality existed, without the people of reality, suitable for the passage of Mirror Sight.

Lin gasped as he waited for the cracks in his body to heal, but he was already excitedly turning around, once again looking at the array of divine bodies that was still flickering.

Impressed by how quickly Lin had come up with a solution, Moses, who rarely praised, decided to give him a couple of good words. However, he saw Lin's eyes gleaming as he rushed toward his array of divine bodies.

Not good, this guy has another sudden idea and plans to execute it immediately!

Moses was alarmed and, in a show of disrespect, grabbed Lin by the collar, stopping him. "Wait! Lin, don't rush!"

Seeing Lin fracture into fragments earlier had already made Moses wince all over. If it happened again, Moses would worry whether Lin could perform at his best in the upcoming battles!

But Lin didn't seem worried at all. He merely paused when his collar was caught, then took hold of Moses' hand, saying happily:

"Teacher Moses! I've found a way to quickly strengthen the array of divine bodies!"