# 906
Chapter 907: The History That Was Changed
"But even so, there should have been time to react, right?" Lin Qiye frowned. "When that red moon first appeared, didn't the gods of Takamagahara take any measures?"
"They certainly did."
Merlin's gaze drifted悠悠 toward the blood-red world outside the carriage, several starseals passing through his eyes, as if peering into something. "After the red moon appeared, the gods of Takamagahara found a method to block its radiation and resisted the contamination.
After the red moon failed, they resorted to another method."
Lin Qiye seemed to realize something. "Whale fall?"
"That's right." Merlin nodded slightly. "The red moon's contamination is more like a gradual cumulative chronic toxin. As time passes, emotions and reason slowly lose control. But such a method wasn't enough to control the gods of Takamagahara.
Since chronic contamination didn't work, they could only create a more violent contamination, and this contamination itself had to be able to enter Takamagahara through the summoning gate…
So they turned their attention to the whale corpse at the bottom of the deep sea.
The transformed whale's body is enormous, and it itself is of divine realm, sufficient to carry an extremely large amount of contamination. Moreover, it possesses the qualification to enter Takamagahara. Once placed inside, it would be like a nuclear bomb carrying massive contamination. The instant it detonated, it would drive all the gods of Takamagahara into madness and completely strip them of reason.
At that time, an utterly mad divine pantheon would bring an unprecedented disaster to the world."
Lin Qiye's heart shook violently!
In his mind, an image had already formed—a group of gods with crimson eyes, frenzied and violent, bursting through the summoning gate, carrying a滔天血海, sweeping across the world.
And the closest to Japan was… Great Xia.
Once the mad gods of Takamagahara broke through, the first to suffer would inevitably be Great Xia.
One must remember, this was over fifty years ago!
In that era, the gods of Great Xia were still lost in the cycle of reincarnation. The borders had no war fortresses to guard them, and technological development was relatively backward… Although in that era, there were Night Watch, Human Apex, and special squads…
Could they really withstand such a catastrophe? Even if they could, what kind of惨痛的代价 would Great Xia have to pay?
"So… this is the catastrophe you spoke of." A bitter smile appeared at the corner of Lin Qiye's mouth.
"But what was unexpected was that from the river of time, a time god from Great Xia emerged." Admiration flickered in Merlin's eyes. "He was very clever. He knew he couldn't possibly compete against the gods of Takamagahara, nor could he stop the red moon's descent. So he found the true source of this catastrophe and used the most笨拙却最有效的方法—locked the time of that fishing village.
With this lock, the whale was not resurrected in time, the gods of Takamagahara did not fall into madness, and this catastrophe was硬生生 delayed by over fifty years.
He rewrote this world's history."
At this moment, an image once again surfaced in Lin Qiye's mind—the苍老身影 of an old man sitting alone on a small boat, drifting on the sea's surface…
But he still couldn't understand why elderly Wang Mian sent them to Japan? What connection did this have to the catastrophe?
Just then, as if thinking of something, Lin Qiye turned to look out the window.
"Lord Merlin, if we follow your reasoning, he prevented the whale from returning to Takamagahara, then why did Takamagahara still end up like this?"
"Everything in existence has its predetermined trajectory—this is fate… Although he returned to the past and changed history, fate itself possesses the ability to self-correct. Some things are destined to happen."
This sentence of Merlin's sounded familiar to Lin Qiye. If he remembered correctly, Black Eye had said something similar years ago.
But he still couldn't fully understand.
Seeing the confusion on Lin Qiye's face, Merlin patiently explained: "To give an analogy, even if he prevented the whale from returning to Takamagahara, would the Cthulhu gods sealed on the Moon not take other measures? Would they give up entirely just because one method didn't work?
Of course not.
They might use other methods, in another form, to lead everything to the result they desired.
This is what I meant—fate possesses the ability to self-correct.
Some people, some things, their existence and fate's trajectory are destined. No matter how many times one rewinds time to change history, what is meant to happen will still happen. It might just be completed through a completely different path no one could have imagined.
What he could achieve was already quite remarkable."
Lin Qiye nodded. "You mean… the catastrophe wasn't eliminated by his actions, only postponed?"
"That's one way to put it."
"Then what exactly happened to Takamagahara now?" Lin Qiye returned to the original question. "The whale's return was prevented, and the gods of Takamagahara found a way to resist the red moon. I don't understand—how did it end up like this?"
Merlin's knuckles lightly tapped the window frame, his gaze growing increasingly profound. "A traitor appeared within the gods of Takamagahara."
"A traitor?"
"After the gods of Takamagahara successfully resisted the red moon, gods who sided with the red moon appeared among them. They collapsed the defenses from within and sparked a divine war. Under the red moon's contamination, numerous gods slaughtered each other, eventually turning Takamagahara into this模样."
Lin Qiye pondered deeply.
From an external perspective, the gods of Takamagahara truly had no possibility of falling. But if problems arose from within, that was a different story…
Lin Qiye opened his mouth, about to ask more, when he suddenly froze, then frowned as he looked out the window.
At the end of the barren land, several enormous shadows with black liquid flowing from their bodies slowly rose. Their massive silhouettes were dragged into demonic shadows under the red moon. Crimson eyes fixated on the speeding carriage, filled with ferocious and violent light.
They let out a roar, like ferocious beasts catching the scent of blood, running on all fours toward the carriage.
The moment his spiritual sense perceived these monsters, Lin Qiye's brow furrowed.
"What are those?"
Merlin didn't even glance at them, saying calmly, "After the divine war, numerous gods fell here. Under the red moon's催发, their residual divine power merged with the暴戾之气 from before death, forming some creature-like resentments. You could, like a certain young man who came here before, call them corpse beasts."
A certain young man who came here? Corpse beasts?
Lin Qiye discovered that ever since Merlin left the asylum, more and more of what he said was becoming incomprehensible to him.
At first, it didn't think it needed to use weapons against such an opponent, but at this moment, it had no choice but to draw its weapon. Otherwise, it was already becoming somewhat unable to hold on. Rebirth through fire was strong, but it constantly consumed energy. Once one's own bloodline power was overly depleted, it would also damage the source.
"I have to say, you have exceeded my expectations. But now, I will use my full strength." With Cao Youwei's words, the phoenix true fire gathered like the sea accepting all rivers, actually withdrawing the Phoenix True Flame Domain.
The blazing phoenix true fire condensed around its body, forming a magnificent golden-red armor covering its entire form. Weapon in hand, it resembled a demon god staring intently at Mei Gongzi.
Mei Gongzi did not pursue, standing in the distance, slightly calming her somewhat激荡的心情. Although this battle's duration wasn't long, her emotions were becoming increasingly亢奋.
Before truly facing a Great Demon King-level Undying Phoenix, she hadn't known if she could really withstand it. Her confidence all came from what Tang San had given her before. And as the battle continued, when she truly began to suppress her opponent, protecting herself from the phoenix true fire's invasion with the help of the Seven-Colored Heavenly Fire Liquid, she knew she truly could.
Over this hundred years, Tang San had guided her through many combat techniques, all most suitable for her use. Like the previous Netherworld Thrust, Netherworld Hundred Claws. And the Sword Star Cold that had just severed Cao Youwei's finger for the first time. According to Tang San, these were all true divine techniques. After his slight modifications, he taught them to Mei Gongzi, making them most suitable for her execution.
The more she used these abilities, the more Mei Gongzi couldn't help but surrender to Tang San's skill. Initially, when Tang San told her these were divine techniques, she had some doubts in her heart. But at this moment, she could continuously wound and oppress her opponent through crossed realms. If they weren't divine techniques, how could that be possible given the cultivation gap?
At this moment, standing atop the皇天柱, all the emperors present looked at this little girl with new eyes. When the Phoenix True Flame Domain appeared, they had been considering how long Mei Gongzi could last under that domain. White Tiger Great Demon Emperor and Crystal Phoenix Great Demon Emperor had even prepared to intervene and rescue her. But as the battle continued, they watched stunned as Mei Gongzi actually suppressed a Great Demon King of the Undying Phoenix clan—truly suppressed, even forcing out 浴火重生. This was truly inconceivable.