mtlumby2d Chapter 450: Shi Yubai's luck (explains why Shi is as invincible as Xiaoqiang)
Chapter 450: Shi Yubai's luck (explains why Shi is as invincible as Xiaoqiang)
The strange light in Shi Yubai's red eyes swept coldly across the dim hall. Wherever his eyes fell, whether it was the frightened Yun Wujiu, the regretful Wei Xun, the vigilant Jiang sisters, the murderous Tan Heng, or Yan Qingshu who was peeking out from behind the pillar, he only got a hint of contempt at the corner of his lips.
This group of people, along with the Imperial Master's Mansion that was about to collapse, were now worthless in his eyes. They were just a background board destined to sink into chaos.
The space rippled and twisted silently beside him like water waves. The next moment, his figure disappeared out of thin air, leaving behind only a faint, almost imperceptible ripple in the space and a heart-pounding aftertaste in the air.
When Yan Qingshu saw him leave, she felt a little sorry as she looked at the crude bomb she had hastily made in her hand.
She carefully stepped out from behind the pillar and spread out her palms.
The bomb shell was bumpy and the fuse was a makeshift flammable material, emitting a pungent smell of gunpowder and the strange smell of inferior spiritual materials.
She curled her lips, her fingertips unconsciously stroking the crude "masterpiece," her eyes flickering with the regret of a tech geek who hadn't finished her work. "Tsk, he ran away so fast... I wasted this 'little surprise'. I didn't even get a chance to see if it was strong enough to lift the roof off his house..."
Although this thing looks unreliable, it condenses all the dangerous goods she can mobilize at the moment, and she really wants to see how effective it is.
Unfortunately, she was still a little slow, the target was lost, and the experiment failed.
On this side, Lu Wensheng and his group rushed as fast as the wind, heading towards the palace with a clear goal.
As soon as he arrived at the palace, there was no need for others to explain it in detail. The system had already recounted to Lu Wensheng in detail the thrilling confrontation in the Imperial Master's Mansion, as well as the final heart-wrenching disappearance, through Yan Qingshu's perspective.
Upon learning that Liu Jiqian was not in the palace, Lu Wensheng's heart sank suddenly and he had almost no hesitation.
He decisively turned around and said, "I'm going to the Princess's Mansion first! You guys wait for my news."
He was so numb and almost cold in his heart about Shi Yubai's almost "non-stick" way of getting out of the situation.
In every carefully planned encirclement and suppression, in every desperate situation that seemed to be a sure win, Shi Yubai always managed to escape danger in all kinds of incredible and unexpected ways, as if fate itself was making way for him.
"So I say that the real protagonist should be Shi Yubai. We are more like supporting roles who provide him with a stage to perform." He couldn't help but complain to the system.
The feeling of failing repeatedly is like punching the air, which is very suffocating.
[What do you mean by 'should'? He is.] The system's voice echoed in his mind, with a hint of "finally, we can show our cards."
What?! Lu Wensheng froze, almost running in the wrong direction.
The news shocked him so much that his mind went blank in an instant.
Shi Yubai? The born villain who unleashed a bloody catastrophe? The protagonist?!
[On the surface, Liu Jiqian is the protagonist, but besides the setting being the protagonist, what else does he look like? Even the setting is pretty weird.] The system explained at a rapid speed.
The original author is simply Cinderella's wicked stepmother reincarnated! She's so biased that she lets her own "son" Shi Yubai be left out of the story, enjoying the treatment a true protagonist deserves.
Both his parents died, he endured humiliation and hardship, he has demon blood, and later became a demon who dominated the world of cultivation, forcibly seizing the person he loved... His perspective makes this a really cool story, right?]
The system's metaphor is sharp and apt, with a strong sense of resentment.
Lu Wensheng was stunned by this subversive information. Countless clues quickly connected and reorganized in his mind. Many puzzles in the past seemed to suddenly become clear, but it also brought a deeper chill. "But if this is the case, the son of destiny is Shi Yubai, then why did Tiandao bless me in the first place?"
This is completely contradictory! Shouldn't Heaven also be on Shi Yubai's side?
[Because 'Heaven's Way' is world consciousness, but world consciousness is not completely equivalent to the 'original will' that the 'original author' forcibly gave when constructing this world! ]
Lu Wensheng was confused, his brow furrowed. "What do you mean?" Isn't World Consciousness the Way of Heaven? Could there be two more?
[Let's put it this way, the 'original author's' morbid preference for Shi Yubai is like a powerful will. When constructing the prototype of this world, Liu Jiqian is the protagonist on the surface, but in fact it is Shi Yubai who gets the benefits and has the power of the 'protagonist halo'.
You can think of this as a kind of 'initial setting' or 'underlying code', forcing the 'original world consciousness' of this world, in its ignorant stage, to 'invest' in Shi Yubai as the chosen one, allocating resources (that is, luck) to him.
【but! 】
The system's tone suddenly became passionate, and his blood began to boil with excitement.
Shi Yubai's character—ungrateful, tyrannical, and a disregard for everything—and the destructive ending of the original novel, doom the world to a rosy future after this book ends! The world itself is meant to survive! Its instinct is to seek stability and continuity!
Moreover, after the birth of this world, it also grew. Under the oppression of the chaos and destruction of the "future", the true "incarnation of order" awakened - it gave birth to a higher-level "Heavenly Way" that truly belonged to it.
The essence of this "Way of Heaven" is the "will to order" that this world has given birth to in order to save itself and maintain balance. It is the ultimate law and the embodiment of order!
The meaning of His existence is to restore order and allow the world to function healthily and sustainably, rather than following a doomed "script" that leads to destruction.
"So..." Lu Wensheng vaguely grasped the key.
[So every good change we make, every effort to prevent disasters, save lives, and introduce a new order, is giving back to the world!
These positive energies allowed the newly born "Heavenly Dao" to draw strength and thrive! And the stronger its power, the more ability it had to weaken and strip away the luck that the "original world consciousness" was forced to "invest" in Shi Yubai!
It's like they're cutting off Shi Yubai's protagonist halo!]
"You said 'investment', rather than taking back the luck and investing it in Shi Yubai?" Lu Wensheng keenly grasped the difference in wording.
This is important, and means not deprivation, but dilution and suppression.
[Yes! Because the original 'source code' of this world was influenced by that biased author, the 'original world consciousness' was forced to choose Shi Yubai as the 'protagonist', but this does not conform to the inherent logic of the world's existence at all!
Luck itself is a manifestation of the world's original power.
That 'initial world consciousness' was like a biased investor, forcibly concentrating and 'investing' a vast amount of luck that should have belonged to the entire world on Shi Yubai alone, supporting his evil deeds and pushing forward that destructive script.
This kind of investment is compulsory and unreasonable! What Heavenly Dao needs to do is to reduce this excessive and harmful "investment" and release the occupied share of luck back into the cycle of heaven and earth to nourish all things, rather than letting Shi Yubai squander it alone!