Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 504 Even Cause and Effect Can Be Devoured

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No matter what level or sequence you are promoted to, there will always be superiors in a higher dimension.

This seems to be an eternal and unchanging truth.

Even in the same dimension, there exists an insurmountable gap, like the difference between heaven and earth, between humans and ants.

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Chaos is like another form of superiority over all living and non-living entities, and even the existing order and rules.

Just as Daisy said, she could clearly feel the other person's gaze moving over her, but she could not see the other person's form, did not know where the other person was, and had no way of knowing whether the other person's will was good or evil.

In some ways, this is the same principle that applied to humanity in the past.

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But what Milo couldn't understand was that he always thought the Abyss was a world that belonged only to each individual's mind.

The first time he fell into the abyss was due to the confusion and contradictions arising from all the knowledge systems in his mind that came from ancient texts; it was a mental struggle.

That was a higher-level fluctuation in SAN value.

In the abyss, he saw a world that was similar in many ways yet completely different.

Milo always believed that it was a virtual world that only he could access, and that once he fell into it, his real-world self would descend into madness.

However, this conceptual framework cannot clearly explain why Tutis Claude appeared in the Prayer Square of the Abyss and had that conversation with Milo.

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This is the biggest point of contention, and by no means the only one.

In that muddled conversation, Klaue repeatedly argued about the reality of the Abyss world. At the time, Milo held a relatively firm subjective opinion and did not think too deeply about what Klaue said.

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And now, even more inexplicable situations have emerged.

If it weren't for the Eye of Thinking right beside him, Milo would have once again begun to doubt whether he was even in the real world.

Because the tentacles of the abyss have already reached out to them.

Why can the world of the Abyss be connected to the real world? This doesn't make sense. Milo remembers clearly that even when he entered the Abyss the first two times, it was only a fall into the realm of his mind and will; his physical body remained in the real world.

And wasn't that world, which had been invaded by arthropods, destroyed by his own hands?
Why do insects appear in the real world?
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"You didn't, you didn't completely destroy that abyss."

Daisy turned her head to "look" at Milo.

Repeat:
"The chaos within the abyss possesses immense plasticity; it can absorb all forms of things from the real world and reconstruct another world, whether it be matter, rules, memories, knowledge, or even just a fleeting thought or idea, or the more profound cause and effect... all of these can become 'ingredients' for nourishing the abyss, which is constantly growing and learning..."

“Brother, you…you didn’t completely destroy that world. Now, following in your footsteps, it’s tracing back to its source through cause and effect, and it’s starting to affect the conscious world we live in.”

"If we can't find a way to salvage this situation, it will eventually turn into... what you saw in the abyss, brother."

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Daisy has told everything she “saw” in the most straightforward way possible.

And Milo understood it completely.

The words "It's so good to have you" were written all over his face.

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"So this is why the world in the abyss must be destroyed?"

This was one of the questions that Milo had been wondering about.

Why destroy the world?

It is certain that if the second time it wasn't because Milo's atrocities against the High Mother Goddess incurred Itakua's hatred, the world corrupted by the insects would have been destroyed by Itakua, the "Windrunner."

However, Milo's sudden appearance interrupted the process that had been set up from the beginning, and Itakua turned his attention to Milo.

After Milo used the primordial humanity conceived by the incarnation of the High Mother Goddess to give Ithaqua a second life, Windrunner became Wendigo.

Ultimately, the role of the destroyer of the world can only be played by Milo himself.

But it is clear that Milo, who was playing the role for the first time, did not do a "perfect" job; he did not perfectly replace Itaquya in completing its work.

That world, ravaged by insects, was not completely destroyed.

Now, it has turned around and begun to follow Milo's lead, setting its sights on the conscious world and starting to erode it, beginning with the weakest souls.

…At this point, Milo fully understood why Itakya, an ancient being of the Shadow Sequence, was imprisoned in the Abyss and forced to repeatedly destroy those “works” belonging to the Chaos of the Abyss as a destroyer.

The endless "work" in the abyss has shattered Itakya's soul into fragments. Its past, future, and present have all become illusions. Even the abyss cannot find any trace of its origin, nor can it trace its source. That is why Itakya became the so-called "invisible totem god," leaving no trace of itself in the real world. It is a huge "ailment" that the abyss cannot cure.

Milo inadvertently helped the Abyss solve a problem.

And it failed to completely replace Itakua's identity.

Thus, the source of the calamity spread.

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"Does that mean the advice in the abyss was a trap for me?"

Milo frowned.

But it seems he wasn't entirely acting according to those suggestions; he didn't have many other options, and the suggestions merely provided him with a few hints...

And let's not forget that one of the pieces of advice was etched into Wendigo's pupils.

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Milo stomped on the arthropod that Dirac had already snapped off with the thick sole of his boot.

Although the latter's body was already broken in two, some nerves remained active. When touched, its sharp claws and tentacles would twitch rhythmically, a sight that was extremely disturbing.

Milo stared at the arthropod twitching on the ground and muttered a question:

"What's going on with these bugs? Did they crawl out of this crack? They couldn't have just appeared out of thin air..."

Daisy seemed a little downcast, as if she was grieving for the chorus nun who had suffered an undeserved misfortune. She said to Milo, "Those are insects that evolved from unacknowledged faith."

"A belief in transforming into insects?" This was the first time Milo had ever heard of such a thing.

But soon, the image of the dark church in the icy world of the abyss flashed into his mind. There, the prayer square, the main cathedral, and the star-shaped clock tower had all lost their golden radiance. The clergy could only try to provide a faint ray of light and warmth to the corners of that frigid world by burning the bones of believers as kindling.

However, what has become a fact in the abyss is that the Golden Tree has abandoned the church and all the believers in that world.

Therefore, the faith they offer has actually become discarded waste that cannot be contained.

These unaccepted beliefs began to degenerate and worsen, eventually growing into ugly, monstrous, centipede-like worms that occupied the heads of all believers.

In the abyss, there is no need to follow any logic; it presents a possibility that has already become a reality.

Therefore, Milo had no way of knowing whether it was the Golden Tree that abandoned His people, or the believers that turned their backs on the Golden Tree.

But in the real world, there are clues to follow.

Those insects didn't crawl out of the cracks in the abyss.

Isabel, and the nun lying not far away, had arthropods on their bodies that were manifestations of their faith, because their faith was no longer accepted by the Golden Tree.

It was the golden tree of the dream world that abandoned its believers in the waking world.

The real reason is the fierce battle that took place in the unseen land not long ago.

To be precise, it was a massacre, a massacre perpetrated by Milo alone against the Knights Templar.

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Joan Byrne, hailed as the "blade of the law," has made it very clear that Daisy, De La Shaw, and their actions are sufficient to be considered apostasy.

Therefore, the believers of the Golden Rule in the entire enlightened world also suffered the same fate. Now, their faith, which should have been used to beg for blessings, has become insects gnawing at their bodies. This can perhaps be considered one of the punishments from those in power.

Milo wasn't sure if this was the Golden Tree's intention.

Because in the unseen land, the Golden Tree had only shown him kindness.

Of course, goodwill can also be feigned.

The Scarlet Witch, tortured and cut in half in the Dreamland, proved this point, and after the Blade of Law was killed, retaliation from the temple came one after another.

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And this seems to have been "predicted" by the abyss all along.

It learned of the hatred and entanglement between Milo and the Temple of the Golden Law.

And so, the world invaded by insects was born.

Just as Daisy said, everything in the real world can become the "raw material" for the chaos of the abyss, even causality, which it can devour.

(End of this chapter)