I'm bound to the World-Destroying Witch

Chapter 83. Birth
"Mushroom, think about it. If this really is a dream, shouldn't the right thing to do be to put you in a new environment, hide some of your memories, and make you completely unaware that you are dreaming? Wouldn't that be much easier?"

Mushroom was stunned when she heard Xia Feng's words.

"Doesn't that make a lot of sense?"

"I," Mushroom opened her mouth, her bewildered eyes blinking slightly. No, that's not right. Maybe this device can't hide my memories?

No, this isn't right! If it can't even be concealed, then this device is utterly useless. The more Mushroom thought about it, the deeper her brows furrowed. She felt like her brain was about to explode!

Seeing Mushroom's conflicted expression, Xia Feng felt anxious for her and said helplessly, "Don't overthink it, this is reality."

"I," Mushroom suddenly realized that she might be overthinking things, but she was also afraid that she was indeed in a dream.

She lowered her head in frustration.

Have you thought it through?

"I...I don't know, I can't tell the difference."

Xia Feng: "."

The mushroom's condition inexplicably reminded Xia Feng of a thought experiment called 'Brain in a Vat'.

The experiment envisions a scenario where a person's brain is placed in a tank filled with nutrient solution and connected to a supercomputer via nerve endings. The computer transmits information to the brain according to a preset program, allowing the brain to generate a completely realistic perceptual experience in a perfect, bug-free world simulated by the supercomputer.

So how can this person distinguish whether they are in the jar or in reality?

The answer is naturally—

It's impossible to distinguish them; this is an unprovable assumption.

So if we can't tell the difference, then let's not! Xia Feng realized that sometimes there's no need to overthink things. He simply held the knife to his neck and smiled slightly.
"Getting back to the point, Mushroom, you don't want me to die, do you?"

"!" Mushroom's pupils shrank sharply.

When she saw Xia Feng's neck oozing a thin layer of blood from the light touch of the blade, her heart nearly jumped out of her chest, her face turned deathly pale, and she immediately understood everything.

Yes, even if there's a 99% chance this is a dream and Xia Feng is fake, she wouldn't dare gamble on the remaining 1%.

So there's no need to think so much, let alone consider the consequences! She quickly shouted, "Okay, okay! I admit it, I admit Yue Hongli is my mom, alright?"

"!" King Jue was already impatient and ready to press the red button, but unexpectedly, Xia Feng drew his sword and the mushroom immediately surrendered!
He was overjoyed, ecstatic, and beaming with delight!

"Good, good, Xia Feng, you did a great job!" Wang Jue grinned and looked at the woman in the red dress.

Xia Feng was startled and looked over at the same time.

The woman in the red dress slightly raised her fair chin, and the black ribbon on her luminous nose slowly disintegrated, instantly transforming into waves of black energy that rippled outwards!

At the same time, the entire space visibly distorted, as if the air had gained substance and weight, making it difficult for the three people present to breathe.

"Buzz-"

Amidst the surging air currents, her pristine red dress fluttered in the wind, her dark hair danced wildly, and golden light shone through the woman's slightly closed eyes.

Inside the crystal coffin, the woman dressed in a divine phoenix robe also radiated golden light from beneath her upturned eyelids. Her hands were clasped together, her captivating beauty mirroring that of the red-clad woman in the distance, who was looking up. *Whoosh*

The two women opened their eyes simultaneously, their gazes meeting in a sea of ​​golden light. Before Xia Feng and the others could even understand what was happening, the woman in the red dress instantly disintegrated into tiny streams of red light, drifting towards the glass coffin.

It disappeared into the eyes of the woman in the fairy dress.

At the same time, a dark gold cross mark appeared between her brows, but in an instant it changed into a dark black ※ symbol. The light and darkness shifted and twisted repeatedly, making the woman's small face appear both holy and alluringly eerie.

Seeing this, the king's breathing became increasingly rapid. His hands trembled as he braved the ripples of invisible energy to walk step by step to the ice-blue glass coffin, gazing intently at the woman within. As if realizing something, he abruptly turned his head to look back, grinning, "So that's it! I suddenly understand what you're planning!"

"what?"

"When the princess awakens and opens her eyes, her pupils will be filled with golden light. After the golden light fades, the first human she notices will recognize her as her master and serve her."

Wang Jue looked at Xia Feng thoughtfully, "No wonder your attitude suddenly changed. Are you looking for an opportunity to steal my princess?"

At this point, he chuckled softly and waved his hand, instantly turning the Boundless Field Barrier from transparent to black, blocking Xia Feng's view.

The princess also cannot see the outside world.

Just in case, the Duke shifted the mushroom's compartment so that the Queen couldn't see it either.

In this way, there would be no chance of anything going wrong! The king returned to the glass coffin with peace of mind, his eyes filled with anticipation.

Xia Feng stood outside the barrier, his eye twitching slightly. Wang Jue was indeed cautious, but it was all for naught.

When the King revealed the method for recognizing a master, Xia Feng understood everything.

The first person the princess notices when she wakes up will be her master. He has actually experienced this before.

It happened during the second time I entered the dream!
The first time I entered the dream, I was being chased by a group of zombies to the outside of Pingshan Hospital. The second time I entered the dream, I entered Pingshan Hospital and saw a woman trapped in a glass coffin.

He still clearly remembers the conversation in his dream.

"Are you my unborn wife?"

"Oh? I have a husband."

The woman's eyes were indeed filled with golden light at that moment, but as he approached, the golden light faded, revealing a pair of rose-red eyes that stared at him with surprise and curiosity.

That's probably when he recognized his master, but since his birth birthday hadn't arrived and the birth ceremony hadn't been completed, he didn't receive any information.

But this is very strange.

It's outrageous that this woman could skip the birth ceremony and directly meet someone in her dream to recognize her as her master!

King Jue probably never imagined that the birth ceremony was not a necessary condition for the recognition ceremony, but a sufficient condition; recognition could be completed without birth.
If the king knew that such a thing existed, he would be devastated.

The only two things that still puzzle Xia Feng are: why him? and how did the princess manage to do it?
After all, he saw that the princess in his dream looked completely bewildered and didn't know what had happened.

Just as Xia Feng's thoughts flashed by, information appeared in his mind.

[The curse of imaginary numbers is broken, and the power of existence gains recognition from the 'world'—]

[Linkability: 100%]

"boom!!!"

The pitch-black, boundless field shattered, and a terrifying pillar of golden light melted the roof and shot straight into the sky.

As space distorted, Xia Feng saw the scene inside.

The icy blue glass pavilion gradually melted, and the woman dressed in a divine phoenix robe with her black hair fluttered in the pale golden light.

But the golden light in her eyes quietly faded, revealing her bright red, fox-like eyes, which blinked curiously as she looked at the world.

Wang Jue grinned, suppressing his joy as he stepped forward. His figure came into the woman's view, but she tilted her head slightly, seemingly puzzled, and began to look around.

(End of this chapter)