The afterlife blew up Gensokyo

"Everyone's destiny has many possibilities. For example, the choices you make in the next second or the places you go may give rise to many parallel worlds. The so-called uniqueness means that no matter how many branches of destiny there are, and how many parallel worlds or planes this space will give rise to, only one of these unique people or things will exist."

"In other words, no matter how many possible branches of fate there are, there will only ever be one unique person or thing. If you become a unique existence, then you are here, and you will not exist in other parallel planes or other places. As time moves forward one second, whether it is the previous second or the next second, you do not exist. You only exist in the present moment... Is that right?"

Based on what Rick had told him earlier, Shi Bai summarized this unique concept.

"That's right, that's what being unique means."

Wu Xiu snapped his fingers.

"Of course, it's best to just think about things like that. There's no need to overthink it because it's too far in the future. Even if you become a unique being, what then? The power you possess is the most important factor that determines everything."

Are there many people or things like this?

After thinking for a moment, Shi Bai asked another question.

"Not many, but there are always some unlucky ones who get caught, and their fates are undoubtedly extremely tragic."

Unedited looked on with a smug expression.

"Those unlucky souls don't have enough power, but they become unique beings because of certain things. When they are discovered, those things will be taken away, and the fate lines that were originally tied to them will be scattered into countless parallel worlds. If they are lucky, they can live without much impact on their choices. If they are unlucky, they will be killed on the spot. After all, those who can take away those things are mostly not good people."

"The concept of 'unique'... can be taken away?"

Shi Bai frowned slightly.

“Things like innate spiritual roots, supreme bone and spiritual veins can be stripped away, so why can’t concepts be stripped away? This is a very normal thing. Those people have unique concepts because of those powers or things. When those powers or things disappear, they will naturally lose those concepts as well.”

Wu Xiu spread his hands out.

"So don't treat this concept as something good. So what if it becomes unique? It won't bring you any definite benefits."

Can others become unique beings simply because of that concept that has been stripped away?

"Unique means unique. The unique concepts of power or things that have been taken away can only be fully utilized by their true owners. Even if others take them away, it is useless. Even if they spend a lot of effort to integrate them into their bodies, it is mostly a loss."

He reached out and picked up a magazine from the table, flipping through it in his hand. Wu Xiu pursed his lips.

"Perhaps the shopkeepers hidden in the void collect things with unique attributes, but they cannot become unique beings because of those things. What doesn't belong to you doesn't belong to you. Even if you steal it, it's useless because you can never unleash its true power."

"Alright, I got it. Do you know any way to become a unique being?"

Shi Bai rubbed his forehead, feeling a slight headache.

"Kill all the other parallels..."

"Forget about that."

"Oh, I don't know."

"........."

"By the way, your apprentices came looking for us a few days ago."

As if suddenly remembering something, Wu Xiu, who had been looking down, raised his head again.

"They want to use me as an intermediary to offer a high reward to all the other passengers who board the train for the coordinates and related information about your world. It seems they want to..."

"To express gratitude to my teacher?"

Shi Bai guessed.

"...How did you come to this conclusion?"

"It's very simple. They are all my students, whom I taught from childhood to adulthood. When students finally achieve success and fame, they want to visit their former master again to thank him for his nurturing and guidance... It's a perfectly normal deduction, isn't it?"

Shi Bai looked completely matter-of-fact.

"I'm a famous detective who once spent three months watching over 6000 episodes of Detective Conan in one go, so my reasoning ability is far beyond what it used to be."

"They want to join forces to destroy the world you live in."

Wu Xiu's lips twitched slightly.

"Before, you had no weaknesses, so they couldn't do anything to you. Now that you have weaknesses, they have a lot more room to maneuver. Unless you can abandon the existence in your world without any emotion, your good disciples don't mind using them to threaten you or eliminate most of them..."

Suddenly feeling the air around him grow colder without him even noticing, Wu Xiu stopped talking.

"How many people came to see you?"

"Uh... just one. Do I need to tell you about her..."

"No need. Let's not even talk about the fact that they will never be able to find the world I'm in for a very long time to come. Even if they dare to come after that, I'll just give them a good spanking."

Shi Bai wore a cold smile.

"All you ever think about is killing your master! Those little brats, if I don't teach them a lesson, they really think they can do anything to me? If she comes looking for you again, just tell her this: those who disobey will get a spanking just like before. My threat isn't just empty words. If you want to continue being the Ansai waist drummer as before, come find me! I'll be waiting for you at the ends of the earth!!"

"Anse waist drum...can I refuse?"

For some reason, Wu Xiu's expression suddenly looked rather distorted.

"Huh? Why?"

Turning his head to look at Wu Xiu, who seemed to be trying hard to suppress something, Shi Bai was quite puzzled.

"If they find out I know about this dark history, unless I stay here forever, I'll definitely die a horrible death!!!"

Suddenly, he climbed off the chair and grabbed Shi Bai's leg, his face covered in tears.

"Brother, Dad, Grandpa, Great-Grandpa, I'll call you Great-Grandpa, okay?! Please stop messing with me! I've only just begun to experience freedom, I don't want to die so young!! Are you going to just punch me in the head and make me lose my memory? Knowing things I shouldn't know could really kill me!!!"

"No, are those little girls really that scary to you?"

Looking at the drool that had been smeared on his pants, Shi Bai was speechless.

"Why do I feel like you're more afraid of those little guys than me? You were once a renowned and charismatic figure in the vast void before you were trapped here, how come you've become so cowardly now?"

"Brother! Big brother!! This really isn't about being a coward!! If they find out I know about their dark past, I'll never be able to leave here again!! Countless people will be watching me here, waiting to silence me when I finally get out!!!"

Wu Xiu's face was deathly pale.

"Although to you, they're just little girls you watched grow up, in other people's eyes, they're goddesses, high above and untouchable!! Goddesses, do you understand what that means, brother?! It means that each of them has countless simps!! And simps are willing to do anything for their goddess's every word!!"

"goddess……"

For some reason, Shi Bai suddenly thought of that hell goddess who still runs a mahjong parlor in hell.

"Is it really that bad? I used to wet the bed when I was little... uh..."

Watching Wu Xiu slap himself on the head and faint backward with his eyes rolled back, a bead of cold sweat involuntarily trickled down Shi Bai's forehead, and the corner of his mouth twitched violently.

So, are those troublesome girls really that scary now?

……………………………………………………………

"Can we go back now?"

In the pavilion outside the villa by the sea, Yukari Yakumo paused slightly upon hearing Shiro's words.

"Of course, we've been out here long enough, it's time to return to our original world."

While examining the teleportation gun Rick had thrown down earlier, Shi Bai answered.

"After such an unforgettable trip and experiencing so many different aspects of life, you should now be qualified to become a true sage of monsters."

"A true sage among monsters..."

For some reason, Yukari Yakumo suddenly fell silent.

“That’s right. I think you’ve already found the answers to those problems that were bothering you before. You have a lot to do when you get back.”

While frowning and setting the coordinates one by one on the teleportation gun, Shi Bai answered casually.

"Don't go around telling them the truth about the world. They will naturally find out when the time is right. Our world is just a small wooden boat, and around us is a boundless deep sea. Only by adapting to living in the sea and gradually developing our small wooden boat into a giant ship can we protect more people."

"Those worlds I've experienced before, were they all real worlds?"

Yukari Yakumo suddenly asked this question.

"Of course. What's wrong? Do you have any thoughts?"

After pressing the last button, Shi Bai looked up at Yakumo Yukari in front of him.

"Um...nothing."

After staring at him up and down for a while with a slightly strange expression, Yakumo Yukari shook her head.

"By the way, do you like hot and sour noodles? If you do, I can make some for you. After all the training I've received in these worlds, I've made great progress in my cooking skills."

"Huh? Hot and sour noodles? What's that?"

Shi Bai looked completely bewildered.

"Tsk... It's a snack. You don't know it, that's fine."

She seemed to lightly smack her lips, propped her head up with one hand on the table, and turned to look at the seaside.

The miniature world that appears inside each carriage, though somewhat unreal due to its virtual projection, is generally indistinguishable from reality to the average person unless they are looking at it with a nitpicking mindset.

Even at this time, a slightly salty sea breeze blows from the other side of the sea, and the sun shines brightly overhead, casting large shadows on the pavilion.

"That's all for now. Get ready, it's time for us to head back."

Standing up from the stone chair, Shi Bai fired a shot at the ground with the teleportation gun he had just adjusted. As an invisible wave spread, a teleportation portal with a pale green surface appeared on the ground.

"this is……?"

"Teleportation gun, I've set the teleportation point to carriage number eight."

As he spoke, Shi Bai jumped into the portal.

"I'm thinking of seeing if I can use the teleportation gun to sneak in without a ticket. These train tickets are fucking ridiculously expensive; it's outrageous that even I have to pay for them..."

The portal swallowed up the rest of someone's words.

Yukari Yakumo: "..."

P.S.: I'm adding an extra chapter, will you give me votes?

Chapter Twenty: The Contract of Indenture and the Master of Baiyulou

"...I haven't been gone for very long, but it feels like I've been gone for quite a while."

Watching the dilapidated train speed into the dark void and disappear, after a moment of silence, Yakumo Yukari turned to look at Shi Bai, her expression extremely serious.

"Thank you for showing me so many wonderful sights."

But it was clear that the guy she was dealing with was completely clueless about romance.

"To say that being away for almost 200 years is not a long time?"

He seemed to be venting his frustration by randomly pressing buttons on the teleportation gun, looking utterly annoyed.

"That teleportation gun Rick gave me is definitely a fake. I get dizzy just going through a portal. I'm such a bastard... Oh well, I'm off."

Perhaps not wanting to say more, Shi Bai shoved the teleportation gun into his storage ring, waved his hand, and turned to walk inland.

Unlike the nameless mountaintop they had left from, they were now back at the seaside, where a bright moon was reflected on the water, the surface shimmering and sparkling. But clearly, after realizing that even the teleportation gun made him dizzy, he had no time to appreciate the beautiful scenery.

Just as Shi Bai turned around in a depressed mood, a huge wave suddenly surged up in the sea behind him. An exquisitely crafted coffin rose straight up from the sea, burst out of the water, and landed on the beach. Accompanying the sound of the waves was a wild yet somewhat mournful laugh.

"Three hundred years!! A full three hundred years!! I have finally broken that damned seal!!!"

"........."

Reaching down, Shi Bai removed a wet piece of seaweed from his head and silently turned to look at the beach diagonally behind him.

Just like the beginning of a fantasy horror movie, on a beach under the bright moonlight, the lid of a coffin covered in thick rust is opened, and a blond man with an extremely pale face, as if he has not been exposed to the sun for hundreds of years, stands inside, spreading his arms to the stars in the night sky, venting his joy after regaining his freedom.

"That damned white-haired woman!! You await my most devastating revenge!! I will condemn your soul to eternal damnation... Who are you?"

Looking at the black-haired man who suddenly appeared in front of him and interrupted him, the unlucky guy who had been trapped for three hundred years first showed a hint of doubt in his eyes, and then quickly, the doubt in his eyes turned into cruelty. He grinned and reached out to grab the black-haired man in front of him with sharp claws on his fingernails.

"Never mind, that's unimportant. You lowly mortal, offer me the inferior blood from your worthless body to please me!! I will give you..."

Before he could finish his sentence, someone who was already annoyed slapped him back into the coffin.

Box lid, seal, lift foot, three-point shot.

After struggling for 300 years in a cramped and dark space to break the seal and return to the world, this unlucky fellow has once again sunk into the bottomless abyss.

"These days, some guys are really infuriating."

With a cold snort, Shi Bai clapped his hands and turned to look at Yakumo Yukari beside him.