Chapter 4643: The Hidden Figure in the Shadows
A huge amount of information came from the Shadow Bug Queen it actually possessed ancient memories.
Long ago, it had appeared once before, that time when someone was hunting the Shadow Bugs.
Back then, there were quite a lot of Shadow Bugs in the world. They lived in their own dimension, not contending with anyone.
But somebody came to hunt them, and they suffered huge losses. Finally, they fused into a Shadow Bug Queen and managed to injure the attacker enough to force him to leave.
That was the first appearance of the Shadow Bug Queen. Other than now, it had only appeared that once in the entire history of the ancient chaos.
As for who was hunting them, the Queen didn't know only that the attacker could also control spacetime, and his power was so vast they couldn't resist.
This piqued Lin Moyu's interest during that era, the world was undergoing its second great calamity, also called the Extinction of Living Things.
At that time, countless powerful beings born from the world fought and killed for the chance to break through during the tribulation.
Some did possess the ability to control spacetime, like Little Tree, but to slaughter Shadow Bugs so easily was unimaginable.
The Shadow Bugs' time space ability was top class; there seemed to be no other creatures on their level in that regard.
Lin Moyu left the matter for now. Aside from that history, the Queen's memories also described her powers.
As the mightiest of all Shadow Bugs, the Queen no longer needed to travel endlessly through time and space: she could remain in a single timespace for as long as she wished.
She could also fully conceal her projection in reality, making her presence nearly undetectable.
With mastery of spacetime, she could slip into other domains without being noticed, launching attacks from spacetime into reality without warning.
Her spacetime assaults were terrifying better than all spells, and her thousand limbs were blades that could shear through the bodies of Sovereigns.
Though some details surprised Lin Moyu, the overall impression fit what he had hoped for these were the power he wanted.
With such abilities, at the right time, he might even be able to retrieve the small world from the Calamity Sovereign.
He put away the Shadow Bug Queen and turned his attention to the ravaged, slowly healing void the shattered space would take some time to repair.
Lin Moyu said to Chaos Gem, "You can tell me now, right?"
Chaos Gem giggled: "Since Master asks, of course! Do you remember I once said there were three beings in this world that had surpassed Sovereign?"
At that time, Lin Mohan hadn't surpassed Sovereign yet, and there was no Shadow Bug Queen either.
Back then, Chaos Gem said there were three "beyond Sovereign" beings: Dao, Calamity Sovereign, and a third, deeply hidden one.
Chaos Gem continued: "That one hid very deeply. Before now, I only knew he existed not where he was.
But this time, I finally found him. Master, you were right the world's rules are indeed being manipulated from behind the scenes."
Lin Moyu whispered, "He can control the rules of the world?"
Chaos Gem replied, "Just barely. The three most common ways to become Supreme are: to prove the Dao with a grand vow, to merge with the world and prove the Dao, or to prove the Dao by pure strength.
Every world is different; not all paths are open. Here, it's nearly impossible to achieve the vow path, so the only choice is to merge with the world's rules.
That figure has taken this road, but he's just begun he can influence the rules a little, but is still far from Supreme.
However, his ability to hide is formidable. Had he not manipulated the rules this time, tried to kill the Queen, even I wouldn't have found him."
"Did you see who it was?"
Chaos Gem shook his head. "No. He's concealed himself with the world's rules too deeply hidden. I can only sense his presence, not see his face, not find his location."
Lin Moyu pondered if Chaos Gem was right, everything made sense.
Why would the world's rules want him dead? Because there was someone behind the scenes, manipulating. After Lin became an enemy and calamity bearer, killing him would help someone reach enlightenment, regardless of the method.
By using the world's rules to hide, while at the same time having the rules try to kill him, that figure could secure his own path to the Dao.
It wasn't that the world's rules had gained sentience, but rather that someone was trying to merge with the world's rules and become Supreme.
This time, the attempt to kill the Shadow Bug Queen meant there was a grudge there.
With the Queen's memory, it was clear the one hunting Shadow Bugs all those years ago was this same person.
The Queen had once wounded him, so now he sought her death. It all fit.
Thus, Lin Moyu realized, if he could learn who hunted Shadow Bugs during the calamity, he could unmask the one hiding behind the curtain.
He brought up the question to Chaos Child and Little Tree. Chaos Child didn't know a thing.
Little Tree thought hard, then said, "I did hear of a powerful being hunting Shadow Bugs back then, but not who it was.
But I'm sure anyone able to hunt Shadow Bugs must have been even more skilled with spacetime than me."
"To be able to surpass me in spacetime, with even greater raw power, there's only one: Godly Void Beast."
Back then, Little Tree and Chaos Child ranked the ancient beings Little Tree put Godly Void Beast seventh, Chaos Child sixth.
Godly Void Beast was renowned for its control over spacetime and reality/illusion hugely powerful.
By capability alone, he could be top three, but his battle strength wasn't quite so great.
He also died early long ago, no one knew who killed him. Only a few could have done so.
Lin Moyu shook his head. "It's not him the timelines don't match."
The Queen's memory said the Shadow Bug massacre happened late in the calamity; Godly Void Beast died early.
Chaos Gem added: "Reminder, you don't need expertise in spacetime to kill Shadow Bugs if you have the right artifact, you can do it."
Lin Moyu nodded: "True, but you'd still need great fighting power.
And there had to be a reason to hunt them most likely, to gain some benefit."
"The greatest benefit from Shadow Bugs is their corpses refined, they yield something akin to a Time Essence Stone.
So, what the real target wanted was that the ability to control time.
And who needs control over time the most?"
Lin Moyu worked through the threads, asking Little Tree and Chaos Child to help they knew that era best and would analyze more accurately.
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