#531Chapter 503: Not an enemy, [Human Instrumentality Project]!AI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 503: Not an Enemy, the Human Complementation Project!
Bai Cangshu reconfirmed that this world was indeed a derivative world, but the guy in front of him, those eyes, and the death threat that ignored his immortality…
Without a doubt, this should indeed be Ryougi Shiki.
Bai Cangshu was only slightly surprised, then floated down from the lamppost.
Since he knew he was entering the Fate world, Bai Cangshu had naturally considered a composite worldview situation like this.
"You know me too?"
There was not much surprise in the woman's voice; instead, it carried a certain frankness, as if saying, "So that's how it is."
Bai Cangshu closed his eyes and then opened them again; they had already transformed into a sky-blue and white pattern, and intense soul fluctuations emanated from his body.
His mouth involuntarily opened, and endless greed seemed on the verge of awakening.
Mystic Eyes of Death Perception… Even in the Infinite Dimensional Space, it was considered one of the top-tier Mystic Eyes.
If he could kill this woman here, with his 'Luck,' he would likely have a certain chance of obtaining them.
Moreover…
Although Ryougi Shiki's Mystic Eyes were powerful, the terrifying instant-death power they supported was merely based on martial arts and swordsmanship that barely reached superhuman levels.
The various techniques and secret manuals of the so-called Four Demon-Slaying Families, excluding the Mystic Eyes, were not too terrifying.
As a martial artist who had honed his martial arts to an extremely high realm, Bai Cangshu was confident he could avoid Ryougi Shiki's blade, unless…
"Hmm, I know you. To be precise, I like those eyes of yours. If it's convenient…"
Bai Cangshu was never one to hesitate or stand still; once he desired something, he would act to obtain it.
The moment his voice sounded, there were no signs of cracks on the ground, and the air only emitted a soft whoosh. He had already appeared beside Ryougi Shiki like a phantom.
His palm formed a blade, and a pitch-black Haki instantly coiled around it. At the same time, behind his elbow, a purplish-red Killing Intent Ripple flowed.
Buzz~
It sounded like the chirping of cicadas, or the flapping of countless insects' wings.
Under the amplification of 50+ base Strength and Constitution, Bai Cangshu's hand-blade's lethality had long surpassed that of ordinary sword-type Reincarnators. With the added power of Haki and Killing Intent Ripple, he could easily instantly kill powerful Reincarnators.
Ryougi Shiki's physical level was only that of an ordinary person. Even with a powerful weapon like the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, under the absolute disparity in speed and strength, there was no possibility of her surviving.
Poof!
A searing white air current, like surging seawater, was cut open with a roar in front of Ryougi Shiki. She calmly raised her short blade, blocking in front of herself.
And Bai Cangshu's hand-blade quietly stopped before that short blade.
The force erupting from Bai Cangshu's pitch-black hand-blade, carrying the air, was like a searing white sword qi. Using the residual force of this slash, it directly struck the short blade.
The short blade remained motionless, as if it hadn't even encountered an obstruction.
The force and impact, strong enough to shatter a building, were smoothly cut open and disappeared into the alley behind Ryougi Shiki from both sides of her body.
The searing white air current still roared, stirring up violent winds that made both Ryougi Shiki's Short Hair and Bai Cangshu's long hair wildly dance.
Crack.
Bai Cangshu's left foot retreated half a step, and the ground instantly shattered from the leaked force.
The Six Eyes in his pupils also seemed to show admiration.
"It's actually you…"
Bai Cangshu looked at the woman in the red coat. A faint smile seemed to play on her lips, and her expression remained calm.
At this moment, that calm smile held a completely different meaning in Bai Cangshu's eyes.
Ryougi Shiki, even with the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, was indeed no match for Bai Cangshu, but Root Origin was completely different.
In the Type-Moon World, almost all mages and magi pursued a power called 'Root Origin.'
Root Origin is the beginning of everything, the truth, and the synthesis of all factors in this world. It conceals all the 'causes' of the world.
A few eddies emanating from the 'Root Origin Vortex' formed all the magic in this world.
Only those who reach Root Origin can comprehend the true ultimate truth.
Even setting aside the philosophical desire to explore truth and the world's origin, those who have reached Root Origin and returned can wield incredible 'Magic.'
Note that this 'Magic' is defined by the Type-Moon World, unlike how Reincarnators in other worlds call all spells driven by mana 'magic.'
In the Type-Moon World, there is a clear distinction between Magic and magecraft. Simply put, anything whose effect can be achieved through any non-mystic means cannot be called Magic; it can only be called magecraft.
For example, the various magecrafts used by magi today—magecraft of cutting, magecraft of fire, magecraft of freezing—because of the development of human technology, humans can already achieve burning, freezing, cutting, and other results through technical means from other sources.
Therefore, the means of causing such effects through mana can only be magecraft.
Magic, on the other hand, is a miracle that absolutely cannot be achieved by any other means.
Under this standard, magecraft and Magic in this world are not immutable. In ancient times, human technology and cognition were very backward, so there were many miracles and Magic. But as technology developed, more and more Magic became magecraft, and mystery began to fade.
Today, only the Five True Magics completely transcend magecraft and touch Root Origin.
First Magic: Creation from nothingness;
Second Magic: Parallel world interference;
Third Magic: Soul materialization (Heaven's Feel);
Fourth Magic: Denial of reality, complete concealment of one's own existence;
Fifth Magic: Probably Magic that can even destroy time and order.
And the reason these types of Magic are Magic is that these abilities either touch Root Origin, or they are Magic obtained by magi after entering Root Origin, powers gained from the world's truth.
Coincidentally, the woman in front of Bai Cangshu, Ryougi Shiki, actually has a true personality within her body that is one of the very few existences connected to Root Origin in the Type-Moon World, or rather, Ryougi Shiki herself is an existence that flowed from Root Origin.
Once that true personality, known as Root Origin, awakens, the opponent will transform into something that almost possesses the same characteristics as Root Origin.
"Don't mistake your enemy, wicked… Savior…"
Ryougi Shiki, or rather, Root Origin, walked past Bai Cangshu step by step, neither intending to fight him nor offering an explanation.
Bai Cangshu slightly turned his head, watching this person, whose physical body was merely at an ordinary level, walk past him with those precious Mystic Eyes.
But his right hand opened and closed, ultimately not making a move. The light of the Six Eyes in his eyes had also extinguished. He recalled the scene that had appeared before his eyes in that instant.
He had not stopped his hand-blade strike because he noticed the opponent's short blade appearing in front of him, and that continuing the strike would result in his arm being "killed" first.
Instead, during his strike, a terrifying scene appeared before his eyes: in the scene, he stood above an empty Fuyuki City, with humanity below completely vanished, everyone having turned into liquid and merged together.
In the sky, a massive void appeared, and the world's origin, known as the Root Origin Vortex, seemed to appear above the void. A woman in a gold-trimmed white robe was slowly passing through the void, entering Root Origin.
This scene was so real; that silent world made Bai Cangshu stop.
More importantly, he could probably understand what this scene represented…
It wasn't an evil spell, nor Magic, nor some sacrifice.
That was the ultimate pursuit of another world—the Human Complementation Project!
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