N-A-A Chapter 830: The Second Reincarnation ()
Chapter 830: The Second Reincarnation ()
【Huh? What happened?】
[I haven't even guessed the truth yet, but the protagonist already knows it? Am I just an easy winner?]
【Look at the results, the protagonist is MVP! 】
[My expression now is the same as Nashida's.]
Facing the shock in Nashida's slightly widened eyes, Ying raised the corners of her lips slightly, revealing a gentle and resolute smile, and slowly said:
"It was Iya who enlightened me, allowing me to glimpse the truth behind this ever-recurring Flower Goddess Festival."
"Iya?"
Nashida was stunned for a moment, then a flash of understanding flashed in her eyes, and she nodded suddenly:
"I see... If we take this as a clue, it's not difficult to deduce. His very existence is the key to unlocking the mystery."
Ying's eyes moved, gently sweeping over the three people beside him - Paimon, Arata Ichito, and Kuki Shinobu. Seeing the confusion between their brows, he explained softly: "Do you still remember?"
Her voice flowed like a spring:
"When the Flower Goddess Festival first began, Iya couldn't even articulate a complete sentence."
"Because since his birth, his soul has been struggling to merge with this puppet body. Even now, this union has not been completely stable."
"Therefore, Iya's language system should have been disordered."
"Over the years, 'He' has been trying to adapt, and only recently was he finally able to speak. However, his words are still unclear, and his sentences are intermittent, as weak and incoherent as a candle in the wind."
Ying looked around at everyone, her tone growing graver. "But think back—when we met the real Yiya earlier in this reincarnation, was there ever the slightest hesitation or unnaturalness in His speech?"
Everyone was silent for a moment, their minds replaying those moments. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed through their minds, and the three of them suddenly realized.
Indeed - before this, Iya spoke fluently and freely, without any of his usual struggle and awkwardness, as if he had already freed himself from the shackles of the flesh.
It was completely different from the little guy they saw in the real world who was still getting used to speaking.
However, after realizing it, deeper doubts arose.
Paimon scratched his head, frowned, and asked:
"But... I still don't understand why this has to do with the Flower Goddess Festival repeating itself."
Ying smiled again upon hearing this, her eyes twinkling like stars. She turned to Paimon, her tone gentle but with a hint of guidance:
"Paimon, do you remember that not long ago, in Mingyuan's clinic, Yiya and I fell into a coma after inhaling the spirit phenol incense?"
"Of course I remember!" Paimon nodded immediately, a trace of reminiscence flashing across his eyes.
Before she finished speaking, she was suddenly struck by lightning, her pupils suddenly dilated, and she blurted out:
"You mean... could it be that..."
Ying gently raised her hand, placed a finger against her lips, and made a "silence" gesture, indicating that she should not speak out for the time being. Then, her voice continued in a low and clear voice:
"It was during that accident—with the power of the spirit phenol incense, my consciousness and Iya's were able to leave our bodies together, and enter the space where the World Tree existed in pure spiritual form."
"There, without the constraints of flesh and blood, Yiya doesn't need to rely on vocal organs and can communicate naturally without any obstacles. His words flow like a running stream."
Hearing this, even the usually rough and unrestrained Arata Ichito slapped his thigh suddenly, and suddenly understood:
"Aha! Dear friend, you mean to say that the little phoenix that appears before us now is actually a spirit?"
His eyes suddenly grew sharp. "And those of us who can see Him...are we also like Him, not real bodies, but existing in this illusion in the form of spirits?"
Ying nodded with a smile, her eyes approving.
Jiu Qi, standing by, remained silent for a long time before finally opening his eyes, a cold glint flashing in them. This always meticulous thinker of Chiyosha had not only followed the same train of thought, but had also gained a deeper insight.
"If we are all spirits..." she murmured, her tone solemn, "then is everyone who constantly reincarnates during this Flower God's Birthday Festival also just a projection of consciousness?"
"Repeated scenes, memories lost each time I woke up, yet they always left a sense of déjà vu deep within my body..."
"Putting these fragments together, there is only one possibility—"
Her gaze slowly shifted towards Meng Jianyue Ruixi, who had been sitting quietly in the corner with her eyes closed in meditation. Her voice was low and firm:
“We are all trapped in a cycle of dreams.”
As someone from Inazuma, Kuki Shinobu is well-versed in the traditional monster legends of Inazuma.
She knew very well that the race to which Yue Ruixi belonged - the dream-eating tapirs, although not as dazzling as tengu or fox demons in combat and magic, they possessed a unique talent: entering dreams.
They can quietly sneak into other people's dreams, weave, modify and even manipulate the realm of dreams.
Before this, she had always been puzzled: Why did this mysterious woman, who was supposed to be staying with Ming Yuan in the Omos Port Medical Clinic, suddenly appear at the celebration in Xumi City?
And now, all the mysteries have finally been solved.
She gazed at the Dream Messenger who was still sitting quietly, her heart as clear as a mirror.
This seemingly real birthday festival for the flower god is nothing but a carefully constructed dream.
All the key clues converge at this moment like stars, finally connecting into a complete picture.
Why does the Flower God’s Birthday Festival fall into an endless cycle?
Because - this is not reality at all, but a collective dream that is so huge that it covers the entire Xumi City.
Why do people experience reincarnation again and again, but are unable to remember the previous memory, leaving only vague physical memories and a strong sense of déjà vu?
Because dreams are inherently difficult to remember clearly. What humans see and feel in dreams often dissipates like smoke upon waking up.
However, those scenes and emotions that have appeared in dreams will stir up familiar ripples when they meet again next time - that is the origin of the "sense of déjà vu".
Why did Yue Ruixi and Mingyuan, who were far away in the port of Omos, appear in this dream deep in Xumi City?
The answer lies in Ruixi's identity - she is a member of the dream-eating tapir clan, and is born with the talent to travel through dreams.
With the power of her bloodline, she can not only sneak into other people's dreams, but also take others to travel through dreams together.
It was because of this that she was able to bring Mingyuan across thousands of miles and step into this vast dream.
Why, since entering Xumi, have I dreamed that Yue Ruixi has been sitting in meditation, as if her soul has left her body?
Because she is using her own talent to maintain Ming Yuan's existence in this dream.
In the dream, Yue Ruixi used her own power as an anchor, allowing Mingyuan to stay stable in the dream, so that he could use his medical skills to save those innocent people who were trapped in the dream and suffering from the magic scale disease.
Why did Nashida, the goddess of wisdom, know the truth but never directly reveal the nature of this reincarnation?
Because rashly awakening a sleeping person could easily cause mental damage, which could lead to confusion at best and damage to the soul at worst, even endangering life. Only by allowing the dreamer to awaken on their own, realizing that this state is illusory, can they escape the dream safely and unharmed.
Just as Kuki Shinobu slowly said that "the Flower God's Birthday Festival is actually a reincarnation dream", Paimon and Arakaki Ito both showed expressions of sudden enlightenment.
Before this, Ying had already guided them layer by layer, laying out clues like peeling off silk threads from an onion. Even though they were eccentric by nature and had slow thinking, they were now approaching the threshold of the truth.
Therefore, when the answer to the mystery was revealed, it did not bring a huge shock. Instead, a sense of relief and enlightenment of "so that's how it is" quietly spread in my heart.
"Pah, pah, pah——"
Nashida clapped softly, her eyes gently approving of Jiuqi Shinobu's brilliant inference.
Although Yiya, who was standing by, didn't understand what her sister meant, she grinned when she saw her sister's joy, raised her tender little hands, and clumsily but seriously followed her in taking the photos.
"Congratulations," Nashida said with a smile. "You've successfully uncovered the truth about the Flower God's Birthday Festival, and you've deduced it completely in one go. It's truly gratifying."
"Congratulations!" Yiya echoed in a baby voice, making everyone laugh.
"So...we've been dreaming all along."
Paimon floated in the air, his hands resting on his chin, his tone filled with helplessness and regret: "But if that's the case, why do I feel so tired every morning when I wake up?"
Ming Yuan stood aside and explained solemnly, "Although your body is resting, your spirit never stops—"
"As soon as one cycle of reincarnation ends, the next begins. The continuous flow of consciousness leaves no chance to breathe."
"If you keep doing this for a long time, you'll naturally feel tired."
He glanced at the patients still lying comatose in the ward. "Not to mention them... these patients with Demonic Scale have been struggling in their dreams for too long. Every reincarnation is a repeated burning of the soul, and the mental burden will gradually exceed the limit."
Lying on the hospital beds, although the fire of Nirvana has cleared away their pain, their furrowed brows and trembling fingertips still silently tell of their past suffering and trauma.
Seeing this, Arata Ichito clenched his fists fiercely, his rage burning in his chest. "Damn it! If I knew who set up this damn dream, I'd beat him to a pulp!"
Jiu Qi Shinobu calmly analyzed: "The people behind the scenes are undoubtedly the wise men of the royalist faction."
"In today's Xumi, apart from this little Auspicious Grass King before us, the only ones capable of causing such a large-scale incident are the sages who hold the core power of the Ordinance Council."
"But the problem is—ordinary dreams are independent and incommunicable. If we want to forcibly gather the consciousness of everyone in the city into a single dream, we must rely on some powerful medium."
"So, what is it that can connect to every Xumi citizen at the same time and penetrate deep into their consciousness?"
Ying suddenly raised her hand and took out the device with a faint green light from her ear - the Void Terminal.
Her eyes were cold and her voice was firm: "It is this."
"Almost everyone in Xumi City is wearing a Void Terminal, and the core of this system is the Void Network, which is powered by the Heart of God."
"As for a medium capable of invading everyone's dreams... what could be more suitable than this technological artifact, spread throughout the city and directly connected to consciousness?"