Chapter 1301: "New Life"

Through the Eyes of Mystery Prying, Bernadette saw that the interior of

the dark-red baldachin was empty---nothing was there. All she could see

were shadows that usually shrouded things in reality.

She was unable to prophesize anything from it. Having no choice but to

look away, she followed her intuition and made the Invisible Servant

walk towards the other end of the open area, which was also part of the

primitive forest filled with towering trees.

As the Invisible Servant couldn't be too far away from her, she silently

followed behind while wearing the Invisibility Hat. She unhurriedly

passed through the area where all the creatures on the island were

gathered.

Here, the sky seemed to be perpetually gloomy, one permeated by a faint

blackness.

Time passed quickly. The Invisible Servant entered the forest that

blotted out the sky with the tree branches and everything before it

suddenly dimmed.

Right on the heels of that, the nearly transparent, cold, and

undetectable Eyes of Mystery Prying saw through the dim environment.

There were pale-white corpses placed in between the trees. Skulls and

rotting corpses hung down from many branches.

They consisted of dragons, avian creatures, and some had eight legs,

while others were strange giant trees that occupied every empty spot in

the forest.

At a glance, Bernadette seemed to have arrived at a cemetery. A scene

naturally surfaced in her mind:

It was a scene of supernatural beings giving birth to their descendants

before they died, thus passing on their Beyonder characteristics to

them. And these creatures would struggle towards this region in the

primitive forest from every direction, in search of an unoccupied spot.

Then, facing a particular direction, they would silently die, gradually

rotting and being reduced to bones.

What's the meaning behind this? As a Clairvoyant, Bernadette

fully believed that the scenes produced in her mind were what had

happened in the real world. However, she was puzzled about the type of

power that made the creatures on this primitive island choose this area

as their tomb.

Furthermore, since Grimm, William, and Poli, who had died long ago,

appeared to remain alive in some form, it didn't make sense that

supernatural and mutated creatures that had stayed on this island all

this while and had suffered even more corruption would end up dying.

This made Bernadette frown slightly as she directed the Invisible

Servant to continue proceeding deeper into the creature cemetery.

Just like that, the Invisible Servant proceeded forward for nearly

fifteen minutes in this forest filled with bones and corpses.

Finally, it saw a fourth object beyond trees, weeds, and corpses.

It was a black stone pillar. It was very thick, with a width spanning

about six arm spans, and thirty to forty meters tall. Its surface was

covered with rings which were signs of weathering. It resembled a finger

wearing rings that didn't suit its size.

Bernadette made the Eyes of Mystery Prying observe the stone pillar for

several seconds, but she didn't discover anything mysterious about it.

It was as though it was a symbol that was casually erected.

The Invisible Servant looked around and discovered that the surrounding

corpses around the stone pillar didn't suffer from serious rot. They

were even covered in rather intact flesh and skin.

*There aren't any supernatural powers or magical effects that are

different from other places... Unless the new deceased were gathered

near the stone pillar, it's impossible for them to have such a unified

trend...* Bernadette suspected that it wasn't because there was

no mysterious influence in this matter, but that it would only happen at

a specific moment.

She didn't use her powers of prophecy to search for the reason. This was

because a prophecy, at its core, was to pry into the secrets of the

river of fate. The more serious the problem involved was, and the higher

her status and level, the more damage the backlash would bring to her.

And at this moment, it was impossible for Bernadette to not be cautious.

She was afraid that it might involve an unknown existence.

In addition, this hadn't caused any harm to her. She didn't have to take

the risk to make a "prophecy."

After searching for a while to no avail, the Invisible Servant continued

forward, attempting to pass through the cemetery and head to other

regions of the forest.

Just then, Bernadette heard a rustling sound.

It was the sound of a breeze passing through the vegetation, a tidal

wave in the void.

Ever since she landed on this strange island, this was Bernadette's

first time feeling the wind.

Subconsciously, she made the invisible servant look back at the black

stone pillar.

In the Eyes of Mystery Prying, the corpses around the stone pillar began

to rot and shed one by one. New flesh and blood grew out like they had

their own spirituality, and their skin slowly covered this harrowing

scene one inch at a time.

This change lasted for less than ten seconds before stopping. A small

number of the corpses no longer showed any signs of decay. It looked

like they had just died.

In the next second, a mutated curly-haired baboon and a wolf with eight

legs wobbled to their feet.

Their fur was slightly white and their skin was slightly dry, their eyes

dull and cold.

Then, the two originally deceased creatures each got their bearings and

left the cemetery from different spots.

Bernadette's gaze froze as she watched this. Her brows raised slightly

as she finally understood why the creatures on this island had struggled

to come to this area before dying and why they had to die here:

Here, death---an endpoint---didn't mean entering the state of eternal

slumber, but rather a new beginning!

Furthermore, this wasn't the "resurrection" of a zombie or skeleton that

a Spirit Guide was capable of. It was a "new life" with a certain will

and vitality.

*A distortion and disorder of the world's underlying rules? In addition,

it seems to contain some mystery from the Black Emperor's

resurrection... However, those who obtained new life aren't in a proper

state. They're even closer to zombies... Such revivals are very

problematic...* Klein, who was above the gray fog, also saw this

scene and had many guesses.

Of course, this was under the premise that the Emperor had fundamentally

left his last mausoleum here and exerted some form of influence here.

As he thought about it, Klein rejected this idea.

This was because, before the Emperor became an angel, this primitive

island had a similar situation. The dead Grimm was proof!

*Yes, the exact details that happened back then might not be the same as

what's happening now. Perhaps, compared to the past, it has already been

distorted and "disordered"...* Klein nodded gently, prepared to

bless and protect Bernadette at any time.

Bernadette also came up with a guess. She didn't allow the Invisible

Servant to stay in its spot to wait for a "new tide of life."

This was because she had foreseen a development:

After being repeatedly affected by the "new tide of life," the Invisible

Servant would oddly develop some sort of sentience and come "alive"!

In addition, it wasn't that the Invisible Servant hadn't done any

investigation prior to this, but it had ultimately failed to discover

anything special about the black stone pillar. Bernadette didn't believe

that it would gain anything new by remaining here.

In such a situation, it was better to establish a basic understanding of

the primitive island rather than alarming an unknown existence due to a

deeper study.

Many a time, there were problems that eluded one in the beginning, but

the answer might be nearer to the end.

This was thanks to the experience that Bernadette had accumulated over

all these years.

The corpses on the trees and branches gradually grew fewer as the

Invisible Servant moved forward. During this process, Bernadette

discovered another phenomenon:

In the "new tide of life," it wasn't certain that a corpse would be

revived. However, once they revived and left the empty area, the rest of

the corpses would be attracted like metal to magnets in the next five

minutes. They would stiffly move towards the center, filling up the

corresponding spots like they were in line for a bestowment.

*The law of Beyonder characteristics convergence? No, it doesn't seem

like it. The deceased have already passed down their

characteristics...* As Bernadette's thoughts wandered, she

suddenly thought of a question:

*It's impossible for the deceased to produce new Beyonder

characteristics after obtaining new life, but do they still possess

their powers in their previous lives?*

*Once I have a complete grasp of the situation on this island, I can

find a "resurrected" being to test it out...* Bernadette quickly

made a decision and followed the Invisible Servant's route forward.

She didn't use any Beyonder powers other than her Invisibility Hat. She

hoped that she wouldn't disturb the environment and miss out on any

details. Therefore, she didn't walk too fast. She took about fifteen

minutes to leave the cemetery.

The Invisible Servant had already entered the forest up ahead. It could

hear the occasional bird chirping and beast roars. The vibrant vitality

here was different from the other remaining regions.

Above the gray fog, Klein sighed.

*Thankfully, I'm now the owner of Sefirah Castle. Here, I have the

status of a King of Angels. I can observe reality for as long as I want

to, and I don't have to worry about draining my spirituality. Yes, the

only thing I need to pay attention to is my body that's hidden in the

ancient city located in the fog of history before the First

Epoch.*

After traveling for another few minutes, the Invisible Servant suddenly

saw something that appeared incongruous to the primitive island's

environment.

It was a log cabin that seemed to be a residence of a forest ranger.

The log cabin was brown in color and was less than 2.5 meters tall. It

looked like it was prepared for humans, but every detail was rough and

crude.

At that moment, the cabin's door was open, allowing Bernadette to see

the situation inside through the Eyes of Mystery Prying.

A wooden table, a fur-covered bed, and a low-back chair formed a scene

of a residence lived by humans.

Who lives here? With a thought from Bernadette, the Invisible

Servant rapidly approached the cabin in search for possible clues.

It then realized that the interior of the cabin was ice-cold. Apart from

the furniture, there was nothing else. It seemed like no one had lived

there for a very long time.

Just as Bernadette was using the Eyes of Mystery Prying to carefully

inspect every detail in the cabin, she suddenly had a premonition. She

hurriedly made the Invisible Servant turn around.

At some point in time, a person had appeared behind the Invisible

Servant!

He was wearing luxurious clothes from the Roselle era. His hair was

completely white, and he looked old. He had a pair of light blue eyes

that were extremely cold and blank.

Edwards.

This was the knight who had outlived the Emperor, Vice Admiral Iceberg

Edwina's ancestor.

Edwards stared at the Invisible Servant for a few seconds. Suddenly, he

opened his mouth and said in a low voice, our Highness."