Picking Up Attributes From Today c1-406

by Panda Reunion, 团圆小熊猫

  “What was that just now?”

  It was at this moment that a leisurely, unhurried voice suddenly rang out by his ear.

  “Mo—”

  Dowa Caesar was about to answer out of habit when he suddenly realized something amiss. He hastily raised his head to see that someone had appeared in front of him.

  He had black hair and black eyes and was as handsome and attractive as a celestial being. Dowa Caesar swore he had never seen such a good-looking human before. He was so dazzled by his beauty that he became dazed for a moment there.

  “Where did that fellow from just now go?”

  The newcomer was none other than Meng Lei, who raised the question again.

  “W-who are you?”

  Dowa Caesar snapped back to reality in shock and stared at Meng Lei in fear and horror.

  “You don’t need to know who I am,” Meng Lei said dispassionately. “You need only to tell me where that fellow who was with you just now has gone.”

  “W-what are you talking about? I don’t understand what you’re saying!” stammered Dowa Caesar with a face full of fear.

  “Hah! It’s fine even if you don’t tell me.”

  A soft chuckle escaped Meng Lei as he shook his head. Then, he reached out his right hand, pointed lightly at Dowa Caesar, and slowly uttered, “Time Replay!”

  Buzz!

  Time-based laws of nature instantly enveloped Dowa Caesar. The time around him slowly came to a halt and started to turn back. It went back 0.1 seconds ago, one second ago...

  “W-what are you talking about? I don’t understand what you’re saying!”

  “W-who are you?”

  “Moro! Moro!”

  “Aren’t you supposed to be invincible, Moro? Can you stop that Chief God? Help me out here and stop him!”

  “What kind of treasure is there that a supreme and lofty Chief God like him can’t get his hands on? Why did he steal the other deities’ belongings instead?”

  The time around Dowa Caesar went back to a dozen or so seconds ago, but oddly enough, Moro, who had been talking to him just now, didn’t show up at all from start to finish. It seemed like Moro was completely unaffected by Time Replay.

  However, Dowa Caesar’s speech had completely sold it out.

  “His name is Moro?”

  As Meng Lei stopped Time Replay, he looked at Dowa Caesar and remarked with a smile, “To think he’s actually unaffected by time-based laws of nature. His abilities have exceeded my expectations.”

  “What did you do to me?”

  Dowa Caesar was incredibly fearful.

  “You’re too noisy!”

  Meng Lei gave a casual wave of his arm, and Dowa Caesar’s eyes rolled up into his head, and he passed out completely. It was best that he went to sleep at a time like this anyway. Perhaps he might still be able to keep his life this way.

  “What? Aren’t you coming out?” A smiling Meng Lei then added, “To act so sneakily and secretive despite being a great Chief God, aren’t you just degrading yourself?”

  “I only came out for a breather, yet you’ve discovered me right away. You sure have a sharp nose!”

  A cloud of black fog arose from Dowa Caesar and manifested into a human. He was bald and had an ordinary human’s appearance, except for an extra eye in between his brows.

  “A Death God?”

  Meng Lei couldn’t help but be somewhat taken aback as he stared at the vertical eye in between the other party’s brows.

  “I’m no Death God. Don’t you dare lump me together with those low-end undeads with impure bloodlines!” Moro retorted icily.

  “Your name is Moro?” asked Meng Lei.

  “That’s right,” replied Moro dispassionately.

  “Who exactly are you?”

  A puzzled Meng Lei asked, “Despite being just a divine spirit, your divine spirit is as strong as a lesser Chief God’s. Your combat prowess can be ranked among the top even in the vast universe, so why would you be in a place like this?”

  “Why should I tell you?” scoffed Moro, who was completely unafraid of Meng Lei.

  “Sir, for your own safety, I think you should tell me everything you know instead.” Meng Lei gave him a calm smile and added, “That’s if you’re wise enough, of course.”

  “You can’t kill me.” Moro shook his head and said, “Although I’m just a remnant of my soul, this remnant soul has already gone through the Great Reincarnation And Destruction Process’ purification. Nobody can kill me even in this whole world!”

  The Great Reincarnation And Destruction Process!

  Meng Lei quietly took note of the term. Then, he remarked, “I’d initially thought that you were just an ordinary Chief God’s remnant soul, but little did I think that you actually also harbor other secrets on you.”

  He had really only been looting Divinity Crystals just now, but little did he expect that he would detect a Chief God’s aura when he unintentionally cast a glance in this direction. He then discovered this place when he followed after the aura and teleported over.

  At the sight of Moro, Meng Lei suddenly realized that it was highly likely that he was about to strike gold!

  “I certainly have a lot of secrets, but what has it anything to do with you?” scoffed Moro.

  “I can’t be bothered to say any more meaningless crap.” Meng Lei said dispassionately, “Tell me everything you know, and I’ll consider letting you off.”

  “Are you revealing your true intentions so quickly? I had thought that you would take a more indirect approach and only show your true colors after you’ve received more information from me.”

  Moro shook his head and chuckled. “What an anxious little fellow. Speaking of which, are all the little fellows from this era of yours this impatient?”

  “Come clean, Mr. Moro.” A smiling Meng Lei said, “Tell me everything about yourself!”

  “Why should I tell you?” Moro stared at Meng Lei as though he were staring at a mentally disabled person. He said, “There’s no way you can kill me, so don’t bother threatening me with my life. It won’t work.”

  “I can’t kill you?” Meng Lei shook his head. “How would we know for sure if we don’t give it a try?”

  “Give it a go, then!”

  Moro uttered an “oh”.

  “Grim Reaper’s Eye!”

  Meng Lei opened the vertical eye in between his brows.

  Whoosh!

  A tricolored divine light burst forth from his Grim Reaper’s Eye and instantly fell onto Moro. A terrifying devouring force swept out of the eye and furiously tried to devour Moro’s remnant soul.

  Then, an amazing sight happened...

  Chapter 376: The Previous Era, Genesis Laws of Nature

  Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

  Upon activation, the Grim Reaper’s Eye started to furiously devour Moro’s remnant soul. Something amazing then occurred at this point.

  The ever-victorious Grim Reaper’s Eye had actually run into a wall! No matter how it tried, it simply couldn’t do anything about the remnant soul standing in front of it!

  This shocked Meng Lei!

  His divine spirit was already comparable to a lesser Chief God’s, and his Grim Reaper’s Eye had already been enhanced to an ultimate-grade special ability.

  Moreover, the Grim Reaper bloodline in his body had also been enhanced to become the Grim Reaper King bloodline.

  There were few in the vast universe under such circumstances who could resist the Grim Reaper’s Eye’s devouring power, let alone a mere remnant soul.

  And yet, this guy currently standing in front of him had somehow managed to!

  “Who exactly are you?” Meng Lei narrowed his eyes and asked seriously.

  “I told you, you can’t kill me.” Moro shook his head and chuckled. “Stop those pointless actions of yours. In any case, it’s nothing but just futile efforts.”

  “Futile efforts? Aren’t you being overconfident here?”

  Meng Lei s
norted lightly and ordered, “System, plunder that guy’s memories. I want to know who he is!”

  “Ding! Target Item: Moro’s memories. Plunder Target: Moro’s remnant soul. Plundering cost is estimated at 100 trillion Divinity Crystals.”

  The system asked coldly, “Will you plunder it?”

  “100 trillion Divinity Crystals?”

  Meng Lei almost broke into expletives.

  I’ve only managed to gather 100-odd trillion Divinity Crystals after going through so much trouble and pain, yet now I have to pay 100 trillion Divinity Crystals just to plunder a remnant soul’s memories? Is there any justice in this world?

  “System, what exactly is that guy? Why does it cost so much to plunder his memories?” asked a puzzled Meng Lei.

  However, the system didn’t even make a peep in response.

  “...”

  Meng Lei was rendered speechless at once.

  “Leave, young Ancient God.” Moro spoke again. “You can’t kill me, but neither can I do anything about you. Besides, there are no feuds between the two of us. There’s no need for us to fight to the death.”

  “I certainly can’t kill you.” Meng Lei was awfully displeased. “But it doesn’t mean that I can’t do anything about you!”

  “Oh?”

  Moro raised an eyebrow.

  “Mysterious Ice of The Depths!”

  Meng Lei uttered five words. At once, a tricolored icy current shot out of his fingers and enveloped Moro before freezing him into a large ice lump.

  “Even if I can’t kill you, do you think I can’t trap you?”

  Meng Lei let out a cold snort. As he watched Moro’s remnant soul that had been sealed within the Mysterious Ice of The Depths, he said, “Since I’ve already discovered your existence, then you can forget abou—”

  Before Meng Lei could even finish, Moro, who had been sealed in ice, suddenly transformed into a cloud of black smoke, darted out of the tricolored ice lump, and reappeared in front of Meng Lei.

  “Mysterious Ice of The Depths! Tsk, to think you can use the Frost Gods’ Innate Special Ability. How unexpected!”

  Moro watched Meng Lei with a big smile, clicking his tongue in wonder as he remarked, “What a mysterious little fellow! I’ve suddenly taken a huge interest in you!”

  “...”

  Meng Lei took a deep breath and launched another of his special abilities. “Netherworld Divine Fire!”

  A tricolored burst of flames burst forth and manifested into a fireball that trapped Moro within. Before long, Moro darted out of it again, however.

  “First Grim Reaper’s Eye, then Mysterious Ice of The Depths, and now Netherworld Divine Fire!”

  The way Moro was watching Meng Lei had changed. He said, “If my senses aren’t deceiving me, you also own three great origin divine bodies—a metal-origin divine body, a wood-origin divine body, and a thunder-origin divine body—at the same time. What kind of mutant are you, exactly? Why do you have so many abilities all gathered in one place?”

  “You’re the mutant! Your entire family are mutants!”

  Meng Lei was going rather crazy. He said, “Grim Reaper’s Eye is useless on you, and neither do you fear Mysterious Ice of The Depths or Netherworld Divine Fire. I want to know who you are exactly?”

  “I told you,” Moro replied leisurely, “My divine spirit has already gone through the Great Reincarnation And Destruction Process’ purification and has become immortal and indestructible. Your ways are ineffective on me!”

  “What’s effective on you, then?” asked a vexed Meng Lei.

  “Genesis laws of nature.” Moro shook his head and said, “In this whole wide world, only genesis laws of nature, which are equipped with the power to create a world, can destroy my remnant soul and thoroughly kill me.”

  “Genesis laws of nature?”

  Meng Lei was stunned. “What are genesis laws of nature?”

  “They are primordial laws of nature that create the universe. There are three types in total—space-time laws of nature that dominate the top, bottom, and all four other directions and the flow of time from the past to the present; destiny laws of nature that controls the birth, existence, and death of all things in the world; and order laws of nature that maintains the universe’s balance.”

  Moro said dispassionately, “These three great genesis laws of nature come together to form the whole universe and are also the basis and foundation of the vast universe. Only genesis laws of nature can erase my immortal divine spirit.”

  “Genesis laws of nature...” Meng Lei murmured under his breath.

  “Little fellow, because you’ve already comprehended time-based laws of nature, there’s certainly a chance that you may also comprehend space-time laws of nature. Of course, it’s just a very tiny little chance.”

  Moro went on and said, “Space-time laws of nature include two different parts—time-based laws of nature and spatial laws of nature. When you’ve 100% comprehended these two supreme laws of nature and merged them into one, you’ll be able to comprehend space-time laws of nature.

  “As for now...”

  Moro shook his head and said, “You’d better just concentrate on properly comprehending time-based laws of nature instead. Your level of comprehension with regard to time-based laws of nature is simply too poor!”

  “Is it that terrible? You must understand that I’m the one and only person to have comprehended time-based laws of nature in this whole wide world!” retorted a somewhat displeased Meng Lei.

  “Is that so? In that case, lifeforms from your era sure are inferior!”

  Moro chuckled and said, “The current era looks like it’s already almost half-gone, yet it has only just birthed someone that can comprehend time-based laws of nature? How lousy! Lousy, indeed!”

  “You’ve been mentioning the word ‘era’. What exactly is an ‘era’?” asked a frowning Meng Lei.

  “Trees go through summer and winter, and people go through aging, weakening, and death.”

  Moro said dispassionately, “There’s an end to the lives of all things in this world, and the universe itself is no exception.

  “Every certain period, the universe will die out and be reborn—this is reincarnation. Every reincarnation cycle is an era.”

  “You’re someone from the previous era?!”

  A jolt went through Meng Lei, and he couldn’t help but let out an exclamation.

  “That’s right.”

  Moro gave him a dispassionate smile and said, “Thus, you’re no different from a little fellow in my eyes—or rather, all the living things in your era are little fellows to me.”

  “So you’re that kind of old fart!”

  Meng Lei clicked his tongue in wonder. Then, he suddenly looked Moro up and down and wondered aloud curiously, “Given how your remnant soul alone is already this powerful, how strong were you during your prime?”

  “Hah, that’s a secret!”

  The corners of Moro’s lips quirked upward.

  Pooh!

  Meng Lei curled his lip disdainfully and said, “I’ll rephrase this, then—what class of lifeform must one be in order to survive the Great Reincarnation And Destruction Process like you?”

  “What a quick-witted little fellow!”

  Moro shook his head and smiled as he replied, “The Great Reincarnation And Destruction Process is the end of the whole universe. Even the high-end existential planes that you think are eternal and immortal will also be destroyed, and all lives in the universe have to die.

  “That’s what a real disaster is.”

  Moro’s voice became low and deep as he said, “Watching helplessly as existential planes crumble, dissipate, and turn into energy torrents; watching masses of lifeforms die out in an instant; watching lifeforms at the pinnacle of the power pyramid fleeing in a panic before ultimately being utterly destroyed amid their despair... These are enough to make one break down!”

  Meng Lei felt his throat going dry and parched from Moro’s words. H
e asked, “So, what class of lifeform must one be in order to survive the Great Reincarnation And Destruction Process and become immortal like you?”

  “Immortal?”

  Moro said mockingly, “Can this even be considered ‘immortality’? It’s just dragging out an ignoble existence at best!”

  Meng Lei listened quietly and waited for his follow-up.

  “As of now, I’ve not seen any lifeform that can truly safely survive the Great Reincarnation And Destruction Process. Perhaps only the legendary Primordial World Genesis Gods are able to,” said Moro sorrowfully.

  “The Primordial World Genesis Gods?” Meng Lei quickly asked, “What class are these lifeforms?”

  Chapter 377: Immortal Essence, Power of Genesis

  Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

  The conversation with Moro had a great impact on Meng Lei. Once upon a time, he had always thought that becoming a god would mean immortality.

  However, even existences far above like a Chief God would only live till the end of an era. Once the reincarnation cycle ended, and the Great Reincarnation And Destruction Process restarted, even a Chief God would be finished.

  Immortality?

  Eternal life?

  It’s all a joke!

  “Divinity Crystals! I need more Divinity Crystals!” Meng Lei clenched his fists. “Only with enough Divinity Crystals can I comprehend the supreme laws of nature or even the Genesis laws of nature. Only then I might be able to survive the destruction of the universe.”

  Divinity Crystals!

  Meng Lei let out a long breath as he looked at Moro again. “What are your plans? Are you going to follow this guy all the way?”

  Meng Lei glanced at the unconscious Dowa Caesar with some disagreement.

  “Why? You want to take me away?”

  Moro raised an eyebrow with a ghost of a smile.

  “You won’t have a future following him.”

  Meng Lei shook his head lightly.

  “Future? I’m only barely alive. What future can I have?” Moro gave a self-mocking smile. “If I knew then that I’d turn out like this, I would rather be buried with the last era!”