158: Chapter 158 Parallel Trajectories of Past and Present 158: Chapter 158 Parallel Trajectories of Past and Present The blood-colored Manjusaka in her right eye quietly bloomed.
Past, present, future, all in one, Moha Jiedi, the Bodhisattva who Guides the Dead.
Two seemingly identical, yet subtly different scenes appeared in Li Mumu’s eyes at the same time.
In her right eye, the Guiding Bodhisattva’s true name was only half written when it stopped, then her other right hand covered it and helped her complete the entire true name.
This was a scene that had happened in the past.
She felt as if she had returned to that point in time, but she could only observe and could not interfere with the past.
The conscious Li Mumu clearly felt that gaze from beneath the Nine Serenities Netherworld at that moment, but at that time, she herself had already fallen into a state of mental confusion.
Her consciousness fell into a deep sleep, and the Nightmare, once killed by her and then merged into one with her, awakened from within her body and took control.
She still thought she was the real person, unaware that in the process of her awakening, she had already been contaminated by the Outer Dimension.
Li Mumu on the Cosmos had died; what awakened was the Nightmare on the Olympus.
The identity reminders that kept refreshing in her mind were actually a kind of warning.
Whether it was the Nightmare or the Elemental Body, in their perception, they all regarded themselves as Li Mumu herself.
Of course, that includes myself, the transmigrator from the future.
What’s so desirable about this body?
You fight for it; I fight for it…
Li Mumu couldn’t help but laugh and cry at the same time.
She can finally understand how her mother, Li Ya, used to view her.
The rules of this world are too complicated.
Even the same person can have a wrong understanding of themselves due to the influence of different dimensions.
So, would you rather believe that I’m Ultraman from the M78 nebula, and lend me fifty bucks for a cab ride home…
or would you rather believe I’m mentally ill?
Li Mumu was also somewhat unclear now, whether all of this truly existed or was just a delusion produced in the late stage of mental illness.
She stood up, the Red String fell from her fingertips, quietly spreading out like Manjusaka, curling towards the surrounding bodies that had not yet fully expired.
“I saw a Bloodthirsty Hound on the ship; that thing has the sharpest nose.
You’d better be clear-headed!”
It was Wendy’s voice.
She was right beside her, but at this moment, Li Mumu had already fallen into a state of madness, unable to hear her voice or see where she was.
She thought she saw the information about the “Bloodthirsty Hound” on the laptop, but that was actually Wendy speaking into her ear.
“We need to find a safe place to hide and then figure out how to get back to the Real World, to find your mom, or… does that god you pray to actually help?”
Li Mumu had no choice but to stand up and fumble forward in the dark.
Her right eye looked at the past, her left eye looked at the present.
If she did not move, the perspective would not change.
To put it simply, she could not move the story forward.
A Red String connected her to those soulless bodies, and with just a thought, she could control the actions of those bodies.
Guiding lost souls, judging sins.
This was the power bestowed upon her by the Guiding Bodhisattva.
Although her eyes could see nothing in the darkness, with the help of these bodies connected to her, Li Mumu could still easily sense the approximate size and shape of the space.
This was a passage…
She walked slowly, one eye looking back at the past while Wendy’s nagging voice echoed in her ears.
“Do you even understand what I’m saying…”
“You can’t eat this…”
“Wait, I’ve got an idea…”
Li Mumu felt weakness coming from the other end of the Red String.
She didn’t know how many hours she had groped in this dark tunnel, but up until now, all she had touched were the icy walls, without finding anything that looked like an exit.
The different perspectives in her two eyes brought a heavy burden to her brain, which felt groggy, and she didn’t know how much longer she could maintain this state of clarity.
Her condition was already precarious, and those shells inhabited by Elemental Bodies were faring even worse.
One after another, the shells collapsed weakly onto the ground.
They hadn’t eaten in a long time; the monsters hiding in their bodies had never considered the physiological needs of the shells.
The past Li Mumu had also struggled through the maze, but this time, she finally saw Wendy’s figure.
“You can see me now, right?”
Wendy, draped in her cloak, finally held Li Mumu’s hand, her face revealing a long-lost smile.
This time, Li Mumu saw clearly the face hidden under the cloak.
Her face looked as if it had been shattered, covered with dense cracks, from which sprouted countless fine, fuzz-like granulations.
Wendy Freud had fallen.
If communication with dear friends was impossible in this dimension, then one must plunge into a deeper dimension.
Li Mumu finally saw Wendy, and Wendy at last saw the remaining rationality through her right eye.
“Hey—!”
The two spoke in unison.
Li Mumu thought Wendy couldn’t possibly hear her, yet Wendy’s face revealed a look of surprise.
“Here’s the situation, I’ll keep it short and to the point!”
Wendy looked at Li Mumu’s right eye and said rapidly, “We’ve run into big trouble this time.
They hid a ship in the shadow of the Cosmos, the Olympus, loaded with a full ship of stowaways.
There’s something wrong with the tickets of the Cosmos; each one corresponds to a host in the Real World and a resident in the shadow.
As soon as the night comes when the moon completely disappears, they will descend into the Real World and unite with their hosts…
At least, from the clues I’ve gathered so far, it seems to be the case.”
Unable to resist, Li Mumu asked, “What’s the deal with me?
And what’s happening to you?”
“Your problem is serious, Mumu,” Wendy said with a worried tone.
“We never should have done the Spirit Possession Ceremony before you left.
Your body was like it already had two personalities, and now a foreigner has come—an Elemental Body from Olympus.
To increase the chances of merging with the host, they keep hypnotizing themselves into believing that they are the host themselves.”
“First, we accidentally triggered the ‘replace’ keyword and invaded the dimension of the Olympus.”
“We are the invaders, and you have invaded that Elemental Body!”
“Have you ever heard of Counter Magic?”
“It’s when a wizard is casting a Spell, and if you can recite the Spell backwards, you can bounce the magic back at them.”
“The good news is, due to this and that coincidence, you’ve met all the conditions for Counter Magic and have successfully reversed the Spell.
Now, you’ve become the monster invading the Olympus.”
“The bad news is…
I don’t know how to get you back.”