Yama Reborn-Chapter 617 - 614: "I Can’t Win

At this moment, in Chen Nuo's "eyes," the world seemed completely different.

With just a thought, a flicker of his mind, he didn't even need to deliberately activate any spiritual power.

It was completely instinctual: I open my eyes, and I can see.

Such a simple, innate ability.

And in Chen Nuo's [eyes], he could clearly see the entire underground cave.

The stone ceiling, the edges of the cave walls, the dense vegetation in the jungle.

Even the insects and beasts hiding under every bush.

Every vine filled with hostility, every bizarre plant.

Beneath the central lake, that immense and magnificent life force... filled with intense hostility...

Each gentle ripple of the lake, like breathing, every pattern visible to him clearly.

In the forest, every gust of air, every slight movement of the leaves, he saw it all clearly!

That feeling of everything being in his grasp.

As long as he willed it, he could deliberately [Insight] everything, down to the smallest detail!

He even felt a strange impulse.

As long as he willed it, at any moment!

He could transcend his current physical body!

Without needing this body, his will could continue to live, continue to exist!

He looked at everything around him.

A flicker in his heart...

In a flash, he was standing beside the already dead Big Snake.

The snake's remains were right before his eyes.

Chen Nuo pondered for a moment.

He waved gently at the Big Snake.

Suddenly, countless dispersed life element forces abruptly gathered and rushed into the Big Snake's body.

The Big Snake's previously torn abdomen healed rapidly to the naked eye, the scorched body, new flesh and blood regrew, and finally, the scales...

And the broken snake fang in the Big Snake's mouth regrew.

Chen Nuo approached, reached out, and plucked out the snake fang lodged in the Big Snake's jaw, casually discarding it.

At this moment, the Big Snake before him had fully recovered, whole!

"I can grant and take away...

Then, let's try something else..."

He thought for a moment...

Suddenly, reached out and grabbed the air!

In Chen Nuo's eyes, a strange power flowed along his hand and locked onto the Big Snake before him.

As if a strange line had appeared.

Chen Nuo looked at the line, slightly lost in thought, but then suddenly smiled lightly, reached out, and gave the line a gentle tug...

With just that tug.

The Big Snake suddenly twisted, then whoosh, came back to life!

The snake's eyes opened, its massive head rose again.

Those eyes, full of cold killing intent, stared at Chen Nuo, suddenly showing a hint of fear!

Chen Nuo smiled faintly: "Don't misunderstand, I didn't intend to resurrect you, just testing my new ability. I only rolled back your life time by ten seconds, now... you still have to die."

The Big Snake finally fell again, its massive body dropping to the ground, then stopped breathing.

Chen Nuo squinted his eyes, then sighed.

"Time... so this is how... it's used."

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Beside him, Nolan was completely dumbfounded!

He looked with wide eyes as Chen Nuo emerged from the water, walked to the Big Snake... this guy's figure had even slimmed down!

From the plump and bloated man of recent days, he had returned to the slim and tall young man of the past.

Then, standing beside the Big Snake's corpse, waving his hands, the corpse healed as good as new?

Then, another wave, and the recently lifeless, dead as can be Big Snake, was revived?

Then afterwards, the Big Snake died again?

Seriously?!

This back and forth of dying and reviving, what are you trying to do?!

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Rustling in the woods, the Son of the Sun burst out with a gust of wind, then ran towards Chen Nuo, suddenly stopping abruptly.

"Motherfucker! Chen Nuo?! You, how..."

Chen Nuo turned, frowned at the Son of the Sun, shaking his head: "I... I've slimmed down again."

"...", the old man paused, then shook his head: "Fuck! I wasn't talking about whether you've slimmed down! I mean, why the hell are you running around naked?!"

Chen Nuo: "......"

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Alright, the clothes were indeed gone.

After being corroded, and washed in the lake, even the fragments had fallen off.

At this moment, Chen Nuo was indeed standing stark naked before everyone.

Chen Nuo looked at the clothes on the Son of the Sun.

The old man immediately became wary: "My clothes are all burnt into rags! Don't even think about it!"

Chen Nuo turned his head to look at Nolan, then glanced at...

The Wizard.

Alright, the Wizard had already fainted.

Chen Nuo walked over to the Wizard's side, Nolan swallowed hard: "You're not trying to strip the Wizard, are you?"

Chen Nuo glanced at Nolan, but shook his head, simply reaching out to press down on the Wizard's head.

He could clearly "see" in the Wizard's consciousness space, countless chaotic negative emotions twisting everywhere.

Chen Nuo thought for a moment, there was still a bit of the "Invincible" BUFF remaining in his body.

Originally, he had no way to handle this thing, but now, it seemed like this strange power that he couldn't understand before, was something he could manipulate at will.

Chen Nuo thought about it, cut off a bit of the BUFF, then quickly transformed it into that buffer zone, an eggshell, which had appeared during his body's mutation process earlier, and cast it into the Wizard's body...

With just a thought, in the Wizard's consciousness space, those raging negative emotions were completely decomposed and absorbed, and then expelled out.

And in the Wizard's body, that little bit of BUFF was also completely consumed and disappeared.

Chen Nuo's heart moved, and he set up a layer of restriction in the Wizard's consciousness.

"It's best if he doesn't wake up, although I can make him regain consciousness, in this place, if he wakes up, his consciousness will still be disturbed, so... let him stay unconscious for now."

Chen Nuo turned his head to look at the Son of the Sun: "Where's my wife?"

The Son of the Sun pointed to the forest: "In the forest! Your wife went crazy, almost killed me, in the chaos, I fought back, hit her and she flew away, that's how I escaped, and I find it strange!

My strength seems to have suddenly...

Hey? Kid! Where are you going?"

Before the Son of the Sun finished speaking, Chen Nuo had already turned and quickly walked into the forest.

A moment later, a rumbling sound came from the forest!

Then, blue electric light flashed, its dazzling intensity almost preventing everyone from looking directly at it.

Then, the light extinguished...

A moment later, Chen Nuo slowly walked out of the forest, holding the unconscious Lu Xixi in his arms.

His last bit of BUFF had already been placed into Lu Xixi's body.

Just now he had only given the Wizard a tiny portion of the BUFF.

But now, facing his own wife, Chen Nuo didn't hesitate at all, he transferred all the remaining BUFF in his body into Lu Xixi's body.

Watching the BUFF begin to repel and decompose Lu Xixi's body's injuries, and the negative presences in her spiritual consciousness field.

And a little residue remained, still lingering in Lu Xixi's body, helping her continue to resist external harm.

That included the omnipresent mental interference.

Suddenly, Lu Xixi began to breathe rapidly, then opened her eyes.

She looked up, and saw the slightly dazed face of Chen Nuo, her eyes widening with surprise, then showing delight.

"Hubby?"

"Mm."

"You've lost weight?"

"Mm."

"You weren't killed by me! That's great!"

"...Mm."

Chen Nuo sighed.

Just let her hit me.

Anyway... it's not like I've never been hit before. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

However, now that I've undergone this strange mutation, in the future...

Maybe I won't get hit anymore.

Even if she wants to beat me, she won't be able to!

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Everyone gathered around again, only those ability users a bit further away, still seemed caught in terror, none dared to approach.

Chen Nuo and others couldn't bother with those guys for now.

Chen Nuo searched the camp for a while...

Unfortunately, there was nothing suitable to change into.

After all, when everyone came down, no one brought clothes.

Lu Xixi took off her coat with a smile and tied it around Chen Nuo's waist, as a makeshift arrangement.

"We were outsmarted by the Octopus Monster, this guy's plan is more complex than we anticipated."

Chen Nuo said calmly: "And, during that chaos just now, he didn't show up!"

The Son of the Sun angrily said: "This guy... almost got all of us killed just now! And... he didn't even act himself!"

Chen Nuo nodded: "So, he's probably been hiding somewhere enjoying the show."

As he spoke, Chen Nuo suddenly turned around, smiling lightly in a certain direction in the trees: "I'm right, aren't I, Octopus Monster! Watching the show is fun, isn't it?"

From the trees came a voice.

Although not loud, it clearly fell into the ears of Chen Nuo and the others.

The Octopus Monster chuckled softly: "Indeed, quite a show.

But Chen Nuo, you messed up my plan!"

As the voice fell, Kamisou Ichiro emerged slowly from the forest, hands clasped behind his back.

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Kamisou Ichiro squinted as he walked up to Chen Nuo and the others, his gaze swept over Chen Nuo, seemingly shaking his head.

He lightly drew with his finger, and a spatial rift appeared beside him.

Kamisou Ichiro reached into the spatial rift, then grabbed a set of clothes, tossing them to Chen Nuo.

"Put these on, Mr. Chen Nuo, such an image is a bit unbecoming."

Chen Nuo's eyes lit up: "Spatial storage ability, huh? The Seed's spatial ability is indeed powerful."

He smiled and quickly put on the clothes he held.

The clothes Kamisou Ichiro provided were a brand new set, including a shirt, a suit, and pants.

But unfortunately... there was no underwear.

So after putting on the clothes, Chen Nuo could only go commando.

But wearing clothes at least gave him some sense of security, less embarrassing.

Chen Nuo glanced at Kamisou Ichiro, smiled, turned, and walked to the Big Snake's corpse.

He squinted for a moment, then suddenly reached out and sliced.

A space rift also appeared in the air!

Then, with a wave of his hand, Chen Nuo tossed the hundred-fifty-meter-long Big Snake into the space rift.

Kamisou Ichiro squinted his eyes: "You've learned quickly, Chen Nuo... and clearly, your power has increased significantly.

You've slimmed back down, so... did something strange happen just now?"

Chen Nuo walked over, stood beside Lu Xixi, and stared intently at Kamisou Ichiro: "What I'm more curious about is when you said earlier that I disrupted your plan... what exactly did you mean by that?

Is your plan to lure us Controllers here,

and then have us kill each other until we're all dead?

I don't understand.

If you wanted us dead, you wouldn't have needed to make it so complicated.

You could single-handedly kill us all. Even Lu Xixi is not your match."

Kamisou Ichiro frowned, looking at Chen Nuo, then glanced at Lu Xixi, and finally at the Son of the Sun.

He seemed to smile, staring at the Son of the Sun: "Your power has also increased, very strange..."

Then, the Octopus Monster laughed: "Anyway, the plan has already failed, whether you know or not doesn't matter, telling you won't change anything.

Want to know? Then let's talk."

Saying this, the Octopus Monster no longer paid attention to the others and slowly walked to the lakeside.

Standing by the lake, the Octopus Monster turned his back to the crowd, facing the water.

Chen Nuo thought for a moment, waved the others off, and walked over by himself, standing beside the Octopus Monster.

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"You never really knew what I intended to do with the Mother Clone. Your previous guess was wrong."

The Octopus Monster slowly smiled.

Chen Nuo frowned.

The Octopus Monster shook his head: "According to your logic and assumptions, you believed I wanted to find the Mother Clone and then learn from the Seed's method, devour this Mother Clone, and absorb this Nutrient Pack to enhance myself and become more powerful.

That way, I would have the strength to counter the Seed, isn't that right?"

Chen Nuo frowned: "Isn't that the case?"

"That's why you were all tricked, because all your projections were based on the premise that I intended to devour the Mother Clone.

You thought I needed to use you as cannon fodder, failing to consider other possibilities, leading to almost being entirely outsmarted by me here."

With that, Kamisou Ichiro surprisingly took out a box of cigarettes, lighting one up for himself, then handed one to Chen Nuo.

Chen Nuo glanced at the exquisite metal cigarette case in Kamisou Ichiro's hand, smiled, picked one, flicked a flame from his fingertips, lit it, and took a deep drag.

Blue smoke inhaled and exhaled.

"If I told you... I have no intention to devour the Mother Clone, I only want to awaken it.

Would you find that shocking?"

The Octopus Monster turned to look at Chen Nuo, saying this with a smile.

Chen Nuo raised his eyebrows: "As it turns out, I really didn't consider that."

The Octopus Monster shrugged: "There is one thing from start to finish that you didn't understand — including that cat!"

Chen Nuo was taken aback.

Gray Cat?

So, the Octopus Monster knew the Gray Cat was here?!

This guy...

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The Octopus Monster looked at Chen Nuo, frowning: "Your power has increased tremendously... now when I look at you, there's a faint sense of threat.

The intensity of this threat surpasses the Star Sky Empress.

Chen Nuo, your power has evolved enough to pose a threat to me...

Perhaps you have reached my realm, or at least approached it.

So you should understand... the subtlety of Insight.

Whatever I wish to know, I can know!

I don't even need to release spiritual power to peek.

With a mere whim, I can hear it, I can see it...

So, you can't hide from me."

Chen Nuo remained silent.

Just now, he had experienced that taste of seeing everything!

Just as the Octopus Monster said.

He didn't need to release Spiritual Force Tentacles to peek — for spiritual power experts, such peeking is perceptible.

But... just now, with merely a thought, he opened his eyes to see, perked his ears to listen.

Then whatever he wanted to know, he could know!

Invisible!

Completely, insight without a trace!

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"Don't misunderstand, I actually don't care about your little plots.

The arrival of the Gray Cat, for me, might not be a bad thing, but rather a good thing."

Kamisou Ichiro took another drag on his cigarette.

This guy's smoking posture was surprisingly elegant — unlike that of an old chain smoker, greedily inhaling, but instead lightly drawing in a bit, slightly savoring it, then gently exhaling.

Kamisou Ichiro said casually: "I only want to awaken the Mother Clone.

And the reason you judged wrongly before is because there's a logic you didn't understand, even that Gray Cat didn't understand, which misled you."

Chen Nuo frowned: "What logic?"

"The relationship between the Nutrient Pack, Experience Pack, and the Seed."

Saying this, Kamisou Ichiro lightly flicked the ash from his cigarette.

At that moment, he was actually smiling.

Chen Nuo looked into the Octopus Monster's eyes; there truly was a hint of amusement in his gaze.

Kamisou Ichiro softly said, "The Mother came to Earth to seek refuge. After its arrival, the Mother fell into slumber, creating a batch of Seeds."

"It bestowed upon the Seeds a mission: to find the Mother and awaken it."

"At the same time, its existence transformed into a Mother Clone, manifesting in this world so that the Seeds could find it."

"Manifestation is necessary, because the Mother is a Spiritual Life Form, so it must manifest a clone."

"Each of you has always been curious about where the Mother is."

"I guess you have even thought that the Mother might exist deep underground, very deep indeed."

"Or perhaps, within the core of this planet..."

"In truth, you are all wrong."

"As a higher life form, the Mother does not have a specific existence."

"A higher life form has long since fused with this planet."

"Fused with the mountains, rivers, flora, fauna, plants, and organisms..."

"It has merely fused with the consciousness of this planet."

"The Mother Clone is like its extended tentacles."

"Every Seed has the innate mission to find these tentacles."

"These tentacles must transform into a tangible presence that can be seen, found, and touched."

"And your previous speculations, that these Mother Clones are nutrient packs and experience packs left for the Seeds."

"Letting the Seeds compete, evolve, and on the path of evolution, finding these nutrient packs to become stronger..."

"This speculation, this explanation, how should I say... "

"It's correct, but not complete."

Chen Nuo felt a surge in his heart: "Not complete?"

"Hmm, just as everything has two sides, you only saw one side and neglected the other!"

Hearing this, Chen Nuo pondered for a moment and instantly understood!

"Nutrient packs... Seeds... Mother..."

"For Seeds, finding the Mother Clone, if a Seed is strong enough to suppress the Mother Clone, it can treat the opponent as a nutrient pack, to devour, to absorb... like ants moving house, digging out this manifested clone of the Mother bit by bit, using it as its nutrient, strengthening itself..."

"But, for the Mother, is it not the same?"

Kamisou Ichiro said this, his tone gradually turning cold: "To the Mother, its extended tentacles, these clones, are like spiders guarding their webs, waiting."

"The Seeds are evolving, competing, growing stronger."

"If, when a Seed finds the Mother Clone, the Seed itself is not yet strong enough to suppress the Mother Clone..."

"Then, these seeds, having evolved halfway."

"They become the nutrient packs for the Mother Clone!"

"The Mother Clone will absorb such Seeds, transforming into its own strength, then feed it back to the Mother!"

At this point, Kamisou Ichiro smiled, pointing at his own nose: "To us Seeds, the Mother Clone is a nutrient pack."

"To the Mother Clone, we Seeds are also nutrient packs."

"The difference lies in when a Mother Clone is found, who is stronger, whose methods are superior!"

Chen Nuo took a deep breath: "So... you say you don't want to devour the Mother Clone, you just want to... awaken it? You..."

Chen Nuo's eyes widened: "You... plan to????"

Kamisou Ichiro squinted his eyes, he was silent for a while, and then, softly spoke out a few words.

"I cannot win."

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Simple four words: I cannot win.

Chen Nuo understood, Kamisou Ichiro wasn't saying he couldn't win against the Mother Clone, so he couldn't treat the opponent as a nutrient pack.

Instead...

He cannot win against Seed!!

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"It has been tens of thousands of years, this realization has never been so strong." Kamisou Ichiro finally took his last drag, then smiled and flicked the cigarette butt lightly into the lake water.

He turned around, facing Chen Nuo, word by word: "I cannot win."

Chen Nuo said nothing.

Kamisou Ichiro looked up at the dome: "For tens of thousands of years, the gap between Seed and us has been growing wider. It has never narrowed."

"No matter how hard I try, how I maneuver, how I struggle."

"Seed is just so powerful, step by step walking ahead of all our Seeds, and increasingly far."

"The most recent encounters, I had no ability to resist before Seed."

"If he wanted to kill me, he would only need to pay a small price to do it."

"Moreover, the cost might be even smaller than I anticipated."

"I'm increasingly convinced that Seed hasn't chosen to kill us or devour us all this time... not due to a lack of power."

"But because he has other reasons."

Chen Nuo frowned: "Then what?"

"Then... I'm increasingly discovering some strange changes within myself."

Kamisou Ichiro looked at Chen Nuo, repeating those few words again: "I cannot win!"

This time, Chen Nuo was moved!

Because when Kamisou Ichiro repeated those few words, he was filled with intense emotion!

This emotion was:

Unwillingness, helplessness, and... anger!!

He... Octopus Monster, Seed...

At that moment, Chen Nuo suddenly realized, standing before him was this fellow.

He, has emotions!!

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