Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo

All of us gathered in front of the teleportation door, and Fa Zheng adjusted the results after the teleportation door and informed us.

"The teleportation door cannot be activated," he said seriously.

Jian Feixian furrowed his brow deeply, Mazao's face changed, and Zhu Shi blurted out, "Cannot be activated... why? Is there a major malfunction with this teleportation door? Or did Weichi fail to clearly explain the method to restart the teleportation door?"

Apart from these two directions, there is actually another possibility. Zhu Shi could also think of it, but this possibility was so bad that she didn't voice it out.

What we fear comes anyway, Fa Zheng seemed to see through Zhu Shi's thoughts, and he sighed deeply, saying, "This teleportation door hasn't malfunctioned, and Weichi's method to restart it was very detailed. The reason the teleportation door can't be restarted, there's only one, and that is the 'exit' has been destroyed."

"Is that really the case..." Jian Feixian said gloomily.

The passage connecting the Living World and Post-mortem World through Luo Mountain consists of two teleportation doors, serving as each other's entrance and exit. If the teleportation door on our side is defined as the entrance, then the one in the real world is the exit. If the latter is destroyed, the former can't be restarted, and the passage can't be formed. Two points make a line, but a single point is isolated.

In other words, we are now trapped in the Post-mortem World.

If Weichi were here, he might come up with some ideas...

By the way, Du Shuo Mountain's teleportation array is also something I can't recreate using the Power of Manifestation, because it involves the changes in the Power of Divine Seal Fragments. Even if I could use the Power of Manifestation to create another teleportation door as an exit, it still must be set in the real world first. Now we can't reach there, so the problem becomes a dead cycle.

Speaking of which, before the road was opened, how did the Evangelical Institute overcome this problem in the Post-mortem World?

Upon thinking for a moment, it's clear that Shan Liangyi was probably making an effort. The Post-mortem World, having no new life, Shan Liangyi likely couldn't reincarnate here, so he must have been born in the real world in this lifetime. Then he might have thought of entering the Post-mortem World to hide, avoiding the Old Fist God's pursuit.

Without Du Shuo Mountain's teleportation array at the time, entering the Post-mortem World must have been very difficult for Shan Liangyi, but before it closed, he had surely entered and exited countless times, possibly leaving numerous marks of himself. Then, just like in my past, using the Void as a relay, he could forcibly reach the Post-mortem World.

Because the Void has no time concept, this method carries a risk, as one doesn't know which time segment of the Post-mortem World they'll arrive in. But coincidentally, now the Post-mortem World is in the Doomsday Chaos Space-Time with a broken time concept, so this risk virtually doesn't exist. He probably wasn't aware beforehand but benefited from this factor. Upon reaching the Post-mortem World, perhaps he collaborated with Yama on the human massacre plan and joined the Evangelical Institute.

Perhaps he left space-time power marks in the real world, allowing him to return to the time and place he left, which later became the targeted destination connected by the Evangelical Institute's Du Shuo Mountain teleportation array... that's my speculation.

As for who exactly destroyed the teleportation door in the real world, no need to ponder, it's likely Shan Liangyi.

Having chosen to escape, he must have predicted that I would return to the real world via the teleportation door to continue hunting him down. Although he doesn't know where our teleportation door is here in the Post-mortem World, he's certain to know the one in the real world. He's said that he occasionally sneaked in to observe and learn when Weichi was constructing the teleportation door.

"Could it be that we are forever trapped in the Post-mortem World?" Zhu Shi was contemplating hard.

"It's not that bad," Fa Zheng replied calmly, "As far as I know, Shan Liangyi is one to avenge every grievance. Although he destroyed the teleportation door in the real world to prevent Zhuang Cheng's pursuit, most likely he'll come back once he has adjusted his state to counter-attack. The destruction is not due to fear of Zhuang Cheng, but rather to buy time to fully absorb the Vermilion Bird Seed.

"The exit he used previously to enter the Post-mortem World should have been the monster-infested Huang Quan, and now that Huang Quan has been destroyed by Mazao, if he wants to connect a new exit to the Post-mortem World, he might use our door in Luo Mountain, right in front of us."

"In other words... Shan Liangyi might help us restart the teleportation door himself?" Zhu Shi pondered.

"There's also the possibility he won't have the chance," Jian Feixian doused cold water, "After Shan Liangyi is fully prepared, his first target of revenge likely won't be Zhuang Cheng, but the Old Fist God. That's his top priority target. If he loses again in a fight against the Old Fist God, there won't be anyone to restart the teleportation door to the Post-mortem World.

"Best not to rely on Weichi on the other side either, since the teleportation door in the real world is destroyed, Weichi must be in great danger."

Could Weichi have already died? That man who once claimed he would take revenge on the Old Fist God... Memories of our past interactions swirled in my mind.

"Hmm, waiting in the Post-mortem World for Shan Liangyi is the worst option," Fa Zheng also agreed, "Unlike Zhuang Cheng, Shan Liangyi has a deeper understanding of the power of the third door. With full preparation, his advantage will be even greater. Therefore, don't let the opponent freely choose the timing of the battle.

"That's only secondary; the more important reason is Shan Liangyi might first eliminate everyone associated with Zhuang Cheng in the real world before launching another attack. Although he has an extremely strong pride, he lacks moral restraint against killing the weak, with a mind exceedingly evil, capable of such acts out of spite."

Zhu Shi's face changed while Mazao tightened his fists nervously, murmuring, "Little Bowl..."

Little Bowl, Changan, Mr. Zhu, and Lu Chan, are all now potentially exposed to Shan Liangyi's threat.

I must return to the real world as soon as possible.

Gazing at Fa Zheng's calm expression, suddenly, I comprehended the implication of his words, saying, "Fa Zheng, you just said staying in the Post-mortem World is the worst option... Could I interpret that as you have other ideas?"

"Yes," Fa Zheng nodded, "To be precise, it's not me who has ideas, but you."

"Just to clarify, although Shan Liangyi previously used Space-Time Power to return to the real world, and I can indeed simulate Space-Time Power, I can't do what he did," I said, "because the Void Teleportation Gate he opened was matched to his teleportation array set in the real world, and Du Shuo Mountain teleportation array involves changes in the Power of Divine Seal Fragments, which I can't simulate."

"Space-Time Power? Teleportation array? No need to be so troublesome," Fa Zheng smiled, "You can directly return to the real world using 'Infinite'... using the Void as a relay station."

"I admit even if I enter the Void I won't die, but the problem is I don't have a means to enter the Void," I said, "While I've seen Huang Quan and Shan Liangyi summon a teleportation gate to the Void before, I've also mentioned that method involves Power of Divine Seal Fragments, and I can't replicate that... wait..."

I realized the critical point.

Also affected by fixed thinking patterns, since everyone entering and exiting the closed Post-mortem World needs a teleportation door, even Shan Liangyi relies on spatial means to open the door, so I felt I must achieve this as well.

I'm not like Shan Liangyi, proficient in relevant techniques and knowledge. Perhaps Shan Liangyi could open a door to the Void without using Power of Divine Seal Fragments, but even if I could replicate the same level of Space-Time Magic Power, I doubt I could achieve the same. Like a wire in the hands of a skilled thief can unlock a door, but in the hands of an ordinary person, it's just wire. That's the difference in experience; Xuanming's experience holds no such information.

But from the start, I don't need to pick locks, nor do I need a method to "open the door."

I am the Manifestation and Enlightenment, capable of merging with and penetrating everything; there exists no wall on this world that can block me, nor a cage that can confine me.

Even if this cage is named "world," it's the same.