The villainess shall be mine

Chapter 197 The Corruption (Part 6)

"Are you saying that you will tell me how to become this 'unique existence?'" Adam interrupted, he didn't look like he was ready to listen to what the being who took the appearance of his mother was about to say. "If you knew the way to do it, why didn't you become one yourself?"

"It's understandable that you will doubt my words and be suspicious of my intentions. But rather than answering your question, let's talk about the Corruption. Adam, what do you know about the Corruption?" The Being didn't answer Adam's question and instead changed the subject.

"Don't try to avoid the subject. Your way of controlling people's minds is very dangerous, but I am not stupid. Again, who are you?" Adam said, preparing himself to fight against a very powerful opponent.

From what he could see, this Being was a higher level being capable of manipulating the Nothingness and altering reality. It was not something that anyone could do. However, Adam wasn't about to let himself get killed by anyone whoever they were. He knew that the answer to everything was Nothingness and Autonomousity.

These two complex forces and existence were the key to everything. If he didn't know about something, it was just that he couldn't understand how to use these keys to open the door leading to the answer.

"If I were to answer your question now, it would lead to more complications. When the time comes, you will find the answer by yourself. But as long as you don't understand how the Corruption is involved in all of this, you will fail. Are you sure that you want to let go of this chance? If you fail, the loop will just begin and continue forever. No one will ever notice anything." The Being explained despite Adam's reaction.

"More complications? Well, the Corruption is a counterpart of the neutral particle right?" Adam thought that he should continue to evaluate the Being in front of him for the time being. He was trying to buy time and find a way to get out of this situation. He already knew that when things appeared too easy, they always reserve a twist.

If he discovered the way to become a God this easily, people should have also learned about it, Adam thought. However, the only Being who was powerful enough to become a God was in front of him. So why? Why were they telling him about such a secret when they weren't even a God? What was their goal?

"You are right, but that's just a tiny part. The Corruption you see is a superior form of Autonomousity," the Being began their explanation. "The Autnomousity can only do what it was supposed to do. It maintains the balance, but also prevents living beings from ever transcending a certain level and becoming a God. That's why the Corruption is superior. It doesn't need the Autonomousity to exist because it was a power that is at the same level as the Autonomousity."

"What are you trying to say?" This was the first time Adam heard about this. The Corruption was something extremely dangerous and destructive Adam recalled. It gave a living being greater power in exchange for their existence. It was as if their sense of self was absorbed by the Corruption. That was why all monsters felt like they were all the same. "The Corruption is the origin of all of this mess, isn't it? Why are trying to sound like it's the result of a misunderstanding?"

"The Corruption exists everywhere. The authority of Creation created every particle that exists, but the Corruption can also create particles of corruption. Do you know what that means?" The being asked.

"How do you know that?" Adam answered the question with a question. "For a while now, it sounds like you are trying to say that the Corruption is the key to becoming a God and trying to convince me."

"Adam, this is for the sake of the multiverse and the countless realities that exist. I can't do anything because I am restricted. The Autonomousity doesn't allow a being that is too powerful to exist, but if this being becomes the next instigator of the next loop, then the Autonomousity would consider them as not harmful existence since when the next loop begins, they would disappear. Do you understand?" the being in a very strange way as if they were desperate.

"No," Adam stood up abruptly from his chair. "Who the hell are you?!"

The Being who had controlled Adam in the dark had never told him directly what to do. There was a reason for this. Adam had to figure out everything by himself. Almost hidden hints were the only things left to guide him.

Adam didn't understand anything at the beginning, but then he connected the dot. However, the question was, why did this Being use such extremely roundabout methods, creating all of these almost impossible coincidences?

Because Adam always believed this Being was all-powerful, it never occurred to him that the possibility of them not having any other choice was also a plausible answer.

Nothing could trick the Autonomousity, so everything must follow the natural order of things. As such, if something was just the result of the natural order of things, the Autonomousity would let it happen.

If Adam becoming a superior human was just the result of a coincidence, it wouldn't be a problem, because Adam would not understand what was happening to him. But once he realized everything...

"You were trying to trick me, weren't you?" Adam said. If Adam realized everything while he was still in his human form, the Autonomousity would take this as something that break the natural order of things.

"What are you talking about, Adam? Do you know why Corruption exists even though the Autonomousity is making sure that everything follows the natural order of things? Anything comes to your mind?"

It was a smile. A very creepy smile. Adam felt chills just looking at it. He was already powerful enough to destroy multiple planets by himself, but that smile. It was something he had never seen before.

"Ah!" A hand grabbed Adam's shoulder. He turned behind him only to see another mysterious being. He had long white translucent long hair and wore a pure white robe. Adam recognized his face. When he was little, he saw this man reading a book in the library. How could he forget about him all of this time?

"Oh, what do we have here? I was certain that I killed you earlier. I guess you still have some hidden cards. However, you can't escape me, Morpheus. You can't choose two sides," the being side, his appearance changing into a young girl with red crimson hair and white translucent hair. It was Neige, at least the being had her appearance.

'So that's why nothing happened earlier,' Adam thought. It was because these two beings were fighting somewhere.

However, this also made Adam more confused.

"You almost rendered millions of years of hard work into nothing just by talking. You are not the God of Void for nothing, even if just a fraction," Morpheus said, not letting go of Adam's shoulder.

[Don't react. I managed to obtain one tree fragment. Use it. Find a way. You already have everything you need from here.]

"I was a bit interested in the human that you have put your hopes in. Because you are also a part of me, I was surprised to see that you have changed. Is it because of the Autonomousity?"

Gods weren't allowed to exist in this world, only demons. But what kind of demons?

"Are you interested, Adam? How did I survive? It's simple. The corruption is the only thing that can't be destroyed by the Destruction authority because it's a form of Anti-esse scattered all around the universe. Little by little, this world will collapse because the corruption will continue to grow."

[Listen to me. There are lies mixed with the truth in what was said.]

Morpheus continued to talk to Adam telepathically, but both of them didn't show a reaction.

Morpheus knew that the power of the God of Void was still limited.

[The God of Void is desperate. The loop is about to begin. There was something that you didn't know. The God of Void didn't expect that the God of Creation would trick them. The God made them think that this multiverse was the real one and not the prison, and so the God of Void used the Corruption here.]

Adam finally understood what was going on. This was not the perfect universe that the God of Creation created. It was the backup one that was used to imprison the God of Void.

This world would never allow a God to exist to prevent the God of Void to regain all of their power.

They would resurrect but then all of the conditions would lead to their fall. Then they would disappear again until the same thing happen again.

This didn't affect the other beings who were not even aware of such a thing. The world was not about to collapse. It was only about to be reset.

Morpheus didn't have a choice but to make sure that the God of Void was resurrected because he would be erased by the Autonomousity if he didn't. Anything that would change the fate of the God of Void would be erased. However, he made sure that Adam was caught in all of that by coincidence. He couldn't interfere directly with the process.

Now, Adam was a very particular existence that knew about this truth and the Autonomousity would erase him too.

[I will create a chance. Go to the mirror world. You will be able to find the way.]