Chapter 3056 Doomsday Madness

Just a small intersection of fate, but it made everything suddenly clear.

The out-of-wedlock pregnancy back then—perhaps even an event of immaculate conception—had actually been orchestrated with such intense secrecy and haste behind the scenes.

Sure enough, behind accidents and coincidences lay deliberate calculation.

And the person involved, Ms. Ji Xue, looked even more tragic in light of this.

As for why such a tragedy had found her?

This was undoubtedly an unavoidable question, and the more one understood the inside story, the more complex it revealed itself to be.

After all, aside from the secret history of a top-tier faction like the Ji Clan, this involved a genuine "cross-realm" collaboration.

The "doomsday" turmoil in the Bookstore World, combined with the theft in the Real World, and even the black-market trade in the Wasteland... all culminated in Ms. Ji Xue successfully becoming pregnant.

Based on previous deductions, the onset of this series of actions could, to a certain extent, be considered the occurrence of the "doomsday."

Then what was the specific driving reason?

Answering this question would take some effort—because Ji Feng had gone mad.

Yes, this question was indeed not easy to answer. Fortunately, the benefits of his usual focus on technical accumulation showed themselves again. The moment he raised this question, Fu Qian realized that he seemed to have already done some of the key groundwork.

Spanning two worlds and cleverly guiding various factions sounded overwhelmingly powerful at first, but wasn't that exactly what Old Man Ji Feng had been doing all along?

As for why Ji Feng went mad?

During his two visits to the Unseen Hill, he had gained a certain understanding of that person's medical history and symptoms.

And he had ultimately reached a diagnosis based on that—split personality.

It could be assumed that in both of their interactions, there were always two Ji Fengs dealing with him.

Just like 1-039 and 1-093 in the Warehouse—the two brains named Hotbed and Grey Bed.

And the catalyst that induced this severe mental disorder was the doomsday that occurred nineteen years and a little over three months ago.

One Ji Feng believed the doomsday was real, while the other thought it was just a delusion, eventually leading to sparring between left and right.

It got to the point where even the Warehouse couldn't take it anymore. In the Grey Bed mission, it tried to have him perform a frontal lobotomy on Ji Feng, completely eliminating the personality that constantly felt doomsday had arrived.

In short, that potential doomsday had definitely dealt a milestone impact to Ji Feng.

Then why say that Ji Feng's madness likely led to the subsequent premature pregnancy event? It was simple. A core element of Ji Feng's past medical history was the debate over whether the Ji Clan or the Yuan Clan was the orthodox heir.

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Actually, there had always been an interesting question lying there.

The significance of that "doomsday" nineteen years and three months ago for the Bookstore World had already been discussed at length, but what about for the history tinkerers?

Yes, not for the Warehouse, but more specifically from the perspective of a Warehouse Manager.

For instance, the ace player, Ji Feng.

The theft of the Hand Axe happened not long after the doomsday, and that Axe joining Madam Sissi's family collection was undoubtedly even earlier than that.

That was to say, Old Man Ji Feng's layout in the Real World was highly likely established before the doomsday.

Combined with his veteran work experience, astonishing Rank, and authority, it was imaginable that before the doomsday, he had likely already worked in the Bookstore World for many years.

In other words, Ji Feng had almost certainly personally experienced the exact moment the doomsday transition occurred.

So, putting oneself in his perspective, what exactly would that process of change look like?

For example, after the doomsday happened, could his memory of the Bookstore World remain exactly as it was? From Fu Qian's view, it likely couldn't.

A piece of evidence right in front of them was his bloodline.

He was clearly the Progenitor of the Ji Clan, so why was the one who received the calling to enter the Unseen Hill and become the Prophet someone from the Yuan Clan?

He had analyzed this back then: this was very likely a manifestation of Ji Feng's mental derangement.

The Offspring he initially designated was the Yuan Clan, only for this opportunity to later forcefully fall onto the Ji Clan.

And the key turning point for that transition also lay in that doomsday.

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This could even lead to a deeper question: how did the transition happen?

This question actually wasn't hard to answer, and it didn't even require first determining whether the doomsday was real or fake.

Because regardless of which scenario it was, it was highly likely the doing of the Warehouse.

If the doomsday was real, and they were currently in a phase of universal euthanasia, then from the Warehouse's perspective, how could it achieve such a peaceful effect?

One must remember that this was something even some higher entities couldn't detect anything unusual about. It was simple: it didn't just fabricate a beautiful life; it even altered the history in everyone's memories to make everything look perfectly logical.

And this euthanasia was applied equally to all; not even the Warehouse Managers were spared.

Specific to Ji Feng's memories, it might just be that his repeated efforts at crucial historical junctures had completely saved the world and averted the doomsday.

And this distorted history brought about too much of a Butterfly Effect, to the point that the Offspring he once designated became the Ji Clan.

Then what if the doomsday was fake?

That wasn't an issue at all. Could the reason the doomsday was fake be that the Warehouse's efforts had succeeded?

What if the doomsday was originally truly going to happen, but the Warehouse exerted its mighty power, combined with the hard work of the Warehouse Managers, to go back in time bit by bit, mend the timeline, and stop that moment from arriving?

In that situation, the only difference for Ji Feng would be that his memories of saving the world were no longer part of the euthanasia narrative, but had become completely real.

And the reason he went mad was also simple: his two sets of real experiences were fighting each other.

Denying oneself was already very prone to inducing split personality symptoms.

In short, no matter which scenario it was, at the time node of the doomsday, Ji Feng began to show symptoms of a split personality.

And these split personality symptoms caused him to begin guiding the situation differently, altering his past arrangements. For instance, a certain young colleague of his had "luckily" discovered some special clues.

All in all, rather than believing the Warehouse could reach its hands into the Real World and directly assign missions there too, Fu Qian was more willing to believe this was the handiwork of this senior.

As for the purpose—the path to gods is severed, ashes form the ladder.

Ji Feng hoped someone could hear this phrase.

It was a very easy answer to think of, except that this way, the flavor of this proverb seemed to have changed a bit.

It wasn't just ascension guidance left for latecomers; it might even hold interests directly related to him.

"I understand. It looks like that ancestor of yours is really anxious."

Experiencing the weight of history once more, Fu Qian didn't hide his findings either.

Facing Ji Zhaoyi, who had just finished sharing information and was faintly anticipating his reaction, Fu Qian's words were instantly shocking.

"...Which ancestor?"

There was something fishy about the events back then, and anyone with a discerning eye would have had similar speculations.

At that moment, Ji Zhaoyi did not directly question Fu Qian's words, but noticed his excessively pointed tone.

"Ji Feng."

Fu Qian actually gave him a clear answer.