The beginning of Meiman is a Zanpakuto

"Swear on my name!"

The moment he recited the oath, he raised his sword and slashed it down.

The ultimate edge burst out, cutting off the chaotic and explosive void. The sword energy ran like a long river, and everything it passed was blank.

Eventually, the chaos dissipated, and everything looked new.

An ancient theater-style building stands impressively in the center of the dilapidated city ruins. The mottled stones silently tell the history. Above the head is a quiet rippling lake, and under the feet are stars arranged in an array.

[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo Reading recently to catch up on books, change sources, and read aloud with many sounds, and it can be used on both Android and Apple.]

This is a... silent building complex underwater.

Up and down, left and right, seem to have been reversed, and the entire spatial structure of the ruins presents a twisted disorder, which seems far away, deep but shallow.

"It feels very similar to Lalaye..."

Lord carefully sensed the direction and found that the entire space was in a state of chaos, and the surrounding ruins were all painted with crazy carvings.

There is no doubt that an Old One sleeps here.

"Welcome to... the dreamland of Carcosa."

A masked lady with a long skirt flying in the air came and said respectfully: "Great master, I have been waiting for you for a long time. Please come with me."

Obviously, the owner of this place had known for a long time that he would come.

However, he also noticed one thing, and that was the 'Carcosa's dream' mentioned by the woman.

This... is a dream?

Is it a metaphor of some kind, or is this place really just a dream?

"Hasta?"

Lord glanced at the woman, and saw a familiar yellow mark clearly stamped on her pale mask.

"He is the Lord of the Deep Sky Star Sea, a person who cannot be described."

the woman replied.

"Where's Natasha?"

Lord said.

"Natasha? I'm not sure. If you have any questions, you can ask the great master in person." The woman said, "I believe that the wise Lord of the Starry Sky will give you a satisfactory answer."

"Ha...what a loud tone."

Lorde sarcastically said: "Any questions... can you answer them?"

"Yes."

The woman said enthusiastically: "The great Lord of the Deep Sea and Starry Sky is an omnipotent and omniscient being. Any questions you may have can be answered by her. Please do not doubt this, sir."

"Okay, let me see it then."

Lord didn't waste any time and walked directly to the theater.

He wanted to see what Hastur's abilities were, and he dared to boast that he could answer all his questions.

The woman leads the way, and he follows behind.

Passing some ruins along the way, Lord was inspired and asked casually: "If your master is so powerful, how did Carcosa be destroyed?"

Hearing this, the woman stopped.

She slowly squatted down, picked up a handful of dust from the ruins, put it to her mouth and blew it, letting the sand fall. Then she turned back and said slowly: "Sir, knowing everything doesn't mean that you can

Change everything, destiny is not a shackle, but... the inertia of choice."

"Choice...inertia?"

Lorde seemed to understand a little bit, but he still didn't understand after thinking about it carefully.

"Soon, you will know."

The woman smiled slightly: "We are not enemies, or... to a certain extent, your enemy is never a specific person or thing."

"Do you know what happened to the last person who told a riddle in front of me?" Lord said coldly.

"Losing life is already the most insignificant thing for us."

The woman was not afraid and said: "So, please come with me and don't let the master wait too long."

She is just a fabricated fantasy in this dream. Even if she dies, she can be resurrected. She will indeed not be afraid.

"Let's go."

Lord said.

The two walked through the ruins of the city and arrived at the old yellow theater, which contained a dilapidated stage and countless spectators who had died long ago.

A woman wearing a mask and a yellow fluffy dress danced crazily on the stage. There were two people in the audience with dull faces, clapping like mechanical puppets.

The soles of the woman's feet on the stage were already bleeding.

And the dance posture cannot be called graceful, it can even be said to be... a bit scary. After all, every swing of the arms and legs is completely out of the human category, as if it is a soft creature without bones.

"Natasha, Black Panther, Rhodes..."

Although they all wore masks, the fluctuations in their souls still allowed Lord to recognize them at a glance. They were the missing three people.

"Lord entered the theater at Carcosa..."

"He frowned and looked at Natasha who was dancing crazily, and Black Panther and Rhodes who were dull."

"He spoke first."

"Come out, Hastur."

"Come out, Hastur."

The two voices sounded at the same time, and Lord suddenly felt unhappy, frowning, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"I've always been here, Mr. Lord."

The woman leading the way floated over, but her mask disappeared, replaced by a hazy face that seemed to be wrapped in mist.

She was wearing a ragged and broken yellow robe. Under the empty robe, there were familiar tentacles, squirming and approaching him.

"The man who tried to break his fate frowned tightly and made a cold sound of disdain."

"snort……"

Lord frowned, but when he realized that he had been predicted again, he felt angry:

"That's all you have? Hastur!"

"That's all you have? Hastur!"

The two voices sounded at the same time, without any error, not even one thousandth or one ten thousandth of an error, they were all at the same time and instantly.

"Oh~poor man..."

Hastur floated nearby, stared at Lord's eyes that were almost blazing with fire, and said in a teasing voice, "Those who think they are self-righteous can escape from their fate, but they don't know that every step they take is following the rules of fate."

Move forward along the established route.”

Lord stared at her coldly without saying a word.

"You want to get out of your own script..."

Hastur circled around him and said quietly: "It's like knowing your own lines and being able to rewrite them."

"Stop beating around the bush!"

"Stop beating around the bush!"

Once again, two voices sounded at the same time.

"Enough!"

"Enough!"

Lord was furious.

boom!

!

The spiritual pressure was like a huge surging tsunami, covering the entire theater in an instant. The overwhelming pressure shook the space, and the ancient mottled walls cracked inch by inch!

"If you want to show off your omnipotent power, I'm afraid you've found the wrong person."

Lord said with a cold face: "Although I don't know what tricks you are playing, I am not interested in playing such boring games with you, Hastur."

"You will die, you who defy fate, Lord."

Hastur stopped trying to be pretentious this time and spoke directly.

"I will not die, and fate cannot bind me. There are still many people waiting for me!"

"I will not die, and fate cannot bind me. There are still many people waiting for me!"

Before Lorde could attack, Hastur smiled and said: "You don't believe in fate, but you still follow it. What do you think... is fate?"

"Even if I have to leave, I will still go my own way."

Lord suppressed his anger and replied: "It is not a predetermined destiny!"