Chapter 55 (1/2)
Li Ang froze. The first one was easy to understand, but how would he explain the second one?
“Language, just like Fulu, mantra, and rituals, is born from extraordinary attributes,” Zou Zhengze explained. “As long as you learn that the Six Paths of Reincarnation are replaced by soul grinders, there will be deep changes in the metaphysics of your soul essence in a certain way.
“Spreading the truth about the afterlife world allowing people to become lonely spirits after death is just like memetic contamination.”
Funeral arrangements!
Li Ang suddenly remembered the name of his first quest. Since then, he had suffered memetic contamination after being told the truth about the afterlife world by possessive ghosts…
Upon seeing the subtle changes in Li Ang’s expression, Zou Zhengze smiled. “500 years ago, the Six Paths of Reincarnation and the entire netherworld disappeared. Then, the Abnormality Institute collected data for experimental research like crazy and finally found this rule.
“This rule is not a gift of fate, but Pandora’s box. Once news of the afterlife world spread, it spread widely. All living people in the world will become lonely spirits after death and will not go through reincarnation.
“By then, spirits will be everywhere in the world. There will be no reincarnation cycle, and the newborns will become living corpses without souls!
“This is the calamity of the extinction of life and death!
“The cultivators of the Abnormality Institute reached a compromise after intense discussions to wipe out most of the existing spirits and seal the news about the afterlife world so that people would still believe that they could be reincarnated after death, which would prevent them from becoming lonely spirits.
“The members of the Abnormality Institute became night watchers. They vowed to safeguard the secrets of death and swore not to marry, have a fief, have children, wear a crown, and not fight for glory. Instead, they would be devoted to their duties and would live and die in this world. From that day onward, they would be keeping watch until they died!
“Therefore, the Abnormality Institute did not spare a fight with the city of Fengdu and destroyed most of the evil spirits in the world at a desperate cost, which eventually led to the overall decline of the institute. Fortunately, the Killing Field gradually stopped, the number of spirits slowly decreased, the secret of death was successfully safeguarded by the Abnormality Institute, and the disaster of world extinction was prevented.”
The tragic history of the Chinese Abnormality Institute was indeed heart-rending, but Zou Zhengze’s expression gradually twisted. “I loved Fangni more than myself or anything else in this world.
“After discovering these secrets after death, I could not accept that her soul would scatter and she would be reduced to fuel oil for reincarnation.
“At first, I planned to tell her about the secrets of the afterlife world and let her suffer from memetic contamination so that she would become a spirit after death.
“However, this was not enough. A lonely spirit might exist for over 100 years, but it would eventually still dissipate.”
“So you killed her?” Li Ang asked.
“That’s right.” Zou Zhengze nodded, tore his clothes, and revealed his shriveled chest.
A man and a woman’s faces poked out of his chest, which was full of ribs, and stretched his skin with a fierce, painful expression.
Zeng Weiming and Wang Fangni.
[Skill Name: Heavenly Demonic Power/Yin-Yang Diabolism (1)]
[Category: Psionic]
[Effect: Absorbs the other party’s essence, blood, and soul. The user’s youth will be restored and their power will increase.]
[Consumption: None]
[Learning Requirement: Strength more than or equal to 10, Intelligence more than or equal to 8, Constitution more than or equal to 10]