Chapter 19 (1/2)
Zhou Bai listened to everything Christina said, then asked in a low voice, “Who are you?”
A burly man with a great beard poked his head out. “We’re from Paradise Rescue Team. We’re currently taking you to our closest fort. Don’t worry. You guys are safe now.”
“You guys?” Zhou Bai went blank for a second. “There are other survivors besides myself?”
“Yeah, a little girl,” the bearded man furrowed his brows. “But her condition doesn’t look too optimistic. Your primordial spirit power has awakened, so you’re taking it a little better. That little girl’s body was infected by polluted Spark, and she demonized. She’s in a rather dangerous condition.”
He didn’t expect anyone besides himself to have survived. Zhou Bai asked excitedly, “Can I go see her?”
“Don’t be impatient. After we reach the fort, you’ll have plenty of chances to see each other.” The man consoled Zhou Bai, but there were some things that he refrained from telling him. “Less than 10% of people who go through demonization can survive healthily. It’s even harder for them to retain a sane mind in addition to being healthy. Whether that little girl can live, that’s up to fate.”
“Polluted Spark…” Zhou Bai saw the man was only wearing a t-shirt, yet dared to stay outside, and he seemed to be unscathed. He asked hastily, “Can you guys avoid being infected by polluted Spark?”
The bearded man knew exactly what Zhou Bai was thinking. He explained, “We’re different from you. Before we were born, we’ve gone through primordial spirit adjustment using Taoist technology. After birth, we were given rune vaccines. That’s why we can move about freely in the outside world.”
“But even so, there are still dangers when we practice. It’s best to practice in locations that have large formations, and we can’t stay outside for too long.”
‘Primordial spirit adjustment…rune vaccines…then why did Professor Zhuang…?’ Zhou Bai shook his head, trying his best to understand what the man’s words meant. “Then, can we go through primordial spirit adjustment and get rune vaccines?”
The bearded man said, “Primordial spirit adjustment can only be performed before birth. As for rune vaccines, you’ll get them as soon as you return. Rest assured, flying cars are very fast, we’ll be there in a jiffy. You’re not severely infected, and you’re wearing an anti-infection suit. With your primordial spirit power, you’ll probably be fine.”
Zhou Bai became a little more assured. The other man in the car looked at him with intrigue, and he asked, “Were you guys attacked by a Mara?”
Hearing the word “Mara,” Zhou Bai’s expression changed slightly. He remembered what happened back then again, his face becoming overcast.
He nodded. “Our teacher self-exploded his primordial spirit and killed the Mara, saving us.”
The bearded man went blank at this, then shook his head. “I respect your teacher very much, but to be honest, Mara cannot be killed.”
Noticing Zhou Bai’s perplexion, the bearded man continued. “The nature of Mara’s life is unique. It doesn’t belong to any form of life that we currently know of. It is said that as long as the Mara Empress lives, then no matter how many times they die, they will be reborn in the Mara Pond.”
Thinking about the fact that the snake monster Mara still lives, Zhou Bai clenched his fists. He asked, “How is that possible?”
“In these times…even the Heavenly Tao can be distorted, what else is impossible?” The bearded man shrugged. He saw Zhou Bai clenching his teeth and asked, “What’s wrong? Are you angry? This is how this world is now. Paradise has been fighting against Mara for centuries, but the situation only gets worse and worse.”
Zhou Bai said, “Then I’ll kill the Mara Empress, and overturn that Mara Pond.”
“Huh?” The bearded man looked at Zhou Bai and said with a smile. “That’s youth…others have tried that in the past, but they only managed to turn Earth into Doomsday. The fact that we’re even still alive now our fortune. As for killing them…”
The bearded man shook his head, an indescribable sorrow in his eyes. “You don’t know the horror of Mara at all.”