Chapter 864 - The Fourth Layer & the Truth about His Previous Life (2/2)

It was just at the time people got off work. Before he went into the residential neighborhood, he saw a familiar figure appear in front of the building’s gate. His expression altered suddenly.

He saw the man clearly. Without a doubt, it was Wang Bo—another one of himself in his previous life.

“How is this possible? Aren’t I already dead? How am I still alive, how…”

“Don’t you understand? You think that everyone else can reincarnate, don’t you?” Just when Zhou Bao was scratching his head, the willpower descended again. “Creatures and souls here are extremely fragile. How can they be reborn casually?”

“What happened?” Zhou Bao transformed into a flash of silver lightning and once again appeared in the outer space above Earth.

His face darkened. When he saw Wang Bo just now, his old memories became aroused from the depths of his spirit. But soon afterward, they fell dormant, leaving only an emptiness in his heart.

“Can you figure all this out?”

“Who am I?” Zhou Bao said in a gravelly voice.

“To be precise, you are a wisp of consciousness!”

“A device spirit? The essence of consciousness?”

“There are five layers in total in the Treasure-snatching Rock and this is the fourth layer!”

“So what?”

“You’ve seen the first two layers and witnessed the power of the Treasure-snatching Rock. What idea can you dream up?”

“I don’t want to bother thinking about that. I just want to know the truth. Why is Wang Bo still alive? If that’s true, who am I? The essence of consciousness? A device spirit? I have no memory of it at all. I don’t remember which Heavenly Fairy Weapon I come from. I have reached the Immortal Realm and I possess combat capability equivalent to that of an Earthly Immortal. If I really am the reincarnation of the device spirit of a Heavenly Fairy Weapon, I definitely could remember that. But I cannot recall anything. It’s impossible!”

“Really? But the truth is the exact opposite of what you think. You can’t remember it because you were reborn in the Human World due to an accident before you could become a device spirit. It seemed like an accident from the start, but now it appears to be a scheme designed by someone on purpose!”

“Can you make it clearer?”

“Haha, you will understand as long as you devote your attention to observing and thinking about all this. This is the space of the Treasure-snatching Rock, and the device spirits of Heavenly Fairy Weapons grow in the third layer. However, they just gain elementary spiritual sense—the essence of consciousness. And this layer aims to put the essence of consciousness into the spirits of real living creatures. In this way, these creatures can grow up very quickly. Then, the essence of consciousness will be separated from their spirits!”

“And finally load it into the Heavenly Fairy Weapons?” Zhou Bao narrowed his eyes. “It sounds like a quick fix!”

“Of course. This is the significance of the fourth layer. It allows spirits to grow rapidly and become appropriate device spirits!”

“Don’t tell me everyone outside has a device spirit attached to them!”

“Of course not. Every once in a while, the third and fourth layer connect to each other. And then the essence of consciousness enters the fourth layer and attaches to the spirit of a living creature randomly until it’s fully grown up…”

“How long does this process take?”

“It depends on the life expectancy of the living creature it attaches to. Whether long and short, we never interfere in it!”

“You mean this universe is merely a layer of the Treasure-snatching Rock?”

“Yes. But it’s not necessarily right for you!” The willpower seemed to have understood Zhou Bao’s concern. “Your fist intent simulated this universe; maybe the first, second, third, or the fifth layer. Thus, there is not much room for improvement. However, the fourth layer simulated the Dharma and rules of the universe from the last era. Therefore, you gained a great advantage!”

“A great advantage?”

“Yes. The last era has long gone and disappeared since Primordial Origin. This universe represents a new era. Strictly speaking, the fourth layer is merely a shadow. Wang Bo did exist, though in the last era. It’s like a documentary. The fourth layer resembles an eternal documentary that records the scene of the last Dharma Ending Age. I believe you can tell that they are not real!”

“Yes, I can!” Zhou Bao sighed. Indeed, he had just felt that everything on this earth seemed so real, but in fact, it was only virtual. In his eyes, Wang Bo was just a thought of his spirit. Even his body was fake!

“But why did this happen to me?”

“I told you that I thought it was an accident, but now it turns out that I was wrong. I am unaware of the details of the situation. This is the trick of the Treasure-snatching Rock. If you wish to know the truth, go and find its device spirit. It’s in the fifth layer, which is also the last layer. But I don’t think it’ll be easy for you to see him!”