Siren Blade

Chapter 165
I have imagined many times where people will go after death. I believe this is also a topic that many people have thought about.Will it be like sleeping and losing consciousness forever, or will it go to heaven and hell, or like some people's pessimistic imagination, people's consciousness will not disappear even after death, but they just can't see or hear anymore, wandering alone In the boundless darkness.

The ending of the undead is even more tragic than that pessimistic imagination.It is not to say that becoming an undead means that there is no restriction on lifespan, and the "shelf life" of the body still exists.Just immortality, not immortality.Once the lifespan comes to an end, the body will still rot and eventually turn into a pile of dry bones.But the soul cannot be freed, and has to stay in that dry bone to endure endless despair and pain.

Even I am no exception to this.In less than a year, my body will hit its limits.Even the powerful regenerative forces could not save me, because my body was dying in a more fundamental realm.

Is that what I was destined to end up with?I'm still out of reality and feel like something is wrong.Am I really undead?
At the same time, I also remembered the conversation that Lie Que had with me.He must have already known about my situation, so when I went to Tianhe City for the matter of biting blood, he said some strange things to me:
——Perhaps I'm asking this question to make you feel confused, assuming she really kills you, will you really die?
——You have never died, how do you know that you have lost your immortal body?

In the past, I couldn't understand why Lie Que asked me like this, but now the truth is revealed.

Then, many previous doubts were solved.Why did Bai Ju say to me when he snatched away the hand of "it", "Your soul will never escape its spell, what awaits you in the future will be endless loneliness and pain".Even fanatics showed a similar attitude towards me at the end of the Liucheng mass sleep incident, claiming to feel sorry for my fate.

Intricate and magical emotions welled up in me.

"How is it possible..." Blue Bird said helplessly.

I asked Lie Que, "You knew about the existence of undead from the beginning, but why didn't you tell me?"

"Even if you show the problem to you, you will not get a solution, it will only make you desperate. Your lifespan is already running out, so instead of letting you face the endless pain that is destined to come in despair in your last days , It’s better to let you do what you want to do without knowing anything. I thought so before.” He replied, “Of course, I also know that this is self-righteous thinking and imposing my own wishful thinking on Maybe I should tell you the truth, and it would be better for you to decide how to view your own destiny. So I have been hesitating."

"What made you change your mind?" I asked.

"You are getting closer and closer to Baiju. Rather than receiving the shock of the truth from the enemy, it is better for me to tell you." He said, "If you hate me..."

"Why should I hate you? You didn't pollute me." I said, "Besides, I thought a lot just now, but I still don't think I'm undead."

"Why?" he asked. "Do you have any grounds?"

"There is not much basis. But, do you remember? You asked me before, why I can be sure that I have lost my immortal body when I am clearly not dead." I said, "My answer is very simple: Regarding my own life and death, it is impossible for me to Wrong."

Perhaps during the low period when I was just acquitted and lost the Siren Blade, I might have misjudged many things due to lack of awareness, but after I regained my strength, my awareness was restored enough to trust s level.In fact, I don't always have absolute trust even in my own awareness, but when it comes to life and death, I can make a very clear and unquestionable judgment-now I will be killed if I am really killed. die.

So, maybe the "pollution" of the undead once really existed on my body, but it must have receded now; or maybe it never existed from the beginning.

There are various indications that the truth should be the former, but why does the "pollution" recede out of thin air?According to the doctor, this should be an unsolvable problem that has not been researched to remove it so far, right?

Since "pollution" has a curse-like nature, could it be that the siren moved it for me without saying a word?But the ability of Siren Awakening to transfer the curse came after the Fog of Day Town event, and since I became able to summon the Siren Blade again in the Old Bone event, I have clearly felt that I have no immortality.

After hearing what I said, Qingniao heaved a sigh of relief, Lie Que was still thinking, and the doctor asked: "Are you 100% sure? How could 'pollution' disappear by itself..."

"I'm absolutely sure." I said, "I have some more questions than this. Why did 'it' spread such pollution? Also, why did Baiju research such things as undead?"

"The details of the siren are still a mystery to us." Lie Que said, "As for Baiju's purpose..."

"It's probably for the purpose of developing immortality technology." The doctor continued dismissively, "Whether this is his real purpose or not, at least that's how he publicized it to the outside world. And those stupid people who pursue eternal life are doing it one after another. He and the eve provided assistance in terms of funds and equipment, and even some corrupt elements in the Security Bureau were active in the dark. Didn't it be mentioned that the troops tracking Baiju discovered the phase [-] and phase [-] from his laboratory? Undead? Generally speaking, how could it be so easy to get something from the Great Warlock's laboratory? It is clear that Bai Ju is using an alternative method to show some people in the headquarters his technical prospects and phased achievements."

I glanced at the empty room behind the glass wall, "Is this also good for publicity?"

"At this stage, the 'pollution' also has the side effect of damaging the body and mind of the infected person, and the standard of the perfect immortal technology should be to create an undead like you in the devil period." The doctor said, "Besides, those stupid people who pursue immortality technology are willing to eat shit if necessary, so they are not so easy to be scared off."

"Is it impossible to achieve immortality through 'pollution'?" Jade Bird seemed to judge based on the doctor's contemptuous tone.

"No, although the prospect of this road is still unclear, it may be feasible. However, most of the corrupt elements who funded the eve in order to become immortals did not think clearly about what eternal life is. They pursue immortality only when they are afraid of death." The doctor said, "They should have thought carefully about their life after becoming immortal. First of all, if their relatives and friends fail to live forever, they will definitely die before themselves, and even the country will perish before themselves. Even civilizations will be destroyed before themselves. Then they will establish new interpersonal relationships, join new countries, and witness new civilizations... For this kind of future, they probably think so: Although this kind of eternal life is a bit lonely, But since he has become an immortal, there is nothing he can do about it, and maybe he will enjoy it when the time comes."

"Isn't that so?" I asked.

"Of course not. The rise and fall of a country? The rise and fall of a civilization? Are these small things worth mentioning, and they are also worthy of being an issue of eternal life?" The doctor said contemptuously, "Eternal life achieved through 'pollution' is not even 'death' This concept is also completely stripped away, the true sense of eternal life, and what such immortals really have to face is the desperate evolution of the astronomical scale of the universe. When all the stars in the universe are extinguished, and all matter decays, The universe itself has also fallen into heat death, or entered other ultimate endings equivalent to heat death, such as the big rip or the big collapse... Such a universe is already a doomsday hell that prohibits any civilization and life, but for the universe itself, for eternal life As far as those are concerned, it is actually just hovering at the starting line. What extends to the future is only endless monotonous darkness."

He went on to say: "Leaving aside those 'somewhat distant' futures, let's look at a 'little thing that will happen soon' - in 'just' 50 billion years, our sun will become a red giant star The earth has been devoured. If human beings cannot develop an interstellar civilization, or simply perish in the midst of internal strife and resource depletion, do those immortals want to live in the red giant star and take a bath? Or do they think that the red giant star will become After becoming a white dwarf, I can use raw materials to develop spaceships?"

"You think immortality is a curse?" I asked.

"'Longevity' is a blessing, but 'eternal life' is not." Dr. said, "I hope that when I want to live, nothing can kill me, and vice versa. Outside the door, it is essentially a manifestation of being unable to overcome death. And when the pain is so painful that you want to die, you can only be forced to live, but it is more painful than death."

I didn't intend to comment on his outlook on life and death, but just listening to his words, I suddenly thought of another thing, "Wait... this is very strange."

"What's so strange?" asked the doctor.

I looked at Lie Que, "You once said that 'it' which is the source of 'pollution' has been killed."

"I know what you want to say. Since 'pollution' has the power to transform people into undead, is the siren as the source really dead—is that so?" Lie Que said.

"Yes." I said, "I used to think that the reason 'it' was able to bring me immortality was because 'it' used its own power to keep repairing my broken body during the battle, and this This kind of active force cannot be used when "it" itself dies. It is like even a doctor who is so clever that he can even save the dead cannot have the strength to revive himself after his death. So it doesn't have immortality itself..."

Qingniao suddenly realized, "But the 'pollution' still exists when the sea monster dies, so maybe she didn't die at all, but continued to survive by the power of pollution. Even if only the hand is left, she may still be living."

"You told me last time that even if 'it' is dead and only the wreckage remains, it can still maintain its charm to me to a certain extent." I looked at Lie Que, "Although I don't believe in charm That's the case, but the reason you said that at the time was because you knew that 'it' wasn't actually dead, so you came to such a strange conclusion, didn't you?"

Under my rapt gaze, Lie Que replied without thinking: "No, the sea monster is dead."

"Really?" I couldn't accept the answer.

"Have you ever seen the severed hand of a siren? Tell me, what was your impression when you saw that hand? Did you feel that it was a living thing?" He asked back.

I recalled the pale, severed hand.Is that alive?I asked myself in my heart - on the contrary, it was a dead thing that was so dead that it was indisputable.There is no breath conveyed in it.

"Besides, there is no need for me to deceive you now. Could it be that if I deceive you in this matter, you will give up chasing that hand?" he said.

"No." I admit.

"It's normal for you to suspect that the sea monster didn't die. As the source of spreading undead pollution, it would be too suspicious if it would die casually." He said, "When it died at the beginning At that time, I also doubted whether it was playing dead, and tested it with countless methods during the autopsy process. But my conclusion remains the same, it is dead, terribly dead.”

Lie Que has experienced decades of great storms in the hidden world. I don’t know how many bizarre things he has seen. He has also encountered countless undead monsters. In his opinion, he may have seen such things as time travel. More than once.And it is not surprising that such an incredible and strange monster like "it" has an undead body that is so powerful, it is impossible for Lie Que not to know such a simple truth.

On this basis, Lie Que was still able to categorically assert: "it" is dead.

It is self-evident how important this is.

More importantly, even I, who was once so closely connected to "it", could not feel the slightest possibility that "it" could be alive.

"It" is really dead.

For a moment, I felt that my heart was full of complicated and contradictory feelings.There is both disappointment and the opposite emotion.

"Since I've taken you through it, it's time to leave here." Lie Que said, "But before that, I hope you will have a good physical examination here. Although you say you are not immortal, I am willing to Trust you, but it's better to check and check to be on the safe side."

"To be honest, we have no way to detect the pollution of the third stage here, but as a former undead who may be liberated from the pollution of the third stage, I am very interested in the information about your physical and spiritual body." Dr. Turning to face Lie Que while talking, "Speaking of which, you are his superior, can you put him in our research institute for a while?"

"We have to ask his opinion." Lie Que said.

I said that I would leave after the physical examination. The doctor was very disappointed, but he still tried his best to keep me.And Jade Bird planned to accompany me to complete the medical examination.I looked at the blue bird, thinking about the information that might be detected in the physical examination later, and finally made up my mind.

I told the story that my remaining life was less than a year.

(End of this chapter)