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Chapter 560 The Realm After Death (13)

"What's the matter, Ian? Why did you attack suddenly?"

Sensing Ian's movements, Hua An flew out of the shop first.

She didn't sense any enemies around her, so she was puzzled by Ian's abrupt attack, but she was still ready to fight.

After all, Ian's power of observation is indeed beyond her comprehension. What if there is an enemy sneaking close?

"There are surveillance cameras over there."

Ian raised his hand and pointed to the area he attacked just now: "Someone is constantly watching us."

Hua An took a serious look and nodded knowingly: "Sure enough, there is a bird's nest hidden under the eaves. I found it after you broke it."

"It seems that the bird inside may also be a kind of alchemy creature, a creature specially used for surveillance."

Ian also thinks so, and he added one point: just because of the mutation, all the birds are dead now, and only the nests in fixed locations are left to monitor. "

But now is not the time to talk about this, he continued to lower his head, looking at the 'brain-attached corpse' in his hands.

Frost Butterfly flew over curiously, followed by Hua An, and the two goblins stared curiously at the bug in Ian's hand.

"what."

Unlike Frost Butterfly, who just feels a little familiar, Hua An and Mo Feng have read the book "Experience and Records of the Great Labyrinth of the South China Sea" written by Ian.

She could tell right away that the little bug in the young man's hand was exactly the 'brain-eating bug' he had emphatically described many times.

Of course, as a scholar, she can also see that the brain-eating worm in Ian's hands is not as vicious as he described in his knowledge, let alone become a giant tapeworm that can devour human brains. Gai, and when it grows into an adult, it is at most the size of a human palm, which is a real "brain attached".

"This is the attached brain, as I said, the biological auxiliary tool of the ancestors of the Sequoia natives, an artificially improved form of the brain-eating worm."

Ian was still thinking, and the Bird of Light suddenly appeared.

Mikhail also observed the bug carefully, then nodded slightly: [So, with the help of biotechnology, combined with psionic transformation... I remember that in the report of Master Goser, there was' Psionic Web', right? 】

[No wonder Grand Duke Thorin will take a fancy to it]

"Yes."

Ian agreed so much, but in fact, he was thinking of a rather impolite thing.

——This person is really everywhere... How about when to leave?
Ian naturally knew that with Mikael by his side, at least he and the goblins would never have to worry about their safety.

But according to Ian's careful observation along the way, the creatures that can be regarded as threats in the entire Avak Territory have basically appeared on the surface, and the threats that have not yet appeared must belong to Mikael in the future opponent.

Not to mention, the other party was obviously about to leave him and the others to confront the powerful people behind this incident.

——In other words, judging from the known information, the old Mikael is actually useless!
Even, because of Mikhail, the bird of light, which is almost everywhere, Ian is often restrained and unable to exert his full strength.

"But it's not a big problem." Ian thought this way: "At that time, Mikael will definitely have to fight against the fourth-level power behind other forces, and it is basically impossible to have spare energy to continue to pay attention to me."

"And that's when I act."

Ian believes that this moment is not far away.

Then again.

"Andor...should be still alive now, right?"

Ian still remembers the elven pirate captain, who was also the person who traced back in the "Retrospective Vision" for the first time.

He is a very cooperative elf who is good at answering questions and staying alive. Although he once made enemies with Ian and Isengard, he is a hired pirate after all, so there is no need to delve into this aspect.

Not to mention, the other party also helped Shasha. In this matter, Ian didn't intend to kill him.

But later, Andor was brought back to the imperial capital by Ethan, as a tainted witness for Patrick to conspire with pirates to murder him... After that, Ian didn't know his whereabouts.

"Ask Ethan at that time, after all, there is a channel about Canaan Moore, no one can know better than this group of elf pirates."

From Ruixi's body, Ian got enough clues and memories.

The story of Miles Ruixi's mother and son and Aunt Lydia's family is just one of the countless tragic stories in Azure City.

The reason why their tragic experience can be known to Ian is not because they are ordinary, but because of the extraordinaryness of 'Myers'.

Miles awakened his psychic powers and survived to leave the Azure City, so Ian was given the opportunity to discover the details behind all this with his "backtracking vision".

--but.

What about those people who can't even see Ian's retrospective vision?

What about those people who never appear in the story, but just because of an unbearable day, they become corpses on the street, rotting blood?

Ian never suffers because of what he cannot see, he never tortures himself because of the pain of others, and he does not think that he is the savior, so it is only natural to help others.

But Ian couldn't avoid his abilities.

Many times, a prophet is one who can see.

And a prophet is one who can change.

If so, perhaps it should be changed.

Only in this way can he change the future he sees.

"Hua An."

On the way back to the camp, Ian suddenly asked Miss Goblin a question: "In the world of Terra... are there any legends about hell or Hades?"

The words that Ian said do not actually exist in the common language of Terra, but are "invented words" that are a combination of the two phrases "land of the dead" and "land of the dead".

"Isn't that just a void?"

But Hua An thought for a while, but understood Ian's meaning: "Ah, I know, Ian, you feel very sad too, right? Yes, so many people have died. If it was me, I would definitely want to let you die too. They can all survive in another world—the same is said by the Hall of All Souls and the Resurrection Order, and this is their goal."

Saying so, the goblin shook his head regretfully: "But in fact, the Void Realm is not that powerful, let alone the second energy level that has a 'soul' that can enter the Void Realm, most people are not eligible .”

"Even if you enter the Void Realm, if it's not a goblin or a human like Ian who doesn't need a 'body' as an anchor, you will be gradually consumed by the Void Realm until it disappears."

"For the fourth and fifth energy levels, because the soul is too powerful and the energy environment required is too harsh, it is difficult to preserve it completely. Even if the psionic core can survive, the memory will definitely be lost—some Some of the chosen ones have inherited those pure psionic cores, so they are born with psionic powers."

The goblin's research on psionic energy and soul is like human's research on their own body and medicine, which is very profound and methodical.

On the way, Hua An patiently taught Ian the relevant knowledge, and also wanted to comfort some teenagers who did not seem to be in a good state: "This is an ancient and difficult problem. The soul does not exist independently, but requires the mind and It is maintained by the body, and it is a part of the whole of the "human being". Even the goblin, the pure spirit form, can only exist in the goblin town and the virtual world. If we want to survive in the material world for a long time, we must have a body. "

"But time and the void will gradually assimilate us, making the goblin's mind more and more dull, and even become dull and corrupt, and finally return to the natural cycle... That's why there is a goblin's reincarnation system."

"But human beings... After all, they are creatures dominated by matter. Your souls are born in the body and imprisoned in the body. If they come out of the body independently, the extra energy to exist for a long time is very huge."

"On the continent of Terra, even in the Void, there is no such high-energy area. After all, after the disaster of the sky, the Void has become turbulent and terrifying, and can no longer be used as a shelter for the soul."

"So even a strong person at the fifth energy level, without the life-extending material of the fifth energy level, can't exist alone as a soul after the collapse of the body, and maintain his 'memory and reason' for too long."

"...Thank you, Ms. Hua'an." Hearing this, Ian was silent for a while. Although Hua'an misunderstood what he meant, the information that was said later was also very important.

At this moment, because of what he had seen and heard along the way, as well as the many psionic technologies he saw along the way, a strange guess sprouted in Ian's heart.

But this conjecture is too incredible, and there are still many key puzzles that have not been solved, so he is just guessing.

—Is it possible...just possible.

Whether it's artificial souls, brain-attached cores, or phantom armies...these technologies integrate the forces of the School of the Intellect, Flameland, and Grand Duke Sorin, and their ultimate purpose...is not simply to kill people kill'.

What about seeing 'death' as ​​a 'beginning' instead?

This is a rather unbelievable conjecture, but as Hua An said, there is no high-energy area on the Terra continent where the soul can exist stably, so Ian did not continue to think about it.

He just put this possibility in his heart, and then returned to the camp with the goblin ladies.

Ian brought back the enemy's location and obtained the key to the Grand Duke's technology.

Therefore, after a brief preparation, the patrolling knight squad set off.

March towards the underground waterway in the northern part of Azure City.

(End of this chapter)