Bulwark of Light

Chapter 523 The Protection of the Goddess of Fate

"wake up!"

A deep voice sounded in the spiritual space of the pendant.

The curled up soul was awakened, and Gu Shen didn't give "Hong Zhong" a moment's time to react. The moment he uttered his voice, the blazing fire surged up, covering and drowning that strand of soul...

Hypnosis is done in an instant.

In Gu Shen's mind, this cross pendant is a highly rated sealed item.

Being able to retain the "spirit of the deceased", this ability has surpassed the scope of normal sealed objects, and it is no exaggeration to call them "divine objects".

Therefore, from the moment he was immersed in the space of the pendant, Gu Shen was fully motivated.

but……

The whole process went smoothly beyond imagination.

The crouched soul stretched out, "Hong Zhong"'s facial features were blank, and a ray of fire was slowly burning between the brows of the soul villain... This guy's spirit has been fully grasped by Gu Shen.

It only takes one thought to erase it.

"This completes the hypnosis?"

Gu Shen was also a little surprised.

He originally thought that this pendant was left for him by "Hong Zhong", and that if an accident happened, he could still preserve his soul, but looking at it now, it doesn't seem to be the case...

"What's your name?"

"Hong Zhong, Hong of the flood, sincerely."

"Your identity."

"A member of the Second Team of the Investigation Corps, who was then... the temporary captain of the Maze 38 mission."

Gu Shen tried to ask a few simple questions, and Hong Zhong's soul answered them all, indicating that he still retains the memories of his life.

"What sealed item is this?"

For the next question, Gu Shen got straight to the point.

"..."

silence.

long silence.

The pale soul raised his head and looked at Gu Shen in bewilderment, his eyes were full of emptiness and confusion.

Apparently, the question stumped him.

Gu Shen frowned: "How did you get here?"

There was another dead silence.

This is also a "super class" problem.

Although this individual soul can answer questions under hypnosis, it does not appear to be very intelligent.

"I……"

Hong Zhong's voice was hoarse, and he said intermittently: "I don't know... I should have died, but thanks to 'it', I seem to hold the last hope of life."

A fire burned between his brows.

Gu Shen feels the mental state of the soul... Hong Zhong's memory has been slightly damaged, and his cognition has been hindered. He is in a state of half-life and half-dead. What does "here" mean.

"Do you recognize this thing?"

Gu Shen raised his palm.

With his mental strength, he condensed the virtual image of the "Cross Pendant" and placed it in the sky above his palm.

"Of course I recognize it... it's 'it' that saved me!" Under hypnosis, Hong Zhong's voice became agitated for a moment, then sank again, and murmured, "'it' saved me more than once..."

"what is it?"

Feeling the burning flame between the brows, the pale soul murmured: "If you are asking about its name, then there should be no answer. I picked up this pendant in [Old World], and I call it 'Goddess of Fate'. shelter'……"

Chihuo completed the fitting of the soul of "Hong Zhong".

A large number of turbulent memories surged out of the flames.

Gu Shen no longer asked.

He watched these memories silently...

Many years ago, Hong Zhong went out to perform a mission. It was a long time ago, and Zhong Yuan had not been transferred to the second team as the captain.

In that mission, the explorer team was wiped out.

except him.

The reason is simple...he picked up this "cross pendant" in [Old World].

Hong Zhong put on this pendant in a strange way. When he was on the verge of death, he was lucky enough to avoid several large black holes along the way, and successfully touched the [door] that can cross a long distance and return directly to the fortress, completing the incredible trek ... Gu Shen, who watched this memory, felt a little complicated, because what Hong Zhong experienced back then was actually somewhat similar to himself not long ago.

That incident of course caught the attention of the Beizhou military.

It's just that Hong Zhong's strength was low back then, and the file was completely reasonable... No one paid attention to him, and Beizhou's senior management thought that this guy was just a lucky one.

Facts have proved that Hong Zhong's luck is far beyond everyone's imagination.

After that, Hong Zhong would wear the pendant every time he went out of the fortress, and this cross pendant took him out of danger countless times... In the following years, he began to slowly explore and try to master the power in the pendant.

With this "adventure", he became an elite member of the second team of the Investigation Corps, and he can serve as the captain of the difficult mission of "maze mission".

However, Hong Zhong has been very careful.

He guarded his "luck" carefully, and he didn't tell anyone about the existence of this pendant...

He is not a careerist.

He knows he's picked something great, but he just wants to live longer.

This guy's memory is easy to read.

And it's ironic.

I am afraid that at this moment, no one in Beizhou would believe that "Hong Zhong", who fell from the altar of a hero and was scolded by countless people, has such a pure heart: he has not even thought about getting this god-level sealed item. With this power, he became the captain of the investigation legion... Hong Zhong's plan for his life is extremely simple. With the power of this sealed item, he will lead the good brothers in the legion who are performing missions to live peacefully until retirement, and then... Enjoy his old age, and finally, before he died, he handed over this sealed artifact to the legion's senior management.

The idea is really simple.

So doomed to shatter—

This time... the development of the maze mission directly shattered Hong Zhong's dream.

This pendant has always given Hong Zhong the correct guidance in the past...but this time there was an "accident". After Jin Suihua's dream unfolded, the instrument for detecting the extraordinary source quality would give a false alarm.

The squad was stuck in decision-making difficulties at that point.

And Hong Zhong's "Pendant" wanted him to retreat... Hong Zhong fell into hesitation for the first time. The experience of the investigation team told him that if he retreated, he would encounter a "black hole". This was also the first time he did not follow the guidance of the "Pendant". .

So next, his spirit was dragged into the "Golden Spike Dreamland"!
There, he saw the oasis and the traveler in the distance.

He sees the best hope for 600 years of human exploration...

Finally, I saw the huge snake shadow covering the world.

When he woke up, he had already left the [Maze], and he was holding the unsheathed sword tightly in his hand. The blade was stained with hot fresh blood... There were no wounds on his body, and the blood on the knife could only be from his teammates.

Because on his body, there is an extra energy core dripping with blood, which is the backup energy that supports him to return to the giant wall of Gubao.

It took Hong Zhong a second to realize what happened in the [Maze].

The pendant is not what I guessed, it just provides a slight "guidance".

This is a very hard sealed item.

In the case of being bewitched mentally, this pendant still activates the effect of "immortality". It controls his body and completes the escape from the "mortal realm" in the maze...and kills his teammates and takes out the energy core , is also a necessary part of escape, what Hong Zhong could not do, this pendant helped him complete.

It is not enough to escape the maze in order not to die.

There must also be enough energy...

So in the heavy snow, Hong Zhong regained consciousness, looking at his blood dripping hands, he had no choice but to "go home".

He has no choice.

However, on the road of life, if you choose one wrong step, you will take the second wrong step. The more mistakes you make, the deeper you go...

The more the "spiritual toxin" planted by golden spikes is transmitted, the wider it spreads, and the less impact it has on the host.

After returning to Gubao, Hong Zhong fell into a deep sleep.

Everyone believed that this was a "harbinger of impending death" and that the return trip had consumed too much of his strength... But the truth was the opposite. The "protection of the Goddess of Fate" had chosen an absolute way of survival for him, that is, to diffuse "Toxin", and accommodate his own soul to avoid the erosion of toxin.

Without the intervention of external forces.

When Jin Suihua's mental toxins had finished spreading, they all left his body.

Then the soul of "Hong Zhong" returns from the cross pendant, and he will usher in an unprecedented "resurrection".

……

……

Is there really a goddess of luck in this world?
Gu Shen didn't believe it before.

But after reading Hong Zhong's memory, he had to change his mind.

Maybe... it really exists.

This pendant provides the shelter of "immortality", which is a power that Gu Shen can't understand at present, and it is a bit like the data exhaustion revealed by [Deep Sea].

This pendant can guide the most correct one among countless death paths.

It's just that Hong Zhong couldn't escape the fate of "death" in the end.

He meets himself here.

And the flesh is doomed to be burned to ashes.

It can be seen that... this pendant does not necessarily allow the "host" to survive.

Gu Shen suddenly thought of something.

His expression became serious.

Do not……

It's not that simple.

Thinking about it carefully, is the encounter between me and "Hong Zhong" here also an arrangement of fate?
If there are really tens of millions of causal lines in this world, after making the wrong choice in the maze... the probability of Hong Zhong's "death" is close to [-]%. He does not have enough energy and the ability to detoxify. Gu Castle disperses the toxin, and Zhong Yuan who came later would burn his body, Gu Shen couldn't think of any way to make this guy really survive.

Except meeting myself.

Among the countless lines of cause and effect... Only by meeting the "Pluto" can one survive.

this moment.

Gu Shen felt the vague power of "fate", that power is not words, let alone spirit, but a kind of "guidance" that is illusory but real.

The guidance told me.

If you use "Pure Land" at this moment to take in Hong Zhong's soul...

Then this pendant will complete the vow.

The undead protection of the goddess of fate... will be transferred to herself.

He raised his head and looked at the white and boundless "dome" of this spiritual space. There are no other colors here, and there is no actual size. The endless white fills the whole world.

"Is this a deal?"

Gu Shen laughed at himself.

He vaguely sensed... this cross pendant is probably of a frighteningly high grade. It is at least an "S-rank" sealed item, and it is still a broken item. If it is put together, it is very likely to be of the same level as the "Ruler of Truth". object.

If a white "angel" appeared on the zenith, then he could agree to it with peace of mind... Unfortunately, after waiting for a while, there was nothing. Unlike the ruler of truth, this cross pendant was not trading with himself.

Gu Shen can choose not to accept "Hong Zhong".

But if he chooses this way, Gu Shen will get nothing, and the pendant will not recognize its owner again.

The soul of the deceased will gradually dissipate. This is the "iron law". Even this cross pendant, which can be called against the sky, cannot violate this iron law.

but……

With the "characteristics" of this pendant, will he find someone who can hold Hong Zhong's soul again, or "think" of other solutions?
"All right……"

Gu Shen laughed at himself and said, "If you have an advantage, don't take advantage of the bastard."

He wiped with two fingers...

A crack opened in the spiritual space, and instantly descended on the top of "Hong Zhong"'s soul, covering it completely, and then swallowing it.

Gu Shen stared at this confused, perplexed, bewildered soul, and spoke in a low voice.

"Congratulations, Pluto grants you 'eternal life'."

Blazing fire surged past.

Hong Zhong disappeared in the spiritual space of the pendant.

From then on, on the pure land, there is a ray of soul.

After completing "Hong Zhong"'s protection of immortality... the spiritual space of the pendant is slowly closed.

After a while, Gu Shen opened his eyes.

He looked at the pendant lying in his palm and felt the subtle changes in his soul.

This pendant is slowly merging with his own spirit.

His mental strength has not improved, but his sensitivity to the surroundings has increased, and... Gu Shen doesn't know if it is his own illusion. After this pendant recognized its owner, the "fighting golden hoop" on his forehead seems to have also expanded. Wider.

Could it be that this pendant can also enhance spiritual power?

It seems to take some time to fully integrate.

Gu Shen put away the pendant and smiled softly.

"The undead shelter of the goddess of fate, if you get the complete you... what will it look like?"

It's really interesting.

On his body, there is a ruler that wants to kill himself all the time.

There is also a pendant that provides protection from the undead.

An invincible spear.

An absolutely indestructible shield.

Gu Shen was a little curious... Is the spear sharper, or the shield thicker?
(End of this chapter)