Codex of Powers

Gao Xia couldn't remember what happened afterwards, Zimeng said he was going to come out, and then he felt like he was shocked by an electric shock, and he felt back to his warm body.Although his body came back, he didn't have a chance to use it, because he felt dizzy for a while, as if all his strength had been drained, his whole body was so limp that he couldn't use any strength, he couldn't even stand up, and it was hard to even open his eyes. A burst of drowsiness came over him, and he just fell down with his head straight to the ground.

When Gao Xia woke up, he was already at home, lying in his second uncle's quaint house, which was the place where he met Zimeng.Gao Xia opened his eyes, saw the empty room, tried to get up but couldn't, then felt a sharp pain in his head.

When the pain gradually subsided, Gao Xia's consciousness also recovered, and his mind cleared up a lot, but he was really not sure if what happened yesterday happened. He looked at the empty room and thought that he might have done it himself. a dream.But soon, Zimeng broke his self-deceiving thought.

"Are you awake?" A deep voice came from the attic.

Gao Xia turned his head, and saw that Zimeng had already changed into a suit of gray robes that looked a bit like a Chinese tunic suit, and he didn't know where he got them.The thick black hair was simply tied up, looking like an ancient knight who walked out of a painting.Gao Xia froze there, a little incoherent.

"You?...Why are you really here?"

"What else? Do you think you have sex dreams? Chun Meng met a ghost, was chased and killed, and was miraculously rescued without dying? Is there such a lengthy sex dream in the world?" Zimeng looked contemptuously after finishing speaking. She glanced at him and went to the table to get a glass.

"..." Gao Xia was speechless. Originally, he was full of fantasies and favored him, but after hearing him say this, his favor immediately dropped.Dressing so elegantly and talking is really not pleasant. Could it be that ancient people were actually very poisonous?

"Come on, drink some water." Zimeng didn't feel the change in him, and helped him sit up very carefully, and passed the water to his mouth.Gao Xia was touched again for a moment, he was actually so gentle.Gao Xia just opened his mouth happily.But Zimeng knocked the cup against his teeth, and said fiercely: "Drink it yourself!" Although the voice was not loud, there was an irresistible majesty in it.

"Cut. Come by yourself." Gao Xia muttered softly, took the water obediently, held it in his hand and drank it by himself.

After drinking the water, Gao Xia put the cup on the counter next to the bed, Zimeng didn't look at him the whole time, and resumed his original silence, looking out the window, he didn't know what he was thinking, with a preoccupied look .

"Oh. That... that..." Gao Xia was at a loss for words for a while, he was a little confused, "that... what is that little boy?" He used the word "something" because he felt that he was not a human being. , If it is a human being, it would be too terrifying.

"That's the Finder, we call them the Black Beam, they specialize in finding a suitable body and then invading and taking full control of it to keep their life going."

"Ah? There really is such a thing, and this kind of plot that only appears in novels really exists in reality?" Gao Xia looked surprised and couldn't believe it at all. Could it be that I was almost brainwashed by others?To put it more appropriately, he was almost about to be taken over by others, or turned into a walking dead?

"Actually, you almost died. If you were invaded by that little boy, your consciousness will disappear, slowly disappearing. Although your body is still there, without your consciousness, it is just an empty shell. The body and soul borrowed by others are no longer yours. Isn't this equivalent to death, or is it more terrifying than death?" Zimeng said with a serious face.

Gao Xia was frightened by the word soul. He always believed in the existence of some unanswerable questions by science, and the existence of some weird marginal things.For example, Bermuda, aliens, these strange things that have not yet been definitively answered.

Gao Xia suddenly remembered that he had seen a vegetative person.It was in high school, a classmate in his class had an accident and turned into a vegetative state. At that time, he saw his classmate's demented look, and remembered that he had been playing basketball with them a few days ago. The deputy is completely unconscious, as if the original person has left and just left his clothes in this world.After going back, Gao Xia didn't sleep well for two whole months.This made him feel terrible, even more terrifying than death.

"Actually, there is no convincing answer as to why this kind of thing exists. In ancient times, people at that time did not live long. Although the living conditions were limited, there were still very few things like black beams. Yes. Later, the number of people gradually increased. Many people were afraid of death, and they were unwilling to die after death, so they left behind strong resentment. When these resentment gathered together, black bunches were formed. Later, more and more people, There are more and more black bundles, and black bundles of various natures and purposes are produced. Nowadays, people generally live longer, and they can live at least twice as long as the original people. , but someone else borrowed your body and continued to live instead of you."

"It's similar to the ghosts and ghosts you mentioned." Zimeng explained that he didn't understand.

"The difference between ghosts and black beams is that black beams are transformed from ghosts. People who are possessed by ghosts are neither ghosts nor humans, so we call them black beams. Each black beam must find a new body every once in a while. That is what we call a 'container'. Because during the time it 'lives' in it, it will become more and more unable to control its own desires and its own growing 'body', just like a hermit crab will keep changing its own body. Parasitic shells. However, the use time of each 'container' is not fixed, some black beams must be replaced after a few days of use, and some do not need to be replaced after decades of use, it depends on their own desires."

"desire?"

"That's how long you want to live. This is also a world where the strong prey on the weak. The stronger you are, the longer you can live, and the less people will dare to come and eat you."

"Eat you??" Gao Xia was startled again.

"Yes. It is more useful for one black beam to eat one black beam than to change the 'container' five times. This is the initial accumulation of resentment. Only with resentment can we live and become stronger. At first, resentment was accumulated outside, and later The black beams that are produced slowly become accumulated in the body, and it turns from the outside to the inside, the stronger the resentment, the stronger and more powerful the soul essence will be."

"How should I say it?..." Gao Xia didn't know what to say for a while, he hesitated for a long time before saying: "It sounds scary, it seems that it's not just us humans, it's not easy for you Heishu to survive on your own."

Zi Meng suddenly turned his head and stared at him, with the kind of eyes that he couldn't look directly at, Gao Xia asked cautiously: "Did I say something wrong?"

"I'm not Hei Zhu, don't confuse me with that lowly thing." Zimeng said, looking away.

"En." Gao Xia obediently shut her mouth, not understanding why she listened to him so much, it must be because he is too aura.

Falling into silence for a while, Gao Xia looked at him, Zi Meng tilted his head, and looked out of the window again, not wanting to continue talking.Gao Xia was confused when he heard it, although there were many things he didn't understand, but it was pointless to ask in this situation, he turned his head, the surrounding was dim, and the sun was about to set.