40,000 Years of Cultivation

"So, this is a...punishment?"

Zhang Daniu trembled, "But what exactly did we do wrong, to be punished like this, I-all of us on earth, didn't do anything at all!"

"We didn't do something wrong now, it doesn't mean that we didn't do something wrong long, long ago."

The hunter still said coldly, "A long time ago, perhaps before tens of thousands of reincarnations, before everything has started, we-all the people on earth have committed an unforgivable mistake. We are all heinous cold-blooded animals. The **** and tyrannical invaders are the captives of our own ambitions and greed. Driven by our endless desires, we have caused irreparable and irreparable damage to the entire universe, almost destroying the entire world as well as ourselves.

"So, we are like Sisyphus in myths and legends, imprisoned forever in this cage of time, on this infinitely circulating earth, pushing the boulder of our soul over and over again in this way Punish us for our sins-even if doing so is not enough to punish us for our sins."

"This one……"

Zhang Daniu obviously didn't believe it.

Li Yao under the overpass also twitched his mouth.

This "we are born with original sin" argument may be popular in the West, but it has a natural resistance to the Easterners who believe in "I am in control of my life."

"What's more, it's not just punishment."

The hunter continued, "It's still redemption."

"Redemption?"

Zhang Daniu said, "I don't understand."

"Think about the novels and movies you have seen about the ‘Circulation of Time’. Have you found that their interpretation of the theme and the portrayal of the protagonist’s escape from the predicament have one thing in common?"

Hunter said, "Before entering the cycle of time, the protagonist is often a person with serious psychological defects and encounters setbacks and misfortunes. He may complain about others, complain about life, feel extremely depressed about everything about himself, and even hate everything around him. People, caught in the vortex and abyss, can't escape.

"Suddenly, he fell into the cycle of time and encountered the infinitely repeated'April 1st'. He hit his head in front of the wall of time time and time again. No matter how he cried and screamed, he wanted to end everything.

"As a result, in the seemingly boring and repetitive life, the protagonist slowly learns to examine himself, discovers his own personality flaws, finds a way to cleanse his soul, learns to live in harmony with others, and finally discovers the true meaning of life—— Only in this way, the time cycle will end, and the protagonist will be able to jump out of'April 1st'.

"Teacher Niu, think about it carefully, do most of the'time cycle' type of works follow this rule?"

Zhang Daniu thought for a while and said, "It seems to be correct."

"Of course it is true, because this is the meaning of the existence of the reincarnation world, not only to punish us, but to help us achieve the ultimate salvation."

Hunter said, "In the past, our hands were stained with blood, and our souls were eroded by darkness and evil. The sins were extremely sinful and unforgivable. Conventional methods were simply not enough to help us correct our mistakes and return to normal. Therefore, we were put into this special one. "Reincarnation world, time prison", every time we go through the cycle here, our sins will be washed away. After ten or one hundred cycles, some people will completely wash away the evil and greed of the past, and wait until the experience Ten thousand times of reincarnation, even the most stubborn murderer will wash away his hostility and run towards a bright future.

"Ultimately, when all the people on earth wash away the sins of the past, forget the evils of the past, and obtain complete salvation, the infinite cycle of the reincarnation world will end, and we will also be like the protagonists in those science fiction works, jumping out of the'April 1' Day', usher in a brilliant new life!"

"Wow, it sounds really pretty... incredible. I need time to think about it carefully. The impact is really too big."

Zhang Daniu said, "Sorry, I, I didn't know anything about it last night. I just learned this morning that humans can eat hundreds of steamed buns in one meal, and then you tell me at night what I used to endanger the universe and the heinous. The aggressor is being held in a time prison of infinite reincarnation for reform? Wow, this is really exciting. My mind is a bit messy now. I have to digest it and organize my thoughts."

There was a long silence in the bug, and Li Yao could imagine Zhang Daniu's dumbfounded look.

Because he himself is roughly like this now.

After waiting for three full minutes, I heard Zhang Daniu continue: "But, I have a question-how did your'Apocalypse Organization' know such a secret and mysterious thing? Suppose, I mean suppose, we live The Earth is really an endless loop prison. Who is it that keeps us here and who controls...the operation of the reincarnation world?"

"This question is very complicated. It is difficult to explain carefully before you awaken."

Hunter said, "Simply speaking, we have been granted certain permissions to unlock a part of countless reincarnations, and even the memories before reincarnation, thus mastering powerful superpowers and knowing part of the truth.

"After you have been tested by the Prophet and proved that there is no problem at all, you may also be granted the appropriate permissions to unlock more memories and abilities, and then you will understand everything."

"and many more--"

Zhang Daniu suddenly became smarter, "You were'given' certain authority? Who granted it? The ruler of the reincarnation world, the'warden' who kept us in this prison? What exactly is that! "

"The name is just a code name. That great, sacred, bright and unique existence has countless faces, countless magical powers and countless names."

Hunter said, "If you want, you can call it the ‘will of the earth’, but it is not the ‘warden’ of this infinite loop of time prison. More precisely, it is the prison itself.”

"..."

Zhang Daniu and Li Yao, a few hundred meters away, fell into an extremely shocking silence at the same time.

"This, this topic is really too big,'Earth Will', I, I think my brain is not enough, I feel a little breathless."

Zhang Daniu said, "Let's talk about a little more specific and subtle issues. Even if I believe everything you say, why do you obliterate so many ‘observers-creators of the fantasy world’?"

"Because they are not true ‘fantasy world creators’, none of the worlds they create are unfounded and imagined out of thin air."

The hunter said, "I just said that the observers are all talented guys who can observe hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of times before the reincarnation, that kind of incomparable sin and blood. And brutal appearance, and reflect these observation fragments in their works.

"This kind of work is very likely to resonate with some people on the earth, that is, the'prisoners', so that the evil that the prisoners have finally suppressed and forgotten will be revived, and the redemption of tens of thousands of times of reincarnation will be wiped out.

"Perhaps, these observers themselves are muddled, and they don't understand how powerful and dangerous their works are. Simple and rude obliteration is a bit unfair to them, but in order to prevent the rebirth of the sins of the past, we cannot risk it. There is a slight risk of obliterating them in this life, and they can still be resurrected in the next life. After three or five obliterations, perhaps they will completely forget the past and are no longer'observers'."

"It sounds like you are carrying out the order of the ‘will of the earth’ to help it maintain the order of the ‘reincarnation world, time prison’. If it is the ‘warden’, you probably mean ‘jailer’.”

Zhang Daniu said, "I understand that, right?"

"You can understand that."

Hunter said, "The'prophet' conveys the command of the'earth will' to us, that is, the sacred'Apocalypse', and we who have been blessed by the'Apocalypse' can have the authority beyond ordinary prisoners and awaken certain memories and abilities. Even bring these memories and abilities into the next cycle and become a special "jailer"."

"What about the Ark Foundation?"

Zhang Daniu said, "You are'model prisoners' and'jailers', what are they?"

"Of course it is the most dangerous, cruel, most unruly and stubborn prisoner."

The hunter sighed slightly and said, "After countless reincarnations, the vast majority of prisoners have forgotten their past sins, sincerely recognize their mistakes, honestly repent and correct them. In your words, it means'change your mind and be a new man.' And I believe that as long as we persevere in this way, it will not take many reincarnations, and we will surely usher in the ultimate salvation, released and accepted by the "will of the earth".

"However, there are a handful of hopeless madmen in any prison. These lawless guys have no regrets for their past sins and are not prepared to abide by all the laws and systems in the prison. They never thought about accepting the reforms honestly until the day they were “released”, but they were thinking about using their own methods to “escape”, or even destroy the entire prison, and destroy the sacred earth!"

Destroy the earth!

Destroy the earth!

Destroy the earth!

Hearing this, Li Yao suddenly felt a "buzzing" in the depths of his brain, like a blazing little bug burrowing around, making him suffer from a splitting headache, and he couldn't help groaning in the storm. .

"who am I?

"What am I doing here?

"Beyond reincarnation, destroy the earth! What does this mean, is this the truth of the vulture plan? I am also one of those prisoners, one of the most unruly, stubborn, and craziest prisoners?"