I have an eye of truth

The group quickly arrived at the city wall. At this time, many soldiers were densely packed, standing guard everywhere, vigilant about their surroundings. There were also various military fortresses, and some defensive fortresses floated in the air.

Speaking of which, this combination of primitive and science fiction always gave people a strange feeling.

This style was like watching those science fiction movies with five-cent special effects, very bizarre.

However, from time to time, someone would shoot towards the distance. The bullets were specially made, possessing fire attributes. A bullet hit a figure in the distance, and that figure immediately burst into flames.

No, that's not right, that wasn't a person, but a scarecrow.

Further away, behind the trees and rocks, many scarecrows occasionally poked their heads out, looking over here, their eyes seeming somewhat greedy. No, they clearly didn't have eyes, so what was with that look?

For some reason, Wang Yang felt this strange sensation in his heart, feeling a chill.

Even a high-level professional like himself felt this way, if it were ordinary people, they would probably be even more terrified. Under the control of fear, who knows what they might do.

"How can there be so many scarecrows?"

"That's the strangest thing. Under normal circumstances, these eerie creatures would sneak around, infiltrating human settlements, especially those remote places like mountain villages. This situation, where so many gather to surround cities, is really too rare. This large-scale riot is the first of its kind."

"What I mean is, how can there be so many scarecrows, who exactly made them?"

"Is that your focus?" He Yingxue said unhappily, "Of course they were made by people. Scarecrows are simple to make and condense many special human thoughts, making them a very easy-to-obtain material for wandering souls. Moreover, there are always some people who yearn for the eerie, hoping to become one of them."

There was no need to say any more, Wang Yang already knew what was going on.

Humans becoming eerie meant fusing with wandering souls or other strange things, which counted as a unique 'Other' in this layer.

Since there were humans helping, many things that wandering souls couldn't do themselves became easier. Although wandering souls could fuse with various strange things, they couldn't manufacture those things themselves.

This could be considered a limitation. No matter how exquisite the things they created were, they couldn't bear the fusion of their own kind.

However, humans who had joined them could manufacture them in large quantities before becoming 'Others'. Scarecrows only needed straw, and they must have worked hard to make so many.

As for after becoming 'Others', affected by the rules, they couldn't manufacture these things either, just like wandering souls.

"The 'Others' in this layer are very special, just like the demons and monsters in folk legends. Once the fusion is successful, their lifespan will be greatly increased. You saw those half-elves and elves before, their lifespans aren't even as long as these things."

So it was because of lifespan again? It seemed this layer was very attractive to those elderly people. However, what these people were doing was a bit too much.

When other 'Others' were created, at least the people behind them didn't require them to harm others.

But in this layer, because fusion was difficult, one had to gain the approval of those wandering souls in order to fuse. Then, some fragments of the wandering souls that had been killed were taken out to help them fuse.

To accomplish this, one had to help the wandering souls with their tasks, which meant harming people.

"Look at those scarecrows, some of them have bloodstains on their faces. One bloodstain represents the killing of one person. If they can kill ten people, they can advance to the initial level of strength. If it's a hundred, it's the advanced level. Higher levels require special methods, not just killing."

Wang Yang's body exuded killing intent: "These things deserve to die." Those who are not of our race must have different intentions, there is truth to that saying.

He Yingxue gave Wang Yang a strange look: "Why is your killing intent so heavy? How many alien beasts and other creatures have you killed? If this continues, your mind will be affected."

"Really?" Wang Yang retracted his killing intent, seemingly not feeling anything strange.

"Of course, you don't feel it now because your mental strength is strong. Over time, your mental strength will be gradually eroded by the killing intent, and you will become a killing machine." Lingling also walked over, saying with a serious face.

"What should I do then? People who live in the Layered World are constantly killing, aren't they?"

"No, you are different from them. Their killing is limited, and they don't kill all the time, they always rest for a period of time. When they rest, the killing intent will dissipate. But because of your ability, you are always actively seeking out alien beasts to kill, you must have killed a lot during this time, so there is simply no time for it to dissipate."

He Yingxue pointed to the soldiers beside her and said, "Just like in the military, some people often have these problems, so we are very clear about the effects of having too much killing intent."

Wang Yang frowned, it couldn't be that serious, could it? If so, then he had to solve it as soon as possible.

He didn't want to become a monster controlled by killing intent, he wanted to control himself.

"However, the military has many ways to solve this problem, we are professionals. After you get the meritorious service this time, go and exchange it yourself."

Hearing this, Wang Yang rolled his eyes, was it really that simple?

But he was still a little worried, worried that the military's methods would be ineffective for him. Forget it, he would just use the Eye of Truth to deduce it later, no matter what secret methods there were, they could be continuously improved.

Suddenly, Wang Yang said, "Wait a minute, with so many people standing on the city wall, wouldn't wandering souls come out and possess them?"

"You really don't understand anything." He Yingxue glanced at Wang Yang: "According to folk legends, soldiers have baleful aura, and those weapons also condense baleful aura, evil spirits won't invade. The thoughts condensed on these things naturally restrain wandering souls, and the stronger ones even have a strong killing effect on wandering souls, how could they be invaded?"

"Just like you, with your killing intent, even if it's an advanced wandering soul, I'm afraid they wouldn't be interested in you."

There was such a saying? He was already immune to evil spirits. Wang Yang was a little dazed, it seemed this kind of world was very suitable for people like him to survive in.

Just at this moment, a messenger arrived: "Report, the headquarters has ordered you to go over there."

Headquarters, were they looking for him or He Yingxue? Wang Yang thought with some uncertainty.