Monsters Will Die if They Are Killed

In the dark night, in a remote Japanese town, a man wearing a dark brown fur coat was walking alone in a dilapidated building, carefully looking for strange clues.

He holds a small chandelier in his left hand, wears a monocle treated with secret rituals on his face, and hangs around his waist are all kinds of strange props, medicine tubes, and powder packets. The huge cross pendant on the chest emits crystal brilliance, while the peach wood magic sword behind the back has faint talisman light patterns flickering.

The town was silent, but in the spiritual world, it was extremely noisy. The yellow light cast by dim street lights attracts mosquitoes, making the deserted streets feel particularly lonely.

The compass in his hand guided the signals that appeared and disappeared. The man squinted his eyes. He raised his head and looked at a small house not far away that had not been repaired for a long time.

He walked slowly, pushed the door open, threw a trigger mine at the door, and pasted a talisman on it. At this moment, he heard a voice with a plaintive tone, which seemed to be crying, but also seemed to be chuckling. Female voice.

——The first thing to do is to determine the category of weirdness.

The man lifted the chandelier on his left hand, then blew lightly, and stretched his right hand out of his waist, pulling out an old-fashioned shotgun with a barrel deliberately shortened.

Immediately, the chandelier that was almost extinguished suddenly became brighter, and the bright golden light illuminated the entire hall of the hut. Immediately, countless layers of bloody handprints appeared in every corner of the house, blocking it like a formation. All door and window access.

At first glance, these bloody handprints look like the branches and flowers of cherry blossoms, solemn and strangely beautiful at the same time.

The light of the chandelier made them appear and melt, and countless blood began to flow in the corridor and both sides of the wall, releasing a soul-trembling aura.

It's not ghouls and yakshas, ​​or monsters that have become spirits. It should be the spirit of the cherry blossom tree or a resentful spirit.

But they shouldn't be so strong, and the weird thing that can make Zen Master Zhendu and Master Nakajima disappear shouldn't be so simple.

There have always been old and young men missing in Fengqi Town recently. It sounds like it is just an ordinary incident among the weird incidents that have happened frequently in the past ten years. However, several well-known exorcists in Japan have failed here. After his disappearance, this seemingly ordinary matter became serious.

After smelling an unusual smell and being invited by a familiar friend, the unknown and mysterious exorcist was invited to take action and came to an area far away from home.

But now it seems that things are far more difficult than he imagined.

Taking two steps back slightly to avoid the cherry-colored blood that seemed to be flowing towards him deliberately, the man hung the chandelier on the preset hook on his chest, then took out a lavender potion from his waist and filled it skillfully. Includes two special shotgun slugs.

This is a powerful soul water extracted from the fermentation of Fierce Tooth Grass that grows on ancient battlefields. Although it is poisonous, it can be used to strengthen the soul strength and physical fitness of the user in a short period of time. Now it is added with the holy silver powder built into the warhead. , perfect for destroying soul enemies.

The woman's laughter was approaching the parts, and the blood flowing on the wall and floor began to gather and take shape, turning into a shape imitating the roots of a tree. Quietly, these roots had already circled behind the man, intending to launch a surprise attack and penetrate the body. Into the heart and soul of a man.

Then the landmine was triggered, and a huge explosion mixed with the suddenly spreading consecration talisman spread around the entire hut. The female voice that originally smiled sadly turned into a shrill scream, and the man rolled skillfully to avoid the impact of the explosion. He also listened to the sound to identify his location, held the gun with one hand, and struck a blow in the direction of the sound.

Purple light flashed, and the reaction of the Soul Potion and the Exorcist Silver Powder was very violent. It was like acid-base neutralization, which could release unbelievable high heat for the spirit body, because Fu Hui's resentful soul was forced to It was penetrated the moment it appeared, and there were countless corrosive holes in the pale and beautiful soul.

But even so, the resentful soul still did not dissipate. It turned its head, and the soul body continued to heal. On the beautiful face, the dark eyes without eyeballs stared at the man who fired the gun, making him take a breath.

In the normal eyes, there is only a scattered mist, but in the monocle, there is a beautiful but resentful woman.

According to locals, this woman should be a female college student who was abandoned by others in recent years and eventually died in a rented house together with her newborn child. The man understood why the other person became weird, but it was a bit difficult to understand why the other person was so powerful.

Even the ghost Buddha that was expelled from Liangshan Temple did not have such vitality after being shot by an exorcism shotgun. Of course, the ghost Buddha was also bigger, that guy was five stories tall.

No, where does the resentful soul get its vitality? What supports them is only obsession and soul power.

Another roll, and a flash bomb with lightning wood powder was thrown out. The man who temporarily forced the banshee back hung the shotgun back on his waist, then pulled out the mahogany sword and chopped away those who were constantly moving towards him. The blood-water root system that came from the package - he recalled the information that the female student liked plants very much, and he often raised some potted plants and succulents.

Could it be that it's not a resentful spirit, but a plant?

The resentful soul has begun to charge, and the speed exceeds the sound. The man can only pick up the chandelier again and blow air - a scorching light lights up. The power of the ancient chandelier that was once enshrined in the Egyptian pyramid is temporarily exhausted, and as As a result, the resentful soul let out another scream and was forced to retreat, and he also noticed that there was a shadow that remained unchanged under this dazzling light.

It was a small potted tree located behind the living room of the cabin.

"Holy!"

Shouting a holy word, the man did not hesitate to pull off the huge cross necklace on his chest, and then threw it in that direction - that thing was a processed radioactive material explosive, and the usual crystal brilliance was not holy light, but It is radiant light in the true sense.

But now, the radioactive explosive activated by the password exploded, and the chaotic magnetic field completely dispersed all the strange phenomena in the surrounding area. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the man quickly took out the white phosphorus he had prepared with him, and then moved towards the small potted tree. Throw it in the direction where it is and shoot it once.

Boom, the fire burned raging, the strange little tree turned into ashes in the blazing white flames, and the screams of the resentful souls slowly faded away,

Although less than fifteen seconds had passed since he entered the house, the man was already sweating profusely and his heart was full of exhaustion.

"The weirdness is getting stronger and stronger... I don't know what method will be used to deal with these monsters in the future..."

He let out a long sigh, staggered out of the hut that had begun to burn, then took out a chocolate bar from his waist, held it in his mouth, and muttered vaguely: "Why on earth did they suddenly appear? This There must be a source behind it, but it’s been more than ten years and I can’t find any clues.”

Men don't smoke or drink. Those things will affect the speed and accuracy of chanting holy words. Although no one knows which god will respond to those prayers, maybe it is also some kind of extremely powerful weirdness.

But using weirdness to deal with weirdness is something every exorcist in this world is good at.

"This time I have to ask them to increase the money - it is a task like this every time, and my life will be shortened by at least twenty years."

Slowly chewing the chocolate bar, with his back to the burning hut, he planned to go back to the Northeast for a few months to take a good rest at the Liaozhou Bathhouse, which was comparable to the ancient Roman baths. After four super-evolutions, the Northeast Bathhouse has long been popular among people in this world. The well-known high-end resort is actually the first choice for all exorcists for a relaxing vacation.

Although he himself knows that weirdness is everywhere and he will definitely encounter several incidents even when he is on vacation, the man's desire to take a vacation is stronger than diamonds.

However, as the rustling sound rang out, the keen man suddenly discovered that the fire behind him that should have continued to burn was now gradually extinguished.

Amid the sound of the ocean tide, which sounded like a sea of ​​trees being blown by the evening breeze, cold shadows began to spread.

"……No way?"

The man with his back to the firelight and shadow froze in place. He forced himself to calm down and slowly turned his head to look behind him.

Then, he saw a huge pale white cherry blossom tree slowly emerging from the ground in the center of the town.

——Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees

Children's songs sounded cheerfully, and the sound of the giant tree was innocent.

However, in inverse proportion to that sound, there are countless dead bones or fresh heads hanging on the huge cherry tree, and at its roots, there are countless ancient or recently captured heads. The corpses were gathered together like a mass - there were a few familiar men inside, they were well-known Japanese colleagues, but they were obviously dead now.

Obviously, the giant tree is neither good nor evil, but only absorbs human beings' methods of treating human beings from human hearts.

Then.

Use these methods to treat human beings the same way.

Maybe this weird person thinks this is a way to make friends - look at those corpses, how close they are.

Below Fengqi Town, there may be an ancient battlefield or some other place where many people died. The moment he saw the tree of resentful souls, the man roughly understood why this strange thing appeared and the principle of action of the other party, but he knew So what?

"Grass."

To this day, even he could only sigh subconsciously. The man turned around and ran away without hesitation, but the huge tree of resentful souls behind him had no intention of giving up. Suddenly, with branches all over the sky, there were wild branches. Dance, bloody rain began to cover the entire Fengqi Town, and countless roots composed of blood and water roared towards them.

…

"Why do supernatural beings exist? Why do monsters appear out of thin air? There must be a reason for everything. I am going to find it, understand why, and then end it."

Decades later, the old one-armed exorcist whispered to his young apprentice: "I once expelled the demon of dusk that devoured hope in a deserted city, and I once sealed the resurgent resentment in a Japanese town. The Soul Tree, I once fought against the ghoul tribe in the frozen soil of North America - all these brought me fragmented clues, which made me know that behind all the weirdness, there is a source called 'greatness'."

"But that's it. My life is coming to an end. The final meaning of my life is to pass on this knowledge and tell you so that you can continue and find the truth."

"But, teacher..."

In front of the old man, he knelt on the ground obediently. Among the many apprentices, a white-haired girl asked with some confusion: "Don't the textbooks always say that the reason why weirdness is weird is because their existence itself is beyond Is it logical?"

Until now.

The areas available for human survival, apart from a few large cities on the surface protected by holy lands, are only large gathering places underground and space cities in space.

The surface of the earth is almost completely occupied by countless anomalies and weirdness.

In order to open up the connection between space and the underground, in order to find the truth about the weirdness, no matter how dangerous the exorcist's work is, there will always be people who persist - but not everyone is willing to pursue the truth behind the weirdness, but just execute own work.

"Look, humans can never give up asking 'why'."

However, the girl at this moment heard the old man's calm reply.

Sitting in his seat, the white-haired old man narrowed his eyes.

He stretched out his single hand and stared at the lines in his palm - they were the alternating ouroboros, the concentric circles spreading in the mist, the glorious sacred trees, the broken golden balls, and the branches extending into the distance. radiation.

There are many more lines, and they are all trophies he has won from the unknown and weirdness in this life. He is not angry because of what the girl said, but just teaches patiently.

“Because, asking why you don’t know something, something you don’t want to admit, and then intending to change it, is the most essential desire of human beings.”

"Actually, the truth is not important. What is important is the process of finding the truth and finding what you want. That is the meaning of life."

A young girl heard the old man's gentle narration.

She heard the confusion and determination of a man, like a fire burning on the abyss, even if it could be extinguished at any time, it was still determined to burn.

The flame swaying may have many different shapes and colors, but what remains unchanged is its light, its temperature, and the essence of combustion and inheritance.

Another new fire was ignited.

Another person understands what desire is, what responsibility is, and what a searching heart is.

【——The Flame of Quest. 】

There are still many flames of light in the dark soul space.

The flame wanted to continue floating, but it was blocked by a hand, covering up all the light and shadow.

The blue-purple soul light flashed, and Su Zhou raised his head, silently looking into the golden light.

【Do you want to save them? 】

There is such a voice, soft, sweet, compassionate, and full of kindness: "Although they were once you, they are no longer completely you. Their fate has not yet been determined. If you are willing, you can save them." 】

"save."

After a period of silence, a sigh-like sound sounded.

"save."

Repeating this word, Su Zhou chuckled, and the young man's voice said lightly: "Rescue? Where to start?"

"I don't see anything that needs to be saved."

Then came the confused thoughts.

He seemed to be puzzled as to why Su Zhou had such a reply.

When the young man closed his eyes, his mind reflected what he had just seen and the three stages of life he might encounter.

In the first paragraph, the great seal is broken, but the great being does not escape, and the world is revived.

The second paragraph is about a world where the great seal is not broken, the great existence continues to be sealed, and the spiritual energy is revived.

In the third paragraph, there are no abnormalities in the great seal and the great being. Even the spiritual energy has not been revived. There is only a world where various derived information about the great being is gradually derived.

Each of the three stages of life has its own imperfections.

In the first period of life, he was alone as a star of evil and fought to the end; in the second period of life, in order to achieve his goal, he did not hesitate to transform himself into a Tao and become a punishment from heaven; in the third period of life, although there was nothing imperfect, he lived well. It’s not that I was unhappy, but I was still searching until the end of my life and couldn’t find a way to fulfill my wish.

Yes, it is true that neither of them is very perfect, and neither of them is very happy. If you have to distinguish between good and bad, this is obviously not a "Happy End".

That's why Perfect came to ask.

If possible, would Su Zhou save these possibilities and change half of the "good and bad" in the multiverse?

This is His way.

He extended an invitation to Su Zhou.

And Su Zhou's answer was 'no'.

"I am me, and Su Zhou is Su Zhou. They may have the same name as me, and from the perspective of your great existence, they may have the same origin - but they are not me, but independent lives."

With this reply, facing the golden light flashing in front of his eyes, the young man replied seriously and solemnly: "I know that you love everything perfectly and hope that everyone can live a 'perfect' life and have a 'happy and contented' life." 's story and ending."

"I admire, even like, your path. But."

Shaking his head with a smile, Su Zhou said with a hint of reproach in his tone: "If you were to ask other Su Zhou himself, it might make sense - only they are qualified to make decisions - but if you ask me, it's... Why?"

"Am I qualified to deny other people's lives?"

【They are you. And now you, as the most powerful individual among all you at this moment, can undo those tragedies. 】

A perfect voice sounded, calm and kind: [Do you like those fates? Don’t you want to change the direction of those dark tributaries? 】

"I don't like it...but I won't 'deny' it."

Slowly sitting cross-legged on the ground, Su Zhou supported his chin with his hand. He fell into deep thought, and then said softly: "Everyone is working hard to live, burning like a flame. This is not light, but it is not darkness either... How can I easily deny it and judge the struggles of all humans in another world as a tragedy of 'failure'?"

"I know that they are miserable and many people died. Even in another time and space, just watching my heart seems to be clenched. If it were me, I would never accept that fate. I must stand up and resist. Everything must be changed..."

"But it is because of this, it is precisely because of this that I, who have not experienced these tragedies, would be too arrogant to judge all of this casually..."

[Arrogance is the meaning of the existence of the strong. 】

With a soft sigh, the voice in the golden halo was filled with confusion: [If the strong don't even do these things and make judgments, then why do strong people exist? 】

[If the strong don’t change their destiny and the established trajectory, then who else can do it? 】

With such a statement, the perfect voice seemed to come from the far side: "See it, your heart will move, and you will save it." Arrive, witness, and change. 】

[Arrogance is the responsibility of the strong, the meaning of being strong. We should change all the multiverses and save everything - for me, that's it. 】

"Change has two directions. One is to deny, completely change, and add what you are sure is correct. The other is to admit, to add correctness to the original, and to make improvements."

"In addition to denying, a strong person can also admit - although I am not a strong person yet, but I want to do so."

Closing his eyes, the young man said in a deep voice: "I will not arrogantly judge what is a tragedy, and then tamper with it without permission - the strong are the evil ones, just because they change everything to obey themselves without permission, if I want to be a good person To exist, we must learn to admit it beyond 'denial'."

"Salvation? Where to start? They are shining in their own lives. Even if they sink, it is just their own choice. They only need help and opportunities, not salvation."

With that said, Su Zhou stood up slowly, and calmly said to the low light in front of him: "I will only bring 'variables' to make them more in line with the beauty in their hearts."

[…But isn’t this still the pursuit of ‘perfection’? 】

"It is more perfect. Rooted in everything that already exists, admitting laughter and suffering, and being 'more perfect' than yesterday. This is the true meaning of innovation. Innovation never denies mistakes, but admits them. Correct it.”

[Then, as a strong person, if you encounter suffering in front of your eyes and do not save it, what will you do? 】

“Help, and then blessing.”

【good. 】

After hearing such a decisive and unhesitating answer, the light faded away peacefully.

[Although it is far from being called 'correct', it is possible to detect 'errors'. 】

A distant voice came, and then gradually faded away: [Su Zhou, the covenant holder of chaos... I am looking forward to the arrival of that day. 】

As Su Zhou looked at the fading glory, the soul space behind him returned to its original state. The spirit of the wisdom tree and many evil spirits sprouted into the soul of the spiritual grass swaying in the darkness.

And in front of him, there was a seemingly ordinary book left. When he opened the pages, the stars were shining brightly, and there seemed to be endless brilliance and power in it.

That is the gift of perfection left behind.

"..."

Without the ability to understand this book too much, the young man closed the book silently. After Perfection was gone, he closed his eyes and sensed the injuries in his body.

Most of the Tao injuries caused by the Tian Xing Yuan Dao Technique have been cured. Some of them were the result of Su Zhou's own rest, but most of them were caused by the aftermath of the nightmare that Perfection gave him... He originally needed to take a good rest. He was seriously injured for a year, and now it only takes about ten days and a half to recover.

After all, people's physiques cannot be generalized. Of course, Su Zhou could drive the Emperor of Heaven into the Black Hole of Guixu when he was extremely angry, and then take a hit himself without being injured, but others would probably not even have a chance to heal themselves. have.

At this moment, Yala's lazy voice suddenly sounded, interrupting the dull atmosphere in the soul space.

"How about it, Su Zhou, can you understand why you met me?"

Snake Spirit's tone was obviously self-satisfied, and there was an aura of 'come and thank me soon', which immediately made Su Zhou's expression change slightly, and he couldn't help but laugh: "Then I really thank you - but Yara, I never said that meeting you was a bad thing, so why did you put yourself in the bad column?"

Such teasing, but Yara obviously didn't care: "Don't care too much about perfection, this stupid bird is also a brainless person, otherwise, there won't be anyone to help him when I change him - This popularity can be imagined.”

"Now that things have come to this, I am beginning to wonder if any of you great beings are more popular... Well, it seems that Lord Ji and Shenmu are the ones?"

"They also have their own mortal enemies. Let's not talk about this. Compared to these, what are you going to do next? Are you just going to rest like this?"

The snake spirit waved its tail, and the young man pondered for a while, then slowly shook his head.

"No."

Su Zhou replied with a burning ambition in his eyes: "Although the picture Perfect showed me cannot guide me to His path... but it further stimulates my motivation to become stronger. "

"The meaning of being strong is not that you can decide other people's lives, but that you can decide your own future - so, taking this opportunity, I would like to try some new forms, open up my own possibilities, and let myself Become stronger.”

Having said this, the young man lowered his head and stared at his palms. He clenched his fists and chuckled: "So far, whether it is the space battle form, the naval battle form, or the divine bird form, I have just imitated it. , improvement...but innovation should also create something completely new - absorb all the nutrients and give birth to something familiar but different."

"Then just do it."

In response, Yara laughed loudly, and the snake hanging on the tree of wisdom encouraged without hesitation: "With your immortal strength, it is completely possible to open up a new path."

Su Zhou didn't reply.

His will returned to his body.

Then, something changed.

Moon surface.

Around the huge coffin that suddenly stood upright, majestic spiritual energy swirled, like flying snow in the sky, creating particles of spiritual light that fell one after another.

The abnormal magnetic field even creates a layer of light arc visible to the naked eye around the entire back of the moon, which reacts with the distant sunlight.

The fairy-level mutation caused all the powerful people on the earth who are still on the moon to cautiously withdraw hundreds of kilometers, leaving only the temporarily reinforced radiation-resistant autonomous robots for remote broadcast.

"What happened?"

This is a question on everyone's mind, and until now, no one has answered it.

However, at this moment.

They saw it.

In the distance, in the crater, that huge, sleeping coffin... is now undergoing violent transformation amid a flash of blazing flames!

Boom, boom! !

Along with the sound of steel rubbing against each other, resounded in the vast spiritual world, the originally square and giant healing coffin began to deconstruct and reorganize itself at this moment - countless totems and divine patterns were distorted in this violent change. , and then transform into a completely new look!

In the sudden light of blue-purple fire, the heavy silver-gray metal began to deform, lengthen, and then transformed into a slender frame, with the divine patterns of nine dragons and five phoenixes climbing up, and then...

Condensed into a battleship.

In other words, a sacred tree that looks like a battleship!

There, there is a sapling that looks like a space battleship, slowly sprouting!

The nine dragons turned into roots, taking root in the earth on the back of the moon, absorbing the matter from the stars, while the five phoenixes turned into branches, spreading their wings at the crown of the tree, absorbing the energy in the universe.

The slender structure in the middle, under the cultivation of roots and branches, undergoes visible changes, corrections, and self-replacement and improvement!

Nine dragons pull the coffin, and the divine phoenix leads the way!

But now, the coffin has taken root and turned into a sacred wooden battleship!

At this moment, all the major forces and alien ambassadors who were paying attention to Su Zhou saw this scene in the crater, and were shocked and speechless.

[This, Zhu Zhou, what exactly is Zhu Zhou? ! 】

At this moment, even Yan Sheng almost crashed on the spot. His digital body collapsed into a fuzzy electron cloud on the spot, and then slowly condensed back: [How do I bring back the myths and legends I made up before? ah? ! 】

No one could answer his question.

Not even Su Zhou himself could.

In less than an hour, the news of Su Zhou's return spread throughout the entire earth.

The whole network was shocked.

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