Mystery Makes Me Strong

The end of the year has finally arrived.

People began to prepare for the New Year, and at the same time brought their food, chickens and ducks to prepare to pay taxes to the city.

If they did not pay, the city would not send people to maintain the statues in the village.

Once the statues became old and lost their functions, the village would lose its shelter.

What made the ghost feel relieved was that the villagers here were still well fed and clothed.

Although there were many family quarrels, at least there was no worry of freezing to death or starving to death.

Probably because there were no natural disasters, and the population was well controlled.

It followed the villagers and went into the city to see.

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The sun shines through the ancient city walls and sprinkles on a city with a long history.

It was a sunny day.

In the center of the city, there is a magnificent sacrificial square.

In the center of the square stands a huge altar.

The altar is carved with complex patterns, which looks solemn and solemn.

However, the content of the pattern is gloomy and terrifying.

Centipede, octopus...

Three strange evil things, but here, have become symbols of people's prayers.

When the ghost robot came to the square, he found that there were towering ancient trees with lush branches and leaves around, as if telling the ancient legend of this city.

It is obvious that the history of this world is very long.

And the citizens of the city, dressed in festive costumes, gathered in the square, ready to participate in the annual sacrificial ceremony.

Their faces were filled with piety and expectation, holding all kinds of offerings in their hands, including fresh fruits, carefully made cakes, and hand-woven wreaths.

Obviously, as a citizen class, they are much richer than ordinary people.

They all have various crafts and skills, and can occupy an advantageous position in commodity exchange.

And at the end of the crowd, a unique figure stood quietly.

It is the ghost.

It used to be a robot called "Royal Guard".

And now it is an ordinary person.

It's just that the inner mind is still the way of thinking of a robot.

Its current appearance is that of an ordinary person.

It misses its previous body, which is made of metal and circuits.

It will not get sick or tired.

It can live forever by charging and replacing accessories.

And now, a faint sense of loss is flickering in its eyes.

Because it has felt the fragility of its body these days.

The ghost quietly observes everything around it.

If it were in the past, it would have a built-in artificial intelligence system that could easily analyze people's words and deeds, and then analyze the meaning and principles of this ancient ritual.

But now, it can only maintain a perfect demeanor to make everything look normal.

It can only carefully record all the processes.

As the sacrificial ceremony progressed, the atmosphere in the square became more and more solemn.

People entered the square in an orderly manner under the organization of some elders.

People with status stood in front, and those without status stood in the back.

Of course, there were also many people standing in the back who were secretly happy, and they didn't have to worry about losing their composure.

The elders began to chant the ancient spell.

Their voices echoed in the square, intertwined with the sound of the wind and the sound of birds, forming a mysterious melody.

The residents also sang along, their voices full of piety and awe.

The ghost felt very strange and sang along subconsciously.

It just felt something was wrong.

Intuition told it that there might be some problems.

Suddenly, a strange wind blew from the altar in the center of the square, carrying a strange breath.

The voices of the residents gradually became confused, and their eyes began to become confused, as if their minds were controlled by some force.

The elders also stopped chanting, and their movements became stiff, as if they were frozen in place.

The "ghost" immediately noticed the abnormality.

It captured the subtle changes in the air and quickly analyzed these changes.

It had a feeling that some unknown energy was affecting people's minds, and this energy was full of malice and confusion.

And this energy, after being mixed and filtered through the human spirit, seemed to be neutralized, and then leaped to a new level.

Is this the new energy?

That's it.

Incense and wish power, this is how it is produced.

The ghost's eyes swept across the square and finally fixed on the shadow on the altar.

When everyone was addicted, it remained awake.

Probably because its consciousness did not belong to this world, it could not be confused by it.

At the altar, a strange figure was slowly emerging.

Its shape was vague, as if it was made of smoke and shadows.

But the ghost still clearly captured its outline.

It was a monster, a monster from an unknown realm.

As soon as the shadow monster appeared, it began to wreak havoc in the square.

Its figure shuttled through the crowd and passed through one person after another.

Every time it passed through a human body, it would make the contacted person fall into a deeper obsession.

Some residents seemed to have started to have horrible dreams.

Their eyes moved rapidly, and their blurred eyes were full of fear and confusion.

Some people even walked around like zombies.

Their behavior became unpredictable.

Some people even began to attack the people around them in their dreams.

Some people stood still, as if they had lost their souls.

In short, there was chaos on the altar.

A large-scale trampling was about to happen.

The ghost didn't understand what was going on.

There shouldn't have been such a thing before, right?

At least he hadn't heard of it.

However, Wen Rensheng, who was watching this scene, shook his head.

In fact, it had happened before.

This is a means of reducing the population.

Afterwards, these dead people will disappear from people's memory.

A village was originally peaceful, and after five generations of reproduction, the population will explode.

The land can no longer be divided.

It is concentrated in the hands of two or three landlords, and these two or three landlords only rent it to a few people.

Most people don't even have the opportunity to rent land.

This also leads to the landlords having a strong control ability.

If you can't rent land, you will starve to death, so the rent will increase significantly.

And when the population is small, exploitation will be reduced.

The ghost naturally doesn't know these things.

It just moved quickly, and its body moved at a speed that humans can't reach.

In the past year, it has also been training.

Training in a very scientific way.

Its arms drew afterimages in the air, and the target of attack was the monster.

It must stop the other party from continuing to confuse the crowd.

It found that it could affect the monster's attack by interfering.

The monster noticed the existence of the "ghost".

Its figure twisted in the air, trying to avoid the "ghost's" attack.

Obviously, it was not a strong man, just a master of illusion.

But the "ghost" had an inhuman consciousness, and every move it made was extremely precise, and every attack was aimed directly at the core of the monster.

The battle unfolded in the square.

The ghost passed through one crowd after another, sometimes stepping directly on people.

It had no sympathy and no fear.

And the monster began to find something wrong.

It began to change and began to materialize.

Finally, in the next confrontation, the collision between the ghost and the monster made a harsh sound.

The "ghost"'s fist hit the monster's body, but this time it did not penetrate, and the opponent made a dull sound.

The ghost seemed to hit a hard rock.

The monster screamed again, and its voice was full of pain and anger.

However, if you listen carefully, these sounds came from the people in the square.

"Help!"

"Spare us!"

"Forgive us!"

But the "ghost" had no hesitation or mercy.

His attacks continued, leaving scars on the monster's body.

The monster tried to fight back, its figure twisted in the air, and it released strange energy waves.

But these energy attacks on the spirit were ineffective against the "ghost's" consciousness.

This was obviously because it had gone through time and space and was strengthened... Well, in fact, it was Wen Rensheng who gave the ghost a cheat.

Otherwise, the opponent would not last long.

Consciousness in reality is very fragile.

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The battle became more and more intense.

The battle in the square finally attracted the attention of some residents.

They began to wake up from confusion.

They saw the "ghost" fighting the monster.

Their eyes were full of surprise and awe.

They saw a person fighting a monster.

They saw the contest between two unknown forces.

"What is that?"

"Impossible, how can there be a monster?"

"This can't be true."

"Damn it, how could so many people be trampled to death?"

This scene is so sad.

Before they died, they knew nothing at all.

It turns out that the annual sacrifice is actually to reduce the population.

This is equivalent to averaging the last years of the dynasty to every year.

In this way, even in the feudal era, it can continue.

The contradiction between people and land has been resolved all the time.

In fact, even if the land is annexed very much, if the absolute population is not large, the landlord will not be able to charge high rents, and even have to work himself.

The price of labor will still be much higher.

For the sake of cheapness, the landlords will also use machines.

It can be seen from this that in the feudal era, the large population often became a disadvantage, a disadvantage that restricted the progress of science and technology.

However, this is another contradiction.

Unless it is a place where wars are frequent, the population can be controlled.

Otherwise, in the feudal era, as long as there is peace for two hundred years, the population will expand beyond recognition.

You have to know that this is still based on a large number of diseases and famines.

It can only be said that humans are too invincible in nature.

Nature can no longer balance the population.

Humans can only balance themselves... This is actually a kind of natural balance.

It's just that ordinary ecological balance relies on natural enemies... and the natural enemy of humans is humans themselves.

At this time, the ghost's attack became more and more fierce, and his fists drew a line of light in the air.

It actually punched at the speed of sound.

This is obviously against the laws of physics.

But this is not a materialistic world.

Every time it hits, the monster screams in pain.

The monster began to retreat, and its figure became fainter and fainter in the air, as if it would disappear at any time.

But the "ghost" did not relax his vigilance, and reason told him that the monster was not defeated.

It was just looking for an opportunity to make a final counterattack.

So the ghost's body still maintained a perfect defensive posture, and his eyes were fixed on the monster's figure.

In fact, this is mainly a contest of wills.

Although the monster has materialized, it cannot consume too much incense because most of the incense must be handed over.

Finally, in an attack, "Ghost" found the monster's weakness.

He concentrated all the power of his will with his fist and hit the core of the monster.

The monster let out a shrill scream, and its figure exploded in the air, turning into countless light points, and finally disappeared into the air.

The battle was over, and the square returned to peace.

Many residents surrounded "Ghost".

Their faces were full of fear and panic.

There was no gratitude or respect at all.

They saw the terrible power and the so-called truth.

This made them unacceptable.

The elders stepped forward with false smiles on their faces.

They knew that the city was going to be destroyed.

People saw the truth.

New awakeners appeared.

"Ghost" stood quietly in the square, his body left some scars in the battle.

But the light of reason still flashed in his eyes.

He didn't know that the battle just now was just the beginning.

There are more terrible unknowns in this city waiting for him to explore.

The next moment, the elder drew out his dagger and stabbed the ghost fiercely.

The ghost was not surprised.

"Sure enough, killing your heroes is what you humans do most often."

He dodged directly and quickly fled the square.

"Catch it!"

"It's a monster!"

Good guy, no one cares about the real monster, but the good people suffer.

The ghost sneered.

"Stop! You can't say that about him!"

"He's a hero!"

A young woman's voice rang out in the crowd.

She tried to stop the verbal attacks of the elders and residents, but her voice was quickly drowned out by angry shouts.

When the "ghost" fled, he did not forget to capture the figure of the woman.

This is a beautiful and resolute woman.

The other party was dressed simply and looked very rational at first glance.

She obviously saw something and tried to protect the ghost.

But her power seemed insignificant in the angry crowd.

At this time, a nobleman came over with a servant, and they hurriedly took the woman away.

"My precious daughter, this is not something you can talk about."

"Go, go."

"Go home, go home."

"I shouldn't have let you read those books."

Just when the "ghost" was about to be completely subdued by the residents, a group of mysterious people appeared.

They wore black cloaks and masks on their faces, and moved quickly and orderly.

They used special weapons, which were similar to modern weapons.

This was obviously a crushing blow to ordinary residents.

And the elders did not have the authority to use incense.

In order to prevent their subordinates from intercepting them, they had no authority and could only hand it in.

At the end, a little was issued.

After it was used up, it was issued again.

So no one could stop the ghost.

The ghost followed these men in black and left quickly.

And he also had a woman in his heart.

He felt that from today on, he was no longer "it".

He had feelings.

This kind of feeling was very strange, just wanting to see the other person and having an impulse to do good for the other person.

This should be what humans call a licking dog.