NOVEL NEXT Chapter 430 Heavenly Master 137
When Situ Shuangshuang and Dong Wentao wandered to the outskirts, they happened to see a person with a soul slaying monsters, collecting money, and gaining experience with a group of soulless people.
The monsters were a group of Little Flower Demons, both male and female, and the scene of their slaughter was extremely bloody and realistic. Whether it was the Flower Demons' pleading or their tragic deaths after being cut down, it was all incredibly real! Yet, that person continued to kill without hesitation, completely unaffected by the scene, which made Situ Shuangshuang frown!
This person actually had a soul, which meant he wasn't an NPC in the game, but a real, flesh-and-blood living being!
As long as one is sane, facing such a realistic scene, they wouldn't be able to lay a hand because those Flower Demons looked too much like real people. Slashing them felt almost the same as murder, yet this person was mercilessly killing, making Situ Shuangshuang very uncomfortable.
After this person slaughtered all the Flower Demons, there were lots of Gold and silver and a heap of weird things on the ground! Just as he bent over to pick them up, another person with a soul came up behind him!
This person, seeing that the Flower Demons had already been killed, surreptitiously raised a long knife that had appeared God knows when, and with a single stroke, killed the person who had slain the Flower Demons and was bending to collect things.
After that person died, his body lying on the ground disappeared in an instant! But shortly after, the person who had previously been hacked to death suddenly reappeared here, holding a broadsword in his hand, eyes bloodshot, and started fighting with the person who killed him before he could collect things!
Everything happened so quickly that Dong Wentao and Situ Shuangshuang barely had time to react! However, when the man was sneakily killed, Situ Shuangshuang distinctly sensed the aura of something deeply hidden.
When the man was killed earlier, Situ Shuangshuang felt his soul being torn away by a suddenly appearing force, and then instantly consumed by it!
Situ Shuangshuang was shocked. The power came and went so fast that she couldn't catch it! But she was certain now that there was something in this place that devoured human souls.
Only that the power was still small and couldn't completely consume human souls, thus confining them here in this way, tearing a fragment of soul each time they die in the game.
When a person is near death, the Divine Soul is most unstable, and the reason this place seems like the real world is to make one feel as truly dead as possible when they die!
This can be inferred from the previously ambushed person's furious eyes that turned red and came back to kill. If the feeling of near-death wasn't so real, being ambushed wouldn't warrant such anger.
Moreover, only when the pain of death is equally genuine does it truly affect one's Divine Soul, allowing the power an opportunity to tear away a soul fragment to consume.
Situ Shuangshuang was pondering with some frustration about what method to use to determine where exactly this thing was so she could confront and eliminate it! If it continued to tear souls fragment by fragment, these people's souls would eventually be completely consumed!
This is not some mysterious fantasy holographic game world but a breeding ground. Human souls are raised within, and as soon as that thing desires, it can devour them anytime, just like humans raising livestock.
Anger flashed in Situ Shuangshuang's eyes. She had roughly guessed the origin of this thing now and basically knew what it was.
Beside her, Dong Wentao, without the Dharma Eye or control over his Yin Yang Eye, couldn't discern the various clues, but he keenly noticed the subtle anger of his master!
One must admit that when Dong Wentao puts his mind to it, he is quite shrewd. With a little thought, he realized that Situ Shuangshuang probably knew what this thing was, but it couldn't be said if this area was its main ground. To devise a strategy to deal with it, they certainly needed to leave.
So Dong Wentao immediately said to Situ Shuangshuang, "Oh Master, we've been in this holographic game for so long. I wonder how things are outside? Let's go out first, grab something to eat, have a nap, and not stay here too long lest our bodies starve to death!"
Dong Wentao never worried about Situ Shuangshuang's ability to take him out, so his request was made without a hitch. After all, whether that thing lets them go or not, it wouldn't stop his extraordinarily capable master, of this Dong Wentao was confident.
Situ Shuangshuang nodded, placing her hand on Dong Wentao's shoulder. Both of them were merely spiritual bodies here, so leaving was indeed quite easy. However, before they left, a brilliant golden light suddenly appeared in the sky, followed by a giant human figure appearing out of nowhere.
The figure slightly pointed toward Situ Shuangshuang and Dong Wentao, and in an instant, a golden light entered their minds. Then, Dong Wentao and Situ Shuangshuang immediately exited this holographic game world, simultaneously with a plethora of complex information flooding their minds as they returned outside!
This method seemed quite flashy, but in reality, it was nothing remarkable. Even the lowest little demon could accomplish it, merely transmitting one's information to another through spiritual power.
Dong Wentao was obviously taken aback by this method, but he didn't doubt that his master wouldn't be able to handle it. Ever since he met Situ Shuangshuang, he had never seen anything capable of making her so much as flinch. Although this thing appeared formidable, what preoccupied Dong Wentao's thoughts was merely how much time his master would need to deal with this thing, because it seemed quite strong!
After a brief contemplation, Dong Wentao began to examine the information in his mind. The thing that appeared before Situ Shuangshuang and Dong Wentao left claimed to be the Main God, and according to this Main God, the space they had been in before was not a holographic game but rather this Main God's Divine Country. The Main God was selecting Divine People for itself, and both Dong Wentao and Situ Shuangshuang had naturally been chosen as its Divine People.
However, after becoming God's people, even though one wouldn't age or die and could live eternally, all earthly ties must be severed. Parental bonds, friendships, and conjugal love, including one's own bodily flesh, must all be abandoned, leaving only a pure soul to enter the immortal body granted by the Main God.
After reading through all this, Situ Shuangshuang finally understood why those people willingly allowed their souls to detach from their bodies' protection. Clearly, they were deceived into seeking death on their own! The lure of eternal life, it was a temptation beyond the resistance of ancient Emperors and ordinary people alike.