bookrandom Chapter 578 World Invasion: Cannon Fodder in Infinite Terror VS The Ghost King Killed by the Origina
Chapter 578 World Invasion: Cannon Fodder in Infinite Terror VS The Ghost King Killed by the Origina
Su Jinyue nodded. Whether it is a human or a soul, as long as they live in a group, they cannot avoid struggle.
but,
"You still dare to use the divine book for cultivation? That divine book isn't some legitimate cultivation manual. Shouldn't Shangguan Hui's example serve as a warning to you?"
"So what if I know?" Old Ghost smiled bitterly. "Many people can't accept turning from a human into a soul. They don't even want to live anymore. Why would they be afraid to use a divine book to cultivate?"
They didn't want to live like this, but they ended up becoming spirits, unable to die even if they wanted to.
Some, who aspired to be even more powerful than ghosts, were not satisfied with the cultivation speed of the divine book and set their sights on other souls. As a result, they devoured the souls of others, and their soul power truly increased significantly!
Therefore, some spirits began to indiscriminately attack and devour others in order to enhance their own spirit power.
Some souls even willingly allow others to devour them, because they don't want to live like this at all.
Therefore, a particularly large number of souls were devoured during that period, and the number of souls decreased very rapidly.
Later, the soul that devoured the most souls and grew the fastest suddenly began to disintegrate because it had absorbed too much soul power. Only then did the others realize that it was not true that the more souls one devoured, the better.
As more and more souls disintegrated, people gradually calmed down and began to think about their future.
"That divine book is truly amazing. After becoming a soul, although the cultivation speed of the divine book is not as fast as it was in life, it has another advantage, which makes people have no choice but to cultivate it."
That is, cultivating the divine book can allow the soul to cultivate into a physical form more quickly.
Having become souls, their previous cultivation techniques were no longer usable. The Xuanming Realm had few cultivation techniques specifically for the soul, and those that existed were not very effective. Therefore, people had no choice but to continue cultivating the divine books.
Of the four great families of the past, half were killed by Shangguan Hui, and the remaining half were also weakened by suspicion and scheming. Now, they have long been defeated.
As a result, Shangguan Hui made a brilliant move, and everyone turned into spirits.
However, even after becoming spirits, the fighting continued; it did not diminish simply because they had become spirits.
Even worse, because of the change in identity, the soul, unable to accept it, committed suicide and created chaos.
There was no peaceful place on the entire continent until hundreds of years later, when a new leader emerged and the chaotic society improved slightly.
Because they had all changed to a different race, the leader also abandoned the previous sect names and instead referred to them collectively as Xuanming.
The main city where Xuanming is located is the central city where the territories of the four major families used to meet. The other gathering places of souls are all branches of Xuanming and are under the management of the main city.
However, even with renewed organizational control, some souls still cannot be disciplined.
Although the branches are also under the command of the main city, as the saying goes, "a local official is more powerful than a distant one," and each branch has its own characteristics and rules of survival.
However, the framework of the main city and each branch is roughly the same.
Without the constraints of the body, some people directly unleash their true nature, releasing the evil within them, committing arson, murder, robbery, and all sorts of atrocities.
Even if rules are re-established, life can never be the same if there's no future in sight.
Therefore, in the current settlements, almost all areas are planned with two zones: a riot zone and a residential zone.
The riot zone follows the law of the jungle: the strong prey on the weak. Anything is permissible. Some live a life of debauchery, some become kings and tyrants, some rise to the top in one step, and some become nourishment for others.
The residential area is much more civilized, following social rules. Once you enter the residential area, you must control your behavior, and any out-of-line behavior will be severely punished by the supervisors.
The two districts are clearly distinct, yet interdependent.
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Old Ghost described the enormous changes in the Xuanming Realm in great detail. Su Jinyue asked many questions, and Old Ghost answered them all that he knew, but he couldn't answer those that he didn't.
From Lao Gui's account, Su Jinyue learned that the place they were in was just a branch of Xuanming.
The buildings on the mountain are the former site of a sect, and the market town below the mountain was built in conjunction with the sect.
The sect on the mountain is called the Ten Directions Sect, so this place is called the Xuanming Ten Directions Sect Branch, and the market town at the foot of the mountain is called the Ten Directions Town.
The people of the Xuanming branch live on the mountain, while those at the foot of the mountain are ordinary souls under their management.
Originally, the two districts of Shifang Town were at peace, but recently the riot district has been fighting fiercely for the position of leader, and even the Xuanming branch on the mountain has been infiltrated by people from the riot district.
That's why the spirits in the living area live in constant fear and trepidation.
Su Jinyue originally wanted to ask, since the living area is already like this, why not leave?
But think about it, the world has already become like this, so are other places necessarily safe?
Perhaps the other branches are not as safe as Shifang Town.
According to the information Old Ghost gathered, the reason why Tiger King in the West Riot District increased his strength so quickly was because he bribed the branch staff to go to a certain place, and when he returned, he had the strength of Ghost King.
Upon hearing this, Su Jinyue and Xiao Jing'an exchanged a knowing glance. The place Tiger Overlord went to was most likely the Infinite Horror Game.
In modern society, people enter the game "Infinite Horror" as a way to complete levels.
If a soul from the Netherworld enters, it will most likely become an NPC in a game instance.
The reason why Tiger King's strength has improved so quickly is probably because he devoured too many souls of those who failed to pass the challenge, which is why he was promoted to Ghost King.
As for the Xuanming young master that Xiao Jing'an captured before, he was not the young master of the entire Xuanming Sect at all!
The entire Xuanming Sect is very large. Although the main city and the branches are in a hierarchical relationship, the head of the branch can be directly appointed by the main city. However, branches with more say can also appoint their own next head.
The situation is like this at the Ten Directions Sect branch. The Xuanming Young Master who claimed to be very important to the Xuanming Realm is actually just the Young Master of the Ten Directions Sect branch.
Su Jinyue guessed that the Xuanming Sect already knew the truth about the world invasion and had already begun to take action.
The fact that the young master of this branch of the Ten Directions Sect was able to launch a sneak attack on the modern world is probably because he suddenly discovered the passage that appeared nearby that leads to the modern world.
Moreover, Su Jinyue guessed that they didn't report their raid on the modern society to the main city at all; they just went secretly to seize the initiative.
Because a world with a complete ecosystem, living humans, and whose strength is far inferior to that of the Xuanming Realm is exactly what the people of the Xuanming Realm crave.
If the Xuanming Realm was originally a world inhabited by souls, their invasion of the modern world might lead them to destroy humanity.
However, the souls in the Xuanming Realm were all human before!
Su Jinyue felt that the souls with human memories probably didn't want to destroy humanity directly, but rather wanted to control a new world, manage modern society as superiors, and then find a way to turn themselves back into humans.