Strange Voyage: Summoning the Fourth Disaster.

Chapter 569: The Existence of Being Rejected to Burn
Son of a bitch!
This pure means of playing with people's hearts made Li Miao feel angry.

However, he had no way to help Zered now. He could only adjust his mood after taking a deep breath and ask the Uncorrupted about other aspects of the curse.

"What if Zerred becomes corrupt or mad? Can these things called Sugyuul still benefit from him?"

The human spirit is actually fragile. Many things can change the firm beliefs in one's heart, not to mention a situation like Zered who is always suffering from mental trauma.

The Uncorrupted One laughed hoarsely upon hearing this: "If he can't hold on, then Xugyuer will naturally replace him with someone who can hold on. They just need to get what they want from this process. As for who is being tortured, it doesn't matter."

Having said this, the Immortal paused, with a hint of emotion in his voice.

“Perhaps that fellow Zered also knows this.”

"..." Li Miao was silent for a moment, then stared at the Uncorrupted One in front of him: "Then how do you know all this?"

"Are you a member of the Xugyuer?"

“Me?” The Uncorrupted One was stunned for a moment, then laughed: “No, no, no, don’t confuse us with those guys.”

He sighed slightly: "Let me put it this way. If we look at it from your and Zered's perspective, then there are many so-called 'lives that should not exist' in this world..."

"My zombie tribe and Xugyuer are all such beings..."

As he spoke, the Immortal raised the hand of the four-legged creature he was controlling, as if he was admiring it, or thinking.

"Before the birth of wisdom and civilization, all races strictly followed the rule of survival of the fittest and the strong getting stronger. At that time, corpse spirits were not hated or resented. They were treated equally by the weak as enemies along with other powerful lives."

"But I don't know since when did letting prey die in a painful way become a despised act."

"I didn't understand the difference at first, and I firmly believed that this was just the whining of the weak..."

Having said this, the Immortal looked down at the numerous scars on the corpse.

"Behold... the sharp teeth of the strong tear the body of the weak, and pain comes, and life is lost."

"Isn't it the same with corpse spirits?"

"It's just that the method is to disembowel and expel the soul with greater pain. This is the innate ability of corpse spirits, and it is no different from the ordinary law of the jungle..."

Hear this.

Li Miao frowned.

What is this guy mumbling about? Why is he suddenly talking about philosophy?
If you have something to say, just say it. Who wants to listen to all these useless words?
Just as he was about to interrupt, the Immortal spoke again.

"Because of this, I have always firmly believed that corpses are no different from other lives."

"However, after searching for ancient memories, I discovered the essential difference between corpse spirits and other life forms..."

Having said that, the Immortal One set his eyes on Li Miao, looked at him seriously, and asked a question.

"Warrior of the candlelight, what do you think is the essence of burning?"

Hearing this, Li Miao's impatience suddenly disappeared a little. He frowned slightly and began to think seriously about his problem.

He had watched many of the storyteller's analysis videos, and in the previous episode about Nyriel, the storyteller seemed to have mentioned that the essence of burning was actually...

"...selfless dedication?"

"Correct."

The Uncorrupted laughed hoarsely, and it was obvious that he thought so too. "For the sake of survival, it is not wrong for the strong to prey on the weak, and there is a reason for expelling souls in a painful way."

“Hatred and killing are everywhere in this world, but anyone who is wise can clearly understand one thing.”

"That is the ultimate goal of every life in our world, which is to become stronger and survive, to illuminate, and to burn and dedicate themselves selflessly."

“When we are weak, the supreme flame brings light to us, and when we are strong, we should also bring light to other weak lives.”

"Therefore, dedication is the meaning of our existence that the world gives us..."

"With this belief, we corpses endure all the injustice and ridicule, and continue to enrich our own flames."

"…We once had a glorious past. We are only one step away from the Eternal Altar. If we take one more step, we will be able to illuminate the world and give back the light of fire to the world, proving that the existence of corpse spirits is meaningful!"

Having said this, the Immortal's voice suddenly became angry and unwilling, and the subject suddenly changed.

"but!"

"The Eternal Altar rejected our burning! It rejected the burning of the Supreme Corpse Spirit! And it expelled us!"

"…Just as we expel the soul of our prey from its body with extreme pain, we also feel the pain of expulsion…"

"We try our best to contribute, without asking for anything in return. Our only wish is to prove that our existence in this world is meaningful amid the cold eyes and hatred of other ethnic groups."

"But in any case, the Eternal Altar refused, and no one knows why."

"Since then, the corpse spirit has lost the meaning of existence."

The hoarse voice of the Immortal seemed to be gradually becoming calmer, more like a pool of stagnant water in despair.

Hear this.

Li Miao finally understood what the Immortal really wanted to express.

In the eyes of the Uncorrupted, although the way of survival of the corpse spirits is cruel, they are not irrational monsters who only know how to kill. This is just their way of survival.

And on the Burning Land, most of the tribes will dedicate themselves to burning on the eternal altar as the highest ideal.

After all, powerful wise men always look inward to seek the meaning of "existence".

And the burning earth, to some extent, gives all life this innate meaning of "existence", allowing all life to regard it as the most noble ideal.

The same is true for corpses.

Because of their different "way of survival", they have a more urgent need to prove the meaning of their existence than other ethnic groups.

Going to the Eternal Altar to burn is the best choice.

As long as it burns, it will prove that the existence of the corpse has an essential meaning recognized by the world.

But strangely, the Eternal Altar did not accept the burning of the corpse, but expelled it instead.

This makes the corpse spirit completely lose the meaning of "existence" in the eyes of all ethnic groups and life forms.

Everyone is enjoying the supreme fire and moving towards the goal of burning themselves, so our enjoyment of the fire and the law of the jungle naturally has "legitimacy".

But you, a corpse, are not only cruel, but you cannot burn in the Eternal Altar... Then what is the meaning of your existence?
This is the real reason why corpse spirits are called "life that should not exist"...

(End of this chapter)