From the end of the world

Chapter 181 Lu Chan's Nightmare 3
The young girl Lu Chan told the shocking truth.

"Humans are creatures with the most complex and advanced consciousness in nature, and are naturally capable of becoming materials for many spells and rituals." She continued, "From the memories of Lu Chan outside, I saw that you were obsessed with studying mysticism before you came into contact with the strange world. Then you should know that human flesh, internal organs, bones... even hair and skin are all excellent materials for spells.

"Human sacrifices during the Shang Dynasty, human skin ritual implements in Tantric Buddhism... History has never lacked records of people using human beings as a price to obtain blessings and power. Even in the period when medicine and witchcraft were still inseparable, there were people who intended to gain mysterious power by eating placentas or even fetuses, or to stay young forever by bathing in the blood of virgins.

“To this day, this bloody and evil mysterious knowledge is still preserved among the demon hunter forces, and is even regarded as an orthodox inheritance by some branches, especially some branches of transcendence.

"In the eyes of those people, the value of mortals as 'resources' is far greater than their value as 'slaves'."

I am well aware that transcendentalism is definitely not so kind to ordinary people, and the "future in which ordinary people will not become slaves" it depicts is probably not as beautiful as what Lu Youxun described. However, perhaps I still underestimated them.

This may also be due to my indifference to the political propositions of transcendence. In fact, the horrific future described by the girl Lu Chan had already appeared in my past experiences.

The ritual array that can lead to a "space that does not belong to reality" that was suspected to have been drawn by Agent Kong in the room on the fifteenth floor was drawn with human blood; the things that the monsters consume to enhance their strength are not panaceas, but human souls.

Not to mention them, even my flames have the effect of refining the souls of the people I killed into "slag" of unknown use. I named it "slag" not because I think these things are definitely useless, but just because I got inspiration from its production process. Moreover, even the slag produced by industrial smelting in reality is not useless, but can be used as a building material or even an agricultural fertilizer.

I recalled what the senior researcher had said during the interrogation.

In his opinion, although he absolutely could not accept that all mortals would become slaves of demon hunters, it was actually a "relatively good future". However, outside of this future, there was also a "worst future"...

Is this the "worst future" in his mind?

"Most transcendentalists simply think that the future world will be one where demon hunters turn mortals into slaves, just as most hegemonicists believe that demon hunters can build a future of harmonious coexistence with mortals, but the future can easily slide into a worse place." The young girl Lu Chan said, "Transcendentalism will eventually turn secular society into a pasture for breeding mortals, where only those who can become 'monks' are eligible for human rights... This is the view of most knowledgeable people, and it is also what the Lu Chan outside did not tell you."

"So, it turns out that hegemony is relatively better for ordinary people?" I asked.

She shook her head. “Once political rule reaches the stage where all mortals are treated as slaves, their thinking will become supernatural, and eventually it will become the future of supernaturalism.”

"What about the Humanitarian Department?" I asked.

"The people behind the Humanitarian Department are not saviors. They just want to become the second Luo Shan, which means that sooner or later they will step into transcendence," she said.

"According to what you said, as long as there are still 'supernormal' people in this world, the future of mortals is doomed to be dark."

As I spoke, I thought of the Divine Seal and the Master of the Divine Seal.

In the world of the past, the power of the divine seal separated the world of ordinary people and the world of demon hunters. The former lived in the sun, while the latter could only live in the shade.

If this phenomenon is the result of a wish made by someone who had obtained the divine seal in the past, then he is undoubtedly a person who favors the mortal world.

This person is most likely the Lord of the Divine Seal.

However, No. 4 Xuanming suspected that the Lord of the Divine Seal was the culprit who would cause the world to be destroyed in the future.

Why would a person who favors the mortal world want to destroy the world?
"Since you have figured these things out, then Lu Youxun should have figured them out in the past, right? But I heard that he was a staunch politicalist in the past, and he knew very well that the end of politicalism was transcendence..."

Halfway through, I realized, "I see. That's why you called him a 'fool who believes that there are infinite possibilities between himself and the world'..."

"I want to change Luoshan from within," said the young girl Lu Chan. "Even if I can't think of a better way now, that's only for now. Maybe there will be new changes in the future."

Is it really possible? I thought of Ma Zao.

Living in a future doomsday world, she calls demon hunters "monks" and herself "blessed monk".

The miracle that the girl Lu Chan hoped for did not seem to happen.

I decided to focus on the current Humanitarian Division secret base attack operation. "You just said that you can't fight, so is there anything else you can do?" I asked directly.

"I have a relatively clear understanding of the situation inside this stronghold, and I have experience in capturing this stronghold in the past." She seemed to have said something extraordinary.

"What...capture the outpost?" I was shocked.

"In the past, I managed to get in touch with other imprisoned and tortured demon hunters, and secretly planned a counterattack plan. You can think of it as a large-scale prison break." She said, "I conspired to launch two prison breaks. The first time, I killed more than half of the guards, but they were already at the end of their strength. In the end, they were suppressed by Chen Long and other guards. The second time, I killed Chen Long and most of the guards and successfully occupied this stronghold, but all the fruits of victory were confiscated by the subsequent 'time restart'."

As long as this base is still in an "isolated island" state completely separated from the real world and continues to restart over and over again, no matter how hard the girl Lu Chan and the demon hunters struggle, it will be in vain, and no matter how many miracles they create, they will eventually vanish. Although it is sad, I am not surprised.

What really surprised and even shocked me was another thing: "Can you kill Chen Long?"

Now, even if all the forces of both sides in this secret base are added together, even if I am included at this moment, it is impossible to cause any harm to Chen Long now. The girl Lu Chan said that she and others killed Chen Long when they escaped from prison. In my heart, it is no less than a human soldier fighting with bare hands to defeat a super robot.

"At that time, Chen Long was only at the mature level, and we still had a chance to kill him. Of course, it is impossible to do so now." She shook her head, "But as long as we have your strength, we should be able to compete with him."

"I see……"

I could accept this now, and then clarified: "I suggest you don't have too high expectations of my fighting ability. I can't use my full strength here now."

"What?" she was surprised.

I explained why I couldn't fight at full strength here, and she looked thoughtful: "...This doesn't make sense. If this place can only support Cheng-level power at most, why can Chen Long fight at full strength?"

Seeing that she couldn't come up with a conclusion for a while, I asked, "By the way... you know about restarting? You have the memory of restarting in the past?"

"Yes, the time restart of this base cannot reset my memory. I don't know the reason, and I have always been curious about the reason." She said, "In the past, I thought that this base could be escaped, so even though I knew about the restart, I still led everyone to launch a second prison break. Later, I realized that there was no exit in this base that we could use."

"Don't you have someone among you who can use space teleportation?" I asked.

"Yes... but this base cannot be freely accessed through space transfer. It's like there is an invisible 'firewall' that blocks all means of moving out." She said, "Even Chen Long can only use shadow transfer freely with the permission of Doctor Silver Mask.

"In addition, after he reached the Great Perfection stage, he also had a move called 'Shadow Entanglement', which allowed him to transform the power of shadows into armor that wrapped around himself. Although that was a skill based on shadow teleportation, if it was limited to this move, he could use it without the permission of Doctor Silver Mask."

I was thinking if I could seize Chen Long's portal armor while he didn't get Dr. Silver Mask's permission, but it looks like this avenue is also blocked.

However, no wonder Chen Long didn't use shadow teleportation to rush to me directly before, it turns out there is such an obstacle. But since there is such a "firewall", why is my flame teleportation not hindered?
Even if I am powerful and managed to break through the "firewall", I shouldn't feel nothing.

"Let's leave here first." The girl Lu Chan said, "Next, let's go to the supervisor's office. The supervisor's office has equipment to monitor all the rooms in this secret base, which should be able to help you find Zhu Changan's whereabouts. I just hope I don't meet Dr. Silver Mask there."

"it is good."

Coincidentally, I also know which way to the supervisor's office.

We left this special cell together.

With the "fireflies" exploring the way ahead, our stealth was effortless, and we even had enough energy to speak in a low voice on the road.

"You said before that you hope not to meet Doctor Silver Mask... Does that mean he has very strong fighting power?" I asked.

"On the contrary, his fighting ability is even worse than mine right now. I can knock him to the ground with one hand. Doesn't he look like an old otaku who has never exercised? In fact, his fighting ability is similar to the impression he gives people." She said, "But in terms of difficulty, he is even better than the current Chen Long."

(End of this chapter)