From the end of the world

Chapter 362 My Retribution Body
I turned my attention back to what Lu Chan said before, and then raised a question: "Although you said that as long as others believe in me, they can gain power...but I don't feel that my power has been taken away.

"Or is it that no one has reached the standard of piety yet, so the power has not been divided?"

"You misunderstood." Lu Chan explained, "The power that believers get from you is not taken away from you. I have said before that you left a mark between heaven and earth. And this mark has become a totem in the dark. Believers use this totem as a symbol to draw strength from nature.

"This totem is actually your retribution body. Even after you die, your retribution body will remain invisibly in the world. When you are still alive, this retribution body is completely integrated with you. By the way, this retribution body does not have any self-awareness. It is more like a natural phenomenon. You don't need to worry about it.

"You can use this to prohibit certain believers from continuing to use the power generated by their faith in you, or to further strengthen the believers' power through your own words. Generally speaking, you can strengthen them to the level of maturity at most."

Although I once called the Ancient Moon God the Silver Moon's reward body, the reward body I possess now seems to be more in line with the fundamentalist definition of the reward body than that of the Ancient Moon God.

While thinking this, I noticed another problem.

"Can the believers only be strengthened to the adult level at best? That's too weak..." I said.

"No, the level is already very high. This is the highest level that can be reached in the Demon Hunter's system of formation, residence, destruction and emptiness." Lu Chan corrected.

"But, Lu Chan, aren't you also a qualified demon hunter? Are qualified demon hunters really that noble?" I asked.

"Are you taking it for granted that you are degrading me?"

Lu Chan complained at first, then said helplessly: "Is it possible that I am a very noble figure in the normal demon hunter system? You know, I used to be Mingzhuo's confidant. Although I don't really want to recall that period of time, if Da Wuchang is Luo Shan's sky, Da Wuchang's confidant is Luo Shan's angel."

The term "Angel of Roshan" sounds strange.

However, after removing the eight Great Impermanence and the less than twenty Great Completion Ranks, the Demon Hunters of the Completion Rank are indeed the highest-level characters in Luoshan, and Lu Chan's logic makes sense. In addition, as the confidant of Mingzhuo, they may be able to sit on an equal footing with the Great Completion Rank in some occasions.

Having said that, Lu Youxun didn’t have such a high status in the past... But that’s true, Lu Youxun was the Night Patrol of the Fate Turbidity Dark Department. Although he was a confidant, it was not public, and on the surface he was still just a Day Patrol.

"If you want to strengthen your believers to the Great Perfection stage, that's fine, but that requires that the affinity between you and them is high enough to bear your power, otherwise your power will burn them to death." Lu Chan said, "If you establish a religion with you as the main god, that kind of person is enough to become a saint son or saint daughter... They don't even necessarily need to believe in you sincerely. What's important is that they have the affinity to bear your active 'initiation'.

"And if you completely cover the other person's personality consciousness, you can also turn it into your own vessel for descent, that is, transform it into your own incarnation, or 'response body'... In this case, you can even use that body to exert your power as the Great Impermanence.

"Perhaps the resurrected Yin Yue has also referred to the ability of the Great Impermanence's 'Response Body' to some extent."

Chang'an's body originally had the opportunity to give birth to its own consciousness, but due to Yin Yue's existence, he lost the opportunity. Perhaps this is also a kind of "complete coverage".

"Do you know about Yin Yue?" I asked.

"Mr. Zhu told me that he hopes I can help investigate which base of the Humanitarian Department Ying Lingyun is holding Yin Yue in." Lu Chan said, "However, even if he doesn't come to me, I believe the results will come out soon."

According to the news I heard in the past three days, the Humanitarian Department has now become Luo Shan’s most serious enemy.

Yes, it was not the Void Realm that had recently destroyed the two branch bases in Luoshan, but the Humanitarian Department.

The cause is the dog.

Just as Lu Chan had said before, the Humanitarian Department was the most special among the three major troubles in Luoshan. Although there was no Great Impermanence behind the scenes, once they miraculously realized the method of achieving Great Impermanence with technical power, they would immediately become Luoshan's unprecedented enemy - and on the battlefield where the virtual realm attacked the Luoshan branch base, the Dog showed power at the level of Great Impermanence.

Xu Gou was once a qualified person to become the Great Impermanence created by the Department of Humanity - Fu Feng passed this information to Fa Zheng before his death, and Fa Zheng was secretly preparing to eliminate all the strongholds of the Department of Humanity.

At the same time, he told me about this matter through Mr. Zhu, hoping that I would discuss it with him in detail in the near future.

He obviously knew the relationship between Chang'an and Yinyue through the intelligence transmitted by Fufeng Base before its destruction, and also knew that I wanted to save Chang'an.

In addition, Fa Zheng and Jian Feixian had stood on my side before, so it seemed like I really had to owe him a favor again.

Judging from the tone of Gua Tianshi's previous comments on Fa Zheng, although Fa Zheng is a ruthless person, he seems to be a person with strong political awareness. It is difficult for me to feel happy when I owe him favors continuously.

"Well, I have to go take care of other things first. I also have to help Mr. Zhu develop your power." Lu Chan seemed to have almost finished speaking, and he stood up on his knees. Then he seemed to remember something and added: "By the way, if you have time in the future, you can also come and participate more in the things here."

"Why? You know I'm not interested in this kind of thing, so I'll hand it all over to Mr. Zhu," I said.

"That being said, if you don't participate more, there will be problems with the fate between you and the believers." Lu Chan said, "The believers must have a devout enough faith in you to gain power. The fate formed in this way is indeed extremely powerful, but it is as far away as a kite. The anchoring effect on you is both strong and weak, so you also need to take the initiative to close the distance."

"I don't quite understand what it means that the anchoring effect is both strong and weak?" I asked.

"This matter is just as important as your life and death in the hearts of your believers." Lu Chan said, "Your life and death are of course very important to those who believe in you. When you are in a life-and-death crisis, if they can exchange their own life for yours, the devout believers will definitely do it without hesitation - otherwise, what kind of piety is this?
“But on the other hand, even if you die, it won’t stop them from continuing to believe in you, or even from continuing to gain strength from your retribution body.

“Isn’t your purpose to anchor yourself in the strange world through a large number of believers? But even if you lose the anchor and disappear, they can continue to believe in you and continue to gain strength through faith.

"Because this kind of fate is not important whether you are on the other end, so it is definitely not very healthy. As for the most critical effect of anchoring you... although it cannot be said that there is no effect, or the effect is very weak, but there are indeed some unreliable places where someone can take advantage of it."

I thought about it and said, "Specifically, where can we take advantage of the situation and where can we not rely on it?"

"Well, how should I describe it..." Lu Chan also thought about it seriously, "To put it simply, in certain situations, the relationship between your believers, your retribution body, and yourself is like the relationship between the fans, the suit, and the person inside a virtual anchor."

I said directly: "I'm sorry, I don't understand you anymore after you describe it like that."

"Ah, if it was Zhu Shi, he would definitely understand it immediately. And although I can't explain why, I feel that Mr. Zhu probably understood it too."

Lu Chan first showed a look of regret, then said: "Well, anyway, Mr. Zhu seems to have figured out how to patch this loophole. You can ask him when you have a chance. You can rest assured and I will get busy."

After saying that, he left the room.

It seemed that Ma Zao was still busy cooking in the kitchen of the nursing home and would not be back for a while.

I originally wanted to turn on the TV to kill time, but I was not in the mood to watch it. After thinking about it, I replayed the battle between myself and the life turbidity in my mind and pondered my future evolution space.

As expected, there is still no sign of evolution in strength, so I can only explore technological evolution first, that is, how to further increase the density of my strength.

I raised my palm, and flames emerged from the space above my palm, and then spun and compressed rapidly as if caught in a miniature hurricane. Countless flames emerged, and in just one second, they were compressed into a small fireball the size of a ping-pong ball.

This small fireball was completely black, and from time to time tiny flames would burst out from its surface like prominences from the sun, and even these tiny flames were dark in color.

Black is different from other colors. All colors are reflected by a certain amount of visible light, which enters the eyes and is processed by visual cells to show color. Black, on the other hand, is a color that appears only after absorbing all visible light. It is the embodiment of nothingness.

Different creatures have different definitions of visible light. Just like cats and dogs are color blind in the eyes of humans, in the eyes of some animals, humans are color blind. Therefore, what is black in the eyes of humans may reflect other colors in the eyes of other animals. Although the visible light range of my eyes, which are mimicked by the element of fire, is the same as that of humans, if I want, I can also capture infrared and ultraviolet rays that humans cannot capture with my naked eyes.

Even to me now, this little fireball is black. This is because not only does it not emit any light, but even the light from the outside world is burned after coming into contact with it and can no longer escape.

It was just like a black hole. The moment it appeared, the space it was in melted and caved in. The quilt on my knees and the furniture on all sides were pulled and flew towards the hole in this world.

"Stop."

As I said this, the cabinets, tables, chairs, fish tanks and other objects around me stopped moving at the same time. I continued to observe this small dark fireball carefully.

"Solar eclipse"... No, in order to prevent excessive impact on the surroundings, what is now made can only be called a "mini solar eclipse".

This is the most powerful ultimate move I have mastered so far. By simply and roughly compressing my own power, I can even slightly injure an old-timer like Mingzhuo. As long as I continue to evolve, I may be able to have even more powerful power and achieve even greater things. However...

This doesn't seem like a force I should touch.

(End of this chapter)