I'm being held captive by a monster

Chapter 184: The Bloodline of the Soul (Happy New Year!)
"See that, young man? I was only twelve years old at the time, and I was able to achieve this level. This shows how weak humans and animals are."

"So with your talent, you will only be more powerful than me!"

Ke Ke patted Lin Xing'an on the shoulder and said.

"...Senior, I have a question. How did you save this video?"

"Normally, after a person or animal dies, all information records will disappear, right?"

“How do we save so many videos?”

Lin Xing'an asked curiously.

"good question!"

Ke Ke nodded approvingly at Lin Xing'an.

"But it's not that all the information records will disappear after the human or animal dies, but that they will disappear after we eat them."

"We represent Mother's will. Being eaten by us means that humans and animals are removed from the chicken coop by Mother."

"As for normal death, accidental death, or something else, as long as we don't eat humans or animals, the record will not disappear. This knowledge point will be tested later~"

Koko said emphatically.

Lin Xing'an also took it seriously to heart.

"As for these videos, they are Dafei's ability [projection]. He is considered a veteran of the Operations Department."

"Although the records of the humans and animals we devoured will all disappear, we, including those who have awakened, still have their memories."

"And Dafei's ability is that he can project his memories into videos."

"So there are these videos. Do you want to watch a few more to get a feel for them?"

Keke slides the mouse.

The nearly one thousand videos of killing people and animals are dizzying.

"No, I... almost understand that feeling."

Lin Xing'an shook his head.

"Senior, your ability can make people in your ghost domain feel changes in their bodies, thus affecting their judgment."

"But my [Tide]...it's not active, it's not aggressive, so how can it affect humans or animals?"

Lin Xing'an asked with a frown.

Keke smiled.

"Junior, abilities like yours actually have the property of 'mirror image'."

"Come, sit down, you release the ghost domain first."

Ke Ke and Lin Xing'an sat down cross-legged facing each other, and then took Lin Xing'an's hand.

"Junior, your [Tide] is restoring your strength. You can clearly feel it, right?"

"can."

"Okay, now, feel your ghost realm again. The essence of the ghost realm is an extension of our body, just like our limbs."

Ke Ke held Lin Xing'an's hand and spoke softly.

"Once you have that feeling, the feeling that you can control the ghost realm at will, there is no need for you to do anything else."

"Your abilities and attributes will automatically be integrated into the ghost realm."

"If you can't feel it, just go back and forth to the ghost realm. There's no rush."

Ke Ke said as he felt Lin Xing'an's breath.

Lin Xing'an also nodded silently, taking back the ghost domain and releasing it again, taking it back and releasing it again.

After several times, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

At that moment, Lin Xing'an actually felt that the ghost realm was no longer illusory, but had become a part of his body.

And his own abilities were also naturally integrated into the ghost realm.

"Yeah, a few more times, that's it."

Ke Ke patted Lin Xing'an's hand and said.

Lin Xing'an also let out a sigh of relief.

Be more serious and immersed.

"Junior, the 'mirror image' property I just mentioned means that what humans and animals feel is the opposite of you. They are mirror images of you."

"Your [Tide] restores your physical strength in the ghost realm, so what humans and animals feel is fatigue, which means their physical strength is constantly draining away."

"Of course, you can't experience the feelings of humans and animals, and you don't need to experience it..."

Under Keke's guidance, Lin Xing'an quietly opened his eyes.

"Senior, I...felt it..."

He looked at the ghost realm around him with some curiosity.

"Before, I could only feel my body recovering, but now... it's just..."

"I understand. It's amazing, right? It'll feel even better when you meet humans and animals!"

Seeing Lin Xing'an's expression, Ke Ke also laughed.

"Junior, it took me half a day to learn it, but you only took less than half an hour."

"Well... that's because Senior's abilities are too strong, so the fusion is a bit more complicated..."

"Tsk! It has nothing to do with ability!"

Ke Ke stood up, stretched out his hand to Lin Xing'an and pulled him up.

"Let's go, junior! I'll take you to dinner!"

"Let's take a break after dinner. Since you performed so well, I decided to let you rest for the whole afternoon!"

"Wait...at six o'clock tonight, I will give you a lesson on the specific composition of our committee and the operating rules of the entire chicken coop."

She walked beside Lin Xing'an, recalling the order in which she had studied when she first joined the committee, and spoke as she did so.

Afterwards, the two of them had a simple takeout meal.

At twelve forty in the afternoon, Lin Xing'an returned to the house, took a shower, and lay down on the bed.

"call……"

He clenched his fists, feeling the soreness from the lactic acid secretion, and let out a light breath.

Although [Wave] was constantly recovering his strength, his physical fatigue did not dissipate.

"..."

Using Yin Hui, he sensed that Ke Ke in the next room was also taking a shower. After confirming that there was no surveillance in the room, Lin Xing'an closed his eyes and activated his Yin Hui again as if he had fallen asleep.

Within the limit of five kilometers, he controlled the dark particles and came to the vicinity of the new campus of North City University.

The little black cat is no longer in the loving cat's nest.

Lin Xing'an turned over and lay on his side.

The darkness also drifted with the northwest wind and came to the Bobo milk tea shop not far away where he had passed by before.

The milk tea shop is busy at this time.

The ding-ding sound of orders being received was intertwined with the rising steam of hot milk tea.

Through the shadows, Lin Xing'an saw the special offer sign on the milk tea shop, which said that Jasmine Green Tea with Milk was 30% off.

"Jasmine milk tea..."

A hint of understanding appeared in his heart.

"call……"

Ke Ke came out of the bathroom next door.

Lin Xing'an also lay down again and cut off all contact with Yin Hui.

Then he relaxed and fell into a deep sleep.

……

At 3:30 in the afternoon, Lin Xing'an yawned and woke up slowly.

He happened to meet Keke's eyes as he was sitting on his bed.

"Junior, are you awake? Just right, come over here and I'll give you a massage."

Ke Ke wanted to lift up Lin Xing'an's quilt.

But he was grabbed by Lin Xing'an.

"...Senior, I... am not wearing any clothes..."

"Hey, what clothes should I wear for a massage? Be good, put down the quilt and turn over!"

Keke waved his hand indifferently.

"Junior, we will all be comrades in the future. If you get injured while fighting humans and animals, can't I treat your wounds?"

"Or conversely, if I were injured and naked, would you...wouldn't you bandage me?"

Lin Xing'an had just woken up.

When asked this question again, I was confused for a moment and before I knew it, Ke Keda lifted the quilt.

"He's just not wearing any clothes. I thought it was something else..." Seeing Lin Xing'an wearing pajamas, Keke also pouted.

"Okay, turn over! My massage skills are really good!"

"it is good……"

Lin Xing'an shook his head and turned over obediently.

Keke sat directly on his butt and pressed his back with both hands.

"Relax, don't be nervous~"

"Okay, okay."

"How's it going, junior? Are you comfortable?"

"Uh... not bad."

"What about the intensity?"

"Just right."

Feeling Keke's strength, Lin Xing'an nodded and said.

Then my body gradually relaxed completely.

"Senior, what does the Shrine have to do with our committee?"

"Because actually, when I was in school, I had already obtained a lot of information from the committee, but the information about the Shrine... was almost impossible to retrieve."

"Or perhaps there's no information about the Shrine at all. We only know that it's a place to communicate with my mother."

Lin Xing'an asked, turning his head slightly.

"Well...how should I put it..."

Ke Ke paused for a moment as he massaged him.

"The Shrine is indeed a place to communicate with my mother, but it is only a place of communication, not a place of transmission of communication."

"They never tell us about their interactions with their mother. We don't know what messages they convey to her or how she responds."

"The only information they pass on is the identity of the 'sacrificer' at the end of each chicken coop round."

"Um... Junior, you know what a 'sacrifice' is, right?"

Ke Ke adjusted his posture and sat up from Lin Xing'an's body.

"I……"

Without waiting for Lin Xing'an to speak, she stepped on his back.

The cold little feet made Lin Xing'an shiver.

"This is a normal massage method, junior, close your eyes and enjoy it!"

Keke raised his long hair and stood on Lin Xing'an's back.

Although she said this, her face was still a little red.

Worried that her weight wasn't enough, she pursed her lips and quietly added a little more weight.

Then he took a step and started walking.

"...Isn't the sacrificer the one among the surviving humans and animals who sacrifices their family, friends, and everything else?"

Lin Xing'an buried his head in the pillow and said.

"Yes, this human-beast was randomly selected by the mother from among all the surviving human-beasts."

"Once the animal is chosen, my mother will tell the shrine, and the shrine will tell us. Then, three years later, the animal will be sacrificed on time."

"This is the only information the Shrine has revealed to us."

Ke Ke used his toes to flexibly massage Lin Xing'an's neck and trapezius muscles.

"Senior, has this round of sacrifice come out?"

"Not yet. We usually have to wait for the committee candidates to come out, which should be soon, but we won't know until they come out."

"So, Senior... that is... what if we accidentally kill the sacrificer while we are killing people and animals... what will happen?"

"Then choose a new sacrificer!"

Ke Ke moved again and stepped on Lin Xing'an's thigh.

"hiss!"

"Does it hurt? The squats I did this morning were for my legs, so it's normal for it to hurt."

Keke rubbed Lin Xing'an's legs with his feet and continued to talk about the shrine.

"Anyway, communicating with my mother is the main duty of the Shrine."

"As for the relationship between the Shrine and the Committee... how should I put it... it's like..."

Keke paused.

"Just like the relationship between North City University and North City University Research Institute?"

Lin Xing'an asked back.

"Hmm... similar, but not exactly. The Shrine is completely closed to our committee. Outsiders, even those at the committee level, cannot enter the Shrine."

"So, Senior...does our committee have a formal way to enter the Shrine and serve in it?"

"...You want to enter the Shrine?"

Ke Ke was stunned for a moment, then sat on Lin Xing'an's back again, grabbed Lin Xing'an's hands, and pulled him back like rowing a boat.

There was a series of crackling sounds as bodies were stretched out.

"I'm just a little curious. I'm a little curious about what the shrine looks like. I'm curious about... some of the more hidden information in our chicken coop..."

Lin Xing'an said without hesitation.

Keke was not surprised at all. After all, curiosity is human nature.

"I met people from the Shrine during the last Mother's advent. They were standing with the angels."

"I heard others discussing that the Shrine has that kind of... bloodline appointment system."

"This bloodline doesn't refer to blood ties, but rather the 'bloodline' of the soul."

Ke Ke patted Lin Xing'an's waist and recalled.

"Blood on the soul?"

Lin Xing'an raised his eyebrows.

This wasn't the first time he had heard of this word...

Tao Yuan had clearly told him at the time that he and Yu Yu had a "soul" parent-child relationship...

"I don't know the details of this, but in short, only those who possess this 'soul bloodline' connection can communicate with the mother and enter the shrine."

"Then how do you know if you have this connection?"

"do not know."

Ke Ke wiped the sweat from his forehead, patted Lin Xing'an, and signaled him that he could lie down.

"Junior, I'll give you a more systematic introduction to the operation of our chicken coop later."

"Actually, knowing this is more than enough. The Shrine does know more information than we do, but not as much as you think."

She said, checking the time.

"it is good!"

Seeing that Keke was a little tired, Lin Xing'an quickly moved to the side.

Keke didn't hesitate and lay down next to him.

"Senior, if the Shrine is responsible for communicating with Mother, what are the angels responsible for?"

"Angels... they're kind of like my mother's eyes and ears."

Keke placed his hands on Lin Xingan's abdominal muscles, tapping them lightly with his fingers.

"Because Mother can only descend when summoned by the sacrificer, so if Mother wants to deliver a message, she can only send an angel."

"There are also levels among angels. The lowest level is the two-winged angel, and then there are..."

As she was speaking, a cell phone rang.

"……minister?"

Seeing who was calling, Keke quickly cleared his throat and sat up in bed.

Lin Xing'an also straightened up.

"minister."

Ke Ke pressed the answer button.

On the other side, there was a commotion, followed by Zhang Guang's voice.

"We have already destroyed Taoyuan's mainframe in South City."

"We copied some of the information before Taoyuan deleted it all."

"Go back to the information group now and ask Li Lu to tell you how to save this information."

(End of this chapter)