Zuo Dao Becomes a God Starting from American Horror

Chapter 268 Multitasking Arrives at the Strange Neon Monster
High in the air, inside an airplane.

Louis was holding a Japanese book, but his eyes were not on the book at all; he seemed to be daydreaming.

Next to her was Carrie, peeling grapes and placing the glistening grapes onto a tray. Beside the tray was a drink with a two-way straw.

The entire cabin was silent.

Carrie peeled the shell while looking tenderly at Louis.

Louis, however, was trying to do four things at once.

With his powerful analytical abilities, Yang Shen scanned all the Japanese books in his hands. Combined with the Japanese videos he had watched before, Louis was confident that he would learn all of Japanese, and even become fluent, before getting off the plane.

Moreover, to be honest, Japanese is a simpler language than English. This simplicity doesn't lie in its structure, but in the sheer number of kanji characters!

If one has strong enough memory and logical thinking skills, one can learn the language completely in a short time. Of course, dialects are another matter.

This is just the most insignificant part of the four-in-one computing approach; most of the computing power is used for the other two.

One is array formations. This newly opened array formation inheritance is Louis's current key project. Its profoundness is unimaginable. So far, Louis has used 70% of his computing power on it.

This is just the beginning.

Formations are a broad category, with numerous subcategories.

The most fundamental method of this formation is to use the power of stars to set up the array, so as to achieve the effect of continuous, amplified, and infinite power. This is the core of this formation, but it does not mean that it does not have other types of formation inheritances, but they are just inferior to the core.

Basic Five Elements Formation, advanced Different Attribute Formation, the most down-to-earth Earth Vein Formation, the unconventional Blood Refining Formation, the most unpredictable Humanistic Dragon Qi Formation...

Because the world is different, some of these methods work, some require modification due to changing conditions, and some simply don't fit the situation...

Before studying, Louis had to do some screening.

This greatly increases the difficulty of learning.

"The Five Elements Formation is a basic formation. The five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—circulate in a cycle, resembling the human body. It requires a core point as a fulcrum to circulate and control the power..."

"The array eye is the most important element of an array. If an ordinary array master cannot find the array eye, their skills are largely wasted. Strong array masters, or those with sufficient strength but relatively lower skill levels, can forcibly set up the array eye regardless of the actual situation..."

"Besides the essential differences, formations are also divided into functions: illusion, killing, trapping, defense, sealing, refining..."

"High-level formations all have formation diagrams, which can be used to quickly and directly set up a large formation regardless of the environment..."

"A demonic formation? Draining vital energy... negative emotions..."

"Searching for the key point of the formation... the I Ching's eight trigrams, Kan, Li, Dui, Zhen..."

"..."

Louis's mind raced, and his spirit subtly trembled.

Knowledge flows into the brain like data flows into a computer system.

The remaining 20% ​​of Yang Shen's calculation power was used on the Five Qi Gathering to cultivate life techniques, but not just for the initial stages. It was also to combine it with the Five Qi Techniques, just as previously planned, to strengthen the latter by first strengthening the former.

However, when it came to actually putting it into practice, Louis had a few more ideas.

In addition to practicing the Ghost-Eating Sorcery, his internal organs also contained a large number of evil spirits and five small ghosts used to aid the Ghost-Eating Sorcery in digestion.

The techniques of the Greater and Lesser Five Ghosts are inherited techniques that were previously revealed. The Greater Five Ghosts can become a member of the Five Wraiths Army in the future, and the Lesser Five Ghosts can become the Five Gods.

There is still potential.

Therefore, Louis plans to combine the five little ghosts within his body with the Five Qi Gathering Technique and the Five Qi Technique, so that the three can work together to nourish the Five Qi Technique to achieve perfection and strengthen the five internal organs.

This is a highly difficult improvement to the spell; no, rather than an improvement, it's more like creating a spell that acts like a kind of adhesive.

The difficulty involved is comparable to creating some inferior Yin God-level spells.

Fortunately, a Yang spirit is a Yang spirit; its comprehension, logical ability, analytical ability, and calculation ability are greatly enhanced, far surpassing its Yin spirit form.

Louis could still figure out this "adhesive" method.

Accompanied by the vibration of the Yang God.

Strands of magical power flowed between his five internal organs.

Attempting to strengthen the five elements through aggregation...

As for the target of this experiment, it was naturally the heart. Louis had been cultivating his inner energy for a long time and was closest to success, with the greatest confidence in doing so, so he naturally chose to strengthen his heart.

thump!
thump!
thump--

The sound of a heartbeat grew louder and louder, accompanied by a searing heat.

Louis's body temperature was rising rapidly, and wisps of flame even appeared on his body surface, dancing wildly.

Carrie, who was holding his arm, was taken aback, before she could even get anxious.

These flames then surged into Louis's ears, nose, mouth, and other orifices, and then flowed into his heart through his blood vessels.

Inside Louis's body, a flesh and blood heart is now burning with flames!

It's really burning!

The surface of the heart also developed a layer of bright, deep red, different from the original reddish-brown or pink, and it expanded rapidly.

Louis's eyelids twitched, and 20% of his Yang God computing power became available.

good news.

Louis's transformation was successful.

bad news.

We still need external help.

Louis successfully mastered the Five Qi Gathering technique, a life cultivation method that involves cultivating the five energies in the chest. Then, by combining it with the digestive aids of the Little Five Ghosts, he successfully achieved the effect of strengthening the five internal organs through the Five Qi technique.

From then on, in addition to eating offal, there was another quick way to make it.

But a crash course is still a crash course. Just like the law of conservation of energy, energy doesn't appear out of thin air. Therefore, Louis's transformation still lacks one final step.

Absorb a large amount of external fire energy to replenish the internal, thereby completely perfecting the fire element of the heart.

"That's perfect. Japan is a vast volcanic region. Besides the sun, what represents fire more than a volcano?"

Louis has another goal for his trip to Japan.

Speaking of which, Japan is a treasure trove. Even before going there, Louis had already thought of two advantages.

Open your eyes.

Seeing the worry in Carrie's eyes, Louis didn't speak, but opened his mouth and put a grape into it.

The sweet taste melts in your mouth, bringing a touch of pleasure.

Quietly, Louis reinvested most of the 20% of computing power he had freed up into the last of his four-tasking strategy.

At Louis's feet was a simple black box, the contents of which faintly emanated a sacred aura.

It was the forbidden item from the Bureau that Louis obtained when he resolved the Conjuring 1 incident and the Beelzebub Familiar demon incident—the holy sword Zolfiqar.

A large amount of magical power is now flowing into it, coming into contact with, invading, and assimilating the holy sword. Some of the rust on the sword has faded, revealing the clean and bright white blade underneath.

That's right.

Louis is using the spells he obtained from the magical artifact manual, the Treasure-Stealing Technique, which is the companion spell to the Myriad Treasures Shattering Void Technique, to assimilate it.

They attempted to transform it into their own magical artifact.

This is something Louis does whenever he has free time. This sword has great hidden power and is very valuable, but it also has great hidden dangers. It belongs to a Christian angel and has been used by a prophet. Who knows, one day it might be used against God's believers and turn on him.

Therefore, Louis has been assimilating its magic.

We now have a semblance of control over them, preventing them from being suddenly stabbed to death.

As for complete assimilation, Louis didn't have high hopes. This kind of thing gets harder and harder as time goes on. He'd wait until Louis reached the Pure Yang Realm before resorting to violent suppression.

As Louis poured more Yang God power into it, the speed at which magic flowed into it increased dramatically, and the rust on it began to fade more quickly.

Time passed in Louis's distraction.

The plane flew through the clouds, crossing the ocean, with the sun and moon alternating outside the window.

Finally, in the gentle light of the early morning, we arrived at Tokyo Airport in the neon lights. As for the originally planned trips to Nagasaki and Hiroshima, they were postponed.

after the plane landed.

The first to disembark were groups of burly men in black; they were the people Louis had brought with him to open up the neon market here.

There are elite black-armored soldiers, second-tier enhanced soldiers, sales personnel from the Cleaner Company, elite managers (fraudsters) from the Devourer Company, and the newly appointed Neon District Manager of Cano International...

From force to economics, from unorthodox to legitimate means, with everything in place, it's entirely possible to start a company that caters to both the mystical and the real world in a short period of time.

Surrounded by a crowd, Louis and Carrie disembarked from the plane.

but.

To Louis's surprise, a welcoming party was watching them from a short distance away, running towards them with smiles on their faces. There were colorful flags, banners, beautiful women, and a few men at the front who were clearly politicians or tycoons.

???

Louis was slightly surprised, but after a moment's thought, he understood what was going on.

Carrie and I walked ahead together.

The person who immediately came to greet him was a balding man in his forties or fifties. He was not tall and had a polite smile on his face. He seemed to be in a high position.

"Hello Mr. Kano, I am Shinnosuke Matsushita. Welcome to Tokyo."

Louis smiled and said, "Hello, Mr. Matsushita. I'm here in Tokyo just for tourism, to see the volcanoes of the neon world."

Matsushita Shinnosuke glanced discreetly at the large group of people, his heart clenching. A tour? He didn't believe a word of it!

"..."

After some polite exchanges...

Louis and Carrie arrived at a hotel that looked very luxurious.

Sitting in his chair, Louis glanced at the several women in kimonos kneeling in front of him; these were the women Matsushita Shinnosuke had left behind before he left.

It goes without saying what it means.

Louis understood the situation the moment he saw them after getting off the plane.

This is mainly related to the US military stationed in Japan.

Japan may seem like a junior partner to the United States, but it has never been honest and has always been thinking about overthrowing the United States. The most recent example was around the time of the Plaza Accord, when the Japanese economy was unprecedentedly strong, which was the famous bubble economy seven years ago.

He even went so far as to boast about buying up the entire United States.

Their ambitions are blatantly obvious; they've completely gone astray.

Then came the devastating blow from the United States, which had just defeated the Russian bear and claimed the title of the world's strongest nation.

When the bubble burst, the entire Japanese real estate, luxury goods, and stock markets plummeted, and were ruthlessly exploited by large capitalists from the United States and elsewhere. A group of people began to take to rooftops to stage a show where they would fly through the air and randomly crush a passerby to death.

From then on, he behaved himself and became a dutiful underling again.

Meanwhile, the Japanese conglomerates, which at their peak could stand shoulder to shoulder with the American giants, naturally fell in status and were forced to divide their shares, thus becoming inferior to the American giants.

But this doesn't mean that the Japanese conglomerates aren't strong enough. Take Shinnosuke Matsushita, who is now standing in front of Louis, for example. He represents the newly emerging Japanese conglomerate, Panasonic.

This company belongs to a multinational corporation and has even been acquiring Global Film, one of the major entertainment companies in Hollywood.

The Panasonic conglomerate, founded in 1918, has absolutely no history and can only be considered one of the top conglomerates in Japan, not comparable to monopolistic conglomerates like Mitsubishi.

Louis, representing Cano International, was merely entering the realm of big capital in America, yet it was already comparable to the Matsushita family. Louis was also an important member of the Cano family and could even represent Cano International. Coupled with America's dominance over Japan, this comparison highlights the importance of international cooperation.

The Matsushita family naturally had to take this seriously.

Moreover, they probably see this as an opportunity.

An opportunity to secure investment and build stronger relationships with major American capital.

Essentially, it was a speculative act by the Panasonic family.

These were not entirely guesses by Louis, but rather "seen" by capturing the other party's soul fluctuations through the power of the Yang God.

"That's perfect. Since we're new here, we need a local expert to help us out."

Moreover, it's easier to learn about the mysterious side of Japan by starting from the top.

At this time.

A gentle knock sounded on the sliding door, followed by a voice in Japanese. A row of maids entered carrying dishes, placing them respectfully on the table one after another.

Their service seemed alright, but Louis had absolutely no appetite.

Because most of the dishes served were small and exquisite, such as seafood and sashimi, the only thing he really liked was the beef.

After eating a little something...

Louis walked into the courtyard, looking at the flowing water and rockery, but in reality, he had already released his Yang spirit and was sensing everything around him.

Tokyo is very large. To be precise, Tokyo is not just a city name, but a metropolitan area that encompasses many regions.

The Yang spirit swept across streets, houses, high-rise buildings, shops...

In an instant, a large amount of information was collected.

All aspects of life, including birth, death, joy, sorrow, separation, and reunion, are vividly depicted.

Some people live like zombies, returning home to eat a small bowl of rice with their families, not even daring to turn on the lights.

Someone screamed in despair, smashed a bottle, and jumped down, only to crush and kill another person struggling to live, bringing tragedy to another family.

Some people's companies went bankrupt, and their wives and daughters had to sell themselves to earn money for food.

Some families were in debt, and everything they owned had to be mortgaged. They had no choice but to drop out of school and hide under a bridge with their younger siblings, gazing at the moon.

Some people commit suicide by lying on the railway tracks, some die alone, some go insane...

The feeling of despair was almost overflowing.

Clearly, the effects of the bubble bursting seven years ago have not yet subsided. In fact, it could be said that this is a fine wine that gets better with age, and now is the time when this wine is at its most potent.

This bubble would have cost Japan thirty years; it doesn't even have ten years left yet.

The despair in his emotions was intense.

But none of this affected Louis in the slightest. It would be a bad thing if a cultivator were so easily swayed by emotions. Louis, who had already reached the Yang God realm, was also quite extraordinary and remained unaffected.

His main goal is to investigate evil spirits, mystical events, and so on.

After investigation, it was discovered that ghosts also exist in neon.

on the street.

A semi-transparent man, hiding in the shadows of an alley, muttered to himself, bound by threads-like things on the ground.

Under the building, inside the house, on the tram tracks...

Without exception, they were all suicides; they all seemed to have become earthbound spirits.

Louis's Yang spirit swept across the land with unrestrained might.

He examined every inch of this city.

a long time.

Louis opened his eyes.

His eyes were full of astonishment.

Neon is not quite the same as America.

The dead in this place are also collected by an organization. Those who die of natural causes simply disappear without needing a mass; they must have gone to the Sanzu River in Japanese mythology.

Suicide victims are not taken in, but instead become earthbound spirits, repeating the same events over and over again at the place where they died.

It seems that no matter where in the world, people who commit suicide do not get a good outcome.

The murdered were filled with resentment and transformed into vengeful ghosts, but their power was limited.

There are other different types of death, and the ghosts that result are also different, but in general, they are quite similar to those in America.

What truly distinguishes this place from America is the existence of some unique individuals.

Louis felt uneasy thinking about the seemingly immortal monster he had seen, because the monster's features were quite distinctive: it carried a large pair of scissors, wore a mask, and would appear on the street from time to time as if it were teleporting, asking people if they were beautiful.

Ok.

That's right, it's the Slit-Mouthed Woman.

A kind of urban legend from a past era when neon lights were prevalent.

just.

The moment Louis saw the other person, he recognized him, had a thought, and crushed him instantly.

But to my surprise, they reappeared not long after!

Louis was quite certain that the other party was the one he had squeezed and crushed before, because every single pattern matched, so the other party really wasn't dead!
It's hard to imagine that something like immortality could be encountered so casually.

"Urban legends...are there any other urban legends?"

"Sadako and Kayako also need to be investigated."

"Yes, also check out the shrines and professions like Onmyoji in Japan, see if they have any mysterious powers, and if so, how they manifest."

"It seems I'll have to meet with Matsushita Shinnosuke tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)