Simultaneous travel: City, infinite evolution

Chapter 414 Xia Dongqing's Ghost Story [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

Chen Hong went inside and immediately saw a familiar figure.

"Welcome! Please feel free to browse and see what you'd like to buy."

There was only one male waiter in the store, who tried his best to appear enthusiastic with a stiff, awkward smile.

"Young man, what's your name? You look so young, are you out doing odd jobs?"

The young man scratched his head sheepishly: "My name is Xia Dongqing. I'm a college student preparing for graduate school entrance exams. I'm here to work as a night shift worker to solve my food and lodging problems."

Chen Hong: I can tell you're not human at first glance.

Xia Dongqing, Convenience Store No. 444, this smell is too strong.

"Don't you have another boss named Zhao Li?"

"how do you know?"

Xia Dongqing's eyes widened in surprise.

Chen Hong slapped his forehead. Well, this ghost world actually has a hidden background. It seems there are bound to be plenty of demons and monsters.

Soul Ferry is a place where all sorts of ghosts roam, along with Kunlun Heavenly Maidens, underworld ghost messengers, and a group of gods and mysterious third parties hiding behind the scenes.

Chen Hong had no idea what level those gods were at in terms of combat power. These guys were too mysterious, and he had no idea how powerful they were.

In any case, this merged world is indeed extraordinary.

Just then, a short-haired girl walked in and called out in a carefree manner, "Dongqing, I've come to see you."

Upon suddenly seeing Chen Hong and the others, a hint of wariness flashed in his eyes.

She asked casually, "Dongqing, who are these people...?"

"Oh, right, after all this talk, I still don't know who you are?"

Dongqing suddenly realized, "Sir, you know my boss's name, are you perhaps a friend of my boss?"

"Ha, no, that's not it."

Chen Hong removed the concealment spell he had cast while shopping, revealing his true appearance.

Xia Dongqing and the girl immediately recognized each other, their expressions showing sudden realization and a mixture of excitement and nervousness.

"Oh, it's you, Mr. Chen. I often see you on TV."

As the most successful person in Hong Kong, he inevitably has to attend many major events and become the subject of media hype.

Moreover, the templates are readily available: things like being from a poor family but not forgetting to work and study diligently, being hardworking, positive and cheerful, often doing good deeds, contributing to the neighborhood when they grow up, devoting themselves to others, and having an unwavering kind heart.

And of course, it also requires perseverance in the face of difficulties, and the ability to solve problems cleverly and skillfully.

In short, the aim was to embody all the desirable qualities that the imperial court hoped ordinary people would possess: a peaceful life and diligent work.

They also need to possess some admirable qualities and wisdom that ordinary people do not have, so that people can admire them and feel that it is only natural for such people to be capable, and that they themselves cannot do such things and it is only natural that they have not achieved such success.

In short, great and successful people lead illustrious lives without a single blemish.

It's like a Bodhisattva, for people to worship and admire, and incidentally guide everyone to be true, good, and beautiful, and to live a peaceful and law-abiding life.

There's no such thing as a dark history. We'll bombard you with 108 tips for success, the ten essential qualities for success, and all sorts of inspirational stories.

Especially since Chen Hong has indeed done many genuine good deeds, he has even more material to boast about.

Under such brainwashing, Chen Hong's image naturally transformed into the shape those people desired.

Many naive and innocent college students like Xia Dongqing became Chen Hong's fans.

After all, they are the group of people who are most eager for success.

This is why Xia Dongqing was so excited. It was like a distant, high-profile celebrity on TV suddenly appearing in real life and being touched by him – it was like a dream.

The girl was secretly on guard. Now she was certain that Chen Hong was an unfathomable master who had subtly altered her perception, making her unable to perceive Chen Hong's true face.

"Hello, Mr. Chen, my name is Wang Xiaoya. I never expected to see you in this small convenience store. It's quite a surprise."

What are you looking to buy?

"Someone as important as you would need to personally come to a small shop to buy things?"

Chen Hong smiled. He sensed Wang Xiaoya's probing and wariness, but he just smiled back.

"Don't worry, I was just passing by. I saw that the convenience store had such a unique name, so I came in to take a look."

Wang Xiaoya naturally didn't believe this, but she couldn't do anything about it openly.

After all, she was just an ordinary girl at the moment, and she didn't want to reveal her true identity to Xia Dongqing.

Before Wang Xiaoya could reply, a rather attractive woman walked in, ordered oden from Xia Dongqing, and chatted for a few minutes.

When the woman realized that Xia Dongqing was not simple and seemed to be able to see dirty things, she had some ideas.

But there were too many people at the scene, so she planned to talk to Xia Dongqing another day, open her heart to him, have a deep conversation, and then ask him for help.

Chen Hong also left with his two beautiful women.

He planned to observe secretly for a while to understand the strength of Hades and the Heavenly Maiden, and see if he could get those gods to reveal some information about their strength and lair.

He's now developing an interest in the history of this place and the bosses behind it.

The underworld, where reincarnation is possible, also greatly intrigued Chen Hong. The realm of reincarnation is a crucial place concerning all living beings; if one could control it, one would have the power to judge the souls of the dead, which would be of great significance in guiding the positive development of human civilization.

Death is not scary; what's scary is that it's hard to die even if you want to.

Whoever controls the soul holds the lifeline of all living beings in his grasp.

After that, Chen Hong closely monitored Xia Dongqing's movements.

Soon, Chen Hong learned about the woman.

Her name is Xiaoxue, and she is an ordinary-looking girl who is even quite unremarkable.

She was ridiculed by others for this, and even her boyfriend of many years lost interest in her sexually.

After experiencing various setbacks, she accidentally saw a way to make herself more beautiful online.

So she began to serve the little fox spirit, and sure enough, she became more and more beautiful, experiencing all the benefits of being a beauty.

In order to achieve better results, she even used her own blood to sign a symbiotic contract with the little fox spirit.

The so-called little fox spirits are actually the "medicine" mentioned by Zhao Li. They parasitize the human body and feed on human greed, vanity, and jealousy.

As the drug became more integrated with the person, its side effects on Xiaoxue began to appear.

Xiaoxue is a radiant beauty at night, but during the day she looks old and ugly.

Realizing this change, Xiaoxue sought help from Dongqing. Zhao Li said he could help her completely sever her ties with the medicine and restore her to her original state.

But she had gone too far down the path of vanity and couldn't let go of her beautiful appearance, even though that deformed beauty only existed for a short night.

"I'd rather be a queen for a time than a mediocre one for a lifetime." In the end, she abandoned family, love, and friendship, wandering and getting lost between two extreme identities.

Chen Hong couldn't determine whether Xiaoxue's decision was right or wrong. Perhaps for an ordinary woman, becoming a beauty was her most desired and correct choice.

After all, with a beautiful appearance, one can easily gain huge benefits simply by selling that appearance, whether it be material benefits or emotional value, all can be easily satisfied.

Even if it comes at a huge cost.

In Chen Hong's view, Xiaoxue's downfall is more a problem of the distorted values ​​and distribution of interests of all mankind, and the entire production system.

The fox spirit medicine is not only the poison that Xiaoxue chose to drink to quench her thirst, but it is also the poison that all of humanity chose.
Chen Hong didn't care about the drug's ability to make people look beautiful; he had countless ways to change people's appearance.

It's just meaningless, since there are only a few principles governing human aesthetic perception.

If it really could change one's appearance, it would only create a large number of tech-savvy faces that are so similar they'd be copied and pasted, making it difficult to distinguish one from another.

Instead, it loses the pure and natural beauty and true meaning.

What Chen Hong cares about is the drug's ability to absorb negative emotions such as greed, vanity, and jealousy.

After secretly studying the properties and principles of the medicine, Chen Hong's method of severing the three corpses became even more perfect, and the three corpses absorbed negative emotions more efficiently.

Chen Hong even wondered if he could create something that could absorb all of humanity's negative emotions, wouldn't that make him an incredibly powerful evil sword immortal?

The negative emotions of a single company worker could probably fatten up an evil sword immortal.

Wow! It gives me the feeling of a mastermind behind the scenes.

Evil Sword Immortal and the like are still too difficult to control.

Born with negative emotions, you can imagine that their minds are full of bad ideas. They are unlikely to be obedient, and their loyalty might even be negative. Wouldn't they be thinking about how to kill the creator every day?
This creature is practically a human garbage dump, a chosen evil god of the warp, and the darling of the cesspool world.

Once born, it would be too kind of him not to cause a great calamity in the six realms.

Shaking off the jumbled thoughts in his mind, Chen Hong continued to focus on Xia Dongqing.

This guy is practically a born troublemaker. He has a pair of yin-yang eyes that can see evil things, and he wants to have a relationship with any demon or monster. They all run to him.

Chen Hong couldn't help but sigh, "As expected of Chi You's vessel, the focus of attention from all sides, and the protagonist of destiny."

What is the love-hate entanglement between a female ghost and a man that they will continue even if they burn themselves out? What is the righteous female reporter who exposes the dark side but is killed by dark forces? What is the case of the red-clad senior student who committed murder for the sake of a cowardly man's lioness-like love?

The younger brother was jealous of his older brother, deeply in love with a girl but in love with the older brother. So he attempted to rape the girl but accidentally killed her. He escaped punishment because of family connections.

In a fit of grief and rage, the girl's father came with a gun to seek revenge on his younger brother.

The younger brother and older brother are identical twins. To protect his younger brother from harm, the kind-hearted older brother, unaware of his younger brother's actions, willingly sacrifices himself in place of his brother to atone for his sins.

The older brother died tragically at the age of 17. After 20 years of hard work in the underworld, he became one of the "ghost messengers" with a promising future, but he escaped back to the human world to stop his younger brother from seeking revenge.

The younger brother saw his older brother's soul remain eternally youthful in his sea of ​​consciousness. Overwhelmed with jealousy and hatred, he confessed that his parents favored his older brother and that the girl he secretly loved liked his older brother. Provoked, he even planned to kill his older brother again with the Soul-Destroying Blade.

However, he failed to succeed due to the interference of the ghost of the girl who died that year, and suffered the consequences of his own actions.

In the final moments, this twisted, extreme, and malicious soul, filled with hatred for the world, had its resentment dissolved by the unwavering love and tolerance of its kind brother.

The younger brother's soul was killed by a knife and perished, but the older brother was forced to "inherit" the younger brother's body, whose lifespan had not yet ended, and continue to live in his place.

Twenty years ago, the older brother died to atone for his younger brother's sins. Twenty years later, the younger brother gave his older brother a lifetime in return. Both brothers have truly atoned for their sins.

Chen Hong watched the whole thing on Silly Girl's video, taking a bite of a potato chip, and couldn't help but complain:

"How come this melodramatic story has a touch of reality, and a lot of melodramatic elements mixed in?"

Is reality just a giant soap opera?

Chen Hong couldn't help but complain about the darkness of human nature. He said that if he didn't even try to test it, it would grow wildly and uncontrollably.

(End of this chapter)