Decaying World

Chapter 236 Test 236

An adult red date crab is about the size of a quail egg. When he picked it up, there was a large clump of cotton-like red substance stuck to its belly. Floating inside this red substance were countless pale red round eggs.

The red date crab struggled fiercely, its eight legs slicing through the air with a soft swishing sound. If these legs were to cut an ordinary person, they would immediately leave bloody gashes.

'Compared to the ordinary crabs of my previous life, this one is indeed much stronger. It's incredibly powerful. This small crab has the strength of a three- or four-year-old human child,' Lin Hui observed.

'The goal of the Saint of Life type is for me to save ninety-nine different kinds of living beings and then feel the pulse of life. So, flowers, plants, insects, and animals should count, right?'

'How can we save it?' Lin Hui thought for a moment. He put down the red date crab in his hand, wandered around for a while, and soon found a red date crab stuck in a crevice in the rocks, squeezed by its companions, its body almost deformed.

He quickly reached out, picked it up, and placed it on a wider rocky beach.

The red date crab swung its two large pincers sideways, and as soon as it landed, it rushed into the sea as if fleeing.

'So, does this count as saving one kind of life?' Lin Hui wondered to himself.

Soon, a tiny, extremely warm current flowed into his heart out of nowhere.

The stream was warm and soothing, like a massage to the heart.

But because it was so faint and brief, the trickle disappeared in an instant, making Lin Hui feel as if the sensation he had just experienced was just an illusion.

'This is the pulse of life?? I knew it wouldn't be that simple.'

Lin Hui frowned.

These ninety-nine species of redeemed beings, if we include insects, would number far more than ninety-nine. If we also include monsters from the fog zone, the number would easily exceed several hundred.

The crucial point is that if the redeemed being is too weak, the situation might be like what just happened, where the pulse of life appears and then vanishes instantly. Before he could even react, it was all over.

I felt so lonely.

Standing up, Lin Hui looked around and quickly noticed that the Red Stone Beach connected to the sea on one side and a transitional black forest on the other.

The woods were about three or four hundred meters away from him. Most of the trees inside were black, as if they had been charred.

In the woods, there floated a black jellyfish-like creature, trailing long tentacles that faintly glowed with a pale green fluorescence.

These black jellyfish-like creatures are called fruit crickets. Lin Hui had seen them before while taking a walk. According to his colleagues and teachers, these animals are somewhere between insects and animals. They contain a potent toxin, but are gentle in nature and never attack people. They only feed on fruits and nuts.

A thought struck him, and with a flash, he covered hundreds of meters, arriving at the front of the black forest and in front of a fruit cricket.

The fruit cricket, over a meter long, floated in front of him like a real jellyfish. Its tentacles undulated rhythmically, radiating an invisible force that supported its buoyancy.

Glug glug.

The crickets' chirping sounded like many bubbles bursting, and I couldn't understand what they meant at all.

Lin Hui looked around but didn't find any fruit crickets that needed help.

'What if the beings that want salvation don't need help at all?' The thought flashed through his mind.

'Then let them really need help.'

This idea is the fastest and most effective.

Lin Hui looked at the fruit cricket in front of him.

Snapped.

I reached out and slapped it.

The cricket was struck by a tremendous force and shot out like a bullet, crashing into a black tree trunk not far away, creating a deep dent.

The bark fell off, and the black shells of the fruit crickets were dented and cracked.

It fell to the ground, rolled around a few times, wriggled its tentacles, and couldn't get up for a long time.

Seeing this, Lin Hui quickly stepped forward and gently helped it up. Then he took out some disinfectant and anti-inflammatory powder from his waist bag and applied it to the affected area.

Although I don't know if this guy can use human medicine, I'll treat the injury first, no matter what.

Fortunately, there was no bleeding; only the hard outer shell was dented and broken, and the body emitted a faint fruity fragrance, somewhat like a mixture of banana and peach.

The cricket struggled a few times and then floated back up from Lin Hui's hand.

Then it fled from Lin Hui as if escaping, without giving back any of the life-giving energy it had received after being helped.

'So it really won't work? Then is this pulse of life determined subjectively, or must certain conditions be met?'

Lin Hui felt this was worth trying.

He first withdrew from the dark forest to conceal himself.

Then, he launched his internal energy from a distance, accurately injuring a fruit cricket that was resting against a tree trunk.

puff.

The cricket fell heavily to the ground, its body trembling, unable to move.

Fortunately, Lin Hui applied force very precisely, so the outer shell was not damaged. He was just stunned and probably suffered a concussion.

Just as the fruit cricket was wondering where the attack was coming from.

Lin Hui descended from the sky and gently picked it up in his arms.

Apply medicine quickly, soothe the bird, and then release it.

The fruit cricket gratefully circled him a few times before slowly flying away.

then
'Nothing at all,' Lin Hui felt no pulse of life whatsoever.

'Was the injury not serious enough?'

He then tried several more times, injuring the fruit crickets to varying degrees and then treating them. But after more than an hour of this, he still couldn't sense any sign of life.

As dusk fell, the sky gradually darkened.

He had no choice but to go back temporarily. On his way back, he bought two small, nearly withered flowers from the street.

A pot of golden water orchid, a pot of bell-shaped daffodils.

Both pots have the simplest problem: pests.

Holding the two flowerpots, Lin Hui carefully placed them on the floor next to the study door.

'This time, I'm here to test the life force of the plants.'

After inquiring with the workers responsible for pruning and planting the flowers and plants in the yard, Lin Hui bought pesticide powder for the two types of pests. He then carefully dug the two potted plants out of the soil, cleaned the roots, applied the pesticide, changed the soil, and watered them.

By the time the second person finished doing all that, it was completely dark.

Li Yuanyuan was directing the hired women to completely pull up the tarpaulin for the night.

In reality, due to the fog at night, most of the houses here are enclosed, with only a very few areas, such as gardens and corridors, being open to the elements. It's enough to just cover those areas.

After tending to the plants, Lin Hui didn't see any signs of life. Judging from the condition of the two plants, he estimated that it would take at least several hours, or even several days, for them to show any real effect.

Plants are generally slow to react. He understood that.

After that, he continued to attend classes and cultivate every day, and occasionally returned to the Lin residence to give Lin Xiaoliu some pointers and have awkward conversations with Liu Xiao.

Ever since her father made his intentions clear last time, whenever she goes back and sees Liu Xiao, this older sister blushes and sits in her seat with her head down, not saying a word.

Lin Hui had no choice but to tell her about his teaching, especially about Fan Lingxi.

Liu Xiao also joined the martial arts academy as a teacher. After a year, she became familiar with the teaching rhythm, and they were able to have a few words to talk about these things.

The focus remains on the pulse of life.

A few days later, of the two potted plants, the golden water lily was successfully revived, while the bellflower daffodil was completely dead.

When Lin Hui returned home from get off work at noon, he felt a faint warmth flowing into his heart as soon as he stepped through the door.

This warm current is thinner and smaller than the previous one, and its duration is about the same.

'Is this the life force of plants? It's too little, and taking so long might be more cost-effective with large trees. But this is still too slow. If I could directly save all kinds of creatures in an area, wouldn't I be able to directly obtain a large amount of life force?'

Soon it was time for Wang Hongshi to attend the wedding.

Wanyuzhuang is located north of Xinque Town, not in the town itself, but between Xinque Town and another town called Baishui.

The owner of the estate is said to be a former pirate who has laundered his money. Now, he owns a large area of ​​farmland in the surrounding area, and he also uses several of his estates to run weddings, making money from that.

On the wedding day, a large number of the bride's relatives and friends attended, suggesting that the bride's family was well-off.

Lin Hui and a group of Qingfeng Dao disciples disguised themselves as ordinary relatives and friends of Wang Hongshi and joined the group.

After a series of seemingly lively but actually boring rituals.

Wang Hongshi and his wife Zhao Feiyue knelt down together to greet their parents, bowing and exchanging vows.

Lin Hui sat upright in the row of elders' seats, smiling as he watched the wedding ceremony take its final steps, including entering the bridal chamber.

Bang! !

Suddenly, a gray figure leaped down from mid-air in the courtyard and pounced straight at the bride, Zhao Feiyue.

"Hahaha, what a lucky night! I even managed to run into such a beautiful and charming young lady while just passing by!"

The figure grabbed with a large hand, conjuring a vast array of fan-shaped palm shadows that pressed down on the bride, Zhao Feiyue.

"Let me catch it and savor it carefully!"

"presumptuous!"

"Stop him!"

"Dare to disrupt my Zhao family's wedding banquet? Die!!"

Three figures rushed out from the Zhao family relatives who were nearby, and unleashed three palm prints of internal force in mid-air.

A flash of white light shattered the gray figure's fan-shaped palm print, then slammed into its body.

puff.

The figure flew backward, spitting blood in mid-air, and disappeared dozens of meters away.

Lin Hui remained silent, and none of the people from Qingfeng Dao made a move. Everyone knew that with Lin Hui in charge, no matter what unexpected situation arose, there would be no problem.

No one expected that this lecherous thief wouldn't even be able to get past Zhao's relatives and friends.
The lecherous thief was quickly caught and brought to justice. He had a gray sack over his head, was kneeling on the ground, covered in blood, and howling in pain from the beating.

"Just kill him. Such a lecherous scoundrel, according to the rules of the government, would be put in the executioner's block if caught," said Zhao Feichi, the eldest brother of the Zhao family's bride, casually.

He currently works as a head constable in the government and knows all about these rules.

"Then let's deal with it as soon as possible, so as not to miss the auspicious time," Wang Hongshi's father nodded in agreement.

Wang Hongshi has served as the head of Qingfengdao for many years, and his family's fortunes have naturally changed dramatically. His father, like many other wealthy businessmen, has also come in a similar manner.

"Since everyone agrees, let's just get rid of him," said Zhao's relatives who had arrested him, laughing. They were about to give this lecherous thief a quick and painless death.

"Wait a moment," Lin Hui suddenly called out to stop them.

He suddenly realized a crucial point: if he saved this lecherous thief, would he be able to obtain a share of the Pulse of Life?
He wanted to test whether this pulse of life had any judgment regarding moral good or bad.

If you manage to obtain it, and then kill the person after obtaining it, what kind of reaction will occur?
(End of this chapter)