Excessive ferocity due to caution

"Hallucination?"

"still……"

The darkness before me grew ever thicker, like a clump of seaweed covering my face, and no matter how I tried to move it, it was no use.

A feeling of suffocation washed over Zhao Yi like a tidal wave.

Here, all his strength was useless; his fist, which possessed the power of a thousand pounds, felt equally weak when striking the air.

Psychic power, physical body, bloodline divine power, the "Master Does Not Speak" supernatural power, the power of the Northern Dark Immortal Mountain in the sea of ​​consciousness, the Touch of Oblivion, and the darkest personality, Chris, Su Qingyao...

Everything, in this swamp-like darkness, silently and imperceptibly melted away, remaining silent, utterly silent...

Why is this happening?

As his consciousness grew increasingly blurred, Zhao Yi gradually lost all feeling for his own body, and his entire body floated up, flying into the void...

Even without the constraints of his body, Zhao Yi could still sense the whispers coming from beside his ear.

Their voices are gradually getting louder.

After a while, Zhao Yi was finally able to hear clearly that these voices were not some obscure whispers, but endless insults!

Floating in the void, Zhao Yi gradually began to perceive the darkness.

He felt something connecting him, and looked down.

It's his blood vessel.

Those blood vessels bound his soul, pulling him back and preventing him from ascending further.

On either side of that dark road, Zhao Yi, still in a state of confusion, finally saw clearly what he was facing...

are people.

The crowd was so dense that it was impossible to make out the exact number of people.

Their postures were contorted and bizarre, their expressions ferocious and venomous, frozen in place like wood and stone.

puff!

Another arm pierced Zhao Yi's body, severing some of the blood vessels connecting his soul.

As some blood vessels ruptured, Zhao Yi once again soared upwards.

However, since most of his blood vessels were still connected to his soul, Zhao Yi only flew a short distance before stopping.

But he saw countless crowds on both sides of the road, slowly approaching him in a jerky, frame-skipping motion, their eyes filled with venom and greed!

Without exception, the mouths of these people had been sewn shut.

But it's not hard to imagine that the whispers Zhao Yi heard... came from them.

"Another loser on this path?"

Zhao Yi watched as more and more strange humanoid figures approached his body, but he did not panic. His divine sense was running at high speed.

Clearly, it is absolutely impossible to overcome the current situation by brute force.

His strength was completely ineffective when facing these people.

stab-

Another arm touched Zhao Yi's body, tearing flesh apart, and Zhao Yi's soul continued to rise...

As Zhao Yi rose higher and higher, he also felt the emptiness of life slipping away.

He knew that if he allowed those eerie humanoid figures in the darkness below to tear his body apart, he would soon die!

Zhao Yi manipulated his divine sense to look up.

Not far above his head, in the sky, lay an extremely distorted, humanoid demon face, possessing—

Eyes that smile like crescent moons, mocking suffering and misery.

A puppet-like pointed nose deceives the innocent and pure.

A mouth that coils like a venomous snake, slandering justice and the innocent.

With teeth as sharp as a hacksaw, it tears apart all that is beautiful.

There was also a pair of huge, rotting ears, so badly decayed that their original shape was almost unrecognizable.

A foul-smelling waterfall of pus poured out of the ear canal, cascading into the dark region in the distance!

If an ordinary person were to see such a devastating face, they would instantly descend into madness and chaos, dragged into an endless abyss of fear...

Although Zhao Yi easily resisted the fear that arose in his heart, he also felt a large amount of ominous power gathering into a wave, rushing towards him wave after wave!

His mental power was corrupted by this ominous force and began to become diseased!

Countless terrifying ghosts appeared in his mind, strangely shaped and flamboyant!

Fear, anger, jealousy, hatred, depression, despair...

A terrifying negative energy was accumulating in his mind, threatening to transform him into a monster!

This energy is so immense that it leaves nothing but barren land in its wake.

Feeling these negative energies constantly corroding him, Zhao Yi seemed to understand something.

"I understand..."

He closed his eyes and calmed his mind.

A cacophony of roars, slander, insults, mockery, and sarcastic remarks filled my ears...

These things don't seem to be real attacks, and they don't seem to be able to cause any harm to people.

In reality, the harm has already been done without anyone noticing.

Just like Zhao Yi when he first entered this path.

He could barely hear the whispers in his ear.

Because Zhao Yi has never been sensitive to outside opinions, he doesn't care how others evaluate him.

So when he first entered this road, he could hardly hear those sounds.

It wasn't that the sounds were too quiet, but rather that his resistance was too high.

Even so, damage still occurred.

Those arms that pierced Zhao Yi's body were a concrete manifestation of the harm caused by the negative emotions of malicious slander.

The distorted human figures hurting themselves by the roadside are not real people at all.

That's why Zhao Yi couldn't harm them.

Even the sharpest blade, the Taotie, struggles to cut off gossip and the impact of negative emotions.

When a person absorbs too much negative emotion, they will develop mental illness.

Some people are strong, so they can bear more.

Some people are weak, and the slightest disturbance from the outside world can cause them to collapse.

Zhao Yi is very adept at understanding human nature.

There are generally only three ways to clear out negative emotions.

1. Let it slowly disappear over time.

2. To vent, to release emotions, and to transfer the burden to a third party through abuse.

3. Spiritual purification and neutralization.

The first one is obvious and can be ruled out immediately.

The second option... is the method that the vast majority of people would choose.

Because it's so convenient.

Its only requirement is... that you need someone to confide in.

The other person doesn't even need to be human, just alive.

However, this method can only be used as a temporary measure. If used frequently, it can also lead to mental illness.

Zhao Yi had encountered many mental patients in the past. At first, he enjoyed abusing and dissecting live small animals, but later he became dissatisfied with this and set his sights on... his own kind.

The last method is the most effective, but it is also the easiest to fall into a trap.

Most people like to use inspirational quotes to motivate themselves and thus resist negative emotions.

Chicken soup only treats the symptoms, not the root cause.

Because the emotional impact of chicken soup is fleeting.

Negative emotions, however, can persist for a long time.

Therefore, spiritual purification and neutralization cannot be achieved by relying on a few words of inspirational platitudes.

Zhao Yi needs to engage in exchanges with people who possess integrity, seriousness, and profound thinking.

For example...The Analects.

PS: Here's the first chapter.

I'm not sure if I'll go see my classmates tomorrow.

If I'm going, I'll write two chapters today, save them, and post them tomorrow.

If I don't go, I'll post four chapters today.