An infinite journey starting from paradise

"Eat it."

He looked greedily at the "soul" in the clay figurine in his hand.

"They may have once been part of a person, but after death, the soul and body are separated, and consciousness disappears. This so-called soul is just a simple and pure energy.

Just like when I drink a sip of water, the hydrogen and oxygen atoms in it may have been part of a living person thousands of years ago. But drinking this water does not count as...cannibalism."

After preparing himself mentally in an instant, Lin Shangren took out the soul energy from the figurine and inhaled it violently.

Soul energy bodies cannot be annihilated, but they can be transformed. After swallowing a large mouthful of soul, Lin Shangren's hunger eased a little. At the same time, he found that the range of his shadow touch seemed to have expanded a little.

"It has no taste, but...it feels really good to eat this."

Lin Shangren pushed the remaining clay figurines out of the shadows and began to devour them one by one.

"These...are not enough. We need to find more. We need to dig out all the figurines in other possible spaces besides Changcun."

Lin Shangren has completely figured out the purpose of the warp demons. That is to create enough possible spaces parallel to the sacred timeline, and then use the humanoid villagers in them to "simultaneously" perform demon summoning rituals.

According to standard procedures, the ritual of sacrificing a young girl (intercourse and raw consumption) can only temporarily possess a single believer. Lin Shangren does not know the principles of this magical ritual. Perhaps it generates some kind of energy within the Warp, or perhaps something else entirely. In short, under small-scale rituals, the influence of Warp demons on reality is limited.

If you want to carry out a large-scale ceremony, you must have a lot of space, a lot of people, and a lot of things. If you want to carry out a large-scale ceremony, you must have a lot of space, a lot of people, and a lot of things.

To carry out a large-scale ceremony, you need a large number of people, but too many people can easily lead to government crackdowns. How can you achieve both a grand event and keep it safe and secret?

Just stay away~ Gather a group of people, hide in the mountains and forests, and hold those obscene and violent mass ceremonies.

But the population of just one small mountain village still isn't enough, so let's multiply it by n! There's only one humanoid village, and it only has so many villagers, but the possibilities it creates are endless. Just make more figurines to solidify enough possible spaces, and then we can have silver parties and masses together in different time and space. Wouldn't the subspace invasion of reality be just around the corner?

Therefore, during the Warring States Period, the devil used believers to trick the ancestors of the villagers of the humanoid village to the intersection of the subspace and the material universe, and used strange customs to trick them into making clay figurines. Then, using some means, he allowed the people of the Shigusa family and the Hinami family to have the ability to travel through many possibilities, and let the so-called Son of Heaven bury the clay figurines in different possible spaces to fix them.

Finally, once enough people have gathered, a ceremony will be held in the human-shaped village and a grand silver party will be held.

If Hayashi Shangren hadn't come to the Doll Village, the one who raped those women would have been Hinakami Rito, tamed by Madoka. After tonight, the mountains where the Doll Village is located would be replaced by the subspace, where demons could roam freely. They would use this as a base to invade the material universe.

If Hinagami Pharmaceuticals' cloning technology succeeds, then demons possessing cloned bodies will infiltrate human society, colluding with both insiders and outsiders to wreak havoc. Ultimately, the Warp's demons will completely invade the material universe, and the material universe will change hands.

But unfortunately, Lin Shangren came, and he basically figured everything out.

"Teleport... in front of the widow's door, outside the police station, at the main gate of Hinakami's house, halfway up the mountain from the shrine... done, I'm eating, eating, eating, eating!"

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Author's Note: This chapter touches on pseudoscience like cosmic physics and quantum Buddhism for your enjoyment; it's all pseudoscience for the sake of the novel's logical consistency. I'm just bragging, and you're all listening.

Also, because of my grandma's liver cancer, I've been having a rough time updating these past two months. I'm really sorry. Thank you so much for sticking with me until this point. Tomorrow I have to take my grandma to Beijing for interventional therapy. The doctor says she'll need at least two more. I hope everything goes well. If I'm late tomorrow or the day after, please bear with me. Thank you all.

Chapter 167 The atmosphere suddenly became tense

The clay figurine used to stabilize possibility is destroyed, and possibility collapses toward the sacred timeline, but is annihilated because it does not conform to the law of causality, returning to a quantum superposition state between existence and nothingness.

The villagers infected by the subspace returned to their original state and became projections wandering in possibility again, while those demons that did not originally belong to the material world were torn apart and annihilated at the same time as the possibility turned back into a quantum superposition state.

One after another, group after group.

While constantly resolving these possibilities, Lin Shangren had already devoured hundreds of souls. The energy of these souls made him increasingly powerful, and the range of his shadow control technique continued to expand, from a radius of 20 meters to a radius of 100 meters, 200 meters, 1,000 meters... and finally covering the entire humanoid village.

He no longer needed to look for the clay figurines buried underground in the Doll Village. He only needed to stand still and use the shadows to get anything in this space.

Night enveloped the humanoid village, shrouding everything in darkness. Lin Shangren could sense everything within this darkness, the feelings of the villagers affected by the demon, their joy, their pain. He could influence and change everything in this land. Under the shadows, everything was under his control.

Leaping spaces, pulling out figurines, devouring souls, repeating over and over. The mist originating in Changcun and constantly infecting the physical universe and other possibilities gradually receded, replaced by the materialized shadows created by Lin Shangren. He no longer needed to enter other possibilities himself; he simply stood in Changcun, sensing and controlling the shadows in other possibilities to quickly pull out the figurines within them.

For five hundred years, beginning in the Warring States Period, the Warp Demon had exploited the possibility space outside the sacred timeline, fixed by the villagers of the Humanoid Village, to rapidly transform back into a state of wave function divergence. Seeing that its long-held plan was about to be completely destroyed by Lin Shangren, the demon finally lost its patience.

Changcun, the Hinagami family residence.

Lin Shangren stood in the hall of the mansion, surrounded by thousands of powdered pottery figurines.

Dust returns to dust, earth returns to earth, and the body parts and clay that make up the pottery figurine return to the natural cycle of the material universe in the form of inorganic matter.

Having absorbed thousands of soul energies, Lin Shangren observed with great interest everything that unfolded within Chang Village. Golden physical exorcist energy swept through the village, slaying every demon within. The men and women who had been harmed by the demons and had engaged in sexual intercourse were forcibly separated, their injuries completely healed.

He could banish demons with a flick of his finger, heal all creatures with a single drop of his blood. With a single thought, he could materialize shadows that would topple mountains and bring down the skies. Extending his shadowy reach, he could practically reach the entire Eastern Hemisphere. He could plunge the entire Earth into eternal night with a single thought.

This was just the effect of consuming thousands of soul energies. Maxwell's demon state hadn't ended yet. To Lin Shangren, everything was still energy particles. The pale blue soul energy within the figurine was certainly palatable, but the ground beneath his feet, the bright red heat within the crust, was even more so. Not to mention the hydrogen nuclear fireball a mere 0.0000158 light-years from Earth.

"If I devour the Earth, devour the sun... devour everything that shines, will I then be able to control the shadows of the entire universe? Without light, all that remains is shadow, and I am the master of shadow."

The thought of being too chuunibyou was only a fleeting one. Lin Shangren would never do such a thing as exhausting the resources. It was just powerful. It was not like he had never experienced a feeling more powerful than this. The power of the infinite superposition of himself under "Hundred Aspects" was far more powerful than this moment.

Moreover, no matter how big your butt is, you should wear pants that fit your pants. Lin Shangren's body is still a mortal body. If it weren't for the unreasonable energy conversion rate of the bird doctor and the exaggerated energy consumption of the Four Beasts Dice, he would probably have exploded and died because he could not bear the overly powerful force. If Jiji had not been blown to pieces, he could have relied on Jiji to grow his entire body again, and then exploded and died again due to the overload of energy.

"The blue bar has grown, but it's still not long enough."

As Lin Shangren pondered this, a dense, pink, humanoid energy ball suddenly appeared in his sight. Exiting Maxwell's demon, the pink energy ball in his sight revealed its appearance in the material universe.

A "woman", a rather beautiful "woman".

"This style? Cleopatra?" Lin Shangren raised his eyebrows.

The woman before him had radiant, tan skin, long black hair, a shimmering golden snake headdress, seductive lavender eyeshadow, and a ruby ​​necklace draped around her neck. Her high, firm breasts were covered in a golden bra that hung like curtains, tightly wrapping around her breasts. Her entire smooth belly was slender, and her slender waist was also decorated with a golden triangle bra with curtains. Her long legs were unwrapped, wearing only a pair of strappy sandals.

This person's outfit reminded Lin Shangren of Cleopatra—not Elizabeth Taylor's Cleopatra, of course, but the "Starry Sky" version. Elizabeth Taylor's Cleopatra was noble, mysterious, alluring, and elegant. The woman before him could be described in four words: "slutty, alluring, and evil," or more bluntly: slutty, wanton, and slutty.

"Tsk, how come someone else is possessing him? The Japanese style has turned into an Egyptian style?" Lin Shangren asked. "What is this, cosplaying Cleopatra VII?"

"Cosplay?"

"Role playing." Lin Shangren explained.

"This isn't a role play. This body is hers. Do you like it?"

"I'm not interested in being a fellow traveler like Caesar." Lin Shangren laughed.

"Are you interested in becoming a fellow worshipper of God?" the devil said in a seductive voice.

Then, another young woman in a brown linen robe emerged from the void. She wasn't particularly beautiful, not the kind of beauty that would eclipse the moon and shame the flowers, but she had a childlike, adorable face that seemed to possess a natural affinity. While her figure wasn't particularly impressive, her childlike form somehow managed to evoke a certain tingling in the man's heart.

"Huh? This is the Virgin Mary?"

"Or perhaps someone of Jesus' caliber," the demon continued.

Another woman emerged from the void, with long, slightly curly hair, fair cheeks, a pair of heavy breasts, and a tall, well-proportioned figure. She exuded the aura of a mature woman, even tinged with the fragrance of milk.

"Who is this again?"

"Mary Magdalene."

"Wow, are we talking about the Bible and historical figures this time? What a shame. I'm not in the mood for straw figurines right now, nor am I interested in second-hand items that celebrities like." Lin Shangren laughed. "I'm more curious about what you mean by God and Jesus. God doesn't exist, and Jesus isn't the savior, but a magician who mastered the magic of the warp."

"God does not exist. It was I who made Mary pregnant," the devil said. "As for Jesus, the book he and Peter wrote is still with you, right?"

"Yes."

Lin Shangren took out the Dark Bible from the shadow, and at the same time pulled out the page containing the Curse of Corruption from his own consciousness.

"It's quite an interesting thing. It can make people with lower willpower than oneself fall in love with and worship one's magic unconditionally. Jesus used it to preach and separated his own sect from Judaism. He proclaimed himself the savior, used magic to perform so-called miracles, gradually expanded the scale of faith, and then attempted to control the country.

"When the number of believers has accumulated to a sufficient level, then we will start a large-scale evil mass and bring the warp into the material universe. Is that right?"

"That's right... but they failed in the end," the demon said. "They betrayed me."

"I thought it was the Roman catapults that were unleashed." Lin Shangren laughed. "Betrayal? What do you mean? Could it be that Brother Jesus, having gained power through religion, is no longer content with being controlled by you, so he's retaliating against you?"

"No, it's because he refuses to cross that line. No matter how much he longs in his heart, he only dares to find someone with the same name as his biological mother to release his desires. He is not worthy of being a 'savior' since he cannot release his desires without restraint." The devil explained.

"What do you mean?"

"Because we are born from desire, human desire. Not only desire, but also the pain and other emotions when desire is fulfilled." The demon said, "We are the projection of your soul energy. We want more energy, the energy generated by your soul's extreme emotions.

We want your pleasure, your pain. Extreme pleasure, extreme pain. If you don't create it yourself, we can only interfere. We will enter the real material universe and raise you as livestock to produce soul energy. As we grow and prosper, you will survive too.

End of Chapter 168?

"You said that the subspace demons are a reflection of human extreme emotions?" Lin Shangren asked.

"We are all in this together. We began to emerge in the Warp as soon as humanity gained intelligence and emotions. We grew as humanity experienced sexual pleasure, and we matured as humanity feared death. We grew stronger as humanity waged war, trampled upon its own kind, and plundered its fellow tribes.

We feed on the emotions of the human soul, and we seek only these extreme emotions. We long for war, and long to watch you kill each other, burn, and plunder.

Especially with the recent war, we enjoyed it very much.”

The demon, using Cleopatra's body, licked his lips excitedly. "We hope this war can continue, but we don't want humanity to perish because of it. Now that you have the means to completely annihilate each other, you've become timid and afraid to start another war. This is what we don't want to see. Rather than watching you gradually move towards peace and stop causing extreme fear, pain, and pleasure on a large scale, it would be better for us to keep you as pets."

I can grant humanity joy, extreme joy. As for fear and pain, how about only experiencing them once in a lifetime? Aside from the extreme pain of death, life would be spent in pure enjoyment and pleasure.

A world where everyone is equal and happy. Isn't that good?"

The demons' long speeches were essentially a stall for time. Although the Linshang people had destroyed most of the figurines, a few still survived. In those possibilities, the ritual continued, and the Warp slowly merged with the material universe. As long as some Warp demons could enter the material universe intact, their plan would not have failed.

But Lin Shangren didn't plan to waste any more time on it.

"You're a warp peddler too? Fine, fine, I'll immediately pledge my loyalty to you on behalf of the big golden guy."

Now that he knew what a Warp Demon was, Lin Shangren didn't bother to waste time talking to it. He raised his hand and pointed at the bodies of several historical figures across from him, and they were burst by the shadow thorns that expanded from their bodies, exploding into a pile of minced meat and blood.

Without the support of a physical body, the demon's true form loomed in mid-air. Its gourd-shaped body, sinister pink skin, and a pair of black wings jutted from its rear end. Looking at its image, it would have become a popular character in a Fallen Goddess, first being futanariously fucked by Da Gou Ba, then becoming the type to futanarially fuck others.

"Why did you kill these women so decisively this time? I thought you would be as gentle and considerate as before."

"People? They're just soulless corpses. If we don't let them return to dust, what's the point of keeping them around? Soak them in formaldehyde and use them as masturbators whenever we want? I don't have a thing for ice romance."

As he spoke, Lin Shangren transformed into a quantum ghost, his hands gleaming with the light of physical exorcism, and a Glock pistol emerged from his grasp. Without hesitation, he pulled the trigger, and the bullet, suspended between existence and nothingness and imbued with physical exorcism, rained down upon the demon in midair.

Unfortunately, the firearm Lin Shangren had modified wasn't Bayonetta's "Scapro Bazaar," nor was it Dante's "Ebony" or "White Ivory." While the bullets it fired could physically crush demons, they were still too slow.

The demon dodged the golden bullet easily, leaving only a golden trail in the air.

However, the demon's right wing, along with the buttocks where the wings were located, were still hit by bullets and exploded.

【A sure-hit blow that speaks of martial virtue】

Although this move is rarely used now that Lin Shangren can hit anyone within 20 meters, its strength is still online. Whether it is a fist or a nuclear bomb, it can guarantee a hit without causing any casualties.

The demon, whose buttocks were hit hard, had not yet reacted when Lin Shangren appeared beside it: "Last time I sucked you in a physiological sense, this time I will suck you to death in a physical sense."

Those familiar with the Warhammer universe should be aware that the gods and demons of the Warp cannot be truly killed. The Four Peddlers, in particular, were born from the extreme emotions of intelligent beings. Unless the universe reaches heat death and no more intelligent life remains, they will persist.

In this universe, the demons in the subspace also have a similar setting. Even if the Lin Shang people wipe out this demon, as long as the extreme emotions of human beings accumulate to a certain level, it will be reborn.

But this does not prevent Lin Shangren from "eating" it now.

Powerful energy entered Lin Shangren's body, almost bursting his testicles. His blue bar was about to burst, but fortunately, Lin Shangren had enough skills that consumed blue energy.

"Zeno's paradox, Laplace."

The other two sides of the Four Beasts' Dice also lit up simultaneously. The former affected the entire subspace, preventing it from merging with the material universe. The latter affected the remaining remains of the demon, which had not yet been fully absorbed. Lin Shangren used it to see the grudges and hatreds between it, Jesus, and the Virgin Mary that had occurred nearly two thousand years ago.

Simply put, Mary attracted the attention of the Warp Demon in Bethlehem, a place where the Warp and the material universe almost overlapped. The Demon impregnated Mary through parthenogenesis and gave birth to Jesus.

The devil originally wanted to possess Jesus and carry out his plan. He didn't want Jesus, who was born from parthenogenesis, to inexplicably possess his own soul and wisdom that even the devil could hardly understand.

The demon who lost his body did not give up his plan. Instead, he began to teach Jesus through Mary how to use the subspace soul consciousness energy (magic), and guided him to split Judaism and create his own sect.

Jesus was also quite resourceful. He quickly mastered the magic of the Warp Demons and used it to expand and strengthen his cult, achieving even greater glory. Seeing that the sect had already been established, the demons planned to have Jesus perform a small-scale ritual first, allowing more demons to possess his followers, thereby expanding the church even faster.

However, contrary to the devil's expectation, Jesus, although also like ordinary people indulge in desire, but has his own moral bottom line. No matter how the devil uses Mary's body to seduce him, he is unwilling to sacrifice his life to return to his hometown.

What made the demons even more incomprehensible was that Jesus actually began to secretly organize and record the magic of the warp, wrote it into the "Dark Bible", and planned to promote the magic of the warp.

This would have been a good thing for the devil, but Jesus did not intend to promote magic such as the devil summoning ritual, the curse of corruption, and the instant spell. Instead, he favored magic such as fireball and lightning that used psychic power to control elements, especially lightning.

Seeing Jesus' increasing rebellion, the devil planned to replace him, but he was well prepared and immediately confronted him. Ultimately, Jesus was severely wounded and crucified, and the devil was severely damaged. It took until the Middle Ages for the devil to recover enough to barely influence the material universe. This recovery was only achieved thanks to the extreme emotions fostered by the Crusades and medieval religious persecution.

"Could this brother Jesus be a time traveler?"

Judging from Laplace's illusion, the Jesus of this universe does seem a bit like a time traveler. However, judging by his behavior and inability to climb the technology tree, he doesn't seem to have traveled from the "modern era."

Lin Shangren didn't bother to delve into it. He had already completely destroyed all the independent figurines except for the "Changcun" one. Now, only the "Desolate Village" and the "Changcun" spaces existed on this land.

"Finally, this is all that's left."

Lin Shangren spread out his shadow, enveloping the entire Chang Village and its villagers in darkness. Then he pulled out the last clay figurine.

Space began to distort and warp, the empty village collided with the deserted village, and then disappeared. Immediately afterwards, the ruined buildings in the deserted village fell into deep darkness, replaced by a complete human-shaped village.

The unconscious villagers will wake up after the sun rises, but those who died at the hands of the devil will never wake up again.

Lin Shangren sat upright in the mansion of the Hinami family. He put away the shadows and excluded the women with whom he had spent the night from the shadows.

"We're still short of people." Lin Shangren rubbed his neck. "Where are Hinami Rika and that kid called Kuroya Naori?"

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Author's words: No. 4 and No. 5 are accompanying me in the hospital all day, so I have to cancel it.

Chapter 169: Membrane Rift… Demon Hunter Gift Pack