Embers Ad Infinitum

The figure separated from Shang Jianyao's body was like a legendary ghost, vague and unreal, making the surrounding temperature seem to drop a bit.

DiMarco! Jiang Baimian completely confirmed that there is such a thing as conscious life in this world.

In fact, the success of the "Immortal Man" project and the existence of mechanical monks can already explain this problem to a certain extent.

Before Jiang Baimian could turn around to other thoughts, he felt his body go cold and his consciousness seemed to be frozen.

She then let out a horrified cry:

"No!"

Accompanying this shout was the figure's departure, and Di Marco instantly overlapped with Long Yuehong.

"No!"

"No!"

Di Marco's illusory figure flashed on Long Yuehong and Bai Chen one after another, causing them to scream in fear.

The owner of the "underground ark" acted like a headless fly, scurrying around the room in panic, constantly possessing and breaking away, as if there was no place where he could feel safe.

In just one or two seconds, he completed two rounds of possession at an extremely exaggerated speed. He even planned to use Gnava, a silver-black intelligent robot, as a container. Unfortunately, Gnava did not respond and did not say " No” shouts.

In the continuous flash, Di Marco's figure suddenly disappeared.

He "leap" into a strange room.

The walls of this room were dark, highlighting one illusory face after another.

These faces were either ferocious or twisted, looking at Dimarco with extremely malicious eyes, as if they wanted to all rush forward and tear apart this awakened person at the "soul corridor" level one by one.

Di Marco ignored them and threw himself at the dark door, trying to open it.

However, the door did not move at all, as if it was just a painting.

The outer side of this dark door is vermilion with golden numbers on it, but the door handle and lock core are covered with black paper.

They cover it like old world seals.

"No!"

DiMarco shouted again in frustration and fear.

For so many years, he has been locked in his own "room" and can only occasionally use other people's spiritual worlds to explore the corridors.

The reason why he was so concerned about Yan Hu's condition and the few words he left behind was because he wanted to find a solution or the door to a new world and get rid of this predicament completely.

For a strong man of Dimarco's level, although the Luminous Pearl bursting out all its power in an instant can cause a considerable impact, the duration is still too short. It didn't take long for Dimarco to go from the "coward" state. Li recovered, looked around indifferently at the faces in the "room", and left.

…………

In the real world, Shang Jianyao, Jiang Baimian and others completely recovered due to the brief disappearance of Dimarco.

Jiang Baimian immediately shouted:

"He's afraid of electricity and magnetism!"

This is proven by practice!

Jiang Baimian has discovered that the so-called "conscious life" is closely related to the electromagnetic field. The "current storm" that broke out before him greatly destroyed Dimarco's basis for survival and destroyed many of his hidden "incarnations."

But this is not enough. If she wants to completely destroy this monster that has survived for many years in different bodies, the electrical power of her biological prosthetics is obviously insufficient. Moreover, the previous explosion also depleted the power she had accumulated for a long time. At most, she can Deliver one or two body-paralyzing electric shocks.

As soon as she finished speaking, Di Marco's figure was quickly outlined in mid-air.

This "monster" wearing an old-world black priest's uniform and an old-fashioned bonnet of the same color is much more unreal than before, swaying as fragile as a bubble.

Seeing Jiang Baimian raise his left hand, and Gnawa seemed to want to take out a high-performance battery, Dimarco immediately let out a "hum".

Suddenly, the ceiling collapsed and large rocks fell down.

They seemed to be pulled by invisible forces and concentrated on the heads of Jiang Baimian, Gnawa, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen.

And Shang Jianyao's position was as calm as the eye of the storm.

In the rumbling movement, Long Yuehong saw large or small pieces of concrete hitting him.

Just after listening to the team leader's words, before he had time to think of countermeasures, he subconsciously activated the military exoskeleton device, flicked the joints of his legs, and rushed towards the door.

The collapse there was much better.

After doing these actions, Long Yuehong remembered one thing:

Bai Chen was not far from her. She did not have an exoskeleton device and was in great danger when the ceiling collapsed.

In mid-air, Long Yuehong turned her head forcibly and glanced back, only to see that the falling pieces of concrete were about to cover up Bai Chen.

His eyes instantly became solidified, but his body could not turn around.

boom!

Long Yuehong, wearing a military exoskeleton device, rushed to the door but did not continue rolling.

At this time, Bai Chen relied on his rich experience to curl up his body and protect his head with his right hand and arm, hiding all the vital positions tightly.

She didn't panic, she observed the environment, and took the initiative to hide under the small part of the concrete.

The lesser of two evils.

boom! boom! Her shoulders, her back, and her arms were hit and grazed.

Bai Chen gritted his teeth and only let out a muffled groan.

On the other side, Jiang Baimian dodged the largest block of concrete and used his left hand to use his huge strength to deflect multiple "attacks" head-on.

This left her with only a minor scratch.

As for the Gnawa, it not only has fast response and strong strength, but also can withstand most concrete hits. In addition to certain dents in various parts of the body, there are serious scratches and need to be repainted.

When they were dodging this round of attacks, Di Marco's figure disappeared into the air again, Shang Jianyao's eyes became dark again, and his feet could not move even half a step.

…………

In the "Sea of ​​Origin", there are mountains, water and sunny islands.

Di Marco's figure, wearing an old-world priest's uniform and an old-fashioned bonnet, appeared high in the sky.

Compared with before, he was obviously much weaker and seemed unable to hold on for much longer.

He looked at the merchants below and said sternly:

"Although your body is not a suitable container and will only last for two years at most, my child will be born soon, and I still have the opportunity to create more new lives!

"You forced me to directly assimilate you, can't you just let me deprive you of your consciousness?"

As he spoke, DiMarco pressed down his right palm.

Shang Jianyao's "Ocean of Origin" suddenly boiled, setting off huge waves tens to hundreds of meters high.

Among these huge waves, countless shimmering lights expanded and expanded, showing scenes after scenes.

There is Shang Jianyao who is toddling in front of his parents, there is Shang Jianyao who listens to his father telling stories about the surface of the earth, there is Shang Jianyao who wins the hide-and-seek game and catches Long Yuehong, and there is Shang Jianyao who is curled up in a dark room. Yao, there is Shang Jianyao who is guarding beside the white sheets, there is Shang Jianyao who is focusing on studying alone, there is Shang Jianyao who signed the volunteer letter without hesitation, and there is Shang Jianyao who is lying on the experimental bed and slowly closing his eyes. …

All the things in the past are happening again today.

"Knowledge of destiny" means seeing the past of all sentient beings and knowing that Buddha nature is unique.

You are me and I am you!

No matter how many times Shang Jianyao used "hypocritical people" and "reasoning clowns" or simulated launching rockets, Di Marco was not affected anymore. His figure merged with the illusory waves and the scenes. Together.

Wow!

The huge waves around the island were captured and drowned Shang Jianyao.

…………

In the real world, inside DiMarco's room.

After the collapse of the ceiling ended, Jiang Baimian, who guessed whose body Dimarco wanted to occupy, immediately ran towards Shang Jianyao.

Arcs of electricity emerged from her left hand, but they could no longer penetrate the air and fell on Shang Jianyao. She could only move closer and use direct contact to complete the electric shock.

Jiang Baimian didn't know how much damage this could cause to the possessed Dimarco, and whether he could force him away from Shang Jianyao's body, but at this moment, he couldn't care less.

In just one second, Jiang Baimian rushed to Shang Jianyao's side.

As soon as she stretched out her left hand, she saw Shang Jianyao, who was wearing a monkey mask, move his eyes and wink at her.

He winked.

Jiang Baimian's extended left hand paused.

…………

In Shang Jianyao's "Sea of ​​Origin", there are mountains, water and sunny islands.

Only the figure of Dimarco and scenes of shimmering light in the surrounding huge waves are left here.

Shang Jianyao in those scenes seemed a little more sinister.

"Haha!" DiMarco threw his head back and laughed.

However, faces belonging to Shang Jianyao stood out on his face, forehead, and neck, as if they wanted to tear them apart from the inside.

"How could it be? How could it not be completely assimilated?" Dimarco shouted in a slightly frightened voice.

His breath was even weaker than before, much, much weaker.

Just then, he saw a pair of hands appearing on the edge of the island.

Immediately afterwards, a figure turned up, it was Shang Jianyao wearing gray-blue camouflage uniform.

He looked at Di Marco with a smile:

"Because there is another me."

There were only eight Shang Jian Yao on the island before.

"You!" Dimarco shouted angrily, but did not take any action.

Shang Jianyao smiled to himself and said:

"After discovering that you can invade other people's spiritual world, I wanted to understand a few things:

"Every previous owner of the 'Underground Ark' should have been you. After your current body decays, you can occupy other people's bodies and continue to live. The owners of the Ark always have a large number of mistresses and give birth to many children because you want to filter out The most suitable container.

"There is a very interesting detail here: when the last owner of the Ark was seriously ill, the servants rioted, causing your family to lose a large number of members. As a result, you couldn't find a suitable container after Dimarco's body failed. You were almost going crazy until Lars appeared and you saw hope.

"You are a strong person at the level of the 'soul corridor', and you should not have let this kind of problem arise and put yourself in trouble.

"So, I came to a conclusion:

"Every time you assimilate others and take over your body, you are at your weakest, and even ordinary servants and guards cannot control it.

"You first deprived me of consciousness instead of directly occupying my body, which proved my guess."

DiMarco's eyes gradually became fierce, as if the most important secret in his heart had been revealed.

Shang Jianyao continued to smile:

“So, I hid away and have been waiting for this opportunity.

"Now you are trapped in the process of assimilation, which has not been completed. You are in the weakest state, and the master of this spiritual world is still me."

Dimarco could no longer suppress the anger in his heart and blurted out:

"So much of what you did before was just acting?"

He was deceived by Shang Jianyao's performance and thought this was their limit.

Of course, the development of things and changes in the environment also "urged" him to get a body immediately.

"No, no, no, each of us is trying our best. We can't place our hopes on just one person." Shang Jianyao explained with a smile.

DiMarco was speechless, and after a few seconds he gritted his teeth and roared:

"You are really a madman!

"Why do you want to listen to the vigilant sect to deal with me?

"What benefits did they give you? I can promise you all!"

Shang Jianyao walked towards the crumbling Dimarco and said with a smile:

"We have nothing to do with the Vigilant Sect."

"Then why did you attack me?" Di Marco was shocked and angry.

Shang Jianyao looked at him and replied in a normal tone:

"For the innocent lives you killed, for the pairs of eyes that went from hope to despair."

DiMarco simply doubted his ears:

"Just for this?

"Why?"

He asked again why, because he couldn't believe that someone would risk the life and future of a group of slaves against him.

"Why?" Shang Jianyao repeated the question, looking left and right.

On both sides of him, in the huge waves frozen in mid-air, some of the shimmering scenes became much larger, and sounds came out.

It was outside the Weed City where a large number of homeless people froze to death and starved to death. It was the streets and squares filled with blood. It was the reluctance to part with the last bite of noodles, the almost collapse and crazy questioning:

"We are humans too, do we deserve to starve to death?"

It was a battlefield where corpses fell one after another, including humans, murlocs, and mountain monsters. It was a map with "home" circled on it. Those were the amber scales on Han Wanghuo's arm. It was he who laughed unwillingly:

"Yes, I am a sub-human, I am a sub-human, but compared to most people in this town and this world, I am more like a human being!"

That was the silence in the face of the question "Do you still think you are a human being?" It was the old figure jumping down from the tall building, that was the smile that said "Everywhere is a dream, why take it seriously", that was what Gnawa could not Understand the unacceptable rhetorical question:

"Aren't we a kind of human being?"

That was the mutilated corpse in the low cave, that was the female figure holding her child tightly, and that was the helpless question coming from the recorder:

"Are they going to kill us just because we are sick?"

They were a pair of eyes that had suffered a lot but were filled with hope. They were corpses packed in sacks. They were wide-open eyes that were wordlessly looking at the sky, full of fear and despair, as if they were asking God.

Surrounded by these scenes, these questions echoed one after another. Shang Jianyao looked at Di Marco's dazed and slightly frightened face. The corners of his mouth were raised, revealing two rows of white teeth:

"Because I'm human!"

He smiled and extended his right hand to Di Marco, and the huge waves solidifying around the island were filmed together with the scenes just now, suddenly drowning the figure wearing the black priest uniform of the old world and the old-fashioned soft hat of the same color.