Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 964 Skiro
Chen Yan thought he was wrong, rubbed the damn eye vigorously, looked up again, the scene in front of him did not change.

How did that happen?

Chen Yan signaled Okami to wait, and came to one of the severely weathered tombs, and saw the epitaph of the owner of the tomb, which was what the owner of the tomb did during his lifetime—what every generation did.

The epitaph expanded by itself when Chen Yan saw it. Chen Yan looked down, pulled the expanded part to the bottom, and saw the achievements of the owner of this tomb in modern times—this person turned out to be the core researcher of the development of internal combustion engines. One of the personnel, he made great efforts for the advent of the internal combustion engine, and at a huge price - he had a stroke due to day and night work, and he could not be saved when he was sent to the hospital.

——When Chen Yan stared at this text, the [image] corresponding to the text appeared on the tombstone, just like watching an old movie.

Chen Yan turned his attention to the epitaphs of other tombs, and the same thing still happened.

This eye... can actually [concretize] the abstract features of things!
In other words, when the [Demihuman King's Eye] sees an abstract thing in the [Deeper World], the corresponding concrete image of the abstract thing in the [mortal world] will be reflected in the eyes.

But it’s not like he hasn’t been to a deeper world before—he and Professor Lawyer have entered the projection of the world [BIOS], why didn’t this eye concretize the scene in [BIOS] into a concrete image at that time Woolen cloth?

Chen Yan couldn't figure it out, but subjectively thought it must have something to do with that old fellow Osmandis.

But he can't even have synesthesia with this eye, which means that this eye does not belong to him, and this eye is very likely to have the attribute of "alive"——[The Eye of the Demihuman King] itself, in response to him Taking psychological or physical defenses, this is the reason why he was unable to use this eye before.

'Now I can use this eye, mostly because of some kind of [authorization] from Osmandis. '

Chen Yan can't go back now, so he can only put this matter aside for the time being. He has a good mentality, so he clearly understands his situation - having the [Demihuman King's Eye] is the safety guarantee for him to be able to walk here - — This cognition made him temporarily accept the negative effects of this eye.

Chen Yan looked at the corrupt cemetery around him again, combined with what he saw, he came to a conclusion:
'Not all graves are decayed. '

'Some people died, but he was still alive. '

He realized something in his heart.

The positions of some tombstones have collapsed, and due to the dim light, Chen Yan couldn't see what was under the collapsed places.

"It's nothingness."

Ogami obviously noticed Chen Yan's gaze.

"There is nothingness under those holes. I once threw a guy into it and found that people can fall for a long time-the nothingness seems to be endless."

Chen Yan swallowed.

Speaking of "Endless Fall", he had seen similar places before.

In the unique line of sight of the [Demihuman King's Eye], the location of the [Empty] is pitch black.

Chen Yan didn't have the slightest idea of ​​wanting to take a closer look.

Maybe it was because he was close to the location of [Truth], or maybe it was because Ogami wanted to explain things clearly. On the next journey, Ogami told Chen Yan intermittently how he discovered this place:
The investigation started a long, long time ago.

In order to return some kind of power that can produce [immortality], they left their homes and traveled across the ocean to the country where the legendary artifact was located. After experiencing countless disasters, they finally returned the power that could produce [immortality] to its owner.

The matter seemed to end here, and the efforts of Ogami and Nuomi Guo seemed to be rewarded in this way, and the whole world seemed to become peaceful because of this.

But they soon discovered that the power that could produce [immortality] was more than the one they returned—the number of powers and sources that could produce [immortality] seemed endless, and people who pursued such power would always appear—[Pursuing The emergence of monsters is not measured by time, not by space, and not by the despicableness of people, they are endless, and they are endless!
——This is just the beginning of the story.

In order to find the reason why the "seeker" will always appear, they embarked on a journey again.

According to the clues found in the previous adventures, they headed east all the way, experienced strange situations that were completely unimaginable, and met good brothers who helped them and bad guys who framed them. The country of the world also once traveled with the monsters in people's imagination beyond the clouds and mountains.

Like the brave men in countless fairy tales, they have experienced countless disasters, and now they are finally about to face the evil dragon. At this moment, their decades-long journey of seeking the truth is coming to an end.

After conducting an unimaginably difficult investigation on the land of the empire based on the clues that have been pursued for decades, Okami finally came to the end of the clues - all the clues and the conclusions drawn from the clues pointed to a large-scale cult. The cult is located in an agricultural city near the imperial capital.

The gathering place of the humane society, a place where only violence cannot get the answer.

Ohgami spent a lot of money, almost using all the abilities he could use, plus some necessary luck, to get the exact news of the cult.

After destroying the cult, Ogami found that the sacrifice had been completed, and the projection of the evil god had entered the sacrifice's body and controlled the life of the sacrifice.

Okami removed the hands, feet and tongue of the evil god's projection, cutting off the evil god's way to return to the deeper world through normal channels.

The glutinous rice fruit used a bioelectronic chip to invade the brain of the evil god, dig deep in the brain of the evil god, and thus learned the coordinates of the deeper world where the evil god is located.

After having the coordinates, they electronically transformed the portal on the ship through the knowledge stored in the chip of the omnic's prosthetic arm.

It's not been a smooth process, how does cyber-transformation work on something extraordinary?

It must pass through a [medium].

Although Nuomi Guo didn't know what the [medium] was, she was sure that this method and idea was feasible, because similar situations happened in the history of the superhuman society of the empire—these facts were recorded in the books she came into contact with through various channels.

She studied for a long time without a clue, until that day Hope came to the ship and sensed her anxiety.

Hope is a person with strong synaesthesia. She not only perceives the anxiety of Nuomi Guo, but also knows the deeper emotions buried under the anxiety of Nuomi Guo—"Your head seems to be floating with a cloud of rain"—— That's what Hope said at the time.

Nuomi Guo accepted Hope's help, and finally understood what the "medium" is - a creation that conforms to both the "Second Law of Lagrange" and the "Third Law of Lagrange", and can help her use data It is a programmable integrated chip, which is not magical in itself, but the algorithm functions and programs based on Lagrange's law allow the chip to have the ability to transcend. The ability to edit the door.

After entering the coordinates obtained from the evil god, you can reach the location of the coordinates through the portal.

Ogami went to the world where the evil god was, and was surprised to find that there was a lost world fragment.

Judging from the various remains of the world fragments, this should belong to a generation that hardly left traces in this world.

Life in this generation is almost extinct, and the evil god is the only remaining species in this world.

Ogami was lucky enough, he found a path in the fragments of the world - the [Land of Eternal Everything] in the legend of the ethnic group to which the evil god belongs. proof of existence.

"This is it - the so-called [Land of Eternity] is actually a cemetery!"

Ogami's mood changed drastically, which made Chen Yan feel a murderous aura.

"After I came here, I thought at first that the 'eternal' they said meant 'eternal death', but I soon found out that I was wrong. Those things...the dead are not the end of life."

After passing a huge tomb, Ogami came to a crooked tombstone.

A name is written on the tombstone——

【Sekiro】

It's not a name.

"It's just a code name—a staccato made by compressing our language and blending it into the ancient language family in the north of the empire—meaning [One-armed wolf]."

Okami looked at Chen Yan.

"This is my grave."

"This is [death] that I've been looking for so hard."

Chen Yan couldn't understand, what Ogami called "cut off the immortality", is it the immortality on his body that he wants to cut off?

no!Ohgami was never one to seek death!What he wants to kill is not just the immortality on his body!

It was difficult for Chen Yan to describe the look in Ogami's eyes at the moment.

Confusion, panic, anger, helplessness, depression... a lot of negative emotions appeared in Okami's eyes, and disappeared completely in the next moment.

"If I will eventually belong to my grave, how can I return my life to my grave as a living person?"

"Suicide?"

"But I can't die."

The ninja who pursues [Cut Immortality] itself is the existence of [Immortality].

"I once returned [Immortal] to its owner, but there are still other powers in this world that allow me to have [Immortal]. More and more...To this day, [Immortal] is like a breeze everywhere, always by my side."

Okami pointed at the tomb with the name [Sekiro] written on it with a knife:

"But if you can't die, how can you let life go to the grave?"

"People like me... who can't die like me, who have obtained the power that humans shouldn't have because of immortality, and those who are addicted to the power and spread it, where are their graves? They are all in this cemetery Among them?"

After saying this, Okami's frantic eyes disappeared.

He collected himself again.

He has worked so hard to get here.

At least he can't fall into madness now!
Chen Yan couldn't perceive anything from Okami's chaotic emotions, he didn't even know what Okami was thinking at this moment, and couldn't understand his words at all—

"Yan Jun, if a person is arranged for everything that can be experienced in life from birth to death, even the grave has been chosen."

"If everything a person does is predestined, what is this person? Is it a puppet manipulated by others? Is it a machine that runs according to the established procedures and has no mistakes at all?"

"Is such a person's life really a life?"

"For such a person, is there really a difference between being alive and dead?"

"If he never lived, how did death happen?"

"If he has never died, he is eternal. In his eternal life, all his actions are established and unchangeable. How can such a person be considered a human being? At most, he is a machine. , is basically the same thing as those cold machines in the factory."

"If such a person is no longer human, he does not exist [death], does not exist [living], and does not exist [immortality], then, then...

Then, the [immortality] I am looking for does not exist in itself! "

Chen Yan didn't even know why he asked such a question!

Chen Yan only knows that Ogami must know something... He must know more truths, and that's why he made these remarks, because what these words involve is not about "immortality" itself, but something deeper than "immortality". layer stuff.

The synaesthesia told Chen Yan that Okami's state at the moment is not [out of control], and the emotion of Ogami in the synaesthesia is very stable, which means that Okami is extremely sober—he said in a state of absolute sobriety and rationality These words came out.

What the hell does he know?
Before Chen Yan could ask a question, Ogami stepped forward and kicked the tombstone.

The seemingly rotten tombstone was not broken, but the tombstone and the ground were kicked up, revealing the dark area under the tombstone——

Under the tombstone, there is actually a downward step!
Okami glanced at Chen Yan again.

The complicated despair in his eyes almost didn't make Chen Yan directly depressed.

"Come on, come on, Lord Yan, you will see this sooner or later... Now that I'm by your side, at least it's safer."

Ogami has accumulated excessive loss of control because he has seen too much unknown knowledge. He still maintains his sanity now, only because his spirit is strong enough because of his experience over the years, and because he always has his own. Pursuit, and this pursuit has not yet been realized.

Chen Yan sensed this and tried to control his out-of-control emotions:
"There must be an answer, let me see."

Such comforting words were completely useless, and the complicated despair emanating from Ohgami did not change in any way.

The two entered the grave one after the other.

Chen Yan entered the tomb, and the light in front of him dimmed immediately. He blinked to get used to the dim light, and then noticed the scene around him——

Breathing subconsciously stopped for a moment.

A moment later, Chen Yan's brain was still short-circuited, and the visual shock made him speechless.

Next to the steps under the tomb, there are densely packed bodies of Okami!

(End of this chapter)