in the edge

Chapter 536 Soul
Du Chengfeng was dumbfounded when he saw the zombie face roaring and rushing towards him.

On the one hand, he was naturally frightened. He had never expected that this zombie had this skill. What's more, he was still sharpening his sword before, but this skill that always worked had turned out to be such a thing. Does this mean that there is actually something wrong with his ability itself?

On the other hand, I was surprised.

This surprise was not because of fear, but rather because of familiarity. After all, this scene looked a little too familiar no matter how you looked at it - especially when the zombie was clamoring to take away everything from him, this familiar feeling became even more obvious.

If he remembered correctly, he had experienced a similar scene before.

"Don't sleep! Come to life!"

As he said this, Du Chengfeng slapped his right hand.

With this clapping, the gray-black fire phoenix, which was originally just a pattern, spread its wings and flew up, turning into a real fire phoenix.

After seeing the big face of the zombie, the Gray-Black Fire Phoenix was also stunned.

"This is……"

"Here to take over the body."

Du Chengfeng spoke briefly and then took out a big knife.

With the fanning of the flames, a young man carrying a javelin gradually took shape.

Seeing that the young man took off the javelin on his back, the gray-black fire phoenix also spread its wings, and this time it turned into a zombie in astonishment - it was originally just a one-on-one battle, but suddenly it turned into him fighting alone against a group of opponents, and the opponents obviously had no intention of stopping, and were even taking out things.

"Sorry, I'm a little busy. Sorry."

While saying this to the zombie face, Du Chengfeng fumbled around his body until he pulled out a long sword from his left arm that looked illusory but faintly exuded the aura of a king, and then he stood still.

"I'm ready... Wait, there's more."

Du Chengfeng, who was about to start fighting, raised his hand again and then waved behind him.

Behind him, the souls of those he had killed piled up together, thousands and thousands of them, like mountains and seas.

"Okay, that's about it now."

Du Chengfeng turned around and apologized repeatedly to the zombie face.

"I'm really sorry. When they knew you were going to seize another body, they were ready to come out and fight you... Well, there's nothing else to prepare now. What do you say? Do you need to prepare anything else?"

"..."

Facing Du Chengfeng who was on high alert, and the large group behind Du Chengfeng, the zombie fell into silence.

"excuse me."

Having said this, the zombie turned around and walked away, about to disappear into the darkness.

However, at this moment, the gray-black fire phoenix took the lead and flew out.

"Don't let him get away!"

The gray-black fire phoenix chirped excitedly. It had not fought for some time. Although it had become the world's number one swordsman by chance, Du Chengfeng had rarely used it to kill many people on a daily basis - it had all these skills but could only use them to cut vegetables. This had always been the most embarrassing thing about the gray-black fire phoenix.

Now that it has a rare opportunity to take action, how can it not be excited?
Not only the gray-black fire phoenix, but even the flaming humanoid carrying a javelin became excited - although the remaining will of Yang Sanlang was not very strong, he had followed Du Chengfeng in battles for a long time. But as Du Chengfeng's level became higher and higher, and the levels of battles he participated in became higher and higher, the thick and heavy sword had less and less room to attack.

Now that he has found a rare opportunity to fight, how could he let the other party slip away like this!

"Whoosh-"

The flaming javelin was even faster than the gray-black fire phoenix and pierced directly into the zombie's face.

Immediately afterwards, the souls of the dead who had been killed by Du Chengfeng also rushed forward.

The zombie with a big face turned around and tried to provoke the anger of these ghosts, but to its surprise, these ghosts had no intention of paying any attention to it at all - this also made the zombie with a big face quite puzzled, after all, it could feel that the essence of these ghosts were the most ferocious evil spirits.

But why, these evil spirits that should have devoured their master, instead of showing any intention of fighting back at this moment?

This is simply...

"Don't you hate him?"

The zombie Big Face continued to stir up the emotions of these dead souls. It felt that it should be the one who understood these dead souls better.

"He was the one who killed you, didn't you ever think about making him pay for it?"

"Can't kill!"

The answers given by the dead souls were also very simple.

"If he can kill us once, he can kill us a second time!"

So instead of killing him, I'd rather kill you first.

Although the ghosts did not say this openly, their actions had already given them their answer. Just looking at the way they swarmed over them, they did not have the slightest intention of turning against their own side and fighting back.

"you……"

The zombie's face didn't even have time to do anything before it was torn into pieces.

Even Du Chengfeng was stunned by such a scene.

"No, you guys."

Du Chengfeng opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Are you guys so anxious? Can't you give him some time to show off his talents? I haven't even seen what he can do to mess with me..."

But at this moment, no matter what he said, it was too late, because the zombie's face was shattered too thoroughly. Not only did the Gray-Black Fire Phoenix and Yang Sanlang grab a piece, but even those numerous evil spirits got a piece of the face's remains.

In Du Chengfeng's sight, the remains of the zombie's big face actually merged with these evil spirits.

This also made those evil ghosts look more solid, and even their faces became a little rosy.

"Is this... eaten?"

Du Chengfeng was stunned. He had never expected that the remnant soul of the Death Star, who was so majestic just now, would end up like this.

But this also reminded him of some other questions. "Does death really not exist in this world?"

Du Chengfeng scratched his head.

If it were before, he might have said that it really did not exist. After all, the battle not long ago had given him a vivid example. Just like that unlucky star, no matter how many times he died, he would be resurrected again - but now, he saw another way that contradicted it.

Just like now, the remaining soul of the Death Star has been divided and eaten by other dead souls. So will the Death Star really be resurrected again?
"My previous idea might still be a little...too crude?"

Du Chengfeng frowned slightly. He suddenly felt that death in this world was not as simple as he had imagined.

But it was also not as simple as Death Star imagined. At least the resurrected undead had nothing to do with death. Of course, Death Star was right about one thing, that is, death was indeed an eternal sleep. As long as the arrangements were made well, then at least in this world, it could be revived again.

But here lies the problem. Are things really so absolute?

"It seems... all of them are true."

Du Chengfeng's expression became subtle.

This was also what he found most outrageous. The method of the Death Star could indeed awaken people from death, but the killing method used by these dead souls at present did indeed eliminate the remaining souls of the Death Star. Could the souls that were eaten be awakened again? Was this method of eating and sharing considered true death?

"It doesn't depend on whether it counts or not, but on whether you want to count or not."

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng's expression changed.

Yes, he has already noticed this. If he wants to define this as the death of the Death Star, then the Death Star is indeed dead. Even if another Death Star is awakened, it will only be another Death Star - but if he doesn't want to say that, then he can just say that Zheng Qixing is also a Death Star, and the real Death Star is still sleeping in Zheng Qixing's body and may wake up at any time.

“Everything changes, the only thing that never changes is change itself.”

Du Chengfeng recalled the summary he had made before.

But this time, his understanding of this sentence became even deeper.

In this weird idealistic world, there is no such thing as extreme certainty. Extreme idealism brings extreme freedom. As long as he wants and his will is strong enough, everything is possible.

Everything is possible. This is not just an ordinary piece of chicken soup saying, but the most basic logic of this world.

Even contradictory principles can exist at the same time, even two completely conflicting systems can appear at the same time. As long as you can think of it, you can do it. The so-called objective laws have completely disappeared.

As long as the will is strong enough, everything is possible.

Until it was replaced by a stronger will.

"This……"

When Du Chengfeng thought of this, his mind was already in chaos.

Unconsciously, he had already come out of the state of sharpening the knife. Looking at the calm pool of water in front of him, Du Chengfeng did not come back to his senses for a long time - although the understanding of the world itself is a source of power, what he understood now was indeed too shocking.

Or perhaps, this knowledge is simply too shocking for a human being.

Originally, in his previous experience, he thought that these powerful people in the sky who opened up caves had such powerful strength and were high in the sky because they realized the principles of heaven and earth. But now it seems... what they felt may not be the principles of heaven and earth.

What these powerful people call the principles of heaven and earth are most likely just what they are willing to believe. They are willing to believe in what they have discovered and forcibly define it as a law, and even begin to rely on this law to influence the entire world.

Indeed, in this weird idealistic world, there are no rules to speak of, but that doesn't stop those powerful people from writing their own set of rules.

Among the rules written by these powerful people, the ones who are most comfortable with them are naturally these powerful people themselves.

"Use your own power to influence the whole world."

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but sigh.

Originally, he thought he knew this world well enough, but now it seems that he still underestimated the madness of this world.

"From this perspective, you are the relatively peaceful one."

Looking at the dagger in his hand, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but think of the zombie face of the Death Star.

Originally he thought that this Death Star was the craziest one among all the powerful men, but now it seems that the craziest one in his eyes is still a little too conservative - judging from the last death just now, this zombie with a big face is actually trying hard to study death itself, and even follows the rules and takes over his body in this extremely professional way.

In comparison, the coyote could even be considered talented.

This was very obvious when the coyote fought against the corpse of the old fisherman. The coyote has always believed in the law of the jungle, which means that when it encounters a stronger person, being eaten becomes its fate - but in this inevitable disaster, the coyote decisively chose to flexibly apply its understanding, and modified its definition of strength and weakness, believing that only those who survive are the strong ones.

It was this modification that allowed the coyote to break through its own limits and the fear it had always had, and directly kill the fisherman's corpse on the spot.

Such a coyote may not even lose if it encounters a real angler.

Du Chengfeng could feel it.

All I can say is, there may be some wrong names, but there is definitely no wrong title. This can be seen from the fact that the star of death is called the star of death, but the coyote is honored as the star of greed.

Perhaps other powerful people have also seen this, so they look down on that unlucky star.

After all, being bound by rules that you set yourself is really not good enough.

"But even so, there must be rules first."

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng began to have a toothache.

Yes, even a powerful being like Death Star, who is not very qualified, actually has something he firmly believes in. He firmly believes that his research on death is just, so he even betrays his former self - even though facts have proved that Death Star's path has gone astray, but this belief is real.

Or maybe the coyote has always believed in the principle of "survival of the fittest". Although the content of these four words may change in various ways depending on the temporary situation, no matter how flexible it is, it is always based on the principle of survival of the fittest.

In other words, everyone has something they believe in, which is the basis of their strength and the tool they use to influence the world.

“So that’s the problem.”

Du Chengfeng fell into deep thought.

"What are my own words, what I believe in?"

Du Chengfeng touched his chin, and he tried to find things that would make him believe in his understanding and memory.

But the result was somewhat beyond his expectations.

He seemed to believe in nothing.

(End of this chapter)