I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

Greck walked down the street with a deep expression, looking at the bright blue "sky". He had almost forgotten that he was actually inside a tall tower, but at the moment, Greck didn't have the energy to think about these things.

He was still trying to process Antom's words, finding it extremely difficult to accept the fact that the living humans in front of him had no souls, even though Antom and his daughter had some metal on them, they still looked like the humans he was familiar with.

This gave Greck an extremely strange feeling, because these phenomena made him realize the meaning behind them—he had just been talking to two lumps of flesh without souls, who believed that the things in their skulls and the nervous systems in their bodies were enough to constitute consciousness and wisdom.

In Greck's eyes, what they said seemed to be true, that the flesh of the brain itself could carry personality and consciousness, which inevitably made him feel deeply afraid.

Although Greck, as an ability user, didn't know much about the essence and theory of the soul, and hadn't seen the souls of the dead with his own eyes, he clearly knew the existence of ghosts. The famous Divine Firmament Walker once had two vengeful spirit followers.

Moreover, some powerful telepaths had transcended the constraints of the flesh and were able to travel through time in the form of pure spirit. They were close to the so-called souls in legends. All these things proved that the soul was the carrier of consciousness.

But Antom said that flesh alone could think, possess memory and personality, and that all these things were stored in his flesh. As long as a special ritual was performed, normal humans like him could become Flesh Titans.

The body structure of the Flesh Titans was very similar to them, and Antom even claimed that the flesh on Greck's body was actually alive.

Then what exactly was he?

Was he a soul that could survive after death, or this flesh body that breathed and exchanged matter?

If he still had the same consciousness and personality after the transformation, and if flesh alone could think, then what was the soul? Was the soul really as unimportant as they said?

And these thoughts that plagued him eventually converged into the final, crucial question...

Could he rely on this to break free from his shackles?

Greck sat dejectedly on a chair in front of a pond. The Flesh Titans avoided him as if they were seeing a monster, making him look as if he had been struck by Antom's words and become lonely and confused.

But at this moment, he was actually weighing whether there was a chance to escape.

After a brief thought, he immediately understood the situation.

First of all, he had no research or understanding of the soul. The other party's one-sided words were not enough to be evidence, and they were likely trying to obtain the memories and knowledge in his brain, which was also reasonable...

Because the other party was a creature without a soul or spirit, unable to obtain his memory through simple mental means.

He couldn't afford to take this risk.

Greck could barely accept that the stake was his soul, but the problem was that the house in this gamble was these Flesh Titans, and all his information came from their mouths. In this case, even the best gambler couldn't cheat.

Moreover, aside from these, the control of Marn and the others, which could deprive him of his abnormal power, might not be changed by the Flesh Titan transformation ritual. What's more, even if he didn't know whether he was a soul or a body, he could come to a simple conclusion.

If he was still himself after the transformation, then the possibility of getting rid of Marn's control would not be very high, and if he was already another living individual after the transformation, then it would not be the current him who would survive.

He didn't think that a consciousness with the same personality and memory was himself. Just think about it, if the consciousness of these Flesh Titans was composed of cells that didn't have uniqueness, then as long as the technology was sufficient, they could completely create two identical Flesh Titans.

Then these two replicas with the same "consciousness" were definitely not the same creature.

Just as Greck was thinking dejectedly, clear footsteps came from behind him.

He turned his head in surprise, and after seeing the figure walking towards him, Greck felt relieved again. The person who came was the young woman Mira, who was so beautiful that she didn't look like a natural human.

"My appearance seems to be within your expectations?" Mira strolled to his side and looked past Greck at the pond in front of her.

Greck replied:

"The other Flesh Titans seem to be afraid of me, even though I'm the prisoner."

Mira sat down beside him:

"They are not afraid of you, but of the terrifying existence that may be hidden in your body. Our birth, the destruction and doom we encountered, the almost eternal war, and the turbulence after the shattering...

"All originated from those gods who once existed in your body. They personally created our current difficult situation and left many difficult problems that are difficult to overcome and solve."

Greck said:

"There is something else in their eyes."

Mira paused here and said:

"They do have some not very good views of you, after all, you are a flawed version of us. My companions will naturally look down on you, and even my father deeply believes that you are a degraded version of us.

"But in fact, some scholars have put forward some more reasonable views. We speculate that most humans on the ground, although not directly affected by those gods, may have metabolic products in the spiritual realm, and these things will subtly change you in a very inconspicuous way.

"In theory, this kind of influence is not under the control of the gods, but it is more like your understanding of the world is re-transforming you, but you do not live in a normal spiritual environment.

"Because those gods, although they are almost immortal beings, some gods were completely killed a long time ago.

"And these dead gods are almost all good gods who voluntarily fought against their former companions, including the God of Goodness and the God of Justice. They voluntarily transformed their bodies into a special state that could cause the death of gods, in order to kill other gods who were trying to enslave humans at that time.

"And countless years have passed, almost all of the opponents of those good gods have survived, and even if these good gods escaped the massacre of that war, these years are enough to destroy all of them.

"They abandoned immortality.

"And after that, kindness and justice have completely died on the ground. You humans can no longer get a response from the gods through justice and kindness, but other atrocities can get positive encouragement and feedback. The gods are corrupting you in a subtle way.

"Humans were destined to degenerate into the morally indifferent appearance they are now when the good gods died. Your compatriots who arrived decades ago vividly proved this point of view of the scholars.

"You are inevitably heading for destruction. Only by transforming into Flesh Titans can you be freed from the curse of the gods."

Resurrection!