What’s Wrong With Seeking Death?

It was just after six in the afternoon.

In half an hour, it will be the closing time of the Greenland Center. Employee Xiao Wang was standing at the exit, constantly observing the flow of people going out, with a signature smile on his face.

After noticing a white shadow in the square at the entrance, her smile froze on her face.

It was a Pyrenees—technically, a "person" in a Pyrenees stuffed animal suit.

Of course, after working here for so long, Xiao Wang has already vaguely guessed that there is a high probability that there is no one hiding inside that puppet outfit. The more times I see her, the initial fear is gradually fading away. Sometimes, if she happens to meet at a barbecue stand, she will even pay for it out of her own pocket and secretly buy two skewers and put them where it can see them.

But today... Today's Great Pyrenees looks different from before.

Like a statue, it stood motionless in a corner of the square, quietly watching the flow of people passing by. Its bulky body seemed inexplicably serious.

...and its eyes.

Xiao Wang didn't know if it put it on by itself or what—only a small piece of sunglasses was stuck on each of the big white bear's two black dot-like eyes. A piece of yellow tape is stuck to each of the four corners of the lens, firmly fixing it on the head of the great pyrenes...

Very happy. Amidst the sense of joy, there was a bit of weirdness.

Because of this weirdness, Xiao Wang knew he should ignore it, but he still couldn't help but look in the direction of the big white bear. Unexpectedly, someone patted her on the shoulder. She was startled. When she turned her head and saw that it was one of the old employees who were in charge of leading her, Fang breathed a sigh of relief.

"Uncle Liu." She greeted him, "Are you ready to leave work?"

"What shift is off? I'm on the night shift today." The employee called Uncle Liu smiled, "Aren't you going on a date today? You go back first. There are still some finishing touches, so I'll do it."

"...Ah?" Xiao Wang was taken aback when he heard the words, "Night shift? When do we need a night shift system? Why don't I know..."

Before she finished speaking, her eyes inadvertently met the person opposite her for a moment. The words stopped abruptly.

After a while, she nodded slightly again.

"Okay, thank you, Uncle Liu!" She laughed briskly, "I'll go and pack my things now!"

As she spoke, she ran to the staff rest area next to her. After running a few steps, he suddenly remembered something, and glanced at the square outside the gate—

I saw that it was empty there, and there was no big pyrenes in sight.

Another three hours later.

The green space center seems to be isolated from the outside world, and all the lighting has been turned off, only the floor lamp buried in the flower bed casts a green light outward through the grass leaves.

All entrances and exits are locked. The last batch of employees has also left—or, the last batch of “normal” employees, has left.

There are still figures floating in the shadows of the park. They came out of the darkness in twos and threes, without exception, their eyes were all shining with yellow light.

When I entered the park, I saw such a scene.

Jiang Lin couldn't be contacted, she climbed in from the fence. After wandering around in the park for a while, I followed a few tourists with yellow eyes, and finally came to the deepest part of the green space.

Jiang Linbenlin was arranging the altar there, and the preparations were almost done. Noticing Jiang Lin's figure, he clapped his hands and straightened his body.

"Long time no see." He greeted Admiral, "Thank you for taking the time to come. It's a great honor. I thought you wouldn't show up until the ceremony was over."

Advent:...

Hearing the sarcasm in his tone, she just brushed her disheveled hair, and calmly argued: "It will take more than ten hours for the high-speed train to come here. I have already booked the earliest one."

"Or, you can actually choose to come to help two days earlier, instead of having to wait until I give you an ultimatum today?" Jiang Lin folded his arms. Noticing Jiang Lin's lying flat and mocking appearance, he sighed heavily again.

"Forget it, anyway, you can come alone."

He said as if giving up, stepped back a few steps, and carefully checked the rune array on the ground. But Jiang Lin said in a low voice: "Interesting, the fisherman said the same thing."

"?" Jiang Lin turned his head inexplicably, "What?"

"A joke." Jiang Lin said, "The story of the fisherman and the earthworm. Haven't you heard it?"

Jiang Lin frowned, didn't answer the question directly, just muttered "boring", and quickly turned his attention back to the rune array in front of him.

Those people with pale yellow eyes surrounded quietly, like walking dead.

Most of them were in casual clothes, and some were in staff uniforms. Jiang Lin casually scanned around, guessing that these people must have been controlled by Jiang Lin's split body. Think about it and feel curious:

"With only so many insiders, it's difficult to completely clear the field, isn't it?"

"It's really not easy." Jiang Lin said without raising his head, "So I copied a hypnosis skill from an abomination of eternal day in advance."

He half turned his head and glanced at Jiang Lin: "But if you had come here earlier, I wouldn't have to make such an effort."

Jianglin also has the tendency of eternal day, and at least the level of brilliance. If she can be there in time, their efficiency will definitely be higher.

Jiang Lin didn't comment, but turned his eyes away, and scanned the dark surroundings again.

"I smell the abomination." She whispered, "You still control the high-level abomination?"

"I need someone to help me expand the domain, lest the ceremony be interrupted in the middle." Jiang Lin finished inspecting the rune array, and then began to inspect the materials placed in every corner, and did not forget to take the opportunity to stab again, "To be honest, control a High-level abominations are quite difficult. If there is at least one Chen-level between the two of us, it will definitely save a lot of effort."

"...That's true." Jiang Lin nodded indifferently, "The summoning ceremony can start now?"

"Wait a little longer." Jiang Lin muttered, stepped back a little, took out a talc pen and other materials, and drew another set of runes on another open space.

In order for the abomination to expand its domain, related rituals are also essential.

Jiang Lin watched helplessly as he drew the runes, placed fresh meat he got from nowhere, and walked around the small rune circle singing and dancing in a serious manner—as the ceremony progressed, the surrounding air , Sure enough, there have been subtle changes.

It seems that there is a solid dome-shaped membrane that is rapidly forming around them. The surrounding scenery did not change, but at the moment when Jiang Lin's ceremony ended, Jiang Lin clearly felt a strong sense of isolation. When he looked up at the sky, it was as if he was through glass.

"...This abominable thing you control, it's not weak." Feeling the power surging around him, Jiang Lin asked in amazement, "Does it have a Chen rank?"

...No, it should be only H.

Jiang Lin answered silently in his heart, looked down at the unchanging sacrifice in the small rune array, and his heart sank slightly.

He didn't know whether he should tell Jiang Lin that even though he sang and danced very seriously just now, in fact... he didn't communicate with the super-evil creature who was waiting at all.

Not only that, even the split body hidden in the opponent's body has completely lost contact with him.

The abomination didn't respond, and the sacrifice didn't move. In other words, his ceremony didn't succeed at all—so who arranged this domain?

A chill ran up Jiang Lin's back. After thinking for a few seconds, he turned around as if nothing had happened, and walked towards Jianglin.

He decided to hide the suspicious things about this domain—anyway, it doesn't matter who arranged this domain, whether it was the stars or the existence of other people. They want to summon the projection of the Educator here, and this purpose will never change.

There is no need to change either.

"Okay." He nodded to Jiang Lin, "All the preparatory work has been completed. The summoning ceremony can officially begin."

Jiang Lin nodded, took out a bottle of blood from his pocket and handed it to him. During the movement, the thick bandage wrapped around the arm was revealed. Jiang Lin glanced over, and said calmly: "Actually, you don't need to let the blood out in advance. It's the same when you do the bloodletting during the ceremony."

"What if it can't be stopped now? I regret my life."

As Jiang Lin spoke, Quiet stepped aside.

Jiang Lin took a deep look at her, taking the opportunity to quickly scan Jiang Lin's memories. After confirming that the blood was indeed released from her body, Fang stepped forward and poured it into a silver plate. He took out another wriggling black fragment from his pocket, and carefully placed it in it.

That black shard was the split body he retrieved from other people. Since the sacrifice is to be made in the name of "star fragments", then this more primitive form is naturally better than blood taken from humans.

"Let's confirm—as I said before, each person will give a part." Jiang Lin showed Jiang Lin the silver plate, and then put it back into the rune array. According to his will, the human beings surrounding him arranged themselves into shapes and danced a strange dance around the altar. The same eagerness and madness gradually emerged in their yellow eyes.

"Great Mother Goddess! Open the Star Gate! Great Mother Goddess, give birth to stars!"

"I use my despicable body and my ugly soul to call for your love and inhumanity."

"Please give me your afterglow, for which I will devote all my ardor. Please give me your shadow, for which I will sink into the deepest chaos. Please give me your gaze, even if it will melt my heart Blood and flesh. Please bestow upon me your cruelty, and turn me into ashes and eternity..."

The murmured chanting sounded like a song, and accompanied by a strange rhythm, the dance became more and more crazy.

Standing in the corner, Jiang Lin silently watched everything in front of him. She saw the dancing crowd in front of her, the shadows gradually separated from the ground, standing upright little by little, and joined in the current dance and prayer with the same fanaticism; Blood and black fragments swirled in it, gradually merging into one.

And where she couldn't see—beyond the altar, beyond the domain, beyond the park. Even outside this city—countless human beings who were running for their own lives gradually stopped their movements as they prayed.

They stop, they look up, they listen. Black spots of light that are difficult to catch with the naked eye climbed out of their ears and eye sockets, like little mosquitoes, floating into the air one after another, and like locusts migrating collectively, flying in the same direction .

In the distant park, the summoning ceremony is still going on. There was a gurgling sound in the rune array, and the altar turned into a swamp, with thin arms stretched out from it, scrambling to grab the silver plate in the array; and above the rune array, a large number of black light spots were gathering , in the vast night, a huge, constantly wriggling silhouette has been pieced together.

...however, soon enough, that silhouette doesn't move.

There are no longer black spots of light floating in, and the outline above no longer changes. The silver plate in the sacrificial circle clanged and rolled around, and the inside had become empty.

Jiang Lin glanced down at the silver plate, and sighed unsurprisingly.

"Not enough." He turned his head to look at Jiang Lin, "The sacrifice is still not enough."

"What do you mean?" Jiang Lin's eyes flickered slightly, "Can't the ceremony be successful?"

"It can be successful." Jiang Lindao, "but we must make up enough sacrifices. And the whole ceremony cannot be interrupted frequently..."

He glanced at the empty silver plate, and his eyes fell on Jiang Lin again: "You come up."

"..." Hearing the words, Jiang Lin didn't move, only reconfirmed, "What do you mean?"

"Replenish the sacrifices." Jiang Lin said seriously, "I still have to control other people to perform the ceremony, so I can't leave. You can only replenish."

"Don't worry, it's just bloodletting. You just need to stand in the formation and bleed the silver plate. I will stop it in time when it's almost replenished."

As he said, he took out a sharp knife from his pocket, and looked at Jiang Lin urgingly. Seeing this, the latter took a step back instead.

After a moment of silence, she spoke again, but what she said was a completely irrelevant topic:

"Have you never heard the story of the fisherman and the earthworm?"

Jiang Lin tilted his head, showing an incomprehensible expression: "What are you talking about? It's this time, what are you talking about..."

As he spoke, he habitually followed the two people's gazes, and probed into Jiang Lin's consciousness—then, his complexion changed.

Can't see anything.

In Advent Consciousness, he could see nothing.

At the same time, Jiang Lin had already continued on his own: "There was a fisherman who made an appointment with the earthworm to go fishing. The earthworm asked him excitedly what tools he should bring, but the fisherman said no, you just need to come. .”

She raised her eyes to look at Jiang Lin who was standing in the altar, her eyes were suddenly covered with a strong yellow layer.

"Do you know? When you were discussing the sacrificial offering with me that day, this story was what I thought of—as a high-ranking Eternal Day, although I can't judge whether it's true or false, I still have the ability to spy on people's hearts.

"You knew from the beginning that such a patchwork of sacrifices would definitely not be enough, didn't you? You asked me to come because you wanted me to be an earthworm."

Half for one is just a lie. Halfway through the sacrifice, it was announced that it was not enough, which was also expected by the other party. The only intention of the opponent from the beginning to the end was to trick himself into the sacrificial formation and act as a real sacrifice.

Because of this, Jiang Lin also played a little trick - for example, handing over the impure blood to Jiang Lin.

"What did you say?" Jiang Lin's face changed instantly, "Impossible. I clearly saw..."

He wanted to say that he clearly saw the bloodletting scene in the near future, but before he finished speaking, he seemed to realize something, and his face became even uglier.

—The current him cannot see anything from the impending consciousness.

That is to say, Jiang Lin actually has the ability to prevent his prying eyes. Since it can be prevented, it is not impossible to deliberately release some misleading content.

For other orientations, this may not be realistic. But the inclination held by the Advent is Eternal Day. Consciousness modification, psychological suggestion, emotional manipulation... These are Yong Zhou's specialties.

The only question is, can a bright-level Yong Zhou achieve such a level?

Jiang Lin took a deep breath, only to feel that everything suddenly had an explanation: "You have reached the Chen level."

Jiang Lin looked at him quietly. This time, she didn't deny it.

"Interesting." Jiang Lin smiled, "When did you get promoted? You actually kept hiding this."

"After you told me that Jiang Lin and Jiang Lin won't come back for a while." Jiang Lin said frankly, "I don't want you guys to know about it."

According to the original plan, the four of them will eventually become one. And there will only be one consciousness that will be retained in the end.

So competition is definitely there. She herself does not dominate. If someone finds out that her level is too high, she will probably be targeted in advance. She simply keeps this fact secret. Even Shengchen is under the premise of ensuring that she will not be discovered by others. quietly.

Both Jiang Lin and Jiang Lin were trapped in other places. The remaining Jiang Lin, as long as he finds someone to possess, he will not change his body easily, and he is unlikely to go to the upgrade space to find himself—it is the safest way to upgrade at this time. of.

"...So that's how it is." Jiang Lin pondered for a moment, then laughed suddenly, "So you've been hiding it. It turns out that your ambition lies here."

"Okay, I'm willing to bet." He spread his hands, "If you want to be the leader, then let you be. Anyway, you are the one with the highest level now. But I only have one request."

"I can serve as a sacrifice for this ceremony. But I will keep at least one split body to store consciousness. After summoning the Educator Projection, everything will go according to the original plan, but before everything is over, I hope you can Retain my consciousness."

Jiang Lin spread his hands: "How, this is not difficult to achieve, right? For you, you can make a profit without losing money."

Jiang Lin shook his head: "No, you don't understand what I mean."

Jiang Lin: "...?"

"I never said that I want to fuse with you." Jiang Lin paused, "I never thought it was a good idea to summon the Educator's projection."

Jiang Lin: "..."

"Wait a minute." His face changed again, "But it was you who suggested that after the cycle in the box is over, summon the Educator..."

"I just want to postpone the time of formal conflict with the stars as much as possible." Jiang Lin shook his head, "Because like you said, the time in the box is very precious."

Here, too, they have the right to pursue authority.

"If successful, we may be able to get rid of the constraints of the breeders—but I want to get rid of more than just the breeders."

Jiang Lin tilted his head, and the yellow in his eyes became deeper: "There are still you."

She snapped her fingers, and the dancers around the altar suddenly raised their heads, but the yellow light in their eyes had faded, and they just stared at Jiang Lin on the altar with a dull expression.

—The king's right is granted by the gods.

Under the premise of Chen level, she can directly hypnotize and control the objects she sees without any words. Even if the opponent is already under the control of other fragments, her priority is higher.

Even Jiang Lin on the altar felt dazed because of her gaze. He closed his eyes involuntarily, moved his steps, and walked down the altar step by step. It took a lot of effort for the trapped consciousness to finally break free and make a difficult voice: "What do you want to do?"

"It's enough to talk about it, I can't let you go back alive." Jiang Lin said lightly, waving his fingers lightly, and the hypnotized crowd immediately surrounded Jiang Lin.

"To be honest, I came here today to complete the ceremony. But it's not a summoning ceremony, but a ceremony of mutual annexation between you and me."

As Jiang Lin spoke, he laughed self-deprecatingly, raised his hand and snapped his fingers again, Jiang Lin's consciousness that had just been cleared up just now sank into a foggy trance again in an instant—

Just then, he heard a growl.

It seemed to come from far away, and it seemed to be a roar that fell close to the ear. It was like a roar of a beast and like a thunderbolt. When it exploded, even the soul was shaken, and even the half-dream and half-awake consciousness was blown back to the high ground of sobriety.

Jiang Lin couldn't help but tremble, and when he looked at Jiang Lin again, he seemed to be frightened by something, and he was looking behind him firmly.

"..." Jiang Lin turned his head as if feeling something, only to see behind him, at some point, a moon had risen.

A huge red moon hung low above him, one behind the half-formed black silhouette, two huge senses of oppression overlapped each other, even breathing became profane, and even the brain trembled.

Jiang Lin knew that he should look away, but his eyes still couldn't help chasing the moon, his thoughts became fragmented, and there seemed to be a lot of thoughts in his mind, but he didn't seem to think about anything.

He even took two steps forward in a daze. Hun didn't notice the **** river gushing out behind him, just blocking between him and Jiang Lin.

"Excuse me."

A nightmarish voice sounded. A figure in a black dress stepped out of the shadows, most of his face was hidden in the darkness, his voice seemed to be smiling, but somehow it made people feel cold.

"I don't want to disturb you either. But before you fight among yourself, can you do your business first? For example - complete the summoning ceremony?"

…

Xu in vain.

It was Xu Tuoran.

Consciousness was instantly pulled back by the voice, and Jiang Lin suddenly woke up. He looked at the figure who appeared in the domain in shock, his brain turned rapidly, and he quickly came to a conclusion—

"I can complete the summoning!" He said without thinking, and immediately pointed the finger at Admiral next to him, "As long as you can send her to the altar—"

Before he finished speaking, his body suddenly lightened. In the next second, he realized that his body was being lifted up.

—Those people who have been controlled by Advent have lifted him up by his limbs without hesitation, and walked straight towards the altar. At the same time, the mind control from Admiral came down again, restraining his whole body in place, unable to move.

He could only watch helplessly as he was thrown into the middle of the sacrificial circle, watched those humans singing and dancing around the altar again, watched the huge silhouette above his head begin to squirm and fill again, watched the swamp in the rune circle overflow, Skinny hands stuck out from it, grabbing his limbs heavily...

At this moment, there was only one thought in his mind in a daze.

——You bastard, did you agree that you don't want to perform the summoning ceremony? At this time, it went very smoothly? !

On the other side, Xu Tuoran, who came out of the shadows, was looking thoughtfully at the huge black shadows constantly gathering above the altar.

The shape of the door leaf has become very clear. Jiang Lin, who was lying in the rune array, gradually stiffened as the ceremony progressed. Immediately afterwards, at a certain moment, his body twitched again, turning into a puddle of black liquid, which flowed all over the ground.

She stared at the puddle of liquid for a moment, then sighed.

"Hey, you can't do this sacrifice. Halfway through the sacrifice, the sacrifices all ran away..."

She grunted and turned away. It was not surprising to find that Jiang Lin, who was still standing there just now, had disappeared.

Sure enough, invisibility is Yong Zhou's forte.

"Aren't you chasing it?" A system voice sounded in my mind, "The Omniscient Fragment must have used the skill to run away, and I don't know which split the main body is transferred to at this moment. In this way, the sacrifice is still not enough."

"It's not enough."

Xu Tuoran said lightly, and took out a palm-sized silver box from his pocket.

Before rushing to the camphor forest, Xu Tuoran went to Jiang Siyu's domain first. This box was brought out from inside—Jiang Siyu had already sealed a lot of loose parts, so Xu Tuoran simply packed them all and brought them out.

It was originally intended to be given to the all-knowing worms as sacrifices... Xu Tuoran found that compared to those worms, his thoughts were still too conservative.

When she learned that there was a change near the camphor forest, she thought that the iron nematodes were going to steal sacrifices from the camphor forest, so she specially packed a copy in advance and planned to find a chance to send it out.

Never expected that these two played so wildly. The call was made directly at the entrance of the camphor forest, and it was the kind that planned to use his own people as sacrifices... Xu Tuoran didn't remember it at the beginning, and after killing the abominable thing brought by Jiang Lin with a stone spear, I have been observing secretly. After realizing their true intentions, they were both surprised and delighted. They gave away a domain for free on the spot, and then made arrangements quietly, waiting for the other party to finish the summoning ceremony quickly.

Who would have thought that halfway through the ceremony, they were forced to watch another infighting. Xu Turan watched for a long time inexplicably, eating melons made people feel stupid. Until he confirmed that he would not interfere any more, the call might really be yellow, so Fang had no choice but to stand up.

The good news is that the remaining two iron nematodes are doing well. She just clearly expressed her needs, and before she had time to do anything, the two began to compete to use each other as sacrifices. Obviously, in the end, the gray-haired young lady who didn't talk too much and was the highest level was even better, and sent the other party to the altar without saying a word.

The bad news is that the ceremony is about to be completed. The sacrifice ran away, and the person in charge of the ceremony also ran away.

"You said that this life is really full of ups and downs, right?"

Xu Tuoran muttered, and walked to the altar on his own initiative. The people around there seem to be still immersed in the control of the coming, still dancing wildly with the shadow as their companion. Xu Tuoran waved his hand casually, and said lightly:

"I declare that this dance is unnecessary. Now everyone turns around and walks backwards. There is a big white bear a hundred steps away. Follow it into the woods. No matter what happens, you are not allowed to turn back. Do you understand?"

All the dancers stopped and looked at Xu Tuoran blankly for a moment, then turned around together, continued to dance the sacrificial dance, lined up, and rushed towards the direction she designated without looking back.

Xu Tuoran was left alone, looking down at the remains of Jiang Lin, which had turned into a pool of black liquid on the altar, frowned in distaste, opened the silver box and put it on, then took a few steps back, singing and dancing around the altar alone .

Jiang Lin's split body, which was packed in a silver box, was quickly devoured. At the same time, the huge door above the head finally took shape.

The door was opened slightly, as if something was quietly peeking out from inside.

Xu Tuoran stopped and looked at it without fear.

The moment they looked at each other, there was only a bang. Her body instantly disintegrated into slag.