readytorunbook #355 - Actively possessed
#355 - Actively possessed
The sound of rushing water constantly assaulted Wang Jixuan's eardrums.
Space fortresses were incredibly expensive, so the dressing mirror could only be fitted in the narrow washroom.
At this moment, Wang Jixuan looked at himself in the mirror. His face had gradually changed from Mu Liang's appearance to his original Wang Jixuan, although this change was subtle, there were still some differences.
He closed his eyes and opened them again, looking again;
The person in the mirror was covered in a layer of faint black gas, and his Dao heart became restless again.
Daoist Wang sighed softly.
The side effects of frequent use of demonic powers were finally appearing.
Sure enough, there was no free lunch in the world, and no 'excessive' power could be obtained without paying a price.
Although directly converting to demonic cultivation was also a path, and could even more quickly solve the Bladebeast disaster;
But what about the future?
Cultivating immortality was about pursuing a higher limit.
But, hadn't the Heavenly Tribulation already failed? Could he really win if he faced another Heavenly Tribulation?
It would be better to let go of himself, fall into the demonic path, save this world, and then live a carefree life for thousands of years, enjoying himself as an ancestor.
Was cultivation really just for ascending to immortality? Wasn't it also about entering the upper realm to see a bigger world and experience different lives…
Wasn't entering the demonic path also a different life?
Was the upper realm really that good?
If he were to fall to the demonic path now, what would his previous persistence be? A joke?
Falling to the demonic path could bring freedom.
Cultivating immortality sought consistency.
Devouring Amina and Sabina could not only make him stronger, but also allow him to treat them as playthings. Bladebeasts and spiritual cultivators were all abominations, so shouldn't he be able to do anything to them?
Amina was a friend, Sabina was an enemy, Wang Jixuan ah Wang Jixuan, how could you have such thoughts…
Perhaps you were always this kind of person, Wang Jixuan.
'No! '
Wang Jixuan suddenly woke up, slamming a palm on his chest, and immediately lowered his head and spat out a mouthful of blood.
The world, which had begun to turn red before his eyes, instantly returned to clarity.
The bloodstains flowed along with the rushing water into the collection device below. The red light immediately lit up outside the washroom, and a staff member's greeting came from the honeycomb-shaped loudspeaker next to it:
"Hello, do you need help?"
"No, just a scratch."
"Self-harm and attempted suicide are criminal acts, please be aware."
"Yeah, I know."
"Okay, have a pleasant bath."
Wang Jixuan turned off the water and went to the chair by the bed, sitting cross-legged and repeatedly chanting the Heart-Clearing Mantra.
Mu Dan was already on her way back at full speed.
"Mu Dan, send me to find Wu Man, and have the Buddhist Hall squad put down everything and find an absolutely safe place to chant scriptures to suppress the demon for three days."
"Yes, sir. Is there a problem with your cultivation?"
"It's a sequela of using demonic powers before. If I can get through this hurdle, I'll probably be able to go smoothly afterwards. If I can't get through… I might become a depraved and bloodthirsty demon. Alas, it actually started to flare up at the Heavenly Bridge Realm."
"Do you need to ask Colonel Ling Tong to come over and accompany you?"
"No, I need to abstain from sex for a while… or maybe I can use the test of love to fight against the demonic thoughts."
"Okay."
"Tell Amina not to come and see me for the time being. Just tell her that I have some problems with my cultivation that might be detrimental to her."
The conversation between Wang Jixuan and Mu Dan constantly circulated within Space Fortress One.
Before long, a space carrier left Space Fortress One and slowly descended towards the ground.
Wang Jixuan's war puppet naturally had to move with Wang Jixuan.
To prevent Bladebeast detection and to provide effective protection for Wang Jixuan, the landing point of the space carrier was the area with the most abundant martial power in the human world at this stage.
That is, near the Sixth Pillar's slumbering point.
…
Three days later.
A military camp command center near the Sixth Pillar.
Wang Jixuan was sitting cross-legged on a soft cushion, surrounded by eight figures sitting in a circle around him. Wu Man, Ji Xiao, Ji Yale, Zheng Shiduo, and others were constantly chanting scriptures, filling the place with golden light.
In the next room, Red Serpent, Deep Sea, and Ling Tong were each sleeping in their chairs. Mu Dan stood quietly outside the alloy door with a small window, watching Wang Jixuan in the golden light intently.
Strands of black gas were swirling around his head, constantly being purified by the golden light.
Dragon roars were constantly coming from Wang Jixuan's shoulders. The black flood dragon, which had begun to transform into a dragon, was constantly struggling, and half of the source of those black gases was on it.
Once demonic thoughts arose, the desire to kill was difficult to suppress.
Wang Jixuan was currently having a very difficult time. Illusions were constantly flashing before his eyes. In the illusions, he was either in the midst of a Heavenly Tribulation, or in the midst of a Bladebeast tide, or being besieged by distorted figures.
These illusions were all tempting him to take action.
Although the chanting sounds around him never stopped, Wang Jixuan could only hear these scriptures intermittently.
Restraint and indulgence;
Salvation and slaughter;
He felt as if he was being slowly split vertically by a rough saw;
That uncomfortable feeling… don't even mention it.
He could only endure this hurdle. Only after enduring it could he take other measures.
If he couldn't endure it, then he could only resign himself to fate.
Well…
To be precise, it was the creatures of this world who would resign themselves to fate.
If this immortal cultivator lost his self-restraint, the disaster he caused might not be less than the Bladebeast tide.
After three days of chanting, the demonic thoughts had not decreased but increased.
Wang Jixuan could already foresee that he might not be able to avoid this tribulation.
The strategy he had set for himself now was to forcibly rush in front of a pillar Bladebeast before falling to the demonic path.
This was the only good deed he could do for his clansmen and comrades.
A familiar aura appeared within Wang Jixuan's perception range.
For some reason, the Daoist's Dao heart was somewhat stabilized.
Old Fu?
Outside the alloy door, Fu Jian lowered his head and entered the room that was supposed to be a senior officer's rest room.
Mu Dan raised her hand in salute: "Commander-in-Chief."
Deep Sea stood up abruptly and hurriedly shook awake the sleeping Red Serpent, who kicked his teacher Ling Tong's calf.
Fu Jian nodded, without responding to them, and frowned as he walked to the small window and looked inside.
"How is Wang Zheng?"
"He hasn't improved yet," Mu Dan said in a low voice. "I've analyzed all of the commander's physical and spiritual energy data, and thirty groups of data are abnormal. Over the past three days, the abnormalities have not disappeared, but have increased."
Fu Jian sighed: "This should be the backlash he suffered from using power beyond his own realm continuously before. He vaguely mentioned it to me before."
Mu Dan said: "The point that is causing the commander's abnormality should be Amina."
"Amina?"
"The commander seems to have shown a desire for Amina's power, his spiritual energy within his body fluctuated, and then his endocrine system became disordered, and his brain waves began to show abnormalities."
Fu Jian crossed his arms and pondered quietly.
Ling Tong asked from the side: "Commander-in-Chief, can modern medicine help him?"
Fu Jian replied: "I have already asked the supercomputing center to look for a method, but we only know a little about cultivation."
Mu Dan said: "There is actually a hidden danger now… Wu Man and the others may not be able to hold on much longer. They haven't closed their eyes for three days."
Fu Jian suddenly said: "Where is Gao Huating?"
"Do you want to call her over?"
"Call her over and try…"
Wang Jixuan's voice suddenly rang out: "Don't call her, she may also be a target I want to devour."
Everyone's spirits were lifted.
Because Wang Jixuan's voice still sounded clear, as usual.
Wang Jixuan briefly explained:
"I am now in a state of near-demonic possession. In fact, this backlash was about to explode when Huo Rong attacked Fortress 76, but I suppressed it."
"Now, demonic thoughts are rampant in my heart. Thanks to Wu Man and their Buddhist scriptures, I can temporarily distinguish which is my original thought and which is my demonic thought."
"There are two methods I can think of now."
"One is to abandon part of my cultivation and retreat from my current realm, which will lengthen my cultivation cycle."
"The other is more risky, but I prefer this one."
Fu Jian immediately said: "Use the safe one."
"I want to use the second one," Wang Jixuan said stubbornly. "I can't lose my sharpness, otherwise I will lose my ambition after cutting off my cultivation this time, and I will have no hope of reaching the peak of my dreams in the future."
Fu Jian asked: "What do you need me to do?"
"The second plan can only rely on your help."
Wang Jixuan paused, organizing his thoughts, and continued to transmit his voice:
"It's better to dredge than to block."
"I am resisting demonic thoughts, but these demonic thoughts are different from my original inner demons. One is due to my own unwillingness and resentment, and the other is due to the sins I have committed in the mortal world."
"I want to actively enter the demonic state, enter the Bladebeast uncontrolled area, and let go and slaughter."
"When the Bladebeasts defeat me, you must try your best to save me… This is very difficult to operate…"
"I'll take charge," Fu Jian said decisively. "I need three days to prepare enough troops."
"It won't be that long," Wang Jixuan replied in a deep voice. "Wu Man and the others can only hold on for half a day at most."
"Okay, then half a day, you stabilize yourself first."
"Yeah." Wang Jixuan was silent.
Fu Jian turned around decisively.
"Mu Dan, access the command channel for overall dispatch, and you are allowed to temporarily take over the autonomous mechanical network."
"Yes!"
"Ling Tong and Deep Sea, summon four groups of semi-mechanical armor sword formation groups to maintain constant verticality with Wang Zheng from the air."
"Yes!"
"Huan Ying, inform all comprehensive war zones that we will be carrying out Bladebeast killing operations, and all mobilizable mobile forces should stand by as much as possible."
Fu Jian's orders were issued one after another.
The major war zones, which had just relaxed for a few days, were suddenly shrouded in the shadow of war again.
In the room, the black energy around Wang Jixuan continued to be released.
The eight figures around him were all in extremely poor condition. Zheng Shiduo's clothes were soaked with sweat, and the others were more or less pale. Wu Man, who was in the best condition and had the strongest power, also had beads of sweat on his forehead at this moment.
But they showed no signs of stopping.
As long as the young man in front of them needed it, they could squeeze out the last bit of their spiritual energy.
Even their souls.
… …
Gao Huating felt inexplicably uneasy.
She went about her usual activities at the site of Base 76, practicing her voice in the morning, assisting in Uncle Tai's studio in the morning, learning various scientific knowledge in the afternoon, recording songs and writing songs in the evening. Every day was fulfilling and valuable.
Gao Huating could feel that the kind of 'spirits' that her singing could attract were becoming more and more numerous.
Whenever she sang with devoted passion, the light spots in the air would quickly converge towards her.
She knew that this was spiritual energy and aura.
Therefore, every time Gao Huating practiced her voice, Tree Man Beta, as well as the spiritual energy users guarding this secret base, would come over.
Their power would increase slightly but clearly each time.
For several days in a row, only Tree Man Beta was left to listen to her practice.
The atmosphere in the secret base suddenly became very solemn.
Amina, who had just returned here, also seemed to be preoccupied.
In the afternoon, in the small 'study' with plenty of light, Gao Huating, wearing a sleeping gown and black-rimmed glasses, with simple braids, sat behind her desk, slightly lost in thought.
'Has something happened?'
'Alas, I wonder if Black Storm is injured.'
She pursed her lips, shook her fair neck, and gently patted her cheeks a few times to focus her mind and looked down at her book.
Huh?
Gao Huating suddenly saw a faint halo appearing on the book in front of her, and the words below began to shake like tadpoles, piecing together lines of small characters.
[Now, you need to go to the cultivator.]
[He has entered a backlash phase.]
[Only you can save him, by using your body and emotions to merge with him and intertwine with each other.]
[This will benefit you immensely and allow him to regain consciousness.]
[But before you go, you must learn this incantation and imprint it in your heart at all times, so that you can save him.]
[This matter must not be told to anyone, not even him, because you will take away half of his cultivation, allowing you to step into the ranks of cultivators, and it will also ruin his current relationship.]
[But trust me, he will take responsibility for you, and his current partner cannot be with him for more than a hundred years. You can wait for him for a hundred years.]
[Becoming a cultivator is a better plan than inheriting my lost civilization.]
Gao Huating's spirits lifted.
She was no longer the timid and weak songstress she once was.
These words, this sudden message…
“Aren’t you no longer able to sense things outside the ruins?”
Gao Huating asked in a slightly trembling voice:
“Didn’t you say that it would be enough to let Amina master the key to enter and exit the portal?”
“Also, didn’t you say that my feelings for Black Storm are not the love between a man and a woman, but the admiration of a fan for an idol, and you don’t support me dating him?”
She took a deep breath.
“What exactly have you done! Who exactly are you!”
Rustle.
The book flipped rapidly, slowly floating up, and the words flew out of the pages, condensing into lines of words in front of Gao Huating.
[I am a remnant of your obsession, I am already a dead person.]
[Now only you can save him.]
[I have created the conditions for you. Now you only need to contact Mudan.]
[Remember this incantation, you must remember it, otherwise you will die and he will become a murderous demon, which will make him even more uncomfortable than killing him.]
Gao Huating's body was trembling slightly, resisting, closing her eyes tightly and not looking at the words, but those words were directly imprinted in her heart.
Ring ring!
The communicator next to her suddenly rang.
It was Mudan's communicator, and the small screen showed the message from Mudan.
[Little Huating, I hesitated for a long time but still want to ask you for help. The commander needs help, but this may be life-threatening for you.]
How could this be…
Gao Huating seemed to have lost all her strength and fell to the ground.
At the same time.
In a magnificent hall that seemed to be able to accommodate the entire starry sky.
A woman's illusory figure, wearing a golden gauze skirt and so slender that she almost triggered the uncanny valley effect, knelt quietly, with a crystal ball in front of her.
In the crystal ball, Wang Jixuan's phantom was sitting quietly.
And below the crystal ball, a mass of light black flames was constantly burning.
Her expression was indifferent, quietly waiting for the plan to be implemented smoothly.