Fangzheng once again arrived at the sacrificial ground in the dream. In front of him, the Fire Relayer was still standing quietly next to the fire, staring at the burning flame in front of her. When she saw Fangzheng, she turned around and lowered her head slightly at Fangzheng.
"You're here, Lady Ashes."
"Yes, I'm here."
As Fangzheng spoke, he walked up to the Fire Relayer and stretched out his right hand. The Fire Relayer also stretched out her hands and held it gently. Soon, Fangzheng felt the power in his body being drawn out again. It formed a small flame in the Fire Relayer's hand.
Then, the Fire Relayer raised her hands. Fangzheng saw the flame suddenly fly to the side as if it was attracted by something. It landed on a small altar not far away, and then with a boom, it turned into a burning flame, illuminating the pitch-black space in the distance.
As the flame shone, Fangzheng saw the black mud-like substance around the altar being swallowed by the flame like some kind of combustible substance. A large part of it disappeared in the blink of an eye. The black mud-like substance nearby seemed to have sensed the power of the flame. It wailed like countless people were screaming and crying, and instinctively moved away from the burning flame.
At the same time, Fangzheng also felt a soft "click" coming from his body, as if something had broken through an obstacle. Soon, a familiar power flowed through Fangzheng's body again.
The Power of Existence.
"Have I finally recovered a little?"
Fangzheng raised his hand, and the flame formed by the Power of Existence appeared in his hand. He could vaguely feel the connection between himself and the Zero Time Particles, which gave Fangzheng a little more confidence. Because the Zero Time Particles were a relic that Fangzheng kept in his inventory, Fangzheng could not feel their existence at all before. But now, he could vaguely feel the existence of the zero time particles, but the connection was very weak. The traffic was only at the level of a 2G network.
Fangzheng opened the system panel and saw that it still showed [System offline repair — progress 10%].
At least the progress bar had advanced a little.
"The power contained in these flames is not complete, Lord Ashes."
At this moment, the Fire Woman, who had been quietly standing at the side, said.
"This is only a part of the flame …"
"At least this is better than nothing."
Fangzheng didn't mind. Being able to recover was the best news. He wasn't greedy enough to think that he could fully recover in one go. To be honest, at first, Fangzheng was quite surprised that his system was knocked offline. Up until now, he still hadn't figured out how the game system he made in the real world had appeared in his body, and what kind of rules and powers did it operate through.
However, Fangzheng did not think too much about it because the system had always been working well. On the contrary, the sudden offline of the system this time gave Fangzheng an opportunity. He had no way to unpack and analyze the entire system, so through this system repair, Fangzheng might be able to find the rules and principles of the operation of the Dimensional Codex and make some targeted improvements.
"But then again, I'm really unlucky this time …"
Fangzheng sat down on the steps of the sacrificial ground and complained to the Fire Woman.
"That Archbishop, can't she hold on a little longer? When I was about to ask her about it, she went berserk and transformed. You should've held on for another ten minutes. Don't tell me she's doing this on purpose because she doesn't like me … "
In the face of Fangzheng's complaints, the Fire Woman just stood there and smiled without saying a word. Fangzheng was already used to this. Back when he was in the Dark Soul World, every time he was sent back to the sacrificial ground, he would talk to the Fire Woman and complain to vent his frustration. After all, who wouldn't be depressed after dying so many times?
"But then again, the monster that the Archbishop turned into is much cuter than her original appearance, but the monster is a little too big, like …"
At this point, Fangzheng suddenly froze. He raised his head and stared at the burning flame in front of him.
At this moment, he seemed to have returned to Lothric, the era full of ashes, the era when darkness and the Abyss danced together.
"… It's like … they've been infected by the Abyss …"
The more Fangzheng said, the deeper his frown became. He had felt that the Archbishop looked quite familiar after turning into a monster, and the aura that the Archbishop exuded was also quite familiar to Fangzheng. Now that he thought about it, the aura that the Archbishop exuded after being infected was actually quite similar to those monsters infected by the Abyss, but the intensity of the aura was not quite the same. If the aura of those infected by the Abyss that Fangzheng encountered in Lothric was at the level of "rotten strawberries", then the aura of the Archbishop was at the level of "unripe strawberries". One might be able to smell a little of it, but if one did not smell it carefully, one would definitely not be able to smell it.
That was why Fangzheng only felt that the Archbishop looked a little familiar after turning into a monster at first, but now that he thought about it … Was there any difference between the Archbishop and those guys who were infected by the Abyss?
The only difference was that there was no black goo or red eyes!
In Lothric, Fangzheng learned that the human nature of that world would turn into the Abyss after settling down, and there was darkness in everyone's heart. The reason why humans had souls was because of the Soul of Darkness. But it was precisely because of the Soul of Darkness that humans yearned for the light. Once there was no light, darkness would erode everything.
Fangzheng could understand this. Humans had a civilized side, but they also had an instinctive side. Nobility, kindness, a spirit of sacrifice, and compassion were all praiseworthy qualities of humans.
But in addition, in order to survive, humans also had a cruel dark side.
In order to survive, they needed to plunder resources, collect food, and kill.
In order to ensure the continuation of their race, they needed to mate and have children to ensure the inheritance of their family bloodline. Many people attached great importance to free love, and they believed that spiritual love did not need to be guaranteed by reproduction. But the cruel thing was that this had nothing to do with spiritual love. Mating and reproduction were the instincts of every creature to leave behind offspring and ensure the continuation of the species. Whether this kind of mating was out of love, bestiality, or pure desire, as long as they could leave behind offspring, it might be painful for the mother, but it was a success for the entire race.
Similarly, greed and desire were the source of human survival. Without desire, human beings would have no goals and no future. These various desires from the soul, spirit, and body intertwined to create the present human beings.
In order to survive, reproduce, and strengthen the race, humans retained the instinct of killing, mating, and desire. They used this as the foundation to build the tower of civilization. Humanity and bestiality, darkness and light intertwined with each other.
So in this world, the so-called bestiality was ….
"… Fire Girl."
At this thought, Fangzheng raised his head and looked at Fireproof beside him.
"It shouldn't be a coincidence that you appeared here, right?"
"… Just as Lady Cinder said."
Hearing Fangzheng's question, Fireproof nodded slightly.
"It's because of this world that I can meet you, Lady Cinder …."
I see ….
Hearing Fireproof's answer, Fangzheng nodded and closed his eyes.
When Fangzheng opened his eyes again, he was already back in the chapel. Fangzheng stood up, looked around, and walked into a room in the chapel. Inside, Dr. Youssevka was sitting quietly on a chair, reading a book in her hand. When she sensed Fangzheng coming in, she hurriedly stood up and bowed to Fangzheng.
"Hello, foreigner. Is there anything I can help you with?
"I want to know one thing."
Fangzheng stared at the woman in front of him and asked.
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