Chapter 1 The Dark Corridor

Gu Shen strode into the mansion, the Guang Ming Bi Lei shattered, revealing the dark corridor within.

The corridor was winding, with many forks.

But Gu Shen walked directly towards the deepest part.

He kicked open the door at the end of the corridor, and the dense iron chains and barriers inside were all shattered by this kick!

What came into view was a carefully crafted cage.

After the barrier shattered, Gu Shen's mental power had already swept over, and he knew what was at the end of the corridor.

The aura of life here was already very weak.

"..."

Gu Shen walked to the deepest part of the darkness, and blood spread out from under his feet, condensing into a pool.

Several iron cages made of strong logic alloy locked several figures so emaciated that they were no longer human... The consciousness of these figures was on the verge of collapse. Their wrists were broken, and they were hung in the air, unable to stand on the ground completely and steadily.

Even by standing on tiptoe, they could only barely find a point of balance.

There were also several iron hooks piercing their pipa bones.

"Clang!"

Silver light splashed.

Gu Shen's expression was gloomy as he slashed the iron cage with a knife.

He continued to strike, smashing the iron hooks!

Golden sparks burst out, and these withered people lost their support and fell to the ground. Midway, they were caught by the gentle mental power of Chi Huo and slowly landed.

"Wu Shu..."

Gu Shen recognized one of the faces. He squatted down and said in a hoarse voice, "I'm here to save you."

"Uh..."

Wu Shu's throat could not produce complete syllables.

He tried to say something, but he couldn't.

He raised his head.

His eyes had been gouged out... leaving only blurred hollows.

This scene made Gu Shen grit his teeth.

The fire of life swept out, but it was useless... The torture used by Guang Ming City was too severe. At this moment, Wu Shu only had one breath left. No matter how hard he tried to save him, he couldn't be saved.

Even the Seven Gods had things they couldn't do.

What's more, Gu Shen had not yet completely merged with "Netherfire".

In this prison, a total of six people were imprisoned. Five of them were so seriously injured that they could not be saved no matter what... This showed how cruel the interrogation in Guang Ming City was. They didn't care about "casualties", only whether the information in these people's mental seas could be extracted.

"We... didn't... leak..."

Intermittently.

A neutralist squeezed out the words.

He showed a brilliant smile. His once white teeth had long been stained red, and most of them had been knocked out.

The others also smiled.

They smiled, not because the cage was broken open...

But because they had held on until the last moment.

It was really difficult. Even those with wills as firm as theirs had wavered many times.

"I'll take you away now." Gu Shen couldn't bear to watch any longer. He was about to unleash his domain to wrap them up.

"No..."

A hand suddenly grabbed his ankle.

The neutralist who could still speak had blood all over his face and pleaded, "Don't..."

Gu Shen was stunned.

"Just here... let us end it..."

His voice was very hoarse, with a hint of satisfaction and unconcealable fatigue.

He knew.

He couldn't be saved.

The others... were probably the same.

Of the six people imprisoned in the prison, only one should have been imprisoned not long ago. His injuries were not too serious, but he had long lost consciousness and was still in a coma.

Gu Shen used the fire of life to save his life as soon as possible.

This kind of injury should be curable, but it was hard to say whether there would be any sequelae after he was saved.

"We are the dying embers..."

The fire of life circled around Wu Shu's body, and he was finally able to speak.

He raised his head.

He could not "see" Gu Shen.

Neutralists had internal private mental connections. Mr. Qi Mo and Mr. Zhuang Su had sent out messages, which he had actually received, but he immediately destroyed them.

He had a premonition in his heart.

The one standing in front of him at this moment should be the legendary [Key].

"So..."

Wu Shu smiled with difficulty, "Let us... quietly extinguish... that's all."

"Hoo."

Gu Shen took a deep breath.

In the end, he only used his domain to carry one person away... Jing Tu was filled with swirling wind and snow, and the entire prison was surging with blue-white frost.

A flame rose up.

In the darkest part of the mansion buried by Guang Ming City.

This silent fire was used to bury the silent embers.

In the fire, Wu Shu and the other neutralists all smiled.

They were not in pain.

They enjoyed the last "burning" of their lives.

Until they became ashes.

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"Mr. Gu!"

Jiang Du and his men arrived outside the city wall. He saw Gu Shen covered in wind and snow.

"Shua."

The Jing Tu domain threw out the only survivor. Jiang Du stretched out his hands and held him firmly. He was stunned for a second and subconsciously asked, "Only one? What about Wu Shu and the others..."

Then there was a brief silence.

The neutralists in e0 District all realized the truth.

Gu Shen hmm-ed and said, "...Only one."

Jiang Du immediately understood everything and stopped talking.

Holding the person in his arms, he silently clenched his fists.

"You guys take the people back first." Gu Shen looked at the raging fire in the distance. He said in a very soft voice, "I'll take care of the rest."

This cross-border rescue was actually a bit risky for Jiang Du and the others.

Their transcendent realm was low.

Once they encountered the transcendents of Guang Ming City, it would cause a lot of trouble.

"Yes."

Jiang Du knew that they couldn't help with this level of battle. Even if they had a hundred lives, it wouldn't be enough to fill the gap. Staying here would only cause trouble for Mr. Gu.

The neutralists completed the rescue and quickly retreated.

Gu Shen calmed down alone.

He returned to the mansion in w4 District.

The Guang Ming Church never showed mercy to enemies. They spread the holy light to the world, but the two words on the Gospel were actually the biggest lie.

Did the holy light symbolize holiness, solemnity, gentleness, and warmth?

No.

The holy light was the ultimate high temperature, extremely scorching, and a burning fanaticism!

Outside, Zhu Que and the shadow were still fighting, fighting fiercely... But Gu Shen still didn't make a move at this moment. He chose to return to the mansion, which was already a field of corpses, all of them white-robed church members killed by him.

These people could penetrate the "Truth" and see his concealment.

This was something that even the hidden Fourth Order couldn't do!

Gu Shen returned to investigate what means the Guang Ming Church had used!

"These extremists... had their faith converted in such a short period of time..."

Gu Shen murmured to himself.

"Even if Su Ye and Jia Wei had superb mental skills, plus that hidden Fourth Order... it shouldn't be..."

West Keel had twenty districts and thousands of extremists!

"Sealed item." Chu Ling said in sequence, "It would be different if there was a 'sealed item' to help."

"That's right... it's a sealed item."

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes.

What saw through his "concealment" was not these low-level fanatical transcendents, but the sealed item that manipulated them.

"Chi Huo – scatter."

He stood in the mansion and flicked a handful of light and fire.

Countless sparks scattered.

Gu Shen slowly analyzed: "Zhu Que's madness was beyond West Keel's expectations. During the Great Hunt, he directly launched an attack on West Keel... Under this circumstance, the hidden Fourth Order had to take action to stop the second attack. This was a sudden situation, and there was no time to make a thorough plan in advance."

"So..."

"That 'sealed item' should be in the mansion at this moment!"

"Yes, this is also consistent with my calculations." Chu Ling said, "If that sealed item was carried by the Fourth Order just now, and it had the effect of seeing through 'concealment', then you should have been seen through from the beginning."

As she spoke, a response from Chi Huo came from the depths of the mansion.

"Buzz buzz buzz!"

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes and looked in the direction of the barrier he had shattered.

Still here?

He hadn't had time to carefully inspect when he rescued Wu Shu and the others earlier. He re-entered the barrier corridor. It was winding and curved, and the small Chi Huo flame that sent the message was floating in front of a window.

"Sealed item... is it here?"

Gu Shen raised his eyebrows slightly.

He didn't reach out to touch the window, but released his mental power. A strange thing happened. His mental power couldn't penetrate it. Obviously, this was a truly valuable item of the Guang Ming Church, and they had set up more than one layer of barriers.

"Touching it rashly may trigger an alarm."

Chu Ling reminded, "If this 'sealed item' is really important, then the hidden Fourth Order will most likely rush back, and even Su Ye and Jia Wei may give up the hunt."

"Is that so?"

Gu Shen said, "So... if I want to take the sealed item inside, I will definitely touch the 'prohibition'."

"Yes..."

Chu Ling hesitated for a moment and said, "If you want to take it away, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult."

The thing was in the house.

How could he take the thing away without touching the house at all?

It was indeed a little difficult.

"It seems that sometimes... human calculations are not as good as heavenly calculations."

Gu Shen smiled with lowered eyebrows, "Perhaps this matter is not as difficult as you think."

Chu Ling was stunned.

The next moment, Gu Shen directly released his "Jing Tu"!

A huge phantom of a Susu tree appeared behind him. Due to Li Qingci building a flower garden and providing source matter, the Susu tree had become even more robust at this moment. In an instant, the mansion was filled with wind and snow.

Gu Shen stared at the ancient house in front of him expressionlessly.

"Taking away this sealed item is not that difficult. Just take away the house along with it."

Rumble!

The snow surged towards the house like a flood!

After dozens of breaths, Gu Shen waved his hand to disperse the Jing Tu. The house in front of him had disappeared completely, leaving only a vacant wasteland... not even a floor tile was left!

"..."

Chu Ling looked at this scene, dumbfounded, with a complex expression.

The calculations of [Source Code] often look for possibilities in the additional conditions.

But human thinking is more open, and sometimes they break the conditions -

Gu Shen looked at the open space in front of him and nodded in satisfaction.

"Okay, the thing is taken away, now the house and the sealed item belong to me."

Jing Tu is a complete world!

Between reality and illusion -

The souls of the dead can be revived here, and all living beings can grow here.

With the strengthening of Gu Shen's mental power and the improvement of his own realm, Jing Tu will become more and more perfect. In a sense, this is a "Shangri-La" isolated from the world, and the only one who has the key to open the door is Gu Shen!

Gu Shen had never taken a house before.

Now he did.

It felt... not bad.

"Now we can see... what that 'thing' is."

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Gu Shen's consciousness entered the Jing Tu world!

Under the Susu tree, there was an extra ancient house -

This was an alien object, so it couldn't produce any source matter. At present, it couldn't accept the "nourishment" of Jing Tu. It just took root on the soil, exuding an aura that was completely different from Jing Tu. At first glance, it seemed a bit abrupt.

Gu Shen stood in front of the ancient house.

He stretched out his palm and pressed it against the wall. To ensure stability, he re-sensed the "prohibition" of the ancient house.

"The prohibition still exists..."

Gu Shen murmured, "But this is my world, I can do everything I want to do."

He exerted force with his five fingers.

With the "complete" preservation of the prohibition, Gu Shen easily pushed open the door of the ancient house.

It was pitch black inside.

"Light."

Gu Shen said a word.

His words became the law.

Countless light sources were lit here, and then extinguished again in an instant. This room returned to the ultimate darkness.

Gu Shen frowned.

He snapped his fingers. This time, what was lit was not ordinary light, but his Chi Huo -

Chi Huo mixed with the authority of "Netherfire"!

"Whirring..."

In the confined space, a sharp sound of wind blowing was born out of thin air!

Gu Shen stood up straight, looking expressionlessly at the scene in front of him. In the center of this ancient house hidden by the Guang Ming Church, there was a floating black paper.

This was the reason why the house was always dark.

This paper greedily absorbed the light of the "whole world" -

Even Chi Huo was not spared!

However.

The rank of Chi Huo was not lower than it, so at this moment, an extremely contradictory scene appeared in the ancient house. Countless flames were pulled, but they were never sucked into the dark paper.

Gu Shen cautiously approached a little and carefully looked at it.

"Is this the sealed item that saw through the 'Truth'?"

A page of tattered paper.

It seemed to be torn from an ancient book.

But... if you look closely, you will find that this sealed item is not completely dark. It seems to emit a rhythm like human breathing, one breath in, one breath out, one light, one dark.

"Is this a page of a book?"

Gu Shen didn't reach out to take it rashly. He vaguely felt that this sealed item must be closely related to the Guang Ming City's southward trip this time...

"The Guang Ming Church hopes to convert 'believers'."

Chu Ling said, "They need a lot of 'incense'. Think carefully... this incense may not only be to fill the vacancy of the Saint Arbiters, but also to fill other objects."

Gu Shen grabbed his hand.

A wisp of unconscious soul from the distant Jing Tu was caught. This was a servant in his world.

The soul entered the ancient house and instantly turned pale. Even though it had lost consciousness, it still showed great fear... part of it was of Gu Shen, the master of the world, and the other part was of this ancient book.

"Shua!"

Gu Shen let go, and the soul was instantly sucked away by the ancient book.

The soul... was also a fire!

The black ancient book once again emitted a breathing-like rhythm. Dense ancient texts briefly appeared on the tattered page. After they were extinguished, the devoured soul was spat out again.

It radiated a dim light of extinguished embers, and these dark lights moved with the rhythm of the ancient book...

At this moment, the soul was no longer as fearful as before.

It raised its head and looked at Gu Shen. Even its fear of the master of the world had disappeared. After a glance, this soul directly rushed towards Gu Shen!

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(The schedule has been a bit messed up these days. I'm changing the update time to noon.)