Foreword: If I asked you if you were a person with a soul, most people would say: Yes. But if I asked, has anyone seen and felt a soul? The vast majority of people shake their heads. In the end, does a person have a soul other than the body?

"Bang", a summer night in 2020! Suddenly it was pitch black in this Internet café, and in everyone's eyes, only the white shadow left before the screen went out. In the huge Internet café, you can't see your fingers, and you can only hear the buzzing noise one after another.

Some of the guests near the door have already opened the door and come out, and the guests who are far away are still calm, looking like Mount Tai has collapsed in front of them and has not changed color, all waiting for the Internet café to restore power. It seems that the meter has just burned.

A thin boy sitting in a corner, about the age of the second and third years of junior high school, looks three points more delicate than a girl, with long bangs covering up a pair of naughty and smart single eyelid black pupils, a small nose but strong and powerful, a small mouth but plump and angular. At this time, he saw a sudden power outage in the Internet café, as if he had expected it, he slapped his thigh, pulled up a fat boy who had been sitting beside him, and rushed out.

Within ten seconds of the power outage in the Internet café, the fat boy was already sweating like ice cream in the microwave oven, and the position next to the air conditioner where they were originally located suddenly became the most dead-end and most unventilated crater, making the salted egg Superman on his T-shirt instantly drowned in his sweat.

The two of them were like flowers and willows in the woods, interspersed among people, computers and chairs, and after a while, they finally arrived at the door of the Internet café, and at this time, suddenly there was another "bang"! The meter exploded again, and with a loud bang came a flash of fire, and a piercing smoke tumbled and billowed out of the computer room.

So the people who were originally calm finally exploded like boiling water, screaming, roaring, and the rumbling of debris dumping one after another. Like rolled up by toilet flushing water, the crowd flocked to the door of the Internet café in a chaotic and purposeful manner.

At this time, the fat boy had already walked out of the Internet café with the thin boy, and he still said with palpitations: "Lotte! It's a bit big this time, isn't it? But the thin boy named Lotte grinned and said, "How did I know that this would happen?" Not last time! This time, after passing the sixteenth level, the reaction was even greater than the last few times. It's really three shocks and nine dangers, 120,000 points!! ”

The Internet café is located on a small street corner in an old district in Guangzhou. The corners of the street are surrounded by all kinds of small shops, which are full of the smell of specialty snacks on this hot summer evening.

Diagonally opposite the Internet café is a small stall, and the greedy people don't seem to mind being messy, and the tables sit around eating barbecue and drinking beer.

But there is a table in it, but it can't always give people the feeling of blending in, because the two people on the table, both in black suits, the man is about thirty or forty years old, tall and straight, and he still wears sunglasses at night, a suit is close and neat, the snow-white collar sleeves are meticulous, the tie is close and straight, there is absolutely no embarrassment of wearing a suit in summer, he can't move the beer in front of him, just look at the Internet café with all his attention, and some of the rough men at the table who have drunk shirtless, with red ears and red ears.

Next to the middle-aged man in black sat a girl in a formal suit, and a black dress suit also reminded people of the most professional insurance salesman. But she had a brown doll head, long thick black false eyelashes, and bright and large purple pupils, which made her look like a doll dressed too seriously, and at this time the straw of her drink was against her nose, her nostrils were slightly exposed, and her mouth was bulging, like a cute little pig, and she was slandering in her heart: "What is this Sky Eagle teacher, people call it Skylark, you want to ask Sky Eagle to press me, don't you?" It's such a hot day, still waiting here, what are you waiting for? Isn't that kid named Lotte already showing his potential? It's just to get down to business, just sit in this smelly place! Bother! Bother! Bother! Hum! She was so angry that she couldn't help but "hum", and she was afraid that the man in black named Skyhawk would hear it, and after waiting for a while, it seemed that Skyhawk did not react, so she stuck out her tongue. At this time, Aquila suddenly said in pure French: "Teacher Skylark, I'm afraid you weren't born when I called Aquila!" How do I know that you will be called a lark? Ahem! He cleared his throat and said, "Since we have done this position, we should do our duty, and we should observe more." ”

The lark blushed and said angrily, "Teacher Tianying, why did you use the 'mind reading application'?" According to the basic code of conduct of the Soul Master Guild, soul masters cannot use the mind-reading application casually! "It's English.

Aquila's thin lips smiled slightly, and said, "Teacher Skylark, the basic code of conduct of the Soul Master Guild has a history of thousands of years, and it says that soul masters are not allowed to use the 'mind reading technique' at will, not the 'mind reading application', is there still someone who takes so much effort to practice the mind reading technique?" ”

The lark was stunned and said unconvinced: "Is Teacher Tianying like those cheeky old elders?" Only a play on words? He also said that he was the most formally trained soul master! ”

Tianying said: "I am trained to hang the 'closed-minded application' firewall all the time, and also, don't use English, there are many people in China who understand, Mr. Skylark, Lotte's potential is undoubted, I observe this Internet café!" This is not an ordinary Internet café, can you tell? ”

Of course, the lark didn't see it, she was a little anxious, but she still obeyed the Aquila and said in French: "Teacher Aquila may not be used to it, we are only teachers in the admissions office of the Soul Public School now, and these weird things are taken care of by others, so we don't have to worry about that!" ”

Aquila nodded and said, "I haven't forgotten, but if in the past, the Soul Master Guild would have allowed this kind of Internet café to open in the city with a swagger?" ”

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They didn't know what happened on the opposite street corner, and even if they heard it, they couldn't understand French. They only knew that the summer vacation was coming to an end, and they were anxiously thinking about the fun places at the next stop. He seems to have forgotten about the accident at the Internet café. At this moment, the fat man kicked a Coke bottle away, and the bottle crossed a beautiful curve and shot towards the door of the Internet café.

"Huh!?" The fat man screamed, and Lotte looked back to see that the bottle had landed right at the feet of a tall beauty. With long hair dyed and curly gold, a beautiful face, and a figure under a small white vest, the seductive long legs reveal a fragrant snow-white under the short skirt.

The two of them pretended to study the Coke bottle on the ground, and they both squatted down and stared at the pair of meat legs, watching them shake and approach them step by step, and they couldn't help but feel a burst of thirst.

The legs rested only about a foot in front of them, the skirt fluttered slightly, eager to touch their noses, and when the fat man wanted to squat down and look up again, a low and sexy voice came: "What are you looking at?" ”

The fat man opened his mouth and said, "I don't want to eat duck!" The two of them looked at the woman, only to see the woman who had almost half of her face covered by her breasts chuckling and said, "I'm sorry! I don't understand my Shanghai accent? ”

Lotte patted the fat man, the two stood up, he was almost one meter and seven children and half a head shorter than the woman, in front of this absolute strong sexy, even the person who was skinny could only admit defeat, Lotte hurriedly said: "It's nothing! He pulled the fat man and turned around and wanted to run away.

But the woman said, "So you want to run?" Stand still, you guys! ”

Lotte didn't look back and hurriedly said, "We didn't see anything, hehe!" There will be a period later! ”

But the woman persistently caught up with them and said, "I'm talking about my Internet café!" Now it's on fire! Why are you leaving? Do you want to walk away? ”

Lotte and the two were startled and said, "What is the fire?" There are so many people in the Internet café, are they not allowed to leave? We'll call the police for you! ”

The beautiful woman grinned and said, "You haven't paid yet!" ”

Just as Lotte and the others sighed, she said, "You want to compensate me for the loss of the fire!" With her left thumb and index finger on her chin, she looked at the dumbfounded Lotte with a smile as if admiring a work of art, and said, "What an inexperienced little boy!" I don't even know how to pretend to be a bad thing! ”

Seeing this, the eagle, who was in the restaurant, said to the lark, "Look! It's not that being a teacher is just a good recruitment, but if you encounter trouble, you can't ignore it! ”

At this time, the lark also saw the stilt, and she also narrowed her eyes and said, "Spirit Eater? Why do they want to open an Internet café? Is this business profitable? ”

Tianying shook his head, sighed and said: "I originally thought that only public school education was like this, but I didn't expect that the lark teacher who graduated from the noble academy also didn't know anything about the world, this is your first task, and you will gradually understand it in the future." ”

The lark said angrily, "What do you know nothing? Didn't Mr. Tianying just arrive at public school? We are a novice partner, we should support each other, don't think that you look down on people because you are a little handsome! ”

Seeing the face of the eagle suddenly stunned, the lark stuck out his tongue and said, "Anyway, you have read my heart, so you will grow your ambition, don't be proud!" Explain to me about the Internet café! ”

Sky Eagle said angrily and funny: "Absorbing the spiritual power of living beings is one of the cultivation methods of soul masters, do you know this?" ”

The lark frowned, "When I'm an idiot?" With so many gods and churches, isn't it just to collect spiritual power when the human spirit is pious and concentrated? But now all such places have their own masters, and the various modern Catholics are becoming more and more unreligious, and their numbers are getting smaller and smaller, alas! It's getting harder and harder for us to cultivate! ”

Sky Eagle nodded and said, "In addition to religious places, where will people also concentrate their attention, so that they can absorb the spiritual power they exude?" ”

The lark said, "A place to work!" After thinking about it again, he said with certainty: "Work is the most nerve-wracking." ”

Tianying said: "Many people have long found that relying on religious places is not enough, so in ancient times, there were soul eaters who directly hunted and killed soul cultivators. ”

The lark said, "Cut! What do you think you're talking about? There was an agreement with the Spirit Eaters early on that they could not hunt indiscriminately, and gave them the right to operate the casino in exchange! Yes, the casino is where people concentrate the most, and the reason why they lose nine out of ten gambles is because the spirit eaters absorb the brainwaves of gamblers there! And in the various game rooms of the Internet café in the past, players are also very attentive! So the brainwaves were sucked again, right? I'm smart, right? Praise me! "The lark who didn't know what an Internet café was until today was searching for relevant information through the chip in his brain and hurriedly showed his talent.

Aquila said, "The Spirit Eater in front of us doesn't seem to be satisfied with absorbing slowly! ”

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On the other side of the corner, the beauty said to Lotte: "Don't think I don't know about you, there have been sudden power outages in several Internet cafes near this district, and through investigation, it was found that your ID card and this ID card named Shou Zai always appeared about three hours before the power outage, proving that you have a plan to destroy the Internet café!" Admit it! Isn't it? ”

The fat man Shouzai's face was already pale, but Lotte regained his expression and said coldly: "I went to the Internet café every day this summer vacation to play, what's so strange, it's better to say that your Internet café equipment is not good?" My house also trips a lot in the summer, who do I go to to say that he is sabotage? Neuropathy! Three white and nine idiots! ”

The beauty smiled and said, "I know that you think you haven't done anything, so I can't find evidence, do you dare to do an experiment?" See if I can catch your braids? ”

Lotte and the two were in the fog by the beauty said, the tone of the beauty, as if she knew everything, but it didn't seem like she was asking them for trouble, sweet, but a bit like flirting, Lotte squinted his eyes and said tentatively: "You know that I didn't do anything, how can I try it?" What to try? It's really none of my business, big sister! Are you looking for the wrong person? ”

Hearing this, the lark frowned and said, "Are you saying that the Spirit Eater Clan is using the same method as us to check for people with abnormal soul power, and then"

Sky Eagle nodded and said, "Probably" Speaking of which, he saw the beautiful woman dragging the two of them slowly past the Internet café.

"Humph!" Sky Eagle sneered and said, "I actually applied it with Heart-Grabbing, it's very bold!" ”

The three of Lotte entered the Internet café, the Internet café was empty, the fire and smoke just now seemed to have been swept away by the wind, and more than 100 computers and stools that fell to the ground were quietly distributed in the dark space. Suddenly, a computer screen in the innermost corner of the Internet café lit up, and Lotte suddenly woke up like a dream, and saw the blonde beauty smiling at the sky, and he turned his head again to see that Ah Shou was still in a state of dementia.

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Aquila had to stand up, not because he saw Lotte and the two being taken into the Internet café, but because he suddenly felt a fluctuation of soul power in the other corner of the street, which made their hearts tremble, but the lark didn't notice this, she suddenly pointed to the Internet café and exclaimed, "Not good! There is an enchantment, and I can't imagine that there is a real soul master. What should I do, that kid has been taken captive! ”

Aquila had no time to pay attention to the soul fluctuations, and he looked back at the Internet café, and found that although the door of the Internet café was still open, it was faintly like being stuck in water compared to the surroundings, and it seemed distant and vague.

From Lotte being brought into the Internet café, to the sudden soul fluctuations, to the Internet café falling into an enchantment, it only happened in one breath. Aquila was shocked and said, "It's a Spirit Devourer, not an ordinary Spirit Eater. Just as he was about to leap over the small road in the middle, the situation changed again.

The flow of people and logistics that had been leisurely and leisurely suddenly flowed quickly and stiffly like pressing 8 times the fast forward on a remote control, and the original noisy human voices and car sounds became the roar of sharp beats. He looked back, and the lark had changed into a slow-motion look in the fast-forward background, as if he hadn't had time to react to the drastic change.

Between the lightning and flint, perhaps at that moment the time could no longer be used as a reference axis, the time and space around the Aquila were divided into several layers, forming an unprecedented situation that was difficult to react to, the flow of time seemed to be fast and slow, and the space jumped sharply.

At this time, Tianying's subconscious hand touched his waist, and a familiar metallic sensation was transmitted to his hand with an indescribable sense of security, and then to his heart. He quickly drew his pistol and slammed the plate at the spot where the soul fluctuations had been heard a split second.

Bang! Bang! Bang! The hem of his suit fluttering behind his back was swollen like a sail full of wind by the shock waves and sound waves caused by the explosion of the bullet's primer, and it flapped violently against the wind, and danced with the wind like an eagle spreading its wings.

The bullet shattered the invisible wall that blocked the normal flow of time. The black shadow flashed at the opposite street entrance, and the image of a person wearing a huge medieval cloak spread out in the air like a large black fan and floated in the wind, the screams of larks behind him sounded, and the speed of the flow of people in all directions suddenly returned to normal.

After the shooting, all the passers-by rushed away in all directions in astonishment at that moment, like a crystal lamp that exploded on the ground from a high altitude to the ground.

With a "boom", an old light pole a few meters next to the Aquila exploded, and the broken suspended wire dragged the sparkling fracture like a huge broom towards the Aquila. Aquila couldn't help but gasp, although it was not a high-voltage power line, the short-circuit current caused by the entanglement of the wires built by the residents was definitely not something that a creature could withstand, and even if he could avoid it, the lark and others behind him might also suffer.

In the blink of an eye, the wire break like a fire tree and silver flower has come to the eye, the Skyhawk suit jacket has been taken off into the hand, the swept fireball was rolled into, only to see the Skyhawk's left hand raised, the wire harness with the hot wind swept into the canopy on the top of the stall, plastic and broken wood quickly surrounded the wire harness, although it was ignited instantly, but it has not caused leakage, the fire has not spread, and the people in the stall have also scattered, in a blink of an eye.

Aquila turned back into the air and saw the majestic black shadow standing at the top of the telephone pole, staring at the chaotic world beneath his feet.

The explosion of the telephone pole caused a power outage in this small area, and the indoor and outdoor light sources disappeared all at once, and on this summer night, this old small neighborhood in Guangzhou City seemed to become a small black hole in the city with strange lights, and the air in the sky was full of hazy pollution particles, and then it became a luminous body that reflected the lights of other areas, and glowed with a white and faint light in this dark night sky.

A dark shadow on a telephone pole stands in the wind. In the lark's pupils, a number of information are revealed: gender: female; Height: 1.78 meters; Ethnicity: Anglophil; Age: 20-50; Soul Power Level: Searching.

Skylark shared the information with Skyhawk, only to see Skyhawk take off his sunglasses and slowly put them in the front pocket of his shirt. She peeked at the Aquila again, and noticed that this Ukrainian man with Cossack blood and a strong nose actually had the royal blue eyes peculiar to Germanic people. The tall and thin figure looks stronger and more powerful under the removal of the coat. After so many years of boarding life in a girls' school, Skylark has never seen such a handsome man, is it said that he is almost fifty years old? It's not like it at all! The information about the dark shadows that was revealed had long been thrown out of the clouds.

Aquila moved his hands slightly, the gun in his right hand nowhere to be seen, staring at the vague silhouette of the black forest hidden under the hood.

It's a woman! The lark suddenly remembered, and an unspeakable fire of jealousy ignited in his heart. She pointed at her halberd and said, "Stop! Where's the Soul Eater! Aren't you afraid of being hunted down by the Soul Master Guild? ”

Aquila shook his head and said, "People from the Dark Temple? How did you get here? Turning back the clock? What do you want to do? ”

The dark shadow shuddered, laughed, and said in a voice like honey in authentic French, "There are still such soul masters who insist on using French?" In the blink of an eye, she turned to the ancient Greek and said, "Times are like the wind, people are like feathers, and you are blown into this chaotic era." She switched to Mandarin and said, "It should be adapted to local conditions, not conformists." ”

Sky Eagle said in the Cantonese vernacular: "You know it! Lidu is Guangzhou, Wu speaks 'brother' words! ”

The black shadow smiled and said, "Okay! I won't fight with you about this, but the kid next door is going to be decided in our dark temple, so don't waste your time in public school! ”

The lark was angry, and also said in Mandarin: "Even if the dark temple wants to rob the students, I'm afraid it will have to pass through the guild, and there is no such way to intercept the robbery." ”

The voice of the dark shadow was still moving, and said, "Is it? I just didn't expect you to find this place, and it stands to reason that I found him first. ”

Skyhawk shook his head and said, "We followed him all summer vacation, you only showed up today, right?" Besides, other schools can recruit 'Zhida' to be selected in public schools, and you don't need to do this in the first place, so you shouldn't just want to recruit him as a student!"

"Zhida" is the ancient Greek name for a kind of small monkey in the Mediterranean, ordinary people in the eyes of soul masters, just like ordinary people look at monkeys, when the ancient soul masters called humans like this, I did not expect that someone would put forward the theory that human ancestors were monkeys in the future. Soul masters also have a term for humans, and we will hear about them later.

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When the eagle first met the lark more than a month ago, when she asked the lark what she felt was the most difficult part of the admissions process, the lark thought for a moment and said, "How do you explain what a soul master is?" "Yes, it is as difficult to explain to the human beings, who have always been self-righteous and professed to be the spirits of all things, that they are not the masters of this world, but only animals in captivity by higher beings, as it is to explain to a neurological patient that they are having nerves. Besides, even if it is a soul master, it is only a human being, and if it is an alien with three heads and six arms, it may be much easier to explain.

Man has professed the spirit of all things, but he has never summed up history in a more meaningful word than the word "accident".

It's too far away to verify, and the modern example is like what was the original atomic bomb that was first studied by the Nazis, and then the first to be successfully used by the Allies? Was it an accident? Or did Hitler make the wrong decision?

Too many of these random outcomes have been decisive in the history of mankind. In the same case, Hitler asked again: Why did Hitler go to war against the Soviet Union in the face of strategic defeat? For what kind of demon will always make the wrong decision in favor of the opponent! Will there be a day when this "randomness" will suddenly become evil and put humanity in the midst of a catastrophe? Was it Christianity that destroyed Greek civilization and brought humanity into the Dark Ages of Europe? Or did Xia Yu end the democratic republic era of Yao Shun Chanrang and enter the feudal Chinese history of more than 3,000 years? Genghis Khan was able to cross Eurasia with only tens of thousands of soldiers? Can kamikaze save Japan from Kublai Khan next time?

Humans can't see that hand, but that hand has been pushing history. That hand is the soul master. And human beings are just "branches".

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The dark shadow did not reply immediately after hearing Aquila say this, and said slowly like a cautious defendant: "Although the Dark Temple also signed the Peace of Versailles, after so many years, the guild has often violated the convention. Since you mentioned the covenant today, doesn't the covenant state that casinos, entertainment venues, and guilds run by the Spirit Eaters cannot enter? That kid was brought into this Internet café, aren't you afraid that he is in danger? Not going to go in and save someone? ”

The Spirit Eaters, a group of soul masters who claim to be at the top of the food chain.

The highest-level Soul Eater is known as the Soul Eater, and uses the soul of the Soul Master as food to achieve the most terrifying cultivation effect.

Soul historian Archimedes once said that the strength of the soul eaters has become an important factor in the ecological balance of the earth, and because of their existence, the number of soul masters has been limited, and the endless plundering of human beings has been stopped, and mankind has finally been able to enter the Renaissance from the Dark Ages.

The spirit eaters were unruly, not only had no faith in the Creator, but also had no respect for the great evil gods, and it was because of their revitalization that mankind was liberated from religious domination. It was not until the Peace of Versailles more than 200 years ago that the major soul families and colleges reached an agreement with the spirit eaters, and the religious gods were controlled by traditional soul masters, but some entertainment venues were distributed to the spirit eaters in exchange for orderly hunting, which will be introduced more later.

But history did not stop there, the infighting in the traditional soul world gave the spirit eaters not only a chance to breathe, but also took the opportunity to infiltrate the traditional world.

As soon as Aquila heard that the people of the Dark Temple had also brought out the Peace of Versailles, he knew that today's affairs could not be stopped. And he could already feel waves of powerful soul fluctuations coming from the Internet café.