Chapter 192: The True Self
"You've been dead years ago......" The slightly curious tone echoed in his ears, making the Children of the Abyss's face pale like paper.
"But you didn't come to me at that time, it will inevitably make people feel curious, won't it?" Lord Huangquan stared at Andre who was sitting on his seat in a condescending manner, and his words were full of ridicule.
"I don't understand what you're talking about, Your Majesty. The child of the abyss's eyes dodged, and there was even a slight tremor in his voice, according to those mysterious rumors, even the annihilation of elemental creatures was under the jurisdiction of the Lord of Yellow Springs, and Andre simply hoped that the other party knew about it limitedly.
"Don't you understand?" Under the veil of expressionless expression, Lord Huangquan's tone looked a little impatient, "All souls have no secrets in front of me. ”
The Son of the Abyss's heart sank through the words of the Grim Reaper, who remembered that certain rumors and anomalies about the Grim Reaper contained similar contents, and that this ability to see souls was also an important basis for the Lord of the Underworld to judge sinners.
"Since I have nothing to follow in the eyes of His Majesty, then everything should be according to His Majesty's words. "The will of the abyss can reshape flesh and blood for herself, and Garlandia is able to condense a huge life force into a small seed, and as a mortal, André feels that he may only be able to maintain simple humility within the kingdom of death.
Perhaps feeling the respect in the hearts of the children of the abyss, the Grim Reaper, who had dominated the topic from the beginning, chuckled inexplicably: "Is this good?
Andre frowned unconsciously, "extraterritorial" he could understand, after all, the universe he knew even had many rules different from this world full of magic and aliens. But what does "monster" mean? He doesn't think that the existence of a child of the abyss qualifies a god to call him a "monster."
"Looks like you haven't found out yet...... It's no wonder, after all, under the cover of flesh and blood, it is difficult for all mortals to perceive the difference above the individual soul level. But haven't you found yourself different?" Seeing the doubts in the mind of the children of the abyss, the Grim Reaper sat down in his seat. With one hand on his cheek, he guided the other party's thinking with great interest.
Soul level?
Andre thought carefully for a while, and then felt that the master of the underworld should be referring to the specific details, and there are indeed many differences between himself and the people around him.
"Are you referring to the fact that I was born a 'soul singer'?" the Children of the Abyss tentatively asked.
"That's just the 'effect' that manifests, not the real 'cause'. Without the oppressive force that made people feel palpitations at the beginning, at this moment, the legs under the robe of the Lord of Huangquan were even overlapped together, giving people the illusion of talking between friends.
"So you are born to know some mysteries that ordinary people don't know?" The attribute of "born to know" can also be said to be a secret that is not a secret of its own, so Andre did not have much pressure in his heart when he mentioned this.
"This is also a 'fruit'. Lord Huangquan changed to a more comfortable sitting position, "Except for these advantages, there is nothing special about you that is different from ordinary people?"
If you want to think about the bad side, then that's probably the only one that makes you feel uncomfortable or even insane, right?
"I've had a lot of dreams that have left me stunned, and I've always played different people in the same place...... "The strange dreams about the Institute had bothered the Children of the Abyss until he got used to it and dismissed it as a common delusion, and André stopped bothering about it.
"It's still just a façade, but it's very close to the truth. The Grim Reaper on the other side of the table spoke with a playful tone, and Andrei's answer seemed to have succeeded in piquing his interest.
"Do you want to know the truth of the matter, your strangeness that is unlike all life!" accompanied by the words of the Lord of the Underworld, a tall mirror appeared in front of the Children of the Abyss.
The mirror itself doesn't seem to be anything special, but the image in the mirror makes Andre stunned on the spot as if he had been struck by lightning. The son of the abyss looked at his different self in the mirror, his stunned expression turned into a bitter smile, and the bitter smile gradually changed from helplessness to madness at the bottom of the hoarse.
"I see...... Those are not just simple dreams and delusions!" The sense of confusion that had been like maggots on the tarsal bones for a long time was finally relieved at this moment.
André looked at his hands, and they seemed strange and strange to him as they were in the mirror. However, it was this strange scene in front of him that revealed to him the truth hidden in himself.
Black silk threads are forcibly stitched together from different owners, and the tail finger to the middle finger of the left hand appears slender and slender, while the index and middle fingers feel stubby and clumsy. Pale wounds were scattered all over the body, and almost every gray patch of skin had signs of artificial stitching, some of which had healed, others still resembled roughly joined pieces of flesh. The uncomfortable face in the mirror is no longer the appearance of a handsome young man with black hair and black eyes, and the scars like long worms put together several different faces, and Andre can vaguely see a little shadow of "himself" in his dream.
"I should have thought of it a long time ago!Long Baiguang, Qin Jinyan, and Eric, they are all just a part of me......" The Child of the Abyss muttered to himself as he looked at the monster in the mirror that looked like a corpse pieced together.
"I have to say that the craftsmanship of the abyss is really exquisite. Such a complex patchwork of souls actually left only the inconsequential symptoms of dreams, and even I couldn't help but be attracted to a 'monster' like you!" "Lord Huangquan grabbed the palm of the son of the abyss, which was covered with magical sewing silk threads, and for the first time he came into direct contact with the god of death, Andre only felt a cold body temperature and a vague feeling of dizziness.
"Abyssal Will has eliminated all self and memories that are not associated with the Institute, and only retains some knowledge and some memories related to the Institute's common life. The Child of the Abyss speculated with a sinking face, "That's why I forgot my previous life self, and even when I dreamed, I only remembered the scene in the research institute!?"
This is probably one of the reasons why I know some of my various aspects and miscellaneous unpopular knowledge but can't remember the specific details?
Andrei smiled bitterly in his heart.
"I've learned that you're the only monster in this world, but you don't look as chaotic and crazy as I expected. The Lord of Yellow Springs, who was sitting opposite, seemed even more interested, "I can actually deduce the specific technique of the Abyssal Will through my own state. Could it be that in a world I don't know, the people there don't know more about the soul than the subjects of the realm of the dead?"
"The people there have only a simple conjecture about the soul, and it is the mind of the mortal mind that makes them constantly study and deepen their understanding. "The children of the abyss did not know how to explain the meaning of philosophy to the lord of the underworld, and in Valhalla, philosophy, theology, and psychology were simply summed up - and the people there called it "soul science."
"Do the people there have the same deep understanding of ideas as you do?"
When talking about topics that the other party is interested in, Andrei will always subconsciously forget the identity of the deceased master on the other side.
"When people are satisfied with material things, they will choose to get drunk and dream of death, or satisfy their spiritual pursuits, to put it bluntly, they are just eating and idle. Andre's expression looked a little uneasy, and he quietly shrunk the palm of his own hand that was in the other party's hands.
"A world of abundance without strife?This is the world you live in?This is why you have been able to keep your territory so well organized?" Not only did the hand that grabbed the Children of the Abyss not let go, but the Lord of Yellow Springs instead stretched his neck, allowing his face under the veil to be only a stone's throw away from Andrei.
"Strife is just suppressed under a certain boundary, Your Majesty, do you think it is possible for a world without strife to exist?" The long white hair that hung down brushed the arm of the Son of the Abyss, and Andre, who felt uncomfortable, subconsciously leaned back.
"You seem to be afraid of me?" Death let go of the Abyssal Child's palm, his tone palprising with obvious displeasure. "Even monsters like you are afraid of me!?"
It seemed that a bone-piercing chill swept in front of him, and Andre did not forget that his fate was still in the hands of the other party at the moment: "Great Your Majesty, don't you think that it is a matter of course for mortals to fear the gods?"
"A monster like you can call himself a mortal, don't you think your remarks are ridiculous?" I don't know why, the children of the abyss always felt that the Grim Reaper sitting opposite him was a little too entangled in the word "monster".
"Your Majesty, I do not feel that there is an insurmountable gap between me and mortals, and what I seek, love, and dislike is no different from that of all in my realm. As he spoke, the children of the abyss underwent a wonderful transformation, the silk threads spun by dark magic disappeared into the skin, and the gray skin turned into a healthy color. After a while, Andre reverted to the appearance of a young apprentice demon king.
"Having mastered this technique so quickly, it's no wonder that Garlandia pins her hopes for prosperity on you. "There is an imperceptible loss hidden in Lord Huangquan's appreciation.
"In the world I know, there is a saying called 'Born from the heart'. I was originally a child of the abyss named Andrea Gesarez, and that never changed, no matter what I used to be. The soul from the other world replied very calmly.
"Born from the heart...... Not bad argument. Between the words, under Andre's stunned gaze, Lord Huangquan's appearance quickly underwent a surprising change.