Countless fragmented pictures flashed in Zhang An's mind.

People running and wailing.

A black cat snuggled up to his lap and gently flicking his tail.

A meteorite that fell from the sky.

Sandwiched between the fingers, green smoke curls up the cigarette.

A tyrannical and bloodthirsty monster.

The figure of my father drifting away.

Zhang An opened his eyes in shock, gasping heavily.

The sky is clear.

Zhang An looked into his arms.

The bosom was empty.

Zhang An got up and looked around anxiously, but he couldn't find the figure who depended on him.

When he saw his surroundings clearly, the surprise in his heart suppressed his anxiety.

When he first saw the sky, he thought he was in a plain or something.

Beneath his feet, however, was not the earth, but a black floor carved with moire-like patterns.

As far as the eye can see, there is a space shrouded in a faint mist, and nine giant pillars that seem to be made of jade and covered with dense patterns.

It's more like the interior of a splendid palace.

But Zhang An looked far away, but he couldn't see where the boundary of the palace was.

"Anyone?" Zhang An shouted, and all he could answer was a cold echo.

"Xiao Hei, where are you?" After a short period of surprise, Xiao Hei's worries resurfaced, but Zhang An didn't dare to walk around, the ghost knows if there is any mechanism set up here, in case he takes a wrong step and is pierced by ten thousand arrows, wouldn't it be too wronged.

Zhang An, who was worried and panicked, stood in place, shouting constantly, but no one answered.

Zhang An, who had a dry mouth, sat on the ground, his brain running wildly, trying to find a way out of the predicament.

This feeling of being alone is so bad that Zhang An is at a loss.

As the minutes passed, Zhang An began to feel that he was gradually out of breath.

He rudely ripped open his collar and gasped for breath.

He felt like he was going crazy.

"Ahh

Zhang An's eyes were bloodshot, his uneasy emotions continued to ferment, and madness finally overwhelmed reason.

He stood up, looked up at the sky, and cursed, meaningless expletives pouring out of his mouth.

The sky began to darken, and it seemed that even it couldn't stand Zhang An's madness.

After the crazy scolding, apart from making himself more thirsty, Zhang An's actions did not help.

To make matters worse, Zhang An's stomach twitched, and his brain unmistakably conveyed a message to him.

Water, food.

Hungry and thirsty, Zhang An, who was in a complicated mood, finally completely collapsed, he squatted down, hugged his head and cried.

As it turned out, tears did nothing but speed up the loss of water from his body.

When Zhang An's emotions finally calmed down, he stood up again.

His eyes were red and swollen, and there were still traces of sobbing on his face, which looked indescribably pitiful and ridiculous.

It can't go on like this, even if you step on some mechanism and be pierced by ten thousand arrows, it's better than standing where you are and waiting to die.

Zhang An looked around, and then walked towards the pillar closest to him.

Perhaps, if you can get out of here, there will be a hint on the pillar.

However, to Zhang An's surprise, looking at the pillar that was only dozens of steps away from him, he walked for almost an hour to arrive.

Standing in front of the pillar, Zhang An carefully looked at the behemoth in front of him.

It seems to be carved with some mythical creatures?

After staring at it for a long time, Zhang An recognized the image of the dragon and phoenix.

After a moment's hesitation, he hesitated and put his hand on the post.

The place is warm at the beginning, just like human skin, but there is no elasticity at all.

Taking a deep breath, Zhang An shouted, "Open the sesame door!"

Nothing happened.

"Get smaller, Golden Hoop Stick!"

"Prajnaparami!"

Zhang An smiled self-deprecatingly and withdrew his hand.

"Idiot. A calm voice sounded softly in his ears.

"Who? who is talking?" Zhang Anxin tightened and shouted, "Hurry up and get out, or I'm welcome!"

"Not only is he an idiot, but he is also blind. The calm voice sounded again.

"Where are you, hurry up!" Zhang Anzhong was excited and uneasy, and someone finally appeared in this ghost place.

After a long sigh, the pillar in front of Zhang An shrank rapidly, and a middle-aged man appeared in front of Zhang An.

Zhang An was startled, and hurriedly took a few steps back, looking at the man in front of him.

The man wears a wide black robe, with a high crown and wide sleeves, dressed like an ancient.

His eyes were the most peculiar, like two miniature nebulae that were constantly rotating slowly, Zhang An only looked at each other for less than a second, and then he felt that he was fluttering, as if he was about to be sucked away by those two nebulae.

Zhang An was startled, hurriedly looked away, and asked cautiously, "Who are you?"

"I am God. The middle-aged man said majestically.

Then the middle-aged man pointed to the other pillars and said, "They too, but they are in a deep sleep and cannot transform into shapes." ”

He glanced at Zhang An, who was stunned, and said, "We are born and raised, worshiped by all peoples, and exist with the will of all beings... ”

"Wait. Zhang An rudely interrupted the middle-aged man's words, "I don't care about any of this, I just want to know where my cat is, and how I can get out of this hellish place." ”

"The reason why we exist is to eliminate the growing anger and resentment between heaven and earth, to maintain the balance of the heavenly dao, and to maintain the operation of samsara. The middle-aged man ignored Zhang An and said to himself, "And as the years go by, the sentient beings no longer believe in the existence of the gods, and our divine power is greatly weakened, and when we eliminate the anger of heaven and earth, we are more and more unable to exert ourselves." ”

"So what does this have to do with me?" Zhang An said impatiently, "You hurry up... ”

The middle-aged man glanced at Zhang An, and Zhang An's voice stopped abruptly.

Zhang An helplessly found that he had become a wooden man who could only listen and watch.

"Our divine power is weakening day by day, and most of the people who are born today are full of anger, and the increase of anger greatly exceeds the speed at which we can eliminate it. After a period of accumulation, the aura reached a saturated level and was impregnated with the Heavenly Dao. In order to protect itself, the Heavenly Dao caused the destruction of the world and reopened reincarnation. ”

Zhang An was silent, he still thought that the meteorite he saw before he fell into a coma, and the apocalyptic scene of monsters was just a dream of his own.

"But when the cycle of reincarnation is reopened, we will also be completely dissipated. The middle-aged man sighed faintly and said, "The ants are still stealing life, and we don't want to usher in extinction, so at the moment when the Heavenly Dao triggers the destruction of the world, we use all our strength to keep time in a state of stagnation, temporarily suspending the process of destroying the world." ”

"And you. The middle-aged man pointed to Zhang An, "You are the person we have chosen to save the world." ”

Under the fingers of the middle-aged man, Zhang An regained his freedom.

"Me?" Zhang An pointed to himself in surprise, "Why did you choose me?"

"We don't want to choose you, but we have to. The middle-aged man looked at Zhang An with disgust, and his expression of amazement was beyond words.

Zhang An took a deep breath and tried to swallow the dirty words he was about to blurt out back into his stomach.

"Because it caused an outbreak of anger, the source of the Heavenly Dao is in you. ”

Zhang An quickly recalled his twenty-six years of life and found that although he was not a good person, he had not done anything angry and resentful.

"When you take your cat to be neutered, there is a strong anger in your cat's heart. The middle-aged man looked at Zhang An with inexplicable eyes, and this trace of anger became the last straw that broke the camel's back. ”

Zhang An gasped and took a few steps back to cover his head.

"You're fucking kidding me, aren't you?" After trying to digest the middle-aged man's words, Zhang An raised his head and roared hoarsely, "It's because of this shit reason, so the world is destroyed?!"

"Whoever opens up the life of the spiritual wisdom will inevitably have seven emotions and six desires. The middle-aged man looked at Zhang An with the eyes of an ignorant child, "Who said that cats don't have anger?"

"No, no, that's not what I meant, uh, that's what I mean. Zhang An's mind fell into confusion, and he didn't know what he wanted to express at all.

"Go ahead and save your world and bring it back to peace. The middle-aged man changed into a seditious tone and said, "Pick up this burden and move forward!"

"If you really are God, then it is not difficult to know my past. My father died, my mother disappeared, and no one from my relatives or friends wanted to have anything to do with me. Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Zhang An calmed down, and he sneered, "Whether the world is destroyed or not, what does it have to do with me?"

"And you're a god. Zhang An raised his eyebrows and looked at the middle-aged man, "Why don't you make a move?"

In the end, Zhang An asked in a disdainful tone, "If this annihilation will not hurt you in the slightest, will you take care of this matter carefully?"

The middle-aged man was silent.

"Get me back to where I need to go. Zhang An waved his hand and stretched, "Let me meet my fate, there are so many people who die with me, and I will not lose." ”

"If you're done with this, I can do one thing for you. The middle-aged man said.

Zhang An was stunned for a moment.

"Even if it's resurrecting someone and starting a new part of life, it's fine. The middle-aged man added.

This time it was Zhang An's turn to be silent.

"Think about it. The middle-aged man's tone was like the devil leading people to depravity, full of temptation: "What you have lost can be recovered, and your failed life can be started again, such an opportunity, if you miss this time, you will never have it again." ”

"Why don't you take it personally?" Zhang An said.

The middle-aged man explained, "First, the nine of us have already occupied most of our strength just by fighting against the anger and maintaining the time stop, and secondly, the Heavenly Dao supervises sentient beings, even if we are under the supervision of the Heavenly Dao, if we personally take action, it is very likely to attract the attention of the Heavenly Dao, so that the Heavenly Dao will find out that we are going against its will and want to reverse the destruction of the world, if the Heavenly Dao is angry, everything will be over." So the safest way is to find a substitute. ”

"Tell me the real reason why you came to me. Zhang An said, "Don't use those reasons as excuses, I want to listen to the real reasons." ”

"What I said before is true. The middle-aged man said helplessly, "Maybe it seems a little unbelievable to you, but in our opinion, all beings are equal, and there is no difference between you humans and cats and dogs, the only difference is probably that your mind is more complex and more likely to be angry." ”

"And you, as the root cause of the last trace of anger, have fallen on you for the cause and effect of this world-destroying life. Therefore, only you can save the world and repay the consequences that you have caused, without being noticed by the Heavenly Dao. The middle-aged man spread his hands and put on an expression of "believe it or not, that's the way it is."

This guy isn't kidding me, is he? But judging by his expression, he seems to be telling the truth. Zhang Anxin sighed, is he really unlucky enough to perform an operation on his cat, which will also lead to the destruction of the world?

Zhang An opened his mouth, there were a thousand words in his heart, but he didn't know where to start, and finally turned into a crying and laughing expression.

"Then what am I going to do?" Zhang An took a deep breath, trying to calm his mood.

"The current situation is tricky. The middle-aged man said solemnly, "Anger was originally just a combination of negative emotions of various creatures, and it belonged to the existence of formlessness, substance, and wisdom, but this time the amount of anger accumulated was too large, and the result was a qualitative change caused by quantitative changes. ”

Zhang An twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Do you still know the saying that quantitative change causes qualitative change?"

The middle-aged man glanced at Zhang An, "In addition to the necessary cultivation and dealing with anger, the rest of the time is basically observing the operation of various worlds, and we have learned more than you think." Even if you are a god, you have to keep up with the times. ”

Zhang An couldn't help but be speechless, waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, you go on." ”

The middle-aged man took out a bright yellow scroll from his wide sleeve and handed it to Zhang An.

Zhang An took the scroll curiously, "What is this?"

"This records the important nodes that make up the violent. The middle-aged man explained, "As long as you unfold the scroll and think about the patterns on it, it will automatically take you to various nodes. ”

"What is the node?" Zhang An had a bad premonition.

"Although the current aura life form has gradually opened its spiritual intelligence, its body is still composed of countless aura combinations, and it has not yet been completely integrated. And the node is the connection of each part of the violent. Every time you destroy a node, the Angry Lifeform will be weakened by one point, and when you destroy the node, the Violent Lifeform will be weakened to its lowest point. Then you only need to defeat the evil life form and completely uproot it, and the destruction of the world will be reversed. We're safe and sound, and you can choose the life you want, and everyone is happy. ”

"Anyway, just destroy the node. Zhang An breathed a sigh of relief, it didn't look very difficult.

The middle-aged man said, "Don't take it lightly, each node is actually a world. ”

"What?" Zhang An suddenly jumped up, "Could it be that when I destroy the node, I am actually destroying the world?!"

"No, no, no. "The middle-aged man hurriedly waved his hand" Because anger exists based on the negative emotions of living beings, the world composed of nodes is a world formed by the cognition of various living beings. The node may be a real history, or a myth, or even a virtual world based on some fantasy of your human race. All you have to do is find out the clones in the node and eliminate them, which is not the destruction of the world. ”

"And the methods needed to eliminate nodes are also diverse, and they cannot be achieved only by force. Because in the final analysis, anger is a collection of negative emotions in life, and the reason for anger is different in each life. The way to deal with the angry clone may be to eliminate the clone directly, or it may be to fulfill the doppelganger's wish, which requires you to judge for yourself. ”

"It's complicated. Zhang An rubbed his eyebrows with a bit of a headache.

"After you go through it a few times, it won't feel complicated. The middle-aged man patted Zhang An's shoulder and comforted, "No way, it's always more troublesome to save the world, otherwise the savior would still be dissatisfied?"

Zhang An shook his head and decided not to think about it so much first, as the old saying goes, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain.

"By the way, where's my cat?" Zhang An unfolded the scroll in his hand, wanting to see what was on the scroll, "Give my cat back to me." ”

"Every life has its own destiny. The middle-aged man had an unpredictable smile on his face, "You have your destiny, it has it, if you really want it to come back to you, then try to find it yourself." ”

"What do you mean?" Zhang An raised his head and looked at the middle-aged man with a frown.

"You'll know when you meet. The middle-aged man pointed mysteriously upward, "The secret of heaven must not be revealed." ”

"I'm the most annoying thing about people talking. Zhang An pouted and lowered his head to look at the scroll that had been unfolded.

"Are you kidding me? are all nodes on this?" After only glancing at the scroll, Zhang An immediately raised his head and glared angrily at the middle-aged man.

"There is a long way to go, please work harder. The middle-aged man snorted.

"With so many nodes, I can't finish it until I die of old age, right?!" Zhang An angrily pointed the scroll at the middle-aged man.

The contents of the scroll are a vast and immense map of the starry sky with countless points of light twinkling.

"Don't worry. The middle-aged man said seriously, "Time has stopped for you, and your lifespan is forever fixed at twenty-six, so you don't have to worry about dying of old age." ”

"Okay, even if I don't have to worry about my lifespan, I'll still be killed, right?" Zhang An stretched out his right hand, "Pangu Axe, Xuanyuan Sword, Golden Hoop Stick, Seventy-two Transformation Somersault Clouds, you have to give me the same of these things, right?"

"Those are just myths and legends, don't make a fuss. The middle-aged man smiled lightly and said, "What nonsense." ”

"Aren't you a god?" Zhang An's eyes widened, "The emperor is not a hungry soldier, you don't want the horses to run and not give the horses grazing, right? If I die at the first node, see what you do." ”

"Everyone has their own path to follow. The middle-aged man looked at Zhang An and said solemnly, "What suits you is the best and strongest, don't you want to walk out of a strong road of your own?"

Zhang An remembered the novel he had read, and subconsciously nodded, "You said well." ”

"So what are you waiting for, let's go. The middle-aged man snatched the scroll in Zhang An's hand with lightning speed, and slapped the scroll on Zhang An's face, "The road is long, and I hope you cherish it." ”

After being hit by the scroll, Zhang An's body trembled slightly and fell into a stiff state.

The scroll turned into a streamer and disappeared on the back of Zhang An's right hand.

Zhang An's body turned from the part of his feet to speckled starlight and dissipated in the empty space.

"My name is Huang. The middle-aged man bowed solemnly to Zhang An, "Zhang An, looking forward to the day of goodbye." ”

Zhang An couldn't move, he couldn't speak, but the expression on his face was very complicated.

I was fooled by this middle-aged man! I didn't get any benefits, and I was going to the first node!

After Zhang An disappeared completely, Huang's face showed a little tiredness.

With a wave of his sleeve, the entire space began to tremble violently.

It was like the sound of glass shattering, and pieces of space shattered and fell.

When the whole space cracked, the scenery changed abruptly.

Huang leaned over and grabbed a handful of black and reddish dirt under his feet, and looked sadly at the endless graves in front of him.

In the gaps between the graves, there were all sorts of rusty weapons and armor.

The other eight pillars have been transformed into eight ghostly mausoleums.

"The seed has been planted, so let's wait for the future. Huang stomped his foot, and a mausoleum broke out of the ground silently.

Huang put his hands behind his back and slowly walked into the mausoleum.

When his figure completely disappeared at the entrance of the mausoleum, the door of the mausoleum slammed shut.

There was a dead silence between heaven and earth, and only the occasional breeze brought the sound of resentment and weeping.