[000] Prologue (I)
"Those who want to live do not live, when the dead do not die, and they are attached to their souls, why should they not give up in the world?
There is a saying in "Cholera Chao": If you don't give up food and clothing, you will give up your money, you will give up, you will give up, you will not give up, you will move the heavens and the earth, and if you don't give up, you will start to change.
If you ask about the way forward, it is better to return home. ”
-- The inscription of the stone inscription asking for directions
It is said that after death, the soul will be transformed into two forms, one is called the pure soul and the other is the turbid soul.
If the deceased does not have many thoughts during his lifetime, the soul will become a "pure soul" after death, and over time, everything in the previous life - thoughts, memories, emotions - will gradually be dissolved, and then enter the next reincarnation.
On the other hand, if the dying person still has great reluctance to the world, such as longing for the loved one, such as resentment towards the person he hates, then even after death, his soul will still be condensed in one place, neither drifting away with the wind nor reincarnated, but can only wander in the world and turn into a "turbid soul".
Turbid souls, as the name suggests, filthy souls, if they possess great power or gather a large number, can affect living beings in the human world, at least confusing their minds, or at worst attaching themselves to their bodies, causing them to transform into evil spirits.
What is an evil ghost? A person who has no goodness, no virtue, no heart, only greed, only appetite, only lust, only lust for murder, evil spirit. Since ancient times, there have been evil spirits - even if there is only one, it has always been full of corpses, and the people have no livelihood.
Today, half of the world is made up of evil spirits.
This year is the 127th year of the Demon Tribulation, and as for why there are evil spirits everywhere in the world, we have to start with "that era" before the first year of the Demon Tribulation.
In those days, there was a legend that there was a god.
"God" refers not to a single person, but to a whole race, and no one knows where this race came from, but only - they are almost humanoid, but they are clothed in snow, spotless, and possess special powers beyond the reach of mortals.
In ancient times, there were also evil ghosts, but they were few in number, and they were never opponents of the Protoss, only a few shocking ghosts - "Greed: Contract", "Tyranny: Collapse Top", "Adulterer: Fallen Twins", "Jealousy: Zero Snake", "Wild Food: Gluttony" - could barely compete with the Protoss, but in the end they also lost a little, and were sealed by the Protoss one by one, never to see the day.
However, even if you are an enemy of evil spirits, it does not mean that the Protoss is an ally of mortals, and the relationship between the Protoss and mortals is that of ruling and being ruled.
The Protoss used overwhelming force to intimidate mortals, and made various treaties that restricted their activities, and mortals who violated these treaties would be killed.
No race is willing to completely surrender its life and death fate to another race, so even if the power is at an absolute disadvantage, mortals still continue to resist the Protoss, with their lives, with their blood, and with their will.
Although the power of God can arbitrarily wipe out the lives of weak mortals, it can never erase people's resistance. Finally, in order to completely wipe out the rebels from the depths of their souls, the Protoss completed their ultimate masterpiece, the Furnace of Extermination.
As the name suggests, the furnace's sole purpose is to destroy the lives that are put into it, leaving no trace.
As a "miracle" building left over from ancient times, the Furnace of Destruction was demolished and recast from the palace of the Emperor of the Western Regions, the pride of heaven among mortals, and can accommodate countless creatures.
The inner layer is made of the jade core diamond called the "emperor of the stone", which is extremely hard and not afraid of high temperatures; the outer layer is made of the underworld soul sealing stone, although it is not as hard as the jade core diamond, but it can firmly seal the ethereal soul; the furnace contains the seawater brought from the "sea of fire" of another world, even if it is isolated from the world, it can burn forever with a raging momentum...... The Furnace of Destruction is a fully enclosed structure, with only one opening, and is locked by a large gate, the only key of which is sealed in his body by the King of the Protoss.
Needless to say, the Furnace of Extinction is the ultimate means used by the gods to deal with the rebels, when the mortal's body is thrown into this furnace, the endless flames will burn it to ashes, and his soul will be firmly locked in the furnace by the outer layer of the Underworld Soul Sealing Stone, and he will also be in a never-ending torment, unable to reincarnate.
For this reason, the Furnace of Extinction is also known as "Hell".
As more and more souls were imprisoned in the Furnace of Extermination, a large number of sterilizations began to occur among mortals, and the population dropped significantly, until the mortals finally realized the cost of rebelling against the Protoss, and they were almost about to give up their hearts to resist.
Almost.
Among the mortals, there is a clan called "Yu Palace", all the clansmen are arrogant by nature, brave and good at fighting, and like to slaughter, and have always been called "human tyrants" by mortals. It was this clan that was still desperately fighting against the Protoss when almost all mortals had given up their desire to resist.
But even though the Yu Gong clan is good at fighting, after all, they are mortal bodies and cannot match the Protoss, but even if they are at the risk of extinction, there has never been a person who has succumbed, and this tragedy has made them completely heroes beyond the reach of other mortals.
Seeing that all the men, women and children of the Yugong clan went into battle, one after another, but all of them died at the hands of the "gods" and were about to be wiped out, things took a turn for the better.
A god has intercourse with a man from the Yu Gong clan.
As a result of the union, the male realized the power of the Protoss-"Aura". Since then, he has spared no effort to spread the method of mastering this power, first the Yugong clan, and then the rest of the mortals, more and more mortals comprehend the use of aura, and finally, with the huge number of human beings and the leadership of the Yugong clan, he defeated the god clan.
As for the union of gods and man, no one knows where they are going.