Fine strands of soul lines spread out like a cobweb, forming a vast web that stabilized and layered upon the vibrant world overshadowed by the Silent Dead World.
Even Du Gang, whose perception was usually poor, noticed sothing amiss—the aura of this Living Corpse was rapidly intensifying, quickly transforming from a regular person into a powerful being with imnse strength.
"What on earth is going on in this world?"
"... It’s a compromise for survival." The Living Corpse spoke, slowly opening its eyes with an expression devoid of any emotion, akin to that of a Dusk nun.
"Boss, I’ve just analyzed the environnt in reality, and there’s a peculiar ’material’ pervading it, a substance that causes soul solidification."
"So the Boundary Breaking Organization is utilizing this world’s environnt? That’s typical of them." Zheng Yichen was unsurprised by this.
Boundary Breakers cultivate their Boundary Breaking cores based on the current world’s environnt.
Since that cube can materialize souls, it indicates that the essence of this world is related to souls.
Now, the ’corpse’ revived by Zheng Yichen didn’t seem to be the original person. This was the first ti Zheng Yichen encountered such a situation, although the individual associated has not disappeared, rely replaced by this ’Soul World’ overlaying reality.
This also explains how her strength rapidly increased.
"War brought excessive forbidden research, eventually giving birth to a catastrophe affecting everyone in the pursuit of strength."
The Living Corpse, with vacant eyes, described the state of the world.
Zheng Yichen waved a hand in front of her eyes, seeing no reaction, he didn’t linger and took her with him as he left. He was in a hurry to return, whatever needed discussing could be done on the way.
The Living Corpse continued narrating the past of this world as she was led away.
"The power stemming from souls was activated, enveloping everyone in a cloak of soul; this power made everyone extraordinary, leading to intensified conflict. The soul’s cloak beca a cage confining existence."
Lilith’s projection erged, watching the Living Corpse, she said: "My analysis shows soul solidification leads to body crystallization."
"...It is as such, soul solidification causes body crystallization, and thoughts also solidify."
"Just the body being too weak, right?" Tongyue remarked from the side.
This condition is unlikely to occur with them; from the information offered by this Living Corpse, people in this world typically had ordinary bodies but powerful souls.
The forbidden studies belonging to this world greatly stimulated their soul’s strength, causing physical abnormalities.
"One could think of it that way, but actually, it’s that the soul devoured the body." Over ti, the corpse forcibly revived by Zheng Yichen began to beco lively.
The connection between her and the world grew closer, yet aspects of the original person belonging to her started to beco active, even though she was still in a state of displacent, exhibiting the normal parts of the body’s original owner.
The speech no longer felt stiff and robotic.
Zheng Yichen glanced at the distant city, setting the Living Corpse down: "So what’s going on with this world then?"
"Since souls devour the flesh, create a world devoid of flesh; when disaster couldn’t be stopped, over 90% of living beings in the world solidified with their souls.
The remaining integrated these, creating a world belonging to souls, allowing deceased individuals to live anew in this world." At this point, the Living Corpse looked toward Zheng Yichen: "And you nearly destroyed this world."
"Ah... I’ve already made reparations, even offering this world a new future." Zheng Yichen remained unfazed.
Earlier, nothing unusual was detected in the wilderness, but upon reaching the city, he discerned changes in the world.
Initially upon arriving in this world, all creatures within the city exuded a presence of animated corpses.
Now, they all possessed ’vitality’, sothing absent before, yet now it appeared, surely stemming from sothing by his side?
He had brought in things foreign to this world, striving even to forcibly revive them, thereby adding new ’information’ to this world.
The Living Corpse girl straightforwardly remarked: "Thank you."
Zheng Yichen was noncommittal, shifting topics: "I’m curious, did this world have a future before?"
"Yes, it’s now a complete world, everything living anew here can continue onward, once all beings adapt to changes and return to reality, but that step couldn’t be reached before.
An outsider prior to you brought new possibilities to this world, yet it was a deception ending two worlds."
"That’s typical, the Boundary Breaking Organization excels in exploiting information gaps." The Living Corpse girl’s words didn’t surprise Zheng Yichen, it’s a common practice for Boundary Breakers.
They are certainly fond of worlds engaged in advanced research.
Exploiting such research, thereby gaining advantage by using what’s available.
Zheng Yichen turned his curiosity to the Living Corpse girl before him: "And you? What are you, the consciousness of all beings?"
"I am this Soul World."
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