Chapter 808: Choice
Some people are alive, but they are already dead.
Some people are dead, but they can live forever.
These two sentences are probably the true portrayal of Lu Shen's current situation.
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If you choose to stay in the world woven by Dickens.
Lu Shen in the real world is naturally completely dead.
But in this world, Lu Shen can live forever with his family, relatives and friends.
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And if you leave this world.
Although Lu Shen is alive in the real world, he has lost everything.
When Lu Shen can't even remember himself, what is the difference between him and death?
Facing Dickens' soul-searching, Lu Shen, who had just woken up, fell into entanglement and confusion again.
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"Lu Shen, people don't have many opportunities to decide their own destiny in this life."
"But now, I give you the opportunity to decide your own destiny."
"With Mr. Lu's intelligence, he should have known that he had become a pawn in the hands of others."
"But after all, you know very little about the extraordinary world, and it is probably difficult for you to understand your current state."
"As an old friend who has been with you for so long, I will give you another chance to know the truth."
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Although I hope Lu Shen will choose to stay here forever.
But Dickens is not in a hurry, nor will he force him, but will present facts and reason to Lu Shen.
Because he knows very well that only if Lu Shen makes a decision voluntarily, his plan can be perfectly successful.
What Dickens has to do now is to let Lu Shen know "how cruel and hopeless the real world is."
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"Teacher Lu, allow me to introduce myself again."
"I am Dickens, a follower of Chen Qi, the Viscount of Tongtian Empire, who is the true disciple of Tianwu Spell Academy!"
"Teacher Lu should be very clear about the value of the latter."
"As for the former, Teacher Lu only needs to know that Tianwu Spell Academy is the leader of the other world and one of the ten overlords."
Dickens introduced it calmly, and Lu Shen was indeed shocked.
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Ordinary people may not know the other world, but they will definitely know the Tongtian Empire.
After all, it was once the number one country in the human world.
The real viscount of that empire is definitely a big man who only exists in legends.
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"I have read Mr. Lu's biography."
"Although Mr. Lu concealed a lot of things, it is not difficult for us to find out everything."
"The turning point of Mr. Lu's life should be that he met a group of very strange guys and signed a soul contract with them."
"Then Mr. Lu traveled to Ansa City for the first time."
"What I want to tell you now is that the soul contract is effective."
"And those guys who signed the contract with you are not human beings at all, but the Skull and Bones Society."
Dickens knew everything about Lu Shen's past, and then introduced the Skull and Bones Society in detail.
Dickens did not say too many bad things about the Skull and Bones Society, but listed a few sensational tragedies in the past hundred years, which was enough for Lu Shen to understand what the Skull and Bones Society was.
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"In short, Mr. Lu, you have lost your memory."
"It is because your soul power is being stolen and you are being covered."
"Now you are only one step away from being completely replaced."
"According to my calculations, even if you don't commit suicide to restart."
"As long as you stay in Ansa City for a long time, you will gradually lose yourself."
"So even if you leave here, Mr. Lu, even if you kill me out of Ansa City, everything you have lost cannot be recovered."
"You are destined to be replaced."
Dickens began to "sympathize" with Lu Shen as he spoke.
How can pie fall from the sky?
Everything Lu Shen has lost now is paying for his previous brilliant life.
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"Dickens, although I have no evidence, I know you didn't lie to me this time."
"So this is the price of selling your soul!"
"Thank you so much for not making me a fool!"
At first, Lu Shen was shocked and angry when he heard Dickens' revelations.
But gradually, he calmed down.
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Because Lu Shen's instinct told him that what Dickens said was true.
He had even realized this a long time ago, but he just didn't face the cruel truth.
But now, he had to face it.
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"Dickens, do I really have no third way to go?"
"I can cooperate with you, as long as you can save my life!"
Lu Shen's eyes lingered on Qingqing for a long time, but he was unwilling in the end.
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He, who knew the truth, certainly didn't want to deceive himself and live in such an illusory world forever.
But being replaced by others in the real world was something he couldn't accept.
So he placed his hope on Dickens and the imperial viscount behind him.
Maybe there will be a miracle?
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However, Dickens shook his head firmly.
"Lu Shen, it's impossible!"
"From the moment you signed the soul contract, you were destined to be a pawn."
"Either you will be replaced by someone else, or we will kill you in advance."
"There is no third way."
"How can all the good things in this world fall on you?"
Dickens cruelly broke all Lu Shen's luck and made him face reality.
This time, Lu Shen finally couldn't hold himself any longer.
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"No, I won't give in!"
"I am an idol in the hearts of the world. I am a man called the God of Comics."
"The word failure should not exist in my life."
"The plot shouldn't be like this. It should be me [the fisherman gets the benefit] and reaches the pinnacle of life."
"How can reality be so [unreasonable]? I am the protagonist of the world."
Lu Shen, who had always maintained his composure, completely lost his guard.
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Perhaps it's due to its stellar past success.
Or maybe it’s because I have been engaged in creation for a long time.
Lu Shen developed a self-centered attitude early on and firmly believed that he was the protagonist on the world stage.
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Traveling to Angsa City has been regarded by Lu Shen as a [new starting point] for the next step in his life.
He has completed his leveling in the human world, so of course he needs to change to a new map and enter the extraordinary world.
But now, the cruel reality told Lu Shen.
Not only is he not the protagonist, he is not even a supporting character.
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He is just a passer-by, and he is the one who is about to make his final call.
It's strange that Lu Shen could accept such a huge gap calmly.
However, as Dickens said, Lu Shen had no third choice at all.
As for "The fisherman gets a profit", that's even more of a joke.
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How could he, a mere ignorant mortal, fight against the old foxes in the other world?
He's less sinister than Skull and Bones.
Compared to his age, he is not as good as [Superman].
As for luck, can he surpass the Imperial Viscount?
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"Lu Shen, you should feel honored."
"Because you met us and met the great Imperial Viscount."
"Otherwise you wouldn't even have a chance to make a choice now."
"So, Teacher Lu, how do you choose?"
Seeing Lu Shen's defense completely broken, Dickens felt that the heat was enough.
Only complete despair and cut off all luck.
Lu Jincai was able to embrace the "false world", choose to sink into it, and turn it into reality.
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And Lu Shen's reaction was just as Dickens expected.
He looked around the world around him greedily, and finally fixed his gaze on Qingqing.
After much hesitation, Lu Shen finally gritted his teeth and made a decision.
"I choose……"
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The moment Lu Shen made his decision, he froze.
Lu Shen's final decision may have been made.
But at the moment of exit, it was frozen and was not transmitted to Dickens's perception.
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But it wasn't just Lu Shen who was frozen.
On the contrary, with Lu Shen as the center, a force was spreading.
Everything is freezing in its path.
Even Dickens did not escape it.
However, in the moment of being frozen, Dickens saw through the origin of that power.
Lu Shen was "occupied", and someone became anxious and chose to end it personally.
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"Lord, I still failed to complete the task you assigned me!"
These were Dickens' last thoughts before he was completely frozen.
This freezing force seemed to originate from Lu Shen.
It seems to only happen in the world woven by Dickens.
However, the truth is that the entire city of Angsa was frozen.
Or rather stagnant.
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The battle between Lu Shen and Dickens was about to decide the winner.
Suspended!
This is very breaking the rules.
And the one who can do such a thing can only be the real mastermind behind Angsa City, [Superman].
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"Hey, I knew it would be like this."
"How can there be fairness in competing on other people's territory?"
"There are few people in the world who value fairness and justice like this Viscount."
At the Nantian Gate, Chen Qi, who had been paying attention to "The Legend of Purgatory Ghoul" throughout the entire process, let out a sigh.
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Although the other party broke the rules and used dirty tricks.
But it is really inconvenient for Chen Qi to take action here. After all, the entire spiritual dimension has been turned into a mess.
Chen Qi received a new task here and fully monitored the [Reincarnation Realm].
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[Reincarnation World] is the world where the spiritual dimension suddenly shines with golden light when the demons collapse.
And it itself is naturally a golden spiritual world.
In the spiritual dimension, there are billions of spiritual worlds.
But the number of golden spiritual worlds is actually not that many.
After all, what is needed to achieve the golden spiritual world is enduring heat.
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This is enduring, with a time span of at least more than 3,000 years.
It has turned into a certain custom and cultural phenomenon, and is extremely closely integrated with human civilization.
And even in the golden spiritual world, the [Reincarnation Realm] is an extremely special one.
Because it is related to the myths and legends about "reincarnation" in the human world.
Its existence time is far beyond imagination, probably tens of thousands of years.
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Just as the demon was collapsing, the Demon-Slaying Alliance was planning to launch a major counterattack against the demon.
Unexpectedly, the [Reincarnation Realm] suddenly burst into golden light, directly illuminating tens of millions of spiritual worlds.
With such a change, it's hard not to think of the cruel words Xu Huan had spoken before.
They will "attack" a certain golden spiritual world.
Could it be that the illusions not only did it so boldly, but also chose the extremely special golden spiritual world of [Reincarnation Realm]?
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But how is this possible?
Even if the illusions really intended to attack [Reincarnation Realm], it would not be so sudden.
It is impossible for humans not to receive the news in advance.
Otherwise, wouldn't those traitors be just eating dry food?
With Bros's current "admiration" for Chen Qi, if the illusions joined forces to attack the golden spiritual world.
It is impossible for it not to report to Chen Qi.
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But the violent reaction of [Reincarnation Realm] must have happened.
And the timing is so coincidental.
It is definitely related to illusions.
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The moment the [Reincarnation Realm] changed, Chen Qi received the order.
Let him observe how many illusions are besieging there.
Obviously, the Demon Slayer League also made the same judgment.
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However, the strange thing is that when the golden light converged, Chen Qi did not see a single illusion around the golden star.
Subconsciously, Chen Qi could not help but wonder if his eyesight had deteriorated.
How could there not be a single illusion?
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But even if Chen Qi retracted his eyes that were looking at the boundary between reality and illusion, and stared at the [Reincarnation Realm] with both eyes,
he still did not see any illusion.
Chen Qi was very confident that with his own eyesight and his understanding of illusions.
If the illusions gathered on a large scale, it would be impossible not to find them.
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The current situation can only mean that there are no illusions outside the [Reincarnation Realm].
But this is too strange!
Where did the illusions go?
Could it be that they entered the [Reincarnation Realm]?
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But how is this possible?
If there were only one or two, they might be able to quietly break into the golden spiritual world.
But once the number increases, this is absolutely impossible.
After all, the golden spiritual world has already given birth to world consciousness, and its reaction speed and defense are not comparable to those of the silver-white spiritual world.
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As for one or two illusions breaking into the [Reincarnation Realm], they are really going to die.
The terrifying golden spiritual world can easily kill them.
Although he was puzzled, Chen Qi still reported his observation results.
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Let the Demon Slayer League investigate this annoying matter.
Even if there is an illusion that breaks into the golden spiritual world.
With Chen Qi's eyesight, he can't see it at all.
Because the golden spiritual world will instinctively resist Chen Qi's observation, Chen Qi can only see a golden light.
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Although there was an abnormality in the [Reincarnation Realm].
But the human counterattack against the demons was only paused for a while.
After Chen Qi's observation report was uploaded, the paused counterattack continued.
The demons were directly beaten to pieces.
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But this situation did not last too long.
Suddenly, many teams that were chasing the demons received new orders.
This order was very strange, and it was to "suppress" the spiritual worlds one by one.
To be more precise, it was to suppress the spiritual worlds that were shrouded by the golden light of the Samsara Realm.
There seemed to be problems inside those spiritual worlds, and they actually started to "fight internally".
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The "withdrawal" of a large number of chasing teams immediately gave the demons a chance to breathe.
Although they were still fleeing in a panic, they were no longer desperate.
It can be said that the human plan to take advantage of this counterattack to cut off the two kidneys of the demons was destined to fail.
At most, they could cut off one.
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The chasing team was withdrawn, and Chen Qi was not idle either.
He received a new task to closely monitor the every move of the [Samsara Realm].
No matter what kind of existence it is, all entry and exit of the [Samsara Realm] must be recorded.
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"Junior, I'm afraid something big is going to happen this time!"
"That's the [Reincarnation Realm]!"
Gu Yunqing, who had been busy at the other door, finally took the time to express his inner shock.
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The extraordinary people have always regarded "reincarnation" as a joke.
This legend was made up by an ancient sect to deceive ordinary people.
Moreover, reincarnation itself has a long history and has been circulated in many intelligent civilizations.
The theory of that ancient sect was "plagiarized", no, it was borrowed from some intelligent races.
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The extraordinary people can treat the theory of "reincarnation" as a joke.
But the golden spiritual world born from this legend cannot be underestimated.
After all, it can already have an impact on the real world.
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"Senior, there are tall people to hold up the sky if it falls."
"According to my observation, there may be problems in the reincarnation world."
"We can't intervene in such matters, just be worthy of our salary."
Chen Qi is so busy now that he doesn't want to meddle at all.
Actually, Chen Qi had come into contact with the [Reincarnation Realm] before.
But it was not in the spiritual dimension, but in the Ascension Island.
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When he was in the Ascension Island, Chen Qi had a conflict with Yun Ze of the Reincarnation Path.
The latter used the Eye of Reincarnation to directly trap Chen Qi's consciousness in the [Reincarnation Realm].
Now thinking about it, what Yun Ze triggered at that time might be the power of the [Reincarnation Realm] in the spiritual dimension.
The golden spiritual world is already able to have an impact on the real world.
It is reasonable that the Tao of Reincarnation can take advantage of this.
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To be honest, Chen Qi is quite interested in [Reincarnation Realm].
After all, it is not only a golden world, but also means "reincarnation".
This is all new knowledge.
However, Chen Qi still has a big trouble that is no less than that of the golden spiritual world to be solved.
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The real world was frozen at the moment Angsa City was frozen.
Chen Qi also took action.
Chen Qi just found it inconvenient to take action at Nantianmen.
But in the real world, he has long been prepared for his opponents to "not follow martial ethics".
Since the opponent has suspended the game, don't blame the Imperial Viscount for stabbing someone in the back.
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"Completeness 45%."
"Hey, after raising you for so long, you must not let your guard down at a critical moment."
In the spacecraft laboratory, Chen Qi once again took out the golden immortal cells.
At this time, the immortal cells have solidified into the appearance of the blood-winged golden cicada.
This is the extraordinary golden bloodline in the immortal cells, which is becoming more and more complete.
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"This is the pen that Teacher Lu used in his last creation!"
"Here, eat it."
“Help our teacher Lu’s life come to a successful end.”
"As a mortal, he would have lived his life in vain if he could die under the curse of extraordinary golden blood!"
Chen Qi casually stuffed a paintbrush into the mouth of the Blood-winged Cicada.
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The activation of the Extraordinary Golden Bloodline [Death Curse] requires the possessions of the cursed person.
After its completeness reached 45%, this time span has been enlarged to 45 years.
The paintbrush Chen Qi asked to get from Lu Shen had only been away from Lu Shen for a few months, so it was completely suitable.