this infinite world

"…Why do you know that name?"

As expected, Yang Yun's call alarmed the young people in the square.

However, contrary to expectations, the young man did not show any surprise or surprise at the sudden call. He just turned around slowly and looked at the people of the Zhongzhou team in the square with a blank look.

At this moment, Yang Yun clearly saw countless complex runes flashing across the depths of the young man's eyes, but the light of these runes was eventually drowned out by the thick confusion... and when he opened his mouth to respond, only a mechanical and monotonous voice came out.

At this moment, Yang Yun understood one thing: the man in front of him was not asking questions, nor was he responding to his call. Pei Jiao's aura should be "inclusive", that kind of atmosphere of embracing all rivers and being tolerant cannot be faked.

Whether it is an enemy or a friend, at least there is a vivid human nature, with emotional fluctuations and personality. But the current "Pei Jiao" does not have even a trace of human flavor. The whole person gives people a feeling of indifference and distance, as if there is an invisible membrane separating him from the world. He lacks the warmth and fluctuations unique to life, no emotional expression, no subtle changes in expression, just like a precisely designed machine, every action and response has been calculated and set...

Even the reply was dull, just like a computer that gave an answer according to a given logic after receiving a command, completely lacking a thinking process, more like a conditioned reflex, without any depth or emotion. At best, it can only be regarded as a simple reply program, just like a computer that automatically pops up the result of 1 after entering 1+2...

...So, is a lifeless being really still the so-called "Pei Jiao"?

——The answer is “yes”.

His name is Pei Jiao.

Strangely enough, when Yang Yun saw the man's face for the first time, he couldn't help but call out this name. It wasn't Odin, the great scientist of the Three-Eyed Clan, nor was it Fuxi, the emperor of men, nor was it the man who completely merged with Fuxi at the end of The Beginning of Death and could be called Pei Xi or Fu Jiao, but the protagonist of The Beginning of Death... Pei Jiao!
The protagonist of The Beginning of Death, the reincarnation of the Human Emperor Fuxi, a peerless hero who stepped forward when mankind was facing despair and turned the tide... A man named "Supporting Role", who ranked after the real protagonist of the Fifth Era, Gong Yeyu, and the protagonist of the negative universe, Yang Dingtian, but who does the things of a protagonist and acts like a protagonist!
"What's wrong, Yang Yun, do you know him?"

When Yang Yun's unexpected call broke the calm air, Zheng Zha, who was confused, immediately cast a puzzled look. However, facing this sudden situation, Zheng Zha did not ask too many questions, but directly asked the most critical question: "Is it an enemy or a friend?"

"In the conventional sense, they should be friendly, but..."

After that shout, Yang Yun quickly realized his own loss of composure and hurriedly calmed down his emotions that had suddenly become agitated for unknown reasons. Logically speaking, with Yang Yun's current cultivation and state of mind, even if the person in front of him was familiar, he shouldn't have shown such a surprised attitude, even if that person was Pei Jiao...

However, for some reason, when Yang Yun first saw the young man's face, he firmly determined that the other person was "Pei Jiao". This certainty seemed to be deeply rooted, as if there was no second possibility at all, which made him feel quite confused.

Was it a memory from the novel? Or was it an intuition triggered by something deeper and hard to explain? Yang Yun himself couldn't find the source of this feeling. It seemed to transcend logical and rational analysis. It was a cognition from deep in his heart, just like the sun rising in the east and setting in the west. It should be this way...

"This man named 'Pei Jiao' seems to be guarding the building behind." Yang Yun's sudden silence, coupled with the static posture of the man in front of him who seemed to be waiting for an answer, immediately made the atmosphere fall into a subtle tension. Zheng Zha, who had an extremely keen sense of smell, almost instantly felt the possible danger hidden behind this tense atmosphere.

"By the way, is this also part of the memory illusion?" Zheng Zha asked again through the mind link while keeping a posture ready to attack at any time, with a subtle sense of urgency: "His power seems to be real no matter how you look at it..."

"It's not just a memory illusion."

This time, Chu Xuan answered Zheng Zha's question. The wise man of the Zhongzhou team stared straight at Pei Jiao's eyes, which were lifeless and emotionless: "His current form of existence is just a shell formed by the light of the mind, similar to a higher-end application of the light of the mind, a very advanced way of using it...but what the 'essence' inside is, is still unknown."

Light of the soul?

Those who can feel the light of the soul and understand the light of the soul are the only ones who have differences in strength but not in superiority or inferiority, and who are also born from the original consciousness of human beings.

Listening to Chu Xuan's explanation, Zheng Zha first closed his eyes in disbelief and released the light of his soul. But when the light of "Heavenly Dragon" spread, Zheng Zha's expression instantly became solemn: "Wait, this is..."

In Zheng Zha's perception, the man in front of him could be described as unfathomable. Although he looked harmless and just stood there, waiting for everyone's answer, in Zheng Zha's perception, the other party was like the high and boundless sky, like the untouchable sky, like the eternal earth, like the mountain that stood here...

...Is such an existence just a so-called "shell"?

"...That's right."

Blinking his eyes, Yang Yun recovered from the strange feeling before and released his own spiritual light. As the shadow of Jianmu appeared behind him, Yang Yun instantly understood the meaning of Chu Xuan's words.

The "Pei Jiao" in front of him, although extremely powerful, did not give him the same experience as Emperor Fuxi in The Legend of Sword and Fairy. It was more like an unconscious spreading... If he really had to say it, it was probably a lingering echo that followed the causal relationship between the main body and the memory and was transmitted here. Even the Xuanhuang Mountain, which seemed to be excessively huge, was actually just a projection of a more distant mountain.

——But, why……

Why is it "Pei Jiao" who appears here? (End of this chapter)