From the end of the world

Chapter 235 Weird Coincidence 1
In mythology, the King of Hell is the god of the underworld, responsible for managing the order of life and death. "Resurrection from the dead" is undoubtedly a phenomenon that violates the order of life and death. If there really is a divine being who manages death in this world, it is very likely that they will not sit idly by and watch "resurrectees" like Ma Zao.

In the memories attached to Yin Yue's "illusion", Luo Shan seems to have originated from a place called "Naraku". Naraku - in Buddhism, this is another name for hell. It seems to be saying that at a certain time in history, Luo Shan really existed in the world after death. Combined with the titles such as Wu Chang, You Xun, Gui Zu (the old name for agents), and the name of the organization Luo Shan itself, Luo Shan has so many underworld colors that it is impossible not to think too much.

Just as Xuan Ming is probably really the fire god Yanbo in mythology and the legendary ancestor of the Shang Dynasty, this Chakravartin is also likely to be the Chakravartin in mythology and legend.

The information that the Zhu family gave me included some brief introductions to the eight Great Impermanences, but there was almost no introduction to the Wheel King. In Luoshan, the Wheel King was considered the most mysterious Great Impermanence, and he rarely showed up in public, so that a few demon hunters doubted whether this Great Impermanence really existed; but there were also many demon hunters who believed that he really had the power to "control the cycle of life and death", and there were also many believers.

Could this Great Impermanence be the mastermind behind the attack on Ma Zao by instructing the Divine Spear? Was he going to kill Ma Zao because he violated the order of the cycle of life and death?
Lu Youxun said that if Ma had been sent to the mastermind earlier, the only outcome would have been death, which seems to verify the above idea. If the followers of the Wheel King were asked to speculate, they might also come up with similar opinions.

In addition, the black rope lock heart ring that Lu Youxun gave me seems to be a prop related to the belief in the Ten Kings of Hell. The "black rope" in it refers to the Black Rope Hell, which may be related to the Wheel King. If you must find fault, it is that the person in charge of the Black Rope Hell is not the Wheel King, but the Emperor of Song.

Besides, Luoshan itself is a synonym for the underworld. Even if Lu Youxun has the Ten Kings of Hell's faith props in his hands, it is not enough to prove that he is a subordinate of the Wheel King...

Unconsciously, I seem to have become a bit obsessed. Maybe I am too obsessed with the King of Hell, and he is obviously not the only suspect. But for some reason, I always feel that the name "King of Hell" inexplicably attracts my attention. Is it because he is the only one who bears the title of King of Hell?
Speaking of names that don't fit in, I think the one called "Liu Shuying" is no less impressive. Among all those names that don't look like human names, only his is a formal name with a surname.

I will temporarily withdraw my attention from this and regain an objective and neutral perspective. The Chakravartin may not be the enemy, but whether he is or not, my determination will not be shaken in the slightest.

Even if the enemy is the real King of Hell, he can never take Ma Zao from me.
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Ma Zao seemed to be tired from using the power of blessing for a long time, so he went to sleep in the second half of the night. I didn't sleep all night, concentrating on investigating the Fufeng base and practicing my own strength.

Let’s talk about the Fufeng base first. Although we didn’t see many other people on the road when Fufeng brought us to the residential area, after a comprehensive investigation using "Firefly", we found that there are actually quite a few people in this base.

Most people were in the work area and training area, with a 50-50 ratio of demon hunters to agents, and some were in the cafeteria and living area. In addition, just like the Humanitarian Department's secret base, many areas of the Fufeng base were also set up with anti-detection barriers, and some "fireflies" were directly destroyed after approaching. I don't know if there is any detailed identification mechanism, although the "fireflies" were destroyed, they did not trigger alarms or anything like that.

By the way, Fufeng may have wanted to help us avoid being seen, so he deliberately avoided the base members when leading us. Judging from the fact that he came in person to pick us up, he may be the only one in this Luoshan branch base who knows the true identity of Ma Zao and me, and now there is at most one more person, Dong Che.

However, there was probably no way to hide us from others all the time, so Fu Feng arranged our superficial identities the next morning.

Ma Zao and I are nominally the hegemonist demon hunters who are temporarily staying at the Fufeng base due to mission requirements. We have the same position as Dong Che, but the latter is probably closer to being under house arrest. Fufeng obviously wants to continue to win me over to the hegemonist side, but fortunately he doesn't seem to be in a hurry now, but wants to influence me subtly. In this respect, he is very similar to Lu Youxun.

According to my observation, although this is the newly established Luoshan branch base to house the fragments of the Divine Seal, there should be only a very small number of people who truly know about the existence of the fragments of the Divine Seal. It may even be the same as the existence of Ma Zao and me, only Fufeng himself knows about it.

Next, let me talk about the issue of me practicing my own strength.

Although I have practiced my strength in the past, I now feel a sense of necessity. Not only because I will be the enemy of the Great Impermanence, but even if I leave this aside, I have already felt the serious lack of my skills from the battles with other Great Perfection Ranks.

Or rather, I should have realized it... It seems that I am often hit head-on by the enemy's attacks. This may be because I think my defense is much stronger than that of ordinary demon hunters. Both Chenlong and Yinyue are much better than me in combat experience and skills. It is difficult for my attacks to hit them; on the contrary, they can hit me as long as they want.

In many fictional battle stories I've seen before, characters with super-fast regeneration abilities are always beaten up, while characters with immortality abilities are often fatally wounded. Perhaps the biggest reason for this is that the creators want to create that kind of situation to reflect the regeneration and immortality of the characters; without considering this, and only looking at it from the perspective of "people who actually have this ability", it is indeed easy to have a contemptuous mentality of "I won't really die anyway, so what if I get hit?"

This is the mentality I must be vigilant about. The attack power of the enemies that appear in the future will probably no longer be at a level that I can take care of with such a casual mentality. It's okay to be hit by the "must hit, must penetrate" attack of the magic gun, but I must at least learn to avoid those attacks that don't have special hit rate bonus effects.

It would definitely not be convenient for me to practice dodging and evading techniques indoors, so I decided to focus on developing my superpowers first.

I certainly couldn't develop any new skills all of a sudden, so I was mainly exploring the special properties of fire power in other aspects. For example, when I was doing mental synchronization with Lu Youxun and the young girl Lu Chan in the past, they had more or less expressed that if there was any malice during the mental synchronization, they would be backfired by my fire power.

Yes, not only will they be hurt if I have ill will towards them, but they will also be hurt if they have ill will towards me. This special property is a little bit concerning to me. Generally speaking, as long as I don't have that intention, the flame will not harm the target that comes into contact with me. However, in the process of mental synchronization, the nature of the flame will actually change according to the other party's intention.

It is said that in the witch trials in medieval Europe, witches were put on the stake and told that if they had no evil intentions, they would not be burned to death by the flames. This practice was both torture and trial. Of course, this is a superstition, a kind of bandit logic, but my flames seem to really have a similar trial function.

Even if they are not "people I consider as my enemies", but simply "people who consider me as my enemy", they may be burned by the flames. Perhaps it is because they put themselves in an opposing relationship with me, so my flames will present an opposing posture in their minds - the subjective spiritual attributes of my flames are reflected in strange places.

This property may only affect "targets that interfere with my mind" before, but if I want, I should be able to use it on ordinary targets. If used well, it may become a malicious detector. In the future, if I want to know whether someone has evil intentions, I can burn them with flames first.

Maybe I can try Fufeng and Dongche first - no, forget it. I won't be able to master this skill for a while. Just like what Lu Youxun said in the past, even close friends may have subtle malice in their hearts that they are not aware of. I must first find a way to set a threshold for the expected malice that triggers the fire counterattack.

Near noon, Fu Feng came to our room again and said he wanted to take us around the base.

"You may have to live here for a while, so at least you should get familiar with where things are," he said.

I don't think he was unaware of my use of Firefly to wander around the base, he probably just wanted to create an opportunity to talk to me. If he really just left Ma Zao and I to stay in the base and eat and sleep, how could he win me over to join the hegemony?

This was his territory after all, and I wasn't so low in EQ that I would refuse even this basic invitation, so I followed him out the door. Ma Zao naturally followed, staying close to me.

We had not walked far when the winter car appeared on our way as if it had predicted the future.

(End of this chapter)