Hunter: I became stronger even after I died.

Chapter 274 Hisoka is getting anxious again
The deathly aura at the entrance to the ruins, despite its aggressive stance that warned the living to stay away, was essentially defensive in nature.

Even if the aura of a deceased Nen is very strong and powerful, it usually does not pose a substantial threat to the Nen user, as it mainly exerts a "solidifying effect".

In contrast, this wisp of death that suddenly emerged from the living dead and immediately lunged at Morrow and King was quite different.

In terms of intensity and quantity of death energy, although it is far less than the death energy at the entrance of the ruins, it possesses an extremely strong desire to attack.

Adding to the eerie and unknown phenomenon of the living dead hanging all over the top of the underground palace, no one can be sure whether this aggressive spirit of the dead harbors some kind of special ability mechanism.

It should be noted that this site is at least a thousand years old.

This means that the people on the top of the underground palace have actually lived for over a thousand years.

Considering these potential risks, Moro still took the initiative to absorb the thought of death.

Jin anticipated the deathly thought that Moro had not yet purified the entrance to the ruins, so when the thought of death came, his first reaction was to block it for Moro.

Unexpectedly, Moro still had the power to transfer this thought after death into his body.

Jin glanced at Moro's retreating figure, a strange look flashing in his eyes, and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

Moro did not answer, remaining frozen in place like a statue.

because……

At this moment, his mind was forcibly filled with a massive amount of blurry memories.

These memories, like emotional vessels of post-mortem thoughts, harbor an extreme resentment, and are launching an attack on Moro's mind.

Jin noticed Moro's unusual behavior, his expression changed slightly, and he flashed to Moro's side.

Immediately, Moro closed his eyes tightly, his brows furrowed deeply, and fine beads of cold sweat seeped from his body. The Nen energy surrounding his body was also showing extremely unstable fluctuations.

"It seems we were indeed 'overloaded' after all."

Jin looked at Moro with considerable worry.

In this situation, he couldn't intervene and could only wait and see.

But two or three seconds later...
Moro suddenly opened his eyes, exhaled a long breath, and then a look of doubt appeared in his eyes.

Just now, countless blurry images rushed into my head, only to vanish in an instant, as if they had never existed.

This was the first time Moro had encountered such a situation.

Based on his understanding of thoughts after death, although not all thoughts after death come with memory information, even if such thoughts carried memories from life, there shouldn't be so many normally.

It should be more fragmented and scattered.

But the amount of information in that instant was like a revolving lantern display of someone's incredibly detailed life.

Despite being blurry, the number is staggering.

This is precisely what puzzled Moro.

"Moro, how are you?"

Seeing that Moro was recovering quickly, Jin asked again with concern.

"It's nothing serious."

Moro raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and said calmly, "It's just that my head has been stuffed with a lot of memories, but these memories will dissipate quickly and won't have much of an impact."

In fact, the memory information he receives after removing the powerful thoughts of death will be accepted by his consciousness.

However, he is able to seal these memories away, so normally, as long as his will is strong enough, they will not have any impact on him.

But this experience was strange, allowing him to vaguely glimpse some details of the scene above him.

"It's okay."

Upon hearing this, Jin breathed a sigh of relief, then asked curiously, "Is receiving the memory information of the dead Nen a limitation on your Nen removal ability?"

"Yes, to be precise, it's one of the constraints."

Moro did not hide anything and explained, "There is another limitation: my ability can only remove the thoughts of the dead."

Tree rings can only absorb thoughts of the dead.

This is a good opportunity to explain, so I don't have to ask him to get rid of my negative thoughts later.

"I see."

Jin nodded thoughtfully; no wonder the process of transferring thoughts after death was so easy.

However, based on the circumstances of Morrow's transfer of death thoughts, he quickly realized the difference between the death thoughts at the entrance of the ruins and the death thoughts of these human bodies.

But he couldn't ask any more questions.

After all, in the profession of exorcist, there has always been an unspoken rule of not revealing the exorcism process to outsiders, let alone the underlying logic and operating mechanism of exorcism abilities.

To be honest, Moro's willingness to reveal this information to him has overturned his understanding of the traditional practices of exorcists.

This includes making him willing to reveal his full abilities without hesitation in order to become his sparring partner.

All these signs undoubtedly demonstrate Moro's trust in him.

However, based on his previous observations, he thought that Moreau was meticulous and not the type to easily trust others.

Thinking of this, Jin felt that he could not let Moro down and had to do his best in the subsequent training program.

As for Moreau's character, he had already made his judgment.

Putting everything else aside, the fact that he can gain the trust of people like Kurapika and Menchi is enough to prove Moro's character.

If you make the wrong judgment, you can only blame yourself for misjudging the situation.

Moro had no idea that Jin had thought of so many things in just a breath. He looked up at the many undead above him, pondering the massive amount of vague memory information he had just received.

In his view, when absorbing these thoughts of the dead, no matter how much memory information the consciousness receives, as long as this memory information disappears on its own, there will be no resistance or impact.

Therefore, it's only a matter of time before we can capture the energy of these annual rings.

Moro wasn't in a hurry; instead, he thought about the additional value of these things.

His starlight condensation allows him to accurately read the target's information, but as the number of targets within his range increases dramatically, the resulting massive amount of action information places a huge burden on his brain.

This is the pledge and constraint of ability, with no room for adjustment.

However, those with special abilities can usually overcome or further utilize the effects of these limitations through specific training methods.

However, due to the unique nature of starlight condensation, it directly targets the brain's information processing ability, making it difficult to find targeted training methods.

But what he had just experienced made Moro realize a possibility.

The intense impact of those hazy memories, though painful, lasts only a few seconds.

As long as there is no risk, it seems that this can be used to train the brain's ability to process and receive information.

If one can repeatedly experience similar stimuli, one may gradually improve their ability to adapt to this information overload.

In the end, even if the weakness of starlight condensation cannot be completely overcome, it can at least be improved.

Moro pondered the feasibility of this idea, while also becoming curious about the thought of death he had just heard.

How exactly is such a vast amount of vague memory information formed?

Could it really be related to Pap, the human-breeding beast?

Based on his understanding of Pap's abilities, this creature should be able to extract life energy by dominating humans, but at the same time, it will give the dominated people illusory dreams as compensation.

Just like the memories that humans create when they dream.

Even if a dream is unreal, as long as the person remembers it, it will become part of their memory.

If Papp is constantly weaving beautiful dreams for humans while manipulating them, and the dominated individuals then store these dreams as real memories...

Theoretically, this would create a vast amount of memory information. And the human figures on the ceiling of the underground palace still exhibit faint signs of life; it wouldn't be wrong to say they've lived for over a thousand years.

If the plant roots that wrap around a human's head possess abilities similar to those of the human-breeding beast Pap, then it is indeed possible that a large number of false memories could be created over such a long period of time.

As for why thoughts about the afterlife arise...

Could it be that I was awakened from a thousand-year-old dream?

Furthermore, because the intensity of the post-mortem thought that is born is too weak, the large amount of memory information it carries becomes blurry and only lasts for a few seconds.

It's possible, but we can only say that it's a possibility.

As Moro finished his thoughts, he noticed Jin's curious gaze.

Seeing that Moro had come to his senses, Jin asked curiously, "What were you thinking about just now? You were so engrossed in your thoughts that you didn't even respond when I called you."

"I am contemplating the vast amount of memory information carried by that thought after death."

Moro rested his chin on his head and explained, "Under normal circumstances, such a weak sense of death shouldn't produce this phenomenon, so I speculate that those plant root-like things might have hallucinogenic properties, or..."

Moro paused for a moment at this point.

"or?"

Jin asked with great interest.

Moro calmly said, "Or possessing abilities similar to the human-breeding beast Pap."

"Is happiness an equal exchange for life...?"

A glint appeared in Jin's eyes as he understood what Moro meant, and he agreed, "If it's used to explain the source of those memory information, this hypothesis is indeed very convincing."

As he spoke, his gaze turned to the palace, which was filled with the aura of death. "Although the manifestation of the ability is different from that of the human-breeding beast Pap, as you said, these roots may indeed possess similar essential abilities."

"Ah."

Moro nodded upon hearing this.

Jin didn't speak again, but pondered for a moment, then suddenly looked up and stared directly at Moro: "Are you confident you can completely eliminate them?"

His tone was unusually serious.

Whether it's the unknown thoughts of the afterlife emanating from the palace, or the large number of thoughts of the afterlife that these human bodies might generate, they all pose a potential threat to the team's excavation work and even to human society.

Therefore, rather than figuring out the details of these abilities, Jin is more concerned with whether he can completely eliminate the potential threat.

"No problem at all, just give me some time."

When asked by Kim, Moro gave an affirmative answer.

Upon seeing this, Jin smiled.

"They are so reliable."

He said with a slight sigh.

The excavation of the ruins had to be temporarily suspended due to the presence of plant roots and a large number of undead.

However, the excavation team was able to conduct preliminary research on the circular stone gate at the entrance of the ruins and the main passage leading to the underground palace, which somewhat alleviated the team's anxiety.

Taking advantage of the break, Moro returned to the surface and explained his decision to stay with the excavation team to Menchi and Kurapika.

He made no attempt to hide anything and directly revealed his agreement with Kim to undergo special training.

Upon learning that Moro had stayed behind to train, Kurapika pondered for a moment and then made his own decision: "In that case, I also want to stay."

"sure?"

Moro looked at Kurapika, but there was no need to ask; he could already see the determination in Kurapika's eyes.

Without a doubt, Kurapika gave an affirmative answer.

Moro nodded slightly and said, "Then stay and help out. But there's one thing: if Jin offers to pay you, you must refuse."

"I hadn't thought about that."

Kurapika shook his head.

He chose to stay mainly because he wanted to take this opportunity to train and become stronger with Moro.

Moro gave a meaningful smile: "That's not what I meant."

"Ok?"

A hint of doubt flashed in Kurapika's eyes.

Moro said meaningfully, "Don't underestimate the intelligence channels controlled by the world's five greatest Nen users."

"..."

Kurapika was incredibly clever; he immediately understood Moro's meaning.

This was to allow him to make good use of this opportunity and then use Kim's intelligence channels to investigate the whereabouts of his compatriots' eyes.

Thinking about this, Kurapika actually felt a sense of anticipation.

Seeing that Kurapika had decided to stay with Ging's team, Menchi hesitated.

But her hesitation quickly disappeared.

After learning that she was a gourmet hunter, Jin used his wealth and connections to bring in many rare ingredients, hoping that Menchi would cook a banquet to celebrate the opening of the ruins entrance.

Taking this opportunity, Moro suggested that Menchi turn these ingredients into a medicinal dish.

On the one hand, it can bring out the value of rare ingredients, and on the other hand, it lets Jin know that Menqi knows about medicinal cuisine.

then--

After learning about this, Jin, considering the difficulty of the excavation, extended an invitation to Menqi.

Menchi agreed because she knew Jin could get rare ingredients anytime.

As for Moro, who orchestrated this whole thing, he was already secretly laughing to himself.

After all, medicinal cuisine used to enhance physical fitness is simply too expensive.

Now that I can get it for free for a long time, how can I not be happy?
With the matter settled, Morro, Kurapika, and Menchi all became members of the excavation team.

A few days later, Moreau officially began clearing the undead from the ceiling of the underground palace.

Perhaps, just as he initially speculated, the thousand-year dream of these living dead was shattered, and so they all left behind their thoughts about what would happen after death.

Although each death thought provides very little energy from the annual rings, he can use it as an adaptive training ground for the condensation of starlight.

Furthermore, he tallied the number of the living dead and concluded that if all of them left behind their thoughts of death, they could bring at least 10% of the annual ring energy.

The only downside is that the process of the brain receiving a massive flood of memories is quite painful.

Time passes slowly.

End of December.

A man named Hisoka signed up for the Hunter Exam.

As for why...

A man named Moro has gone missing.

Hisoka was getting anxious because he couldn't find Moro.

Then I remembered that Moro had mentioned wanting to get a hunter's license.

So Hisoka, who was both anxious and thirsty, decided to try his luck at the Hunter Exams.

(End of this chapter)