As soon as the Human Emperor Banner came out, I became the Lord of the Old Ones
Chapter 17: Remnant Soul, Seal
Chapter 17: Remnant Soul, Seal
The strange tree hissed and its fungal blanket shattered into pieces.
A human figure, peeled from the tree trunk.
At first glance, it looked like a highly decomposed corpse.
The fungal mat covering its entire body and the vines hanging from the branches, inserting into its spine and wrapping around its limbs give it the mobility of a puppet.
Mycelium emerged from the empty eye sockets and nostrils, dancing weirdly and pulling out a creepy smile.
Someone pointed a scanner at this thing, and it made a "beep...beep..." sound with long intervals between beeps.
An experienced investigator knew without even looking down at the data that this thing's spiritual pressure wasn't high and wasn't too difficult to deal with.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief again.
Greed completely overwhelms vigilance.
Xu Yan narrowed his eyes.
He saw the fragments of the corpse driver's gray robe from under the sickeningly bright fungal blanket.
You can still faintly hear the sound of "ding-ling, ding-ling", the sound of the soul-chasing bell.
His mind raced, and he pretended to be startled. He took two steps back, tripped over a tree root, and fell to the ground.
The investigators scoffed.
Newcomers are newcomers after all. No matter how well they perform in training, they will be exposed when the real thing starts.
Experienced and senior investigators all know that in the Land of Echoes, the hideous-looking undead spirits such as corpses, zombies, and zombies are the lowest level of existence.
Only those who look harmless, behave normally, and act like living people are worthy of vigilance or even fear.
"It's just a fungus corpse."
Goli frowned slightly, "Thunderbolt, take it!"
The investigator codenamed "Pili" stepped forward.
A high-powered spirit capture device, like a shoulder-mounted camera, was turned on, making a buzzing sound.
The cover of the upper card box was opened, and a blank card with a bronze luster was inserted.
On the left LCD screen, three apertures with crosshairs moved rapidly, quickly bringing the fungus corpse to the center of the aperture and locking it firmly.
The numbers on the LCD screen kept jumping, but they were always flashing a dazzling red light.
"Strange, the spiritual pressure is obviously not high, why can't it be sealed?"
Pili was confused, thinking that the sealing array on the card and the locking array on the soul-catching instrument were not in good contact.
He slapped it hard a few times, but it was no use.
"Thor!"
Goli didn't hesitate.
Behind the heavy firepower expert "Thor", two palm-wide black cowhides are cross-tied with a huge metal box.
From within the metal box came the mechanical sounds of gears meshing precisely and bearings spinning rapidly.
A three-barreled rotary heavy machine gun, thicker than his thigh and engraved with wedge-shaped runes all over, appeared in his hand.
This is the "Old Arms".
Although the remnant souls of the past can be used directly as energy weapons.
But this is the most wasteful usage.
Communicate deeply with the residual soul, use old books and historical materials to stimulate the residual soul's memory, try to restore the residual soul to part of its memory and even self-awareness, so as to extract the extraordinary skills and cutting-edge technology of the historical period in which the residual soul lived.
This is the way for the development of heroic civilization.
Especially ancient craftsmen, ancient sages, ancient scientists, and ancient librarians.
The spiritual pressure of these old residual souls may not be very high, and their direct use as "combat spirits" will not be very effective, but the memories of the residual souls contain endless treasures.
The "Old Weapons" reproduced by analyzing the remnant soul's memories are limited by the depletion of spiritual energy and the change of ore quality. The precision of the parts often does not meet the requirements and may not be able to exert the full power of the original weapons.
It doesn't matter. The weapons research and development experts of the Heroic Civilization can use strange methods such as "engraving runes", "holy water enchantment", "steam drive", etc. to give it devastating destructive power.
Like a magic trick, Thor held a hand-rolled cigarette as thick as half a chicken leg in his mouth.
"Say hello to my big baby!"
Explosive flames spurted out from the cigarette butt and the gun muzzle at the same time.
The line of fire was like a burning sickle, cutting through all the weeds, bushes, and vines hanging from the treetops in front.
The fungus corpse was beaten back repeatedly, purple juice splashing out, and it collapsed to the ground like a deflated skin bag.
"I don't like zombies, at least not alone."
The heavy firepower operator curled his lips, the cigarette twitching at the corner of his mouth, "It's not exciting enough!"
Before he finished speaking, accompanied by a strange "slurp" sound, the battered fungus corpse stood up again.
It seemed to have been mysteriously blessed or cursed, and the vines inserted into its body like IV tubes continuously infused it with terrifying vitality.
Mushroom caps bloomed one after another, filling the bullet holes that were still emitting smoke.
It grinned, and a bunch of small flowers like buds emerged from between its teeth.
"Hold……"
Thor looked depressed.
When his teammates saw him being humiliated, they all burst into laughter.
Xu Yan tightened every muscle in his body.
The corpse-driving people of Wanhun Sect are not that simple.
The clash of magic weapons between high-level monks would easily cause destruction within a radius of ten miles.
Once it reaches mortal towns, there will be thousands of corpses buried deep beneath the rubble.
The daily work of a corpse driver is to run among the ruins of death, clean up collapsed buildings, fish out the corpses that are as rotten as mud, sew them up carefully, tidy up the remains, put them into the soul-resting formation for purification, and then let the corpses rest in peace.
Many times, corpses have been exposed to the scorching sun and heavy rain for too long, and have already rotted and become smelly, and plagues are rampant.
There are also various ghosts and monsters that feed on resentment and will drill into the skeleton and try to revive the body.
In order to prevent the spread of plague and the growth of evil spirits, the depth of the burial pits often had to reach 20 to 30 feet.
It also needs to be covered with huge stones weighing tens of thousands of pounds, which is a huge undertaking.
In the world of cultivation where there is no construction machinery, all work, from clearing ruins to digging burial pits, has to be done by corpse drivers using steel chisels and shovels, or even carrying them on their shoulders or by hand.
Therefore, the sect's ancestor taught the corpse-driver the "Spirit Turtle Breathing Technique".
The so-called "exhalation" is not just breathing, but also includes a full set of secret methods such as stimulating acupuncture points, applying secret medicines and massaging fascia.
The corpse-drivers prepared in this way are all monsters with bones of steel and immense strength.
Now, this monster is covered by even more bizarre fungal mats and demonic flowers...
Xu Yan took a deep breath.
The topographic map around the mountain gate and the secret paths in the forest known only to corpse drivers emerged in my mind.
"Damn it, [Lava Beast], unlock!"
Thundergod roared.
A large feline beast that looked like a fire unicorn and was surrounded by blazing flames pounced on him from behind.
Accompanied by the roar of the "Lava Beast" filled with the aura of a king, the bullets that whizzed out again all turned into fist-sized fireballs.
The fireball hit the fungus corpse and exploded like flowers scattered from the sky.
The fungal blanket and cap emitted a shrill "squeaking" sound, and continued to splash, wither, and burn, turning into a myriad of black air, revealing the essence of the ancient ghost.
"Drip!"
A pleasant green color appeared on the soul-catching device's LCD screen.
"The spiritual pressure is decreasing, breaking through the critical point, and the spirit body is beginning to collapse. It can be sealed!"
Thunderbolt aimed at the shattered ghost.
An invisible force field roared out from the front of the soul-catching instrument.
The dust in the air was attracted, spinning, rubbing, and burning at high speed, outlining the outline of a mysterious and complex rune array.
Like a huge glittering net, it covered the scattered and fleeing souls.
The remaining soul screamed miserably and struggled violently.
Pili is not in a hurry to "close the net".
Instead, he constantly fine-tuned the knob on the left side of the soul-catching instrument according to the strength and direction of the residual soul's struggle, adjusting the strength and frequency of the force field.
After more than ten seconds of stalemate, the screams of the residual soul gradually became lower, and he pressed the knob hard.
There was a "click".
It's like someone took an overexposed photo.
The remnant soul disappeared along with the light net that bound it.
The ten indicator lights on the right side of the soul-catching instrument quickly changed from red to yellow, and from yellow to green.
When the last indicator light also turned green, the soul-catching instrument made a clear and pleasant "ding" sound.
"As long as we can seal it, everything will be easy."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"What quality?"
Some people can't wait.
The remnant souls of the past contain infinite mysteries, and their true level may not be linked to their external performance.
By observing the changes in the rune array on the seal card, the brightness and darkness of the prohibitions, and the frequency of the flashing patterns, an experienced spirit master can judge its approximate potential and degree of danger.
Only by asking psychics, historians and archaeologists to communicate with the old soul and determine its true identity in history can we have a chance to unlock the power, knowledge, authority and glory behind the true name.
(End of this chapter)
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