The Supreme Soul, Starting with Death

...Eat up the world?

Even though his mind was deeply immersed in the instincts of the ethereal beings, Gu Shi still reacted to these words. The surprise and disbelief in his eyes further fueled the excitement of the Death Girl.

"Hahaha, don't rush, big guy, don't rush, let me tell you a story first!"

"Legend has it that in the distant past, long, long ago—don't ask me exactly how long ago, I'm too lazy to remember these things! Anyway, in the most ancient times, before the Grim Reaper existed, human souls either became Hollows or were eaten by Hollows. Over time, the number of Hollows increased, while the number of humans decreased, until they were almost completely devoured by the Hollows."

"At that moment, an incomparably great being appeared out of thin air. He was the Soul King. He appeared before everyone as a savior, not only killing a large number of Hollows that threatened humanity, but also creating Hueco Mundo and Soul Society."

"With unimaginable power, the Soul King drove all the remaining Hollows into Hueco Mundo, preventing the newly born Hollows from continuing to wreak havoc on the world. Then, he generously shared his power with humanity, allowing geniuses among them to become Shinigami."

"Since then, the Grim Reaper has taken over the responsibility of protecting humanity from the Soul King, and sits in the Soul Society to guide the souls of the dead, fight against the Hollows that have invaded the human world, and protect humanity so that it can live safely in the human world."

The legend of King Spirit is so great that, by any measure, he is worthy of the title of savior.

However, the more the Death Girl spoke, the more mocking her expression became. After quickly and briefly recounting the legend of the Spirit King, she clapped her hands forcefully, indicating that what she really wanted to say was just beginning.

"Big guy, have you ever really observed this world? If there are more wolves, they will eat a lot of rabbits, but will the rabbits really disappear completely as a result?"

"of course not!

"Once the rabbit population drops to a certain level, the wolves will starve to death because they can't find food. As long as the wolf population decreases, the rabbit population will quickly rebound! Hunting does not cause the extinction of the prey!"

"So! Will humanity be completely wiped out due to the proliferation of the Virtual Race?! Of course not!"

"When the human population becomes very small, the void will starve to death in large numbers due to lack of food. It is impossible for them to eat all the humans!"

"Furthermore! Once the Void dies, their souls dissipate, and their spiritual particles naturally disperse into the air, greatly increasing the concentration of spiritual energy in the air! Those surviving humans reproduce in such a high-spiritual environment, and a large number of geniuses with naturally powerful souls will emerge among their offspring!"

"These newly born geniuses, with their outstanding talents, can completely suppress the remaining illusory groups, buying enough time and space for the human race to reproduce and thrive! Only when all the geniuses have died of old age and the illusory groups have lost their suppression will the human population be compressed once again!"

"The fates of humanity and the void have always been in this cycle, with one rising and the other falling, and there has never been any unexpected event."

"Until the appearance of the Spirit King!"

The Death Girl had reached the peak of her excitement. She waved her arms wildly, her eyes bloodshot, finally unleashing the madness hidden deep within her heart.

At this moment, she no longer cared about Gu Shi's reaction; she just continued to speak loudly, venting the fear that had been building up in her heart for a hundred years.

"The Soul King created two containers: Soul Society and Hueco Mundo! Hollows die in Hueco Mundo, and powerful humans who become Shinigami also die in Soul Society. The spiritual energy that dissipates when their souls collapse is naturally trapped in Hueco Mundo and Soul Society, and will never return to the human world!"

"As a result, the concentration of spiritual particles in the present world is getting lower and lower, and the talents of newborns are getting worse and worse! Before the appearance of the Spirit King, humans could fight against the Hollows, but what about now?"

"Among humans today, those who can even see souls have become incredibly rare! Yet the Grim Reapers continue to abduct human souls into the Soul Society, further stripping away the meager spiritual power that remains in the mortal world!"

"The game set up by the Spirit King continues. The spiritual energy in the mortal world will become increasingly thin. Hundreds of years later, the human soul will become even weaker. Before the body dies of old age, the soul will collapse first, and all the old people will become idiotic walking corpses!"

"At that time, among the souls of the dead, there will be only one in ten thousand, or even one in hundreds of thousands, of geniuses who can become Shinigami. The most important emotional bond between humans and Soul Society will be completely severed, and humans and Shinigami will slowly become two races that are no longer related."

"At that time, the Grim Reaper will abandon the protection of humans in the mortal world and will no longer attack the Hollows that have invaded the mortal world!"

"But this is still not the end! Humans whose souls are weakened to the extreme no longer have any geniuses who can resist the invasion of the Hollows. The Hollows will roam the mortal world and, after devouring the last soul, abandon the mortal world where there is no spiritual power left, and return to Hueco Mundo, where spiritual power is abundant and the environment is comfortable, bringing the last bit of spiritual power back to Hueco Mundo!"

"At that time, no more souls will appear in the mortal world, animals will completely disappear, and only plants that do not need souls will be able to continue to reproduce and thrive! And at that time, the Spirit King will awaken!"

"He will reclaim the container he created himself and completely devour Soul Society and Hueco Mundo. At that time, all the spiritual particles in the world will belong to him, and he will achieve transcendence! The price will be the annihilation of all souls!"

"You are food! I am food! All souls are food for the Spirit King! Do you think the Hollows are eating people? Do you think Death is eating people?"

"Hahahaha! We devour souls as if we were stuffing filling into dough, simply putting one ingredient into another. All we've done is make the food presented to the Spirit King more delicious when he awakens!"

Finally, the Death Girl couldn't hold back any longer and burst into a long, maniacal laugh. Her face was so distorted and her eyes so full of fear. Ever since she glimpsed the truth of history through the various books collected by her family a hundred years ago, she had been living in boundless fear.

Those foolish Grim Reapers know nothing, thinking they are protecting life. They risk their lives to fulfill the duty they have been given, unaware that every effort they make contributes to the final catastrophe.

She wanted to stand up and loudly rebuke those Grim Reapers, stopping their foolish acts that would bring about destruction, but she dared not. She knew that she was not the only intelligent person among the nobles. The four great noble families certainly knew the truth of history better than she did, yet not a single one of them stepped forward to expose the Spirit King's conspiracy.

This is enough to show that in the Soul Society, at the pinnacle of nobility, there must be a group of people secretly protecting the Soul King's conspiracy and eliminating every "clever person" who dares to speak the truth.

She could only suppress her fear deep in her heart. Enveloped in boundless darkness, unable to see even a glimmer of hope for the future, she completely lost her way. She began to live each day of her life as if it were her last. She became unrestrained and crazy, letting the desires in her heart expand endlessly.

until……

She saw hope.

The Death Girl's crimson eyes were fixed on Gu Shi before her, like a drowning person grasping at the last straw.

However, Gu Shi, who was being watched so intently, wasn't particularly excited. The grand conspiracy spoken by the Death Girl was indeed chilling, but what Gu Shi heard, saw, and cared about most was—

This madwoman is afraid of death; her madness stems from her fear of being devoured by the Spirit King.

Then.

How could someone so afraid of death so readily and mercilessly take another's life?

Ultimately, it's just a disgusting piece of garbage.

Moreover, where did she hear about such a bizarre Spirit King setting? Could it be that she saw some fragments of information about the Spirit King and then, based on her own aristocratic mindset of seizing everything, imagined that the Spirit King was just like her?

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Chapter Sixteen: The Giant Tongue's Lash!

Gu Shi regarded the Death Girl as trash, but the Death Girl regarded him as a treasure that brought hope. She opened her arms and embraced Gu Shi's huge head with such passion that it was as if she wanted to squeeze Gu Shi into her body.

"Big guy, now can you understand my fear? The kind of fear that comes from seeing the vastness of the world but having nowhere to escape!"

"Only by truly understanding this fear can you comprehend the immense happiness your presence has brought me! You are my hope!"

"The Grim Reaper was born from the Spirit King, and the Grim Reaper's power comes from the Spirit King's sharing. No matter how much we cultivate or how much we become stronger, we can never contend with the Spirit King. As long as he takes back his gift, the Grim Reaper will immediately turn back into an ordinary soul."

"But the Void is different. The Void was born before the Spirit King. Only the Void's power truly belongs to itself, and only the Void has the potential to fight against the Spirit King!"

The excited Death Girl recklessly uttered one of Death's greatest secrets, known only to the nobility. As she spoke, Gu Shi could see undisguised disgust on her face—disgust for Death.

Given the opportunity and the ability, this madman might not hesitate to destroy all the Grim Reapers.

Such a strong aversion to his own group, yet such high praise for another group as if everything about that group was a symbol of perfection, gave Gu Shi a strange and overwhelming sense of déjà vu. As a result, this scene, which should have been terrifying, suddenly took on a clownish "humor" in his eyes, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The Death Girl heard Gu Shi's laughter. She didn't know why Gu Shi was laughing, but it seemed to encourage her greatly, and she spoke even more enthusiastically about her ideals and beliefs.

"Big guy, do you know? For the past hundred years, I have been searching for a way to turn myself into nothingness, but I have never succeeded even a little bit."

"Illusionization is very simple; it can be completed by injecting a large amount of illusory spiritual power. However, after illusoryization, one's personality and cognition will be reversed, and a large amount of past memories will be lost. It can be said that the soul before and after illusoryization are completely unrelated consciousnesses."

"What I pursue is the perfect ethereal transformation that allows me to transform myself into a phantom while still retaining my true self and preserving my memories! It's not about abandoning everything about myself and using my soul to create a phantom that is not me."

"Just when I was desperately searching but had no results, and was almost about to give up in despair, big guy, you appeared!"

The Death Girl, her eyes glazed with excitement, didn't know how to express her feelings to Gu Shi. Simply holding Gu Shi's head wasn't enough to convey her joy. So, she simply kissed Gu Shi's mask hard, leaving a lip print smeared with her saliva and blood, before continuing her madness with satisfaction.

"Although you have become a phantom, your self-perception has not been altered by the phantom; you still consider yourself human!"

"Although you are also influenced by the instinct of emptiness, you are able to suppress the instinct of emptiness and maintain your rationality for a long time, and do not become a beast that only knows how to hunt!"

"Even if your true nature is awakened by external forces, as long as you use the Lock of Cause and Effect before it gets out of control, you can immediately suppress your instincts to the minimum!"

"Moreover! From your words, I can tell that the ethereal transformation did not cause you to lose your memories of your previous life. You are still the same person you were in your previous life, only you have changed your appearance, just like you changed your clothes!"

As she listed out the differences between Gu Shi and the other Hollows, the Death Girl's face revealed an expression of immense happiness. She pressed her face against Gu Shi's mask, rubbing it vigorously, as if such contact could bring her great happiness.

If I were to launch a surprise attack at this moment, could I bite off her head?

Feeling the lip print mixed with blood and saliva being rubbed and evenly spread across his mask by the Death Girl, Gu Shi unconsciously clenched his claws.

She's so disgusting!

Clenching his claws, Gu Shi hesitated for a moment before abandoning the idea of ​​a surprise attack.

The secondary reason that made him decide to give up was the difference in strength. Even if the surprise attack succeeded, his teeth might not necessarily break through the madman's skin, let alone bite off his neck.

The main reason was that Gu Shi suddenly realized that if he opened his mouth at this moment, this mentally unstable Grim Reaper might misunderstand his meaning and think that he wanted to respond to her "confession". So he decisively stuck out his tongue and swirled it around in his mouth.

Ugh, just thinking about it is terrifying.

Unable to help but shiver, Gu Shi quickly patted the Death Girl on the shoulder.

"Okay, okay, I understand what you're thinking. Excellent, very clever. Now, can you let me go? You're making me a little..."

Gu Shi originally wanted to say he felt nauseous, but considering that it might upset the madman, he changed his words and used a more euphemistic term.

"You've triggered a kind of instinctive reaction in me."

[Hmm, the urge to vomit should be considered a basic instinct, I guess.]

Gu Shi secretly praised his vocabulary in his heart, but he didn't expect that his words would once again provoke the Death Girl, the madwoman who was rubbing against his mask. She suddenly raised her head, her eyes shining with excitement.

"Big guy, are you finally hungry? You want something to eat?"

"...Speaking of which, after all that this madwoman has said, from her perspective, I do seem quite valuable. But she still hasn't said why she's so eager to persuade me to eat people."

Gu Shi narrowed his eyes, chuckled, and pushed the Death Girl a little further away from him, lest she suddenly launch a tongue attack or a giant tongue lash at him when he opened his mouth to speak.

"No, no, I'm not hungry right now. But I want to ask, why do you always want me to eat people?"

"Of course I hope you can be happy, big guy! This world is dangerous. The weak may be killed by a strong person who happens to pass by at any time. You can only protect yourself better by eating more people and accumulating more spiritual power to become stronger."

The Death Girl answered without hesitation; the answer came out without a word, as if it were her true feelings.

But upon hearing this sincere confession, Gu Shi's heart instantly turned cold. All the disgust, nausea, and contempt that had surged within him vanished, leaving only one thought echoing in his mind.

She's lying!

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Chapter Seventeen Actors

Gu Shi didn't know if the conspiracies about the Spirit King were true, but he was certain that the Death Girl's words of wishing him happiness were a complete lie.

The reason is simple: during their two meetings and numerous conversations, the Grim Reaper consistently referred to him as "Big Guy" or "Big Fool," never once considering asking his name.

This is enough to show that the other party did not regard him as a "person" with whom they could communicate on an equal footing, or even as a "pet" that needed to be addressed with a special name. He was merely an "object" that had value and could be used, but whose name was not needed to be asked.

Gu Shi deeply understood this point, because he didn't treat this madman as a human being either, nor did he intend to ask for the other person's name.

In this kind of relationship, the Death Girl says she hopes he can be happy, which is like having her humor talent maxed out. It's like picking up a stone from the roadside to weigh down sauerkraut, and before putting the stone into the sauerkraut jar, saying to the stone, "You and the sauerkraut must be happy together." It's hilarious.

It's not surprising that the Death Girl would lie. What really bothered Gu Shi was that even when she was lying, she still had that happy, fervent expression, just like before.

Because of the despair and madness of the Death Girl when she recounted the Soul King's conspiracy, Gu Shi subconsciously assumed that she was telling the truth in her emotional state.

At least, it is the "truth" as perceived by the other party.

But now, Gu Shi had some doubts.