In Tokyo, the dungeon master

The Shirakawa family in Tokyo.

Chiyana has gone to school and isn't home right now; after all, saving the world shouldn't interfere with a child's schooling.

The Manka and Shihōin sisters, who are adults, don't go to work and instead go into dungeons to hone their skills. What despicable adults!

They were still shocked that the Ancestor had such power to simulate a battlefield, that the spirit world could be used in such a way, like a sand table, or more accurately, that the Ancestor had turned it into a game. What heaven-defying wisdom this was!

However, Gu Meng felt it was quite ordinary. Although he was able to create a simulated instance so quickly by using the derivative ability of [Dark World], he could do the same thing by spending more time, effort and magic power to simulate or create monsters.

In his previous life, in a world teeming with dungeons, Gu Meng, a top-tier expert and a keen researcher, had acquired some of the relevant technologies.

The truly powerful ability of the Darkest Dungeon lies in its causal power, which can influence the world.

Come to think of it, in my past life, the overall world environment was like this, so I didn't feel anything was wrong. Now that I think back, could that world have been some kind of game world I've never played before...?

Oh well, I already knew that both transmigrations were to parallel worlds and had many connections to my previous life, which was already a very special coincidence. Even if there were game elements involved, it wouldn't be strange. Transmigrating by sheer luck is a miracle in itself.

Shirakawa Keiji personally delivered basic information about the current Tokai family's main branch and various branch families.

Although Gu Meng doesn't have any extra seeds right now, he will definitely need to select more recipients in the future. It's time to investigate potential candidates within the family in advance and prepare early.

The current head of the Tokai family, Tokai Itsuki, is said to have inherited his ancestor's "Eye of God"—not that he has any extraordinary abilities, but rather that he has a distinct physical characteristic similar to double pupils, which makes him recognizable.

For example, the Shirakawa Eye of the Shirakawa family has a very light pupil color, and the purple pupils of the Tsuchimikado family are also visible to the naked eye.

This person should be the one with the deepest blood connection to Donghai in this era. At this time, he is still guarding the shrine and the legendary place where demons are sealed in his hometown of Donghai County.

Tokai Prefecture is also in the Tokaido region and is not too far from Tokyo. Gu Meng plans to visit it when he has time.

Due to conversion efficiency, at least in the low to medium sequence, he will likely have at least half of his seeds scattered within the family, and will only consider selecting people based on their aptitude after the necessary total amount of magic power is met.

As I always say, if it's fast in the early stages, it's really fast; if the chicken stew takes a long time to start, it's really bad.

Shirakawa Keiji waited until Gu Meng finished reading before cautiously speaking, "Ancestor."

"What is it?" Gu Meng sensed that what the other person was about to say wasn't anything important.

"Do you think it's possible for the dead to be brought back to life?"

"Let me think about it... It's possible."

Gu Meng gave an affirmative answer. Modern medicine has various cases of people who have just died, those who have only been dead for a few minutes, let alone those with extraordinary abilities involved.

Aside from those who have just died and whose vital organs are not damaged, if zombies are considered resurrected, Gu Meng could resurrect several people right now.

Keiji Shirakawa couldn't hide his excitement.

"However, unless the person who died violently is right in front of you, which is equivalent to emergency treatment, under normal circumstances, it is not recommended that you consider resurrection, as this is often accompanied by serious consequences."

Gu Meng had already guessed who Shirakawa Keiji was referring to.

It seems that Shirakawa Manka's mother is indeed incredibly charming and a heartthrob.

It might be the application of some kind of charm-based constitution in the world of demons. Although it's not true magical allure, it's clearly different from ordinary people... Of course, it could also be unrelated to constitution; it could simply be that one is charming as a person. This is also quite common, like the succubi of Liu Bang and Liu Bei.

He could understand the other party's desire to resurrect his family, but the world of Absolute Demons lacked concepts like true spirits and reincarnation. Even a skilled cook can't make a meal without rice. Gu Meng had no materials to resurrect them, and his sequence was too low. The most reliable method was to restart the timeline, but even high-sequence individuals struggled with this, as it was close to the realm of gods. Gu Meng directly advised Jing Zhi to give up that idea.

However, if the power of the Book of Ancestors is used, it seems possible to travel through time and extend the lifespan of a Shirakawa family head in the past, which shouldn't be considered a dynastic shift... but that's the future, and Gu Meng doesn't currently have the ability to open a time-space dungeon.

If it were just about resurrecting someone with ashes from a long time ago, Gu Meng could do it too. After all, he was a grandmaster of the demonic, blood, soul, and necromancy paths, with a whole host of forbidden techniques. But without the involvement of a true spirit, even if Gu Meng were to take the lead, he could only resurrect a puppet of Gu Meng or the wife that Shirakawa Keiji imagined, not the original person.

"Oh, is that so...? Resurrection, such a miracle, it really is something we shouldn't hope for... Then may I ask, where do people go after they die?"

The truth should have returned to the beginning. Gu Meng had already sensed it. This world was exactly the same as his previous life. The evil god was underground, and no sentient being could escape this starry sky. But this truth was somewhat cruel, so he said:

"That's how it is. That's how ordinary people imagine the destination of their souls. In Japan, depending on their beliefs, some go to heaven and hell, some go to the Pure Land of the Dead... Ordinary people's souls are reincarnated. If they are chosen, they can go to the Kingdom of God after death... Some might even go to the Throne of Heroes."

"The Throne of Heroes?"

"Yes, the Throne of Heroes."

Gu Meng realized that he needed the Holy Grail to be resurrected, and had long ago decided to hold a Holy Grail War when the conditions were right. In order to save magic power and fantasy power, he would try to find modern heroic spirits.

Based on the fantasies of most people, the Book of Ancestors is used to construct heroic spirits.

Perhaps they could create a temporary heroic spirit, Grandma Shirakawa, based on the memories of the Shirakawa family and summon her; that would surely yield even more imaginative possibilities.

"Those who have accomplished great deeds may ascend to the Throne of Heroes. Your wife, if she has reached a sufficiently profound level in mysticism, if she has studied the end times and helped me come to power, or if she has secretly suppressed the dark forces in her own way to make a comeback, she may also have a chance to ascend to the Throne of Heroes."

Heroic spirits, carrying humanity's hopes and grievances, its equal yearning for war and peace, and its fantasies about history and inheritance, are inherently aligned with the most essential nature of the three powers of the Ancestral Book—their transformation from illusion to truth.

Even without needing the Holy Grail to sacrifice itself, Gu Meng still wanted to try creating Heroic Spirits.

"is that so……"

My wife's past mysterious behavior and her passion for exploring the supernatural made me think of her as just like my daughter and granddaughter—a mischievous old woman with a childish, adolescent personality.

Looking back now, wow... could it all have a deeper meaning?

She's been fighting in areas she doesn't even know about?

Gu Meng could roughly guess what the other person was thinking, and couldn't help but smile.

This is indeed a good idea. Although old man Jingzhi is not very useful, the imagination of Wanhua and her daughter is very useful.

If the fabrication of instances can integrate reality into a self-contained logic, then what would happen if the heroic spirit Shirakawa-gami actually appeared one day? Interesting…

"Oh, right, Jingzhi, there's one more thing. You don't have any connection with that Guiyi Sect, do you?"

No, no.

"Oh, that's good. I understand. You can go and get to work."

"Yes."

Gu Meng had already noticed the few followers who were not bodyguards of the Shirakawa family and learned their identities. They were peripheral members of the Guiyi Sect, which had been the subject of much discussion due to the assassination case. They were staring at Shirakawa Manka, probably planning something bad.

Initially, it was because these people's tracking skills were too clumsy, even worse than Ma Kui's.

Gu Meng didn't pay much attention to them, assuming they were Lao Deng's or Jing Hua's subordinates.

When I returned to the Shirakawa residence, I discovered that they weren't working together; they had been hiding from the dense surveillance in the wealthy neighborhood.

"So, they've got their eyes on me... Perfect timing, I have a lot of radical experiments that are lacking experimental materials..."

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