Soul Supreme Starting from Death

"Evil Wolf, Er, Erlang, my name is, Erlang?"

"Very good, very good, it's Erlang. Remember, from now on, when I call you this name, I'm calling you. And this guy, he hasn't decided what to call himself yet, so let's just call him Bat. Come on, Bat~"

"Bat, bat."

"Yes, yes, you are right. Jiro, you are definitely a genius. It's a pity that there is no school in Hueco Mundo, otherwise I would definitely enroll you in a preschool class. No, you can go directly to elementary school!"

"I, I am, a genius?"

Erlang was obviously a little unconfident, and his tone was full of guilt, but his tail was wagging rapidly behind him, and he obviously enjoyed the feeling of being praised by Gu Shi.

He hugged Erlang in his arms and rubbed the dog's head wildly. Gu Shi's excitement did not diminish at all and he laughed very happily.

"Of course, Jilang, you learned to speak so quickly, if you're not a genius, then what are you? It was my fault for saying you're not smart, I apologize! Show your confidence, you're a genius!

"By the way, Erlang, you are so smart, do you want to learn something else? Mathematics? Ancient poetry? Biology? These are my strengths, I will definitely have no problem teaching you!

“Forget about English. When I was in school, I always passed the exam, so I won’t mislead others!

"By the way, I'm not bad at chemistry, and I've also studied philosophy for a while because I'm interested in it. Anyway, just learn from me first. When you become an Arrancar in the future, we'll make you a prosthetic body and send you to college. By then, you'll be a dog who has really taken the college entrance examination!"

Gu Shi was happy. He didn't know what learning hell was, but the big dog was also very happy to be praised. He wagged his tail fast and was so excited that he forgot how to speak and started barking happily.

A long time passed like this. After teaching Erlang a lot of common words, addition and subtraction within ten, and two of Li Bai's classic enlightenment poems, Gu Shi's emotions finally calmed down a little.

[Well, my initial judgment was correct. Because I lost a lot of negative emotions when I was virtualized, it made it easy for me to be happy. It’s just that the madman put too much pressure on me before, so this trait of mine rarely shows up.]

[Now that I am free from my restraints and feel relaxed, my easily excited and happy nature has reappeared. Not only can many things make me happy, but the duration of my happiness has also been prolonged. Once I am excited, it is difficult to calm down.]

[Perhaps, I should be careful to control myself, so that when I see Aizen again one day, I won’t go up to him excitedly to reminisce about the past. That scene would be too hellish.]

After briefly summarizing his situation, Gu Shi looked at Erlang with satisfaction, who was calculating 5+7 on the sand. Turning his head, he saw that Bat had also been squatting on the sand beside him, calculating 13+29 seriously. Next to him was a poem titled "Quiet Night Thoughts", which was written in ugly handwriting but neatly formatted.

...?

"Bat, what are you doing?"

Bat Xu raised his head and looked at Gu Shi. His expression was still calm and seemed to have no change. But after looking at each other, he immediately lowered his head and continued to count his claws.

"Please don't disturb me. I forgot where I was counting just now."

Trapped by the bat's body structure, although there are a few small claws on Bat Xu's wings, they are not very flexible and he is unable to complete such a difficult action as bending his fingers. He can only stare at his toes and count.

Looking at the bat's toes curling up awkwardly one by one, then clenching them one by one, and looking unstable and shaky every time its claws were clenched into fists, Gu Shi's eyes twitched.

"Stop it. You're still doing this for addition above ten. If I give you a three-digit number problem, you'll have to wait until tomorrow to figure it out. Come here and I'll teach you how to write the vertical form. It will be easy for you to do addition and subtraction after you learn it."

Bat Xu immediately put down his stiff toes which were already cramping, and walked towards Gu Shi with an expressionless face. He stared at Gu Shi in silence, waiting for him to teach him the magical "technique".

[…With your attitude, someone who doesn’t know would think I’m really teaching you magic.]

Rolling his eyes secretly in his heart, Gu Shi quickly wrote down 77+67 on the sand. Then he wrote the vertical form on the side and began to explain some knowledge points such as aligning numbers and calculating from right to left. Bat Xu listened carefully at the side and nodded subconsciously. His attitude was much more serious than when Gu Shi was in school.

Chapter 43: Truth

"I say, what do you think, Bat? Why are you so interested in these things?"

Gu Shi held his chin with one hand, his face full of helplessness. He had originally only intended to teach Erlang some simple things to help Erlang develop his logical thinking ability, which could be considered an enlightenment education for children.

But who would have thought that, while Erlang's learning progress was relatively stable, Batxu seemed to be possessed. Every day when he had free time, he would either force him to learn new things or squat on the sand to do math problems. He seemed to be studying much more seriously than Erlang.

Although Gu Shi was not a bad student during his lifetime, he always treated studying with the mentality of completing a task. He could not understand those top students who "did some math problems to relax", and now he cannot understand why Bat Xu was so keen on learning math.

Bat Xu was practicing the interchange between decimals and fractions on the sand. When he heard this question, he finished the problem he was writing, stopped working, thought for a while, and then gave a serious answer.

"In fact, I have been confused since I was born. I don't know what is right and what is wrong. From our perspective, cannibalism is just a necessary step to maintain life. For us, this is definitely not a wrong behavior, but from the perspective of ordinary people and the god of death, this is undoubtedly a serious evil.

“I found that there is no absolutely correct answer to many things. Once the perspective of looking at the problem changes, the answer will change, and the world seems to be in chaos.

"In such a world, I don't even know if I really exist. From another perspective, are consciousness and soul just illusions? Are the self and emotions we insist on just errors in the process of life reproduction?"

Although the Bat Hollow spoke calmly, as he spoke, a slightly manic spiritual pressure unconsciously overflowed from his body, distorting the air around him and confusing the blowing hot wind. Obviously, thinking about these issues brought him great pressure and pain, and his heart was far from as calm as he appeared on the surface.

Seeing that Bat Void seemed to be about to go berserk while talking, Gu Shi was hesitating whether to knock this guy out and help him calm down physically. At this time, the airflow disrupted by Bat Void's spiritual pressure gently brushed over several unfinished math problems on the sand, making some of the numbers in them become blurred.

In an instant, the chaotic spiritual pressure disappeared immediately. Bat Hollow showed no signs of losing control. He carefully used his claws to re-trace the blurred numbers. After they became clear again, he breathed a sigh of relief and turned to continue talking to Gu Shi.

"But, Gu Shi, you see, mathematics is different. No matter how it is transformed, it will always have an exact and correct answer. Different people will not get different correct answers. It is the 'absolute correctness' that I have been looking for but cannot find.

“I still don’t know whether my existence is real, and whether my life has any meaning, but I am willing to live for mathematics and for absolute correctness. It doesn’t matter even if I am just a false illusion. As long as my thinking exists for absolute correctness, I will no longer be confused.”

Gu Shi looked at Bat Xu who was still calm but extremely determined, and felt as if he had seen a saint who was loyal to his faith. The simple elementary school math problem on the ground seemed to have lost its childishness and turned into a holy book that was shining with holy light and leading to the truth.

He quickly shook his head to get rid of this strange illusion. Gu Shi coughed dryly and didn't look at the determined eyes of Batxu.

"Ahem, you are right. Mathematics is the crystallization of human wisdom accumulated from generation to generation. It is the key to the truth. Since you have realized this, I will teach you more in the future.

"Now, finish these questions quickly, we should go hunting. Knowledge and truth are the long sedimentation of wisdom in the long river of history. In the future, more truths are destined to be discovered by people. If you are killed by other virtual beings early, you will never get those truths.

"So, when you study mathematics, you must also remember to eat well, improve your strength, and give yourself some foundation to survive and continue to pursue the truth."

"Truth, huh? It's a word that brings warmth and hope to everyone."

Bat Xu savored the word "truth" carefully. Although there was still no change in his expression, he was obviously inspired by his vigorous motivation and enthusiasm. After nodding heavily to express his gratitude to Gu Shi, he plunged into the sea of ​​questions again.

After finishing all the exercises for today and having Teacher Gu Shi check them for mistakes, Bat Xu finally took off into the air with satisfaction, searching the sky with sharp eyes for prey that could be captured.

Looking at the bat's receding back, Gu Shi patted Erlang's head and shook his head helplessly.

"Erlang, it seems that you will not be the only one who will take the college entrance examination in the future. Maybe your mentor at that time will be this guy Bat. His enthusiasm for learning is much higher than yours."

Erlang, who was copying "Song of Climbing the Tower in Youzhou", looked up blankly, looked around and found that the bat had flown away at some point. He first thought about how much time had passed, but immediately put this question behind him and excitedly licked Gu Shi's hand a few times.

"So cool! 'I see no ancients in front of me, and no future generations behind me, thinking of the vastness of the universe, I am alone and shed tears', this poem is really cool! When I fight in the future, I must recite the poem while fighting!"

As he spoke, Erlang jumped a few times excitedly on the spot, striking a handsome pose and reciting the ancient poem he had just learned loudly and vigorously. He seemed to be imagining the handsome scene of the enemy roaring loudly while he was reciting the poem loudly, and his tail kept wagging in excitement.

"...Well, it seems that Bat can't be your teacher. You two are majoring in science and arts, and your development directions are different."

Rolling his eyes, Gu Shi grabbed the excited Erlang and used him as a pillow, ignoring the excited poetry recitation in his ears. He didn't understand whether he was too lucky or too unlucky, as the people around him were all atypical players.

[Oh, there are more than two. There is also a little lizard. ]

Gu Shi raised his hand and stared at the little lizard lying on his arm pretending to have a tattoo. Just when he was about to tell it to be more normal, he saw the little lizard quietly move its claws and twist itself from S to Ω, and by the way, it also changed its color to a more beautiful red and black.

[…You kid, are you going to study art in the future?! ]

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Chapter 44: Like Forest and Rain

"When autumn comes on September 8th, my flowers will bloom and all other flowers will die. You pitiful weed, Master Erlang will come to take your life."

A huge dog covered in pale bone armor and with ferocious fangs, who called himself a Buddhist monk in a pretentious manner, bit off the opponent's neck with one bite, and blood dripped from the corner of his mouth as he fell into deep confusion.

"Erlang Layman? Erlang Sanren? Erlang Kuangke? Which title is cooler? It's so hard to choose."

"When adding fractions, the denominator remains unchanged. When adding numerators, when multiplying fractions, the denominator and numerator are multiplied separately. Tell me, what fraction of your spiritual power is mine? If I eat you, how much of your spiritual power can I absorb?"

The bat grabbed a sparrow-like creature and carefully tore its wings apart to prevent it from escaping, while humbly asking for advice on his next meal.

Gu Shi said, one person's wisdom is limited while the wisdom of others is long. When thinking alone, there will inevitably be omissions. Only by discussing with others can sparks of inspiration be stimulated.

"...Little guy, if you dare to mention art to me in the future, I will beat you up."

On the ground, sitting on a bear that was several times bigger than himself, Gu Shi was gnawing on the bear's leg out of boredom. Suddenly, he knocked on the head of a small lizard that came close to his hand to drink his blood.

The little lizard was eating when it was suddenly hit. It shook its long tail in confusion. Seeing that Gu Shi had no intention of saying anything, it simply lowered its head and continued to drink blood.

Since following Gu Shi, the little lizard has been drinking blood rich in spiritual power every day. It has grown at an astonishing speed. Its body, which was originally only the size of an ordinary person's finger, has grown to the length of Gu Shi's bear paw in just a few days. It can now twist even more fancy patterns on Gu Shi's arm.

Glancing at the little lizard that was still silly and had a lot of the charm of Erlang before he turned into an immortal, Gu Shi, who had already finished chewing the entire bear leg, shook his head, clapped his hands and yelled.

"Hey! You two! Can you please pay attention to your dining etiquette?

"Erlang, who knows that every grain of rice on the plate is the product of hard work! Look at how much blood you have lost in the sand while you were daydreaming. Are you worthy of the ancient poem you recited by wasting food like this?

"And you, bat, don't whisper while eating! Hurry up and kill the one in your claws, and don't chat with him anymore!"

Seeing that Gu Shi was about to get angry, Erlang quickly ran back with his prey in his mouth, came up to Gu Shi, grinned, and started to concentrate on eating.

The bat in the sky sighed regretfully, shook his head at the sparrow whose eyes were full of confusion, and spoke in a low voice.

"I'm sorry, it was a pleasure discussing this with you and I benefited a lot from it, but my friend is urging me to continue. I look forward to discussing this with you next time."

As it spoke, the bat bit off Sparrow Xu's head and slowly fell to the ground, with some doubts in its heart.

When Gu Shi was teaching Erlang ancient poetry before, he mentioned that as a poet, one must always be polite. Even when facing an enemy, one must not forget to say some polite words. This can not only highlight one's own demeanor, but also make one's enemy feel valued, thus making them feel happy. Maybe in the process of fighting, the enemy will become a friend, and it will become a beautiful story.

The bat had no desire to show off his grace, but if it could make the prey he was about to eat happier before dying, he felt that it would be okay for him to be a little polite, so he never forgot to say some polite words in every recent battle.

[Why? It seems that the prey that was killed recently became even more desperate and angry? ]

【Could it be that Gu Shi was wrong? 】

[…Impossible. How could Gu Shi, who taught me so much math, be wrong? I must have chosen the wrong words. I’ll try a different set of polite words next time.]

Looking at the thoughtful look in the bat's eyes when it fell, Gu Shi knew that this guy must be struggling with some boring problem again. He rolled his eyes quietly and raised his voice again like an old mother.

"Don't think about it for now, just eat quickly..."

Before Gu Shi could finish his words, the sand under the bat's feet, which was stained red by the blood of its prey, suddenly exploded, and a huge centipede suddenly jumped out, biting the bat with its sharp mouthparts.

Although the bat reacted immediately and flapped its wings to fly high, it was still a step too late. The centipede's big mouth not only swallowed the prey in its claws completely, but also bit off both of its claws.

The bat, which was nearly bitten in half, endured the pain and continued to flap its wings hard to increase its altitude. The emerald green light began to condense in its mouth.

At the same time, Gu Shi and Erlang also exerted their strength instantly and rushed towards Centipede Xu who still wanted to continue attacking.

Gu Shi was faster than Erlang and approached Centipede Xu first. He just raised his front paws and was about to hit this guy with one claw, but the sand under his feet suddenly shook abnormally. Gu Shi dodged by moving sideways without even thinking.

The next moment, the centipede's tail with a sharp stinger stabbed out from the ground quickly, narrowly brushing against Gu Shi's flank, leaving a deep bloody mark on his body.

Gu Shi didn't dare to stop at all. He immediately turned around and bit the centipede Xu's tail. The huge bite force immediately crushed a section of the centipede Xu's shell. The centipede Xu let out a sharp and piercing roar, gave up the bat, turned his body and bit towards Gu Shi's head.

At this time, Erlang had also arrived at the battlefield. While Centipede Xu's attention was all attracted by Gu Shi, he jumped onto Centipede Xu's back, stepped on Centipede Xu's segmented shell as a step, and ran all the way to Centipede Xu's head.

After a few dodgy moves, Erlang successfully rushed onto Centipede Xu's huge head. He grasped the Centipede Xu's mask, which was as big as a stone table, with his limbs tightly. He dived into the hole on the right eye of the mask and bit Centipede Xu's eye hard.

Due to the difference in spiritual power, although Erlang successfully bit the centipede's weak point, he failed to crush the huge eyeball which should have been fragile. The sharp canine teeth only slightly penetrated into the eye.

But this was enough. The severe pain and fear of having his eyes bitten made the already manic Centipede Xu even more crazy. He shook his head desperately, trying to throw Erlang off.

Erlang exerted all his strength, biting down on Centipede Xu's eyeball tightly without letting go. At the same time, he stared at the bat in the air that was still accumulating energy. He didn't let go until he saw the bat nodded. Then he immediately let go and flew out with the help of Centipede Xu's force.