Fang Zheng once again came to the sacrificial site in the dream. In front of him, the fire girl was still standing quietly by the fire, staring at the burning flames in front of her. Seeing Fang Zheng appear, she turned her head,

He lowered his head slightly towards Fang Zheng.

"You are here, Lord Ashes."

"Well, I'm here."

As Fang Zheng spoke, he walked up to the fire girl and stretched out his right hand. The fire guard girl also stretched out her hands and held them gently. Soon, Fang Zheng felt the power being drawn out of his body again.

, a small flame formed in the hands of the fire prevention girl.

Immediately afterwards, the fire-prevention woman raised her hands, and Fang Zheng saw the flame suddenly fly to the side as if attracted by something. It landed on a small altar not far in front, and then exploded with a "boom"

For the burning flame illuminated the originally dark space in the distance.

While the flames were shining, Fang Zheng saw that the black sludge-like thing wrapped around the altar was instantly swallowed up and burned by the flames like some kind of combustible material. In the blink of an eye, a large area disappeared. And the nearby black sludge seemed to be

Feeling the power of the flames, they let out a cry similar to the screams and cries of countless people, and instinctively moved away from the burning flames.

At the same time, Fang Zheng also felt a soft "click" sound coming from his body, as if something had broken through the obstacle. Soon, a force that was quite familiar to Fang Zheng flowed through his body again.

whole body.

The power of existence.

"Have you finally recovered a little?"

Fang Zheng raised his hand, and the flame formed by the power of existence emerged in his hand. He could vaguely feel the connection between himself and Zero Hour Mystery, which gave Fang Zheng a little more confidence. Because Zero Hour Mystery is a treasure

Ju Fangzheng placed them in his inventory. Fangzheng could not feel their existence at all before. But now, he can vaguely feel the existence of Zero Hour Mizi, but this connection is very weak...

...The traffic is the level of 2G network.

Founder opened the system panel and saw that it still showed [System offline repair progress 10%].

Anyway, the progress bar has advanced a little bit.

"The power contained in these flames is incomplete, Lord Ashes."

At this moment, the fire prevention girl who had been standing quietly next to her also spoke.

"This is just part of the flame..."

"At least even this is better than nothing."

Fang Zheng didn't care about this. Being able to recover was the best news. He was not greedy enough to think that he could recover everything at once. To be honest, at first, Fang Zheng was quite surprised that his system was actually knocked offline.

Because he still hasn't figured out how the game system he made in reality appears on him, and what kind of rules and power it operates through.

However, because the system had been running well before, Founder didn't think much about it. On the contrary, the sudden offline of the system gave Founder an opportunity. You must know that he has no way to unpack and analyze the entire system, so through this system repair

, Founder may be able to find the rules and principles of the operation of the Dimensional Code and make some targeted improvements.

"But having said that, my luck is really bad this time..."

Fang Zheng sat down on the steps of the sacrificial hall, and then complained to the fire prevention girl.

"That archbishop, can't she hold on for a little longer? I was the only one who arrived. When I was about to ask questions, she ran away and transformed. I said you had to support me for ten minutes. Could it be that she didn't like me?

It was intentional..."

Faced with Fang Zheng's complaints, the fire-prevention woman just stood aside and smiled without saying anything. Fang Zheng was already used to this. When he was in the dark soul world, every time he was sent back to the sacrificial site, he would chat with the fire-prevention woman and complain to vent his anger.

My own depression, after all, I have died so many times, who wouldn’t be depressed!

"But having said that, the archbishop turned into a monster is much cuter than her original appearance, but even the monster is a bit too big, as if..."

After saying this, Fang Zheng was suddenly stunned. He raised his head and stared at the burning flames in front of him.

At this moment, he seemed to have returned to Lothric, an era filled with ashes, inherited embers, and darkness dancing with the abyss.

"...It's like...being infected by the abyss..."

The more Fang Zheng spoke, the tighter his brows furrowed. He had previously felt that the archbishop looked familiar after he turned into a monster, and the aura that the other party brought also made Fang Zheng feel very familiar. Now that he thought about it, the aura that the archbishop exuded after being infected

, in fact, it is quite similar to those monsters infected by the abyss, but the intensity of the breath is different. If the breath of the abyss-infected people Fang Zheng encountered in Lothrik was at the level of "rotten strawberries",

Then the breath of this archbishop is like "unripe strawberries". You may be able to smell it a little bit, but if you don't smell it carefully, you will definitely not smell it.

That's why Fang Zheng thought that the Archbishop's appearance after turning into a monster looked familiar at first, but now that he thinks about it... is there any difference between this guy and those guys who were transformed after being infected by the abyss?

The difference seems to be that there is no black water and red eyes!

In Lothric, Fang Zheng learned that the human nature in that world would turn into an abyss after settling, and that everyone has darkness in their hearts, because the reason why humans have souls is because of the dark soul. But it is precisely because of the darkness of the soul that humans can

They will yearn for light. Once the light is gone, darkness will corrode everything.

This is understandable to Fang Zheng. Human beings have a civilized side and an instinctive side. Nobility, kindness, full of sacrifice, and compassion are all qualities worthy of praise for human beings.

But in addition, in order to survive, humans also have a cruel dark side.

In order to survive, they need to plunder resources, collect food, and kill.

In order to ensure the continuation of their own race, they need to mate and have children to ensure the inheritance of the family bloodline. Many people value free love itself, and believe that spiritual love does not need to be guaranteed through childbirth. But it is very cruel.

Yes, this has nothing to do with "superior" spiritual love. Mating and reproduction are the instincts of every living thing to leave offspring and ensure the continuation of the species. Whether this kind of mating is out of love, animality or simple lust, as long as it can leave offspring,

It may be painful for the person giving birth, but for the entire group, it is a success.

In the same way, greedy desire is the origin of human existence. Without desire, humans would have no goals and no future. These various desires from the soul, spirit, and body are intertwined to create the current human beings.

.

In order to survive, reproduce and grow the group, human beings have retained the instincts of killing, mating, and sex, and then used this as a foundation to build a tower of civilization. Humanity and beastliness, darkness and light are intertwined with each other, and each is indispensable.

So in this world, the so-called animal transformation is...

"......Fire girl."

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng raised his head and looked at the fire prevention girl beside him.

"It's probably not a coincidence that you appear here."

"......As Lord Ashes said."

Upon hearing Fang Zheng's question, the fire prevention girl nodded slightly.

"It is precisely because of this world that I was able to meet you, Lord Ashes..."

I see………

After hearing the fireproof girl's answer, Fang Zheng nodded, and then he closed his eyes.

When Fang Zheng opened his eyes again, he had already returned to the chapel. Fang Zheng stood up, looked around, and then walked into the chapel room, where Dr. Yousefka was quietly

Sitting on a chair, looking at a book in her hand. When she noticed Fang Zheng walking in, she hurriedly stood up and saluted to Fang Zheng.

"Hello, foreigner, may I help you in any way?

"I want to know something."

Fang Zheng stared at the woman in front of him, and then asked.
Chapter completed!