Chapter 110: Possession
Chapter 110: Chapter 110: Possession
Zhu Ge’s original plan was to let this Bone Monster form, and then kill it while it was still young.
That way, he could harvest the precious materials unique to a "monster."
These materials would be excellent choices whether he sold them for money, used them for Artifact Refining, or fed them to the silver staff to devour.
But then he discovered this Bone Monster was a bit unsettling, so to prevent a catastrophe, he decided to destroy it directly.
And yet, he couldn’t destroy it?
"It’s no use, Brother." Hua Liusha realized it too. "I just remembered—the formation of a Bone Monster cannot be stopped. It’s part of the laws of heaven and earth."
"We can only stop it before or after it has formed, not while it’s in the process of forming."
"There’s a rule like that?" Zhu Ge found this state of affairs hard to understand.
"That’s how my countless fragments of memory and consciousness coalesced back then, and how I became Xigui," Hua Liusha explained.
"I still remember when I was coalescing, the Master and Yu the Scholar both tried to destroy me. But because I was in the process of forming, they were unable to."
Previously, Hua Liusha’s birth had been a countermeasure devised by the Master and Yu the Scholar.
The plan was to raise a god to protect the village.
Otherwise, when the Master was away, Yu the Scholar alone might not have been able to manage.
But instead of becoming a god, Hua Liusha became a Ghost.
"Wait, so that’s what this state is."
Zhu Ge suddenly recalled a documentary he had seen in his previous life about fertilized eggs.
Before and after the sperm and egg collide, they are actually very fragile.
But in the instant of that collision, an incredibly powerful fluctuation of energy is formed.
This fluctuation is called the "miracle of life" by some scientists, comparable to the explosion of a star.
And some scientists also speculate that the soul is formed in that very instant.
’In other words, the Bone Monster right now is in that instant of fertilization.’
’Either you destroy the bone fragments before they start to gather...’
’...or you destroy it after it becomes a Bone Monster.’
’And during this process of life’s formation, it’s protected by the laws of heaven and earth, and cannot be destroyed.’
"So we just wait for it to form and then destroy it?"
Zhu Ge hesitated.
He could feel a certain restlessness in the soul that had been condensed from his Kunpeng attribute.
It seemed to desperately want to use its "Untamable" attribute to possess the Bone Monster before him.
But Zhu Ge was cautious and didn’t dare to act rashly.
’This is about the soul, after all.’
’One wrong move, and my soul could be scattered to the winds.’
But the throbbing in his soul could not be faked.
’This primal urge...’
Zhu Ge was weighing the pros and cons.
This urge was like a cat smelling fish.
Some things are innate instincts for living beings.
Like how people enjoy pleasant smells and dislike foul ones.
Drinking when thirsty, eating when hungry—all of it is instinct.
Now, this impulse from Zhu Ge’s Kunpeng-attribute soul seemed to be the expression of a certain instinct, the representation of a certain primal need.
A sense of compatibility, affinity, and suitability.
’So... should I try to possess it?’
Zhu Ge couldn’t make up his mind, continuing to weigh the pros and cons.
And while he was thinking, the Bone Monster before him was gradually taking its final shape.
These bone fragments, which should have been from human skulls, coalesced together, forming the shape of some kind of animal.
"Is that..." Sword Hero exclaimed, "Are those the bones of a bird?"
As a Bamboo Stick Insect, Sword Hero was most afraid of birds.
Zhu Sisi, who was beside him, also looked a little scared.
"What kind of bird is that?" Liu Jianjian asked curiously. "It looks pretty big."
Before their eyes, the bones gathered on the ground, seemingly forming the shape of a bird standing with its wings folded.
The many gaps between the bones looked inexplicably eerie under the moonlight.
"No, that’s a chicken."
Hua Liusha said with certainty.
"Before, in his search for a way to counter me and the Fungus God, Yu the Scholar killed all the roosters in the village to take their heart’s blood. Those roosters were buried in the graveyard."
"I’ve seen them. There’s no mistaking it. These bone fragments have formed a chicken—a rooster!"
A rooster!
The fragments of human skulls had coalesced into the skeleton of a rooster!
"Brother, the Bone Monster is almost formed! You can get ready to kill it!" Hua Liusha reminded Zhu Ge.
Only seven or eight bone fragments were still twitching on the ground. Once these last few pieces joined the rest, the Bone Monster would gain consciousness and become a new life.
But right now, the Bone Monster wasn’t considered a life form, but an inanimate object.
At the same time, upon hearing the word "kill," the feeling within Zhu Ge’s soul grew even stronger.
Zhu Ge, in his soul form, looked at the others and found that none of them felt anything special about the chicken skeleton.
This made Zhu Ge realize in an instant...
’This is a fortuitous opportunity!’
’An opportunity brought by my Kunpeng attribute!’
’I can possess the Bone Monster and then use it as my avatar.’
’Because the compatibility between this Bone Monster and a Kunpeng is extremely high!’
’Then I’ll possess it...’ Zhu Ge was decisive. He directly controlled his Kunpeng soul and flew over.
Once he made a decision, Zhu Ge would not hesitate. Hesitation leads to defeat!
"Liusha, I’m going to possess this Bone Monster! You all protect me!"
As Zhu Ge’s voice fell, his Kunpeng soul had already rushed onto the rooster skeleton, where it felt a resistance.
It was the laws of heaven and earth, obstructing him!
But Zhu Ge knew how to deal with such an obstacle.
Kunpeng Attribute—Untamable!
In the next instant, Zhu Ge’s Kunpeng soul submerged into it, and he immediately felt both a vast, white fullness and a black, gaping void.
The two sensations intertwined, nearly crushing Zhu Ge’s consciousness.
But Zhu Ge also knew at once...
’I succeeded!’
"Brother, did the possession succeed?" Hua Liusha asked nervously from the side.
Liu Jianjian and the others also looked at Zhu Ge with curiosity and anticipation.
Because it all happened so suddenly, they hadn’t known in advance that Zhu Ge was going to possess the Bone Monster.
They had just assumed that Zhu Ge wanted to kill the Bone Monster for its materials.
"I succeeded!"
Zhu Ge’s soul returned to his physical body. He then opened his eyes, but his consciousness still felt strange. "I’m dividing my attention between two bodies now, and it’s a little disorienting. Please stand guard for me."
After speaking, Zhu Ge closed his eyes again.
In his perception, the consciousness on the other side was sometimes filled with a vast, white sense of fullness, and at other times with a black, gaping sense of emptiness and nothingness.
Meanwhile, the consciousness in his own body felt a sense of reality, able to feel the rustle of the wind in the grass and the gentle moonlight.
Zhu Ge wasn’t very good at multitasking, so he still needed to get used to the feeling of being split apart after the possession.
However, just a moment later, the feeling on the other side changed.
Presumably, the last few bone fragments had finished coalescing onto the chicken skeleton, and Zhu Ge’s possession on the other side was now completely successful.
WHOOSH—
A gust of wind seemed to blow from the depths of his soul, and then the image of a figure standing amidst the clouds appeared in the memories of the Bone Monster’s body that Zhu Ge had possessed.
’This is...’
’The residual memories of these bone fragments?’
’What is this? Who was the Bone Monster’s original owner? And...’
’Oh no, these memories are about to fade away! I have to memorize them quickly! These seem to be ancient secrets!’