Chapter 396: Chapter 28: A Hundred Forms of Living Beings
After cutting the line, Wang Sheng brought Guan Liang back to the real world.
Guan Liang seemed somewhat uncomfortable after having a line cut, but he had not suffered any substantial harm.
It took Guan Liang a little while to come to his senses, his eyes regaining their clarity.
“How does it feel, was your memory corrected?” Wang Sheng directly asked about the result.
“It has been restored, thank you, Sir!” Guan Liang’s tone carried a hint of fear; having one’s memory directly modified was too horrifying for anyone.
Seeing his fearful appearance, Wang Sheng said, “Don’t worry too much, the entity that modified your memory cannot do so at will, or it wouldn’t be such a hassle.”
Modifying a piece of memory and leaving such a glaring flaw was similar to the discrepancies in the memories of Scholar and Wu Yuancheng about Qingshan Village; the issues became apparent quickly once pointed out.
Clearly, the entity could not modify memories at will.
Guan Liang did not respond. Since Wang Sheng could undo the modification, he naturally did not need to worry too much, but he felt like a fish on the chopping block. However, after such reassurance, he felt much better inside.
“Go down, there’s nothing more for you here!”
Seeing that Wang Sheng had dealt with the matter, Zhu Xiao let Guan Liang leave.
“You have a solution now, right?”
“Yes, I will resolve this issue later.” That inexplicable Spiritual Line, besides modifying memory, also absorbed spiritual power to some extent.
That was practically undermining his own efforts!
His Spirit World would soon be established, which also needed a large number of intelligent beings.
Therefore, he must resolve this matter.
And in his heart, he also hoped that humanity would continue.
No matter the reason, he had to intervene to resolve the issue of the memory-modifying and spiritual energy-absorbing line.
However—
“I can resolve the memory issue, but I cannot do anything about the Demon Clan problem. In at most six months, all the Demon Clan will have completely merged with the Human Race, and by then, even I won’t be able to tell the difference.”
“As long as the memory issue is resolved, most of the problems with the Demon Clan can be handled, as without the disguise of memories, those individuals will easily be exposed.”
The Demon Clan’s method of hiding themselves within humans was simple and crude, but if the issue was not identified, they were essentially undetectable.
Because very few people suspect their own memories without being prompted.
But as soon as there was an issue with memory, it would be easily exposed.
Wang Sheng pondered and then said, “Let the information leak out; it’s a good time for the others to prepare.”
Whether it’s Heavenly Father or the Black Fog Giant Snake, both had significant conflicts with him, especially concerning interests.
So this time, no matter who had modified the memories, undoing it would be highly beneficial for him.
“Alright!”
Zhu Xiao also understood the importance of this matter and went down to give the orders.
At Yuelai Inn, when it comes to spreading messages, no one was more skilled.
Wang Sheng then re-entered the Black Fog-filled Spirit World.
“Chang Zai, Dragon Smoke, Dan Yuan, Hao Hua!”
He summoned the four Five Internal Gods he’d awakened and immediately dispersed them to deploy their power.
“Although I can’t completely control it, using the power of the Five Internal Gods to temporarily suppress this Spirit World and gain control is not a problem.”
This was Wang Sheng’s method.
After seeing the third Spiritual Line, he grasped more of the nature of the Spirit World.
Among them, the most important aspect was—
The control over the Spirit World.
Having a suppression object in place, one could control the Spirit World; after all, the Spirit World was inanimate, and with a suppression object as the core, it was naturally possible to utilize some functions of the Spirit World through various methods.
Memory modification was one of these functions.
This method of controlling the Spirit World with a suppression object did not work for Wang Sheng, as his Spirit World was autonomously generated; the most core “suppression object” was actually himself.
The power of the Five Internal Gods merely further strengthened the Spirit World.
With the departure of the Five Internal Gods, the wonders of the Spirit World would not disappear because the Spirit World was also in constant transformation, not static.
“If this black fog stays in the Spirit World too long, I’m afraid the nature of the Spirit World will completely change…”
And he intended to use the power of the Five Internal Gods to temporarily alter the nature of the Spirit World and then directly sever all lines that altered memories. If possible, he even wanted to sever the lines that limited strength.
After all, the Spirit World’s harvest required the spiritual power of those with great strength; the stronger the individual, the greater the amount of pure spiritual power they dispersed after consumption, and his gains would be greater.
This was precisely why he was committed to removing the Heavenly Father’s limitations on the cultivators’ strength.
What use was harvesting a group of weaklings? Harvesting strong Martial Artists, one individual could be worth dozens or hundreds, or even more.
Take Zhu Xiao, for example, who had some strength limitations lifted; the spiritual power he dispersed normally was incomparable even to all the people of Qingshan Village combined.
This is the role of the strong.
Heavenly Father restricted strength enhancement but still wanted to reap the harvest, which, in Wang Sheng’s view, completely missed the essence of reaping.
“Hopefully, everything goes smoothly!”
He chose to tackle the issues of strength restriction and memory modification first by eliminating them.
Although the Five Internal Gods were not fully assembled, Wang Sheng’s current strength was already enough, even with just four of them present!
Suppressing such a Spiritual World was effortlessly done with the Four Gods.
However, to facilitate Zhu Xiao’s smooth operation, Wang Sheng did not start immediately but summoned the Four Gods to conduct a simple test.
The test naturally went very smoothly, and time quickly progressed to one month later.
Thanks to the vigorous promotion by Yuelai Inn, almost everyone following the issue knew that someone claimed that the modified memories would be released at a special juncture, and precautions were provided.
“Please pay close attention to people around you and don’t easily believe when someone is accused of being a demon, because those demons are cunning and very likely to frame others.”
Zhu Xiao was very thorough in handling matters, having considered all aspects.
The official announcement from Yuelai Inn caused a huge uproar.
After all, Yuelai Inn had always been one not to be underestimated in terms of strength, be it in the past or present, lending high credibility to the information.
“Can you really remove those absurd, extra memories? Is that true?”
“If it’s true, it would be great. The current situation makes it unbearable to get close and plead for others even when you know there’s a problem. I can barely stand it!” someone said, breaking down, “That feeling of approaching despite knowing the issue, do you understand?”
“The message from Yuelai Inn shouldn’t be fake, right?”
“Hope it returns to normal soon!”
Upon learning of the news from Yuelai Inn, almost everyone hoped the issue would be resolved soon as most were greatly disturbed by it.
Of course, there were also those who didn’t believe in it.
“Resolving it, what a joke; what kind of strength is needed to resolve all of this? I know that three factions have encountered this issue; if it could be resolved, it should have been done long ago instead of just issuing propaganda now.”
“It’s probably just to fool those ordinary people who don’t understand anything. None of the Martial Artists around me believe it.”
“Heh, if this issue could be resolved, I’d cripple my cultivation on the spot.”
Yuelai Inn didn’t care about others’ attitudes and merely ensured the information was passed on; how to prepare was up to the individuals.
In any case, they at Yuelai Inn were already well-prepared.
When the news had sufficiently spread, Zhu Xiao informed Wang Sheng.
“The message has been spread almost everywhere!”
Wang Sheng nodded and then re-entered the Spiritual World.
The power of the Five Internal Gods erupted, directly suppressing the center and the three corners of the Black Fog Spiritual World.
Four colors of light instantly covered the entire Spiritual World, dispersing all of the black fog.
Then, the four kinds of light began to merge, displaying an extremely mysterious glow.
Under the illumination of this light, countless dense lines appeared in the Spiritual World, all extending beyond the Spiritual World, their ends unseen.
But Wang Sheng was not seeing these lines for the first time.
The power of the Five Internal Gods was self-sustaining, so he walked around, observing the nearly unshielded Spiritual World.
“Among these lines, one type restricts strength, corresponding to each individual, even the non-ordinary ones; another type is the one modifying memories this time, only a few, and this method really is amazing!”
Since everything was reflected, Wang Sheng was not in a rush, continuously observing these lines, trying to find information that could be beneficial to him.
It must be said, in terms of utilizing the Spirit World, he was not far behind the Heavenly Father, who had been around for thousands of years.
“Though these lines are not great things, through them, one can accurately locate anyone and modify their memories, which is rather fascinating…”
Using the Qi Fortune Line, one can precisely locate the target they want to find.
And precisely because of this, the change in memory seemed so coincidental.
“This is actually a way to utilize the suppression object, perhaps I could also make use of it, but my Five Internal Gods haven’t fully awakened, and the suppression hasn’t been long enough, so I can’t do these things yet; but simply using it is not a problem at all…”
The newly appearing lines were extremely fragile, easily seen through, hence giving Wang Sheng an opportunity to understand.
“If used well, my Spiritual World should be able to evolve again, but now—”
Under his control, the power of the Five Internal Gods erupted once more.
In the drive of Hao Hua, the endless radiance seemed to transform into blades, sweeping across the Spiritual World like whirls.
Crack, crack, crack!
Countless memory-modifying lines broke, affecting the real world.
Wang Sheng watched the scene before him, feeling somewhat regretful; the Qi Fortune Lines of Restrictive Power were still difficult to sever.
“Never mind, having gained something still counts as no loss.”
And while he was sighing in regret, a massive change occurred in the outside world; almost simultaneously, everyone saw a figure!
(Another chapter follows in about ten minutes.)