Chapter 818: Ghost God Path

A long time later,

Several figures in white carried stretchers to the entrance of the Dark Palace.

"Is it down here?"

"Yes, they said dozens died... Almost all our logistics personnel have been mobilized, otherwise we really wouldn't be able to carry them all out."

"...Was the Dark Palace this dangerous when it was designed?"

"Probably not, but they said it was infighting, so..."

"Forget it, that’s not for us to consider. Go down and move the bodies. Be sure to match them one by one according to the list; don't miss any."

Numerous logistics personnel entered the Dark Palace one after another. Seeing the hellish scenes at each checkpoint, their faces turned pale... They couldn't imagine what had happened in the Dark Palace to cause such a scene.

"...This isn't right." A man in white picked up a body from the ground and suddenly frowned, as if he had noticed something.

"What’s wrong, team leader?"

"Where are the souls? Why are their souls gone?!"

The team leader hurried to another corpse, sensed it with his God Path for a moment, and his face grew even uglier... After checking a few more bodies to verify, he stood there in a daze.

"How is this possible... It shouldn't be..."

"Souls are gone?" Everyone immediately realized the severity of the situation, "But Mr. Han’s [Land of Lingering] has been covering every corner. All souls shouldn't dissipate, but should remain within the corpses... How could the souls be gone?"

"But they are indeed gone. All the corpses in the Dark Palace are like this."

The team leader’s eyes flashed with light, as if thinking about something, and then he turned back to order: "Quick, gather all these bodies together first. Don't leave the range of the [Land of Lingering] for now... Then urgently contact Mr. Han and see what he says."

"Yes!"

……

[Audience Expectation +4]

[Current Expectation: 67%]

Seeing the two lines of characters floating before his eyes, Chen Ling, who was walking on the streets of the Old District, was slightly stunned.

"What’s wrong?" Jian Changsheng, walking side by side with him, saw Chen Ling suddenly stop and asked in confusion, "Could it be that your conscience has kicked in and you intend to give the [Privilege] to me?"

Chen Ling: ...

It was clear that Jian Changsheng really wanted the [Tongtian Star Position].

Chen Ling had thought his scheme against Tu Tian would increase the audience expectation, but this expectation came a bit late... After all, it had been several minutes since Tu Tian left.

Could it be that it wasn't because of Tu Tian?

Chen Ling pondered for a long time without any other clues, so he could only shake his head and continue walking.

But regardless of why the expectation increased, it had now reached the 67% threshold. As long as it increased a bit more, it would reach 70%, allowing for a safe rebirth.

On one hand, missing an arm made Chen Ling’s movements very inconvenient; on the other hand... Chen Ling wanted to try to retrieve his domain through death.

One of the biggest problems plaguing Chen Ling now was his missing domain. If the lack of information about the domain after this advancement was because he was "overwritten" by "Mockery" during the "loss of control" process... then is it possible that he could recreate the "loss of control" process just by experiencing death again?

It was like during a game, when the reward settlement was in progress, but someone logged into the account remotely and overwrote the original content... If that was the case, then as long as he logged in with his own account again, he could retrieve the interrupted settlement rewards.

If this method didn't work, Chen Ling really didn't know what to do. Perhaps he would never be able to possess a domain of his own in this lifetime.

"What are you thinking about?" Seeing Chen Ling still in a daze, Jian Changsheng couldn't help but ask.

Chen Ling pondered for a moment,

"I want to find a chance to die."

Xiao Jian: "???"

"There’s such a good thing?!" After a brief moment of shock, Jian Changsheng’s eyes lit up, "Do you want me to help you?"

"...The problem is, if you kill me here, I won't die."

"That’s true... Hey!" Jian Changsheng raised his right index finger, as if thinking of something good, and revealed two rows of bright white teeth, "How about I kill you once first, let you enjoy it?"

Chen Ling: ?

After speaking, Jian Changsheng didn't forget to add, "But before you die, can you pass the [Privilege] to me?"

Meanwhile, dozens of meters away, participants who were sneakily looking for a chance to ambush them heard the conversation and looked at each other in confusion, their expressions like they had seen a ghost.

After hesitating for a few seconds, they silently chose to flee, not wanting to provoke these two psychopaths.

"Do you want the Tongtian Star Position that much?" Chen Ling couldn't help but ask, "That thing has many benefits, but once you accept it, it means you will become a key target for the five major realms to cultivate... By then, you won't be able to be as free as you are now."

Jian Changsheng was startled. After a long silence, he muttered in a low voice:

"I just... don't want to be a jinx for the rest of my life."

Chen Ling looked at him deeply and said nothing more.

Meanwhile,

A faint crackle of static came from the walkie-talkie in his pocket.

"This frequency is..." Chen Ling seemed to sense something, immediately took it out, and began to monitor the communication.

"Crackle, crackle, crackle..."

"You mean the souls of the corpses under the Dark Palace are gone?"

"Yes, Mr. Han! A total of forty-nine corpses, the souls have all disappeared... We have never seen such a situation."

"In the [Land of Lingering], there was no sense of the souls being scattered. They must have been transferred." Mr. Han pondered for a moment, "Don't panic yet. They must still be in the Old District."

"But who transferred these souls? We’ve never heard of such a method."

The other side of the walkie-talkie paused for a long time before saying in a deep voice,

"Yes, someone can do it."

"Who?"

"Ghost God Path." Mr. Han said slowly, "It is rumored that the Ghost God Path can control ghosts and claim souls, using the nutrients of the soul to strengthen themselves... At the same time, the more souls they control, the stronger their own strength becomes."

"They can do that???"

"Not only that, I have read records in ancient books that the Ghost God Path can use secret techniques to recreate the abilities the souls had in life, and can consume souls to perform various unpredictable 'Ghost Path Divine Abilities'... They can move mountains and fill seas, capable of anything.

It is said that they are the keepers of the world of the dead, the embodiment of the 'Yin' of the world. Their appearance is often accompanied by great disasters in the world, so in ancient times, they were also called the Plague Gods."

"Ghost God Path... I remember now, the organizers said that when they were receiving registration forms, there was one form without a name, without a photo, without a resume... but it had the words [Ghost God Path] written on it!"