Chapter 454

Wu Pifu originally thought he would have to slaughter ordinary people, which was something he was unwilling to do. Although he wouldn't be soft-hearted when facing the enemy, he didn't have much malice toward the humans in this world, and the humans he contacted were all normal humans.

Although there were sacrifices and killings, it was meaningless to talk about this away from the era. He didn't have mental cleanliness, and it was impossible to demand that everyone living in this era and this world possess thoughts that transcended the era.

As a result, when he kicked open the city gate, these soldiers actually threw away their weapons, neither attacking nor resisting. Each of them squatted down obediently, and even the magic tower that had stored energy didn't release any magic. All magic spiritual light quickly extinguished, and the entire city had no resistance at all.

The only strange thing was in the center of the city, a giant stone building somewhat similar to the ancient Greek style. That should be a temple or shrine. Above that building, there was white holy light, but quickly, this white holy light was being dyed red. At the same time, black aura began to appear in this red, and vaguely it seemed to see the images of distorted humanoid skeletons or skeletons of other creatures. Wu Pifu naturally didn't attack those humans who put down their weapons. He looked at the temple direction, and then found that everyone around was looking at him, not only the humans and barbarians who followed him, but also the soldiers, citizens, farmers, etc. in this city, all looking at him.

"... Have you suffered from gods for a long time?"

Wu Pifu muttered, then he looked back. The Extraordinary barbarians, the human soldiers who followed, the mages, and the priests were all gathered around the three small animals. Only then did he hold the broken blade and walk toward the temple.

The closer he got to the temple, the more bloody and pitch-black the holy light became. And the crowd around was wailing and fleeing the temple quickly. Even Wu Pifu heard hazy wailing and groaning. This sound had the effect of distorting the mind, making his Sleeping Spiritual Light burn more intensely.

"Lord, my Lord, be with me..."

"God, I sacrifice myself, I sacrifice myself..."

"Live and die together, we are together..."

These sounds were full of distortion and loss of fidelity, and even Wu Pifu felt uncomfortable in his consciousness after listening for a long time.

Just at this moment, the entire temple exploded violently. A large amount of rotting flesh mixed with blackened and stinking blood plasma surged out. A giant bull was rotting all over, with multiple deformities, skin peeling off, and a large number of tentacles extending from its body surface and internal organs. On its body surface and internal organs, eyes and mouthparts of different races emerged, but these eyes and mouthparts seemed not to be its own, constantly turning around, and even back-biting the rotting bull's flesh.

This giant winged bull seemed to be in extreme pain and anger. As soon as it emerged from the temple, it began to rush toward the surrounding crowd crazily. But after taking only a few steps, Wu Pifu blocked in front of it. Then, a little clarity returned to the giant bull's eyes, seeming to carry a kind of fear, but the ulceration and rot on its body, as well as the terrifying deformity, were still continuing. This little clarity immediately turned into boundless rage, and the rotting bull rushed toward Wu Pifu fiercely.

"... A carrier of distortion and negativity?"

Wu Pifu was silent, raised his blade, his body flashed, and he appeared behind this rotting bull. And this rotting bull stood still in place, then its body shattered, annihilated, and dissipated...

The temple collapsed with a bang, and the statue in the temple also exploded violently. All the holy light with blood and black aura slowly dissipated. The city was just filled with the smell of rot, but the terrifying sound and pollution disappeared.

Wu Pifu stood in place, and everyone around him slowly knelt down to him...

"Ruler?"

Wu Pifu was eating a large piece of beef, chewing the bull bones, and asked the young man in front of him curiously.

The young man lowered his head and said respectfully to Wu Pifu: "Saint, please allow me to report. A place with a family has a family ruler, a place with a village has a village ruler, and a city-state has a ruler. Those who are capable should reside in it. This is the right way."

Wu Pifu shook his head and said: "I am not questioning this. Of course I understand what you said. I am just very curious, this city-state is a religious god regime, right? You don't seem to be a priest, nor a mage, etc. How can you become a ruler?"

The young man was not surprised or angry when he heard this, but rather very happy. He immediately said: "Saint is indeed not a barbarian. Even the nature of the regime is understood. It's really great... That's right, I am neither a priest nor a mage. According to common sense, I cannot be this ruler. But does the Saint understand a truth? That is, the foundation of all regimes is..."

"Power." Wu Pifu waved his hand and said: "Violence is the foundation of regime stability and existence. There is no need to elaborate on this point. You continue."

The young man's face was even happier. He said respectfully: "I can be this ruler because I am stronger than them. I am not an extraordinary person, but my family is an old noble in the city-state. I have family armed forces, I am good at management, business, know human hearts and politics, and understand agriculture and pioneering, and understand the allocation of manpower. I have won over most of the mages and priests, and the remaining mages and priests who were hostile to me were eliminated by me. This process is a bit long. If the Saint wants to know, I will definitely tell everything one by one. Under these circumstances, I became the ruler of this city-state."

Everything the young man said was true. Wu Pifu sensed all this from his emotions.

This made Wu Pifu secretly click his tongue.

A person who is not an extraordinary person himself, relying only on family power and his own management, actually forcibly suppressed the extraordinary and religious priest classes, and made these people willing to listen to his orders... This is a hero. If he were changed to ancient Earth, he wouldn't be Jiang Ziya, but at least he would be a Zhuge Liang.

Wu Pifu examined the young man, and the young man was also peaceful and natural, allowing Wu Pifu to examine him. Wu Pifu asked: "After killing that bull, we couldn't understand what you said, and you couldn't understand what we said. Then you tore open a sheepskin paper, which also had extraordinary power, and I could understand your words again. Is that sheepskin paper the extraordinary power stored by the bull?"

The young man was still gentle and clear: "It's not like that, Saint. All extraordinary things in this world come from gods and spiritual things. When a god dies, all extraordinary power from the god will disappear completely. This sheepskin scroll was purchased from a foreign country. The gods of foreign countries still exist, so this sheepskin scroll can be used."

Wu Pifu nodded, and he suddenly asked: "What is your name?"

The young man's face was happy: "My name is Samara von Gandorra. Saint can call me Samara."

Wu Pifu said: "Then you continue to be this ruler. By the way, I have many questions I want to ask you. For example, you called me the initial outsider at the beginning. What does this mean?"

Samara said solemnly: "This is a title I found from an ancient ruin. There are residual ancient texts in the ruin, which describe a wonderful world. The whole world is divided into two different boundary lines: reality and illusion. Reality falls toward illusion, and illusion rises toward reality. In this process, reality gradually gains the power of illusion, while illusion gains the existence of reality. The whole world will constantly switch between reality and illusion until illusion has a big problem..."

Wu Pifu stood up suddenly and asked eagerly: "What big problem did illusion have!?"

Samara was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Wu Pifu to react so strongly. He immediately said: "I don't know, because the ruin was damaged a lot, and only a few residual murals were left. These contents were also inferred by me based on the murals, so I don't know what big problem illusion had. It's just that on the mural, an eye that appeared ferociously and abruptly was drawn on the camp representing illusion."

An eye!

Wu Pifu sat down silently, thinking of the giant eyeball that seemed to occupy one-third of the volume of the entire universe. That was also the origin of the weekend. Illusion had a big problem... an eye... What is the connection between this?

Wu Pifu thought for a few seconds, then continued to say to Samara: "You continue."

Samara nodded respectfully and continued: "From this ancient ruin, I discovered this information and knew that the whole world is constantly circulating between reality and illusion, until illusion had a big problem, a dramatic change, and then reality kept falling. Although new reality appeared, this falling is endless. This is the outside world."

"Outside?" Wu Pifu asked.

"Yes, outside!" Samara said with a serious face: "Our world is not the outside world that exists in reality, or rather our world is not in this world model of reality and illusion. In the murals of the ancient ruins, there are many ferocious bugs accompanying the giant eye born from illusion. These bugs constantly bite and swallow the fragments falling from reality. These fragments will be digested bit by bit in the long bodies of the bugs, completely turning into nothingness... Saint, this is our world, the 'food' swallowed by the bugs born with the giant eye, then mixed together, and digested in the bodies of the bugs!"

Wu Pifu was silent for a long time again and said: "How do you confirm that I am the initial outsider? What is the meaning of this word?"

Samara said: "In addition to this ancient ruin, I have explored more than a dozen ancient ruins of different sizes, and have been to many city-states, and even studied in kingdoms, and visited many sages, elderly mages, and priests who have served gods for decades... I have learned some truths from all this, among which is the description of the initial outsider. It is said that in the real world, life can obtain extraordinary power by itself, and does not need to be bestowed by gods. After such extraordinary outsiders fall into this world, their extraordinary power will not disappear. They can still compare to or even surpass gods. But the descendants they give birth to, or the apprentices they take in, all cannot obtain extraordinary power. This is the original intention of the initial outsider. Only that initial generation possesses extraordinary power that is not from gods!"

Wu Pifu looked at his palms thoughtfully and roughly understood the reason why Samara confirmed that he was the initial outsider.

After a few seconds, Wu Pifu asked again: "Then, I have a biggest question."

"How can I leave here? Break away from the fate of being swallowed by bugs into nothingness, and return to the real world..."

"Can you tell me?"

(End of chapter)