Chapter 572: Pituitary Abnormality

War Fortress No. 7.

Compared to the slightly rear Ninth Fortress, this war fortress obviously has most of its garrison as troops.

Defensive siege equipment can be seen everywhere.

Especially the city walls, like mountain peaks, are riddled with entrances and exits.

Large numbers of Ascetic Practitioners carry huge stones, constantly repairing.

On the second day arriving at War Fortress No. 7, Lin An devoted himself to studying the secret of the blood corpses.

In the spacious assigned courtyard.

In the dim room, he expressionlessly dissected an Ascetic Practitioner corpse.

This Ascetic Practitioner was a newly promoted Ascetic Practitioner; upon his arrival at War Fortress No. 7, he was immediately assigned to him.

Quite unfortunate.

Like the Ascetic Practitioner encountered in the temple, the other party openly displayed jealousy.

Simply, Lin An directly made him shut up.

Having removed the organs from the corpse's abdominal cavity, Lin An began to examine these Ascetic Practitioners to see what was special about them.

He could never figure it out.

Why can people in this world generally endure pain beyond limits?

According to daily observation, these people usually do not show tenacity.

When things go awry, there must be a demon!

Thinking of that youth who would rather bang his head to death than turn back, the ascetic who set his arm ablaze alive, the middle-aged man who cut off his tongue with shards...

Lin An then felt full of questions.

On the table.

The bright red organs, elastic and still fresh.

Two kidneys, one heart, two lungs...

Nothing special.

In contemplation.

Lin An habitually simulated the mission.

The two major missions must be related.

【Initial Battle】: Solve the mystery of She Sha, resolve all Ascetic Practitioners.

This can only be approached from the essence of the Ascetic Practitioners' power.

Otherwise, relying solely on force, Lin An seriously doubts he could kill all Ascetic Practitioners even if he worked himself to death.

Not to mention else, whether he can kill the top ten Ascetic Practitioners is a question.

If the mission could be completed.

Then all clues point to one thing.

The source of the Ascetic Practitioners' power must be problematic!

Two lines of thought roughly formed.

First, from within resolve the Ascetic Practitioners.

According to the information he has grasped during this period:

Old Era Ascetic Practitioners and New Era Ascetic Practitioners, the Great Xia Dynasty, there is an irreconcilable conflict hidden.

The former occupies too many resources (the Initial Land), the middle is dissatisfied with the Ascetic Practitioners' performance, the latter wants to replace the former.

If he fuels the fire, causing all Ascetic Practitioners' cultivation methods to shift to the New Era's way, he could greatly weaken their strength.

This is like cutting meat with a dull knife.

Newborn Ascetic Practitioners grow weaker generation after generation.

Even spreading false notions, merely planting wrong information in their beliefs, could perhaps detonate a thought bomb all at once.

Annihilate the New Era Ascetic Practitioners.

Just like cultural invasion before the Apocalypse in the real world, a propaganda war.

For example: raise one's influence, spreading extreme self-harm methods can obtain power more quickly.

Compared to the indifferent Ascetic Practitioners, with intent he finds it not difficult to shape himself in the hearts of the new-generation Ascetic Practitioners into a glorious image.

When all New Era Ascetic Practitioners eagerly follow him, then suddenly declaring extreme self-harm wrong, destroying their belief, causing the New Era Ascetic Practitioners' belief to collapse entirely.

Combined with the blood corpses, one can thoroughly resolve the Ascetic Practitioners.

However, this method's efficiency is too slow.

But after repeated consideration, Lin An has roughly determined this is a correct route to complete the mission.

And the second point...

The scalpel taken from the ring cut open the skullcap.

Dual-focused.

Lin An, while observing the Ascetic Practitioners' brain tissue structure, while thinking about the feasibility of the second method.

The second method of completion perhaps starts from the 【Final Battle】.

The mission information for the 【Final Battle】 is scarce, but there is one crucial clue.

(Prevent the birth of the first blood corpse...)

Combining that all blood corpses are the same existence, he faintly had a bold guess in his heart.

Blood corpses..

Tens of thousands of blood corpses, perhaps all are one.

Just like an amoeba, it is constantly self-replicating.

And 【Prevent the birth of the first blood corpse】.

This requirement is obviously contradictory.

The blood corpse has already appeared; unless he reverses time back to the point when the blood corpse appeared, it is impossible to achieve.

But just thinking with your toes, this is obviously impossible.

The Causal Sequence can reverse time, but only for individuals.

Reversing for oneself, at most can reverse back to the state when entering the deserted village.

Wanting to travel through time is nothing short of daydreaming.

That is, only in such a strange place as the deserted village can one achieve individual reversal and reenact time.

Actually, none of them count; it can only be said to be in a loop.

After all, he has actually died many times...

For this, he has already had Xiong Hanzi test it once.

In the Secret Realm world, at least within the scope of the Great Xia Dynasty, they cannot reenact history.

Combining the Ascetic Practitioners' ability to borrow from the future, combined with this Secret Realm world suspected of existing in a loop.

Then the answer is about to emerge.

Changing the present can also change the past.

After taking out the brain tissue, Lin An carefully examined it.

After connecting all the clues together, he had a bold guess:

The resurrected blood corpse, infant, statue holding an infant, beginning, end, cycle...

The mission requires preventing the first blood corpse from appearing, but he cannot return to the past.

So, does all this indicate...

"Lin Dui!?"

"Did you find anything special?"

"Holy shit, when I was just wandering in the city, I saw many people like madmen, playing themselves to death..."

"Damn, these people are slicing themselves while laughing hysterically."

"This damn Secret Realm, normal people who enter will go crazy!"

"Can they even laugh while in pain!?"

He clicked his tongue repeatedly.

Zhang Tie swayed his body and shoved the room door open.

In the dim room, Lin An was holding a clump of red-and-white tissue structure, constantly probing it with the knife tip.

After a long while.

The knife tip pried open the lower layer of the structure, and an abnormality came into view.

In the cold gloom.

Lin An's mouth curled up, ignoring Xiong Hanzi's question.

Only seen, in the brain tissue structure of the Ascetic Practitioner in his hand, the part representing the pituitary gland was abnormally enlarged.

One was hanging upside down, a gland resembling the tonsils pinched between his fingertips.

Zhang Tie, upon entering the door, saw Lin An looking like a pervert, and couldn't help but shrink his head back.

Holy shit, Lin Dui, what are you doing again...

I just ate pig brain at noon...

Ignoring Xiong Hanzi's reaction, Lin An, as if obtaining a treasure, lifted the excised pituitary part before his eyes.

Indeed...

The humans of this world have been "remodeled"...

And it coincides with his own guess.

Turning his head back, he gave a light laugh to the somewhat chilly Zhang Tie, and replied gently:

"They are not unafraid of pain."

"But they do not feel pain."

"Or rather... it feels great."

"Huh!?"

Seeing Lin An's gentle smile, Zhang Tie couldn't help but stare blankly.

"Lin Dui, what are you saying!?"