[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-history-is-sick":3,"chapter-history-is-sick-history-is-sick-chapter-14":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","History Is Sick",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2292415,4483,"Chapter 14: The Life-Lamps of All Living Things, the Diseased Domain!","history-is-sick-chapter-14",14,"\u003Cp>Jiang Yan was speechless. Could it be that he possessed a hidden historical talent—being \"Monk Tang\" meat?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, how else to explain it... he had just encountered the Corpse-Severing Royal Court during the day, and another one showed up at night?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It couldn't be that the God of Misfortune was favoring him, could it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right, the Chen Yu before his eyes, or rather the thing inside her body, was a diseased creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Jiang Yan, who had just refined the Lamp of Ashes, he could see two lamps intertwined within her from the peephole of the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of them burned with a dark red flame, already grown faint and liable to be blown out at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other was a dark green color, burning fiercely; the entire lamp body looked hideous, covered in a mass of white hair, clinging to the red life-lamp like a maggot in the bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was greedily sucking away the life force within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would this kind of monster be in the present world??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Regional Commander Lu, because he lacked a present-world anchor, had been forcibly shoved back into the depths of history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having lived here for many years, and with those around him never having encountered many strange events, it meant the number of diseased creatures was far lower than he had imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only ones he had seen were from secret societies like the Rice God Church.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Jiang Yan’s first reaction upon seeing this fellow was...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was very likely an organization behind this guy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the influence was not small, either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be... that Pan'an County had already turned into a demon nest?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be cautious, Jiang Yan had given her one chance not to come looking for trouble with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she still insisted on coming in, which meant...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had already set her sights on him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since that was the case, Jiang Yan would show no mercy. He let her in, preparing to use his full strength to subdue her before interrogating her for information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that he hadn't expected...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So weak!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yan looked with some confusion at the diseased creature whose head he was gripping; if he hadn't held back a bit of strength, he would have crushed it on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This strength... it wasn't even half as strong as a Vajra-Yogini cavalryman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thinking about it, that made sense. The Vajra-Yogini cavalrymen were no pushovers; they were, after all, regular troops of the Corpse-Severing Royal Court. With the blessing of the Vajra-Yogini Seal, they possessed powerful physiques and eight severed-limb hooves, allowing them to scale walls and possess terrifying mobility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A modern special tactical squad of fewer than thirty people might not necessarily be able to take one down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Regional Commander Lu, he was a \"one man guards the pass, ten thousand cannot open it\" type.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this took into account the fact that ordinary people lacked understanding of extraordinary powers and were ill-prepared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If high-specification firepower suppression were used, just pretend he didn't say anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as one could tell from the name, Regional Commander Lu was only considered a mid-level cadre of the Corpse-Severing Royal Court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was hard to imagine what kind of great power the Lord of the Corpse-Severing Royal Court wielded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This guy is covered in white fur; it looks a bit like a legendary... demon?\" Jiang Yan looked her up and down and reached a conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In folklore circles, demons, monsters, ghosts, and specters were not the same thing; they were divided into four major categories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Demon\" (Yao) refers to artificial creations; their characteristic is that they are transformed from humans, or animals appearing in human form, such as fox demons, human-ghouls, etc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Spirit\" (Jing) refers to the essence of objects; these are mountains, rocks, plants, or animals that do not appear in human form, such as mountain spiders or Wangxiang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ghost\" (Gui) refers to souls that do not dissipate; they appear as phantoms, spirits, etc., such as painted skins or vengeful ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scope of \"Monster\" (Guai) is much broader; as long as it is something never seen before or something that cannot be understood, it can be called a monster, such as the Tiangou or the Ba-serpent recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for immortals and gods, they do not belong to these four categories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after the disease of the long river of history, these monsters were also very likely to have undergone earth-shaking changes, and one could not look at them with old eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One had to keep pace with the times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yan asked: \"What is the name of the organization behind you? Where are you hiding?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was timid by nature; once he made an enemy, he would toss and turn all night, unable to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since that was the case, he might as well go and probe the enemy's strength. If they weren't strong, he would send them to be reunited, and incidentally breed some new offspring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they were strong, then he would develop for a while and wait until his strength improved before going to deal with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Jiang Yan's inquiry, Chen Yu was also dumbfounded and said painfully: \"What organization? I really don't know...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A tough nut to crack, then.\" Jiang Yan was not surprised by this. Being able to lurk in the present world for so long, it must be an evil group with an organization and scale; they certainly wouldn't be loud about it outside, otherwise they would have been discovered long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since that was the case...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click, click, click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yan gave a light cough. The zipper of the backpack in the corner opened, and a large amount of blood threads spread out, rapidly condensing into a strange and terrifying blood coffin, emitting an ominous aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene made Chen Yu even more certain in her heart...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy was definitely some kind of great demon wearing a human skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The burial coffin opened slowly, and thousands of blood threads spread out, wrapping around Chen Yu and dragging her inside before her terrified eyes, into a dark space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dead silence... tranquility...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her body was not being attacked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made 'Chen Yu' breathe a sigh of relief, and she couldn't help but sneer in her heart; being imprisoned was nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet she didn't notice...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the darkness, the Eye of the Burial Coffin had already opened, quietly watching her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aura of death gradually spread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Room 401, after Jiang Yan finished his shower and came out, the Coffin Spirit told him that 'Chen Yu' had surrendered and was willing to confess everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was not the least bit surprised by this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the strongest ability of the burial coffin was not the blood threads or the white bones, but...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Burial!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once suppressed inside the coffin, one would be enveloped by the Eye of the Coffin Spirit, losing the perception of time, experiencing endless darkness... eternal silence...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And experiencing death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could feel its own body slowly dissolving, decaying, and finally turning into dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the dead, it is peace and the cycle of life, but for any living being with wisdom and emotion, it is the ultimate torture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coffin lid opened, and 'Chen Yu' crawled out, staggering. Her gaze was dull; upon seeing Jiang Yan, she was stunned for a moment, then a look of terror appeared, and her body couldn't stop trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't know how long she had been imprisoned—years... or decades—but no matter what, she never wanted to experience that feeling again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was truly a fate worse than death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yan looked down at her from above, further crushing her psychological defenses, and said indifferently:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speak, why did you target me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered what the woman from the Rice God Church had said—that his spirituality was abundant. Could it be that he emitted an aura that attracted these diseased lives?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or was there a special perception between extraordinary lives that attracted each other?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that were really the case, he would have to find some skills to hide his aura, otherwise it would be troublesome to be targeted by high-level diseased creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was pondering, Chen Yu replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because... you are handsome.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yan slowly produced a \"?\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is there something wrong with you, or is there something wrong with me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is it a crime to be handsome?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that were really the case, then he was indeed deeply sinful, bearing the sins of this world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However... Jiang Yan narrowed his eyes, suspecting that this fellow was pulling his leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after a detailed interrogation, he discovered,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fellow was indeed not lying!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First of all, this diseased creature had no backing, and Pan'an County had not turned into a demon nest, but its origins were not small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it had run out from a diseased domain ruled by a powerful being!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also its first time coming to the present world; before this, it couldn't even imagine that there could be such a prosperous and beautiful place in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After arriving in the present world, it had indeed thought about turning over a new leaf and living a low-key life in human society.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But human flesh and blood were just too tempting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Friend, you smell so good!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lurking within, smelling it every day but unable to eat it, this extreme sense of hunger made it almost go mad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, these demons came from the past; if they didn't have enough flesh and blood to anchor themselves, they were very likely to be dragged back by the long river of history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't want to return to that nightmarish place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it made up its mind to hunt; anyway, the human population in this era was huge, and a few missing wouldn't be discovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For safety's sake, it would move to a new place after every meal, and to avoid the dragnet of cameras, it walked only on mountain paths, never on highways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A real-life version of—climbing over mountains and ridges just to eat you!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why it chose young men, it wasn't because they had abundant blood energy; it was simply because it...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was lustful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It liked handsome men to satisfy its own desires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had also only arrived in this mountainous county of Pan'an today; surrounded by mountains, it provided a natural cover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had not expected to see Jiang Yan so soon after entering the city; he was the most handsome individual he had ever seen in his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because both the Long Qi and the hands of Regional Commander Lu contained extraordinary auras, he quietly suppressed them with the Demon God Embryo so as not to frighten passersby, making them look like mere decorations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also resulted in the monster before him failing to sense the danger, and along the way, its desires overcame its reason, leading it to follow him to the hotel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After listening, Jiang Yan frowned deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not know much about extraordinary knowledge, but from the small amount of information provided by the Long River of History, he knew that Disease Domains were different from Boundary Lands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Boundary Land refers to a situation where the Long River of History, for various reasons, surges, causing a tributary to overlap with the present world, which is equivalent to building a temporary bridge between two places separated by the Jianghe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By reinforcing the bridge through a ritual and successfully anchoring it to the present world, it can be used for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or, it may be scattered as the river fluctuates and be swept back into the depths of history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for a Disease Domain, it is because the pathological changes within the Long River of History continue to deepen, much like cancer cells proliferating in a patient's body, disrupting time and forming individual, special small worlds—that is, \"tumors.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disadvantage is that a large number of monsters gather together, sinking into the depths of the Long River of History to form a large monster nest; the advantage is that the target is so large that the difficulty of descending into reality is certainly greater than that of an individual pathological life form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, these Disease Domains greedily absorb the power of the Long River of History and continue to undergo pathological changes; if left untreated, they will gradually grow and block the tributaries or even the main channel of history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The condition of the Long River of History will also further worsen, becoming increasingly distorted and affecting the present world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps in the end... the Long River of History could even be replaced by these \"tumors.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What would happen then?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yan did not know, nor did he want to see such a situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the monster before him claimed to have escaped from a Disease Domain and had only crossed a few mountains to drift into the nearby county town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does this not prove...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That there is a Disease Domain not far from Pan'an County that is connecting, or has already connected, to the present world?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>3k-word chapter, continuing to ask for monthly tickets! Asking for follow-up reads! Asking for recommendation tickets!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2208,"2026-06-20T04:11:05.849Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","4badd1556563d62bc19b912255b9afe1fbd21ebcd497d11aca941cd35d8b605e","history-is-sick-chapter-15","history-is-sick-chapter-13",69,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhistory-is-sick-cover.jpg"]