Chapter 141: An Alternative Form of Immortality

"Reincarnation?"

Professor Beishan and the others present suddenly froze.

The term "reincarnation" had also circulated in Japan; legend had it that reincarnation was what happened after a person died and descended to hell, underwent judgment, and ultimately entered one of the six paths of reincarnation.

Dare I ask, does the immortal exist in this world?

Does reincarnation exist in this world?

These two great topics had always been hot subjects frequently mentioned on the forums of every major city's legends, paranormal, extraordinary, super-science, metaphysics, and the like — belonging to the extraordinary domain.

In the past, before the extraordinary appeared, these two topics had endured on these forums, brought up from time to time, and would ultimately devolve into arguments with each side holding its own view, each with its own reasoning.

With the appearance of extraordinary events, these two topics — which already belonged to the extraordinary domain — became even hotter subjects.

And the topic "Dare I ask, does the immortal exist in this world," with Abe Ontake Maro's words "The gods shall return," finally received its answer.

What is an immortal?

Aren't immortals simply divine immortals, deities?

Abe Ontake Maro's words had already proven that deities exist and shall return.

Therefore, the answer to "does the immortal exist in this world" is yes!

Immortals and deities exist in this world.

And "Dare I ask, does the immortal exist in this world" — a question once thought to have zero possibility — had received an affirmative answer, which excited people and at the same time made them even more eager and curious about the other topic that, even with the appearance of the extraordinary, had never been solved — does reincarnation exist in this world?

Reincarnation involved a person's transmigration and rebirth, involved the most untouchable laws of life and the laws of life and death, involved past and present lives, involved all manner of things.

If this question could be confirmed, it was bound to trigger a world-shaking sensation.

This was also why Master Konghai's resurrection of a thousand people caused an unparalleled sensation — but Master Konghai had resurrected people, and one could not use that to pursue whether reincarnation existed.

Because reincarnation was not only the law of life and death, it also involved transmigration and rebirth, lifetimes of past and present lives, and so on — extremely complex and full of mysteries.

It was no exaggeration to say that if the mystery of reincarnation could be explored, then even ordinary people could obtain immortality.

"Reincarnation — legend has it that it is the final place a person passes through after death; once past reincarnation, one is no longer one's former self, but an entirely new other self."

Director Takahashi looked at everyone and spoke slowly.

"What do you think — is it possible that Su Daji's history is real, that she truly has already died, but that she harbors some kind of obsession or existence regarding this life as Su Daji, already branded into her soul, branded into eternity, unable to be forgotten even upon entering reincarnation.

Therefore, after she died and entered reincarnation, reborn into the next life, she still possessed memories of her past life, knew that she was Su Daji, and thus did the same things as in her past life, only to let Zhou Wuwang and the others know.

That she, Su Daji, had returned from reincarnation."

Deathly silence.

The helicopter was quiet, with only the whirring roar of its rotors echoing.

Yet every person felt as if their ears were ringing, humming, unable to hear a sound, as if their brains had short-circuited.

Now, they believed Director Takahashi was not holding anything back, but that the content was too horrifying to speak of for fear of causing a great sensation.

Reincarnation — the level it touched upon was far too vast, vast enough that one dared not even think about it.

Just the fact that reincarnation had six paths, that upon death a person entered whichever of the six paths based on the karma accumulated in this life — good people entering the human path, the greatly wicked entering the animal path — was enough to make one dare not think about it.

Because it was too terrifying. In this life, who had never made mistakes, even done bad things? If the six paths truly existed in this world, it would surely trigger panic; people would be extremely afraid of death, unable to help wondering which path they would enter into hell and the reincarnation paths for the wrong deeds of this life — the animal path? the hell path?

Apart from this, there was also past and present lives.

If reincarnation truly existed in this world, then what was one's previous life? What had one experienced? If one day memories of the previous life appeared, then at that time would one still be oneself — the self of the past life, or the self of now?

So who exactly was oneself?

One must remember, Su Daji had returned from reincarnation, possessing memories of past and present lives — therefore it was not impossible for past-life memory recovery to occur.

The more one thought about it, the more terrifying it became.

At this moment, Director Takahashi observed the expressions of everyone present and said in a deep voice.

"Su Daji returning from reincarnation is not impossible. Think carefully about that line 'I just want them to discover it' — why couldn't this line be Su Daji wanting to tell Zhou Wuwang and the others that she, Su Daji, had returned?

Moreover, history introduces it very clearly: Su Daji had truly, certainly already died. Combining this with that line, it is very possible that Su Daji had returned from reincarnation.

Also Su Daji, Huayang Tian, Tamamo-no-Mae — if one treats them as individual lifetimes of reincarnation, then that is three lifetimes of reincarnation! Having undergone three lifetimes of reincarnation, yet never forgetting the matter of Su Daji — why?

There must be some great secret contained within.

Whatever the secret, at least one thing is known: Su Daji returned from reincarnation, with memories across three lifetimes of reincarnation. Does this then indicate… she possessed a method of transcending reincarnation — an alternative form of immortality."

Gasp!

The pupils of everyone contracted, their bodies stiffened like corpses, and the moment Director Takahashi's final words rang out, their minds seemed to explode.

Immortality!

Undying!

At this moment, every person present felt a heat all over their body, blood coursing like a mad dog, adrenaline secreting wildly.

Not one spoke; their eyes flickered ceaselessly, no one knew what they were thinking.

Not until the helicopter arrived at the location of the Killing-Life Stone did they react at all.

Director Takahashi licked his dry, cracked lips: "I suggest we end this topic of reincarnation here. Don't think about it, don't tell anyone, just forget it like this."

"I agree."

"I agree."

Director Saito and the others responded without the slightest hesitation.

The things this topic touched upon were too terrifying. If it were to leak out even slightly by accident, it would surely cause a great sensation, even a great riot. Just ask — who does not desire immortality and undying? God knows whether the citizens, upon getting this idea, would think the government had already obtained the secret of reincarnation and merely wished to keep it for themselves, unwilling to make it public.

If such thoughts truly arose, a great riot would surely follow.

Also, this topic could not be discussed. A secret like reincarnation was inherently taboo. If reincarnation truly existed, those who presided over reincarnation might very well act to silence every one of them who knew the secret of reincarnation — and if they were to be consigned to the animal path for eternity, who could withstand that?

"Let's go, let's go see the Killing-Life Stone."

Director Takahashi straightened his tie and walked out of the helicopter.

At this moment.

At the location of the Sessho-seki, police officers were on guard, yellow warning tape had been set up, and the area outside was packed with crowds.

As soon as the vision of the world's brand ended, Director Takahashi notified personnel at the first opportunity, ordering local police near the Sessho-seki to rush toward it and make sure no one touched the stone before they arrived — but no matter how fast they were, they couldn't be faster than people who were already nearby.

"Director Takahashi! Section Chief Saito!"

As they walked toward the Sessho-seki, Tian Wu and Yoshimura Murakichi, who had taken a helicopter from Tokyo, ran over quickly.

"What's wrong?"

Director Takahashi was somewhat surprised — why had Tian Wu and the other man come? He didn't seem to have called them; could they have come on their own to offer support?

Nodding to Director Takahashi and the others, Tian Wu cupped a hand beside his mouth and said quietly:

"The investigation into Kamikawa Mitsu's family has yielded results."

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