Chapter 193

With this doubt in mind, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe opened the almanac again to take his own life.

Falling from the 'Xi' of the -3 layer to the 'Yi' of the -4 layer.

The *Dao De Jing* says: "That which is listened for but not heard is called Xi; that which is looked for but not seen is called Yi."

The world of Yi is pitch black; falling here means one's vision is completely stripped away. One can see nothing and hear nothing, with only a boundless, withered silence soaking into the heart.

Yet, even in such withered silence, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe could still feel the temperature of the flames and the restlessness the fire brought him.

"The fire seed within the ginkgo tree is still interfering with my emotions, attempting to make me lose my reason, and the magnitude of this interference grows as I descend deeper into the layers." Feeling the scorching air in the pitch-black darkness, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe already had some guesses in his heart.

The main body of the 'fire seed' was hidden by the Yin family in the deepest part of the seven-layer world, which is the realm of 'Wei'.

But rather than calling it hidden, it would be more accurate to call it imprisoned.

Can fire kill a Gridder? Yes. Even Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe himself was nearly melted away in the fire.

But fire is uncontrollable. A wildly burning fire seed will exert an indiscriminate influence on everything around it, turning everyone who approaches into a moth to the flame, rushing in to be consumed.

Such an indiscriminate killing rule cannot be harnessed, nor is there any way to control it. Even the ancestors of the Yin family could only imprison it to prevent the fire from spreading and spiraling out of control.

If the seven-layer world of 【Human, Ghost, Zhen, Xi, Yi, Wei】 is a prison for the fire seed, then the Earth God sitting under the tree is the warden guarding this great prison.

"But even if a ghost is made the warden to guard the fire seed, it will still be burned by the fire."

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe whispered to himself in the dark world:

"The burn marks on the Earth God are the evidence."

The ancestors of the Yin family imprisoned the fire seed in the deepest part of the seven-layer world, but the flames are still burning, layer by layer, from the deepest part of hell up to the human world.

"When I came here last time, I also ventured deep into the 'Xi' layer, but the Earth God I saw then had no obvious scars. At that time, it should not have been burned by the fire yet, or at least the burns were not obvious."

"But in the short time after I took Yin Lishang away from Yanglao Village, the fire burned through the entire village, and the Earth God was burned beyond recognition..."

Why?

Because the Plague God... is gone.

It is known that the Plague God's rule can maintain sick and injured people in a strange state where they cannot recover but also will not die, allowing people to exist eternally in such a half-dead, eerie posture, just like those withered, long-lived elders in Yanglao Village.

Everyone must follow the rules, whether they are human, ghost, or god.

As the warden, the Earth God is burned at every moment by the flames from the deepest part of the prison, but the presence of the Plague God prevents its burns from worsening, maintaining the stability of the Yanglao Village prison.

The Earth God, the Plague God, and the fire.

The three form a delicate balance here; the absence of any one of them would lead to the total collapse of the entire structure. Until Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe took the Plague God away.

"No wonder Ji Taimei's mother had him bring a letter here to find 'that thing'."

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe suppressed the restlessness in his heart and slowly exhaled.

The Yin family was wiped out many years ago, and the few remaining survivors were forced to change their names to avoid being hunted by other Gridders. It wasn't until after Ji Bochang died that Ji Wuxie, who attempted to go to the Juxian Garden to retrieve the Yin family's legacy, was exposed to Seeing Lan Shiwen.

What people of the great families care about most is the inheritance of their lineage and blood ties, and Gridders represented by Seeing Lan Shiwen are forcing them into a dead end.

"If my family line is broken, then what is the point of remaining in this world?"

Perhaps this was the mindset of Ji Taimei's mother when she wrote the letter to her son telling him to go to Yanglao Village. Since the outsider Gridders are determined to do things to the extreme, the Yin family has no other choice. Now that the last bloodline of the Yin family is about to be severed, the only option is to open the great prison, liberate the fire seed, and let everyone go to hell together.

A world without us has no meaning for existence.

And now, the prison gate has been opened, the warden is covered in scars, and the flames are burning fiercely.

"It's a pity; the Serpent God's death anniversary can only last for one day. I'm not sure if tomorrow's almanac will be able to turn up a 'do nothing'..."

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe sighed; it really is a pity.

If he had enough time, he would actually like to study the relationship between the fire seed and the Earth God; there are many things to learn from the way the Yin family imprisoned ghosts.

He cannot go deeper, otherwise there will be a risk of losing his mind. This fire burns people; those who get close to the fire go mad. He must keep his distance.

"It is time to invite the Plague God back."

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe felt for a copper coin in the darkness, and the features on his face quietly changed into the appearance of another person.

Ding—

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It was the sound of a copper coin hitting the ground.

"Please, God of Wealth, appear."

——

"Please, God of Wealth, appear."

A young man in uniform tossed a copper coin and pulled a corpse out of a car stuck on the highway.

This driver was very unlucky; the airbag didn't deploy when he rear-ended the car in front, and he died on impact against his own steering wheel.

This driver was very lucky; Seeing Lan Shiwen is now urgently wanting to know what happened in Yanglao Village, even willing to spend money to buy the life of a mortal who died an unnatural death, just to ask what they saw before they died.

The slightly concussed driver slowly woke up, his whole person still in a daze. The uniformed man hoisted him by the shoulders and carried the blood-covered driver to Seeing Lan Shiwen, who was standing by the rice field.

"This driver's time of death was later; he should have seen something." After the uniformed man finished speaking, he shook the driver who was slumped against him: "Are you okay? We have some questions for you."

"I... am I still alive?" The driver's mind was still somewhat chaotic.

"Yes, you are alive." Seeing Lan Shiwen came before him, opened a bottle of mineral water, and poured it on his face to wash away the blood covering his eyes: "We are rescue personnel. You are safe now, but I need to ask you a few questions. Please answer truthfully."

"Okay, okay, comrade, go ahead and ask." The driver said in a trance.

"What were you doing in the few minutes before you lost consciousness?"

"I... I was driving normally on the highway. The speed limit is 120, and I was doing 100. Then... when I drove near here, I saw traffic ahead and the rice fields by the road seemed to be on fire, so I slowed down...

But just as I slowed down, the car behind me hit my rear end.

This shouldn't have been a big deal, because the car behind also saw the traffic ahead and was already slowing down when it hit me. At the time, I just thought we'd go through insurance and be done with it.

But suddenly, the car behind went crazy. It suddenly slammed on the gas and pushed me forward. I got angry immediately. I didn't know what kind of madness it had, so I stuck my head out the window to look back, and I saw...

I saw a white snake with a human head hanging on its car window, twisting its body and crawling inside..."

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