Above The Sky (Yin Tianshen Yin) Chapter 588: Our dead king (3/3)
The voices of many people sounded.
—Is that you?
—Is that you?
——Those demons who killed the Gnostic Academy...the hero who avenged us...is that you?
"It's not to avenge you..."
In the dream, Ian quickly realized that he was not simply dreaming, but in the special environment of the subspace, he resonated with the resentful souls that constituted the cornerstone of this subspace.
The reason for the resonance is very simple - he killed the researchers of the Institute of the Intellect, that is, the beasts that mutilated many experimental subjects to death, allowing them to avenge their vengeance, or letting the controlled dead souls Phantom was freed.
But to be honest, he didn't want to take credit for this, so Ian frowned slightly, and explained to the voice seriously: "I have a little... um, personal enmity with the Lingzhi Academy and Feiyandi? Anyway, look at it." They are upset, they must be killed."
"It's not for your revenge, this has to be made clear."
——We know, we know, you never act for profit, just for the surging desire in your heart.
—But anyway, for whatever purpose, we are all dead and sworn.
——You are our savior...
——Our dead king...
The resonance expands.
It is also strange to say that the virtual world is essentially a place where the soul can only enter in a place deeper than sleep and even instinct, and the subspace is the interlaced and distorted area of virtual world and reality.
Dreaming in this place is almost a dream within a dream...but it feels more real than reality.
At this moment, Ian smelled a very strange smell, which seemed to be powder, blood, and mixed with alcohol and other pungent smells.
Then, he heard a woman speaking softly.
[When I was young, my father and mother loved me very much, and would often lift me up on their shoulders. My father's shoulders are very broad and strong, and my mother is holding his father's other hand, and we walked together on the street home. Holding the wooden doll my father made for me in my arms, I smiled happily]
【I am also a good boy. I have learned my father's woodworking skills since I was a child. I am very good at woodcarving. The children on the street like the small animals I carved. I am also very happy and always give them some】
【My family is not rich, but my parents are willing to pay and send me to study with a local woodworking master... At that time, my parents could earn fifteen talers a month together, and the master’s tuition fee was one year One hundred talers, the family has saved so much for many years]
【I am scared, looking forward to it, and study hard. Although I am not the best one, I am among the best among the master's apprentices, and I can even be exempted from tuition fees by the master. My parents are also very happy, and I have given birth to a pair of younger brothers. Sister, everything is going well]
【Looking at the cute sleeping faces of the little ones, I feel more motivated to study】
【The master is very nice, unlike the masters in other places, he will force female apprentices to sleep, and he is doing his best to teach us. Although he has hidden more than one hand, everyone knows that this is already a big deal. Kindness]
[So... I don't know why someone as good as the master died]
Ian wanted to interrupt the female voice at the beginning, asking who she was and why she said this to himself.
But soon, he was frowning and listening.
What a seeker is best at is listening. He can tell that this woman has psychic powers, and her soul is quite clear and powerful. representative.
But she is still a dead soul—she is already a dead person, and she only acts according to her obsession, and communicates with herself according to her obsession.
So he listened.
Listen to the story of a person's life.
[The master died on a business trip to Rust Rose City in the east. He accepted a commission from a wealthy businessman to make a complete set of villa furniture. After that, he will be able to make a name for himself in the entire Grand Dukedom. At that time, as his disciples, we will have a job to take on—and it is time to talk about the share]
[At that time, we were full of hope... the share was normal. Before we officially became teachers and became independent, the teacher would get one-tenth of it. This is quite generous treatment]
【But the teacher died, and died in a monster attack—we later found out that it was a biological warfare in Flaming Land, and a crazy monster that never appeared in the western plains attacked the convoy where the teacher was. All the brothers and sisters died together with the teacher]
【The teacher passed away, and the rich merchant had to pay the liquidated damages. The master's children competed for the only remaining family property, and the workshop completely collapsed. No one will support and give us apprentice resources without teachers and senior brothers and sisters, and no one will find apprenticeships who have not yet graduated from the teacher—even if they do, they will not make much money]
[There is no shortage of carpenters in the Western Territory, so who would want us apprentices who were not trained in childhood? 】
【I still can't understand why life has become like this in just a short moment... I can obviously start to make money and start helping my parents with the family! 】
It wasn't until this moment that the words became excited, but they quickly returned to a calm tone: [At this time, my father fell ill again. He died very quickly, so fast that it was not normal at all]
【But what can I do? The family has no money to treat the disease, and the father is unwilling to treat the disease. It is a bottomless pit... The mother can barely support her younger brothers and sisters by working alone, but if she survives like this, there is no future to speak of]
【I... made many, many attempts. Many, many, really many...]
【I really tried to do a lot of things, bar maid, selling wood carvings on the street, and trying to help with farming... I even tried to help Fei Yandi smuggle some things, and ventured into the business to help... I didn't give up , did not simply admit defeat]
[But in the end, I became a prostitute]
Ian listened in silence.
The sickness of her father in the woman's mouth sounds very similar to the plague that happened in Nanling back then... But Bishop Baiwu patrolled around Nanling and killed the spreader of the plague in time, so it did not cause a catastrophe.
But if it is in the Western Territory where Feiyan's power is even greater, ordinary people will die of strange illnesses, it can only be said that there is nothing they can do.
[In the beginning, it was just for the service fee to accompany the wine, and then it was natural to sell yourself for more money... Once you start, there is no turning back]
[After becoming a prostitute, there is nothing wrong with it... At least the family can change my father to a better graveyard, and my younger brothers and sisters can grow up healthily...Although my mother is sad, she still loves me very much. I can see her crying at night, crying to her father, she is sorry for me and did not take good care of me]
【She didn't apologize to me. She should have laughed]
[Some customers are rude, some are gentle, and some don't plan to pay... I have gradually become a person who used to be extremely aggressive]
【Originally, I wasn't dissatisfied with this kind of life. When I get old and frail, and my siblings have grown up, they still have their own lives, and it's time for me to rest...no matter what kind of rest]
[But one day, a guest was still flirting after the end, but suddenly told me that he had to leave quickly, his daughter was waiting for him to come home]
[I don't understand - why he has a family and a daughter, and he came to me, he is simply a scum...my father is much better than him, my father...]
【...Dad...】
[...]
【I do not understand】
【When I was young, I heard adults say that many people in this world are very unhappy in their lives. I didn’t know why. I should be happy to have friends, brothers and sisters, and those friendly neighbors]
[But why? Why can an accident ruin a group of people's lives? 】
[A lot of things happened in the end. For the sake of my family, it was also because I was sick and there was nothing to cure, so I chose to participate in a dubious human experiment. The Gnosis Institute said that they would pay my family a sum of money... not much, after all, the price of a diseased experimental body It can't be higher, but at least it's better than my meaningless death]
[At least they will give money, and I am grateful for that alone]
[I didn't realize it until I became a test subject and knew that they were cooperating with Flameland and the Grand Duke to carry out various biological research and plague research]
[It turns out that it is them]
[That's them. Ruined the lives of many people]
[My life should not be like this, we are all like this]
【So I want revenge—but I don’t have the power, even though I have awakened psionic energy under the brutal experiment of the Institute of the Intellect...but I still can’t take revenge, that’s not the psionic energy used for fighting]
[Maybe because, compared to revenge, I want a happy life...someone can accompany me and understand me]
[Someone...can save me]
This moment.
The voices of many people sounded together.
—Can you save us?
——You have avenged us...you are our king...
—but maybe...you could be our savior too?
At this moment, in the inner world.
Ian finally saw these people talking to him.
He stood on a piece of pitch-black land, looked around, and indistinctly, hundreds of white souls stared at him, like a swaying forest of souls.
They surround themselves, they stare at themselves, with longing and anticipation in their eyes.
Awaiting Ian's reply.
Ian was silent for a long time, and he spoke several times, but he didn't make a sound.
But he finally answered.
He said: "I probably know how the dead king was born... I finally understand what a savior is."
"So that's what it is, that's how it is... But, everyone, I'm sorry."
Ian closed his eyes, and he said truthfully: "I am not a hero, nor a savior."
"I can't save you."