Chapter 393 412. [Eternal Lamp] and the Grave

"The person is already dead and buried, can't he just be at peace?"

Xu Zhi looked at the hand that had just been extended and stepped on it hard without hesitation!

With just a few crackling sounds, the tough white bones under his feet began to shatter.

What a joke, if I don’t stomp it to death, do I have to wait for it to crawl out?

But even if Xu Zhi kicked the corpse that had not yet crawled out of the ground, he could not stop the ground from cracking under the other "graves".

"Think of a solution quickly!"

The black cat on the branch stood on end when it saw this scene, and a sharp sound reached Xu Zhi's mind.

Find a solution. How does she find a solution?

After dodging several shadows attacking from the darkness again, Xu Zhi felt an extremely cold and decayed aura the moment the shadows passed by her. This feeling made her a little frightened, and she instinctively knew that if she was caught, there would be no good ending.

But as he watched the rotten bones emerge from the roots of the tree one after another, those bones did not move slowly, and were even as sensitive as when they were alive. They were not afraid of pain, and with the blessing of midnight, they did not feel tired or their energy was depleted.

He is simply the most useful soldier.

If she gets entangled by these guys, it will be difficult for her to run away.

As Black Cat said, she had to think of a solution.

Solution

Xu Zhi calmly dodged the branches that attacked from the shadows again and again, constantly thinking in his mind how to deal with midnight.

Almost the next second after thinking about this question, the first thing Xu Zhi thought of was [lamp].

Her [Lamp] attribute, the lantern she once used at midnight, was also her somewhat strange title, [Eternal Lamp].

The lantern once helped her hide herself, but she lost it.

"Xiaoju!"

Xu Zhi shouted, then took the little alien in his hand. The little alien grew a thin and straight branch sensibly. Xu Zhi raised his hand to break it, then took a tail feather handed to him by Xiao Zhen and nailed it to the end of the branch, letting the feather droop naturally. Then, a ball of flame split from Xiao Ju's body and gently ignited the end of the tail feather.

This is simply an extremely crude version of a [lantern], and of course it will not play any role. However, under the influence of the [Prying Eyes], Xu Zhi used [Authority] to infuse his own [Lamp] attribute energy into this crude [lantern] as a medium to allow the breath of the little alien, Xiao Zhen and Xiao Ju to merge together, and infused a large amount of his own [Lamp] into it, attaching it to the flame, and Xiao Ju's body ensured that the energy would not dissipate, but would last for a long time, and even burn forever as long as Xu Zhi and Xiao Ju did not die.

"I grant you bones, soul, and qualifications. From now on, you will be a perpetually bright lamp."

The moment Xu Zhi uttered these words, the extraordinary energy of the [Light] attribute in her body was almost completely wiped out! Her mental power and innate circuits emitted a faint golden light, which flowed into the branches of the small alien species along with the energy.

Then, the "eternal lamp" in his hand, which was so rough that it was almost unbearable, emitted a gentle and soft light at this moment, covering an area of ​​about five meters around Xu Zhi.

Within the range of the [Eternal Lamp], darkness will be dispelled, the dead will rest in peace, all evil spirits will be unable to approach, and the person holding the lamp will not die until the light goes out.

The ground suddenly became clear, the shadows completely disappeared, and the white bones trying to approach Xu Zhi were also blocked outside the light.

".It actually works."

Xu Zhi breathed a sigh of relief. She wasn't very sure before doing this, but based on past experience, existing knowledge and intuition, she vaguely felt that this might work.

Fortunately, it really worked.

But... this seems to be only temporary.

The creatures of midnight were blocked outside the lights, but the range of the lights was constantly shrinking.

Xu Zhi only observed for less than a minute, and the original five-meter range of the light was reduced to a circle.

This [Eternal Lamp] is not enough to completely resist the pressure of midnight. Of course, this is probably related to the fact that her current extraordinary level is not high.

And now she doesn't have any extra extraordinary energy to make another one.

"We must find a way out before the lights go out."

There are several ways to break the deadlock after careful consideration, but most of them are beyond Xu Zhi's ability now, such as looking directly at the rules of Midnight, looking for ways to master or modify the rules, or brute force his way through Midnight.

These are just thoughts.

At the moment, it seemed that the only thing she could do was to find a way to calm Midnight's anger.

The mark on her palm and her current experience were all because she angered Midnight and did something she shouldn't have done. As long as she calmed down her anger, this "targeting" would disappear.

How to calm down the anger?

Xu Zhi had an idea in the blink of an eye.

Wasn't it because she dug up Midnight's grave that she angered Midnight?

Isn’t this easy to solve?

Wouldn’t it be better if she could just give the other person a grave?

I don't know if this will work, but I'll try it anyway.

Of course, she couldn't bury the cat again, and she couldn't just kill someone and bury them here, but...

Doesn’t she still have a spirit body?

If Midnight wanted to cause trouble for her, she figured it would be useless to bury others here.

She smelled the scent of a grave from the branches and reflections that tried to grab her. She was afraid that their purpose in grabbing her was to bury her in the midnight to atone for her sins.

Xu Zhi took out some of the [Light] attribute core and ate it. At midnight, she could only use this method to restore her extraordinary energy.

When she felt it was almost ready, she began to use her extraordinary abilities to construct a new spiritual body, a "Xu Zhi" that looked exactly like her, even down to the same flesh and blood.

Except, the other party doesn't have any extraordinary abilities.

After all, this spiritual body was created for sacrifice.

Building an identical version of yourself is harder than you might think.

What she needed to pay was not only extraordinary abilities, she even separated her blood and flesh and integrated them into the new spiritual body, and completely separated a part of her original mental power and integrated it into this new body.

Only in this way, this new body will have the taste of "Xu Zhi" from flesh and blood to soul.

Nearly half of her flesh and blood were divided and given to the new spiritual body. Xu Zhi's face turned pale for a while. She was even afraid that it was not enough, so she broke two ribs and merged them into the new body.

Even though this body was just that of a "mortal", Xu Zhi had actually sacrificed almost half of his flesh for her.

If it weren't for her powerful self-healing ability and extraordinary abilities supporting her, she would probably have trouble even standing. However, hard work pays off, and after huge efforts, she successfully built a body that is almost identical to her own.

Except for the color of her pupils, which are light gray, the pupils of her spirit body are pure black.

This is natural. She is just an ordinary person and does not have the [Moth] attribute, so naturally there will be no manifestation of it in her appearance.

Xu Zhi actually had an even stronger awkwardness towards this spirit body than he had ever felt towards any of the previous spirit bodies. This awkwardness came from the fact that they were so similar.

She even raised her hand to touch the other person's cheek, and the feedback she got was exactly the same as when she raised her hand to touch the side of her own face.

And when the spirit body opened its eyes, when Xu Zhi looked at "her", he even saw the same emotion in the other's eyes as his own, that kind of extremely awkward emotion caused by seeing another self.

However, the other party's emotions were obviously calmer, because this spiritual body only had a very small part of Xu Zhi's mental power. Most of the time, she did not have her own thoughts and thinking ability. Now she looked a little lively, but it was only because she was right next to Xu Zhi.

"Well, go and complete your mission."

Xu Zhi pinched the spirit body's chin and looked left and right, then felt it carefully for a while. After confirming that the other party was exactly the same as himself, Xu Zhi let go of his hand and looked at the shadow outside the light that was staring at him covetously.

Although the spirit body was exactly the same as her in appearance and breath, its pupils were dark black and its expression was extremely dull. Compared with Xu Zhi, she was like an exquisite but frozen marionette. Now, Xu Zhi pulled the thin string that controlled her, and she walked obediently into the darkness.

Almost at the moment of leaving the coverage of the eternal lamp, the spirit body of an ordinary person was wrapped in the shadow without any ability to fight back. A crack appeared on the midnight ground, as if a monster had opened its bloody mouth, and then the shadow made a gesture to throw the spirit body into the crack.

Throughout the entire process, the spirit body just let the shadow drag itself into the darkness and bury it with an expressionless face, without showing any fear or terror at all.

Xu Zhi just watched the scene calmly, thinking in his heart that it seemed that this trick worked, and Midnight completely mistook this spiritual body for her.

When the spirit body was thrown alive into the crack in the ground, Xu Zhi frowned slightly when she saw the spirit body that looked exactly like her being "buried alive". At that moment, she seemed to suffocate for a moment as if she felt the same pain, and then the crack closed until only the last tiny hole was left.

Less than half a minute later, black branches sprouted from the small opening left by the crack, and within just one minute, it grew into a large black tree that was no different from the surrounding trees.

Xu Zhi was amazed by this scene. She thought that at this moment, her tombstone was finally completed.

"I never thought that one day I would find a way to dig a hole for myself and erect a monument."

Xu Zhi spread out his palms, and the iron-like marks on his palms gradually cooled down because of her burial, and then completely disappeared. The "corpses" that woke up in the middle of the night also returned to where they should go.

In this way, she calmed Midnight's anger at the cost of half her flesh and blood and part of her mental strength.

Xu Zhi thought about it, walked forward a few steps, came to his own tombstone, then raised his hand and hung the crude eternal lamp in his hand on the treetop.

Warm light enveloped the tree, and Xu Zhi's frown finally relaxed slightly.

It's also strange. She doesn't have this feeling with other spirit bodies, but when facing this spirit body, she can't control her emotions well.

After hanging up the lamp, Xu Zhi tried to take a few steps back and leave the range of the lamp. The surroundings suddenly became cold, but there was no longer the sense of imminent crisis as before. Instead, there was the discomfort that a living person would feel in the middle of the night.

Xu Zhi even unexpectedly discovered that there was no sense of "crisis" here for her.

Logically, this shouldn't happen. Even if she hadn't offended Midnight, any living creature that entered here would be repelled and pursued, though not as intensely as before. But now...

She felt like she was dead.

Of course, this refers to Midnight's "attitude" towards her as if she were a dead person, completely ignoring her.

“Is it because of the spirit body?”

I think this is the only possibility.

Thinking of those ghosts that can roam freely in the midnight, perhaps, I have become one of the "ghosts" now?

".This is a huge benefit."

Xu Zhi's eyes flashed, somewhat surprised by such an unexpected event.

For Xu Zhi, apart from these eerie and terrifying impressions, the most important thing about midnight is the rules that permeate midnight.

If a transcendent wants to comprehend the rules, he naturally needs a place filled with the power of rules, which is not often seen in daily life, unless there is someone who has already comprehended the rules and is willing to lead you to the secret place where the rules are hidden, or a more powerful transcendent uses the power of rules to make it appear before your eyes.

Xu Zhi didn't know anyone like that.

But, no matter how powerful the "elder" is, can he have as many rules as the midnight sky full of stars?

What's more, this place is so quiet that it is difficult for ordinary people to reach. When you comprehend the rules here, you don't even need to worry about being disturbed.

There is no place more perfect than this.

I just don’t know what the rules are at midnight?

I guess it has little to do with [lamp] and [moth]?

Whatever it is, it must be very, very powerful, otherwise it wouldn't be all over the sky and the ground.

Now that midnight was no longer a threat to her, Xu Zhi planned to try to commit suicide.

For example, take a sneak peek at Midnight Rules.

After all, she had chosen to be cautious because she was concerned about the dangers in the midnight. Now, it should be okay to act a little bit recklessly, right?

Thinking of this, Xu Zhi activated her [Eyes of Insight] again. This time, she no longer restrained herself from looking only at her side, but boldly raised her head and looked at the quiet night sky.

With just one glance, Xu Zhi saw a starry sky that was completely different from the one just now.

In her normal eyes, everything at midnight is gloomy and quiet, even the night sky, which is unchangingly black, as if the clouds don’t move.

And now, the originally dark night sky was filled with densely packed silver, unknown and immobile "symbols". Xu Zhi called them symbols, otherwise she didn't know how to describe them. At just one glance, she felt her eyes swollen and painful, and her brain froze at that moment, as if she had seen something far beyond her life level, something that she could not understand at all.

It's like an old computer trying to load a 3A game that is beyond its time. It can't even download it because there is not enough memory, let alone run it.

Xu Zhi suddenly closed her eyes and dared not look any longer. She staggered back a few steps and leaned on her own "tombstone". The eternal lamp shone on her, bringing a chance of soothing tenderness to her stiff brain, and also made her swollen and painful eyes seem to ease a little.

But fortunately, it was just a glance, and now she can withstand this level of "spying".

(End of this chapter)