In a suite of a five-star hotel in Kunming, Yunnan, two white-haired people, one black-haired person and one bald head were all watching the live broadcast intently.
The most comfortable one was the black-haired young man, who was wearing a silk robe and sitting on a large bed covered with soft, skin-friendly sheets, holding a 6.5-inch large-screen mobile phone in one hand and watching it.
The thin young man with white hair sat behind the desk, watching the live broadcast on the all-in-one computer that came with the suite. Although the screen was not big and the computing speed of the all-in-one computer was very slow, it was enough to watch the live broadcast. The only problem was that the sound quality of the built-in speaker of the all-in-one computer was relatively poor, and the noise was harsh, which made him grind his teeth and make a clanging sound.
The white-haired man was lying on the sofa in the suite. The sofa, which could seat five or six people, was occupied by him alone. He was holding a 12-inch tablet computer and watching the live broadcast, while the little bald man was lying on his back and watching.
Whenever the disaster girl appeared, the little bald man would involuntarily move closer, smacking his mouth as if he saw something delicious, and his saliva would flow out. Then the white-haired man would quickly point his head back: "Watch your saliva."
The little bald guy didn't get angry. He hugged the white-haired man's neck and said, "Ba, Ba, Ba, Ba, you already have a tablet, why don't you give me your phone?"
"No."
"Stingy."
Yun Wangshu, who was a little girl, laughed when he heard this conversation. When the little bald man heard his whisper, he jumped hard on the white-haired man and flew high towards Yun Wangshu: "Little Wangshu, I want a tablet too--"
Yun Wangshu didn't look up or say anything. She just stretched out her tender white jade feet and kicked over. In an instant, the little bald head flew over to the ceiling, and then hit the white-haired man, causing a muffled groan between muscles.
The white-haired man didn't care what happened and continued to watch the live broadcast. The bald little man blew his nose and thought viciously: "Hmph, when I become powerful in the future, I will suppress you one by one! I will start with this little Baba!"
The little bald guy who turned into a Panlongzhu earth spirit and was crushed by the viaduct for decades could only think of the strongest torture.
Yun Wangshu glanced at him and said, "Ba, hold him down."
The white-haired man was very obedient, and immediately shook the little bald man off his back, and then held him in his arms to watch the live broadcast. The little bald man immediately cried out: "Why, why do you treat me like this, you don't buy me a mobile phone, you don't buy me a tablet, and you want to bully me, I don't want to live anymore..."
"Next time you have something on your mind, remember not to say it out loud." Yun Wangshu reminded casually.
The four of them are naturally Yun Wangshu, Changsheng, Ba, and the little bald man Panlongzhu.
Ten days ago, after they reluctantly became non-staff members of the Xuan Kingdom, they obtained a formal identity and a sum of "activity funds". So they started traveling around the country while practicing "Xuan Jun Secret Records".
Originally, they planned to travel all over the mountains and rivers to look for traces of the Fairy Palace. Although the explorers have now completely cut off their hopes in the name of the Fairy Palace, they soon found a new reason: to look for other earth spirits, learn more knowledge, and find more partners.
All four of them belong to the immortal species, but in the past they were either ignorant of the changes in the world, or hid deep in the mountains with only the sun and the moon for company. When they reappeared in the world, the world had entered an era of spiritual revival, and humans had formed various forces and groups with absolute control over the globe.
Although the four of them walked the world as human beings, and even Yun Wangshu and Ba were completely transformed into human beings, due to long-term habits and the arrogance of the immortal species, they did not completely belong to the official Xuan Kingdom like Mr. Chuan, but chose to find their own path.
Now, apart from practicing, all they can do is to look for other immortal species like them - earth spirits.
They were not only companions with whom they could unite, but also friends from whom they could obtain intelligence, and even teachers from whom they could learn knowledge - even the little bald guy, they also gained experience in the art of 'earth escape' and 'bone shrinking' from him.
Earth spirits often only know a few spells over thousands of years, or may even only know one spell, but their attainments in these spells are naturally unique, so it's worth learning them anyway.
Thanks to Yun Wangshu's divination skills, they have actually found clues of a wild earth spirit in Kunming.
As long as they find each other, communication and learning will be a natural process - most earth spirits will avoid being searched by humans, but rarely will they refuse visits from their own kind.
Of course, the world is prosperous now. They did not have a formal identity before, so it was always inconvenient for them to do things. Now they can finally have fun everywhere without worry.
"The girl came to a large cemetery deep in the secret realm."
Yun Wangshu looked at the scene on the screen: a forest of tombstones, a sea of red spider lilies, countless coffins, and a dark red sky. It was extremely depressing to look at.
All the tombstones were blank, all the mounds of earth were tightly packed, and all the coffins were tightly covered.
The disaster girl walked through the piles of earth and dead trees and came to the center of the cemetery.
A crimson-colored coffin stood upright on the ground. It was a very ordinary rectangular shape, but the color was extremely bright in this gray cemetery. When the disaster girl arrived, the crimson-colored coffin lid quietly opened and fell to the ground with a clang.
A person in white hunting clothes stood in the coffin. He had a handsome face and it was hard to tell whether he was a man or a woman. He had black hair draped over his shoulders like a waterfall and his hands were placed in front of his chest with his fingers crossed.
When the person in the coffin opened his eyes, revealing his scarlet pupils, Yun Wangshu raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but say, "I didn't expect..."
"Um?"
Changsheng heard Yun Wangshu's voice, looked at him, then looked at the bald boy and Ba. It was hard to describe Ba, as his round face showed no changes in expression, but the bald boy's reaction was very real - he hugged Ba's head and stared at the flat screen with stars in his eyes.
All three of them saw something, but I'm the only one who can't see it?
For the first time, Changsheng doubted his own strength, and then he heard the person on the screen say: "Oh ha..."
Let’s just read the subtitles: “Nice to meet you, Bringer of Disaster, I am the master of the Land of the Dead.
Outside, I have many names and many identities.
But at this moment, I am facing the Celestial Palace messenger in my true form, and the Supreme Being is also watching us, so I cannot be rude. "
The beauty walked out of the coffin and opened her red lips: "I am the spirit of Aokihara, the leader of the 'Fantasy Shikigami Breeding Program' and the creator of the 'Blood Magatama'."
Spirit of the earth!
This is the first earth spirit that appears in Renesse's video not as a target of sex, but as a villain boss!
Changsheng asked, "You can tell at a glance that he is an earth spirit?"
The three nodded, and Yun Wangshu said, "You may not be able to see it, but there is a big difference between earth spirits and humans in their expressions and eyes, especially for earth spirits that have not entered the world. Even if they look like humans, they cannot hide the emotions in their eyes."
"What emotions?"
"It's hard to describe. It's a characteristic of an immortal earth spirit."
"Then I should have it too, right? I've lived for two thousand years."
"You don't." Yun Wangshu said, "You were born because of war, you are spiritual because of holding, you move because of your heart, and you live because of blood. You have always had obsessions in your heart, and the past has become the pillar of your soul.
But we are the spirits of the land, born without a name, living without a life, and have been guarding the land alone for thousands of years without any companions or communication partners. Even if they find their own goals, the vast past is like the ocean, drowning their present.
Ah, I thought about it. If I have to describe it, it should be...it doesn't matter.
If you succeed, you don’t need praise or eulogize; if you fail, you don’t need pity or sigh. Just do it because you want to do it, and pursue the process rather than the result.
For ordinary earth spirits, thousands of years pass by in the blink of an eye. There is nothing in the world that can last forever. Even if they gain spiritual wisdom, their concept of time will not change, so they often have such a personality. "
Changsheng nodded thoughtfully and asked, "You are the same? Pursuing the Immortal Palace and seeking immortality, you don't care about the outcome?"
"Didn't I just say that?" Yun Wangshu said, "That's the idea of an ordinary earth spirit. But I'm neither ordinary nor an earth spirit, and I've also found... something that can accompany me for eternity."
At this time, after a brief greeting in the live broadcast, Aokiharaji saw that the girl of disaster had raised the huge sword that was bigger than her body. He smiled softly and said, "Why are you so nervous? You can finish me off at any time. I will never resist, and I don't have the power to resist."
He spread his hands, his mind wide open, and said, "I am very weak, I don't like fighting, and I don't like going out. If it weren't for chance, I wouldn't have had the chance to stand against the Asgard... In fact, I really want to be in the Asgard."
As if immersed in his own memories, Aokihara said as if no one was around: "For some reason, many people always like to come to my house to commit suicide. Occasionally, I will take away their strange gadgets, and then I will use mobile phones and computers in a daze, and then I will realize that the world now is different from the past...
However, I don’t like going out. I just like to stay at home and watch the world change.”
Changsheng took a look at the three earth spirits and former earth spirits who were all lazily lying on the sofa, and thought that the earth spirits had a lot in common.
「这种平静的生活，很快就结束了。」青木原地灵说道：「仙宫使者们开启了各地灵脉，然后我发现我的家里……也有一条小小的，稀薄的灵脉。
虽然无法与仙宫开启的灵脉相提并论，但对于我来说，这条小灵脉已经是极其珍贵的存在，它成为我重要的一部分。
而这条灵脉，还会衍生拥有不可思议的特性。」
他眨了眨自己那双恍如红宝石的眼眸，说道：「被这条灵脉所影响的生灵，往往都会向‘人所期待的方向’变化。
妖魔鬼怪，就会变成人所认识的妖魔鬼怪；超凡生物，就会拥有人所熟知的超凡能力……
我将这称之为，‘幻想灵质’。
而且，通过猎杀，任何生灵都可以夺取其他生灵的幻想灵质，只要对方拥有。
而人越是试图想象幻想生物，灵脉就会继续增强，就会扩散更多‘幻想灵质’，就会让幻想生物越加符合人们的想象……」
灾厄少女没有打断他，反而收起了熔铁特大剑，静静聆听完这个反派boss的计划：
「于是我开始了‘幻想式神饲育计划’，创造出血勾玉，培育出强大的式神，让他们去猎杀掠夺其他生灵的幻想灵质。
我想看看，幻想灵质究竟会制造出什么，而我的灵脉又会增强到何种地步。
为了让所有式神都能心无芥蒂地猎杀生灵，我在血勾玉上勾画出影响他们心智的术式，让他们变得野蛮暴戾……
不过很快，因为出现在人类面前的幻想生物都是凶残暴戾，因此他们便认为幻想生物都是凶残暴戾，而接受到这份‘期待’的灵脉，也开始变得狂暴。
因为人类死亡时，会希望这个世界有地府，有死神，接收到这份‘期待’的灵脉，便创造出这个地方。
灾厄使者你刚才路过的三个地狱，就是人类所幻想的地狱形象。」
青木原地灵抬起头看着头上暗红色的天空，感叹道：「如果你来得再晚一点，这些‘期待’就会如实地反馈到现世之中。
凶残的幻想生物四处横行，地府的死神使者掌管生死。」
虽然是这么说，但青木原地灵却没有多少遗憾。
他轻轻叹了口气，说道：「我早已无法继续影响灵脉了，甚至反过来，是灵脉占有了我。」
青木原地灵说道：「当世人给予幻想生物‘杀戮成性、愤怒恐怖’的标签时，灵脉获得的期待突然增强了无数倍。
对于自己无法理解的存在，给予简单、负面的标签，是再简单不过的想象，比起复杂的幻想轻松许多。
甚至，人世间无处归去的愤怒情绪也像是找到了漏斗，不停涌入灵脉，令灵脉飞速膨胀。
如果之前是我在推动灵脉变化，那么后面就是灵脉在推着我改变世界。
而我，则是变成了一个容器，一个承载灵脉的容器。」
「所以，这就是命运吗？」
青木原地灵双手抚在心口，说道：「就当灵脉已经彻底化为愤怒的形状，我完全无法控制灵脉的时候，你出现了。
我可以任由自己被灵脉裹挟席卷世界，也可以选择满足仙宫的期待。」
青木原地灵耸耸肩：「不过，我已经派出自己最强的手下去阻拦你，但还是于事无补。所以……是你赢了，灾厄使者。」
他双手插入心口，像拉开门帘一样，拉开了自己的身体。但他身体内部空白一片，并且很快节节崩碎。
与此同时，大墓地里所有棺材开始颤抖，所有土堆隆隆作响！
啪！
当第一个棺材盖被掀开之后，揭棺而起、破土而出的声音便接连不断。只见一抹抹红色流星从棺材土堆里飞向天空，消失无踪。
青木原地灵闭上眼睛，再睁开时，瞳孔间一片湛蓝：「我崩解了自身，粉碎了灵脉，以后再也不会有幻想灵质，这无聊的杀戮游戏也会画上句号。地狱秘境也会消亡，所有人很快就会被排斥出去。
但同时，灵脉最后的灵气和幻想灵质也尽数被愤怒、杀意、幻想占据，被塑形成实力强大却幻想生物。刚才从墓地里飞走的，正是它们。
解决它们的事，就交给你们了。它们大概一天后会出现在现实，至于它们的去处，自然是‘物以类聚’……」
身体已经崩解了大半，即将随风消逝的青木原地灵忽然笑道：「就算没有我，这处灵脉迟早也会因为人类的幻想而污染堕落；就算没有我，愤怒迟早也会找到其他宣泄口。
我醒来之后，好像没干成什么事呢……无所谓了。」
青木原地灵彻底消散，秘境开始摇晃起来，画面转移到命运之间。
「当命运阻断前路，愤怒陷入狂暴前的平静」
斗篷蓝发女孩轻轻挥手，桌面上所有卡牌顿时消散。
「即将肆虐人间的愤怒，
即将令世界步入无休无止的战斗舞台的愤怒，
即将爆发的愤怒，
是否能被提前扼杀？」
「无尽的愤怒获得了载体，杀戮的连锁得到了终结，不可预测的斗兽场里谁是胜者？」
无上至尊：「善。」
直播结束。
长生抬起头，问道：“你们地灵都是这样的吗？说死就死？”
云望舒说道：“还好吧，毕竟无无聊聊活了太久，对死亡早就没什么概念……而且就算死了，没过多久也会重新复活，只是没有记忆罢了……”
长生一愣：“地灵还能复活？”
“地灵地灵，因地而灵，有地就有地灵。”云望舒说道：“其实与任家交灵，几乎就等于一次濒死，要不是……反正是可以复活的。
像这个地灵连本体就崩碎，放在以前估计没几百年都缓不过气。
但现在灵气复苏，估计复活时间会缩短。要是斩杀地灵时尽量保存地灵本体，说不定还能保留记忆，几周之内就复活。”
“真的吗？”
“不知道，我和巴已经不是地灵了。”
两人不约而同地看向小光头，小光头二话不说跳入房间地里面，头都不敢露出来。
“放心啦。”云望舒说道：“我们不会按住你割断你脖子打爆你光头，我们是那样的人吗？”
“俺不信，你们立字据！”
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“应该不关我事吧……”
灾厄少女跟青木原地灵交谈的时候，其实是有过一次命运判定的。
大希望、绝望、绝望、绝望。
可惜小玖没来，任索便不负期待地抽到‘绝望’，然后青木原地灵就当场自尽，解放灵脉。
幸好观众看不出来，不然灾厄少女要是又多出一个‘当场自尽’的能力，这个逼任索可没办法圆过去……
任索很快略过这茬，转而思索青木原地灵透露的内容。
其中，有一节是其他人都不知道，只有任索才知道的线索：当初吞噬世界之灵开启繁樱灵脉的时候，就发现繁樱灵脉并没有聚拢，反而是分散了，大部分灵藏在晴空塔，小部分灵藏在东京塔。
既然有灵藏在东京塔的先例，那么有灵藏在富士山周边，似乎也不足为奇。
难道是我的锅？任索摇摇头——玩游戏没能白金、达成全成就、探索所有游戏内容，这很正常。
而且，这次的BOSS与其说是青木原地灵，还不如说是愤怒与灵脉。
青木原地灵虽然在里面担任了一个推动者的地位，但实际上，就算没有他，这条灵脉迟早也会不可避免衍生出负面倾向的幻想生物。
对于自己无法理解又容易传出负面新闻的领域，人们更倾向于对该领域的人贴上负面标签，例如‘喜欢偶像的都是蠢材’、‘喜欢动漫的都是死宅’、‘玩cos的人都婊里婊气’……
人类对同胞都尚且如此，面对非我族类、具有强大武力的幻想生物，只要传出幻想生物杀伤人类的新闻乃至谣言，社会整体就会对幻想生物的印象就会一落千丈，到时候情绪如滚雪球般叠加，这条灵脉迟早会出事的。
倒是愤怒成为了扩展灵脉的巨大能量，倒是有点出乎任索预料。难道灵气复苏后，情绪也变成一种高效能源？
任索思索的时候，手机突然来了一条微信，是乔木依的私聊。
「索仔啊，我最近工作压力好大，对策局里很多队员都晋升二转了，我看我这个队长的位置，也坐不长了。毕竟我一个女孩子，经常会被同事们小看，队员们也没大没小，这样下去可咋办啊……」
虽然不知道乔木依为啥一大早找自己聊天，不过看见她这么可怜，任索便劝慰道：「放心，于匡图虽然是个脏脏、卑鄙、猥琐的小人，但他对手下还是挺好的。」
乔木依：「但我很快就不是他手下了啊。」
任索一惊：「这么严重？」
「是啊，这是因为……这个消息我还没跟别人说呢，你想知道吗？」
「想。」任索心想对策局难道要发生大变动了？
「那索仔你听好了。」
"I, your sister, have been promoted to the third rank. It just so happens that the Lianjiang Countermeasures Bureau is going to add a new deputy director, so I will be on equal footing with Yu Kuangtu in the future. Suozi, you, a second-rank cultivator, should be careful in the future. When you see me, call me Deputy Director Qiao or Sister Qiao. Do you understand?"
Ren Suo's face darkened. He seemed to be able to see the foxy smile on Qiao Muyi's face.
It seems that emotions are really a very efficient energy source.