Chapter 541 Immortality and Death
The skeleton still supported his chin with both hands, looking at Zhong Yi calmly, without answering for a long while.
Zhong Yi didn't hesitate to sit down on the sofa next to him and let out a comfortable sigh.
He looked so leisurely, not like someone who was alone in the negotiations, but rather like he was back home.
The skeleton stared at him for a long time, and suddenly sighed: "I can't revive the skeleton's flesh and blood. If the Azure Dragon Battle had not been destroyed, maybe I could have done it with the power of Azure Dragon. What a pity."
Zhong Yi smacked his lips, seeming to have some regrets: "Then let's change the deal?"
The skeleton said: "If you can tell me about Chu Jiangliu, I may be able to tell you some of the mysteries of death."
Zhong Yiqi asked, "What can I do to you if I tell you about him?"
"Chu Jiangliu is not as great as people think. As long as we know where he is, we will naturally have a way."
"Really?"
"He came here to stir up trouble, but he dared not even show his face. The one confronting us directly was the mafia he secretly supported. His open foothold was a Korean company. You, the person in charge, are just an untrusted non-staff member. In other words, even if we kill all of you, he won't care, and we can't force him out at all." The skeleton said coldly: "Why do you still need to be loyal to such a ruthless commander?"
Zhong Yi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled: "Very good, I feel relieved that he is such a rogue."
"What's wrong with you being used by others but still helping them count money?" The skeleton shook his head: "Do you still have thoughts about the country in your heart? Logically speaking, you have experienced at least three dynasties... So you have never been considered an official."
"Isn't that still China?" Zhong Yi said calmly, "I am loyal to the land of China."
"You look young, but your heart is as old as a hundred years old."
"But I don't think this is pedantic." Zhong Yi said: "You don't need to care why I say this. If you agree to the conditions, you agree. If you don't agree, you don't agree. What's the point of saying more? We don't have much time, so we might as well change it quickly."
The skeleton was so angry that he laughed: "Why do you act like you are the master of this place and I am the only one who is in danger?"
Zhong Yi said: "Because I won't die, what can you do to me?"
"Have you ever thought that if there is one person in the world who can kill you, it's me?"
Zhong Yi was happy: "That's great, I want to kill you."
"..." The skeleton said slowly, "Besides death, don't you know that there is also imprisonment and torture that is worse than death? Your body functions can quickly reach their peak, which sounds amazing, but in fact, you are particularly afraid of torture. If you are tortured to death, you can be cut off forever, which is more miserable than any ordinary person."
Zhong Yi smiled slightly and didn't answer this.
The skeleton continued, "By the way, your ability suddenly reminds me of a way to play... If I cut you open and take out your internal organs, will you grow a new one? Does this mean that there is an endless supply of organs to use..."
Zhong Yi finally clapped his hands and said, "Thank you for letting me realize that I have so many flaws."
"Immortality is not the same as indestructibility." The skeleton said leisurely, "What else do you think?"
Zhong Yi asked: "You actually know the term 'Vajra Indestructible'?"
"I know more than you think." The skeleton became impatient and said in a harsh voice, "Since you are Carl's old friend, we invited you to discuss this, so we should be polite first and then use force. If you keep toasting and don't accept the punishment, don't blame us for being rude."
Zhong Yi smiled and said, "Of course we can negotiate. The main thing is that your conditions are ridiculous. You don't have any core issues, but you want me to sell everything by exchanging the secrets of life and death with me? I think you see too many colonists and are too used to them. You don't understand the situation."
Skeleton: “…”
"Even if you imprison me, cut me into pieces, and use me as a kidney-making machine, can you change the situation where your people are dying one after another at the hands of Chu Jiangliu?" Zhong Yi laughed, "As you said, you also kill people? What's the point of killing a bunch of American mafia, Koreans and me... You are different from Chu Jiangliu. Half of your ability is in the Undead Legion. You can't drive a bunch of skeletons to China to cause trouble... Isn't this the problem you need to solve first?"
The skeleton sighed: "Actually, you misunderstood."
Zhong Yi raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"
"Personally, I never care how many people die, because they will continue to serve me in another form of life. Maybe you haven't noticed that at least half of the people in this company are dead."
Zhong Yi nodded: "I did find out...but do dead people really have the same effect on you as living people?"
"The combat power is the same, even stronger." The skeleton propped up his chin and said, "The reason why I asked you to come to talk is just because... you are reliable in Chu Jiangliu's heart."
Zhong Yi was stunned.
But the skeleton sighed and said, "Although you are just an 'extra', you have good character, are loyal to the nation, and Chu Jiangliu has been observing you for so long that of course he trusts you more and more. So even if you don't know everything about his whereabouts and his arrangements to seize the White Tiger, you must know some of the key points."
Zhong Yi felt something was wrong and frowned, "So you still plan to imprison and torture me? Or use soul-searching? I'm telling you, soul-searching doesn't work on me..."
"No... it's simply because you've been our chess piece that we've been lying in ambush for nearly a hundred years. We've always let you behave according to your true nature, and no one can see any problem... so you'll come in handy at the critical moment." The skeleton gently stretched out his hand bones, with a faint blue light glowing in his palm.
As the words came out, Zhong Yi suddenly held his head and groaned in pain. He could no longer maintain his leisurely sitting posture, and he hunched over on the sofa, groaning.
The skeleton was still sighing, "It's a pity that people like you don't like power or restraint at all. Otherwise, based on your performance during the war, you should be a high-ranking official by now, and why have you become an extra-staff member... But it's okay, at least you are being used in the right place... Eh? How can you still resist?"
Zhong Yi panted hard: "Heh...heh...why do you think I agreed to go into the tiger's den alone so easily? Am I really not afraid of being imprisoned and tortured?"
The light in the skeleton's palm began to grow brighter, but there was no answer.
Zhong Yi panted: "Because I have long guessed...my secret will be revealed by you, and I will only know it when I see you..."
The blue light in the skeleton's hand flickered.
"I have explored my abilities for nearly a hundred years, and there are many things I don't understand, because I have seen people with similar abilities to immortality, but none of them have the same template as me. Compared with others, I don't look like an immortal, but rather like a person whose life is eternally frozen in a moment..." Zhong Yi said slowly: "I was thinking, if... if I am not immortal at all, but have always been a dead person, does everything make sense?"
"Why do you think so? Aren't your abilities constantly improving? How can it be considered solidified?"
"That's what I don't understand... But I saw you, and your bones are much stronger than they were back then... So I guess that my ability has improved, but that's not my ability, it's the improvement of the corpse controller... Right? And so, whatever I learned, he also learned."
The skeleton was silent for a moment: "You are very smart."
"I'm not smart enough. There's one thing I haven't confirmed yet." Zhong Yi's eyes turned sad: "The first thing I said when I saw you was that I wanted to see your flesh and blood. Do you know what I meant..."
The skeleton said coldly: "A dead person should do the work of a dead person... Although I don't know why you can hold on for so long, but you should have reached your limit, so end it."
Blue light enveloped Zhong Yi.
But the next moment the skeleton's eyes widened again.
A faint fiery red light lit up around Zhong Yi, protecting his body and spirit.
Zhuque's clear voice came from nowhere: "I said he is not dead, who dares to say so?"
The skeleton stood up suddenly: "Chu Ge?"
Chugo didn't respond.
As early as the moment the skeleton launched the blue light, Chugo, who was lurking in the void, found signs of Sandro's soul connection. He left Suzaku to help Zhong Yi, and went back to the source with a kitten in his arms.
(End of this chapter)
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