Chapter 631 - Bone Eroding Chill

Chapter 631 - Bone Eroding Chill

"Harvesting lives, one after another, with the sole purpose of gathering soul power is rather frightening." Ling Xiao was the one who spoke, and his voice was hesitant as each word left his lips.
Although all of them had started to fear for this being a spiritual energy farm, none of them had mentioned it out loud, and with these words, it seemed more real than when they had the theories on their own, as others were sharing the same idea.
"The sheer amount of deaths that occur in these zones every day is so overwhelming that it would explain why so many regions are needed. Each zone is already causing tremendous deaths daily, but together, the number of lost lives is so overwhelming that we cannot even begin to fathom it."
Although the group was not considering themselves good people, they were not evil either.
They would kill anyone that could threaten themselves and their dear ones, but they were also equally disgusted by those who used others like resources in this way.
"What is the purpose of gathering this much energy? Soul power is different from heaven and earth essence.
"The essence that most cultivators refine into Qi is created by heaven and earth itself. It is a natural phenomenon and has no emotions.
"Soul power is a completely different kind of energy, but no matter whether the person who it originated from had a good or a despairing life, their energy will contain a trace of emotions belonging to the original soul.
"The ones who have died in these tunnels clearly suffered great torment, so their soul power is definitely tainted with negative emotions.
"Most spirits will ignore this, and while the evil spirits might consider it, they won't bother with farming energy but instead revel in each and every murder and reaping of energy."
Although Luoluo was not an evil spirit, she had been alive for long enough to know of their thoughts as well and knew that they were not eager to harvest energy like this.
The evil spirits were also very different from Luoluo, and they would never be able to understand one another, but it was exactly this lack of understanding that had made Luoluo try to gain as much knowledge as she could.
She had found out that evil spirits loved tormenting others. They might also create a massacre every now and then, but they would rather look for a specific target and put their complete focus on this target as they waited for them to wallow in despair and ruin their entire lives before they would consume their soul power.
This entire process of farming energy was not their style at all, and since it was neither done by righteous nor evil spirits, then it had to be either humans or beasts.
While some primordial beasts also cultivated spiritual powers, not many of them would be his devious when gaining energy, and it had an aura of human treachery all over.
It was not that humans were all inherently selfish, but many humans had developed a twisted mind, and they would not mind using such gruesome methods to increase their powers.
"The corpses we encountered earlier are all varying in age, and some are not that old. The beasts we encountered in the strange forest were not even dead, but their souls were missing, so it seems that each zone has its own way of harvesting the various souls."
Bai Tianyi was not as experienced in the matters of spirits, but he was very good at observing and connecting things. From the information they had found so far, he had begun to analyze and compare the different corpses in the various zones.
"Looking at the scratches on the wall, it would appear that the vengeful souls have been dragged in this direction." Xue Wei had been observing the walls for some time. While he also had the same thoughts as the others, he did not have time to consider many of the details but simply felt that these walls were extremely eye-catching and also made him feel very uncomfortable.
Following the direction, the tunnel appeared to be shrouded in darkness, and the heat from the surface had long since vanished, leaving behind a bone-eroding chill that caused the group to shiver.
The sharp contrast between the heat from above and the chill from beneath made their bodies feel uncomfortable, and the swift change between the extreme temperatures was now making them have to adjust quickly.
Although Xue Wei and the others were no longer ordinary mortals, they had not stepped into the world of immortals yet, and thus their bodies would still be influenced by the physical conditions. No matter how strengthened their bodies were, they were still mortals and would be harmed if they were in extreme environments.
"This place might seem less dangerous than the surface, but I fear that we have encountered the true horror of No Man's Land.
"If the surface level is meant to lure in and harvest the many souls, this is where they go after being ripped from their bodies. It should be here that the resentment is chained, and also here where the souls will be forced and tormented.
"While we have not harmed the souls, if we do come across a vengeful spirit, they might still assume that we are the cause of their grievances. They can attack at any moment, and if anyone notices our arrival, some might even release the evil souls with the purpose of targeting us."
Xue Wei's eyes narrowed, as he felt an eagerness that had not been present for most of their time within this No Man's Land.
The previous mysteries had already piqued their interests, but now that they guessed that there was some sort of connection to their hidden enemy, they knew that they now had a reason to investigate.