Capítulo 962: Chapter 960: Confusion and Resolve
Arranging Lene in a hotel room renovated with Reagan's help, Yi Chen gazed at the half-sheep girl on the bed, feeling something indescribable.
Clearly, he had no deep connection with her, yet she was willing to go this far for him. In a society filled with various connections of interest while he was alive, it was truly hard to comprehend.
"If I can't figure out a way to break through the performance, staying inside the movie to fight the murderer, Lene's fertility might really save my life… Clearly, she only cares about William, yet she is willing to sacrifice herself to save me. I really don't get it."
At this moment,
The entire room suddenly filled with a special death aura, and even malice began to emanate.
Like a centipede, a woman with multiple upper bodies sewn together was crawling toward the head of the bed along the ceiling, reaching out to stroke the sleeping Lene.
"What a cute little girl, even without 'Fu Jiang's' embellishment, she can be this enchanting… Especially the scent emanating from her body, which I never had and makes one want to delve deeper."
Emerging on her own was Liu Xinzhi,
Perhaps due to her own evil nature,
Or perhaps because Yi Chen wore a ring made from her ashes,
She was relatively free after becoming a dead spirit, unlike other dead spirits who were strictly restrained.
The jealousy she currently felt was quite intense, but she felt more gratitude towards the half-sheep girl in front of her, grateful that the girl was willing to sacrifice herself to save her man.
"Xinzhi, you stay here and keep an eye on her while I go outside for a smoke."
"Sure, I promise not to hurt her."
Yi Chen had some things weighing on his heart that required a bit of decompressing,
The source of the pressure was not the imminent performance, but the recent interaction with the Tenth Disaster that caused Yi Chen's definition of [Evil] to change slightly, shaking his heart realm a bit.
He went to the rooftop, recalling the series of conversations he just had with the director.
Even though he could distinctly feel evil from the director and the entire crew,
He also realized that if he ignored the crew, they would keep dragging outsiders into being killed by Miles, the main character, until there was no one left in the entire plane to kill.
Yet, the direct feeling the director gave to Yi Chen was that of someone deeply passionate about shooting cult films.
Despite his identity as a director, he was willing to communicate with people below him, committed to discovering grassroots talents, personally engaging in every matter, and open to listening to others' opinions.
Yi Chen, in fact, quite liked such a person. He liked pure-hearted individuals, those who were wholly invested in their hobbies.
He could even sense that the director, compared to a malicious source of slaughter, would rather have Yi Chen, who had the talent for performing in cult films, survive.
Pa!
With one hand holding a cigarette, Yi Chen forcefully clapped his face with both palms.
"It's nothing but a character set up based on the literary medium to manifest malice, ultimately it's still an expression of malice. Instead of giving in to such disrespectful and meaningless pity, it's better to think about how to break through this and how to slay the extreme [Disaster].
Of course, before slaying it, perhaps more important information can be obtained from the director's mouth, including details about the other nine disasters and William's position."
Yi Chen could feel that although the director didn't regard him as an 'enemy,' he was still reserved. Much about the crew's secrets and core wasn't disclosed, seemingly constrained by a certain limitation.
"This uttermost evil desires nothing but to destroy, to ravage everything, to annihilate all.
Yet, the destructive efficiency of the Tenth Disaster is very limited; its essence still revolves around the literary medium and cannot break free from this shackle. Alternatively, they might just be forms of the literary medium, delighted to exist in such a manner.
While the literary medium originates from humanity's ideological creations,
All manifestations of evil can essentially be viewed as the concretization of humanity's own ideologies.
Even if we do nothing and let malice spread, eventually when all the world's humanity is wiped out, the so-called ideologies will cease to exist and the malice will dissipate then.
At that moment, everything will be rebooted, life's clock will be reset to the starting point.
Such a process can even be seen as a [Purification],
For the former me, it might have been a fitting ending, after all, human nature is so filthy, be it in my world when I was alive or the entire plane viewed from afar. The so-called divine domain is filled with greed, the rampant divine status is their original sin.
However…"
Yi Chen recalled Lene, who had saved his life twice without considering the cost, remembered the 'gentleman' he met in Zion, and thought of the series of Patients encountered in the Old World, including Nash who resided within him.
He felt that this world had a value worth saving, although he had no intention of being some Savior.
Instead, he feared losing his determination to eradicate [Evil] due to sudden confusion, urgently needing to find another source of motivation so he can continue to slay evil even amidst bewilderment.
Reaching up to tug the tie made from a noose around his neck,
"I'm still not pure enough; I need to further enhance my power to become less passive when facing disasters.
Should I continue delving into the Sunken Death Temple or go back to the Old World like Jin to increase the concentration of the Death Plague's concept in the Original Tomb?
Time is running out, I must choose the most effective way."
While Yi Chen was lost in confusion, a hand gently rested on his shoulder, warm lips pressed against his ear, exhaling the aura of the dead.
'Yi, isn't there a brand-new and very effective path appearing right before your eyes?
The evil thought William took from you when he led you out of the Orphanage, has weakend your Murder Skill significantly.
Now is the perfect opportunity to reclaim it.
You're inherently evil, didn't you plan to kill yourself when all of this ends? Since neither of the two "righteous paths" in front of you provide much breakthrough space, then try to walk the old path, shape your new self using this evil thought that actively approaches you and is of the same nature.
This way, it might even disrupt William's scheme.'
This low whisper from the dead was not denied by Yi Chen, or rather, this thought had already been born deep in his heart, only voiced through a dead spirit's vision for himself to hear.
"Yellow Skin."
≮Here, Mr. Yi.≯
"If I acquire the true skin mask of the murderer, do you have the confidence to control that special malicious skin quality? It's possible that mask is the true Tenth Disaster."
≮Before encountering the real deal, I dare not say I have complete confidence.
But my control over leather products, in some aspects, is not inferior to Pierwina. If even I can't control it, no one in the entire Sick Focus can.
Mr. Yi, do you plan to…≯
"Mhm."
Yellow Skin also became excited, or perhaps it had been excited since seeing that mask, ≮Great! That thing is definitely the highest-level skin I've ever seen, even taller by several floors than the highest-grade skins in the Skin Factory.
If that's your will, I will fully assist.≯