Chapter 440

Chapter 440: You Should Thank Me

Separation of yin and yang refers to Chu Jiang’s current ability to freely control day and night, including the Ghost Domain he is currently in; it is a manifestation of this power.

If this ability is maximized, it seems to involve the concept of time, but it’s very complicated. Now, Chu Jiang has just regained his full power from before, but he is not proficient yet and needs to slowly figure it out in the future.

Summing up these abilities, Chu Jiang can only say that Chu’s Jiang, this ghost, is incredibly powerful, extremely strong.

And it didn’t start out so powerful, but over the long years, through the continuous worship of the people of the Chu region, it embodied their desires, obsessions, and fantasies. After being passed down through generations of the Chu family, it consumed the humanity of many ancestral members of the Chu family, evolving into its current form.

Sensing Chu Jiang’s icy gaze, Sleep Talking suddenly stopped emitting those horrifying screams.

It no longer used any abilities such as foresight, foul language, unconditional trust, future moments, or erasing consciousness because these abilities posed little threat to the complete form of Chu’s Jiang.

Actually, Sleep Talking is not particularly powerful in terms of direct combat abilities. Its terror lies elsewhere.

Just as Chu Jiang was about to violently dismantle Sleep Talking to temporarily exhaust its resistive abilities and seal it away, a neatly folded letter suddenly popped out of the mouth of the clay jar.

This time, instead of using whispers to communicate with Chu Jiang mentally, Sleep Talking just took out a letter that had been prepared long ago.

To be honest, Chu Jiang’s first thought upon seeing it was: Surrender letter?

But thinking about it again, it seems impossible, because according to the research institute’s paper, ghosts are not afraid, they don’t run away, nor do they surrender.

However, considering that Sleep Talking already has consciousness, and even a high level of intelligence, Chu Jiang thinks it is not impossible, after all, there are also oddities like him.

So, Chu Jiang thinks that it should be revised: true ghosts have no emotions, but after certain S-class ghosts gain consciousness, they might calmly consider the advantages and disadvantages.

The so-called surrender, isn’t it a kind of trade? Anyway, they view things without any emotional colors, and there is no such thing as damaged dignity.

Just like Chu Jiang now, he is in a state of absolute rationality, even as a human side, he rejects reconciliation with Sleep Talking.

But due to the elimination of emotional interference, he feels that he should first see what this letter says before making a decision.

Allowing the letter to unfold in front of him, Chu Jiang sees rows of elegant and gentle handwriting, just like the hint Sleep Talking left on the cover of the Ghost Diary years ago.

However, the content of these words surprises Chu Jiang greatly.

This is not a surrender letter, but a genuine letter of notification, which even includes a part that says, "You should be grateful to me."

Sleep Talking first made it clear that sealing it in the diary was definitely the wrong choice, as it would make the Ghost Diary and Excessive further spiral out of control.

So even if Chu Jiang wanted to seal it, he couldn’t put it in the diary. This was an irreversible action that had to be handled with extreme caution.

Furthermore, Sleep Talking said that since Chu Jiang had seen this letter, it meant that it had failed. However, this action was already a result of restraint.

Because it had control over the massive Holy Word Religion, it also knew that Chu Jiang cared deeply about Belfast.

So, knowing that facing Chu Jiang head-on had low chances of success, Sleep Talking’s best course of action was not to go to him and surrender itself for sealing.

It could have gone all out, unleashing disasters and creating numerous paranormal events through Holy Word Religion worldwide. At the same time, it could have killed Belfast to make Chu Jiang suffer, or directly threatened Chu Jiang by using Belfast’s life before the war started.

The reason Sleep Talking didn’t do this was not because it couldn’t, but simply because it didn’t choose such a "destructive" plan. So, Chu Jiang should be grateful to it.

Finally, Sleep Talking proposed that ghosts have a common language among themselves, and it believed that one day Chu Jiang would understand it.

For now, Sleep Talking accepted being sealed, as long as Chu Jiang didn’t throw it into the Ghost Diary, everything would be fine.

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Indeed, when Sleep Talking knocked on the door this time, it was almost like playing with open cards, although it is normal for ghosts who don’t play tricks. But for Sleep Talking, a "high IQ criminal," it was very abnormal.

Moreover, Sleep Talking was well aware that a "destructive" plan would actually be detrimental to both sides.

Because Sleep Talking has no emotions, it doesn’t take pleasure in Chu Jiang’s pain. And if Chu Jiang and Sleep Talking end up in a complete mess, it means nothing to Sleep Talking. It only cares about the outcome.

In this case, it would be better to give Chu Jiang a favor. If Sleep Talking obtains victory, then naturally it would be the ultimate winner.

If Sleep Talking inevitably fails, by exercising restraint, Chu Jiang may possibly show leniency and prevent the worst, most disastrous outcome.

As for hiding and not being found by Chu Jiang, that would be even more meaningless. Because Chu Jiang has the Ghost Diary and Ghost Mirror, even if they can’t find Sleep Talking for a while, as long as Chu Jiang seals away three hundred ghosts in the diary, Sleep Talking will face the same fate as it does now.

Chu Jiang thought for a moment, then put away the letter and threw a serious punch! Smashing the clay jar!

Chu Jiang thought for a moment, then simply folded the paper and clenched his fist tightly! He punched the clay pot hard and shattered it!

And not only that, he threw punch after punch, completely pulverizing Sleep Talking and splattering blood all over the place. The scene was gruesome and eerie.

After temporarily depriving the other of any resistance, Chu Jiang took out a sealed jar and a protective talisman, and temporarily sealed away the ghost Sleep Talking.

Well, Chu Jiang never intended for the Ghost Diary to become the absolute authority in the realm of prophecies. So, regardless of whether Sleep Talking chose to restrain himself or not, Chu Jiang didn’t plan on throwing him into the diary for now.

Furthermore, Chu Jiang really wanted to say, "I’m sorry, I don’t understand you, and I probably never will."

Now, all Chu Jiang knew was that Sleep Talking’s desire to obtain the Ghost Diary stemmed from his instinct to become stronger and complete himself. But as to why Sleep Talking wanted the Two Realms Bell, Chu Jiang still hadn’t figured it out.

But never mind, there will be opportunities later to have a leisurely conversation with Sleep Talking about life, or rather, about ghostly existence.

Lastly, truth be told, Chu Jiang worried that by enjoying this moment so much, Sleep Talking might have left behind some kind of contingency plan. Perhaps if he ever went missing, the people from the Holy Word Religion would do something.

So, there were still many things that needed to be observed, including the state of the Holy Word Religion and the state of Belfast.

Chu Jiang decided that he would determine Sleep Talking’s ultimate fate only after resolving all the hidden dangers.