Chapter 437

Chapter 437: Genuine Trust

Sleep Talking successfully led Chu Jiang into a "future moment", where a dark green and ancient zombie stood on this land.

It had a strong smell of death all over its body, a pale death. Anyone who saw it would instinctively feel a sense of fear.

And with the appearance of the zombie, darkness fell over the entire area of a hundred miles, turning day into night. In the sky, a crescent moon rose.

In the silver moonlight, the shadow of the zombie stretched out long.

In this area, Sleep Talking’s noisy voice was suppressed, as if there was only pure silence left.

……

At the same time, at the Luohe City branch, Jing Ruoxue looked towards the direction of the suburbs with a sudden feeling. A white mask appeared on her face; it was a spontaneous manifestation of the power of Chu Mei, resonating with some kind of power.

Jing Ruoxue murmured to herself, "He has finally taken this step, and Chu’s Jiang has returned to this era."

……

Chu’s land, a mysterious and isolated paranormal space, where there is a lush mountain range; there are graves on the mountain, but the graves look clean, not covered by weeds, obviously someone cleans them regularly.

At the foot of the mountain, there was a peaceful and elegant bamboo house, as if it was meant for a graveyard keeper.

At the moment Chu’s Jiang appeared, a sigh was heard from inside the bamboo house. The one who sighed wondered why things turned out this way.

……

The headquarters of the research institute, fourteen floors underground.

An elderly man, dressed in a gray robe that made him look like a teacher, was giving a lesson to a group of "children." But at that moment, he suddenly turned his head to look in a certain direction.

After a few seconds of being stunned, the old man smiled with a hint of nostalgia. Then he looked at the children and said, "Class dismissed, I’ll take you home."

The young and innocent children didn’t know why class ended early this time, but as soon as they heard they could go home, they became joyful and excited.

Then the old man led them out of the classroom. Their figures disappeared one by one, until only their clothes remained in the same spot.

……

On the bank of Luohe, covered by the darkness and moonlight, Sleep Talking successfully used his powers. But when the white tiger appeared in Chu Jiang’s conscious mind, it chose not to attack him.

On the contrary, it suddenly changed direction and forcefully rushed into the depths of Chu Jiang’s mind. And this time, it was much faster than before.

Although it had been lost earlier, the white tiger seemed to have found something extremely precious and important. However, just as it was engrossed in it, it was suddenly pulled out by someone.

At the moment, the white tiger didn’t have time to figure out who dragged it out. It just sprinted at full speed towards the depths of Chu Jiang’s mind.

Because the current Chu Jiang had reached the peak of his abilities, he was capable of pulling the white tiger out of his consciousness.

However, once Chu Jiang realized what was happening, he temporarily ignored the white tiger. He exhaled a mist of black and white, and coldly looked at Sleep Talking across from him.

He thought to himself, "Let’s get rid of this guy as soon as possible, and then try to see if I can turn back into a human. I don’t want to be a ghost forever."

Unexpectedly, just as Chu Jiang raised his hand, the surroundings once again started to change wildly!

The darkness vanished, the waning moon disappeared, and even Chu Jiang himself went back a few steps. He was now at 95% transformed, with only half of his head remaining in its original form.

This made Chu Jiang very speechless, can he still do this?!

Yes, Sleep Talking saw that the situation was not right, so he directly ended the "Future Moment" and returned everything to the present.

It does this because the White Tiger is not following the script; if these two don’t conflict, Chu Jiang will directly use his full power to deal with it.

The reason why it doesn’t follow the script is because the possibility of this future coming true is very low. Sleep Talking basically ignored the process and directly gave the result. It also can’t control the White Tiger’s actions, so it naturally fails.

In any case, the battle continues. Chu Jiang completely ignores Sleep Talking and continues the "Chu’s Jiang" transformation.

He realized that after experiencing the complete "Chu’s Jiang" transformation, his emotions have returned in this current state. This relieved Chu Jiang and made him more daring to completely transform himself.

On Sleep Talking’s side, because it wants to forcefully turn some possible future into a predetermined fact in the present, the lower the possibility, the less likely it will succeed.

So instead of using the "Future Moment" again, it used the "profane language."

Sleep Talking’s whisper became incredibly intense in an instant! It could even drive all the living creatures who hear it insane.

Chu Jiang covered his head in pain, unable to concentrate at all. However, in the midst of this extreme agony, the transformation of Chu’s Jiang continued uninterrupted, even accelerating.

The more oppression there is, the more resistance there is.

Seeing the zombie’s body spreading to Chu Jiang’s forehead, Sleep Talking had no choice but to stop attacking.

Eventually, a sigh came from the fog, and then Chu Jiang saw the gray mist dissipate, revealing an object falling from the torn pages of a diary, making a thud as it landed on the ground.

It turned out to be a cracked pottery jar.

No, to be precise, it was not a pottery jar, but a "缶," an ancient vessel used to hold liquids. It’s also the "缶" in the idiom "击缶而歌."

Chu Jiang had already heard people from the Chen family in Yanjing talk about how Sleep Talking’s true form was something very strange. He had once thought it might be a mouth, a piece of throat, or even a twisted and formless existence.

Never did he imagine that Sleep Talking’s true form would appear so plain.

Although the thing resembling a pottery jar was dusty, as soon as it hit the ground, it poured forth countless voices. These voices were no longer harsh, but rather flowed into Chu Jiang’s ears, completely mesmerizing him.

A few moments later, Chu Jiang unexpectedly stopped the action of Chu’s Jiang and looked at Sleep Talking in disbelief. "I’ve been blaming you for no reason."

Just now, Sleep Talking and Chu Jiang had a deep conversation and exchange of thoughts.

It told Chu Jiang that it had evolved into a ghost with human consciousness, just like Chu Jiang. So they were similar to each other.

Not only that, but Sleep Talking also said that after evolving human consciousness, it felt deeply confused by the conflict between ghosts and humans.

Why do ghosts have to kill people? Why do humans have to become Ghost Masters and seal the encountered ghosts in order to survive?

After long contemplation, Sleep Talking had a wish, which was to create a place called "The Promised Land."

There, humans and ghosts would coexist peacefully without interfering with each other. Both humans and ghosts could find salvation.

After listening to everything, Chu Jiang felt deeply moved. "I have heard Sister Bel mentioned this before, but I thought you had brainwashed her. I didn’t expect you to be such a noble existence. Our goals can be said to be in line with each other."