Chapter 403
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Chapter 403: Layers of Guardian Deity
After Soga Hayayuki broke free from the loop, she naturally expressed gratitude to Chu Jiang and also wondered how the battle between Chu Jiang and Yamata no Orochi turned out.
Chu Jiang roughly described his experiences and his guesses, and Soga Hayayuki fell silent after listening.
If everything is really as Chu Jiang speculated, then the island nation is in big trouble. Once this Ghost Abyss completely erupts, it is estimated that the destruction of this country is a given.
"What are you planning to do next? Give up or…"
After all, if the Ghost Abyss is the S-class ghost itself, how can it be sealed?
Not to mention the bottom of this abyss, it likely bears the negative emotions of the entire world. The deeper you go, the more dangerous it gets. With individual abilities, how can you resist the darkness in the hearts of countless creatures in the world?
When Chu Jiang heard this question, he just calmly replied, "When entrusted by others, I will continue trying to go further down and see."
"If it’s impossible to accomplish, I can only try to find a way to help you shrink the scope of the Ghost Abyss, at least to prevent it from expanding further."
If this Ghost Abyss really expands without limitation, it won’t just be the island nation that suffers, but other countries in the world will also face threats.
Soga Hayayuki nodded, "I’ll go with you. I won’t hold you back."
Chu Jiang agreed, and the reason was naturally the second half of that sentence.
Even if Ghost Abyss is a ghost itself, it can still be sealed using violent suppression.
But what Chu Jiang is worried about is, if he directly attacks Ghost Abyss itself, will it cause a surge of accumulated negative emotions?
If it really erupts on a terrifying scale like a volcano, who knows how many people will die outside? After all, not everyone has the ability to resist those negative emotions.
Based on his own personal experience, Chu Jiang estimates that people with weak willpower will go insane and die within one or two minutes, or even faster.
……
The two of them continued their journey downwards, and before long, they suddenly saw another Headless Guardian Deity.
This made both of them stunned, again? Are they trapped in a closed loop once more??
However, there were no footprints of the two near the new Guardian Deity statue.
Puzzled, Chu Jiang tried to leave the area with Soga Hayayuki, but the result was exactly the same as before! They were trapped.
This made Chu Jiang’s face look a little bit unhappy, "This is a new closed loop, and this Guardian Deity is likely to be another Guardian Deity."
"And if I’m not mistaken, there will also be a Yamata no Orochi in this Guardian Deity…"
"Let me try this." Hayayuki volunteered bravely.
This time, Chu Jiang didn’t stop him anymore. He also wanted to see what it looked like to the people outside when the toucher entered that special state.
Soga Hayayuki approached and reached out, gently touching the shoulder of the Guardian Deity.
And then Chu Jiang saw her freeze, her eyes lost their focus, as if her soul had taken a trip.
Apart from that, there was no change around the Headless Guardian Deity.
Chu Jiang patiently waited for a while, then saw Soga Hayayuki step back several steps with an unpleasant expression, panting heavily.
After the other person calmed down a bit, Chu Jiang asked, "What did you see?"
"Ghosts, many ghosts, like the Yamata no Orochi as described in myths."
"But what I saw were not child ghosts, but the ghosts of those who died in war. From their armor and weapons, I could distinguish the characteristics of several eras in my country, including the Heian period, the Warring States period, the Edo period, and so on."
"Those ghosts are forced by the Yamata no Orochi to engage in endless wars; the giant snake also randomly selects some failed ghosts to devour."
Chu Jiang pondered, young children who died young, soldiers who died in war…do they represent different types of negative emotions?
As for the Yamata no Orochi, it may only be the killing instinct of the Ghost Abyss, a reflection of an unconscious image.
Why this image? It’s simple; after the revival of supernatural phenomena, the Ghost Abyss first appeared in the island country.
So, it first received the negative emotions of the island’s people; even the negative emotions left behind on this land for thousands of years.
The legend of the Yamata no Orochi is almost universally known in the island country, and the Ghost Abyss simply extracted an image representing their inner fear from the collective consciousness.
If it’s not the Yamata no Orochi, it could be something else, like the fear of earthquakes deeply ingrained in the hearts of the island’s people. However, "earthquake" doesn’t have a specific image recognized by the vast majority of people, otherwise, it would be given priority.
In the end, every Yamata no Orochi, the Headless Guardian Deity, inside was devouring people. This completely matches the image from the ancient legend where the serpent had to consume one person each year.
Chu Jiang even suspected that the Demon Sword Sky Cyring would be hidden in the tail of the serpent, because the collective consciousness was at work. Since there was no Heavenly Cloud Sword in Ghost Abyss, Yamata no Orochi used another sword that it could find as a replacement.
Soga Hayayuki was from the island country and naturally knew more about this nation than Chu Jiang. Therefore, after recovering from the accumulation of negative emotions, she thought of what Chu Jiang was thinking too.
After exchanging some words, Soga Hayayuki looked towards the depths of Ghost Abyss and said, "If we continue going down, we should be able to see more Headless Guardian Deities."
"But each Headless Guardian Deity represents a different type of negative emotion. Originally, they should be at the bottom of the abyss, but now they are spreading from the inside of the Ghost Abyss to the outside through these individual Guardian Deities…"
As she spoke, a hint of worry couldn’t be hidden on her calm face.
As for why it is the Guardian Deity, it is naturally because the most commonly seen and mysterious things alongside the roads of the island country are various Guardian Deity statues that can even make people feel scared.
Chu Jiang also looked towards the depths of Ghost Abyss and said, "Let’s continue going down, even if it’s just to verify our hypothesis."
He didn’t say he wanted to seal the great serpent inside this Headless Guardian Deity; it wouldn’t be completely meaningless, but it would require too much effort.
If one by one is removed, Chu Jiang might be killed by the ghosts inside him, especially the Black Sun.
Soga Hayayuki naturally didn’t make such a request, she had personally seen those lost souls and the giant snake, and she knew it wasn’t an easy task to complete.
If Chu Jiang simply breaks free from the time loop, it wouldn’t consume much of his energy, he just needs to use a moment to restart time.
Previously, by using raindrops as a medium, forcibly interfering with the future from the past, which is why Chu Jiang felt the pressure.
After breaking free from the current cycle, the two of them continued downwards.
And Chu Jiang discovered that the Headless Guardian Deity is distributed based on depth, not direction.
That means, no matter which direction you come from, when you reach a certain depth, you will "naturally" walk to the Guardian Deity statue at that depth.
Just like before with Chu Jiang and Soga Hayayuki, even though they didn’t come from the same direction, they ultimately encountered the same Guardian Deity.
